$3,916 to $4,136 pp (USD)
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Arrival
Day 1
Arrival and Transfer to Kampala
Arrival and Transfer to Kampala
Our guide will greet you and welcome you to Uganda. You will be escorted immediately to a reserved booked hotel around Entebbe. You will settle into your lodging. Optional: This can be a city tour of Kampala, a trip to Mabamba wetland to search for the shoe bill, trip to the botanical gardens to see a few primates or do a boat cruise on lake Victoria to the small islands and bays. We advise you to have a restful night's sleep for tomorrow's early start.
- Main Destination:
- Kampala (City)
- Accommodation:
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Fairway Hotel & Spa
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
Transfer to Murchison Falls via Ziwa Rhino sanctuary
Transfer to Murchison Falls via Ziwa Rhino sanctuary
Rise and shine! This morning after breakfast, it's time to get in the car and leave the city behind to travel to Murchison Falls National Park. The Murchison with has roaring rapids and rolling plains is Uganda's largest national park. You might see lions, giraffes, buffalo, hartebeest and elephants as some of this park's main attractions. The quantity of hippos and Nile crocodiles here will undoubtedly astound you. More than 450 different bird species can be found in Murchison, including the elusive shoe bill stork, dwarf king fisher, the white thigh hornbill and the Goliath heron among others.
Visit the Zziwa Rhino sanctuary en route. While You are here, you will have one hour of rhino tracking. You will make one more stop in Masindi to have lunch. After arriving at the park, proceed to your lodging and unwind for the evening.
- Main Destination:
- Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary
- Accommodation:
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Parkside Safari Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3
Game drive and Boat Cruise
Game drive and Boat Cruise
You will have breakfast then set out for an early morning game drive over the park's rolling plains. There you will see lions, giraffes, hartebeest, buffalo, and elephants. For any one with an interest in birding, this is home to bird species like the black chested snake eagle, dwarf king fisher and secretary birds among others. You will return to your accommodation for lunch.
After lunch, you'll go for a boat cruise at the base of Murchison falls, where you will also be able to catch sightings of some animals including hippos and crocodiles and several water birds. You will then return to your accommodation and unwind for the evening.
- Main Destination:
- Murchison Falls National Park
- Accommodation:
- Parkside Safari Lodge
Wildlife in Murchison Falls NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4
Top of the falls and Transfer to Kibale Forest National Park
Top of the falls and Transfer to Kibale Forest National Park
After breakfast this morning, its time to drive to top of the Murchison falls for an ultimate thrill where the Nile water compresses into a narrow gorge down through a 7 meter canyon forming a thunderous roar and a beautiful rainbow. After taking your last spectacular view of the falls, you will depart to Murchison Falls for Kibale Forest National Park.
Kibale National Park famous for chimp trekking, contains one of Uganda's most beautiful and diverse tracts of tropical forest in Uganda. You will be travelling southwest along the Albertine Escarpment of the great Western Rift Valley, taking in the sights of traditional homesteads and farms in this lush country side. You may take packed lunch or simply have an early lunch in Hoima. The Murchison-Kibale drive takes about 7 to 8 hours depending on the weather conditions. You will arrive in the evening, check into your accommodation, enjoy your dinner and rest.
- Main Destination:
- Murchison Falls National Park
- Accommodation:
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Kibale Forest Camp (Safari Tent)
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 5
Chimpanzee Tracking and Transfer to Queen Elizabeth
Chimpanzee Tracking and Transfer to Queen Elizabeth
This day will be out for chimpanzee tracking. Kibale National Park is home to the highest number of primate species in the world including chimps. Approximately 5,000 chimpanzees live in the wild in Uganda, making it an ideal location for sightings! In the morning, an experienced ranger will take you for chimp tracking. The activity begins at 8:00am with a briefing on the rules of trekking the chimps followed by a search for them in the forest. You will be allowed one hour in their presence once you locate them. You will return to the lodge for lunch before departing for Queen Elizabeth National Park. You will arrive in the evening and spend the night at your pre-arranged lodging.
- Main Destination:
- Kibale National Park (Chimps)
- Accommodation:
- Enganzi Game Lodge
Wildlife in Kibale NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 6
Morning game drive and Boat Cruise at Kazinga Channel
Morning game drive and Boat Cruise at Kazinga Channel
This day will include a game drive and a launch trip on the Kazinga Channel. You will go out for a game drive through the park early in the morning, with magnificent views of the plains, valleys, terraced hills, and wild animals such as reedbuck, bushbuck, kob, warthogs, elephants, lions, buffaloes among others. You'll then return to the lodge for lunch before embarking on a two-hour afternoon launch trip on the Kazinga channel to see a wide range of animals. Afterwards you will go back to the lodge for some rest, dinner and sleep.
- Main Destination:
- Kazinga Channel (Queen Elizabeth NP)
- Accommodation:
- Enganzi Game Lodge
Wildlife in Queen Elizabeth NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 7
Tree climbing lions and transfer to Bwindi
Tree climbing lions and transfer to Bwindi
After breakfast, you will depart for Bwindi impenetrable National park via the Ishasha sector of Queen Elizabeth National Park, which is famous for its tree climbing lions. If you are lucky, you might catch a glimpse of the jungle's king and queens high on the trees. The view will be spectacular! Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Uganda is a large habitat for mountain gorillas; housing an estimated 400 mountain gorillas- roughly half of the worlds population, including several habituated groups, that can be tracked. You will do little on arrival except check into your accommodation and relax before beginning your Bwindi gorilla trekking adventure the next day.
- Main Destination:
- Ishasha Sector (Queen Elizabeth NP)
- Accommodation:
- Engagi Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 8
Gorilla Trekking and Batwa Community visit
Gorilla Trekking and Batwa Community visit
After an early breakfast and a briefing by a ranger guide you will enter into the forest for Gorilla Trekking. This rain forest is breathtakingly beautiful! The area has a dramatic steeply forested landscape and is extremely dense, but it is crisscrossed by numerous animal trails that allow tourists access. The time and terrain vary according to the movements of these magnificent primates. When you find a gorilla group, you will be allowed to spend an hour with them. The thrill of spending time observing these gentle and endangered giants is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. You will return to your lodging for lunch. Take on the Batwa community walk following the gorilla tracking. Enjoy your evening, dinner, and overnight stay at the lodge.
- Main Destination:
- Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas)
- Accommodation:
- Engagi Lodge
Wildlife in Bwindi NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 9
Transfer to Lake Bunyonyi
Transfer to Lake Bunyonyi
On this day, you will have breakfast before heading to lake Bunyonyi. Lake Bunyonyi is surrounded by lush, green terraced hills that rise to a height of (2000m - 2478m), but its the 29 hills of varying shapes and sizes that are scattered across the water that make it most magical. You could spend the entire day admiring them. You'll relax after the long drives of the previous days. You can do Batwa/pygmy experience, mountain bike cycling, canoeing or kayaking on the lake if you choose. Your tour guide can arrange the activity on site.
- Main Destination:
- Lake Bunyonyi
- Accommodation:
- Arcadia Lodge Lake Bunyonyi
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 10
Transfer back to Entebbe
Transfer back to Entebbe
Today is the last day of the tour, so prepare to say goodbye to your new friends before departing for your return journey to Entebbe Airport. Expect an en route lunch and a stop at the Uganda Equator line mark to take memorable photos and possibly buy some African art pieces. You'll arrive at the airport in the late afternoon/early evening to catch your next journey home.
- Main Destination:
- Entebbe International Airport (Entebbe)
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
- Meals & Drinks:
