Description
8 DAY GORILLA TRACKING AND ZANZIBAR TRIP
Itinerary:
DAY 1: Meet and Greet at the airport
Our driver guide will pick you up from the airport depending on your flight schedule. have a quick briefing about the tour and then embark on the 8- 9-hour drive to Bwindi impenetrable National Park. On this road trip you will have a chance to see the different vegetations, beautiful sceneries and people, nyama choma places, street foods etc. You will have a stop over and a photo moment at the Uganda Equator then proceed to Mbarara where you will have lunch shortly before you continue to Bwindi and have an overnight at the guest lodge
DAY 2: Gorilla Tracking
You will have morning breakfast at the hotel and proceed to the UWA offices for a briefing. Here you will be welcomed by the enchanting performances of the batwa community through songs, dances or poems telling you more about their culture. After that you will have a briefing from the UWA officials and then you will proceed to start your trek. You will carry your packed lunch given at the hotel which will take you through the trek.
Gorillas are never in one place because they keep looking for what to feed on in the forest and depending on where they camp, that’s where you find them. This might take a long time, and it might quite be a distance. So, a team is sent earlier to track them on your behalf, and they communicate to the guides who you will track with on where to find them so that you meet the halfway or on a shorter trek.
You will have an hour or so with the gorillas’ taking pictures and videos whichever way you want to capture the memories and then head back to the hotel of residence. On your way back you will have a break and have lunch and then proceed back to the hotel
Depending on the time you will arrive after the trek/hike you will then either go for a nature walk or retire at the guest lodge
DAY 3: Return to Kampala
You will have morning breakfast, check out of the hotel and embark on the journey back to Kampala. You will have a stopover in masaka for lunch, and you will be dropped back to the hotel as you wait for your next flight to Zanzibar
DAY 4: Transfer to Zanzibar
Upon arrival you will meet our professional driver, pick you up with your luggage to the hotel for check in. it will be a good day for relaxation and personal effects. Overnight at the guest lodge
DAY 5: Safari Blue Tour
After breakfast you will go for a Safari Blue Tour. this is an incredible experience offering a combination of island exploration, snorkeling, and the beauty of Zanzibar’s pristine waters and vibrant marine life. Snorkeling is one of the highlights of the Safari Blue experience. You’ll have the chance to snorkel in the clear, warm waters of the Indian Ocean, where you’ll encounter vibrant coral reefs, a variety of tropical fish, and sometimes even sea turtles or dolphins. You will also have a good time for swimming. Later on, transfer back to the hotel for rest, shower and overnight budget.
DAY 6 Spice Farm Tour and Stone Town Tour
You will have breakfast at hotel and later be picked up and transferred to spice farm tour. You will visit several spices-growing areas to learn about the nature of the spices, how they are reared, and their uses. You can even taste and purchase some of the spices straight from the source. There is a wide variety of spices and herbs grown in Zanzibar including medicinal herbs, cosmetics plants, and ornamental plants. After tour end, you be transferred to Stone town. You will proceed with stone town tour, a remarkable private guided walking tour which takes 3 hours walking. you will get the occasion to find the historical destinations, Market area, ocean view but also night at Forodhani Garden, late in the day return back to the guest lodge
DAY 7: Dolphin Tour
Early in the morning you will have your Packed breakfast from the hotel then transfer for dolphin cruise and snorkeling. Dolphin’s love to play around the boats and there are acceptable occasions to bounce in the completely clear waters and swim very near to the dolphins. It will take a while for cruise to end, then transfer back to the hotel for beach front dinner, rest at overnight
Day 8: Departure
final day in Zanzibar, you will have your breakfast and check out of the hotel and then be transferred to the Airport for the Departure.
