With this tour you happen to Visit the Gorilla in Nkuringo South of Bwindi and also climbing one of the Volcanic Mountains in the South is Uganda. Option of Village walks, Riding Bicycles, Visiting lakes like Muntada.
Tour Itinerary:
Day 1: To Kisoro (10 hours). In the early morning 7:00 am we leave for the South West of Uganda. The first part takes us through central Uganda. In Kabale we will have lunch, we then continue for the last part. The bad road takes us through a beautiful landscape called the "Switzerland of Africa". We pass mountains, lakes, hills with cultivated terraces and tropical rainforest and bamboo forest. On the last hill the landscape unfolds beneath us, in the vast plane of Uganda, Rwanda and Congo the Virunga volcanoes dominate the view.
Down is Kisoro where we stay in the famous Travellers Rest Hotel. In the sixties the famous American "gorilla-woman" Dian Fossey visited Hotel Travellers Rest many, many times to do paperwork, to relax or to meet people. Fossey said about the hotel: "It was my second home". Travellers Rest is just outside Kisoro. The hotel, built in a somewhat colonial style, and entirely renovated in 1999, has a comfortable ambiance.
Day 2: Gorilla tracking. From Travellers Rest in Kisoro it is 1 hour by car to Nkuringo group in South Bwindi.
Day 3: In Kisoro: Climbing Muhavura Volcano (± 8 hrs; distance 12km; height 4127m; elevation gain 1700m); climbing Gahinga Volcano (± 6 hrs; distance 8km; height 3474m; elevation gain 1100m); Sabinyo Gorge (± 4 hrs; distance 6km, no elevation gain). Climbing the Sabinyo volcano - Sabinyo has three peaks, you can climb all three in the same walk, you need to be fit. ± 8 hrs; distance 14 km; height 3669m, elevation gain 1300 m. In Magahinga to the viewpoint and Garama Cave - pygmy cave (± 4 hrs; distance 1 and 4 km).
Bird walk in Magahinga starts at 10 am, it can take up to 4-5 am. Several bicycle rides on mountain bikes. From 25km to 50km. The hills can be steep and tough. Cultural village walk with a local guide walking through the land of the Bufumbira tribe. Walk to Lake Mutanda. Visit Python island and go canoeing on this beautiful lake. Or just sit and relax or read a book in the garden of Travellers Rest.
Day 4: To Kampala (10 hours). Early morning, after breakfast the car will take us back to Kampala. We will bring you to a guest house, campsite or hotel. If you continue your holiday somewhere else or back home; we bring you to Entebbe airport for an onwards flight
Note: Budget Tour Prices:
- 2 persons - 650$
- 3 persons - 520$
- 4 persons - 450$
- Single occupancy - 60$ more.
Luxury Tour Prices:
- 2 persons - 1050$
- 3 persons - 910$
- 4 persons - 840$
- Single occupancy - 168$ more.
Notes:
Airfare is not included in the tour price.
Prices Includes:
- Simple accommodation and breakfast(Budget tour)
Prices Excludes:
- Climbing Muhavura Volcano - 30$ per person
- Climbing Gahinga Volcano - 30$ per person
- Climbing the Sabinyo volcano- 30$ per person
- Charges for trekking in Rwanda - 70$ per person
Also see tour packages in:
Africa
Uganda
Wildlife Viewing
Mountain/Rock Climbing
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