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Day 1
Transfer to Murchison Falls National Park with Rhino Trekking at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary
Transfer to Murchison Falls National Park with Rhino Trekking at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary
After your early morning breakfast, you will be picked by an Otter African Safairis guide and start your 4 to 5 hours journey to Murchison Falls National Park. You will have a first stop over at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary in Nakasongola where you will have an hour on-foot rhino tracking experience. After the rhino tracking experience you will proceed to Masindi for lunch before proceeding to visit the top of Murchison Falls the powerful falls where the Nile squeezes through an 8m wide gorge and plunges with a thunderous roar into the Devil’s Cauldron creating a trademark rainbow. From the falls you will continue in the park and you will have a short evening game drive and later check in at the lodge. Overnight stay and Dinner at the lodge.
- Main Destination:
- Ziwa Rhino and Wildlife Ranch
- Accommodation:
- Pakuba Safari Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
Morning Game Drive and Afternoon Boat Cruise to the Bottom of the falls
Morning Game Drive and Afternoon Boat Cruise to the Bottom of the falls
Have your breakfast very early in the morning, depart for an early morning game drive as early as 6am and head into the park and look out for view the different mammals such as elephants, lions, leopards, Rothschild’s giraffes, buffaloes and antelopes like Uganda kob, Jackson Hartebeests, bushbucks among others. You will have time to relax for lunch after the game drive.
After lunch you will join the boat cruise to take you to the bottom of Murchison falls as you spot aquatic wildlife such as hippos, Nile crocodiles, and water birds. On return Catch up with sunset view before dinner and overnight at the lodge.
- Main Destination:
- Murchison Falls National Park
- Accommodation:
- Pakuba Safari Lodge
Wildlife in Murchison Falls NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3
Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park with an Evening Game Drive in the Kasenyi Plains
Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park with an Evening Game Drive in the Kasenyi Plains
After your morning breakfast, you will check out of the hotel and start your journey to Queen Elizabeth National Park in Kasese through the tea plantations and rolling hills to reach Fort portal town. While in Fort portal you will have an en-route lunch and continue your journey to Queen Elizabeth National Park. After lunch, you will continue your journey to Queen Elizabeth National Park where you will reach and check in at the lodge.
In the evening, you will head out for an evening game drive in the Kasenyi Plains of Queen Elizabeth National Park where you will have a chance to see animals such as lions, leopards, elephants, buffaloes, Uganda kobs, warthogs, waterbucks, among others and many bird species for the bird lovers. After the game drive, return to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
- Main Destination:
- Queen Elizabeth National Park
- Accommodation:
- Tabingi Safari Lodge
Wildlife in Queen Elizabeth NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4
Morning Game Drive in the Kasenyi Plains and Afternoon Boat Cruise on the Kazinga Channel
Morning Game Drive in the Kasenyi Plains and Afternoon Boat Cruise on the Kazinga Channel
Have your breakfast very early in the morning, depart for an early morning game drive as early as 6am to the rolling plains of Uganda’s second largest National Park and look out for: lions, leopards, Elephants, buffaloes, hippos, waterbucks, warthogs, leopards, Uganda Kobs, Hyenas, and Hippos. For any birder, there are quite a number of birds to sight too during the drive. Return to the lodge for some rest time and lunch.
After lunch at the lodge, you will go for a 2-hour boat cruise trip on the Kazinga Channel which connects Lakes George and Edward and you will surely be fascinated by the concentrations of giant hippos, buffaloes, elephants and crocodiles among others. You will also see many varieties of birds at the water shores. You will have dinner and overnight at the lodge.
- Main Destination:
- Kazinga Channel (Queen Elizabeth NP)
- Accommodation:
- Tabingi Safari Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 5
Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park with an Evening visit to the Batwa Community
Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park with an Evening visit to the Batwa Community
After your morning breakfast, you will check out of the lodge in Queen Elizabeth National Park and you will transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park for gorilla trekking. You will arrive at the lodge where you will have lunch and thereafter you will check in and relax at the lodge.
You will then head out for a Batwa Cultural Experience in the evening where you will see how the Batwa pygmies lived in the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest. You will experience how they lived in the wild like how they were hunting for food, how to make fire and many others. Overnight stay and dinner at the lodge.
- Main Destination:
- Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas)
- Accommodation:
- Rushaga Gorilla Lodge
Wildlife in Bwindi Impenetrable NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 6
Gorilla Trekking in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and Transfer to Lake Bunyonyi
Gorilla Trekking in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and Transfer to Lake Bunyonyi
You will wake up early in the morning for breakfast and then report at the park headquarters at 7:30am for a briefing about the dos and don’ts while with the gorillas. Remember to carry your packed lunch and enough drinking water since you may stay in the forest up to afternoon in search of these gentle giants in their natural environment. Gorilla tracking exercise is physically demanding but an exciting activity. You may need to hire a porter to assist you during tracking and these are readily available at the park headquarters. Time allowed to spend with gorillas is 1 hour when you have found them and this is enough to ask all the questions about their behaviour. Return to the lodge after tracking and freshen up.
After the Gorilla Trekking Experience, you will transfer to Lake Bunyonyi for relaxing. Dinner and overnight stay at the lodge.
- Main Destination:
- Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas)
- Accommodation:
- Bunyonyi Overland Resort
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 7
Transfer to Entebbe International Airport
Transfer to Entebbe International Airport
After your morning breakfast you will exit the lodge at Lake Bunyonyi and set off to Kampala or Entebbe International Park. Along the way you will have a stop at the Equator in Kayabwe for memorable photos and the famous water experiment that shows that earth is separated into the Northern and Southern Hemisphere and you will have a
chance to enjoy both the hemispheres. You will have an en-route lunch and you will continue your journey to Kampala or Entebbe International Airport. Don't forget to buy a souvenir for remembrance for the beautiful primates safari you have had in Uganda.
- Main Destination:
- Entebbe International Airport (Entebbe)
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
- Meals & Drinks:
