Arrival
Arrival
Day 1
Transfer to Murchison Falls National Park via Ziwa Rhino
Transfer to Murchison Falls National Park via Ziwa Rhino
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 Zziwa Rhino Sanctuary for two hours. You'll have lunch and proceed to Murchison Falls National Park, arriving in the evening.
- Main Destination:
- Ziwa Rhino and Wildlife Ranch
- Accommodation:
- Murchison River Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
Morning Game Drive and Afternoon Boat Cruise
Morning Game Drive and Afternoon Boat Cruise
You'll wake up early and have a quick breakfast, and 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, you'll return to the lodge for lunch and refresh. In the afternoon, you'll go for a boat cruise to the bottom of the falls, where you will have a close look at the thrilling white-water falls. You will also be able to spot schools of hippos, Nile crocodiles, elephants at the bank of the lake, waterbird species such as storks, fish eagles, among others. You also have a chance to hike to the top falls.
- Main Destination:
- Murchison Falls National Park
- Accommodation:
- Murchison River Lodge
Wildlife in Murchison Falls NP
- Meals & Drinks:
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 through tea plantations. You will have your lunch en route in Fort Portal town. Later, you'll proceed to the park. You'll check in at the lodge and have a relaxed evening as you wait for dinner.
- Main Destination:
- Kibale National Park (Chimps)
- Accommodation:
- Kibale Forest Lodge
Wildlife in Kibale NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4
Chimpanzee Tracking and Nature Walk
Chimpanzee Tracking and Nature Walk
You'll 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. Later, you'll 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, and a variety of bird species. When you find a troop of chimpanzees, spend an hour with them as you observe their lifestyle, feeding, making nests, and playing with the young ones. You'll return to the lodge for afternoon rest. In the evening, you will do a nature walk in Bigodi. In this 12 Days Uganda Safari, exciting features are birds, duikers, bushbucks, as well as the community around.
- Main Destination:
- Kibale National Park (Chimps)
- Accommodation:
- Kibale Forest Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 5
Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park
Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park
On this day, you'll have breakfast at leisure and check out of the lodge to Queen Elizabeth National Park. This park is 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 a boat cruise late on the Kazinga Channel. For this, you will get an up-close sighting of crocodiles, hippos, elephants, and buffalo at the bank of the lake, as well as a variety of water bird species.
- Main Destination:
- Queen Elizabeth National Park
- Accommodation:
- Buffalo Safari Lodge
Wildlife in Queen Elizabeth NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 6
Game Drive and Community Visit
Game Drive and Community Visit
An early morning game drive starts at 6:00 am along the Kasenyi track with chances to spot lions, hyenas, and leopards from catching their prey. You will be able to spot antelopes, elands, bushbucks, impalas, buffaloes, warthogs, among many others. You'll return to the lodge for a late breakfast, then lunch. In the afternoon, you will visit the community around Lake Katwe to see how they extract local rock salt from the lake. You'll head back to the lodge.
- Main Destination:
- Queen Elizabeth National Park
- Accommodation:
- Buffalo Safari Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 7
Guided Nature Walk
Guided Nature Walk
You'll 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 for several primates and many forest dwellers. The forest harbors many wildlife species, including butterflies, 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 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 Crater Lake and the Kyambura Gorge, where the chimpanzees are trekked from.
Later in the afternoon, after enjoying your lunch, you will proceed on 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, buffalo, and elephants.
- Main Destination:
- Maramagambo Forest (Queen Elizabeth NP)
- Accommodation:
- Buffalo Safari Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 8
Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
After breakfast, you'll transfer to Bwindi via the Ishasha sector, where 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, and 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, you'll check in at the lodge of your preference. You'll have dinner and an overnight stay as you wait for the big day for gorilla tracking.
- Main Destination:
- Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas)
- Accommodation:
-
Gorilla Mist Camp
Wildlife in Bwindi Impenetrable NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 9
Gorilla Trekking -Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Gorilla Trekking -Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
You'll wake up very early for breakfast and drive to the park quarters for a briefing at 7:00 am. Gorilla tracking starts by 8:00 am you are led by the ranger guide to the starting point. Make sure you carry a packed lunch, enough water, sturdy shoes, non-flash cameras, rain jackets, and 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 as observe how they go about their day. Later, you'll return to the lodge and relax. In the evening, you'll go for a community walk where you will visit the Batwa, which is an indigenous group of people who lived in the forest for many years before eviction, and enjoy traditional dances from them.
- Main Destination:
- Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas)
- Accommodation:
- Gorilla Mist Camp
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 10
Transfer to Lake Mburo National Park
Transfer to Lake Mburo National Park
You'll 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 the 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 in Mbarara and proceed with an afternoon game drive as soon as you enter the park.
- Main Destination:
- Lake Mburo National Park
- Accommodation:
- Rwakobo Rock Lodge
Wildlife in Lake Mburo NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 11
Game Drive and Afternoon Boat Cruise
Game Drive and Afternoon Boat Cruise
In the morning, you'll 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.
Afterward, you'll 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 crocodiles and hippos, among others.
- Main Destination:
- Lake Mburo National Park
- Accommodation:
- Rwakobo Rock Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 12
Airport Drop Off for Departure
Airport Drop Off for Departure
After an early breakfast, you'll have a game drive through the park as you embark on your journey back to Kampala. You'll have lunch en route with a stopover at the equator to experiment and take enough photos. Later, you'll arrive in Kampala in the evening for departure.
End 12 Days Uganda Safari.
- Main Destination:
- Entebbe International Airport (Entebbe)
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
- Meals & Drinks:
