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Entebbe
ENTEBBE ARRIVAL
You will arrive at Entebbe international airport in Entebbe. After completion of immigration and customs formalities a representative of our agency (Guide/driver) will meet, greet and transfer you to your accomodation in either Entebbe.
Overnight: Entebbe
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Jinja
ENTEBBE – JINJA (B, L, D)
After your breakfat at a hotel in Entebbe, transfer to the pier and board the boat to the Ngamba Island for an exclusive visit to the Chimpanzees including feeding and watch them play. This tour visits Ngamba chimpanzee sanctuary on Lake Victoria. Situated 23km off shore from Entebbe, the Sanctuary was set up by a group of concerned organizations including Uganda Wildlife Education Centre and Jane Goodall Institute among others, to offer a facility for now over 33 orphaned chimpanzees to co-habitat in a near natural environment.
Overnight: Jinja
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Kampala
JINJA – KAMPALA (B, L, D)
Transfer to Jinja to see the Source of the Nile, the Mahatma Ghandi Monument, The River Nile Falls. Boat cruise on the Nile.
Overnight: Kampala
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Queen Elisabeth NP
KAMPALA – QUEEN ELIZABETH NATIONAL PARK (B, L, D)
After breakfast at your hotel in Kampala, embark on a fun day of visiting the monuments and memorials in Kampala City. Visit to the Kasubi tombs the burial site of Buganda Kings, Lubiri the Kabaka’s palace also having the torture chambers where Idi Amin Dadda punished those who crossed him, the Bahai temple the only Bahai Faith Temple in Africa.
Thereafter leave for Queen Elizabeth National Park with lunch en-route arriving in the evenning. Kampala, the capital of Uganda, is spread over a number of green hills and takes its name from Kasozi k'impala, "the hill of antelopes". The city grew around the court of the Kabaka (king) of Buganda with British colonial officials settling on adjoining hills. It is a charming green city, with its many gardens and attractive views of the surrounding countryside and Lake Victoria. There is a wide range of hotels and restaurants. The Kasubi Tombs - the traditional royal tombs of the Kabakas of Buganda - are a fine example of Ganda architecture. Then there are the colourful Nakasero fruit and vegetable market, the general goods market and the crafts market. There are a number of interesting buildings in the city, including the buildings that housed the colonial administration, the Parliament, the museum and buildings of different religious faiths including the Gadaffi Mosque, ST.Paul’s Cathedral Namirembe for the Protestant faith and Rubaga Cathedral for the Catholic faith. Other interesting places include: The Baha’i’ Temple - the only one in Africa; Barkcloth, basketware, pottery, gourds, kikoi cloth, carving, traditional weapons and musical instruments are some of the souvenirs available for purchase.
Overnight: Queen Elisabeth Nationalpark
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Queen Elisabeth NP
GAME DRIVE & BOAT CRUISE (B, L, D)
After breakfast, go for a morning gamedrive and in the afternoon go for a boat cruise on the Kazinga Channel to see numerous wildlife Queen Elizabeth National Park (QE), below the famous Rwenzori mountains, is an African savannah park, consisting of plain surroundings. The park which is part of the western arm of the Great East African Rift Valley, is centred around Lake Edward and Lake George. The launch trip along the Kazinga Channel linking these two lakes is especially good for viewing hippo, buffalo, elephant and a large host of birds amounting to over 500 species! Around Ishasha go on the hunt for the famous tree-climbing lions which lounge nonchalantly in the upper branches of high trees! The beautiful steeply forested Kyambura Gorge nearby, is home not only to chimpanzees but also the red-tailed monkey, black and white colobus and many bird species.
Overnight: Queen Elisabeth Nationalpark
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Bwindi
QUEEN ELIZABETH PARK – BWINDI NATIONAL PARK (B, L, D)
After breakfast, transfer to Bwindi Park passing through Ishasha sector of Queen Elizabeth park where you may see tree climbing lions. Have lunch en-route and proceed to Bwindi Park for the night.
Overnight: Bwindi
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Bwindi
BWINDI IMPENETRABLE FOREST PARK (B, L, D)
After breakfast, you will drive to the Park Headquarters for briefing by the guides before heading for gorilla tracking in the park. Tracking can take as long as up to 9 hours of a walk in the forest searching for the gorillas. However an our of interaction with this closest relatives to human the rare endangered species is indeed a rewarding experience.
Overnight: Bwindi
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Lake Mulehe
MGAHINGA NATIONAL PARK (B, L, D)
After breakfast, you will transfer tot he park headquaters, Mgahinga National Park to start Golden Monkey Trekking. This trek is not very steep but sometimes takes a longer walk too. Return to the lodge for Lunch and in the afternoon, at leisure or explore the local community near the lodge. It is sometimes called the golden snub-nosed monkey and has blackish-grey shoulders, upper arms, back, crown, and tail, with the back being covered in a longer layer of fine silver hairs. In males, the sides of the head, forehead, and neck and underparts are bright golden in colour, hence the common name of this species. Females are generally similar in appearance to males, but the head and upperparts are more brownish black. Their noses are, as the name suggests, flattened and set back from the muzzle. The wide nostrils face forwards and there are two small flaps of skin above the nostrils that nearly touch the forehead. These monkeys produce a wide range of vocalisations often, remarkably, without making any facial movements, in the manner of a ventriloquist.
Overnight: Lake Mulehe
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Kigali
Kigali Fly out (B, L)
After breakfast, cross the border into Rwanda and transfer to Kigali for the city tour including a visit to the Kigali genocide memorial. Have Lunch and thereafter transfer to the airport for your flight out.