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Arrival
Day 1
Arrive in Entebbe, Karibu Uganda
Arrive in Entebbe, Karibu Uganda
Arrive in Entebbe, Uganda, a nation of stunning greenery, deep lakes, soaring mountains and rich biodiversity.
Upon arrival you will be picked up by a Nyumbu Beyond Journeys safari guide who will then transport you to the guesthouse (a fifteen-minute drive from the airport). Here you can relax or depending on your arrival time, spend some time exploring before settling in for a good night’s sleep.
- Main Destination:
- Entebbe International Airport (Entebbe)
- Accommodation:
- Karibu Entebbe
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
Transfer to Murchison falls via Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary
Transfer to Murchison falls via Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary
After a delicious breakfast, your voyage starts from Entebbe to Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary. After being briefed by the ranger, you will drive to a place where the rhinos can be seen; the remaining distance to this area will be on foot. In most cases, you will be able to see the rhinos from very near, but always listen to the rangers! After rhino tracking and lunch, you will drive to Murchison Falls National Park where you will have dinner and spend the night.
- Main Destination:
- Murchison Falls National Park
- Accommodation:
- Fort Murchison (Room)
Wildlife in Murchison Falls NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3
Game Drive, Boat Trip and Hike to the Top of Murchison Falls National Park
Game Drive, Boat Trip and Hike to the Top of Murchison Falls National Park
After breakfast at 8:00 am, you'll start your game drive with prospects to see giraffes, elephants, hartebeests, antelopes, lions, Uganda kobs, and many others. You'll go back to the lodge for lunch, and then take a launch cruise along the Nile River, one of the interesting attractions of a visit to the park. You'll have a short trek at the Bottom of the thundering falls where you will view crocodiles, a variety of water birds like herons and Kingfishers, and schools of hippos, elephants, and buffaloes. Your overnight stay will be at the Lodge.
- Main Destination:
- Murchison Falls National Park
- Accommodation:
- Fort Murchison (Room)
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4
Transfer to Kibale National Park
Transfer to Kibale National Park
After breakfast, you will slowly drive out of Murchison Falls National Park and head to Kibale National Park with a lunch stop at Garden Restaurant in Fort Portal with a complementary optional visit to the kings' palace also awaiting. Later, you will arrive at the accommodation for dinner and relaxation at your leisure.
- Main Destination:
- Kibale National Park (Chimps)
- Accommodation:
- Chimpanzee Forest Lodge
Wildlife in Kibale NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 5
Chimpanzee Tracking and Bigodi Community Tour
Chimpanzee Tracking and Bigodi Community Tour
You will start the day with an early breakfast and prepare to meet our cousins in the wild. It is recommended that you carry enough drinking water in case you opt to go for chimpanzee habituation rather than tracking.
A packed lunch will be a better option. Your tour begins with a briefing where a ranger gives you rules and regulations for encounters with chimpanzees, birds, and monkeys. In the afternoon, you'll embark on a community tour that will take you through the small communities, swamps, and tea plantations.
The locals here will teach you how to make crafts and herbal medicine. You will have the opportunity to taste some of the finest locally made coffee, gins, and beers. Nevertheless, the highlight of these walks is the transition to see at least five different species of monkeys and catch a glimpse of the blue turaco.
- Main Destination:
- Kibale National Park (Chimps)
- Accommodation:
- Chimpanzee Forest Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 6
Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park & Boat Cruise On the Kazinga Channel
Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park & Boat Cruise On the Kazinga Channel
You will start the day with breakfast and transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park, check into your lodge, and have lunch. You'll go for a boat excursion along the Kazinga Channel for a prospect to see hippos at close range, crocodiles from the boat, and buffalo in the shallow waters. Kazinga Channel shoreline is home to a collection of birds like the pink-backed pelicans, fish eagles, pied and malachite kingfishers, saddle-billed storks, and many more. Your dinner and overnight stay will be at Aardvark Safari Lodge. (Full board: breakfast, lunch, and dinner).
