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Sanctuary Gorilla
Forest Camp (Uganda)
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Location:
Gorilla Forest Camp is a
permanent luxury tented camp nestled in the mist-swathed rainforests of a
mountainside in the heart of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. The
exclusive location – one of two properties within the park's boundaries -
afford Gorilla Forest Camp the status of being the ideal base for gorilla
tracking, primate viewing and birding excursions in the park.
Bwindi is situated on Uganda's extreme western border, very close to the
geographical heart of Africa where the confluence of the Rift Valley and the
Great Lakes have created an eco-system that perhaps defines the very essence
of the continent. Fittingly, Bwindi is one of the most biologically diverse
areas on Earth, recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. |
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Accommodation:
Gorilla Forest Camp has been
designed to blend seamlessly into this most atmospheric of
environments, carefully-appointed towards the misty valleys and
looming, forest-clad mountains that protect this fragile
eco-system.
Accommodation is in 8 double
tents, raised on wooden platforms, each with en-suite facilities
and hot and cold running water, WC, basin and unusually – a
bathtub looking out onto the forest.
Each tent has a spacious wooden
verandah where guests can relax, enjoy a private meal and absorb
the exotic mystery of the surrounding rainforest that provided
the inspiration for the animation of Disney's The Jungle Book.
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Game
Viewing / Activities:
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is an enduring pocket of a huge
primeval forest that once stretched from the Virunga Volcanoes in
the South to the Rwenzori Mountains in the North. The fertile 331
square kilometers of the park contain 113 species of mammals
(including a herd of the rare forest elephant), 200 species of
butterfly, over 360 species of birds and a prodigious 324 tree
varieties (10 of which are endemic to the park).
In addition to this incredible diversity, Bwindi is home to seven
species of primates, attracting the attention of international
conservation efforts, of which the most endangered is that elusive
giant of Africa-- the Mountain Gorilla. Only 600 of these
magnificent animals remain worldwide, and Bwindi is home to just
over half of them.
The Gorilla Forest Camp offers a bar and dining cottage
overlooking the rain forest, as well as a raised natural platform
for open air dining. At night, a traditional African campfire is lit
from where a lecture might be given by a visiting primatologist, the
gorilla briefings are undertaken or guests simply admire the myriad
brilliance of Bwindi's crystal clear mountain sky. |
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Rates: |
2010 |
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Per Person Sharing
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USD 410 Year Round Rate |
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Single Supplement
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USD 123 |
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Rates include:- All
meals and drinks (excluding premium brands), Laundry
Rates exclude:-
Gorilla permits, Transfers to/from airstrips, Scheduled or
charter flights to/from camp, Items of a personal nature,
Medical insurance, Intercamp transfers
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Consultants
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