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Arrival
Day 1
Arrival at Entebbe International Airport
Arrival at Entebbe International Airport
Upon arrival at Entebbe International Airport, you will go through the emigration process which always takes between thirty minutes to two hours depending on your arrival time. Exiting through arrivals, you will meet a representative from Hooves of Africa Safaris for a short meet and greet. Then, you'll transfer to your guest house in Entebbe for the overnight stay on bed and breakfast arrangement.
- Main Destination:
- Entebbe (City)
- Accommodation:
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Airport Guest House
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
Transfer to Sipi Falls with Evening Sundowner
Transfer to Sipi Falls with Evening Sundowner
After breakfast, you will transfer to Sipi Falls for your first hiking adventure where you will explore the falls and get a chance to visit the local community coffee process farm for fresh coffee. Later in the evening, you'll head for a sundowner with your local guide.
- Main Destination:
- Sipi Falls (Highlight)
- Accommodation:
- Sipi Valley Resort
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3
Walking Safari in Pian-Upe Wildlife Reserve
Walking Safari in Pian-Upe Wildlife Reserve
After breakfast, you will have a short transfer from Sipi Falls to Pian Upe Game Reserve for your morning walking safari with an armed ranger guide. After the walk, you'll have your packed lunch and then drive to Moroto for the overnight stay. Pian Upe is the second largest conservation area and one of the few areas where you can find fox weavers.
- Main Destination:
- Pian-Upe Wildlife Reserve
- Accommodation:
- Kara-Tunga Safari Camp
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4
Scenic Transfer to Kidepo Valley National Park
Scenic Transfer to Kidepo Valley National Park
After breakfast, you will drive to Kidepo Valley National Park through Matheniko Wildlife Reserve. If you love birds, this route has proven to be the best in the region with species from Kenya and some from Southern Sudan. You'll enjoy a slow drive as head to the park. You'll arrive at the lodge in time for a hot lunch and prepare for the evening game drive in the Narusi Valley of the park. Your dinner and overnight stay will be at the edge of the park.
- Main Destination:
- Kidepo Valley National Park
- Accommodation:
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Kidepo Savannah Lodge (Safari Tent)
Wildlife in Kidepo Valley NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 5
Full-Day Exploring Kidepo Valley National Park
Full-Day Exploring Kidepo Valley National Park
An early breakfast will be served and head out to traverse the vast plains of Kidepo National Park. The park has abundant wildlife and is famous for its masses of buffalo herds that range from hundreds to thousands.
Apart from the Pian Upe Wildlife Reserve, cheetahs have also been sighted in Kidepo though on rare occasions. Other wildlife to look out for include the African elephants, The cape buffalos’ herds and masses that can only be found here than anywhere else on the African continent, zebras, Jackson's hartebeests, Rothschild giraffes, elands, and many bird species such as Verreauxs eagle, Kori bastards, common ostrich, Karamoja Apalis that can be sighted in this park.
We will dedicate this day to game drives both morning and evening discovering several tracks in search of big game, and enjoying the beauty of Kidepo and her rugged blue mountains that make it perfect for photography, and capturing the memories. Your dinner and overnight stay will be at the edge of the park.
- Main Destination:
- Kidepo Valley National Park
- Accommodation:
- Kidepo Savannah Lodge (Safari Tent)
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 6
Cultural Tour and Transfer to Murchison Falls National Park
Cultural Tour and Transfer to Murchison Falls National Park
After breakfast, you will drive to the community for our cultural encounter with the Karamojong's. You will learn how the community has evolved over the years, how they live in line with conservation, and how they live socially, economically, and politically. Later, you will transfer to Murchison Falls National Park with lunch en route in Gulu town. If you love local food, here you will have another opportunity to taste food from the Acholi land and the people that live west of the Nile.
- Main Destination:
- Murchison Falls National Park
- Accommodation:
- Nile Treatz Beach Resort
Wildlife in Murchison Falls NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 7
Morning Game Drive and Afternoon Waterfall Boat Safari
Morning Game Drive and Afternoon Waterfall Boat Safari
After breakfast (6:00 am) you will head out for a drive-in search of cats which might still be busy with a kill or running away from the wet grass. Watch out for leopards, elephants, cape buffalo, giraffes, baboons, monkeys etc.
In the afternoon, you will take a shared boat cruise to the bottom of the falls in search of animals that come to drink and cool off on the banks of the Nile River such as elephants, waterbucks, giraffes, buffaloes, Nile crocodiles, monitor lizards, hippos and many birds.
