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THE GREAT GORILLA - Encounter the Endangered Mountain Gorilla

Day 1: Arrive Entebbe, Uganda. Transfer to Lake Victoria Hotel.

Day 2: Full day drive tour to Kibale Tropical Rain Forest. Overnight in Ndali Lodge.

Day 3: Explore Kibale Tropical Rain Forest. Overnight in Ndali Lodge.

Day 4: Drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park. Afternoon excursions. Overnight in Mweya Lodge.

Day 5: Game drives through Queen Elizabeth National Park and Kazinga Channel. Overnight in Mweya Lodge.

Day 6: Explore Maramagambo Forest. Afternoon drive to Bwindi National Park. Overnight in Gorilla Forest Camp.

Day 7 & 8: Gorilla tracking in the Impenetrable Forest of Bwindi National Park. Overnight in Gorilla Forest Camp.

Day 9: Drive to Kinigi, Rwanda. Overnight in Gorilla Nest Lodge.

Day 10 & 11: Gorilla trek in Volcanoes National Park. Overnight in Gorilla Nest Lodge.

Day 12: Drive to Kigali for departure flights.

Weather
UGANDA - AUGUST & JANUARY
The best time to visit Uganda is late December to late February, as the weather at this time of year is generally dry (though hot). A close second is the June to September period. The bulk of the country enjoys a tropical climate tempered by altitude. The hottest months are from December to February, when it gets up to 84°F. Temperatures are never excessively high and humidity does not reach the consistently high levels found in equatorial lowlands. Wet spells lasting a day or two are not unusual but much of the rain comes in heavy thunder showers. There is no real cool season but the daily range of temperature is enough to make the nights cool rather than chilly.

DATES
Trip 1: August 2006
Trip 2: January 2007

COST
$6,000

Includes lodgings, meals, land transportation, gorilla tracking permits (4 days), trip leader and gorilla specialist, local guides and a donation to save the Mountain Gorilla. Excludes international airfare to Entebbe.

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