- Main Destination:
- Queen Elizabeth National Park
- Accommodation:
- Aardvark Safari Lodge
Wildlife in Queen Elizabeth NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 7
Game Drive and Sundowner Experience
Game Drive and Sundowner Experience
You'll have an early morning breakfast and go for a game drive on the Kasenyi side of the park. You have chances to spot hyenas, lions, leopards, buffaloes, water back, Pumba, Uganda cobs, elephants, forest bush hogs, brushbacks, monkeys, baboons, and a variety of bird species. When you get back from the game drive, your guide takes you to the lodge for lunch.
In the afternoon, you will visit the crater twin lakes where you will experience the magic during the sundowner over the vast plains of Queen Elizabeth National Park. Your overnight stay will be at the lodge.
- Main Destination:
- Queen Elizabeth National Park
- Accommodation:
- Aardvark Safari Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 8
Transfer to Ishasha Sector & Evening Game drive
Transfer to Ishasha Sector & Evening Game drive
You'll start the day with breakfast, drive through the park to the Ishasha sector where you will do a game drive looking for tree-climbing lions on the Ishasha side of the park, elephants, leopards, buffaloes, hyenas, and an assortment of antelopes.
Later, you will have lunch at the lodge relax as we prepare for an evening game drive again to search for the big cats, return to the lodge for dinner and overnight.
- Main Destination:
- Ishasha Sector (Queen Elizabeth NP)
- Accommodation:
- Topi Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 9
Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
After a morning game drive in Ishasha it is time to move to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, home of the famous mountain gorillas. Check in at Bakiga lodge and prepare for yet another highlight of this amazing trip: tracking mountain gorillas!
later in the afternoon, we will take a visit to the Batwa community to learn about their way of living and historical ways of living with the mountain gorillas.
- Main Destination:
- Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas)
- Accommodation:
-
Bakiga Lodge
Wildlife in Bwindi NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 10
Mountain Gorilla trekking & lake Bunyonyi
Mountain Gorilla trekking & lake Bunyonyi
You'll have breakfast and with a packed lunch, go for gorilla tracking for 4 to 5 hours. Bwindi Impenetrable National Park inhabits almost half of the world’s 650 mountain gorillas. You'll start climbing early with a tracker even though seeing gorillas depends on their day’s movements. Gorillas are naturally reserved and non-violent animals. It’s a memorable and thrilling moment to watch them and possibly photograph these mild giants at a close range. After the gorilla trek, the guide will transfer you to Lake Bunyonyi for relaxation. You may do a boat canoe on the lake (price not included). You'll enjoy a relaxed evening as you sip a cold drink. Later, you will have dinner and an overnight stay at Sharp island lodge.
- Main Destination:
- Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas)
- Accommodation:
- Sharp Island Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 11
Transfer to lake Mburo National Park
Transfer to lake Mburo National Park
The drive to Lake Mburo will take about 4 to 5 hours. After you have checked in at Rwakobo rock, you will do an afternoon game drive.
In the evening, you can enjoy a drink at the campfire.
Lake Mburo is the smallest park in Uganda but is still full of charm! It has a very large number of zebras and a family of Rothschild's giraffe.
After dinner at Rwakobo rock, you will go for a night game drive safari, where you will have the chance to get up close and personal with the wildlife and overnight at Rwakobo Rock lodge.
- Main Destination:
- Lake Mburo National Park
- Accommodation:
- Rwakobo Rock Lodge
Wildlife in Lake Mburo NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 12
Return journey, Equator Point and Transfer to Entebbe
Return journey, Equator Point and Transfer to Entebbe
It's time to say goodbye to Uganda but there's one last thing that will be waiting for you. You will have a lunch stop at the Equator Point and later drive back to the airport in time for your flight back home. This marks the end of a memorable trip.
- Main Destination:
- Entebbe International Airport (Entebbe)
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
- Meals & Drinks:
