January 15-29, 2024

 

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Pre-Trip

Gorilla Trekking at Bwindi Impenetrable National Park Home of Gorillas in Uganda

 

Day 1: Arrive and transfer to your hotel.

On arrival in Uganda, you will be met by our representative who will transfer you to your hotel for overnight.

Accommodation and Meals at Karibu Guest House

 

Day 2: Fly to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park Home of Gorillas

Your 3 Day Gorilla Trekking Adventure in Uganda starts with pick-up from your hotel in Entebbe and transfer to the airport to catch your scheduled flight to Kisoro Airstrip departing at 07h00 arriving at 08h25. On arrival you will be picked by our guide who will transfer you to lake mutanda for a dugout canoe experience before transferring you to your lodge for lunch. You will have a relaxed afternoon awaiting the big day.

Accommodation and Meals at Nkuringo Bwindi Gorilla Lodge

 

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Day 3: Gorilla Trekking and transfer

This morning, you will have early breakfast, carry enough drinking water and transfer to the briefing point by 7.30am. While here, you will carry out registration and join others for a gorilla trekking briefing about the precautions and guidelines of the gorilla trekking activity. You will then be assigned a gorilla group, meet the ranger guide and start the trek into the forest. The forest is usually wet and muddy with steep slopes. However, the sounds and sights of different birds and butterfly species offer a variety of form and color that satisfy you with a rare sort of happiness! The guide will keep providing information about trees, birds, butterflies and other wildlife in the forest until you reach the gorilla family you've been tracking. The gorillas are located in different places across the forest and therefore the time taken to find one group varies and cannot be estimated before. It is just estimated to range from 30 minutes to over 5 hours. Once you have reached them, you will be allowed to stay for one hour to observe these gentle giants. During this time, you will observe the gorillas carrying out their daily activities and also have photography moments. At the end of the trek, you will return to the park headquarters and information center to pick certificates before you are transferred back to your lodge for dinner and overnight.

Accommodation: Nkuringo Bwindi Gorilla

 

Day 4: Fly back to Entebbe

After an early breakfast, you will be transferred back to Kisoro airstrip to catch your scheduled flight back to Entebbe departing at 08h25 arriving Entebbe at 11h25 connect with your outbound flight to Kilimanjaro Tanzania.

 

Includes:

• Return flight Entebbe-Kisoro-Entebbe
• All meals as per itinerary
• Half board basis in Entebbe
• All-inclusive accommodation in Bwindi
• All airport transfers as per itinerary
• Services of a driver/ guide
• Exclusive use of vehicle for activities
• 1 Gorilla trekking permit per person (US$ 700)
• Bottled drinking water in safari vehicle
• Transport in a customized Toyota 4 x 4 safari-cruiser

 

Excludes:

• International Flight to Uganda
• Flight from Entebe Uganda to Kilimanjaro
• Tips and gratuities
• Items and services of a personal nature
• Any other item or service not included in the itinerary or mentioned as optional

 

Main Safari

Migration and Calving Safari

 

Duration: 10 Days, 9 nights

Destinations: Arusha, Ngorongoro, Central Serengeti & Southern plain of Serengeti

Accommodation Standard: Mid- Range

Transportation: 6 Seater 4WD Toyota Land Cruiser

 

Day 1: Arrival Day

On your arrival at Kilimanjaro International Airport, you will be met by our representatives and transferred to your hotel for some replenishment, rest and relaxation for the night, ready for your fabulous safari experience that await.

Meals and Overnight at The Safari House

 

Day 2: Drive to Mkomazi National Park

After breakfast at the lodge, you will meet your guides and fellow participant for a Safari briefing before making your way east to Moshi and the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro, then enjoy a scenic drive southeast to the Pare Mountains and the entrance to Mkomazi National Park. On your scenic drive to the Camp, observe Mammals and Birds in the lush landscape until reaching Babu’s Camp on the west slope of one of the small mountains at the Park.

Meals and Overnight at Babu’s Camp

 

Day 3 and 4: Explore the beauty of Mkomazi National Park

You will have days of game drives exploring the beauty of Mkomazi National Park. You will have two days of game drives exploring the beauty of Mkomazi National Park. The park hosts the elegant fringe-eared Oryx, the spiral-horned lesser kudu, the shy red duiker, and the bizarre long-necked gerenuk, whose Swahili name, Swala Twiga, means “giraffe-antelope.” Also, the game drives at the Park offers fantastic birding. There is a whole range of species that are found between here and Somalia, the Somali-Masai endemics. These include Black-throated Barbet, Purple Grenadier, White-bellied Go-away-bird, Orange-bellied Parrot, Red-fronted Warbler, Rosy-patched Bush shrike, Somali Golden-breasted Bunting, and many others Birds.

Meals and Overnight at Babu’s Camp

 

Day 5: Drive to Ngorongoro Highland

Your final morning will have another memorable game drive, looking for any of the special Birds and animals you may have missed before making your way to Arusha where you will hot Lunch at the lodge. After lunch you will have a scenic drive through the steep rift valley escarpment into the rich farmlands of the Ngorongoro highlands and arrive at your lodge for dinner.

Meals and Overnight at Melia Ngorongoro Lodge

 

Day 6: Explore the flourishing basin of the Crater

After early breakfast at the lodge, descend into the crater for a morning in-depth exploration of this distinctive eco-system. Enjoy abundant wildlife viewing and photography sessions set against the impressive backdrop of the Ngorongoro Crater, the heart of the conservation area. These drives provide one of the best opportunities in Africa to view black rhino, which tend to spend their time on the crater floor. Another big draw card to this picturesque Caldera, is its dense population of predators, which include lions, hyenas, jackals, and if Lucky enough you may have chance to see the small cats like the Rare Caracal, Serval cat as well as the African wild cat.

Meals and Overnight at Melia Ngorongoro Lodge

 

Day 7: Explore the flourishing basin of the Crater – Drive to Ndutu

After early breakfast at the lodge, descend into the crater for another in-depth exploration of this distinctive eco-system. Enjoy abundant wildlife viewing and photography sessions set against the impressive backdrop of the Ngorongoro Crater, the heart of the conservation area. These drives provide one of the best opportunities in Africa to view black rhino, which tend to spend their time on the crater floor. Another big draw card to this picturesque Caldera, is its dense population of predators, which include lions, hyenas, jackals, and if Lucky enough you may have chance to see the small cats like the Rare Caracal, Serval cat as well as the African wild cat. After the morning photography sessions, you will make your way to ndutu forest and the Southern plains of Serengeti where you will spend your next four night

Meals and Overnight at Canopy Migration Camp

 

Day 8, 9 and 10: Discover the Ndutu Forest and the Southern Plain of Serengeti

You will spend your next three days exploring the southern Serengeti plains and the Ndutu forest, which is home to the enormous migratory herds of wildebeest and zebras during the wet season. The wildebeest migrations will mostly likely be spread across the green plains of Ngorongoro conservation area and the southern Serengeti from December to May and You can anticipate exploring lake masek, lake ndutu, the hidden valley, kusini valley and the kakesio plains during your game drives. In addition to the large migratory herds, predators will be abundant and easily seen. Cheetah densities will be at the highest as many have followed the migratory Thomson’s gazelles onto the southern and eastern plains. Lions should be easily visible, both resident prides and the nomads which have followed the wildebeest and zebras onto the plains.

Meals and Overnight at Canopy Migration Camp

 

Day 11: Drive to the Eastern Serengeti

Depart the Camp after early breakfast and enjoy the sunrise game viewing at Ndutu forest before driving through the Gol Kopjes before driving to central East part of the Serengeti and arrive at your Camp for Lunch. The Central eastern Serengeti and seronera river valley is home to a great diversity of wildlife due to its unique ecological niches as a transition zone where two distinctly different habitats, the plain and the woodlands merge and various species of wildlife from both habitats can coexist. Due to this unique ecological features, Central Serengeti supports a much greater diversity wildlife including Elephants, Giraffes’, Impala, waterbuck, hippo, topi, reedbuck, buffalo, baboon and vervet monkey, while the attendant predators such as lion, leopard and cheetah are to be found amongst the many kopjes scattered across the plain.

Meals and Overnight at The Canopy Camp

 

Day 12, 13 and 14: Explore the Central and Eastern Serengeti Plain & Kopjes

You will have three days of game viewing exploring the Central eastern Serengeti and Seronera river valley is home to a great diversity of wildlife due to its unique ecological niches as a transition zone where two distinctly different habitats, the plain and the woodlands merge and various species of wildlife from both habitats can coexist. Due to this unique ecological features, Central Serengeti supports a much greater diversity wildlife including Elephants, Giraffes’, Impala, waterbuck, hippo, topi, reedbuck, buffalo, baboon and vervet monkey, while the attendant predators such as lion, leopard and cheetah are to be found amongst the many kopjes scattered across the plain. More than 500 bird species have been recorded in Serengeti National Park, making this an excelling destination for avid birders. Besides some iconic species, such as the Kori bustard, ostrich and African Fish Eagle, you may even be able to spot our 'Serengeti specials'. These special birds are endemic to the region and can't be seen anywhere else in the world.

Meals and Overnight at The Canopy Camp

 

Day 15: Bush Flight to Arusha – Flight Back Home

After one more thrilling sunrise birding at Serengeti, you make your way to the Seronera airstrip for a scheduled 1 hour and 5-minute flight back to Arusha airport via light aircraft. On arrival, we’ll have a short drive to the Cultural Heritage Center in time for lunch. Experience some amazing shopping choices from intricate carvings to beaded jewelry and don’t miss the chance to bring home some Tanzanite as well as see an extraordinary museum of African Art. Afterwards you will have a chance to relax in a private day room and get ready for your international flight back home with treasured memories of birding in Tanzania, her people, and the many wild creatures inhabiting this special land.

Day Use Room at Airport Planet Lodge

 

The Cost includes the following:

INCLUSIONS:

• All Airport, Hotel and Ground Transfers.
• Exclusive Use & Transport in our 4×4 Extended Toyota Land Cruiser.
• All Accommodations & Meals as indicated on the itinerary
• All National Park Fees, Concession fee & Reserve Entrance Fees
• All Fuel Costs
• Unlimited Game Drive & Mileage
• Unlimited Beverages such as drinking bottled-water, soft drinks, domestic beer, tea & Coffee provided in the mini-refrigerator installed in safari vehicle
• Safari Wildlife & Birding Books provided in the vehicle
• Full-time Support from our ground operation team in Tanzania
• Professional, Certified, Fluent-English Speaking Naturalist Guide with 8 to 15 years of experience
• Internal Airfare / Bush flight from Serengeti to Arusha
• Flying Doctors Membership Card for Emergence Evacuation

 

 EXCLUSIONS:

• International Airfare to Kilimanjaro
• Laundry & Beverages at select tented camps
• Travel Insurance. Gratuities & Items of Personal Nature