5 Days Gorilla and Water Rafting Safari

Price

From USD 0 pp sharing

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What is included

• Airport transfers on first and last day,

• Transport in a 4×4 safari vehicle

• Services of an English speaking driver guide

• Fuel for the whole trip

• Gorilla trekking permit (USD 700 per person)

• Accommodation and meal plan as per the itinerary

• 1 day pre-tour accommodation in Kampala / Entebbe

• Rafting Fees

• All park entrance and activities' fees

• Bottled water while in the vehicle

What is excluded

• International airfares

• Uganda Visa (USD50.00 which can be paid on arrival at the Airport

• Items of personal nature such as tips, drinks, and laundry

Safari Overview

This 5 Days Gorillas and White Water Rafting Safari combines both Bwindi Impenetrable National Park to see Uganda gorillas in the jungle and white water rafting on River Nile in Jinja. This tour takes you to Jinja popularly known for being the source of the Nile-The Longest River on planet earth for the magnificent white water rafting experience. It then takes you to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park where you will have a chance to trek one of the habituated mountain gorilla families and take back memories. This 5 Days Gorillas and White Water Rafting Safari can as well start from Bwindi and end in Jinja.

This all inclusive safari will start and end in Kampala / Entebbe 

Safari Highlights

• Tour starts and ends in Kampala / Entebbe

• Photographic scenery of the Uganda’s countryside landscape

• Stopover at the Equator

• The Bwindi Gorilla trekking adventure through the Bwindi Impenetrable jungles

• Adventurous Jinja city

• White water Rafting experience.

Day by Day - Itinerary

Day 1: Arrival and transfer to Kampala

Day 2: Transfer to Jinja - Water Rafting
Day 3: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park

Day 4: Gorilla trekking experience
Day 5: Return to Kampala

Day 1: Arrival and transfer to Kampala

Upon arrival, you will be met by our guide at Entebbe Airport who will transfer you to Kampala for your overnight. Depending on the traffic situation of the day, you may pass through the city center for a brief city tour (not included in the cost and optional) before proceeding to your overnight accommodation property.

• You’ll be collected from the airport (or hotel)

• 1 day pre-tour departure Accommodation is inclusive on the package

• Accommodation after the tour can be arranged at an extra fee

Day 2: Transfer to Jinja

After your early morning breakfast, the early morning drive to Jinja for the Magnificent Uganda adventure experience. The journey will take you through Mabira forest the tropical rain forest in central Uganda, tea and sugarcane plantations plus several roadside markets arriving at Kalagala falls in time for your full or half day white water rafting adventure on the Nile. You will then return back to Kampala arriving in the evening for overnight.

Main Destination: Jinja

Accommodation: 

Luxury: Serena Hotel | Sheraton Hotel | Sky Hotel | Protea Hotel

Mid-range: Kampala Forest Cottages | 

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner 

Drinks: Drinking Water

Day 3: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National park

Our tour guide / driver shall pick you from your hotel in Kampala or Entebbe early morning and set off a scenic drive south west of Uganda to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park. You will have stop over at the equator for photography and experimentation and lunch in Mbarara town. You will reach Bwindi in the evening for Dinner and overnight at the safari lodge or hotel. The park is a heritage to the popular mountain Gorillas left in the wild ,these wild apes inhabiting this park are recorded to be over 50% of the world's population. While driving to this region, you will be thrilled with an amazing experience of the topography made of hills, valleys and the beautiful sceneries of Virunga, Mgahinga and Muhavura mountains though from a distance to either Rushanga or Ruhija sections for gorilla trekking 

Main Destination: Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

Accommodation: 

Luxury Lodges: Mahogany Springs Lodge | Buhoma Lodge | Rushanga Gorilla Satari Lodge

Mid-Range Lodges: Gorilla Resort Bwindi | Gorilla Safari Lodge |  Silver Back Lodge |  Wagtail eco-safari |  Bwindi Jungle Lodge | Chameleon Hill Lodge | Lake Mutanda Resort.

Budget Lodge:  Buhoma community Rest camp | Ruhija Gorilla Friends Camp | Travelers Rest Hotel Kisolo  | Gorilla Valley Lodge | Bakiga Lodge and Gorilla Mist camp.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Drinks: Bottled Water.

Day 4: Gorilla trekking adventure 

Early morning at 6 am, you will prepare yourself and have breakfast before gathering at the park headquarters at 7 am with your packed lunch to be briefed about the dos and don’ts while with the gorillas. You will then proceed to trek the gorillas in the forest at 8:30 am, an experience that will take 2-6 hours depending on the movement of the apes on the day. After spending an hour with the gorillas, descend back to the lodge for refreshment. In the evening, you may go for a nature walk or cultural walk to the Batwa communities for Batwa trail experience that leads you to the lives of the ancient people of the forest.

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Main Destination: Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

Accommodation: 

Luxury Lodges: Mahogany Springs Lodge | Buhoma Lodge | Rushanga Gorilla Satari Lodge

Mid-Range Lodges: Gorilla Resort Bwindi | Gorilla Safari Lodge |  Silver Back Lodge |  Wagtail eco-safari |  Bwindi Jungle Lodge | Chameleon Hill Lodge | Lake Mutanda Resort.

Budget Lodges:  Buhoma community Rest camp | Ruhija Gorilla Friends Camp | Travelers Rest Hotel Kisolo  | Gorilla Valley Lodge | Bakiga Lodge and Gorilla Mist camp.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Drinks: Bottled Water.

Day 5: Transfer to Kampala / Airport

In the morning after a relaxed breakfast, you will set off back to Kampala reaching in the evening and transfer to Entebbe airport to check in for your departure flight if on schedule.

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Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Drinks: Bottled Water

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End of Tour

• Additional accommodation can be arranged for extra cost

• You’ll be dropped off at the airport (or hotel)

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Important to Know

• Rates are per person and exclude the international flights from/to your home country.

• This tour accepts children.

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Rates Per Person

Single room Supplement is USD 50.00 per person per day willing to stay alone in a single room

What is included

• Airport transfers on first and last day,

• Transport in a 4×4 safari vehicle

• Services of an English speaking driver guide

• Fuel for the whole trip

• Gorilla trekking permit (USD 700 per person)

• Accommodation and meal plan as per the itinerary

• 1 day pre-tour accommodation in Kampala / Entebbe

• All park entrance and activities' fees

• Rafting Fees

• Bottled water while in the vehicle

What is excluded

• International airfares

• Uganda Visa (USD50.00 which can be paid on arrival at the Airport

• Items of personal nature such as tips, drinks, and laundry

Getting There

This tour starts and ends in Entebbe or Kampala

This operator can help select your international flights, but you'll have to book them yourself

A transfer from and back to the airport is included

Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour can be arranged for an extra cost