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M = morning, AE = afternoon & evening, N = night; please note that, depending on weather, animal activities are largely at a rest between 11 am and 4 pm; depending on time of arrival / departure, program may have to be adjusted.
Date |
Activities |
Remarks |
Day 1*
E |
Queen Elizabeth National Park (QENP)
Introduction to Albertine Rift Landscape; Geological, Natural & Human History on the way to Baboon Cliff Panoramic View Point. |
Arrival
afternoon |
Day 2
M
A
N |
QENP
Early morning nature drive: tracking lions & hyenas (predator x prey x human relations & predator viability issues); visit to Lake George area & presentation of extremes over last half century, highlighting human x wildlife (terrestrial, aquatic, amphibic) interactions.
Visit to traditional salt mining, incl. flamingo lake. Game drive to Pelican Point.
Night drive: tracking large predators at night (hyenas, leopard & lions) & observation & interpretation of other nocturnal wildlife. |
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Day 3
M
AE |
QENP
Game Drive & Interpretation of Savanna Ecology: Fire & Elephants etc.
Boat-ride on Kazinga Channel; Aquatic Ecology of Western Rift |
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Day 4
M
AEN |
QENP
Crater Game drive & Paleontology of Great Rift; concluded by visit to Lake Kikorongo.
Visit to Maramagambo Forest; Introduction to Lowland tropical forest & its ecology (incl. visit to bat-snake cave); concluded by early night drive. |
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Day 5
M |
QENP
Early Visit to Kyambura Gorge, incl. chimp-tracking, followed by:
Note: * this is the concluding part of the QENP-program |
Departure
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