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DAY 1
KAMPALA
You'll be personally met when you arrive
Entebbe airport, and transferred to the newly renovated Nile
Serena Hotel in Kampala. For those arriving earlier, an afternoon
excursion can be planned to the famous tombs of the Kabaka
kings.
DAY 2
KIBALE NATIONAL PARK
Leave Kampala after breakfast for the fascinating drive through
papyrus swamps and thick jungle of the Nile Delta to Kibale
National Park just under the Ruwenzori Mountains. Afternoon
guided walk in the lakes area of the park for outstanding
birds and primates. Meals and overnight at Mantana's Camp.
DAY 3
KIBALE/SEMULIKI NATIONAL PARK
Early morning trek for chimpanzees. Kibale is the best reserve
in Africa to view chimps, a thick jungle with a towering canopy.
In the afternoon, drive to the Congo border right under the
Ruwenzori Mountains, into the Semuliki National Park jungles.
Dinner and overnight at Semuliki Safari Lodge.
DAYS 4
SEMULIKI NATIONAL PARK
Two full days in the closest habitat available in East Africa
to true central African jungle. The new Semuliki National
Park is a lowland, dense forest, with exotic primates, hundreds
of bird species and good mammals as well. Its location on
the shore of Lake Albert provide excellent shoreline game
viewing. Meals and accommodations at the luxurious Semuliki
Safari Lodge. Few tourists get into this incredibly beautiful
area!
DAY 5
SEMULIKI/QUEEN ELIZABETH NATIONAL PARK
This morning drive south into Queen Elizabeth National Park,
sightseeing and game viewing enroute. Dinner and overnight
at spectacular Mweya Lodge perched right on the edge of the
escarpment overlooking the Ugandan Great Lakes.
DAY 6
QUEEN ELIZABETH NATIONAL PARK
IDawn game drive in Uganda's best park, where all the big
game can be seen in abundance. Famous for elephant and kob,
expect to see some rarer animals like giant forest hog. There
are 638 recorded bird species in the park! After lunch, enjoy
a boat cruise on the Kazinga Channel which connects Lakes
Albert and George, for large numbers of buffalo and hippo.
Meals and overnight at Mweya Lodge.
DAY 7
LAKE BUNYONYI
Today's drive is through what is probably East Africa's
most spectacular scenery, the highland rain forests which
reach to the volcanoes in which live the mountain gorillas.
This is the lushest highland rain forest on earth, filled
with primates and exotic birds. The afternoon is spent on
a foot safari around the magnificent crater lake, Bunyonyi.
Meals and overnight in our Bushara Island Camp.
DAY 8
ENTEBBE/Depart
Return to Kampala, then Entebbe, today, with private rooms
at the Lake Victoria Hotel before your evening departures
home.
Special Note: Continue on Day
8 onto Gorilla Trek for the exciting mountain gorilla trekking.
Arrive three days early for the Murchison Falls Add-on to
explore this northern national park with its famous falls.
2008 / 2009
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