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888.658.7102 [email protected] www.deeperafrica.com Deeper Uganda DAY-BY-DAY ITINERARY Primate viewing safari with private guide

Home to adventurous gorilla treks, active chimpanzees and traditional safari wildlife viewing. In Uganda, you really can experience it all. Start your journey along the Nile River in majestic Murchison Falls National Park. Spend a full day immersed with chimpanzees under the watchful eye of a habituation researcher in Kibale National Forest. Explore the beauty of Queen Elizabeth National Park’s crater lakes and spot tree-climbing lions. Observe the complex behavior of mountain gorilla families in the misty hills of otherworldly Bwindi Impenetrable Forest. Meet locals from Ugandan communities and local organizations making a positive impact.

888.658.7102 ©Kevin Zimmermann ©Kevin TubasanyukiddeWelcome to Deeper Africa Wildlife encounters, at once spontaneous and beyond imagination, result from our in-depth knowledge of seasonal wildlife migrations and patterns. Our guides possess a lifetime of African lore and all the skills of a master tracker. It’s being in the perfect place at the perfect time. As a worldwide team with vast experience, we provide you with exceptional personal service. We attend to every detail. We help you learn about Africa’s important conservation issues. Arrive in Africa fully prepared and ready to explore. We believe that local African communities must benefit and prosper from the conservation and enjoyment of Africa’s wildlife. They ensure the future. Your dollars protect wildlife and wild lands, as well as support and nurture local small businesses that in turn support our safari business. Your dollar makes change. Experience wondrous wildlife, enjoy local culture and discover more about the vibrant people and complicated politics unique to Africa. We love this wild continent.

Primate viewing with Deeper Africa Stand within feet of mountain gorillas as they accept you into their community without a sideways glance. Trek with confidence, knowing you’ll have success watching these gentle creatures. Hear chimpanzees bounce through the trees, rustling leaves, breaking branches and maybe even calling out to family members with their loud hooting.

IT STARTS WITH THESE SOUNDS AND THEN SUDDENLY....YOU ARE AMONG THEM.

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International flight #1 International flight #2 Departs: TBD Arrives: TBD Departs: TBD Arrives: Entebbe

Day 1: Days 8 & 9: Arrival in Entebbe, Uganda Drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park Overnight at Hotel No. 5 Overnights at Kyambura Gorge Lodge Days 2, 3 & 4: Days 10, 11 & 12: Drive to Murchison Falls National Park Drive to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest Overnights at Baker’s Lodge Overnights at Clouds Mountain Gorilla Lodge Days 5, 6 & 7: Day 13: Drive to Kibale National Park Drive to Entebbe for international flights Overnights at Primates Lodge Day room at Hotel No. 5

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©Hotel No. 5 DAYS 2-4 BAKER’S SAFARI LODGE | MURCHISON FALLS NATIONAL PARK

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DAYS 2-4 Baker’s Lodge Murchison Falls National Park Authority Wildlife Mugisha/Uganda ©Matthias

This is one of only two places in Wildlife viewing Activities included Uganda where Rothschild giraffes Get your checklist ready Keep your camera close

are found. Antelopes, Buffalo, Bushbuck, Wildlife viewing Chimpanzees, Crocodiles, Nile cruise Elephants, Hippos, Hyenas, Boat excursion Hartebeests, Kobs, Leopards, Walk the top of the falls Lions, Rothschild giraffes, Warthogs

With amazing wildlife, dramatic geology and the following them through open savannah grasslands, world’s longest river, remote Murchison Falls is Uganda’s woodlands, acacia trees and river vegetation. Most of largest and oldest national park. The Upper Nile River the park’s wildlife is in this area, including 76 species of and Lake Albert meet here before the Nile continues mammals and four of the “Big Five.” Get ready to see north to Egypt. The serene forest contrasts with the the largest pods of hippo anywhere. river’s raging waters as they cascade over the Rift Valley. Located on the banks of the Nile, Baker’s Lodge Embark on a Nile River cruise to the roaring Devil’s overlooks the river and has gorgeous views of the sunset. Cauldron section at the base of Murchison Falls. Take in the spectacular view from the top. Includes: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Ferry north, across the river for the Buligi Tracks, Private guide & private vehicle

Ernest Hemingway’s crashed his plane here in 1954, flying from Kenya to Congo. Luckily, no one was hurt.

