7 Days Luxury safari with white water rafting
7 Days Luxury safari with white water rafting
This 7 days luxury safari with white water rafting is an exciting primate and white water rafting tour that will take you to Bwindi impenetrable national park and Kibale forest national park where you will have a face to face encounter with the endangered mountain gorillas and chimpanzees in their natural habitat. During the 7 days luxury safari with white water rafting, you will also visit Jinja where you will engage in white water rafting and source of the Nile boat ride.
Highlights of the 7 days Luxury safari with white water rafting
Day 1: Pick up and fly to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Day 2: Gorilla trekking in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Day 3: Transfer to Kibale Forest National Park
Day 4: Chimpanzee trekking and Bigodi swamp walk
Day 5: Transfer to Jinja
Day 6: White water rafting experience
Day 7: Source of the Nile boat ride and departure to Entebbe
Detailed itinerary
Day 1: Pick up and fly to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
On the first day of the 7 days luxury safari with white water rafting, you will connect to Entebbe international airport for your domestic flight to Kihihi airstrip. Upon arrival, you will meet up with your driver guide to transfer to the lodge for lunch where after you will spend the rest of the day at leisure. Dinner and overnight.
Day 2: Gorilla trekking in Bwindi impenetrable national park
Gorilla trekking,
After an early breakfast on the second day of the 7 days luxury safari with white water rafting, you will carry packed lunch and meet up with your driver guide to transfer to the park headquarters for a gorilla trekking briefing. After the briefing you will be allocated a gorilla family to trek and a park guide who is knowledgeable about the mountain gorillas and also conversant with different gorilla trekking trails. Trekking of mountain gorillas in Bwindi impenetrable national park takes about 30 minutes to 7 hours depending on where the gorillas are located because they like to move from one place to another in search of food. During trekking you will be able to view other primate species, different bird species, plants among others and once the mountain gorillas are found, you will be able to spend one hour with them in their natural habitat which gives you an opportunity to observe their behaviors, watch them carry out their daily activities like feeding, playing, breastfeeding, grooming young ones, take photos and record videos. After the one hour encounter with the gentle giants, you will drive back to the lodge for relaxation, dinner and overnight.
Day 3: Transfer to Kibale forest national park
On the third day of the 7 days luxury safari with white water rafting, you will have breakfast at leisure, check out of the lodge and meet up with your driver guide to transfer to Kibale forest national park. On the way, you will have en-route lunch and enjoy views of the beautiful scenery, landscape, tea plantations among others and upon arrival, you will check into the lodge for dinner and overnight.
Day 4: Chimpanzee trekking and Bigodi swamp walk
Chimpanzee trekking,
After an early breakfast on the fourth day of the 7 days luxury safari with white water rafting, your driver guide will pick you up from the lodge to transfer to the Kanyachu park headquarters for a chimpanzee trekking briefing. After the briefing you will be allocated an experienced park guide and start trekking in the forest in search of chimpanzees. Trekking of chimpanzees in Kibale national park takes about 30 minutes to 4 hours depending on where the chimpanzees are located because they like to move from one area to another in search of food. During trekking you will be rewarded with views of other primates like l’hoest monkeys, red tailed monkeys, vervet monkeys, black and white colobus monkeys, grey cheeked mangabey, views of different bird species among others. once the chimpanzees are found you will be allowed to spend one hour with them in their environment which helps you to watch them feed, play, fight, hunt, rest, observe their behaviors, take photos and record videos.
After the one hour with the chimpanzees, you will return to the lodge for lunch where after, you will go for an interesting swamp walk in Bigodi swamp where you will be able to view different primates, bird species, animals among others. After the swamp walk, you will return to the lodge for dinner and overnight.
Day 5: Transfer to Jinja
On the fifth day of the 7 days luxury safari with white water rafting, you will enjoy breakfast, check out of the lodge and then meet up with your driver guide to start the journey to Jinja. On the way you will have en-route lunch and then proceed to Jinja arriving early evening and upon arrival, you will check into the lodge for dinner and overnight.
Day 6: White water rafting experience
After breakfast on the sixth day of the 7 days luxury safari with white water rafting, you will meet up with your driver guide to go for an adventurous white water rafting which starts with a briefing about the rules and regulations. After the briefing, you will start the white water rafting experience which has different grades ranging from Grade 1 to Grade 5. After rafting, you will meet up with your driver guide and drive back to the lodge for dinner and overnight.
Day 7: Source of the Nile boat ride and departure to Entebbe
After a relaxed breakfast on the last day of the 7 days luxury safari with white water rafting, you will check out of the lodge and meet up with your driver guide to go for an exciting boat ride to the source of the Nile where you will be able to enjoy views of the beautiful scenery, landscape, birds among others. After the boat ride, you will meet up with your driver guide and start the journey back to Entebbe with en-route lunch on the way. Upon arrival, your driver guide will drop you off at Entebbe international airport for your departure flight or drop off at any place of advice.
End of 7 days luxury safari with white water rafting
Tour includes
- Gorilla trekking permit
- Chimpanzee trekking permit
- White water rafting
- Domestic flight
- Source of the Nile boat ride
- Services of a professional English speaking driver guide
- Full board accommodation
- Pick up and drop off in Kampala/Entebbe
- Vehicle and fuel
- Bottled drinking water
Tour excludes
- Air flight tickets
- Visas
- Life insurance
- Optional activities not included on the itinerary
- Personal expenses like buying souvenirs, crafts, drinks, laundry services, hiring a porter, tips among others.
