Emerald of Africa Safaris

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Arrival (See Getting There for more details)

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

Day 1

Arrival & Pick up

Arrival & Pick up

Today when you arrive, you will be met by our representative at the airport and will transfer you to your accommodation where you will refresh and relax to recover from the flight. You will have an overnight here before the start of your adventure the next day.

Main Destination:
Entebbe (City)
Accommodation:
Airport Link Guest House
  • Budget hotel located in Entebbe (City)
Meals & Drinks:
  • Dinner (Breakfast & lunch not included)
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 2

Ziwa Rhinos and to Murchison Falls

Ziwa Rhinos and to Murchison Falls

Today we have breakfast and drive towards Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary on our way to Murchison Falls National Park. A 70sqkm tract of tangled woodland situated after River Kafu, Ziwa is the only place in Uganda where you can see Rhinos in a more-or-less wild setting. Check-in, walk on foot with a ranger to the rhinos and return. Have Lunch at a dinner and continue. Arrive at Murchison Falls in the evening and visit the top of the fall, where the Nile River fixes its self in a 7m gap (Its greatest obstacle).
Transfer time (3 hour to Ziwa Rhino sanctuary and 3 hours to Murchison Falls NP).

Main Destination:
Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary
Accommodation:
Pakuba Safari Lodge
  • Mid-range lodge located inside Murchison Falls NP
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 3

Game drive and boat Safari

Game drive and boat Safari

You will set off at 6:30 am cross to the northern bank of river Nile head for a sunrise game drive to see the Cape buffaloes, Rothschild’s giraffes, Uganda kob, hartebeest and waterbucks. You may also spot oribi, bushbuck, Bohor reedbuck, warthog and bush pig plus large carnivores including lions, leopards and spotted hyenas. Chimpanzees and olive baboons head the list of six species of primates found in the park. Crocodiles and hippos will be seen along the banks of the Nile.

You will return to your lodge for a late breakfast and some relaxation before setting off in the afternoon for a Boat cruise on the placid Victoria Nile, upstream, to the base of the falls. En route you will see hippos, crocodiles, water buck and a wide variety of birds. The boat stops just tens of meters from the “Devil’s Cauldron” for pictures to be taken of the photogenic and majestic Murchison Falls. Later get back to the lodge for a relaxed evening plus dinner and overnight.

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
BuffaloCommon
HippoAbundant
LionOccasional
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ZebraNone
Accommodation:
Pakuba Safari Lodge
  • Mid-range lodge located inside Murchison Falls NP
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 4

To Kibale National park

To Kibale National park

To Kibale Forest, an early rise for breakfast and our transfer to the “Primate Capital”. The scenic drive on a smooth road and exciting sceneries of Uganda’s west side bring us to one of Uganda’s most kept tract of Forest that keeps 13 primate species that include chimpanzees. We shall have various stops for lunch, landscape viewing arriving late afternoon. Check-in and you can opt for a village walk.
Transfer time (6-7 hours including stops).

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

Wildlife in Kibale NP

ElephantOccasional
BuffaloOccasional
LeopardVery Rare
HippoRare
LionRare to None
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ZebraNone
Accommodation:
Chimpanzee Forest Lodge
  • Mid-range guest house located just outside Kibale NP (Chimps)
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 5

Chimpanzees of Kibale & to Queen Elizabeth National Park (Evening game drive)

Chimpanzees of Kibale & to Queen Elizabeth National Park (Evening game drive)

Chimpanzee day. After breakfast head to Kibale Forest. The activity begins at 8.00 am with a briefing of the rule for trekking the chimpanzees after which you set off to search for them in the forest. Kibale Forest National Park, it boasts the highest number of primate species in the world, including the chimpanzees. Approximately 5,000 chimpanzees live in the wild in Uganda, which makes it a perfect place to spot them! An experienced ranger will take you chimp tracking in the morning. Once you locate the chimpanzees, you will spend an hour with them and then head back to the accommodation for Lunch. Post Lunch you will drive to Queen Elizabeth national Park. Uganda’s most famous park. After check-in, prepare for a evening drive through the park. Transfer time (2 hours to Queen Elizabeth National Park).

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:
Elephant Hab Lodge
  • Mid-range lodge located just outside Kyambura Gorge (Chimps)
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 6

Morning game drive and afternoon boat

Morning game drive and afternoon boat

Time to explore Queen Elizabeth’s Kasenyi plains. We shall have a drive through the network of tracks as we search for Big game (Lions, leopards, elephants, serval cats, kobs, buffaloes, hippos, etc.) before an afternoon boat safari on the Kazinga Channel. The channel is 40km long and a converging place for wildlife (that come to drink) during the dry season. It has the highest number of hippos, has crocodiles, and several water birds. A 2-3 hour cruise will get you magic. After the cruise, we explore the crater lakes on a Crater Lake drive.

