JEWISH LIFE IN UGANDA KOSHER TOUR AND WILDLIFE SAFARI 12 days.
Day 1: Early morning arrival and transfer to Entebbe Botanical Hotel. BB
Day 2: Transfer to Mbale with a visit to the source of the Nile.
Today we transfer to Mbale via the source of the Nile and a visit to the Bujjagali falls, lunch will be in Jinja then later continue to Mbale where we check in at Mount Elgon Hotel for dinner and over night stay. Today we prepare for the Shabbat eve service at Nabugoye Hill. Back to the lodge for dinner and over night stay.
Day 3: After early morning breakfast, we shall join or be joined by the Abayudaya Jews at Nabugoye Hill for the Shabbat service, we shall have lunch with the Abayudaya, back to the hotel. Today we have dinner at the hotel then Havdalah at 7 pm at Nabugoye, later to the hotel for over night stay.
Day 4: Early morning at leisure and relaxing at the pool, and visit Mbale town and shop or order for the African fabrics which will be sowed and brought later in the days, after lunch we shall get our shuttles to join all the Abayudaya communities at Nabugoye Hill for the Abayudaya Music and Dance Festival.
Day 5: Today after breakfast, we shall take a tour of the Abayudaya schools then the Namanyonyi synagogue, back to the hotel for lunch, then later in the afternoon we shall meet the Mirembe Kawomera coffee farmers in Nangolo and learn more about coffee farming and processing.
Day 6: After breakfast we visit the Namutumba and Nasenyi Synagogue, interact with more Jewish communities.
Day 7: We visit the Sabinyi traditional caves in the afternoon after a hike to the sipi falls, one of the beautiful falls still left in Africa. Over night at Mount Elgon Hotel Mbale.
Day 8: After breakfast we shall have a Mitzvah volunteer day, we shall teach and have optional games with the local Abayudaya community.
Day 9:Transfer to Kampala stay at Sheraton Hotel
Day 10: Start the drive through Kampala Northwards through a series of districts. Lunch at Masindi Hotel - a gate way to Budongo Forest and Murchison falls National Park. Watch out for the mighty tropical Budongo forest. Rather more appealing is the green, leafy stretch of surburbia that runs north from the town center past the golf course. A visit to the top of the mighty Murchison falls is extra ordinary - a point where the water escapes through a narrow gorge forming splendid thunder and roar! Relax and take photographs at the spot with a permanent rainbow. Ferry Crossing to Paraa Safari lodge which offers comfortable accommodation and typical Ugandan hospitality. Dinner and overnight at Paraa Safari Lodge. FB
Day 11: Morning game safari and afternoon launch cruise along the Victoria Nile
Morning breakfast, and thereafter transverse in the northern part for a game drive. Watch out for elephant herds, buffalo and water buck herds, giraffes, lions, leopards, Uganda kobs, and a variety of bird and other animal species. After lunch, enjoy a launch cruise to the bottom of the mighty Murchison falls-an opportunity to see the amazing hippos, crocodiles along the riverbanks. Return to the lodge or camp for dinner and over night stay. FB
Day 12: Chimp tracking After early morning breakfast, we shall cross the Victoria Nile to the southern sector of Murchison Falls National Park to the tropical rain forest area of Kaniyo Pabid, we shall join guides at the starting point for a small briefing then set off for chimp tracking. Enjoy the services of our guide who will give you detailed information on primates, forest, flora and fauna. Not only chimps but this forest has other primates including the olive baboon, red tailed monkey, black and white collobus a variety of birds including the rare Puvell’s Illadopsis, Yellow Longbill, Narinas Tragon, Fire Crested Allethe, Red Tailed Anti Thrush, Brown Eared Woodpecker to mention but a few. After the tracking, depending on the time we find these primates, we shall get back to the starting point and enjoy a picnic lunch then later transfer to Masindi Hotel – a rambling colonial era hotel - with an attractive wooded ground in Masindi town where we shall have our dinner and over night stay. FB
Day 13: Departure
We shall transfer to Kampala where we have a visit to the craft centre at the National Theatre, before shopping we shall have our lunch then later transfer to Entebbe Botanical Beach Hotel for our last dinner and over night in Uganda. End of our trip, come again.