Overview
Luxury Small Group Journey
5 Star
Luxury
10-99 Years
16
Fully Guided
AKUGB
Itinerary
Arrive in Entebbe, Uganda, a nation of stunning greenery, deep lakes, soaring mountains and rich biodiversity. Transfer to your hotel for an evening at leisure. Stay: Protea Hotel Entebbe
Depart Entebbe and fly to Murchison Falls National Park, one of the most scenic spots along the Nile and the location of the classic Humphrey Bogart film, The African Queen. After settling into your lodge on the banks of the Victoria Nile, join your guide for a visit to Murchison Falls, where invigorating spray — the collective force of the majestic Nile — showers a narrow ravine. Stay: Nile Safari Lodge (B/L/D)
Set out on a game drive along the northern bank of the Nile, in Murchison Falls National Park. You may see giraffes, buffalo, elephants, warthogs, leopards, lions and antelope. Later, embark by boat to the base of the falls, watching for hippos, crocodiles and other species. Stay: Nile Safari Lodge (B/L/D)
After breakfast, board a flight to Kibale and transfer to your lodge. Later, you may take an optional nature walk along the top of Bunyaruguru Crater. Stay: Kyaninga Lodge (B/L/D)
Kibale Forest is home to 11 species of primates, including chimpanzee and mangabey, and 300 types of birds. Rise early for the start of your chimpanzee trek, listening to the forest's silence as you go. Return to your lodge for the rest of the afternoon at leisure. Stay: Kyaninga Lodge (B/L/D)
Drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park, home to elephants, lions, hippos and baboons, any of which you may see on an afternoon game drive. Stay: Ishasha Wilderness Camp (B/L/D)
Keep exploring, watching for tree-climbing lions, a sight seldom seen elsewhere in Africa. Then, toast your safari with a Scenic Sundowner. Stay: Ishasha Wilderness Camp (B/L/D)
Set out for a morning game drive through Queen Elizabeth National Park. Make your way out of the Rift Valley through the Kigezi Highlands and on to the mountains of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. This afternoon at your camp, savour a Chef's Table experience. Stay: Sanctuary Gorilla Forest Camp (B/L/D)
Spend two days tracking endangered mountain gorillas, spending up to an hour among them each day. See mothers keeping infants close as they knucklewalk on three limbs. Watch scampering toddlers reined in by an attentive father. Later, visit the Uganda Nursing School Bwindi, a project supported by Abercrombie & Kent Philanthropy. Stay: Sanctuary Gorilla Forest Camp (B/L/D)
Today, once again bask in the bond that exists between primate and man as you set out on your final gorilla trek. Stay: Sanctuary Gorilla Forest Camp (B/L/D)
Fly to Entebbe and return to your hotel, where a dayroom awaits until your international flight home. (B)
Trip Inclusions
- Encounter mountain gorillas under the biodiverse canopy of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, ranging through mist-covered hillsides to observe these greatest of apes in their natural surroundings, sensing the deep connection between their species and our own
- Cruise up the Nile River to the misty base of Murchison Falls, spotting wildlife such as water birds, including rare shoebill storks, wallowing hippos, elephants that come down to the river bank to drink and fearsome Nile crocodiles basking in the sun
- Trek the lush, tropical trails of Kibale National Park in search of chimpanzees, sociable primates that forage for food and utter vocalisations that reverberate through the forest
- Set out on two full days of game drives in the wilds of Queen Elizabeth National Park, keeping watch for examples of tree-climbing lions as well as elephants, Cape buffalo and Ugandan kob — a type of antelope symbolic of Uganda
- English-Speaking Resident Tour Director® and Local Guides
- Hand-Selected Luxury Accommodations
- Airport Meet and Greet with Private Transfers
- Travelling Bell Boy® Luggage Handling
- Full Breakfast Daily; Select Lunches and Dinners
- Traveller's Valet® Laundry Service
- Internet Access
- Entrance Fees, Taxes and All Gratuities Except Resident Tour Director
- 24/7 A&K On-Call Support
- Guaranteed Departures with Just Two Guests
- Accommodation, itinerary and inclusions subject to change.
- Disruptions to itinerary may occur.
- Internal Air Included: Entebbe/Murchison Falls/Kibale/Kihihi/Entebbe
- Primate permits are included in the journey price, paid at time of deposit and non-refundable
- This journey entails active elements such as hiking through isolated jungle regions
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