UGANDA GORILLAS, WILDLIFE AND CHIMPANZEE HABITUATION TOUR

Day one: Arrive Entebbe, met on arrival by our representative with a placard with your names. The drive to Kampala takes approximately 45 minutes. Check in into your Hotel for overnight at Grand Imperial Hotel.www.imperialhotels.co.ugTransit time: 40minutes. BB

Day Two: Morning travel through Bombo and on to the Murchison Falls National Park. A drive through the scenic escarpment and riverine forest gets you to the top of the falls where a picnic lunch is provided in the Bush overlooking the Scenic Murchison Falls. There after, tour the bat caves and explore the different viewpoints and the refreshing spray as the Nile crashes through different rapids from a 7-metre gap to fall over 40 metres below. Later travel to the banks of the Nile for dinner and overnight listening to the sounds of Hippos, crickets and the roar of the Nile. Meals and overnight at Paraa Safari Lodge.www.ParaaLodge.com Meal Plan Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.

Day Three: Early morning breakfast then board your 4x4 custom built safari vehicle and take the morning ferry across the River Nile on to the northern bank where your ranger guide will organize educational lectures on a walking safari through the Savannah. Game viewing will be done aboard your open topped safari vehicle in search of Lion, Elephant, Giraffe, Lion, Jackal, Hartebeest and birdlife. The drive gets us to the Pakuba Lodge area where your picnic lunch is served in the cool shade overlooking the Albert Nile. Thereafter, we drive to Paraa where the waiting launch cruise will take you to have with close up photo opportunities of schools of Hippo, crocodile, water birds, sometimes elephants and other wildlife that comes down for a drink in the afternoon heat. On docking at the mid River Island, you will take pictures of the Murchison Falls before returning to Paraa and on to Paraa Safari Lodge www.ParaaLodge.com for dinner and overnight. Meal Plan Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.

Day Four: After breakfast travel through the western escarpment along the Lake Albert and travel to Kibale Forest Park. After a picnic lunch, you take a drive through the villages and farmlands before getting to the KibaleTree House or Ndali Lodgewww.ndalilodge.com arriving for dinner. Transit time: 6 - 7 hours depending on the road conditions and the season.

Day Five: Breakfast, early and travel to the briefing point where you will meet your chimpanzee trekking guides. The trekking starts following the different trails as you search for the chimpanzees, red tailed Monkeys, Grey Cheeked Mangabeys. Return to Ndali for lunch then drive to the Queen Elizabeth National Park arriving through the Leopard loop in search of the rare leopard and the Giant Forest Hog. Dinnertime finds you at the Mweya Safari Lodge, which is nested on a peninsular overlooking the Rwenzori Mountains of the Moon, Kazinga Channel, Lake Edward and Lake George. Overnight at Mweya Safari Lodge. www.MweyaLodge.com . Transit time: 2.5 hours, Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch and dinner.

Day Six: You are out of your bed by 0 530hours to have a hot coffee or tea and packed breakfast before starting your drive by 0600 hours. The drive to the game viewing area takes about 1 hour, which gets you to the Kasenyi track to see the animals at sunrise. Look out for Lion, Uganda Kob, Waterbuck and bushbuck, Warthogs, Spotted Hyena, Cape buffalo and other wildlife. After breakfast, take a leisurely drive back to the Hotel for an afternoon swim and lunch before taking a cruise on the casing Channel. It is believed that the largest concentration of hippo in Africa is here. Resident and migrant birds, Monitor Lizard, solitary buffalo are all seen here. At the end of this trip, a camp fire at the hotel crowns the day as you exchange our experiences of the day. Dinner and overnight at the Mweya Safari Lodge.www.MweyaLodge.com

Day Seven: Drive down through the Ishasha sector of Queen Elizabeth National Park. Arrive in the afternoon for a transit game drive on the way to the Bwindi Impenetrable forest. If lucky, you may see the tree-climbing lions on the fig trees that line the main road to Kihihi. After a picnic lunch, drive to Bwindi arriving for dinner and overnight at The Gorilla Resort Bwindi.
www.gorillaresort.com

This new Intimate exclusive high end safari camp with a breath taking view of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest is located at Buhoma - Bwindi Impenetrable Gorilla National Park on a Mountain side. The camp has been constructed and built to the highest standards whilst retaining sympathy with the local surroundings. Wherever possible we have used local materials and craftsmen. The camp is composed of a main lodge which includes a Restaurant, Bar, Suspended decked seating and viewing area with camp fire and Kitchen where we have our own chef providing mouth watering meals.

