Kuzuri Escapades Tours and Travel

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Arrival (See Getting There for more details)

Arrival (See Getting There for more details)

  • You'll be collected from the airport.
  • Accommodation before the tour starts can be arranged for an extra cost.

Day 1

Transfer to Murchison falls National park

Transfer to Murchison falls National park

Early morning your safari guide will pick you up from the hotel in Kampala or Entebbe and drive straight to Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda’s finest and largest National Park with a gem. It has a record of 76 mammal species and 451 birds. Along the way you will stop over for breakfast and later track rhinos at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary for two hours then have lunch and proceed to Murchison Falls National Park reaching in the evening. Check-in at the lodge for dinner and overnight stay.

Main Destination:
Murchison Falls National Park
Best Time To Visit December to February (Easier to spot animals)
High Season June to September (Peak time for Uganda)
Best Weather June and July (Less rain and lower temperatures)

Wildlife in Murchison Falls NP

ChimpanzeeOccasional
ElephantCommon
GiraffeCommon
LionCommon
BuffaloCommon
HippoAbundant
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LeopardOccasional
ZebraNone
Accommodation:
Paraa Safari Lodge
  • Luxury lodge located inside Murchison Falls NP
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 2

Morning game drive and afternoon boat cruise

Morning game drive and afternoon boat cruise

Wake up early and have a quick breakfast an head out for morning breakfast, make sure to carry your camera for the best shots. You will be able to spot lions, leopards, giraffes, buffaloes, Jackson hartebeests, antelopes, duikers, hyenas, warthogs, all can be spotted in the savannah open grassland. Later return back to the lodge for lunch and refresh and in the afternoon go for a boat cruise to the bottom of the falls where you will have a close look to the thrilling white-water falls. Along you will also be able to spot schools of hippos, Nile crocodiles, elephants at the bank of the lake, water bird species such as storks, fish eagles among others. You also have a chance to hike to the top falls and meet your driver guide at the top and drive you back to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay.

Main Destination:
Murchison Falls National Park
Accommodation:
Paraa Safari Lodge
  • Luxury lodge located inside Murchison Falls NP
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 3

Transfer to Kibale National Park

Transfer to Kibale National Park

You will have an early morning breakfast at the lodge and check out driving to another destination, Kibale Forest National Park, a protected rain forest with over 5000 chimpanzees and several other 12 primate species. Along the way is a scenic drive of tea plantations and you will have your lunch en route in Fort portal town and later proceed to the park. Check-in at the lodge and have a relaxed evening as you wait for dinner.

Main Destination:
Kibale National Park (Chimps)
Best Time To Visit January to February and June to July (Chimp trekking is easiest)
High Season June to September (Peak time for Uganda)
Best Weather January to February and June to July (Least rain)

Wildlife in Kibale NP

ElephantOccasional
BuffaloOccasional
LionVery Rare
LeopardVery Rare
HippoRare
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ZebraNone
Accommodation:
Ndali Lodge
  • Luxury lodge located less than 1hr drive from Kibale NP (Chimps)
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 4

Chimpanzee tracking and nature walk

Chimpanzee tracking and nature walk

Get up so early for breakfast and head to the park, where you will be briefed about chimpanzee rules and regulations, code of conduct while with them and later you kick start the experience led by the ranger guide into the forest park. Be on the lookout to spot other primates such as red-tailed monkeys, black and white monkeys, grey-cheeked mangabeys, olive baboons, and also mammal species such as duikers, forest elephants not forgetting a variety of bird species. When you find a troop of the chimpanzees, spend an hour with them as you observe their lifestyle, feeding, making nests, playful with the young ones, and after Return to the lodge an afternoon rest and in the evening, you will do a nature walk in Bigodi, exciting features are birds, duikers, bushbucks as well the community around.
Return to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay.

Main Destination:
Kibale National Park (Chimps)
Accommodation:
Ndali Lodge
  • Luxury lodge located less than 1hr drive from Kibale NP (Chimps)
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 5

Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park

Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park

On this day, have breakfast at leisure and check out of the lodge to Queen Elizabeth National Park, this park has a full package, in it there are crater lakes, forest, rift valley escarpment, mammals, primates, reptiles, wetlands and over 600 bird species. In other words it has a richly diverse ecosystem. While on the way you take on a crater lake drive while you reach in the afternoon for lunch and boat cruise late on Kazinga Channel. For this, you will get an up-close sighting of crocodile, hippos, elephants, buffalos at the bank of the lake as well as a variety of water bird species. After this, return to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay.

Main Destination:
Queen Elizabeth National Park
Best Time To Visit January to February and June to July (Dry seasons)
High Season June to September (Peak time for Uganda)
Best Weather June to July and January to February (Less rainfall)

Wildlife in Queen Elizabeth NP

ChimpanzeeOccasional
ElephantCommon
LionCommon
BuffaloCommon
HippoAbundant
LeopardOccasional
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ZebraNone
Accommodation:
Twin Lakes Safari Lodge
  • Mid-range lodge located just outside Queen Elizabeth NP
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 6

Game drive and community visit

Game drive and community visit

An early morning game drive starts at 6am along Kasenyi track with chances to spot lions, hyenas, leopards from catching their prey. You will be able to spot antelopes, elands, bushbucks, impalas, buffalos, warthogs among many other. Return to the lodge for late breakfast then lunch and in the afternoon, you will visit the community around Lake Katwe to see how they extract local rock salt from the lake. Head back to the lodge and prepare for evening game drive through the park.

