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Arrival (See Getting There for more details)

Arrival (See Getting There for more details)

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

Day 1

Arrive in Uganda

Arrive in Uganda

Arrival day in Uganda at the Entebbe International Airport. Meet and greet with your driver guide. Driver picks up and packs up your bags in the vehicle. Your hotel is just 3 minutes out of the Airport. Check out and head to your hotel for check in at your hotel.

Main Destination:
Entebbe (City)
Accommodation:
Protea Hotel Entebbe
  • Mid-range hotel located in Entebbe (City)
Meals & Drinks:
  • Meals at own expense
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 2

Rhino tracking

Rhino tracking

After our breakfast, we check out of the hotel and head north of Entebbe to Uganda's biggest National Park, the Murchison falls. We have a stopover at the Rhino sanctuary for Rhino tracking in the morning.
Continue for lunch en-route and continue to the park via the main gate of kichumbanyobo. Get ushered into the park by the baboons as you drive through the common wooden savannah forested vegetation of Budongo forest. Head to the top of the Murchison falls, walk around the falls, relax by the rocks, picture moments and later on check out and drive to your lodge driving through the open savannah vegetation common with lots of wildlife like the elephants, the v16 turbo engine warthogs and many more.

Main Destination:
Ziwa Rhino and Wildlife Ranch
Accommodation:
Pakuba Safari Lodge
  • Mid-range lodge located inside Murchison Falls NP
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Non-alcoholic drinks

Day 3

Game drive & Nile boat ride

Game drive & Nile boat ride

We wake up to some great views of the Albert Nile from our lodge. Have breakfast and head for the morning game drive to find the early rises heading for their morning breakfast.
Expect to see lots of giraffes, hyenas, buffaloes, waterbucks, elephants, hippos, warthogs, Jackson's heartbeasts and many more.
Drive back to your lodge for relaxation, swimming and lunch. Drive from the lodge for your afternoon Nile boat ride till late at 5pm. Lots of wildlife to see like the famous buffaloes and elephants wallowing in the Nile waters on the River banks, and the common black and white colobus monkeys hanging in the tree branches along the Nile.
Return to your lodge for dinner.

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
  • Non-alcoholic drinks

Day 4

Kibale National Park

Kibale National Park

We leave the north from the Murchison falls for the south to Kibale National Park. Arrive in time for lunch in the famous fortportal town. Have a city tour and head to the forest via the tea plantations, get involved in the community harvesting of the tea leaves.
Get you your lodge, relaxation, swimming and prepare for the chimpanzee tracking the next day.

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:
Turaco Treetops Lodge
  • Mid-range lodge bordering Kibale NP (Chimps) without fences
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Non-alcoholic drinks

Day 5

Chimpanzee tracking

Chimpanzee tracking

We wake up to a beautiful morning with birds sounds in the forest. Have our breakfast and head for the morning chimpanzee tracking session.
Find the chimpanzees, walk behind them in the forest, see them up in the trees, take great photos and finally return to your vehicle and return to your lodge for lunch and relaxation.
Later in the evening, head for the swamp for a nature walk in the forest to see lots of butterflies, vervet monkeys, black and white colobus monkeys and many more.

Main Destination:
Kibale National Park (Chimps)
Accommodation:
Turaco Treetops Lodge
  • Mid-range lodge bordering Kibale NP (Chimps) without fences
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Non-alcoholic drinks

Day 6

Depart for Queen Elizabeth National Park

Depart for Queen Elizabeth National Park

Depart from Kibale National Park and head further south to Queen Elizabeth National Park. Drive via the Equator line, great moments there with picture moments. Arrive in time for lunch, relaxation by the pool and have an evening game drive.
Get to see many elephants, buffaloes. Return to your lodge for dinner and accommodation.

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:
Buffalo Safari Lodge
  • Mid-range lodge located just outside Queen Elizabeth NP
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Non-alcoholic drinks

Day 7

Game drive & Kazinga channel boat ride

Game drive & Kazinga channel boat ride

We have a fully packed day with a game drive in the morning followed by an evening Kazinga channel boat ride. Expect to see lots of elephants and buffaloes in the open savannah grasslands and along the Kazinga channel. Lions, hyenas, waterbucks, leopards, kingfishers, herons, crocodiles and many more.

Main Destination:
Queen Elizabeth National Park
Accommodation:
Buffalo Safari Lodge
  • Mid-range lodge located just outside Queen Elizabeth NP
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Non-alcoholic drinks

Day 8

Ishasha & Bwindi forest

Ishasha & Bwindi forest

We wake up early enough and head south of Queen Elizabeth National Park. Spend most of the day in the park in search of the tree lions, elephants and topis.
We roll around the common points that have the fig trees where the tree lions hang, Find them, take great picture moments and depart for Bwindi and prepare for the Gorillas the next day. If we arrive early enough, we can engage with the communities on conservation awareness of the park and the wildlife.

Main Destination:
Ishasha Sector (Queen Elizabeth NP)
Accommodation:
Haven Lodge Buhoma Community
  • Mid-range lodge located just outside Bwindi NP (Gorillas)
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Non-alcoholic drinks

Day 9

Gorilla tracking Bwindi forest

Gorilla tracking Bwindi forest

We have the day in our hands. Wake up to a misty Bwindi forest, have our breakfast and head for the Gorilla briefing moment.
Start our Gorilla tracking moment with our driver taking us to the starting moment. Head out in the jungle through some plantations, thickets, water streams and finally find the gentle giants. Spend time with them before walking and driving back for graduation and finally back to your lodge.

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:
Haven Lodge Buhoma Community
  • Mid-range lodge located just outside Bwindi NP (Gorillas)
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Non-alcoholic drinks

Day 10

Lake Bunyonyi

Lake Bunyonyi

We check out of Bwindi and head to Lake Bunyonyi. Have an evening batwa pygmie community visit with canoeing on the lake.
Meet with the local community and get to learn how to make local brew, basket weaving and mats. Great views of the volcanoes in the back ground.

Main Destination:
Lake Bunyonyi
Accommodation:
Arcadia Lodge Lake Bunyonyi
  • Mid-range lodge located at Lake Bunyonyi
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Non-alcoholic drinks

Day 11

Lake Mburo National Park

Lake Mburo National Park

We head to Lake Mburo. This is the smallest park we have in Uganda and closest to Kampala or Entebbe Airport. Have a game drive on arrival, get to see the zebras, giraffes, warthogs and hyenas. Check into our lodge for lunch, relaxation by the pool and have an evening boat ride on the lake. Hippos, crocodiles, kingfishers, herons are a common sighting on the lake.

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:
Rwakobo Rock Lodge
  • Mid-range lodge located just outside Lake Mburo NP
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Non-alcoholic drinks

Day 12

Entebbe International Airport

Entebbe International Airport

We have a morning nature walk in the park to see some nocturnal wildlife, spot more zebras, giraffes and head back to your lodge for a full breakfast. Check out and head to the Airport via the Equator for your onward journey.

Main Destination:
Entebbe International Airport (Entebbe)
Accommodation:
No accommodation (End of tour)
Meals & Drinks:
  • Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included)
  • Non-alcoholic drinks

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End of tour (See Getting There for more details)

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  • You'll be dropped off at the airport.

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