What's included?
The basic eleven-night trip is about $6,000 per person when all is said and done, excluding your philanthropic donations and souvenirs. This allows approximately $2,000 for your flight and approximately $500 for immunizations, travel insurance (policy must include medical evacuation), and your Ugandan tourist visa. The remaining balance will be deposited to Bridget.
**Bridget will tailor your trip experience however you like, and the cost will be tailored with it. Entering additional parks and/or adding additional days ($300 per person per additional day) and experiences to the trip will impact the price.**
Bridget's eleven-night itinerary includes:
Neccesities:
Basic accommodations (upgrades available)
Three meals a day
Vehicle travel in Uganda
Guide and driver salaries and tips
Tips for others who assist individuals or the group
Bridget's presence, knowledge base, cultural understanding, and willingness to share
Philanthropy:
Vetted opportunities for you to choose from
Meet and interact with the people you are benefiting
Bridget's cultural guidance, information about how and where to make an impact without harm
**the funds you donate to these philanthropic opportunities are separate from your deposit**
Tourism:
A safari
A Nile River safari
Entry to Murchison Falls National Park
Tracking rhinos (guaranteed up-close sightings)
Visits to private Ugandan homes in varying economic strata
Cultural celebration and dinner with traditional Ugandan food
Viewing Murchison Falls from the precipice and from downstream
What's not included?
So many options and plenty of time:
Nacre Options
Gorilla Tracking
+ 5 days
+ $2300
Sitting with a family of gorillas in the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest is a never-to-be-forgotten experience. Watch the juveniles play and hear those who guard the family explain their behavior. $300/day for covered expenses and $800 per person to track. This experience will include learning about, meeting, and supporting the Batwa, a tribe of pygmy people who lived in the forest before the government took it over for gorilla tourism.
Sipi Falls
+ 4 days
+ $1200
Visit Sipi Falls, a three-fall system each with 75-95 meter drops. $300/day. Accommodations are lush and tropical with stunning views of Mount Elgon, a solitary, extinct volcano rising from the plains. Options to hike and take aerial tours.
Sipi & Kidepo - Birding option
+ 7 days
+ $2100
Add Kidepo National Park with it's zebra and tree lions to your itinerary! Excellent birding. Experience the Karamoja region in the far north. $300/day.
For other requests, email Bridget at travelwithbridge@gmail.com