888.658.7102 DAYS 5-7 PRIMATES LODGE | KIBALE NATIONAL PARK

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Chimpanzees, Black and white Birdwatching colobus monkey, Blue monkey, Lake Nyinambuga walk Grey cheeked mangabey, Mahoma Waterfall hike L’Hoest’s monkey, Olive Organic tea & vanilla baboon, Red colobus monkey, farm tour Red-tailed monkey Bigodi Wetlands walk

DAYS 5-7 Primates Lodge Kibale Forest National Park

After breakfast, drive to the verdant green Bunyaruguru Crater Lake region near Kibale National Park, one of the most beautiful parts of Uganda.

Primates Lodge offers stunning views of the distant snowcapped peaks of the legendary Rwenzori Mountains or “Mountains of the Moon.”

Enjoy a traditional Ugandan lunch at the home of John Tinka, a leader of the Bigodi Community Project that creates tourism partnerships that benefit locals. Join a community guide to tour the area known as the Bigodi Wetlands, home to a dazzling array of birds including the striking great blue touraco and small primates such as vervets, colobus and blue monkey.

Includes: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Private guide & private vehicle

888.658.7102 Dietrich ©Tom DAYS 5-7 PRIMATES LODGE | KIBALE NATIONAL PARK

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Uganda, home to over 5,000 chimpanzees, is one of the most important countries in Africa for conservation of these captivating creatures. While Kibale Forest is considered the premiere destination to view chimps in East Africa, Bundongo Forest in Murchison Falls National Park contains the largest number of chimps in Uganda, as well as East Africa’s largest mahogany forest. In Queen Elizabeth National Park, Kyambura Gorge is a remote, hidden gem for chimpanzee trekking.

1,500 chimps live in Kibale Forest— Uganda’s highest concentration.

Chimp tracking begins early in Kibale Forest. Chimps move frequently, so prepare to move with them. Your ranger will lead you through the forest underbrush, listening for their telltale hoots and screeches. Take in the beautiful scenery and sounds of birds, insects and monkeys in the branches. It can take time to find the chimps. The thrill of seeing a face much like your own staring back at you couldn’t be more worth it. Observe and follow them as they feed, play, groom and go about their daily activities.

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DAYS 8 & 9 Dietrich ©Tom Kyambura Gorge Lodge Queen Elizabeth National Park

Depart Kibale for Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda’s best location for traditional wildlife viewing. It’s diverse ecosystems include sprawling savannas, crater lakes, winding water channels and dense forest. There are plentiful herds of kob, Uganda’s national animal.

Cruise the Kazinga Channel, a 20 mile (32 km) waterway linking Lakes Edward and George, spotting plentiful wildlife stopping for a drink. Observe famous tree-climbing lions in fig trees on the remote Ishasha plains and enjoy watching grunting hippos near the Ishasha River.

Kyambura Game Lodge, constructed with local materials, sits atop a hill and offers spectacular views across the park to the snowcapped Rwenzori mountains as well as its own organic garden.

Includes: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Swimming Pool, Laundry Private guide & private vehicle

Wildlife viewing Activities included After struggling with poaching, Get your checklist ready Keep your camera close populations of kob, buffalo, Buffalo, Bushbuck, Elephants, Wildlife viewing Flamingos, Giant forest hog, Boat excursion bushbuck, waterbuck, elephant, Hyenas, Kob, Leopard, Lions, giant forest hog and warthog are Ostriches, Pelicans, Rhinos, recovering here. Shoebill stork, Waterbuck, Warthog, Wildebeests

888.658.7102 DAYS 10-12 CLOUDS MOUNTAIN GORILLA LODGE | BWINDI IMPENETRABLE FOREST

DEEPER UGANDA DAYS 10-12 Clouds Mountain Gorilla Lodge Bwindi Impenetrable ©Clouds Mountain Gorilla Lodge/Wildplaces Africa Lodges Gorilla Lodge/Wildplaces Mountain ©Clouds

Forest Shrouded in mist, Bwindi Impenetrable Forest appears suspended in the clouds. This ancient rainforest and designated UNESCO World Heritage site is one of Africa’s most biologically diverse areas. Clouds Mountain Gorilla Lodge is surrounded by volcanoes, jagged valleys, waterfalls, lakes and mountains.

In the morning, learn about gorilla trekking etiquette at park headquarters before Ugandan park guides lead you into the forest. Trekking lasts between one and five hours. Along the way, listen and look for Bwindi’s more than 350 bird species and a variety of other primates before the excitement of seeing the first gorilla. Habituated by researchers, gorillas are accustomed to human presence but still curious. Watch them eat, groom and interact with one another just several feet away.

The local Nkuringo community members are significant stakeholders in Clouds Lodge, which was built in conjunction with African Wildlife Foundation, USAID, International Gorilla Conservation Program and the Nkuringo Community Conservation Development Foundation.

Wildlife viewing Activities included Includes: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Get your checklist ready Keep your camera close Private guide & private vehicle Mountain Gorillas, Gorilla trekking Antelopes, Baboons, Bwindi Impenetrable Forest is home Chimpanzees, Elephants, L’Hoest’s monkeys to at least 90 mammal species, including 11 different primates and half of the world’s mountain gorillas.

888.658.7102 COMMUNITY AND CONSERVATION INITIATIVES | GORILLA DOCTORS

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Critically endangered mountain gorillas are the only great apes whose wild populations are increasing, largely due to the work of

andDoctors, the Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project. 480 604 mountain gorillas in mountain gorillas in the the Virunga Massif Virunga Massif 2016 2010

, total1 mountain004 gorillas in the Gorilla Doctors provides medical care to ill and injured wild now, largest gorillas in Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, population recorded Rwanda’s Parc National des Volcans and the DRC’s Virunga National Park. Veterinarians, rangers, guides and conservationists monitor each gorilla’s health, note The world’s only endangered any developing problems and intervene in emergencies. animal to receive regular vet care Gorilla Doctors owns its own vet school. This work has helped save the species from extinction and even contributed to a baby boom.

Follow a gorilla family We’re happy to arrange a meeting with Gorilla Doctors online and learn more at for you after you trek, with the option to privately join www.gorilladoctors.org the doctors on their rounds. This conservation success story demonstrates how your visit can change the future of an endangered species for the better.

888.658.7102 DAY 13 HOTEL NO. 5 | ENTEBBE & INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL

DAY 13 Hotel No. 5 Flights & International Travel

After breakfast, depart on a bush flight back to Entebbe.

A Deeper Africa driver will meet you at the bush airport and transfer you to Hotel No. 5 where a day room awaits. In the evening, he’ll transport you to Entebbe Airport for your international flight.

Includes: Breakfast Private guide & private vehicle Flight #1 (Day 13) Departs | Entebbe, Uganda Arrives | TBD

Flight #2 (Day 14) Departs | TBD Arrives | TBD

888.658.7102 INCLUSIONS, PRICING & ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

2020 Pricing: $10,850 - $13,850

2020 Custom Pricing & Departures Jan - Feb, June - Oct, Dec March - May, Nov • 6 guests: $11,900 USD per person • 6 guests: $12,750 USD per person • 4 guests: $12,400 USD per person • 4 guests: $11,350 USD per person • 2 guests: $13,850 USD per person • 2 guests: $10,850 USD per person • Single supplement: $1,950 USD • Single supplement: $1,250 USD

All pricing is in US dollars. Arrivals and departures through Entebbe, Uganda. Prices do not include international airfare. Gorilla and chimpanzee permit prices & park fees fluctuate. All itineraries and prices are subject to change.

Deeper Uganda safari includes: • Start-to-finish safari expertise • Safe drinking water available at all times • Accommodations in all lodges & tented camps • Enrollment with Flying Doctors Evacuation Service • All meals as specified in itinerary • Beverages in your 4x4 safari vehicle • All gorilla & chimp permits, park fees and entrance fees • Alcohol & beverages at some camps and lodges • Safari guide & private 4x4 Land Cruiser • Laundry at some camps and lodges • Meet Gorilla Doctors, boat to the Nile delta, tour • Extensive pre-departure briefing & materials Murchison Falls, boat the Kazinga Channel, Bigodi including health information, reading list & map community wetlands walk, traditional lunch with elder John Tinka, community village walks • All in-country transportation International airfare and gratuities not included. Certain brands of alcohol and beverages not included in some camps.

We plan your adventures in areas where wildlife habitats are known to exist for the season and time you’re traveling. Still, animals are not in a zoo. They run freely and we cannot always anticipate their movements.

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