$4,400 to $4,950 pp (USD)
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Arrival
Day 1
Touch Down at Entebbe
Touch Down at Entebbe
Your journey begins as you touch down at Entebbe International Airport, the gateway to Africa's "Pearl." Stepping off the plane, you will be welcomed by the warm Ugandan sun and Gorilla Sights Guide, standing ready at the arrivals gate, who will be waiting for you with a personalized sign that bears your name. On your arrival, you transfer to the hotel for check-in, then after our thoughts are all at Mabamba for the shoebill Search Photography. The shoebill stock is living at the shores of Lake Victoria, where traditional wooden canoes are so special in a way that they take you to the Mabamba swamp, where you find a labyrinth of lily pads and towering papyrus. This is the prime haunt of the prehistoric Shoebill Stork. For photographers, this is a "bucket list" moment capturing the bird’s steady, ancient gaze against the soft afternoon light. Our guide’s expert eyes will navigate the hidden channels to find this rare giant, ensuring an intimate, quiet encounter far from the crowds.
- Main Destination:
- Mabamba Swamp
- Accommodation:
- Karibu Entebbe
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
Transfer to Murchison Falls with Stop at Ziwa Rhino for White Rhino Walk, Then to Murchison Falls NP
Transfer to Murchison Falls with Stop at Ziwa Rhino for White Rhino Walk, Then to Murchison Falls NP
After breakfast, your journey strikes north toward the untamed heart of Uganda. This is no ordinary transfer; it is a transition from the lakeside breeze to the heat of the golden savannah. Your first stop is at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary, a sanctuary of hope and the only place in the country to see white rhinos on foot in the whole of East Africa. For the solo traveler, the experience is profound, stepping out of the vehicle to track these two-ton prehistoric giants on foot. For the photographer, it offers a rare, low-angle perspective as you capture their rugged silhouettes against the thorny scrub, completing the first piece of your Big Five puzzle. After this adrenaline-fueled walk, the road leads to Murchison Falls National Park. The climax of the day is the "Top of the Falls." Here, the world’s longest river, the Nile, is forced through a narrow seven-meter rocky cleft. Stand where the earth trembles beneath your feet as the water explodes into a thunderous, misty cauldro.
- Main Destination:
- Ziwa Rhino and Wildlife Ranch
- Accommodation:
- Pakuba Safari Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3
Morning Game Safari in Search for Big Predators and Afternoon Boat Cruise Along White Nile
Morning Game Safari in Search for Big Predators and Afternoon Boat Cruise Along White Nile
After breakfast, at 6.30 am, you will embark on an early morning game drive, exploring the savannah in the delta of the Nile on Lake Albert, Northern bank. As you view and take memorable photographs of the animals in the wild, you might find elephants, lions, buffalo, giraffes, waterbucks, bushbucks, spotted hyenas, and, very rarely, leopards.
From the grassland savannah down to Lake Albert, where the Albert Nile heads north. You'll return to the lodge for lunch. In the afternoon, you go for a boat ride up the Nile to Murchison Falls, where the park derives its name. You'll see where the Nile squeezes through a 7-meter gap, and at the bottom, huge Nile crocodiles. You'll enjoy the top of the falls, revealing another startling side of these falls. Capture the Nile’s raw power through the palm-fringed delta, where lions and giraffes roam. You could have seen Victoria Falls as the most amazing waterfall, but the power that the Uhuru and Murchison Falls have is beyond the whole world.
