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01
Arrive Entebbe International Airport and after clearing immigration
formalities you will be welcomed by Swift Freight Tours & Travel
representative and transferred to your hotel in Kampala.
Overnight at Sheraton Kampala (BB).
Day
02
After breakfast drive to Lake Mburo National Park (4 hours) stopping
en route at the Mpigi Royal Drum Makers where traditional art has
been unchanged for centuries. After a picnic lunch in the park take
a guided bush walk and game drives. Lake Mburo is a beautiful and
relatively game park offering a gentle introduction to the flora
and fauna of Uganda. Animals you may see includes zebras, Impalas,
oribi, dik dik, klipspringer, bush buck, buffalo and abudance of
bird life. In the early evening a short distance drive to Mbarara
town while watching long horned Ankole cows grazing on the sides
of the road.
Overnight at Lake View Hotel (BLD).
Day
03
After breakfast at the hotel, you will be transferred by road to
Buhoma in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park. Lunch will be
served at White Horse Inn. After lunch continue to Buhoma and relax,
in anticipation of the next day's activities.
Overnight Bwindi Tent Camp (BLD).
Day
04
Early Breakfast and then transfer to the park gate where you will
meet your guides and porters before you start your day long tracking.
The rugged mountain terrain makes hiking exciting and adventurous
in search of gorillas. Bwindi has other diurnal mammals making one
of the richest ecosystems in Africa. Other primates include Chimpanzee,
L’hoests monkey, black and white colobus monkey and baboons.
The time spent tracking will depend on the location of the gorillas,
a picnic lunch will be served and you will only be allowed only
one hour stay with gorillas. After viewing gorillas return back
to the camp.
Overnight Bwindi Tent Camp (BLD)
Day
05
After breakfast transfer back to Kampala, with lunch served at Lake
View Hotel enroute to Kampalaand dinner at Sheraton Kampala Hotel.
Overnight Sheraton Kampala Hotel (BL).
Day
06
After breakfast at the Hotel transfer by road to Jinja town stopping
en route at Owen Falls Dam; Uganda’s biggest hydro power station.
The scenic views are excellent as you drive through gentle slopping
hills with both tea and sugar cane estates on either side. On arrival
at Jinja town, drive for a short distance and visit the source of
River Nile. This is a point where the great Nile starts its long
journey up to Mediterranean Sea. Continue to Njeru village near
Jinja town and Nabugayi and start your 45 Kilometers trip on River
Nile. The first day you will cover about 9 rapids in the morning
and after lunch on the Island cover another five more rapids. About
five o’clock you will view a spectacular dog-leg of waves known
as “Novocaine” which is the first rapid after our normal
one-day take out point. Paddle up to the Island for overnight. It’s
a feasting night with chicken, steak and fish under the stars.
Overnight Island Camp (BLD).
Day
07
Wake to sunrise and take your breakfast at the camp, ring the raft
with oar frames and push off from the shore at about 9:30 AM. This
second day involves oar boating, the guide rows the boat and every
one else kicks back and relaxes. The first rapid will be “Hair
of the Dog” and continue to “Kulu Shaker” after a
short flat section you challenge “Nile Special” which
is the towering wave train that dwarfs the raft. Relax for a long
stretch before reaching “Malalu” which is the home to
one of the biggest single waves on this stretch of river. After
Malalu pull over to an Island for lunch. This afternoon it will
be calmer water, which winds through spectacular scenery and heavily
forested Islands and banks. Locals around will come to watch since
this stretch is flat and bird viewing opportunities are high and
you way see Nile River Otter in play. The last rapid “Weleba”
before Nabuganyi will be reached around 4:00 PM. Escaping the heat
with a drink from the cooler in the bus. You head west from Nile
and transfer back to Kampala by 6:00PM. This two days trip is definitely
an unsurprassed experience on the Nile.
Overnight Sheraton Kampala (BLD).
Day
08
After breakfast transfer to Entebbe airport and board your departure
flight. (B&B)
End of your tour.
Inclusions:
- All road transfers, meals and accommodation as indicated in the
itinerary, driver guide, park entry fee, gorilla permits, Government
tax (VAT), Game drives, water guides.
Exclusions:
- International flights, tips and gratuities, personal items, beverages,
airport departure tax.
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