Main Destination:
Queen Elizabeth National Park
Accommodation:
Elephant Hab Lodge
  • Mid-range lodge located just outside Kyambura Gorge (Chimps)
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 7

To Bwindi through Ishasha sector

To Bwindi through Ishasha sector

A drive to Buhoma but through the park most famous region-Ishasha. Ishasha is remote and runs south from Lake Edward flanked by Ishasha River. It is an alluring game viewing area famous for tree climbing lions but the areas also supports large herds of buffaloes, topis, waterbucks, kobs, elephants, and kobs. It retails a relatively untrammeled wilderness character. After here we shall have Lunch at Topi Lodge, and continue to Buhoma for an overnight. In the evening you can have time with the women on the community project by the lodge, learn how to sew, and make crafts.
Transfer time (1 Hour to Ishasha and 1.5 hours to Buhoma).

Main Destination:
Ishasha Sector (Queen Elizabeth NP)
Accommodation:
Ride 4 a Woman Guesthouse
  • Budget guest house located just outside Bwindi NP (Gorillas)
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 8

Gorilla tracking

Gorilla tracking

Uganda’s single most important tourist hotspot is the 331sqk Bwindi forest that covers a rugged landscape of steep hills and valleys abutting the Congolese border south of Ishasha sector. The forest provides shelter to some of Africa’s diverse mammalian fauna that includes half population of mountain gorillas and the main activity here is gorilla tracking. Today we shall drive to the head offices of Bwindi Forest Park for orientation and briefing before we hit the trails for an amazing encounter with the mountain gorillas. The activity can last 3-8 hours depending on the location of gorillas. After the tracking we shall transfer to the lodge for overnight.

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

Wildlife in Bwindi NP

Accommodation:
Ride 4 a Woman Guesthouse
  • Budget guest house located just outside Bwindi NP (Gorillas)
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 9

To Lake Bunyonyi

To Lake Bunyonyi

A drive through the country side to Africa’s second deepest lake. The transfer is through the districts of south western Uganda, on the African brown roads through the Bwindi sector of Ruhija and exit on to the Kabale Kisoro Road to join the road to Lake Bunyonyi. Arrive in the afternoon, and have a relaxed evening at the lodge. There activities you can engage in if you want on the evening (optional).

Main Destination:
Lake Bunyonyi
Accommodation:
Lake Bunyonyi Rock Resort
  • Mid-range resort located at Lake Bunyonyi
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 10

Explore Lake Bunyonyi and evening walking safari at Lake Mburo National Park

Explore Lake Bunyonyi and evening walking safari at Lake Mburo National Park

Explore the treasures of Lake Bunyonyi. The flooded river valley has Africa’s second deepest lake, a beautiful lake dotted with 29 Islands and with great history and importance. It connects people from the 2 ends of it, and is bird rich. We shall visit the Islands (The Punishment Island, where they used to dump girls that would get pregnant before marriage) and few that your local guide will choose. Then after, we transfer to Lake Mburo National Park. (About 3 hours transfer time).
When you arrive, check in at the lodge, and in the evening go in for the walking safari with a ranger guide. Walk with wildlife, learn the small details you may miss while in the vehicle.

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

Wildlife in Lake Mburo NP

BuffaloCommon
ZebraCommon
HippoCommon
GiraffeOccasional
LeopardOccasional
HyenaOccasional
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LionRare
Accommodation:
Mpogo Lodge
  • Mid-range lodge located just outside Lake Mburo NP
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 11

Game drive and transfer to Entebbe

Game drive and transfer to Entebbe

After a hearty breakfast at the lodge, take a game drive and meet resident favorites like buffalo, impala, zebra, eland, warthogs, and bushbuck. This will be with your guide and later drive back to Entebbe, crossing the equator. Arrive in the late afternoon and check at your lodge. You can choose to walk around the Entebbe town on your own, or be at the lodge.

Main Destination:
Entebbe (City)
Accommodation:
ViaVia Uganda Entebbe
  • Budget guest house located in Entebbe (City)
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 12

For the Shoebill and exit through Entebbe

For the Shoebill and exit through Entebbe

You may not be a bird watcher but this bird is amazing and something you should not miss. We shall drive to the landing site, where you will board a boat to the Mabamba swamp. This is Uganda’s most sought after bird and the destination its self is amazing. From here, you will transfer to the airport for your exit flight.

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

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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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