- Main Destination:
- Murchison Falls National Park
- Accommodation:
- Pakuba Safari Lodge
Wildlife in Murchison Falls NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4
Transfer to Budogo Forest for Chimpanzee Trekking then to Lake Albert
Transfer to Budogo Forest for Chimpanzee Trekking then to Lake Albert
Early morning after breakfast, you'll drive to Budongo Forest, in Kaniyo-Pabidi eco-tourist site, for the tropical forest trekking to meet the Great Apes, the chimpanzees in their natural habitat. The forest is also home to many other primates, such as black and white colobus monkey, red-tailed monkey, blue monkey, vervet monkey, and baboons. The chimpanzee trekking is possible due to the conservation efforts by the Jane Goodall Institute and the park authorities to protect the forest and the endangered chimpanzees. After tracking, you have lunch in a restaurant, and transfer to Lake Albert to the Bugoma Forest reserve. You take on a fish experience with fishermen until evening, as you witness how tilapia is caught in the local villages. You'll interact with the people living near the Lake, to see their economic activities and the way of living, as night becomes so amazing with the lights in the lake. You'll return to the lodge for dinner and an overnight stay.
- Main Destination:
- Budongo Forest (Chimps)
- Accommodation:
- Kikonko Lodge
Wildlife in Budongo Forest
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 5
Chimpanzee Trekking at Bugoma Forest, Go for Chimpanzee of Mweera Communities living on 1500 Metres
Chimpanzee Trekking at Bugoma Forest, Go for Chimpanzee of Mweera Communities living on 1500 Metres
After breakfast, you'll depart the shimmering shores of Lake Albert. The journey ascends from the dramatic Western Rift Valley escarpment. For photographers, this climb offers a vantage point where the land falls away 500 meters, revealing panoramic views that stretch toward the blue horizons of the Congo. This is a moment of pure, cinematic scale, a wide-angle dream for any solo traveler. The road leads into Bugoma Forest, a hidden gem for an intimate chimpanzee trekking experience. Beneath a canopy of an ancient mahogany tree, you are guided by a ranger to the search for Pan Trogodites. The air vibrates with "pant-hoots where we find 2 communities of Chimps. This dappled forest is a true lens trophy. After trekking, you head southwest to Queen Elizabeth National Park. You enjoy the green lush vegetation through transfer as you see the Mountains of the Moon, where jagged peaks tower over lush tea estates, eventually opening into the golden savannah of Queen Elizabeth N Park.
- Main Destination:
- Bugoma Forest Reserve
- Accommodation:
- Ihamba Lakeside Safari Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 6
Lion Experiential to allocate Prides of Queen Elizabeth and Daughters of Late Grace, Famous Leopard
Lion Experiential to allocate Prides of Queen Elizabeth and Daughters of Late Grace, Famous Leopard
Today, you will get up close to wild African fauna on this rewarding adventure- Lion Tracking. This unique experience allows visitors to actively participate in monitoring some of the lions in the park, using locator devices. You will learn habituation calls, as well as monitoring weather, surroundings, and behavior of these great cats. The results are added to researchers’ databases, contributing valuable information to the overall understanding of wildlife ecology— and helping to conserve this wonderful ecosystem. This will as well give you a 95% chance to see the lions!. In the afternoon, you take a boat cruise along the Kazinga Channel, a natural channel that connects Lake Edward to Lake George. You'll see buffaloes, elephants, waterbucks, crocodiles, and the highest concentration of hippos, plus a variety of species of waterbirds like crested eagles, pelicans, and cormorants, a diverse collection of the African animal Kingdom which comes to the waterhole to drink or bathe.
- Main Destination:
- Queen Elizabeth National Park
- Accommodation:
- Ishasha Jungle Lodge
Wildlife in Queen Elizabeth NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 7
Morning Photographic Safari in Ishasha Searching for Tree-Climbing Lions and Head to Bwindi N Park
Morning Photographic Safari in Ishasha Searching for Tree-Climbing Lions and Head to Bwindi N Park
After breakfast, a photographic safari in the Ishasha sector, the southern region of Queen Elizabeth NP, in search of the tree-climbing lions, which are seen during the hot hours of the day, as they lie resting on top of fig trees. You'll see herds of buffalo, elephants, topi antelopes, and many species of birds. You'll see the great plains of the Virunga ranges and how the Rift Valley stretches to DR Congo. Ishasha Sector is one of the best areas, and only among destinations where tree-climbing lions are found, therefore you have 70 % chances to have these featured on your lens as searched by everyone that love wild. In the afternoon, you'll proceed to the highlands of Southern Uganda, climbing to an altitude of up to 2300 meters. You arrive in Bwindi Forest National Park, home to the endangered mountain gorillas. The choice of the exact location and lodge depends on the availability of gorilla permits. You'll arrive by evening for dinner and an overnight stay.
