A 5 DAY PRIVATE SAFARI
ITINERARY TO KIBALE AND BWINDI IMPENETRABLE NATIONAL PARK
Day 1
Your safari guide will meet you and depart by road for Fort
portal. You will pass through the After early breakfast, have
a half day drive west via Mityana to Fort Portal, passing
though green countryside and traditional homesteads and farms.
Fort Portal town rests in the shadow of the Fabled "Mountains
of the Moon,"
Dinner and overnight at the Ndali Safari Lodge(Luxury)or the
tree house at Kanyankyu ecological centre(Budget).
Day 2
After substantial breakfast set on your walking expedition
in Kibale National Park. This is home to an astonishing 12
species of primates and provides one of the highest primate
densities in the world. On our guided forest walk, you may
find families of chimps, and red-tailed and colobus Monkeys
chattering and singing through the ancient forest trees. The
bird life is no less impressive. After lunch take a walk in
Bigodi swamp for its rare, beautiful flora and fauna. You
will also have an opportunity to interact with a successful
community tourism project.
Dinner and overnight at the Ndali Safari Lodge(Luxury)or the
tree house at Kanyankyu ecological centre(Budget).
Day 3
After breakfast, depart for Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National
Park. You will drive through the southern sector of Queen
Elizabeth called Ishasha. Here you will take lunch by the
Ishasha River and try to find the famed Ishasha tree-climbing
lions before continuing on to Bwindi, home to the few remaining
mountain gorillas. Bird life and primate life in Bwindi is
quite superb, and there is an incredible variety of flora.
Bwindi is the Bird watchers haven! It holds 348 species of
birds and supports 24 of 26 Albertine Rift Endemics that occur
in Uganda; and seven red data book species. Once continuous
with the forests of the Virunga Volcanoes (Dian Fossey’s
stomping ground), Bwindi is now an ecological island, surrounded
by cultivation on the rich volcanic soils.
Overnight at Gorilla Resort/Buhoma Community Bandas (FB).
Day 4
Given the fact that gorilla tracking is unpredictable, it
is difficult to foresee how many hours you will actually hike.
The experience of tracking the gorillas in the superb ecosystem
of the park will be passionate for the adventurers. It may
take 2hrs up to 8 hours or more and you should be prepared
to walk long distance in steep and muddy conditions, sometimes
with rain overhead, before you encounter any gorillas. "The
excitement of seeing the gorillas makes it all worthwhile!"
Briefing will be given on how to handle or behave.
If you have the energy in the afternoon, you will go for a
village walk, see how Ugandans live, visit a local medicine
man!
Overnight at Gorilla Resort/Buhoma Community Bandas (FB).
Day 5
After breakfast, depart to Kampala stopping in one of the
towns for lunch. This scenic drive will take you across the
Equator where you will stop for a photographic opportunity
as well as an informative talk.
End of this Uganda safari.
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