Main Destination:
Queen Elizabeth National Park
Accommodation:
Twin Lakes Safari Lodge
  • Mid-range lodge located just outside Queen Elizabeth NP
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 7

Guided nature walk

Guided nature walk

Wake up so early and proceed for a walk through the Maramagambo Forest which is one of the second largest forests in Uganda. This forest is a habitat to a number of primates and many forest dwellers. It has many wildlife species including; birds, bats and chimpanzees which are found in Kyambura Gorge within the forest. This walk will also take you to the volcanic caves which are home to thousands of bat species as well as the predator pythons. These pythons’ prey on the bats that leave within the cave.
The walk will expose you to the blue Lake Kimeranjo which swallowed an elephant and got its name. More so, this walk will take you to the Crater Lake and the Kyambura gorge where the chimpanzees are trekked from. Later in the afternoon after enjoying your lunch, you will proceed for the game drive through the Ishasha sector where you will be able to view the tree climbing lions and many other animal species including the birds, buffalos, elephants, kobs, monkeys and many more.

Main Destination:
Queen Elizabeth National Park
Accommodation:
Twin Lakes Safari Lodge
  • Mid-range lodge located just outside Queen Elizabeth NP
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 8

Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

After breakfast transfer to Bwindi via the Ishasha sector as you will have a chance to observe tree-climbing lions in the wild.
Bwindi National Park is home to mountain gorillas, over 346 bird species including 27 endemics of the Albertine rift valley, 120 mammal species, 400 plant species, among others. The Park covers an average area of 331 sq. km. You will have lunch en route and continue with your journey combined with amazing and spectacular views of banana, tea plantations and the overall green vegetation of the area. On reaching the park check in at lodge of preference.

Main Destination:
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas)
Best Time To Visit June to August and December to February (Gorilla trekking is easiest)
High Season June to September (Gorilla permits are scarce)
Best Weather June to July and December to February (Less rainfall)

Wildlife in Bwindi Impenetrable NP

Accommodation:
Bakiga Lodge
  • Mid-range lodge located just outside Ruhija (Bwindi Impenetrable NP)
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 9

Gorilla trekking -Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

Gorilla trekking -Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

Wake up very early for breakfast and drive to the park quarters for briefing at 7am, gorilla tracking starts by 8am you are led
by the ranger guide to the starting point. Make sure you carry packed lunch, enough water, sturdy shoes, non-flash cameras, rain jackets, walking sticks for those who are not so fit. Gorilla trekking takes an average time of 2-8 hours depending on how far the gorillas have moved. Make use of the 1 hour you spend with the gorillas to take pictures as well observe how they go about their day.

Main Destination:
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas)
Accommodation:
Bakiga Lodge
  • Mid-range lodge located just outside Ruhija (Bwindi Impenetrable NP)
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 10

Transfer to Lake Mburo National park

Transfer to Lake Mburo National park

Have breakfast and transfer to Lake Mburo National Park, which is approximately a 6-to-7-hour drive. You will drive through the beautiful scenery of Terraced Kigezi hills, farms, banana plantations until you reach Lake Mburo. This Park is the smallest but surprisingly with 13 lakes inside, it is known mostly for having a dazzle of zebras, impalas, antelope species, over 332 bird species all occupying an area of 371 sq. km. You will have lunch en route to Mbarara and proceed with an afternoon game drive as soon as you enter the park. Check-in at the lodge for dinner and overnight rest.

Main Destination:
Lake Mburo National Park
Best Time To Visit January to February and June to August (Dry seasons)
High Season June to September (Peak time for Uganda)
Best Weather June to August and January to February (Little rainfall)

Wildlife in Lake Mburo NP

GiraffeCommon
BuffaloCommon
ZebraCommon
HippoCommon
LeopardOccasional
HyenaOccasional
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LionNone
Accommodation:
Mihingo Lodge
  • Luxury lodge bordering Lake Mburo NP without fences
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 11

Game drive and afternoon boat cruise

Game drive and afternoon boat cruise

In the morning have breakfast at your lodge, thereafter set out for a game drive through the park where your eyes will be fed with amazing sights and wildlife such as impalas, kobs, antelopes, also different bird species. After, head back to your lodge for lunch with preparation for an unforgettable experience on the boat ride along the lake. Still a lot of animals will be seen like the crocodiles, and hippos among others.

Main Destination:
Lake Mburo National Park
Accommodation:
Mihingo Lodge
  • Luxury lodge bordering Lake Mburo NP without fences
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 12

Return back to Entebbe

Return back to Entebbe

After an early breakfast, have a game drive through the park as you embark on your journey back to Kampala. Have lunch en route with a stopover at the Equator kayabwe. Later arrive in Kampala in the evening and drop off to the airport for departure on schedule. End 12 Days Uganda safari.

Main Destination:
Entebbe (City)
Accommodation:
No accommodation (End of tour)
Meals & Drinks:
  • Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included)
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

End of tour (See Getting There for more details)

End of tour (See Getting There for more details)

  • Additional accommodation can be arranged for an extra cost.
  • You'll be dropped off at the airport.

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  • This tour is offered by Kuzuri Escapades Tours and Travel, not SafariBookings.
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  • The exact order, contents and rates of this tour are subject to availability.
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  • Gorilla tracking permits are subject to availability.