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Seeing the people and gorillas in…
Seeing the people and gorillas in Uganda was a once in a lifetime experience. The safari through Queen Eliz. park was terrible. The guides did no tracking ahead of time and we saw nothing. Also the same for the chimanzee walk. We went too early in the morning while the chimps were still up in the trees.No tracking for this also. However, the gorilla trek was fantastic. We hiked 2 hours and then found a family of 13. Sat with them for an hour. Our guide, porters, trackers on the gorilla trek were A1 fantastic. The boat cruise was also fantastic. one of the highlights. There was not enough down time on this trip and it became a difficult experience to have 1/2 hour from breakfast (which was always late) to leaving. Forget going back to your bathroom. Also the tea plantation and some of the walks could be eliminated to give us time to relax in the beautiful hotels for one hour. The hotels were lovely and I wouldn't change a thing.The real negative was the $150 covid test that Gate1 provided. We met other companies and their tests were $60. This will make us consider our next trip even though we love gate 1. PS the people of Uganda are wonderful and we wanted to take home all of the children!! We loved their happy smiling faces.