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Day 1
Fly to Kasese, be met by a Volcanoes
guide and drive to your Lodge,
two hours away. Lunch at the Lodge. Relax at lodge
or explore nearby crater
lake. O/N: Ndali/Mantana Kibale (FB).
Day 2
Track the noisy chimps and
other primates crashing around through the
high canopy of the forest with colourful birds
squawking nearby. Packed
lunch. Afternoon walk in Bigodi to see swamp birds.
The tourism and
conservation activities in Bigodi wetland have
helped build a number of
community projects including a local library and
a new secondary school.
O/N: Ndali/Mantana Kibale (FB).
Day 3
Either a day’s walk
in the foothills of the Rwenzoris, one of the
great mountain ranges of the world, looking out
for its forbidding peaks in
the distance, or drive straight to QE. The game
drives depend on the season.
The Kasenyi plains support large concentrations
of game especially lion. The
area around the seven crater lakes in the northern
hills are very scenic but
game viewing is erratic. The Mweya peninsula is
usually good to see the
large mammals, bushbuck, waterbuck, and elephant,
as well as the unusual
giant forest hog. Leopard may also be seen in this
area. O/N: Mweya/Jacana
(FB).
Day 4
An excursion to Kyambura
gorge nearby to track the fast moving elusive
chimpanzees, one of man's closest relations. The
chimp population is quite
mobile and viewing is unpredictable. The walk in
this "lost world" is
nevertheless enchanting, or visit the tropical
Bee Care Centre to look at
their range of community projects from bee keeping,
honey making to the
community nursery for children. Alternatively go
for a nature walk in
Maramagambo Forest. This forest harbours some unusual
species - red-tailed
and L’Hoest’s Monkey, potto, giant
forest hog, pygmy antelope, and giant
elephant shrew. You can also visit the bat caves
and the blue lake. In the
afternoon a boat cruise on the Kazinga Channel
which is especially rewarding
for viewing a variety of game, especially hippo,
buffalo, elephant and a
vast array of birds. O/N: Mweya/Jacana (FB).
Day 5
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 in
the thick forest rich in birds, butterflies and
primates. O/N: Volcanoes
Bwindi Lodge (FB).
Day 6
Go gorilla tracking, walking
up steep densely forested hills
(subject to permit availability at time of booking).
In this thick and humid
forest you almost have to cut your way through
the undergrowth but finally
coming across the gorillas camouflaged in the vegetation
is an inspiring
moment. Tracking in Bwindi requires stamina and
can often take most of the
day. O/N: Volcanoes Bwindi Lodge (FB).
Day 7
Go for an early morning
nature walk. Drive to Kayonza airstrip for
your charter flight back to Entebbe.
An extra night and an extra gorilla pemit can
be added by paying a supplement at the time of
booking.
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