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PEARLS OF UGANDA, Sample 10 night itinerary, privately-guided game viewing including gorilla trekking and chimpanzees

	Fly overnight from London to Entebbe. Drive to Lake Mburo National Park. Overnight at Mihingo Lodge. Drive to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest. Clouds Mountain Gorilla Lodge for 2 nights. Drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park. Mweya Safari Lodge for 2 nights. Drive to Fort Portal and overnight at Ndali Lodge. Drive on to Semliki Wildlife Reserve. Semliki Safari Lodge for 2 nights. Drive to Kampala and overnight at Emin Pasha. Fly by day back to London. From £5,249 per person sharing including gorilla permit
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Your adventure begins the moment your guide meets you at the airport and drives you through Uganda’s rolling green hills to the charming LAKE MBURO NATIONAL PARK, an extension of the Tanzania plains with herds of zebra, impala, eland and other ungulates. A comfortable night under canvas and thatch await you at the peaceful Mihingo Lodge where the ten tented rooms have been carefully placed for seclusion, some to give 360° views over the plains, others in a forest setting or with views of Lake Mburo.

Head to BWINDI IMPENETRABLE FOREST, best known as the home of several families of mountain gorilla. On the south side of Bwindi, the Nkuringo group of gorillas has been difficult to visit but, with the new Clouds Mountain Gorilla Lodge as your base, it is just a short walk to the starting point of the trek. The lodge with stone built cottages is high on the Nteko Ridge with breathtaking views over the thick tree-top canopy of the forest to the volcanoes beyond.

Your trek to find the gorillas can take a couple of hours and does require a degree of fitness due to fairly steep, muddy paths. As if the magical time with these gentle giants is not sufficient, your exertions will be rewarded back at the lodge. An excellent meal made from local produce accompanied by a good wine, the comfort of soft armchairs in front of an open fire and a warm duvet on your bed await!

Drive north to QUEEN ELIZABETH PARK where you will spend the next two nights at Mweya Safari Lodge, with spectacular views over the famous Kazinga Channel and Lake Edward with its large hippo population.

This park owes its great variety of game to the diverse ecosystems and there is the possibility of seeing a tree-climbing lion draped from a low-limbed fig tree. You can trek to find chimpanzees, take a boat trip along the channel and visit the huge cave which is home to bats and a python.

A scenic drive out of the park to Kibali will bring you to Ndali Lodge, perched on the rim of an extinct volcano which has since filled with water to become Lake Nyinambuga. All eight cottages have fabulous views of the Rwenzoris, the ‘Mountains of the Moon’ and at night the dining room is spectacularly festooned with candles!

KIBALE FOREST NATIONAL PARK is home to the largest concentration of chimpanzees in Africa as well as other primates. The birdlife in the area is also rewarding.

After an exciting morning walk, continue on through the Rift Valley to SEMLIKI WILDLIFE RESERVE where, in a private concession, the beautiful Semliki Safari Lodge is located. In this area there is prolific birdlife with a good chance of seeing the rare shoebill stork as well as finding chimpanzees. Nearby Lake Albert also offers very exciting fishing for both expert and novice anglers.

Set off early towards Kampala and overnight at the lovely Emin Pasha before your flight home.

and what about?
	An itinerary could also include Murchison Falls National Park, the largest game park in the country, which boasts forest, swamp and open grasslands as well as the narrow cleft through which the Victoria Nile forces its course and cascades spectacularly down.

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