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Arrival
Day 1
Arrival at Entebbe International Airport
Arrival at Entebbe International Airport
On this day, you will be warmly welcomed at the airport by one of our professional tour guides. From the airport, you will be transferred to your hotel for check in, have lunch and relax. You may go for a short evening tour to Entebbe Botanical Gardens depending on your time of arrival. You may also proceed to the Entebbe craft market to buy some few locally made items like Ugandan branded Jerseys, huts and other items that you may love at the craft market. You will later head back to the hotel in the evening to have dinner and overnight stay.
You may opt to have a night out in one of the clubs to explore the night life in Entebbe town.
- Main Destination:
- Entebbe (City)
- Accommodation:
- ViaVia Uganda Entebbe
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
Dys trip to Ngamba Island
Dys trip to Ngamba Island
After breakfast at your hotel, you will be transferred to docking point where you will be picked up by a boat to Ngamba Island. You will have a 30 minutes briefing from the offices in Entebbe. The boat takes about 45 minutes across to Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary. You will have a half-day excursion to see the orphaned Chimpanzees as part of your 18 days Uganda safari.
The sanctuary is home to 49 orphaned chimpanzees and on arrival, you will be given a brief introduction to the sanctuary after which you will go watch the chimpanzees as they feed on the Visitors' platform. While there, you will get to see how chimpanzees behave and live at the island. After returning to the pier with a boat and be transferred back to your Hotel for dinner and an overnight stay.
- Main Destination:
- Ngamba Island (Chimp Sanctuary)
- Accommodation:
- ViaVia Uganda Entebbe
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3
Transfer to Murchison Falls National Park via Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary
Transfer to Murchison Falls National Park via Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary
You will be picked up from the hotel early in the morning after your breakfast and set off for Murchison Falls National Park. On your way to the park, you will branch off to Ziwa rhino sanctuary. In Nakasongola District, near Nakitoma Village is where you will get a moment to track these beautiful animals. The white Rhinos became extinct in Uganda’s national parks in 1980, but conservationists and the government through Uganda wildlife authority took the few that had remained and transferred them to the sanctuary for better protection. There are about 18 rhinos in the sanctuary at the moment and there is a plan to reintroduce them in Uganda’s game parks in the future.
Lunch will be at the sanctuary before proceeding to Murchison falls national park. Later when you reach your lodge, freshen up and head out for the evening game drive.
Later you will return back to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
- Main Destination:
- Murchison Falls National Park
- Accommodation:
- Pakuba Safari Lodge
Wildlife in Murchison Falls NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4
Game drive and launch cruise along the Albert Nile
Game drive and launch cruise along the Albert Nile
After an early breakfast, you will go for a game drive on the Northern Bank of River Nile. The activity takes about 3-5 hours and Wildlife in the Park includes elephants, Rothschild giraffes, buffaloes, lions, Hartebeest, Uganda kobs, Oribis and waterbucks. After the drive, you will return to the lodge for lunch and in the afternoon go for a launch cruise on the Albert Nile which will give you an exciting panoramic view at the bottom of the mighty Murchison falls.
Along the cruise, you will encounter crocodiles, hippos, and birds on the river banks like kingfisher, cormorants, bee-eater and the rare shoebill stork. Dinner and overnight at as above.
- Main Destination:
- Murchison Falls National Park
- Accommodation:
- Pakuba Safari Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 5
Transfer to Kibale National Park
Transfer to Kibale National Park
Early morning after breakfast, you will set out for your long journey to Kibale Forest National Park. This Park is home to almost 13 primate species. These include red colobus and L’Hoest’s monkey and many more. You will have lunch in Kagadi. Proceed with the journey to Kibale forest. Dinner and overnight stay at Rweteera Safari Park.
- Main Destination:
- Kibale National Park (Chimps)
- Accommodation:
- Rweteera Safari Park
Wildlife in Kibale NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 6
Chimpanzee tracking and Bigodi Swamp Walk
Chimpanzee tracking and Bigodi Swamp Walk
After breakfast, you will set out for chimpanzee tracking on this 6th day of your 18 days Uganda safari within the Kibale Forest. During your search, expect to see a lot of primate species like chimpanzees, monkeys and other animals like the forest elephants, buffaloes, leopards, bush pig and duiker, lions, warthogs, reptiles, and amphibians as well as a colorful variety of butterflies. Return to the Lodge for lunch. After lunch go for a nature walk in the Bigodi swamp area and look out for most of the water-loving bird species. The forest /Park has almost 335 species of birds and therefore a good place for birders. Return to the Lodge for dinner and overnight stay as above.
