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UGANDA October 11 to 24, 2020 You are Cordially Invited to Join Dr. Jan Ramer Vice-President, The Wilds and the On a Primate & Wildlife Safari to UGANDA October 11 to 24, 2020 Parker Travel Associates, Inc. 1959 S. Power Rd., Suite 103-111 • Mesa, AZ 85206 Phone: 800-743-7644 email: [email protected] CST # 2096269-40 OUR HOST – JAN RAMER Please join me as I return to Africa in 2020, this time to Uganda! We will visit several national parks, learn about the wonderful conservation work being done there and visit with some of my good friends, human and gorilla. We will travel first to Murchison Falls National Park, where Winston Churchill proclaimed Uganda to be the “Pearl of Africa”! We will see the powerful and majestic waterfall where the White Nile pours over a 120-foot drop. On open top trucks and in comfortable boats, we will view iconic African savannah and wetland animals along with fantastic birdlife. After two nights at the lovely Paraa Lodge, we will move to Kibale Forest National Park where we will trek wild chimpanzees – this will be my first experience at Kibale! From there we head to Queen Elizabeth National park to experience plains, forests, rivers, and I hope we get a glimpse of the famous tree-climbing lions. We will stay in two wilderness camps and lodges along the way, each unique and comfortable. Finally, we will head to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest to experience the incredible mountain gorillas, and to meet my dear friends and former colleagues the Ugandan Gorilla Doctors, who help to keep that population healthy. Oh, the mountain gorillas - no matter how many times I’ve visited gorilla groups over the years, each and every time I am struck by what a rare privilege it is that they allow us into their midst with such grace. Uganda was one of the places I spent a great deal of time during my years with Gorilla Doctors and have a special place in my heart. I can’t wait to share this beautiful country with you! Dr. Jan Ramer Vice President, The Wilds For further information contact: Patti Cattey at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium at [email protected] or 614-724-3558 or Terry Caldemeyer at Parker Travel at [email protected] or 800-995-4422 OUR ITINERARY October 11 – Depart Columbus October 14 – Depart Columbus this afternoon, and fly to a U.S. gateway Murchison Falls airport where we board an overnight flight for Europe. National Park (Meals aloft) Arise very early this morning for our game drive on the northern bank of the River Nile, in our open-roof vehicle, which will give us an excellent opportunity to view and photograph the diverse wildlife. Our guide will help us spot elephant, lion, cape buffalo, Rothchild’s giraffe, hartebeest, waterbuck, oribi, bushbuck, bohor reedbuck, hyena, and, if we are lucky, the leopard. After lunch, go for a boat cruise upstream on the October 12 – Arrive Entebbe calm, Victoria Nile, to the base of the falls. Stop just few of Arrival in Europe, and board a connecting flight bound yards from the ‘Devil’s Cauldron,” to marvel at the schools for Entebbe. Late night arrival in Entebbe, where we will of hippos and crocodiles, and over the 10 mile stretch we be met and greeted, and transferred to our hotel for may see elephant, waterbuck and the Uganda Kob. This is overnight. The hotel is conveniently located near the also the zone of many bird species, like the goliath heron, Entebbe International Airport on the Kampala-Entebbe Egyptian goose, pelican, bee-eater, kingfisher, hornbill, Highway. After check-in, we will be briefed on our cormorant, and the rare shoebill stork. upcoming safari experience. Best Western Premier Garden Hotel. (Meals aloft) After taking shots of photogenic Murchison Falls, you may choose to continue to the top of the falls, where you will October 13 have the amazing view! See where the Nile – the world’s – Entebbe to longest river - explodes violently through a narrow cleft Murchison Falls into the Rift Valley escarpment to plunge into a frothing National Park pool 120 ft. below. Later, return to our lodge and relax for After our early the evening. morning breakfast, drive northwest to Murchison Falls National Park. Along the way, we’ll stop at the Rhino Sanctuary where we will have an opportunity to trek with rhinos. There are 15 rhinos which were reintroduced here after their extinction in the 1970s through poaching. A local ranger/guide will lead us on foot to an up-close encounter. After a visit of an hour or so, we proceed to Masindi Town for lunch, and later continue to Murchison Falls National Park arriving at our lodge late afternoon. While we’re Paraa Lodge. (B,L,D) at Murchison Falls, Dr. Robert Aruho, Veterinary Officer October 15 – Murchison Falls National Park with Uganda Wildlife Authority, will speak to our to Kibale Forest National Park group. He leads all of the reintroduction efforts with After our morning breakfast, our journey to Kibale Forest giraffe in the park. National Park begins. Drive south via Hoima to Fort Portal Paraa Lodge. (B,L,D) through verdant countryside, passing through traditional homesteads, farms and tea After breakfast at our lodge, we proceed to Queen estates. We will have a stopover Elizabeth National Park following the mystical Rwenzori for lunch en-route. Arrive at Mountain Range. Our expert driver/guide will take us our lodge in the late afternoon. through the game park. Upon arriving at our lodge, we Check in at our lodge for dinner will enjoy a hot lunch and later in the afternoon, take and overnight. a unique, 2-hour boat cruise on the Kazinga Channel Crater Safari Lodge. (B,L,D) into Lake Edward. This trip passes through possibly Approx. Transit time: 7 Hrs. the highest concentration of hippos, and this launch/ cruise offers an excellent platform for photography, October 16 – Kibale bird watching and game viewing. The prolific bird life Forest National Park is colorful and stupendous, with well over 550 resident - (Bigodi Swamp species. Excursion) Mweya Safari Lodge. (B,L,D) After breakfast at our lodge, transfer to the starting point of our chimpanzee tracking experience in Kibale Forest National Park. The park is reputed to have the greatest variety and highest concentration of primates in East Africa. The most famous of its 13 species is the chimpanzee, man’s closest relative. Kibale’s 1450 chimpanzees represent Uganda’s largest population of this endangered primate. Kibale is also home to the rare I’Hoest’s monkey. Other primates include the black and white colobus, blue monkey, grey October 18 – Queen Elizabeth National Park cheeked mangabey, Queen Elizabeth National Park’s diverse eco-system of red tailed monkey, grassy plains, tropical forest, rivers, swamps, lakes and and olive baboon volcanic craters is home to an incredible abundance to mention but of wildlife. Have an early morning game drive and an a few. So, we will opportunity to view the massive Rwenzori as a backdrop, enjoy a guided providing excellent opportunities to spot lion, leopard, nature walk in the giant forest hog, Cape buffalo, elephant, defassa tropical rainforest in search of the wild chimpanzees, waterbuck, Ugandan kob, topi and bushbuck. The game red-tailed monkeys, black and white colobus monkeys drives and the boat trip are memorable methods of and many others. Although chimp sightings are not discovering a vast array guaranteed, visitors stand a good chance of hearing of Ugandan wildlife. and seeing our distant cousins as they groom and bond Be sure to have your with one another. After lunch, head to Bigodi for an camera ready for these afternoon swamp walk. Bigodi was established by a local amazing sightings! development organization to protect the 2 square-mile Enjoy an afternoon Magombe Swamp that’s home to around 200 species of game drive on our way birds (including papyrus gonolek, white-winged warbler back to our lodge. and many others). The highlight of this tour is catching a Mweya Safari Lodge. glimpse of the great blue turaco. The swamp is also good (B,L,D) for spotting butterflies and primates, with eight different species here, including the grey-cheeked mangabey. The October 19 – Queen 2-3 hour guided walk is led by experienced local guides Elizabeth National who make the trip both enjoyable and exciting. Park to Bwindi Crater Safari Lodge. (B,L,D) Impenetrable Forest October 17 – Kibale Forest National Park After breakfast, pack to Queen Elizabeth National Park your bags and take a morning game drive through the Ishasha Plains where If your trek was relatively short, you may have a guided we’ll look for tree climbing lions and other wildlife before nature walk around the lodge and the surrounding heading out of Queen Elizabeth National Park and on communities in the evening at the supplement of $35 to Bwindi. The drive takes us through the Switzerland of per person. Return to our lodge for dinner with our fellow Africa area known as the Kigezi Highlands, with its terraced travelers. hillside and winding roads, to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, arriving in the evening. Check into the lodge This evening Dr. Benare Ssebide, the Head Veterinarian for for dinner and our overnight stay. Gorilla Doctors in Uganda, will meet with us and talk about the Gorilla Doctors’ efforts. Bwindi forest is located in southwestern Uganda, and is Gorilla Safari Lodge. (B,L,D) said to be Africa’s oldest rainforest. It is world-renowned for its excellent gorilla-sighting opportunities. The rugged landscape features dense jungle, cascading waterfalls, sparkling mountain streams, deep valleys and steep ridges.
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