$3,960 to $4,070 pp (USD)
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Arrival
Day 1
Arrive at Entebbe and transfer to booked hotel
Arrive at Entebbe and transfer to booked hotel
Upon arrival at Entebbe International Airport, our representative driver (guide) will receive and welcome you to Uganda – the Pearl of Africa. Thereafter, you will transfer to the booked accommodation in Entebbe.
In case you have had an early landing in Uganda, you can proceed to visit the ewaffe cultural village a unique cultural tourism destination where visitors experience Uganda's traditions through authentic, hands-on encounters.
OR visit the Entebbe Botanical Garden. The garden is one of the places around Entebbe where you can spot many species of birds and a few primates such as the black and white colobus monkeys and vervet monkeys.
- Main Destination:
- Entebbe (City)
- Accommodation:
- Protea Hotel Entebbe
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
Transfer to Murchison Falls National Park with rhino tracking in Zziwa Rhino Sanctuary
Transfer to Murchison Falls National Park with rhino tracking in Zziwa Rhino Sanctuary
After breakfast, the assigned driver (guide) will pick you up from the hotel and hit the road to Murchison Falls National Park
The highlights of this park include the roaring rapids of the Murchison, and the rolling plains of Uganda’s largest national park. You will have the chance to view lions, giraffes, hartebeests, buffalos, and elephants. Surely the concentration of hippos and the Nile crocodiles here will also fascinate you. En route, make a visit to Zziwa Rhino Sanctuary for your first Big 5 experience where you will have an hour of rhino tracking.
- Main Destination:
- Murchison Falls National Park
- Accommodation:
- Pakuba Safari Lodge
Wildlife in Murchison Falls NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3
Guided game drive and boat cruise to the base of the falls
Guided game drive and boat cruise to the base of the falls
Have your breakfast, then depart for an early morning game drive across the rolling plains of Uganda’s largest national park. Be on the lookout for wildlife including lions and leopards (though hard to spot) among others. For any birder, there are quite a number of birds to sight during the drive. Return to the accommodation for some rest time and lunch. After lunch, you will head out for the boat trip to the base of Murchison Falls where you will also be able to catch sight of more animals including hippos, crocodiles and several waterbirds. Continue with a hike (if you like) to the top of the falls. The hike may be a strenuous one but the thrill of reaching the top is unforgettable. Miss it only if you must. Return to your accommodation and have a relaxed evening.
- Main Destination:
- Murchison Falls National Park
- Accommodation:
- Pakuba Safari Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4
Transfer to Kibale National Park
Transfer to Kibale National Park
After breakfast at your accommodation, depart right away for Kibale Forest National Park. The drive is quite long but incredibly scenic. You'll pass through villages, lush green countryside and hills dotted with tea plantations that characterize this part of Uganda. The beautiful scenery will amaze you all the way.
Kibale National Park is popular for its primates like chimpanzees, black and white colobus monkeys, red-tailed monkeys, L'Hoest's monkeys, and Uganda mangabeys (Lophocebus ugandae). While on your chimpanzee trails, you will see them swinging in the forest trees and others feeding on the wild fruits. You will reach your accommodation and do little but check in, have dinner, and an overnight rest.
- Main Destination:
- Kibale National Park (Chimps)
- Accommodation:
- Turaco Treetops Lodge
Wildlife in Kibale NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 5
Chimp trekking and cultural experiences
Chimp trekking and cultural experiences
Have breakfast and head to the rangers’ post where you will receive a briefing on the dos and don’ts during chimp trekking. Thereafter, you will proceed to trek the chimps in the Kibale Forest. An experienced ranger guide will take you chimp tracking and you will be left amazed by the presence of primates here. Once you locate the chimpanzees, you will have a full hour in their presence.
You will return to the lodge for lunch and thereafter, you will head out for community tours where you will interact with the locals and be part of their day to day life experiences of cooking, coffee making and tasting, local gin making among others.
- Main Destination:
- Kibale National Park (Chimps)
- Accommodation:
- Turaco Treetops Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 6
Transfer to queen elizabeth national park
Transfer to queen elizabeth national park
After early morning breakfast Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park. You will arrive in the evening and check into your accommodation, and later go for an evening game drive or boat cruise if time allows. Afterward, you'll have a relaxed evening as you await the next day's activities.
- Main Destination:
- Queen Elizabeth National Park
- Accommodation:
- Kikorongo Safari Lodge
Wildlife in Queen Elizabeth NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 7
Savannah Birding and Kazinga Channel Boat Cruise
Savannah Birding and Kazinga Channel Boat Cruise
After a 2.5-hour drive, arrive at Queen Elizabeth National Park. There is a profound sense of freedom as you scan the vast savannah, where every golden blade of grass seems to hide a jewel.
Morning birding on the Kasenyi plains targets the African Crake, Martial Eagle, Ruppell's Vulture, Bateleur, Red-throated Bee-eater, Flappet Lark, Croaking Cisticola, Grey-capped Warbler and more.
The afternoon boat cruise on the Kazinga Channel provides an effortless birding spectacle, with African Skimmers, Pink-backed Pelicans, Goliath Herons, Pied Kingfishers, African Spoonbill, Black Heron and other water dwellers flying alongside massive schools of Hippopotamus and African Elephants.
- Main Destination:
- Queen Elizabeth National Park
- Accommodation:
- Kikorongo Safari Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 8
Transfer to lake mburo national park
Transfer to lake mburo national park
Have breakfast and set off to Lake Mburo National Park via Mbarara town. Pass by igongo cultural center for a beautiful cultural experience then later proceed to lake mburo You will arrive in the afternoon and take some rest before proceeding for the late afternoon/evening game viewing. On the game drive, expect to see the gigantic eland, zebra, topi, impala, Uganda kob and Cape buffalo among others. Later, relax at the accommodation where you will spend the night.
- Main Destination:
- Lake Mburo National Park
- Accommodation:
- Kigarama Wilderness Lodge
Wildlife in Lake Mburo NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 9
Nature Walk and boat cruise
Nature Walk and boat cruise
Enjoy an early breakfast and proceed for the morning bush walk in Mburo Park in the presence of an armed Uganda Wildlife Authority ranger/guide. On this early guided walk, you will have the opportunity to encounter, at close range, zebra, giraffe, eland, topi and other antelope, and Cape buffalo among others. Return to the lodge for lunch then later you will go for a boat cruise.
- Main Destination:
- Lake Mburo National Park
- Accommodation:
- Kigarama Wilderness Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 10
Transfer to entebbe and do a mabamba swamp birding
Transfer to entebbe and do a mabamba swamp birding
With an early breakfast, you will drive to entebbe, Stop-over en-route for lunch thereafter proceed at the Equator to buy some souvenirs to take back home and continue to mabamba swamp for a birding experience to see the shoebill after you will be transferred to the airport for your Air transfer back home.
- Main Destination:
- Entebbe (City)
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
- Meals & Drinks:
