Gorilla Permit Prices Reduce

The legalised tourism body of Uganda has cut down the price tag on a gorilla permit in order to lure more sightseers to the area which has half of the mountain gorillas left in the whole world.

The Uganda Wildlife Authority has therefore reduced the fees from $500 to $350 per permit for each gorilla safari trek. This has been done at a time when two new gorilla families have been introduced in the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park in Uganda. Basing on the words from the UWA Director, Dr. Andrew Seguya, this marketing move is likely to boost the lots of gorilla safari permits sold day after day, from 64 to atleast 80. It should be noted that the price cut applies only to the months of March, April, May, October and November.

Uganda is home to the mountain gorillas in Uganda with about 700 mountain gorillas which are living in the thick tropical forest of Bwindi, the other gorillas are found in Rwanda's parc des volcanoes.

Gorilla holidays tourism is the maximum revenue contributor both in Uganda and Rwanda, the reduction in price is likely to bring in competition for tourist between Uganda and Rwanda.
There are lots of gorilla trekking companies in Uganda and Rwanda offering gorilla tours and wildlife safaris across Africa. Take care to book your safari with a recognized safari agent to avoid disappointment. If you want to trek the gorillas cheaply, you'll be able to join a group tour so as to save. It’s also important to book relatively cheap accommodation if you have limited amounts of money to spend.

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Uganda Safari Africa

WILDLIFE AND BIRDS IN QUEEN ELIZABETH NATIONAL PARK.

On arrival you will be met and transferred to Queen Elizabeth National Park, situated on the Kazinga Channel between Lake Edward and Lake George, and to the south of the great Ruwenzori Mountains. With Uganda safari rolling grasslands, craters and crater lakes, tropical forests, papyrus swamps and extensive lake shore, 'QE', as it is affectionately known, undoubtedly offers Uganda's best open country birdwatching and wildlife-viewing. Great herds of Uganda Kob roam the grasslands, Giant Forest Hog is bold and uncaring, and along the Kazinga Channel you will be able to approach herds of Elephant, Cape Buffalo and Hippo by motor launch. During your 2-night stay at Mweya, or Jacana Safari Lodge you may may take a guided walk in the Maramagambo Forest and then visit the bat caves and blue lake. Your morning game drive may also lead you to the famous Lions, Red-tailed Monkey, Black and White Colobus and many bird species. Uganda Hotels
Day 1

On arrival at Entebbe airport, you will be met by your guide. After a briefing, set out to Queen Elizabeth stopping at places of interest like drum makers, fruit markets and other strategic places to appreciate nature. You travel the escarpment overlooking the Great Rift Valley. Time permitting; go for an evening game drive in the park. O/N: Mweya Lodge or Jacana Safari Lodge (FB)

Day 2

During morning game drive, you may see crater lakes filled with huge flocks of flamingos, lions relaxing on grassy plains, and elephants ambling through the bush. The area ranks extremely high in biodiversity. In the afternoon, take a boat cruise on the Kazinga Channel to see some of the famous birdlife. O/N: Mweya Lodge or Jacana African Safari Lodge (FB)

Day 3
Either go for an early morning game drive or take a guided walk in the Maramagambo Forest and then visit the bat caves and blue lake or after an early breakfast, drive back to Kampala, where you will have a late lunch in one of the best restaurants in town. In the afternoon, enjoy an "urban safari" to the bustling fruit and craft market and some of Kampala's better cafes, galleries and boutiques. Tasteful souvenirs (carvings, prints, etc) can be found here. Later this afternoon, transfer to Entebbe for your onward flight. (B,L)

End of Trip.

Murchison Wildlife Safari Uganda

Murchison Wildlife Safari Uganda

AA safaris prepare special Uganda safari for those interested in being part of an adventure. This is one of them; in this safari you get to visit and see wildlife in its natural habitat. Do not afford to miss the fun during a visit to Murchison national park! It is an 11 kilometer boat trip of decorated with the view of great creatures and giant tamarind trees to the bottom of the falls. The park is the biggest of all parks in Uganda (about 7000sq.km) and it is in the middle of the country.. It provides some of the amazing scenery that is exclusive of only itself in the whole Uganda. Sa you take on this trip, expect to be part of a in the launch/boat cruise on the Victoria Nile, spot out the great enthralling game including the crocodiles, buffalos, hippos, leopards, giraffes, lions and many antelopes.

Murchison falls Uganda Vacations

ITINERARY

Arrive at Entebbe airport/or bus station and our driver will be delighted to transport you to your hotel. In caser you arrive prior to 16:00 hours local time and perhaps you are not fatigued, AA safaris and tour will take you to tour the Uganda wild life education center.

Day 1 Murchison Falls National Park Uganda
Following breakfast, in the early hours of the day, head off for Murchison fall national park pass through the marvelous rolling green scenery all the way through Masindi town to the park. On the way make a stop for a picnic lunch, board a ferry to Paraa a luxury lodge overlooking Nile River and get pleasure in the peaceful environment of the park.

Day 2
Before full sun rise, be part of an enthralling the games drive in the Nyamsika plateau. Search out for lion buffalos, giraffes, and elephants and the antelope class. Following a lunch break, carry on for a launch cruise on the Victoria Nile up stream to the bottom of the falls. Withis safari, when cruising you will be able to see the hippos, crocodiles, waterbuck, and a numerous bird species like the shoebill stock one of the most unique birds in the world. The boat stops just a stone throw to the “Devil’s Cauldron” which is a incredible place to see the magnificent Murchison falls.

Day 3
Following breakfast, drive to the top of the falls where the Nile’s gorgeousness is in perfection, it is here where the Nile squeezes and bursts majestically through a 7metre gorge to an awesome 45metre plunge bringing out a boisterous roar forming a rainbow and a plume of spray. The good-looking thing that has ever happened to the Nile.

Kenya Safari
After a picnic lunch depart for Kampala, arriving late in the evening and relax at your hotel. Carry with you binoculars and a camera with a zoom lens if you wish. This will be very useful for you the tourist.

Kenya Safari, Safe Travel Advisory

Kenya Safaris

Kenya is a country of great adventure and relaxation. Its coast with the Indian ocean provides it with beautiful beaches, in addition to its fresh water lakes, snow capped mountains with magnificent scenery and the aboundant wildlife spread out in the country’s national parks.
Kenya Vacations

Kenya is approximately 582,650 sqkms and has its borders shared with Uganda in the west, Tanzania in the south, in the north by Etiopia and Sudan in the north west. Like Uganda, Kenya is also crossed by the equator. It has 536km as a coastline with the Indian ocean.

Tanzania Vacations

Kenya has alot to offer to visitors every day. The ever changing terrain gives you some thing different on your Kanya tour, from worderful beaches, scenic game drives, mountain climbing, cultural tours and safaris and much more. Experience true nature with us on a Tour and Safari to Kenya.

Uganda Safari Tour

Kenya safaris are mainly made to their national parks such as:Arbedare National park, Amboseli National park, Chyulu Hills National park, Lake Nakuru National park, Marsabit National park, Maasai Mara National park, Meru National park, Mt.Elgon National park, Mt.Kenya National park, Nairobi National park, Nasolot National park, Ndere Island National park, Ol Donyo Sabuk National park, Ruma National park, Saiwa National park, Samburu National park, Sobiloi National park, Shimba hills National reserve, Tsavo National park, Tsavo West National park, Kisite Mpunguti Marine National park, Malindi Marine National park, Kakemega Forest National reserve. Making a safari to kenya is one of the most adventurous things you will ever do.

Country name: Kenya
Area size: 582,650 sqkm
Capital: Kampala
Major towns: Nairobi, Mombasa, Kisumu, Eldoret, Meru, Nyeri, Kakamega and Thika among others. Nairobi is the country’s Capital City and international airport town.
Population: 30 millions (1999 census)
Average annual income: Equivalent of US$350
Languages: Swahili is the official language and other Bantu, Cusitic and Nilotes languages dominated by Luo. There exists over 42 different tribes in Kenya.
Religion: Roman catholic, Protestant, Muslim.
Monetary Unit: One Us dollar buys the equivalent of 1850 shillings (July 2006).
Economic growth:5.8% (2006)
Life expectancy: 47 years.
Climate: Plateau area has temperature of 30°C during the day and as cool as 5°C at night. Tropical area at the coast is humid and hot with temperature ranging between 27°C and 31°C. Experiences two rainy seasons.
Terrain: modestly plteau with ranges of mountains
Time zone: GMT/UTC +3 hours
International dialing code: +254
Internet domain: ke

Kenya Safari information, vacation holiday and tour / trip notes.

Uganda Safari Tour and Gorilla Trecking

Day One: Airport pickup
Our guide will pick you up from the airport and transfer you to Hotel Humurah / Holiday express hotel depending on your package budget.


Day Two: To L. Mburo National Park Uganda Safari
Leave for Lake Mburo after breakfast for a 4-4 ½ hour’s drive. Take a stop over at the Equator for lunch then proceed to Lake Mburo your route to the park, you will see animals like impalas, eland one of the biggest antelopes, waterbuck, klipspringer, zebra,buffalo, Hippos and crocodiles. Have lunch and then in the afternoon, you will go for a boat ride on Lake Mburo. Return to the camp, have the evening at leisure. Dinner and overnight at upgrade-Mihingo Lodge FB ? Mantana luxury tented camps Travelers on budget will stay at Rwonyo Rest Camp / Mantana Tented Camps.

Day Three: Transfer to Rwanda
After your breakfast, you will have any early morning game drive and then proceed westwards to Rwanda Cross the border after clearing up your visa requirements and then drive through Ruhengeri to Kinigi for your dinner and over night at Mt Gorilla Nest Camp/ Kinigi guest house.

Day Four: Gorilla Tracking- Rwanda- Transfer to Kisoro
Take an early cup of coffee with your packed lunch and the necessary tracking gear you will assemble at the ORTPN offices for a briefing that prepares you for gorilla tracking. Your ranger guide will take you through thick vegetation on a 1-7 hour trail, when you finally meet the gorillas, you will spend one hour with them and return to Gorilla Nest Hotel for fleshing up before you will be transferred to Kisoro arriving in the evening. Dinner and overnight at Nkuringo Safari Lodge/ Travelers rest Hotel / Virunga hotel/ Kisoro tourist Hotel. FB.

Day Five: Gorilla Tracking- Uganda
Take breakfast and well equipped with your gorilla tracking gear plus packed lunch and water, the guides will take you to UWA offices at Nkuringo group starting points for briefing about Gorilla tracking. The time taken to track gorillas is un predictable but an encounter is stunning! .. After you’re Tracking return to the lodge for dinner and over night at Nkuringo Safari Lodge / Virunga Hotel

Day Six: Transfer to Lake Bunyonyi Uganda Tour
Having taken breakfast, drive to the Lake Bunyonyi environs for a day of slackening while having a glance at the gorgeous scenery and serene environment. Lake Bunyonyi is the 2nd deepest lava dammed lake in East and central Africa with over 25 scenic Islands each with a different legendary fiction for instance the punishment Island that convey of the pain and tears of many Bakiga women deserted on the Island and left dead for getting pregnant out of wedlock. Lunch at Nature’s Prime Island on Lake Bunyonyi. Indulge in an optional activity of your choice. Dinner and overnight at Habuharo Island Camp FB / Arcadia Cottages.

Day Seven: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth
After breakfast transfer to Queen Elizabeth national park with your packed lunch arriving in time for an evening game drive. There are chances that you will see the Uganda kob, waterbucks, warthogs, elephants, buffalos, hyenas, lions and leopards. Dinner and overnight at budget Mweya Safari Lodge FB.

Day Eight: Queen Elizabeth
Rise early in the morning for the morning game drive look out for what you missed during the previous evening’s game drive. Return to the lodge for breakfast and lunch. You will go for a boat cruise on the Kazinga channel after lunch. The cruise takes you through schools of hippos that huff and spray only feet away from the boat, you will see buffaloes and elephants that linger in the shallows, a diversity of bird species including the black chested eagle, the swallow tailed bee eaters, pink backed pelicans, great and long tailed cormorants, African jacana, malachite and a great deal more kingfishers. Dinner and overnight at budget- Mweya Safari Lodge FB.

Day Nine: Transfer to Fort Portal
Transfer to Fort Portal in the morning, stopping over at the Kilembe mines to view the beautiful scenery. Arrive in Fort Portal in time for lunch, after lunch you will have an optional visit to either one or all of these places; the Toro Kingdom Palace, burial grounds and Nyakasura to view the Amabere ga Nyinamwiru, crater lakes and a nature walk. Dinner and overnight at budget- Kibale Primate Lodge FB.

Day Ten: Chimp tracking- Kibale
The early morning chimpanzee tracking in Kibale forest national park will thrill you, look out for primates like the colobus monkeys, families of chimps, a diversity of birds and an abundance of butterflies and other tropical insects. You will have a picnic lunch there, then you will take an optional visit to the Bigodi wetland sanctuary a superb ecotourism site established to protect the Magombe swamps-a haven of birds (137 species) and a number of primates. Dinner and overnight at budget-Rwenzori View guest House BB, midrange-Mountains of the moon hotel BB, upgrade-Kibale Primate Lodge FB.

Day Eleven: Transfer to Murchison Falls National Park
Set off early in the morning and head northwestern Uganda to Murchison falls national park on a 5-7 hour journey. You will have lunch en-route. Proceed to the lodge have the evening at leisure; dinner and overnight at budget-Red Chili Camp bed only, midrange-Sambiya River Lodge BB, Paraa Safari Lodge FB.

Day Twelve: Murchison Falls National Park
Rise in the morning for a thrilling game drive, hopefully you will see elephants, giraffe, countless antelope, hippopotamus, hartebeest, leopard, giraffe, buffalo, crocodile, the Uganda kob, and wide range of bird species including the rare shoebill stork. Return to your camp for breakfast and lunch there after take an afternoon launch upstream. You will get to see the awe-inspiring Murchison Falls, where the River Nile hurls itself in appalling convulsions through a narrow crevice and then plunges 40 meters in one breathtaking leap. Dinner and overnight at Paraa Safari Lodge FB.

Day Thirteen: Transfer to Jinja
After breakfast, you will take an optional drive to the top of the falls to view the Nile forcing its way through a rocky gap of barely seven meters. Thereafter transfer to Jinja through the famous Luweero Triangle, making a stop over in Kampala for lunch. In Jinja you will have dinner and overnight at Jinja Nile Resort BB.

Day Fourteen: Jinja
After breakfast you will visit the mighty Bujjagali falls, return to the lodge for lunch. Have the afternoon at leisure. Take a boat ride to the source of the Nile at 5.00pm. Dinner and overnight at Jinja Nile Resort BB.

Day Fifteen: Transfer to Ssese Islands
After breakfast drive to Kampala stopover for an early lunch then proceed on your way to Entebbe. Here you will take a ferry to Mirembe resort beach. This takes around two hours. On arrival at the Island you will experience a Caribbean experience with their white sand beaches and sky blue watersDinner and overnight at Mirembe Resort beach hotel FB.

Day Sixteen: Ssese Island
Early in the morning Take a forest walk . You will also encounter the vervet and colobus monkeys, a variety of bird species and scores of butterflies.. In the afternoon, you will take a boat ride to one of the Islands then return to the lodge for camp fire and goat roasting then diner and over night.


Day Seventeen: Transfer to Kampala
Transfer to Entebbe by boat then drive to Kampala for a city tour that takes you either through the sites and sounds of Kampala, that is; the Uganda Museum, arts and craft markets, markets around town, Makerere University Kampala, Bahai temple, the National Theatre; or the Kabaka’s heritage trail which take you to Nagalabi coronation site, Kasubi tombs, Wamala tombs, Kitereke Prison Ditch Kabaka’s Lake and Ssezibwa falls. Dinner and overnight at Hotel Humurah / Serena/ Holiday .


