JOIN US ON OUR 19 JANUARY 2019 MISSION TO UGANDA                                             

This 8 day trip offers the opportunity to make a difference as well as enjoy the beauty and wildlife of Uganda.  Jan.19 – Jan 28  The purpose of this trip is to raise funds for the construction of a school in a village of Uganda.  The participation fee includes an $800.00 donation to cover  the logistics of the charitable portion of our trip and the donation for the school building and other aid we shall deliver during our trip.

DAY 1: ARRIVAL January 19th
You will be met at the airport and transferred to the lodge in Kampala where you will meet with the other participants for a welcome dinner

Meal plan: Dinner

DAY 2 January 20th
We travel to Mukono District (Katosi sub county) to Bunakigya village to visit a primary school built by Global Legacy Programs.  We will  deliver school supplies and paint the classrooms together with the community.
Box lunch
Dinner at hotel and visit to the Ndere Cultural Center for a performance by all Ugandan tribes.

Meal plan: Full board

DAY 3 January 21st
Free morning to visit Kampala
Afternoon visit the Nerembe clinic to deliver medical supplies.
Visit to the Children House of Joy orphanage.
Dinner at typical restaurant in Kampala

Meal plan: Half Board

DAY 4 January 22nd
Start of Primates and Wildlife Safari.

Travel to Kibale National Park driving via Mityana town with lunch en-route in the beautiful Fort portal town. Visit Amabere Ganyinamwiru stalagmites site including the waterfall and caves, as well as the crater lakes with a remarkable view of the Rwenzori foothills.
Proceed to Kibale arriving late afternoon.
Overnight and dinner: Chimpanzee Forest Guest House
Meal Plan: Half Board

DAY 5 January 23rd

Chimpanzee trek 795 km 2 king-Kibale forest.

After breakfast and a short  briefing we will go chimpanzee tracking. Kibale Forest National Park is one of the best safari destinations in Africa for chimpanzee tracking. Kibale’s 795 km2 National Park contains one of the most beautiful and with the most varying tracts of tropical forest in the whole of Uganda. This is home to a number of forest wildlife, most especially 13 species of primate coupled with chimpanzees.
 
Return for lunch and in the afternoon, visit Bigodi wetland area for a nature walk and later transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park arriving in the evening.
Overnight: Park View Safari Lodge
Meal Plan: Half Board

DAY 6 January 24th
Game drive and launch cruise-Queen Elizabeth National Park


We will go for early morning game drive in the Kasenyi sector where you will spot various game like the elephants, Uganda kobs, lions among others. Return to the lodge for late breakfast followed by lunch.
In the afternoon, you will go for a launch cruise along the Kazinga channel where you will encounter the Hippos and crocodiles, the cruise will also offer the sight various birds and other animals as they come down to drink and bathe.
Overnight and dinner: Park View Safari Lodge
Meal Plan: Full Board

DAY 7 January 25th

We travel to Bwindi passing through the Ishasha sector of Queen Elizabeth National Park where you may spot some tree climbing lions.  We will have lunch en route arriving in Bwindi in the afternoon.

Dinner and overnight at Ichumbi Gorilla Lodge – Meal plan: Half board

DAY 8 January 26th 

Program for those opting to do the gorilla trecking:

After an early breakfast we will drive up to the park headquarters for briefing and for gorilla trekking.  This could take 4 to 6 hours depending of the gorillas’ movements.  After trekking we will return to the starting point of our expedition to receive our certificate, meet our driver and transfer back to the lodge

Optional community walk in the afternoon to meet the villagers.

Dinner and overnight at Ichumbi Gorilla lodge

Meal plan: half board

Program for those not doing the gorilla trecking

You will enjoy your morning breakfast and transfer to Lake Mburo national park with a stopover in Mbarara town for lunch and arriving in the evening.
Overnight: Rwakobo Rock Lodge
Meal Plan: Half Board

DAY 9 January 27th

Program for those who did the gorilla trecking

After breakfast departure for Mburo .  Afternoon arrival and boat cruise.

Overnight: Rwakobo Rock Lodge
Meal Plan: Half Board

Program for those who did not do the gorilla trecking

Lake Mburo National Park
Enjoy an early morning game drive; the park is home to herds of Impala, as well as the more uncommon Topi, Eland, and Klipspringer. Burchells Zebra and buffalo also graze the area as well as  Giraffes.  

Afternoon return to Kampala  and Hotel or airport for your flight home.  Please advise if you will need a hotel for that night.

END OF SAFARI

Day 10 January 28th

Only the gorilla trecking group 

Enjoy an early morning game drive; the park is home to herds of Impala, as well as the more uncommon Topi, Eland, and Klipspringer. Burchells Zebra and buffalo also graze the area as well as  Giraffes.  

Afternoon return to Kampala  and Hotel or to airport for your flight home.

Please advise if you will need a hotel reservation for that night.

COST:

$1,800  per person sharing double/twin room

25% of air fare and $800.00 of participation fee are tax deductible.

Participation fee includes:

Contribution to school construction and cost of medical supplies.
First three days in Kampala: hotels, local transportation and all meals indicated.
Chimpanzee park permit
All safari accommodation as per itinerary
4X4 safari vehicle & Fuel
Full time English-speaking driver/guide
All breakfasts as well as meals indicated including lunches en-route
Park entrance fees
Boat cruise
Vehicle entrance fees
Bottled mineral water while on safari
All activities as indicated

Excludes:
Tips
Visa fees
Air tickets
All items of personal nature like laundry, phone calls and alcoholic beverages.
Anything else not included in the itinerary.

OPTION TO INCLUDE GORILLA TREKKING IN BWINDI: $700.00

The fee includes the $600.00 fee for entrance in the gorilla park.

Your safari will be one day longer as you will remain in Bwindi on day 8 and follow this program:

DAY 8

You will then do what the rest of the group does on day 8 and 9

Day 9 – Lake Mburo National Park – As above

Day 10 Game drive and return to Kampala – As above.

TREKKING AND TRACKING GORILLAS …WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE?

When one talks about gorilla trekking whether in Uganda or Rwanda, it basically means following mountain gorillas. This involves a group of tourists who hike hills and beat the bush trying to follow and find a given family of mountain gorillas. Tourists are always guided by an official guide from Uganda Wildlife Authority in Uganda and or Rwanda Development Board for the sake of Rwanda. It is this trained guide that will lead the group of tourists to where the gorillas will be. During gorilla trekking, the guide will definitely do his work of identifying other animals, birds and trees to make the journey or trek enjoyable. He will always be in touch with gorilla trackers or what we call the advanced team who will keep on directing him to where a given gorilla family will be at that particular moment. The fact that gorillas leave in mountainous or hilly areas, they have to trek or hike to find them hence the term gorilla trekking.

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