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Long Safaris With Jewel

Jewel safaris offers adventurous long safaris and group tours, cultural safari primate watching, wildlife animals, outdoor adventure, game viewing, bird watching and boating

Giraffe in the park

Despite the Hot East African temperature, Uganda Kenya Tanzania and Rwanda have remained true adventure tours and wildlife safaris destinations. Located at the approximate centre of the continent, East Africa attracts a variety of birds species, wild animals like lions, elephants, great apes like Gorillas and Chimpanzees - some of the most amazing primates in the world, tourism attraction sites like the mightly River Nile and the exciting Murchison falls.

Uganda is the richest country for birds in Africa. It has almost half the species known on the African continent and over 10% of those recorded throughout the entire world. Over 1,000 species of birds have been recorded to exist in the country. Some of the exciting species you will view include birds of water and land shore, birds of scrub and woodland, forest birds and birds of the open plain.

Besides the birding, while in Uganda, ensure to take the adventurous Mountain gorilla tracking and Chimpanzee trekking in some of the Ugandan rainforests, nature walking to the Semliki Hotsprings, and a visit to the Cultural sites in Uganda where you will be provided with the most details of the Uganda food culture and family culture of Ugandan people. Of course, a wildlife tour in any of the Uganda national parks is another out door activity that can not be skipped.

Giraffe in the park

All Jewel safaris Long itinerary packages for Luxury tours, budget safaris or group tours are memorable and exciting regardless of your date for starting the safari or your time of arrival, and areas of travel that you wish to go to. Jewel safaris' travel guide will always offer a small tour briefing and will be available for all your additional inquiries, while you are on the safari.

 

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Day 11: Cultural Tours.
Today, you will have activities which include visiting the Toro Kings Palace. Visit Karambi Tombs, the Kings burial grounds. You will have lunch at the Hotel and enjoy the entertainment by the Batoro Cultural dancers. Then later proceed to Crater Valley Kibale (CVK). Dinner and overnight at the camp located at the mouth of Kibale National Park.

Day 12: Chimpanzee tracking.
Wake up early morning chimp tracking. Kibale forest is the most accessible of Uganda's major rainforests. Kibale is home to 13 primate species, including red colobus and L’Hoest monkey. The major attraction at Kibale is to track habituated chimps - these delightful apes, which are more closely related to humans than to any other living creature. They are tremendous fun to watch as they squabble and play in fruiting trees. You will have lunch at Mantana Luxury tented camp; and then transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park.
Dinner and overnight at Mweya Safari Lodge.

Day 13: Game drive
Wake up early morning for a game drive in the park.  These early morning game drives reward you with good sights of game. This park is well known for its open savannah, rainforest, from dense papyrus swamps and brooding crater lakes to the vastness of Lake Edward that is the very reason why the park boasts one of the highest biodiversity ratings of any game reserve in the world. Almost 100 mammal species and a remarkable 606 bird species makes this superb safari, with elephant, a profusion of hippos, the elusive giant forest hog and handsome Uganda Kob all regularly sighted around the tourist village on the Mweya Peninsula - which also boasts a marvelous waterfront setting in the shadow of the Rwenzori Mountains. In the afternoon you will take a launch cruise on Kazinga channel.
Dinner and overnight at Myeya safari lodge

Day 14: Visit Katwe Salt Works.
You will have another morning game drive and in the afternoon you will visit the Katwe salt works. See the indigenous technological way of extracting salt and experience how men and women extract the salt locally.
Dinner and overnight at Myeya Safari lodge.

Day 15: Participate in Community activities.
After breakfast, you will travel to Bunyaruguru and join the local women and men in the preparation of a rural wedding ceremony. You will all be required to get involved in these activities which include peeling bananas, fetching fire wood, constructing sheds, fetching water from the streams, and any other activities that will be identified. Your group will be divided into smaller groups and each undertaking different activities. The activities will be told to you and you will be free to choose where interest lies. You will go back to the Hotel in the evening. Dinner and overnight at Myeya Safari lodge.

Day 16: Wedding ceremony preparations.
Wake up and have breakfast at Mweya Safari lodge, then drive to the wedding site. You will again join the local people in the activities of the day which include cooking, Preparing the reception, Decorating, preparing the cake, welcoming guests, serving and being served. Go back to the lodge for dinner and overnight at Myeya Safari lodge.

Day 17: Travel to Mbarara.
You will spend the whole day at Rutoto Primary School interacting with the students and teachers at the school. This school was built as the result of the proceedings from Queen Elizabeth N.P. You will be able to interact with the school children, the youth, women and men. This day is for sharing experiences and visiting some homes and gardens. You will then proceed to Mbarara town. Overnight and dinner at Lake View Regency Hotel.

Day 18: Travel to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest.
Wake up in the morning after breakfast and travel to Bwindi Impenetrable forest, the home of gorillas.  This is an ancient rainforest; one of the few in Africa. When you look deep into brown eyes of these gentle apes. It is surely the most exciting and emotional wildlife encounter that Africa offers. The park has 90 mammal species, including 11 primates, of which the black-and-white colobus, with its lovely flowing white tail is prominent. The forest birding ranks with the best in Uganda, with 23 highly localized Albertine Rift endemics present. Dinner and overnight at African Pearl Homestead.

Day 19: Gorilla Tracking.
You will have a whole day gorilla tracksing which is a very captivating activity though challenging activity therefore ensures physical fitness. It involves walking in the wilderness in search of these great apes. There are three groups found in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Mubare, Habinyanja, and Rushegura). You will have an evening entertainment by the Batwa people. These people were once recognized as the owners of the high montane forest. Dinner and overnight at African Pearl Homestead

Day 20: Travel back to Mbarara.
Wake up in the morning and travel back to Mbarara. You will get there in the evening and be entertained by the Banyankole cultural dancers in ekitaguriro.
Overnight at Lake View Regency Hotel.

Day 21: Drive to Lake Mburo National Park.
After breakfast, you will drive to Lake Mburo National Park for a game drive and then proceed to Kampala. You will have a lunch stop at Hotel Brovad Masaka and also do some shopping at the Cultural Center handcrafts.
Dinner and overnight stay at Imperial Botanical Beach Hotel.

Day 22: End of Tour.
You will wake up in the morning and go to Entebbe international airport to catch your flight back home.

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