Carlson Family and Friends New Option One

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Summary March 2026
March 8: Protea Entebbe Hotel
March 9, 10, 11: River Station
March 12, 13, 14: Volcanoes Bwindi
March 15: Mountain Gorilla View
March 16: Kigali Serena
March 17, 18, 19 Ubuntu Migration Camp
March 20, 21, 22: Manta Resort
March 23: Depart from Zanzibar

This option starts in Entebbe in, Uganda. After a night at the Protea Entebbe Hotel, we would fly by scheduled flight out to Kasese, where the River Station Team would meet us and drive/boat us to the River Station on the Kazinga Channel. The River Station is a new lodge in the Kyambura Reserve, so we are not very likely to see too many other tourists here. The lodge has excellent views of the channel. It's quite fun getting there, and the journey takes you through spectacular country. We will take a short boat trip on the Kazinga Channel to get to the lodge. We have three nights here and will spend some time on day and night game drives. We should see lots and lots of elephants and, if we are lucky, some lions too. On one of the days, we will try a chimp trek in the Kalinzu Forest.

After three nights at The River Station, we will move to the Volcanoes Bwindi Lodge. This mid-level lodge is very basic but well located just 2 kilometres outside the park, with easy access to the Park Headquarters for the days we go gorilla trekking. We have three nights here to allow us to do two gorilla treks. For those who are nature and primate crazy, we can do extra hikes in the forest during the afternoon to see more primates.

After three nights at the Volcanoes Bwindi Lodge, we will drive to Rwanda and stay at the Gorilla Mountain View Lodge ( not to see gorillas ); this will be a long day with about 5 hours of driving, stopping at the Cyanika Border post for immigration and customs. We will stay for just one night; the following day, we will go on a Golden Monkey trek and return to the lodge for lunch before driving to Kigali for the night.

After a night in Kigali, we will fly by scheduled flight to Ubuntu Camp in southern Serengeti, Tanzania. The flight will go via Mwanza for customs and immigration. Ubuntu should, in March, be in a great position to catch up to the great wildebeest migration on the short grass plains of the Southern Serengeti. For those on their first or second safari, this will be a great chance to see lots of wildlife and predators.

After a few nights at Ubuntu, you will fly by two scheduled hops ( one is quite long ) to Pemba Island, one of the more remote, less visited islands of the Zanzibar archipelago.

Starts:

08/03/2025

Ends:

23/03/2025

Duration

15

Visit:

Entebbe

Kyambura Reserve

Bwindi Impenetrable Forest

Volcanoes National Park

Southern Sereneti

Pemba Island

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March 9,10,11
March 12, 13, 14
March 15
March 16
March 17, 18, 19
March 20, 21, 22

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