There are large walk-in safari tents with their own en-suite facilities [including hot and cold
water] While each of the accommodations is fitted with a Victorian Ball and Claw-foot Brass Bathtub. The Camp is equipped with comfortable beds and furniture or if you prefer we have cottages which include similar facilities to the tents. Both tents and cottages command spectacular panoramic views of the forest and just below is the River Munyaga in this Mosquito- free zone.

Day Eight: Breakfast early and travel to the staging area for a briefing for your gorilla trekking/tracking. Later, with trackers, guides and security personnel, start your hike through the Impenetrable forest in search of the Gorillas. Looking for traces of eaten vegetation, dung, hair, and the nests, you will finally get to meet and see the gorillas for approximately an hour. Thereafter, you will have your picnic lunch and walk back to camp for evening(optional) entertainment by the traditional dancers. Or enjoy cocktails by the camp fire listening to the sights and Sounds of Bwindi. Dinner and overnight at The Gorilla Resort Bwindi.
www.gorillaresort.com

Day Nine: Morning after breakfast, drive through terraced evergreen Mountains referred to ad the Little Switzerland of Africa. Have lunch at the Motel Agip in Mbarara and later drive to Lake Mburo National Park. A Game drive at dusk introduces Zebra, Impala,Topi, Cape Buffalo and other Plains game. Arrive for a bush dinner by camp fire at the Mihingo safari Lodge

www.mihingolodge.com where you will have your night.

Day Ten: After a very early morning breakfast, the ranger guide will take you through a Bush walking experience through the African Wilderness. The walk involves moving through the Savannah grasslands stalking the un suspecting Zebra and other wildlife, through the Hyena's Den, on through the swamp and ending at the Lake. Have lunch at the camp then proceed to the Lake Mburo where a speedboat takes you close to the Hippos, crocodiles and other wildlife on Lake Mburo. Return in the evening for dinner and overnight at the Mihingo safari Lodge
Lodge..www.mihingolodge.com

Day Eleven: Breakfast, and then drive to Entebbe with picnic lunches. A speedboat will be waiting for you for your trip to the famous Chimpanzee Island. Arrive by about 2:30 for a briefing before heading to the feeding area where you will participate in the feeding of the juvenile chimps. (Please note that you will be required to have shots of Hepatitis A and B, Measles, (or had the disease as a child, Meningococcal/menomune vaccine, Polio, tetanus-up to date and yellow fever). Meals and overnight at Ngamba Tented Camp.www.ngambaisland.org/visits_overnight.htm

Day Twelve: Morning after breakfast, start the morning forest walk with the juvenile chimpanzees. You will be allowed to hold them while in the forest and you should expect to get very dirty courtesy of the playful chimpanzees. In the afternoon, take your speed boat back to Entebbe for overnight at the Entebbe Resort Beach.imperialhotels.co.ug

Day Thirteen:Breakfast at the Hotel before your airport transfer.
TOUR PRICES BASED ON PER PERSON IN A DOUBLE OR TWIN ROOM

Prices valid till July 2007

Price Includes: airport transfers, top range accommodations, all meals, (At Bwindi)bottled water, Unlimited Sodas and Local Brand Beers, Local Brand Spirits, House Wines, Teas and Coffees, Laundry, park entry fees, bottled mineral water, game drives in custom built all purpose 4x4 safari vehicle with game viewing roof top, cruises on the Nile and Kazinga Channel, Chimpanzee permits, Gorilla Permits, Chimpanzee habituation fees on Ngamba Island and private transportation in a private safari vehicle with an English speaking driver guide.