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UGANDA AND KAMPALA GORILLA TREKKING. Day 1.
Tansfer to the air port (Africa Veterans safaris to handle this transfer) in Nairobi in time for their flight to Entebbe Airport where a Volcanoes guide/driver will meet them and transfer to the hotel in Kampala. O/N: Emin Pasha Hotel (BB)
Day2
Start for Lake Mburo, arriving in time for lunch. Either a canoe trip on Lake Mburo or a game drive in the park. O/N: Mihingo Lodge (FB).
Day3 Start for Bwindi Impenetrable Forest. Either drive via Ishasha, home of the tree climbing lion, roads permitting, or take the alternative route through cultivated expanses. Time permitting, go for a guided nature walk. O/N: Volcanoes Bwindi Lodge (FB).
Day4 Go gorilla tracking (subject to permit availability at time of booking), walking up steep densely forested hills before finally coming across the gorillas camouflaged in the vegetation. An inspiring moment! Tracking in Bwindi requires stamina and can often take most of the day. Alternatively go for a leisurely nature or community walk. O/N: Volcanoes Bwindi Lodge (FB)
Day5
Transfer to Rwanda after breakfast. [Clocks go backward one hour]. Stroll around the Lodge, or simply take in the panoramic sunset over the volcanoes. O/N: Volcanoes Virunga Lodge (FB).
Day6
Go gorilla tracking in Parc National des Volcans (on payment of supplement at time of booking). Tracking the gorillas through the light mountain forest on the slopes of the Virungas is a magical experience. If you are lucky you can get to the gorillas, spend an hour with them, and be back at the base in time for a late lunch! Some gorilla families however are more elusive, and tracking can take a full day, especially when it is wet and muddy. O/N: Volcanoes Virunga Lodge (FB).
Day7
Leave for Kigali. Time permitting, go for a tour of the city including a visit to the market, a pottery project, handicraft shops and the genocide memorial. Transfer to the airport. (HB). NOTE:
Prices include transport and a driver/guide for the itinerary agreed, accommodation on a shared basis and meals stated (in Kampala bed and breakfast and on safari full board) and, where appropriate, park fees, boat trip and one gorilla permit. each.
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