- Main Destination:
- Murchison Falls National Park
- Accommodation:
- Nile Treatz Beach Resort
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 8
Morning Game Drive and Transfer to Kibale National Park
Morning Game Drive and Transfer to Kibale National Park
After breakfast, you will have a short game drive as you head out of the park. You'll drive further to the southern parts of Uganda with a hot lunch en route to Kibale forest. After check-in, you will take a walk in the famous Bigodi wetlands, a community project managed by the community aimed at changing and improving the lives of the host communities. Watch out for olive baboons, red-tailed monkeys, black and white colobus monkeys, bird species, and cultural encounters with the local communities. You'll have dinner and an overnight stay.
- Main Destination:
- Kibale National Park (Chimps)
- Accommodation:
- Chimpanzee Forest Lodge
Wildlife in Kibale NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 9
Morning Chimpanzee and Kazinga Community Boat Trip
Morning Chimpanzee and Kazinga Community Boat Trip
After breakfast, you will drive to Kanyanchu to join others for briefing before you head to the forest with rangers in search of chimps following their calls and tracks. Once chimps have been located, you will spend one hour with them as you learn more about them.
After your hot lunch at the lodge, you will drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park, check-in and prepare for an afternoon boat community boat cruise on the Kazinga Channel. On request, we can arrange a night game drive for better chances of sighting cats.
- Main Destination:
- Queen Elizabeth National Park
- Accommodation:
- Pumba Safari Cottages
Wildlife in Queen Elizabeth NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 10
Morning Game Drive and Transfer to Ishasha Sector
Morning Game Drive and Transfer to Ishasha Sector
After breakfast, you will have a morning game drive in Kasenyi plains before transferring to the Ishasha sector. Ishasha is famous for the tree-climbing lions and we hope that a night here will increase your chances of sighting these cats resting in the trees. Your dinner and overnight stay will be in Ishasha. An evening sundowner can be arranged at an extra cost.
- Main Destination:
- Ishasha Sector (Queen Elizabeth NP)
- Accommodation:
- Topi Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 11
Morning Game Drive and Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Morning Game Drive and Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
After breakfast, you will have one more game drive in search of wildlife in Ishasha and these include elephants, leopards, top herds, cape buffaloes, and lions among others. After the game drive, you will transfer to Bwindi. Depending on where your gorilla permits have been booked, you will have lunch en route and proceed for an overnight stay at the edge of the forest.
- Main Destination:
- Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas)
- Accommodation:
- Ride 4 a Woman Guesthouse
Wildlife in Bwindi NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 12
Gorilla Tracking and Transfer to Bunyonyi
Gorilla Tracking and Transfer to Bunyonyi
After breakfast, you will have a short drive to the UWA briefing center where you will be taken through the dos, and don’ts while tracking gorillas. After you have been allocated a gorilla family in a group of 8 pax, you will be led by ranger guides off the forest to search for the gorillas. When gorillas have been located, you will have one full hour of viewing them as they go on with their daily lives at a distance of 7-10 meters. Later, you will transfer from Bwindi to Lake Bunyonyi for an overnight stay. Look at our packing list for gorilla tracking.
- Main Destination:
- Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas)
- Accommodation:
- Lake Bunyonyi Rock Resort
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 13
Optional Activities in Lake Bunyonyi and transfer to Lake Mburo National Park
Optional Activities in Lake Bunyonyi and transfer to Lake Mburo National Park
There are optional Lake Bunyonyi activities offered at the lodge. Then, you'll transfer to Lake Mburo National Park with a hot rolex stop in Mbarara town. Uganda is famous for a variety of local dishes and the rolex is one of them! You will stop at the rolex both just in case you would like to taste the rolex. You'll continue to Sanga gate and check in at your accommodation. You'll have an evening game drive, dinner, and an overnight stay at the edge of the park.
- Main Destination:
- Lake Bunyonyi
- Accommodation:
- Eagle's Nest Camp
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 14
Walking Safari and Transfer back to Entebbe
Walking Safari and Transfer back to Entebbe
After breakfast, you will take a walking safari to discover the park on foot before departing for Entebbe. This park is famous for its antelopes and zebras of course not forgetting 340 bird species that have been recorded here all packed for your walking safari. Later, you will drive back to Entebbe with a photographic stop at the equator. End of tour (Please note that a day room use can be arranged on request at an extra cost).
- Main Destination:
- Lake Mburo National Park
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
Wildlife in Lake Mburo NP
- Meals & Drinks:
