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AASUC01: 5 Days-Mountain Gorilla Tracking

 

Day 1: Nairobi- Kampala

Early start towards the west, traveling the Great Rift Valley, to the border town of Malaba or Busia; Lunch en route. Arrival in Kampala in the mid afternoon. Dinner and overnight at city hotel.

Day2: Kampala - Bwindi Forest

Early morning breakfast and depart for Mgahinga/Bwindi Forest National Park, via the Equator. Lunch break at Lake View Hotel. You will not avoid the numerous herds of Ankole cattle with their rare long horns, the Kigezi Highlands - popular referred to as the "Little Switzerland of Africa". Dinner and night at Kisoro Guest House/Buhoma Homestead.

Day3: Bwindi Gorilla Tracking
After early morning breakfast, start the worthwhile expedition of gorilla tracking, through thick shrubs, steep hills and vertical slopes. Picnic Lunch. Evening enjoy the forest walk through vines down the river. Dinner and overnight at Kisoro Guest House/Buhoma Homestead.

 

Day4: Bwindi - Mbarara - Kampala
Depart for Kampala via Lake Bunyonyi with a lunch break in the town of Mbarara. Arrive in the capital city of Uganda in the evening. Dinner and overnight at hotel.

 

Day5: Kampala - Nairobi
After a morning tour of the city of Kampala (a visit of the Kabaka's Tombs, the Kabaka's Lake, the Makerere University, the Uganda Museum, the Martyrs' shrine etc). We proceed to the east for Kenya and through the border posts (for immigration and customs) to Nairobi, which is reached in the late evening.

 

(NOTE: Day1 and Day 5)
Itineraries can be changed if you are connecting by air to and from Entebbe. The city tour would then be done in the afternoon of day one and you would fly out in the morning of day five. A flight supplement of US$250 is charged per person and covers the return fare but not include the departure tax at the airports)