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Arrival
Day 1
Arrival at the airport
Arrival at the airport
Upon your arrival at Entebbe International Airport, you will be warmly welcomed by our driver guide who will assist with your transfer to the lodge. Your guide will also offer a detailed safari briefing overview of the exciting adventure ahead. After check in, relax at the lodge and enjoy your overnight stay.
- Main Destination:
- Entebbe International Airport (Entebbe)
- Accommodation:
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Airport Guest House
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
Drive to Murchison Falls National Park
Drive to Murchison Falls National Park
Your day will begin with a scenic drive to Murchison Falls National Park. The journey will take approximately 8 to 9 hrs with a stopover at Ziwa Rhino and Wildlife Ranch for Rhino Tracking. From Ziwa, you will stop for lunch in Masindi Town.
After your lunch, you will continue to Murchison Falls National Park and have a chance to stop by the ‘top of the falls’ where you can see the Nile’s beauty perfected. This is where the Nile compresses from a width of 50 meters into a 7-meter canyon that forms the waterfall after which the park is named.
From here, you will continue to your accommodation where you will rest for the night.
- Main Destination:
- Murchison Falls National Park
- Accommodation:
- Bamboo Village Safari Lodge
Wildlife in Murchison Falls NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3
Safari Game Drives in Murchison Falls National Park
Safari Game Drives in Murchison Falls National Park
Early morning, your guide will take you for a wildlife safari game drive on the northern bank of the river Nile. Here, you will spot Elephants, Lions, Cape buffalo, Rothschild’s giraffe, hartebeest, Waterbuck, Oribi, Bushbuck, Bohor reedbuck, hyena, and if you are lucky, the leopard.
You will return to your lodge to rest, and have lunch before heading out for an evening game drive.
You will then return to your accommodation.
- Main Destination:
- Murchison Falls National Park
- Accommodation:
- Bamboo Village Safari Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4
Drive to Kibale Forest National Park
Drive to Kibale Forest National Park
After early morning breakfast, you will be driven to Kibale National Park via Hoima and Fort Portal. This drive will take a total of around 6 hours with interesting landscapes, green countryside, traditional homesteads, tea plantations, and much more.
You will have lunch in Fort Portal and then continue to your accommodation where you will relax and await the next day’s activities.
- Main Destination:
- Kibale National Park (Chimps)
- Accommodation:
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Kibale Forest Camp (Safari Tent)
Wildlife in Kibale NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 5
Chimpanzee Tracking in Kibale National Park
Chimpanzee Tracking in Kibale National Park
After early morning breakfast, your driver/guide will drive you to Kibale National Park office where you will be briefed about the activity of tracking chimpanzees in the wild.
You will then go on a guided primate walk in search of chimpanzees and 12 other primates including l’ Hoestes, Red colobus, blue, red-tailed monkeys, brown monkeys, and grey-cheeked mangabey.
The park rangers will provide detailed explanations, not only on primates but on all the forest fauna and flora, and will ensure that your walk is informative and enjoyable.
After finding the chimps, you will spend 1 hour with them before heading back to the park offices.
After having lunch, you will visit the community and take a walk in Bigodi Swamp – which is the home of the great blue Turaco bird. The swamp is home to around 200 bird species and 8 primate species.
Later, you head back to your lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
- Main Destination:
- Kibale National Park (Chimps)
- Accommodation:
- Kibale Forest Camp (Safari Tent)
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 6
Drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park
Drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park
After breakfast, you will start the day with a cultural tour to the Tooro Kingdom Palace. Enroute to Queen Elizabeth, you we’ll enjoy a relaxed drive to some of the 30-plus crater lakes scattered outside Kibale Forest. It's lovely walking country, and birds and monkeys are plentiful.
- Main Destination:
- Queen Elizabeth National Park
- Accommodation:
- Aardvark Safari Lodge
Wildlife in Queen Elizabeth NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 7
Wildlife Safari in Queen Elizabeth National Park
Wildlife Safari in Queen Elizabeth National Park
After breakfast, you will go for an early morning wildlife safari game drive in this park. Queen Elizabeth National Park’s diverse ecosystem of grassy plains, tropical forests, rivers, swamps, lakes, and volcanic craters is home to an incredible abundance of wildlife.
With the massive Rwenzori Mountains as a backdrop, you will have excellent opportunities to see lions, leopards, giant forest hogs, cape buffalos, elephants, defassa waterbuck, Uganda Kobs, Topi, and bushbuck
After lunch, you will head for a boat ride on the Kazinga channel to see more of the wildlife that Queen Elizabeth has to offer. Then drive back to your lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
- Main Destination:
- Queen Elizabeth National Park
- Accommodation:
- Aardvark Safari Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 8
Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
After an early morning breakfast, you will leave for Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. This journey passes through the Kigezi Highlands an area known as the “Switzerland of Africa”. The journey takes you through terraced hills and winding roads to the Bwindi Forest. You will have a stop-over along the way for lunch.
- Main Destination:
- Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas)
- Accommodation:
- Rushaga Gorilla Lodge
Wildlife in Bwindi Impenetrable NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 9
Gorilla Trekking in Bwindi
Gorilla Trekking in Bwindi
Today is the big day! Prepare yourself for an encounter with the gentle giants; the rare mountain gorillas.
For most people, this is the absolute highlight of their tour. You will go into the forest in groups of not more than 8 in search of mountain gorillas. En route, your guide will point out previous signs of gorilla activity such as dung, nests, and chewed bamboo shoots.
Your trek will be an exciting journey along forested slopes, entwined vines, bushes, and bamboo. Upon finding the gorillas, you will spend a maximum of 1 hour with them after which you will be led back to the starting point.
In the evening, you will go for a community visit and cultural experience of the local people who live close to Bwindi. You will learn about their lives, history, and traditions.
- Main Destination:
- Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas)
- Accommodation:
- Rushaga Gorilla Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 10
Transfer to Entebbe
Transfer to Entebbe
After breakfast, begin your scenic journey back to Entebbe, driving through rolling hills, farmlands and lively towns. Enjoy stopovers along the way for leg stretching, and lunch. Arrive in Entebbe in the evening, where yu will be dropped at the airport, marking the end of your unforgettable Ugandan safari.
- Main Destination:
- Entebbe International Airport (Entebbe)
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
- Meals & Drinks:
