THE GREAT PRIMATES SAFARI 5 DAYS | | Tour Code | T.A.T.S 003 | | Tour Frequency | Daily departures with minimum of 2 pax | | Day 1: Drive to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | | After your breakfast, pick up from the hotel and drive south westwards, stop over at the royal drums and then at Mbarara for lunch. Continue through the beautiful hilly country to Bwindi National Park arriving late in the evening. Dinner and overnight at the luxurious gorilla resort / budget community ground / tourist hotel Kisoro/Travelers Hotel-Kisoro. | | Day 2: Gorilla tracking | | After a hearty breakfast, move to the park head quarters for briefing before the start of the tracking. You will be guided through a thick impenetrable forest, pushing down succulent vegetation through to the gorillas. Sitting amongst gorillas as they murmur and grumble is such a fantastic experience. You will have photographic opportunities so close to our close relatives. You are strongly encouraged to have packed lunch, 2litres of water, jungle boots, rain gears, and back pack. After safari you are debriefed. Dinner and overnight at luxurious gorilla resort, budget community campground/tourist hotel Kisoro/travelers hotel Kisoro-Full board | | Day 3: Tree Climbing lions of Ishasha | | After breakfast, transfer to Ishasha, the southern sector of Queen Elizabeth national park, search for famous tree climbing lions. If lucky, the cats may be seen up in low inclined fig trees resting after a good meal. You will also at close range see the topis, elephants, Kobs and primates on your way to mweya. Have lunch en route. In the afternoon proceed to mweya and take a game drive to scenic crater region. Dinner and Overnight at a luxurious Mweya Safari Lodge/Midrange Jacana Lodge/Budget Institute of Ecology Hostel or Hippo Hill Lodge. | | Day 4: Game Drive and Boat Cruise | | After breakfast, proceed for game drives through the Kasenyi. Watch out for the cats, the lions and the hyenas. You will be mesmerized by the spectacular knob legging in the mating ground where they mix with other antelopes and the cape buffalos. Return to hotel for lunch. Afterwards, board the launch cruise on the Kazinga channel. This takes 3 hours and you will come in close range with wildlife; large schools of Hippo, herds of cape buffalos and elephants in shallows wallowing and drinking water by the shores of the river. Hippos huffs barely a foot away in the shallow waters. You will see lots of water lovers; pied kingfisher, malachite king fisher, fish eagles, cormorants, gulls, geese, wobblers, spar wings, pink backed pelicans. You will also see crocodiles. In the evening you proceed to fort portal for dinner and overnight luxurious primates’ lodge / Ndali lodge / Midrange Ruwenzori view Hotel / Budget Nyinabulitwa country resort or Fort Motel. (Full Board). | | Day 5 Chimpanzee Tracking in Kibale Forest | | After a hearty breakfast, proceed to Kibale forest National Park. Kanyanchu River camp is the centre of the major tourism activities. The friendly and experienced tour guides will share their knowledge with you on primates, birds, elephants, butterflies, reptiles, amphibians, trees, medicinal plants and chimpanzees. Report to tourist centre for briefing and the walk starts from Kanyanchu river camp at 8:00am or 3:00 pm and lasts for2-4 hours and is the most popular walk. It’s restricted to three groups of six persons each, in the morning and the same number in the after noon. You will be guided to the chimps and along the way you will come very close to other primates; the red tailed monkey, the grey checked mangabey,  red Colobus monkeys, and black and white Colobus monkeys and of course the chimpanzees. You may have a chance to see the blue turaco and silver headed hornbill. After lunch in fort portal, return to Kampala arriving late in the evening and drive back to Entebbe to catch your evening flight back home. | | Features | Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Gorilla tracking, Tree Climbing lions of Ishasha, Game Drive and Boat Cruise, Chimpanzee Tracking in Kibale Forest | | Cost Per Person Sharing |  Available on Request | | Includes:·       Full board accommodation included·       one soft drink for the meals·       Ground transportation by a 4x4 minibus·       English speaking driver / guide·       Gorilla and chimpanzee permits·       Park entrance fees·       Government taxes·       Boat trips on Kazinga channel | Excludes: ·       Items of personal nature such as Laundry services, Beers and spirits, Beverages.·       Tipping of staff at the lodges and park rangers / staff.·       All accommodation in Kampala  | Validity: August to December 2009 |
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Date: Nov 25, 2009
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