- Main Destination:
- Ishasha Sector (Queen Elizabeth NP)
- Accommodation:
- Lake Mulehe Safari Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 8
Gentle Giant's of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Gentle Giant's of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Today is the big day. Prepare yourself for an encounter with one of Bwindi’s gentle giants: the rare mountain gorilla. For most people, this is the absolute highlight of their tour in Uganda. You will be required to wake up early in the morning, then be led to the visitor’s reception center for a briefing about the park. You are allocated guides before heading into the forest in search of mountain gorillas. Bwindi Impenetrable Forest boasts of both mountain gorillas and chimpanzees — the only forest in Africa that can make this claim, in fact. It also hosts five other species of primate, 113 species of mammal, over 200 butterflies, and 360 birds. You will be allocated to one of the habituated families that tolerate the presence of humans for a brief period. Your trek will be a journey along forested slopes, entwined vines, bushes, and bamboo before you eventually reach the gorillas’ habitat. En-route, your guide will point out signs of previous gorilla activity, like nests, and more.
- Main Destination:
- Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas)
- Accommodation:
- Lake Mulehe Safari Lodge
Wildlife in Bwindi Impenetrable NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 9
Transfer to Lake Mburo NP with Evening Game Safari and Night Experience to Watch Nocturnal Creatures
Transfer to Lake Mburo NP with Evening Game Safari and Night Experience to Watch Nocturnal Creatures
You'll transfer to Lake Mburo National Park, the only Ugandan national park (besides to Kidepo Valley NP) which is home to zebra, eland and impala as well as an abundance of other wildlife like giraffes, bushbucks, warthogs, Uganda kob, oribi, topi, buffaloes, waterbucks, baboons, monkeys and 300 bird species in the papyrus swamp land — not to mention the lake itself, which is teeming with hippos and crocodiles. On arrival at the park, you’ll check in. In the evening, you embark on a night Game drive. A night drive experience is completely different from a day safari. A whole new world of animal species (nocturnal) awaits you! It gives you a different perspective of the park and wildlife. You'll see how the guides find the smallest of creatures, from chameleons to the elusive leopard. Bear in mind the dressing code, Neutral colored clothing, long-sleeved shirts. Animals to watch include leopards, jackals, Jannet cats, buffalo, elands, impalas, hyenas, owls, zebras, hippo, and warthogs.
- Main Destination:
- Lake Mburo National Park
- Accommodation:
- Kigarama Wilderness Lodge
Wildlife in Lake Mburo NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 10
Walking Safari and Transfer to Entebbe
Walking Safari and Transfer to Entebbe
After breakfast, we take on an amazing, unique activity guided walking safari, a feature not found in other Ugandan national parks. It's the best way to have a chance to explore the park's diverse wildlife and scenery on foot while you come closer to most of parks wildlife, including Rothschild giraffes, zebras, impalas, elands, and most of the bird species that these beautiful has got. Depending on the time of your departure, the walk can either be long or shorter, with the option of having lunch on the way or at your lodge. With the introduction of giraffes to Lake Mburo National Park, the park has found itself as one of the best destinations in Uganda that is rich in ecosystem, with the largest number of zebras, impalas, and giraffes. This park has now been born again, unlike the way it was 10 years back. The introduction of these giraffes has had a lot of impact with walking safari.
- Main Destination:
- Lake Mburo National Park
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
- Meals & Drinks:
