This is one of the few places where you can do Golden monkey trekking, the other being Volcanoes national park in Rwanda and Virunga National park in DR Conge, however this park offers another adventure: Golden Monkey habituation experience.
Golden monkeys are some of the endangered primate species according to IUCN(International Union for Conservation of Nature), with a total of about 4000 individual species left in the wild.
After your breakfast at your place of overnight stay, you will be picked up by your driver/ safari guide to begin your journey to Mgahinga national park. Have a stop at the Uganda equator for some souvenir shopping, coffee and taking pictures and continue with your drive, a lunch stop will be made at Agip motel for a Ugandan mouthwatering buffet. After lunch, embark on your journey to Mgahinga Upon your arrival, you will check into your booked safari lodge for dinner and overnight. Get some rest from the exhaustion of the day’s long haul journey. Accommodation- Mount Gahinga lodge or Mucha hotel or Traveller’s rest hotel. Meal plan- Lunch and Dinner.
Have your breakfast, and then you will go to the park headquarters to attend a short briefing before your Golden monkey tracking activity begins. When you return from your adventurous time with the monkeys, you will back to lodge to get a few minutes to relax and get some refreshments before your batwa experience, it is such a great time of learning and getting entertained with this unique group commonly referred to as the “Pygmies” originally from the Ituri rainforest in Congo and thus giving you a little taste of central African culture. Return to the lodge for dinner and overnight. Meal plan-Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.
You will check out of the safari lodge after having your breakfast and drive to the park viewing point which is 8 km from the gate, at this point you will get the most scenic view of the park and the surrounding places around, take plenty of pictures as you like and we shall then proceed with the journey back to Kampala with a lunch stop at Igongo cultural center. Drop off at your desired location. Meal plan-Breakfast and Lunch.
The cost of this safari will vary depending on date of travel, type of accommodation, transport mode and number of people on the safari.
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