Day eighteen: Departure
After breakfast, transfer by boat to Entebbe where you will be met by your Into Africa Safaris driver-guide. Drive to Entebbe Air port to catch your flight back home.

Born Free Safari Africa

Born Free Safari ( CP10AF )
10 days / 9 nights
Starts / Ends Nairobi

Experience the luxury of Elsa’s Kopje in Meru National Park where Elsa the lion was returned to the wild and home to George Adamson for many years. Visit Joy’s Camp in Shaba and to this we add a superb tented camp in the Masai Mara. Charter flights ensure quick travel and a daily departure in season African Safari

TRAVELER'S COMMENT



We chose this safari for its good coverage of Kenyan habitats but having read “My Pride & Joy” I was fascinated to walk in the footsteps of these colourful characters. The camps and lodges were luxurious and yet atmospheric, the food was superb and the game viewing much more incredible than we had dared to hope.

ITINERARY SUMMARY

Day 1 Arrive Nairobi and you will be met and transferred to House of Wain.
Day 2 Transfer to the airport for your flight to Nanyuki and private charter into Joy’s Camp. Arrive in time for lunch and an afternoon game drive. Uganda Safari
Day 3 & 4 Guided game drives, walks, bush picnics and great game viewing in Shaba – home for many years to Joy Adamson.
Day 5 Charter flight from Shaba directly to Meru National Park where you stay 3 nights in the luxury of Elsa’s Kopje.
Day 6 Elsa’s Kopje is an indulgent and stylish place, enjoy the pool, sundowners overlooking the endless savanna, delicious meals and of course game drives in Elsa’s Homeland!
Day 7 Morning transfer by private charter to Nanyuki to board your daily scheduled flight to the Masai Mara where you stay for 3 nights in a luxury tented lodge.
Day 8 & 9 Discover why the Masai Mara is one of the most thrilling wildlife experiences our world has to offer – game drives, guided walks, sundowners, campfires, manyatta visits …
Day 10 Morning flight to Nairobi – our driver will then transfer you to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport for your departure flight.

HIGHLIGHTS & FEATURES



* This safari will operate daily to suit your travel plans
* In each location you will be hosted by the lodge management and expert local guides
* This safari includes the spectacular Meru National Park – a very remote and wild part of Kenya that offers incredibly beautiful countryside as well as excellent game viewing
* Shaba Game Reserve was home to Joy Adamson for many years and it offers a wealth of game including many endemic Northern species.
* The abundant and varied wildlife of the Masai Mara Mauritius Holidays Travel and the chance to see the great migration between July and September (book early for these months and for Christmas!)
* Spend time with the Samburu & the Masai people – rambling through the bush at their camel’s pace and gathered around the campfire at night
* Experience luxury lodges and tented camps - all stylish accommodation offers spacious rooms, wonderful views and with en suite bathrooms
* Delicious cuisine at each destination, evenings around the camp fire

DATE & PRICE GUIDE Click here for currency converter




This safari operates daily during the season - Joy’s Camp is closed from 16 March to 31 May and from 01 November to 15 December each year – at these times we can suggest alternative camps in Samburu or Laikipia.

Prices are from US$4300 per person twin share in 2006

Safari includes – scheduled & charter flights as per the itinerary, all accommodation, all meals (except lunch and dinner on day one), all airport/airstrip transfers; services of local guides throughout the journey; soft drinks, beer and wine (except in Nairobi); all game viewing activities accompanied by expert guides; guided game walks; park entrance and conservation fees; laundry service (except in Nairobi).

IS THIS SAFARI RIGHT FOR YOU??



* Although an independent safari you are hosted and guided at each and every location – you will never felt lost of left alone ….unless you want to be!
* Should you need assistance while you are travelling you will have 24 hour access to our Nairobi office
* En suite bathrooms, first class lodges and camps, great food, wonderful locations – we can’t think of a single reason you would not love this safari!
* Local conditions may affect the day-by-day itinerary, are you OK with a bit of flexibility?
* You will be required to complete and sign an indemnity form before you travel.