10 Days Best of Cultural Tour, Primates and Wildlife Adventure in Uganda.
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Price for one tour per person
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Length 10 days
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Key Information
A relatively small country, Uganda is 241,136km in extent, of which 44,000km is fresh water. Situated astride the Equator, average day time temperatures are usually between 24-28deg C. an annual rainfall of 125mm over two periods – April/May and November to early December. But the sun still shines during the rainy season, and the rain still falling during the dry months, it provides the country with a suitable all year-round climate for visitors.
The language is English, and the Ecology varies from savannah to forest to snowcapped mountains, a great diversity which shows in its recorded birds list of over 1000 species.
About 56 indigenous cultures exist in Uganda with over 4 Ethnic groups and due to inter marriages, the cultures of Uganda is unbeatable with the Batwa present in Bwindi forest, the Toroo kingdom, the Buganda people, the Luo, Sebei etc. with different cuisines, traditions, performance, dance, social-economic set up coming to the Karamojong nomads your connecting game drives with primates tracking and culture is everything you need to know about this small country.
Day 1: Arrival & Transfer to Hotel.
Fly in and arrival at Entebbe international airport we shall meet and welcome you to the pearl of Africa, transfer to hotel at K Hotel Entebbe for your rest as you wait for the next day’s activities.
Day 2: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.
Commence your safari to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park with stop over at Equator cycle in Kayabwe for simple experiments do show the north Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere, visit local craft shops and proceed have lunch in Mbarara City proceed to Bwindi via Kabale the highest town in Uganda in terms of Altitude. Arrival and check in dinner and overnight at Buhoma Community Lodge.
Day 3: Gorilla tracking & Batwa Cultural trail
After early breakfast, attend briefing by a ranger guide, enter the gorilla sanctuary for your adventure. The beauty of this rain forest is spectacular. The area offers dramatic steeply forested landscape and is incredibly dense but crisscrossed by numerous animal trails allowing access to tourists. The time taken and the terrain vary with the movements of these great primates. And later in the evening we shall connect to the Batwa cultural trail experience. The Batwa is regarded as one of the few remaining indigenous old tribes that existed in Africa. Dinner and overnight at Buhoma Community Lodge.
Day 4: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park.
After your breakfast, we shall transfer to Queen Elizabeth via Ishasha with a chance of viewing fascinating tree climbing lions on the way other games like Elephants, Buffaloes as you enter the park. Arrival and check in hotel dinner and overnight at Bush Lodge.
Day 5: Game drive & Boat cruise.
Rise before the sun to catch a glimpse of the wonders of nature as you do a game drive. Afternoon boat cruises on Kazinga Channel, the perfect platform to see the toothsome Nile Crocodiles, dormant and playful Hippos and abundant birdlife that lives on the banks of the channel. Dinner and overnight at Bush Lodge.
Day 6: Kichwamba Cultural performance & Transfer to Semuliki National Park.
After breakfast, we shall embark on to Kichwamba Cultural dance and performance and transfer to semuliki National Park with en-route stop over at the Equator circle of Kasese. Enjoy the views of the tea estates along the hills of Fort Portal arrival and check in at semuliki river lodge.
Day 7: Nature walks and Amabere ga Nyinamwiru Cave experience.
After your breakfast, we shall go for an early morning nature walk to the sempaya hotsping enjoy boiling eggs in this hot water with nice nature walk on gumboots, lunch and transfer to Amabere ga Nyinamwuriru cave. Explore the hidden historical background story of these caves of the king Bukuku and the Toro culture. Dinner and overnight at Semuliki River Lodge.
Day 8: Transfer to Kibale National Park & Bigodi Community Tour.
After breakfast, we transfer to Kibale National Park arrival and check in and we shall go for the KAFRED Bigodi Community Swamp nature walk and engage in traditional cuisines making of this community and later dinner and overnight at Chimpundu Lodge.
Day 9: Chimpanzee Tracking
Rally behind your ranger guide, enter Kibale forest Sub-Saharans hardwood forest and track chimpanzees, one of kibale 13 primate species with a lot of birds in this forest. Return to lodge have lunch and rest the whole day. Dinner and overnight at chimpundu lodge.
Day 10: Transfer to Entebbe International Airport.
Being your last day at Kibale, we shall transfer to Entebbe international airport with lunch en-route proceed to Kampala and finally at the airport for your flight back home.
End of the tour!
Price includes;
Airport transfers (pick and drop)
Ground transport per safari vehicle
English speaking driver/guide
Accommodation as mentioned in the itinerary, based on double room
Three meals a day, apart from your stay in Kampala
Mineral water on board
Chimpanzee permits
Gorilla permit
Ranger fees
Batwa cultural tour