- Main Destination:
- Kibale National Park (Chimps)
- Accommodation:
- Rweteera Safari Park
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 7
Transfer to Semuliki National Park
Transfer to Semuliki National Park
You will wake up early in the morning transfer to Semuliki National Park. Reach the Park headquarters where you will register and visit the Hot springs of Sempaya and the Pygmies at their new settlement at Ntandi. In the afternoon, drive to the wildlife reserve for a game drive and look out for animals like Leopards, Forest Elephants and so on.
Later, you will drive back to Fort portal where you will spend the night before proceeding to Queen Elizabeth National Park.
- Main Destination:
- Semuliki National Park
- Accommodation:
- Fort Motel
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 8
Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park and Afternoon Boat cruise
Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park and Afternoon Boat cruise
Today you will wake up on early breakfast and depart Fort Portal heading to Queen Elizabeth National Park. It is located at the base of the majestic Rwenzori Mountain range, adjacent to Lake Edward and Lake George. The park’s diverse ecosystem which include sprawling Savannah makes it the ideal habitat for classic big game, ten primate species including chimpanzees and over 600 species of birds.
Here you will reach earlier enough to relax, have lunch and in the afternoon you will go for boat safari along Kazinga channel where you expect to view water loving animals such as the water buffaloes, Elephants, hippos, crocodiles and bird species on the shores of the channel such as fish Eagle among others. Then after come back for dinner and an overnight stay.
Queen Elizabeth National Park is the most visited national park in Uganda with thousands of hippos that populate shorelines of Kazinga Channel.
- Main Destination:
- Queen Elizabeth National Park
- Accommodation:
- Irungu Forest Safari Lodge
Wildlife in Queen Elizabeth NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 9
Morning game drive and explosion crater drive
Morning game drive and explosion crater drive
After an early morning breakfast, you will head for a morning game drive in search for wildlife along the Kasenyi plains. Be on the look for Cape buffalos, herds of elephants, Bush bucks, warthogs, lions, and leopards (though hard to spot) among others. The kasenyi plains are well known for game drives in Queen Elizabeth National Park and are perfect grounds for spotting the predators (Lions and Leopards). These are big breeding grounds for the antelopes, which attracts predators to hunt down prey in these areas.
Return to your lodge for lunch and relaxation and in the afternoon you will go for the explosion crater drive. This afternoon drive is basically sightseeing with very spectacular views of the breathtaking scenery in and around Queen Elizabeth National Park. You will also see more animals like the Buffaloes among others, then return back for dinner and an overnight at the lodge.
- Main Destination:
- Queen Elizabeth National Park
- Accommodation:
- Irungu Forest Safari Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 10
Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park with via Ishasha Sector for tree-climbing lions
Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park with via Ishasha Sector for tree-climbing lions
After your breakfast, you will check out of the lodge and head for a morning game drive to see the tree-climbing lions. The chance of spotting these lions is about 70% though sometimes they are hard to spot (most especially when they are down in the grassland looking for prey). Should you get to spot them, the sight is picturesque and memorable.
Ishasha is one of only two places in the world where you can see tree-climbing lions together with Lake Manyara in Tanzania and they spend almost the whole day in tree branches resting from a day hunt and also escaping from the hot ground during the dry season.
Upon arrival in Bwindi, you will check in at your lodge for relaxation and overnight stay as you wait for Gorilla tracking the following day.
- Main Destination:
- Ishasha Sector (Queen Elizabeth NP)
- Accommodation:
-
Gorilla Mist Camp
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 11
Gorilla trekking and Batwa cultural experience
Gorilla trekking and Batwa cultural experience
On this adventurous day, you wake up on an early morning breakfast and report to Bwindi Park headquarters for a short briefing with the leader tracker/ ranger guide before you start on your day activity. From here you will head into the montane forest for an encounter with the mountain gorillas.
