Uganda
Gorillas and Chimpanzees Trekking-Uganda
From Original price was: R98,500.R88,692Current price is: R88,692.
Per person sharing
Valid
15 October 2024 - 30 November 2024
Travel outside of these dates may be subject to supplements and increases
Flights & Taxes included 10 Nights All Meals Bush sundowner!
These are unique animals – rare, gentle, and similar to humans yet different. Trekking gorillas is a unique experience; it leads you into a strange land to meet unusual creatures on their terms. This can be humbling and thrilling at the same time. Gorilla trekking is an intense experience that can take all day. The guide leads you through the gorilla’s world, explaining aspects of their ecology and behaviour along the way and will be able to give you current details
and basic facts about gorillas including the composition of Gorilla group changes as individuals are born, die, or transfer. The groups are named after the area in which they range. They are wild creatures with no fixed routine and finding them requires the skill and experience of your trackers and guides as well as luck! The guides and trackers have helped to habituate the gorilla groups and knew them intimately. They will take you to the area where they left the gorillas the day before and will, therefore, be able to suggest how long the hike might take. Feel free to stop and view the surrounding birds and flowers the guide will ensure that you don’t get left behind. Watch out for safari ants on the trail – they bite and hold on, and if you get in their way and they cover you, the only solution is to strip! The actual path that you will follow will depend on where the trackers left the group and what signs they find to indicate
where the group has moved to. Signs trackers look for include crushed vegetation, broken plants that the gorillas might eat and fresh dung. If you find the place where the group slept, you would see the gorilla’s nests, which they make fresh each night. They often range in the broken forest where vegetation is dense. Be patient and eventually they will come into view.
Inclusions
- Return flights from Johannesburg to Entebbe including airline levy
- Meet and greet on arrival at Entebbe International Airport
- All internal transfers are included as per itinerary
- 10 Nights' accommodation at the combination of 3* lodges in Uganda
- Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Daily
- Water and snacks in the vehicle
- Activities as indicated in the itinerary
- 1 Gorilla permit per person. Gorilla viewing is subject to availability of permits, which are limited; any additional gorilla permits required should be purchased when booking.
- Body massage after Gorilla trek
- Bush sundowner in Queen Elizabeth NP with Uganda's award-winning beer and Italian wine
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- Book by 15 Nov to secure! Limited availability!
Exclusions
- Travel Insurance (Highly recommended)
- Meals and drinks not specified
- Activities not specified
- Laundry services
- Gratuities to the driver/guide, trackers, hotel staff
& porters - All expenses of a personal nature
Hotels:
2 Nights at Pakuba Safari Lodge
2 Nights at 2 Friends Beach Hotel
1 Night at Bugoma Jungle Lodge Hotel
1 Night at Twin Lakes Safari Lodge
2 Nights at Ishasha Jungle Lodge
2 Nights at Rushaga Gorilla Safari Lodge
- Conditions and validities apply.
- This offer is subject to availability
- Prices may change due to seasonal and exchange rate fluctuations
- Visas may be necessary and Insurance is essential
- Accommodation is per person sharing, unless otherwise specified
- Errors and omissions in this offer are excepted
- Subject to IGO Travel's general Conditions of Business
- Excludes high season/school holidays, block out dates may apply
- Yellow fever inoculation is compulsory & malaria prophylactics are recommended.
- For gorilla trekking it is imperative that you are healthy and free of any disease or virus;
officials do have the right to refuse entry if you are found to have or show any signs of communicable illnesses. - Most nationalities require a visa to enter Uganda which can be obtained on arrival for USD50 per person, single entry.
Why we like it
Only 600 gorillas remain in the world and half of them are found in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National park.
Bwindi National Park offers some of the best montane- forest bird watching in Africa with about 350 recorded different species including rare ones.
Embarking on an early morning game drive in hopes of spotting The Big Five in Queen Elizabeth and Murchison Falls National parks, indeed the former park is "Queen of parks" in Uganda.
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