19 days:Ecotourism Cultural Expedition
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Key Information:
- Tour Duration: 19 day(s)
- Group Size: 2 - 15 people
- Destination(s): Uganda
- Period: January - December
- Airfare Included: No
- Tour Customizable: No
Enjoy an adventurous tour to some of the beautiful spots in Uganda - you will know why Uganda is “the pearl of Africa”. Uganda enjoys a diversity of languages and cultures with groups such as the Karamajong, the Baganda, the Banyankole and the Batwa (pygmies) among others. Many of these communities share relations with sister tribes in Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi and Sudan.
Day One:
After breakfast at Hotel Africana, our tour guide will brief you on the day’s programme. He will take you around Kampala City to some of the important tourist sites such as Kasubi tombs, The Uganda Museum, the Bahai Temple, and the Nomo Gallery for handicrafts, the St. Balikudembe Market, and many others. If it is a Sunday or a Thursday, visit the Synagogue Church of All Nations - a lot of miracles with prophesies are performed in the name of Jesus Christ.
Have a dinner and an overnight at Speke Hotel (Full Board)
Day Two:
After breakfast, our tour guide will transfer you to Bujagali Falls. The cultural performances in this place will leave you wondering. You can choose to go for white water rafting. Visit the local communities and share with them their cultural experiences.
Have a dinner and an overnight at Jinja Resort Hotel (Full Board)
Day Three:
After breakfast, our tour guide will transfer you to Mt. Elgon at Sipi Falls. Spend the whole afternoon visiting the various caves and the surrounding villages as you interact with this friendly community. Their diverse cultural value - including the Female Genital Mutilation, is quite fascinating.
Have a dinner and an overnight at Sipi Falls Rest Camp (Full Board)
Day Four:
After breakfast you will be transferred to Pian Upe through Namalu sub-county. Take a guided walk and interact with the Pian Karamajong. Their culture is among the most interesting. The handicrafts at Namalu are so interesting. In the afternoon move back to Kampala.
Have a dinner and an overnight at Hotel Africana (Full Board)
Day Five:
Early in the morning our tour guide will transfer you to the Rhino Fund Centre and view the rhinos in the conservation reserve as you are heading to the Murchison Falls. Move to the top of the falls. Enjoy the magnificent panoramic view and the vast animal species such as the elephants, buffaloes, giraffes, red-tailed monkeys and black- and-white colobus monkeys as well as some magnificent birdlife at close quarters.
Have a dinner and an overnight at Paraa Safari Lodge (Full Board)
Day Six:
After breakfast go for a game-drive. You will be fascinated by the vast Hippo population at the banks of the Nile River. Most of the animals earlier mentioned will be spotted as well. You can also do some spot-fishing of the Nile Perch.
Have a night in Masindi town.
Day Seven:
After breakfast our tour guide will transfer you to Fort Portal. In the afternoon enjoy your time with the local communities as they will offer cultural entertainments.
Have an overnight at Rwenzori View Guest House.
Day Eight:
Early in the morning, after breakfast, have a nature walk in Kibale National Park. In the same breath, you will be trekking chimpanzees. Later in the day, drive to Semliki National Park arriving in the evening.
Stay in Bundibugyo for an overnight.
Day Nine:
After breakfast, have a walk in the tropical rainforest. The panoramic view of River Semliki is so fascinating. A picnic lunch at the hot springs and a visit to the local community can make the day.
Day Ten:
After breakfast, take a game drive through Semliki National Park to Lake Albert where you will enjoy a boat cruise. In evening visit the local communities for some interaction and entertainment.
Have a dinner and overnight at Semliki Safari Lodge (Full Board)
Day Eleven:
After breakfast, our tour guide will transfer you to Queen Elizabeth National Park. Have an evening game drive in the Park.
A dinner and an overnight at Mweya Safari Lodge (Full Board)
Day Twelve:
After breakfast go for a morning game drive. Pay a visit to Katwe Salt Lake and witness the extraction of salt from the lake. In the afternoon enjoy a boat cruise along the Kazinga Channel as you view the vast numbers of birds and animals such as the hippos, buffaloes, elephants, etc.
Have an overnight at Mweya Safari Lodge (Full Board)
Day Thirteen:
After breakfast the tour guide will take you to the bats and pythons’ cave. Then proceed to Ishasha for tree-climbing lions. Ensure that you go with packed lunch. From there, proceed to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park - where you will arrive in the evening.
Have a dinner and an overnight at Buhoma Homestead (Full Board)
Day Fourteen:
After breakfast go for Gorilla tracking deep in the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest. In the afternoon meet the Batwa community. Their hospitality will surely be rewarding.
Day Fifteen:
After breakfast, go for mountain gorilla tracking. Spend the day enjoying a game drive that will expose you to a variety of birds and animal life. In the evening drive to Kabale.
Have a dinner and an overnight at White Horse Inn (Full Board)
Day Sixteen:
After breakfast visit Lake Bunyonyi. Enjoy a boat cruise on the lake. Visit the local community for traditional entertainment.
Return to the White Horse Inn for a dinner and an Overnight.
Day Seventeen:
After your breakfast set-off for Lake Mburo. You will arrive in this park by mid-day. Have a game drive that will expose you to a number of antelope species, zebras, leopards and others.
Have an overnight at Mantana Camp Luxury Tented Camp (full Board).
Day Eighteen:
After breakfast our tour guide will transfer you Musambwa Island in Sango Bay Ramsar Site- Rakai District. The island accommodates human-friendly reptiles and migratory birds that seasonally shit between Uganda and Russia. Leave the Islands in the evening and stay at Hotel Brovad in Masaka for a dinner and an overnight (Full Board).
In the morning, after your breakfast, transfer to Entebbe for your flight back home.
End of the safari tour.