It is an extraordinary feeling sitting in the dense rain forest knowing you are with a few of the last remaining mountain gorillas. You will look for these endangered species and finding them will depending on the last nesting location of the previous night. Once you locate a gorilla group, you will be allowed only one hour in their presence.
Later, you will have a community visit to the Batwa group that are the first people to live in these forest and still reside there regardless of the many years of civilization. You will then return back to the lodge for dinner and rest till the
following day.
- Main Destination:
- Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas)
- Accommodation:
- Gorilla Mist Camp
Wildlife in Bwindi NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 12
Transfer to Kisoro/Mgahinga National Park
Transfer to Kisoro/Mgahinga National Park
After breakfast, you will transfer to Mgahinga National Park in Kisoro on the border of Uganda and Congo. You will have lunch in Kisoro town after which you will go for cave exploration walk within the Park. Return for dinner and overnight at Travellers rest Hotel.
- Main Destination:
- Mgahinga Gorilla National Park (Gorillas)
- Accommodation:
-
Travellers Rest Hotel
Wildlife in Mgahinga Gorilla NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 13
Golden Monkey Tracking and Transfer to Lake Bunyonyi
Golden Monkey Tracking and Transfer to Lake Bunyonyi
On this day, you will wake up very early in the morning for breakfast and head at the park headquarters for a short briefing. Golden monkey trekking in Mgahinga Gorilla National Park involves travelers hiking through the forest in search of the golden monkeys in their natural habitat.
The activity starts at 8 am with a briefing from the ranger guide or lead tracker. You then head out in search of the golden monkeys using the Gahinga trail. Once you locate the Golden monkeys, you'll be limited to only one hour in their presence and then head back to your starting point. The trekking may takes about 2 to 4 hours depending on where they last nested the previous night. After you will return to the vehicle and check out of the park as you head to Lake Bunyonyi for relaxation.
- Main Destination:
- Mgahinga Gorilla National Park (Gorillas)
- Accommodation:
- Lake Bunyonyi Rock Resort
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 14
Transfer to Lake Mburo National Park and evening nature walk
Transfer to Lake Mburo National Park and evening nature walk
Wake up with the whispers of the wild, have breakfast and drive to Lake Mburo National Park.
You will drive through the hills of Kisoro and Kabale, stopover in Mbarara for lunch and proceed to the park.
On arrival to Lake Mburo National park, you will check in at your lodge and relax as you wait for an evening game drive to see the gentle mammals of the peaceful park. The nature walk will give an opportunity to see a lot of animals like the Zebras, giraffes, antelopes, hippos, buffaloes, topis, elands, waterbacks and bushbacks among many other animals. You will later return to the lodge for Dinner and overnight stay.
- Main Destination:
- Lake Mburo National Park
- Accommodation:
- Rwakobo Rock Lodge
Wildlife in Lake Mburo NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 15
Game drive and Boat ride on Lake Mburo
Game drive and Boat ride on Lake Mburo
EWake up early morning for brakfast and head for a morning game drive in search for early risers and all other animals that you missed out in the previous game drive.
Lake Mburo national park has a good number of animals that can be seen while on a game drive. Tourists can spot animals such as impalas, zebras, elands, Topi, antelopes, bush rat, slender mongoose, duiker, Oribis, Bogor reedbuck, giraffes, hippos, crocodiles and Klipspringers to mention a few.
Return to the Lodge for Lunch and in the afternoon go for a boat ride on Lake Mburo which will get you quite close to Crocodiles and Hippos. Return to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
- Main Destination:
- Lake Mburo National Park
- Accommodation:
- Rwakobo Rock Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 16
Morning walk and transfer to Kampala
Morning walk and transfer to Kampala
Early morning, you will have breakfast and after go for the hyena walk within the Park. This is a guided walk and you will be escorted by an official from the Uganda Wildlife Authority for security purposes and to provide you with more information about the Park and the trail.
Later start on your journey to Kampala with Lunch en-route. You will also make a stopover at the Equator at Kayabwe for Tropical Balance experiment and photographs, Royal drum Village at Mpambire for souvenirs. Proceed to Entebbe or Kampala for dinner and overnight stay at your lodge in Kampala or transfer to Entebbe airport for your onward departure marking the end of your 16 days Uganda safari.
- Main Destination:
- Kampala (City)
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
- Meals & Drinks:
