Uganda - Bwindi og Mt. Elgon

Gorilla Trekking i Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park og bestigning af Mt. Elgon i Uganda er en utrolig fascinerende oplevelse, der vil lægge sig på nethinden resten af livet. Uganda er en perle i Afrika: Landskabet er varieret og smukt, befolkningen uhyre gæstfri og dyrelivet meget stort og varieret.

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Bedst i perioden juni - marts

Efter eget valg

12 med start og slut i København

Lokal engelsktalende guide

Forklaring: M = Morgenmad, F = Frokost, A = Aftensmad

Rejseplan (Printvenlig version)

Day 1: Departure from Denmark

Early morning departure from Denmark. Flight change in Amsterdam and continue with KLM nonstop flight to Entebbe.

On arrival at Entebbe International airport, meet and greet with an APS representative before transferring to Kampala. Dinner and overnight stay either at Cassia Lodge or Fairway Hotel.

Day 2: Kampala – Bwindi Forest National Park

Your driver/ guide will pick you up from your hotel in Kampala from where you will set off for Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park. This safari will take a minimum of nine (9) hours drive. With a brief stop at the Equator line for a photo shoot, proceed to Bwindi which drive takes you through the grasslands of Ankole, whose common sight will give you an opportunity to see its Undulating hills and the famous Ankole long-horned cattle. Break off for lunch enroute.

Continue southwards through the beautiful country side past large tea and Banana plantations. Bwindi Forest National Park is home of the rare mountain gorillas. Apart from gorillas, there are a wide variety of primates to see including the blue and red tailed monkeys. The forest itself is lush and green and there are streams running through it.

Arrive at the park in the evening and check in at either Buhoma Lodge (up market) or Buhoma Community Rest Camp (Budget) for dinner and overnight stay.

Day 3: Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park

After breakfast report at the starting point of gorilla tracking.

You will then receive a briefing from your ranger guides prior to heading into the forest to track these gentle giants. Upon location of the gorillas, you will be allowed to spend an hour with them. The thrill of your encounter will erase the difficulties of the potentially strenuous track. Bring jungle boots and rain jackets because the park is often wet. Spend time in awe, watching the gorillas go about their activities. Each encounter is different and has its own rewards, but you are likely to enjoy the close view of adults feeding, grooming and resting as the youngsters frolic and swing from vines in a delightfully playful display.

Later return to your lodge exhilarated to relive the encounter with friends over a drink. Retire at either Buhoma Lodge (up market) or Buhoma Community Rest Camp (Budget) for dinner and overnight stay.

Day 4: Bwindi Forest - Kampala

After breakfast, embark on your return journey to Kampala with a lunch break enroute. Stop over at any crafts display centre for souvenirs before proceeding to Kampala. Check in at either Cassia Lodge or Speke Hotel for dinner and overnight stay.

Day 5: Kampala – Mbale (Mt. Elgon National Park)

After an early breakfast, depart for Mt.Elgon National Park in Mbale. The drive takes you past the industrial city of Jinja to northeastern Uganda with lunch enroute. Mt.Elgon is an extinct volcano that first erupted more than 24 million years ago. With the largest surface area of any extinct volcano in the world (50km by 80km), Mt.Elgon is the fourth highest peak in Uganda (Wagagai peak, 4321 metres). It contains the largest intact caldera, a collapsed crater covering over 40kms at the top of the mountain, surrounded by a series of rugged peaks. The two tribes around the mountain are the Bagisu and the Sabiny who have made agreements with the park for sustainable harvest of traditional forest products.

Arrive at Budadiri (starting point for the mountain trek) in the afternoon and report at Uganda Wild Life Authority offices for registration. You driver/guide will then assist you to arrange for your porters and cooks. Check in at either Wagagai Hotel (up market) or Rose’s Last Chance (Budget) for dinner and overnight stay.

Day 6: Budadiri – Sasa River Camp (2900m)

After breakfast, park clearance and begin climbing through the Sasa trailhead. This is the most direct route to the peaks though it is steep and rugged climb of over 1600m on the first day. Hike the steep trail till you cross Sasa River to Sasa River Camp where you will find your cook warming coffee or tea to keep you warm. Pitch your tent for an overnight stay.

Day 7: Sasa River Camp (2900m) – Mude Cave Camp (3500m)

After breakfast, with your ranger guides, continue your hike to Mude cave camp. This trail will take you past Sasa Patrol hut after hiking about 3.5 km. You may take your snack as the rangers re- register the hikers. Climb further to Mude Cave Camp which climb will cover about 2km. Arrive at Mude cave Camp where you will pitch your own tent or book a bed in the Hut for an overnight stay. This is the point where clients acclimatize to hike up to Wagagai Peak. Have the afternoon at leisure or ask your ranger to take you to nearby attractions. Dinner and overnight stay.

Day 8: Mude Cave - Wagagai Peak (4321M) – Mude Cave

After early breakfast, with a snack that your cook will have packed set off for Wagagai peak the highest on Mount Elgon. This trail is a bout 9 km and takes you past Jackson’s pool and views of the caldera on a clear day. Get to the peak and put a rock on a hip of other rocks pilled by other climbers that have been up to Wagagai peak. Return to Mude cave Camp.

Day 9: Mount Elgon

After breakfast, you may opt to descend to Sasa River Camp or take an alternative route say Sipi trail as to what you agreed upon with the information clerk at Mbale – Budadiri prior to your trek. Dinner and overnight stay at own tent.

Day 10: Mount Elgon

This is the last day on the mountain. After breakfast, descend further to the bottom of the mountain. Spend the night and have dinner at the base.

Day 11: Mbale – Kampala

After breakfast, drive back to Kampala. Break off for Lunch.

Day 12 - Day ?: Uganda/Kenya

Clients own programme in Uganda and Kenya.

Flight Nairobi-Amsterdam-Copenhagen included.

Price per person DKK 34.045

based on four people if they are to take on the up market option

Price per person DKK 31.760

based on four people if they opt for the budget option

The costs given above are inclusive of:
- Flights Copenhagen-Entebbe / Nairobi-Copenhagen

- Airport taxes
- Airport transfers
- Accommodation in Kampala (day prior to safari)
- Accommodation while on safari
- Meals (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner) while on safari
- 1 Gorilla permit per person
- Porter fees
- Hiking fees

- A Cook
- Park entrance fees
- Services of a 4 x4 WD vehicle with plenty of leg room,
- An English speaking driver/guide

The costs exclude:

- Ground arrangement in Kenya

- Visa to Uganda and Kenya

- Mountain/Hiking boots
- Tips
- Travel insurances

In terms of accommodation, the price quotes given above are based on the up market and budget options. The budget type of accommodation is in rest camps, hostels, hotels, lodges, tents or bandas - which are African small medium houses separate from each other and may not be self contained while for the up market option accommodation is in en suite/ self contained units (hotels, lodges, luxury tents) with standard facilities and services such as the meals.

On mountain trek no difference in standard.

Bemærk minimumsalder for gorilla trek er 15 år.

Informationsmøde: Ring og aftal et personligt informationsmøde hos Trekking Bureauet.

Trekking Bureauet, Djalma Lunds Gaard 5B, 4000 Roskilde Tlf.: 46 32 05 32 E-mail mail@trekkingbureauet.dk

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