Arrival
Arrival
Day 1
Arrival – Meet & Greet -Drive To Your Booked Hotel
Arrival – Meet & Greet -Drive To Your Booked Hotel
Upon arrive at Entebbe International Airport, you will be met by a company representative and your professional safari guide to meet and greet, and then be transferred to check in at your booked hotel in Entebbe town. Freshen up, and later meet with our company representative and safari guide at the hotel lobby for briefing.
- Main Destination:
- Entebbe (City)
- Accommodation:
- Papyrus Guest House
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
Visit Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary – Drive To Murchison Falls National Park – Visit the Falls
Visit Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary – Drive To Murchison Falls National Park – Visit the Falls
Rise up very early in the morning to have breakfast (630 am), then check out of your hotel to start your adventurous road trip to Murchison Falls National Park with a visit to Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary to encounter white rhinos close to their feet with the help of your site ranger guide and spend one hour with them.
Retire for lunch, and then proceed with your drive to Murchison Falls national park. On arrival at the park before checking into your booked lodge, visit the Murchison falls to enjoy the breathtaking views of the whole River Nile from Lake Victoria going through a tiny gorge of only 7 meters wide that makes it violent and causes a verbal burble of the falls as they drop into a pool of water, which is so lovely and adventurous. Later proceed to your booked lodge for dinner and an overnight.
- Main Destination:
- Murchison Falls National Park
- Accommodation:
- Pakuba Safari Lodge
Wildlife in Murchison Falls NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3
Morning Game Drive Safari – Afternoon Boat Cruise Along The River Nile – Night Safari Experience
Morning Game Drive Safari – Afternoon Boat Cruise Along The River Nile – Night Safari Experience
Wake up very early for a cup of coffee and head to the northern sector of the park with packed breakfast for a superb game drive in search for several animals such as Caped buffalo, elephants, Uganda Kobs, Jackson hartebeest, Roth child giraffes, oribis, lions, common warthogs, and some primate species.
Later have lunch, and then drive to the Paraa gathering point for an afternoon boat cruise safari on the Victoria Nile. Expect to see several water mammals and birds like Hippopotamus, Nile crocodiles, some birds like the Egyptian goose, goliath heron, kingfisher, pelican bee-eater, hornbill, cormorant among others.
After the boat cruise drive back to your lodge for an early dinner and then drive back to the park for an exciting night game drive in search for lions, leopards, porcupines, civets, spotted hyenas, among others. On a lucky day, you may see them in the act of hunting, which is one of the greatest jungle experiences. After return to the lodge for an overnight stay.
- Main Destination:
- Murchison Falls National Park
- Accommodation:
- Pakuba Safari Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4
Murchison Falls National Park – Drive To Kibale Forest National Park – Live like a local
Murchison Falls National Park – Drive To Kibale Forest National Park – Live like a local
Have fantastic breakfast, check out of your lodge and slowly drive through the park, across the Nile River towards Kibale Forest National Park.
Along the way to Kibale Forest national park, you will enjoy the spectacular views of tea estates, several forests, and the shadow of the legendary Rwenzori Mountain that forms a mystic backdrop to the beautiful volcanic landscape. Have a stopover in Fort Portal City to have lunch, and later drive to Rubalika village for a rewarding community experience. The Village walk will take you through the nearby community to interact with local people and learn how they live in harmony with wildlife species, as well as how they do their daily activities without using modern technology, such as making nice Gins from bananas, delicious coffee, and arts and crafts. Return to your lodge after the walk to relax, dinner, and an overnight.
- Main Destination:
- Kibale National Park (Chimps)
- Accommodation:
- Rubalika Safari Lodge
Wildlife in Kibale NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 5
Chimpanzee Tracking – Drive To Queen Elizabeth National Park – Visit Katwe salt mining community
Chimpanzee Tracking – Drive To Queen Elizabeth National Park – Visit Katwe salt mining community
After breakfast, transfer to the park information offices to join other guests for a briefing. Then embark on your guided forest walk to search for the intelligent chimpanzees, the closest living relatives sharing 98.8% of human DNA. During your walk, you may encounter other wildlife species, such as other primates, bush pigs, among others. Once you meet the chimpanzees, you will spend a full hour watching them play in the tree branches, feeding and taking care of their babies.
Retire for lunch, and then drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park to visit the Katwe community, which is surrounded by the salty Lake Katwe, and whose main economic activity is extracting salt from this lake. While at the Katwe salt mining community, you will have a chance to take part in salt mining and your local safari guide will give you information about how they have managed to maintain their salt mining activities for decades. Later drive to check in at your booked lodge.
- Main Destination:
- Queen Elizabeth National Park
- Accommodation:
- Elephant Hab Lodge
Wildlife in Queen Elizabeth NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 6
Morning Game Drive – Afternoon Boat Cruise On The Kazinga Channel – Spend The Evening At Leisure
Morning Game Drive – Afternoon Boat Cruise On The Kazinga Channel – Spend The Evening At Leisure
Wake up early for breakfast and meet up with your driver-guide to transfer to Kasenyi plains for the morning game drive. During the game drive you will see animal species such as the leopards, lions, elephants, Uganda kobs, waterbucks, buffaloes, bushbucks, warthogs, hyenas, bush pigs, and various bird species, Later drive back to your lodge for lunch, relax and later depart for an afternoon boat cruise safari along Kazinga channel, the main water stream which goes through the park and connects Lake George and Lake Edward. Boat cruise safari on the Kazinga Channel is one of the highly recommended adventurous activities for visitors to Queen Elizabeth National Park that brings you very close to several mammals such as hippos, Nile crocodiles, buffaloes, elephants, and many others, plus various water birds. Later return to your lodge to spend the evening relaxing. Dinner and an overnight.
- Main Destination:
- Queen Elizabeth National Park
- Accommodation:
- Elephant Hab Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 7
Drive to Ishasha Sector – Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park
Drive to Ishasha Sector – Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park
After having your tasty breakfast, drive to the southern sector of Queen Elizabeth national park for yet another exciting game drive safari in search of wildlife species such as tree climbing Lions, Leopards, Elephants, Buffaloes, several antelope species, primates, and many others. After head to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest national park arriving in the evening for dinner and an overnight.
- Main Destination:
- Ishasha Sector (Queen Elizabeth NP)
- Accommodation:
-
Bakiga Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 8
Mountain Gorilla Trekking Experience –Drive Mgahinga Gorilla National Park
Mountain Gorilla Trekking Experience –Drive Mgahinga Gorilla National Park
Have a heavy breakfast, get your packed lunch boxes and enough drinking water; meet your guide and head to the park information offices for briefing. Then start your forest walk in search of the endangered mountain gorillas in their natural habitats.
Once you encounter the mountain gorilla family, you will spend a full hour watching the playful babies, mothers grooming their babies and Mr. Silverback, watching the situation silently as he is ready to protect the family from any kind of attack. Retire and then drive to Mgahinga gorilla national park, arriving in the evening and enjoy the great scenery of the surrounding.
- Main Destination:
- Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas)
- Accommodation:
- Lake Mulehe Safari Lodge
Wildlife in Bwindi Impenetrable NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 9
Golden monkey tracking – Evening Batwa Cultural experience
Golden monkey tracking – Evening Batwa Cultural experience
Have breakfast and drive to the park headquarters for briefing from the ranger guide who will share information on what to expect while in the Virunga volcanoes searching for the golden monkeys. After this short brief, you will start your hike up in search of the golden monkeys.
Golden monkeys are swift in their movements unlike the gorillas and you will follow them as they feed. They love feeding on bamboo shoots among other foods like fruits, vegetation and sometimes ants.
You are only allowed to spend 1 hour with the golden monkeys before you start your descent back to the starting point and return to your booked lodge for evening Batwa cultural interactions while immersing in pure cultures and ancient ways of life of the Batwa, a forest tribe of pygmies. During this tour, they will treat you to various survival adaptions they embraced while still residents in the forest–in an effort to outlive extinction.
- Main Destination:
- Mgahinga Gorilla National Park (Gorillas)
- Accommodation:
- Lake Mulehe Safari Lodge
Wildlife in Mgahinga Gorilla NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 10
Sabinyo Hiking – Transfer to lake Bunyonyi
Sabinyo Hiking – Transfer to lake Bunyonyi
You will wake up early morning have breakfast at the Lodge and drive to the headquarters of Mgahinga Gorilla National Park for briefing and you will be given well knowledgeable guides for your hike after you will set off for the hike, the hike will take you around 4-5 hours to reach the summit of Sabyinyo Volcano and back, you will have various resting sessions.
The beauty about climbing to the summit of Mount Sabinyo is that you get to be in three countries (Uganda, Rwanda and Congo) at the same time while having some of the best views you will ever have. From the summit you can see the beautiful Lake Kivu in Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. You can also see Lake Bunyonyi in Uganda, the Rwenzori ranges of mountains in Uganda, over six mountains of the Virunga region and countless other features.
After sometime of sightseeing at the top of the volcano you will descend and transfer to lake Bunyonyi, check in your booked lodge for relaxing and later dinner and overnight.
- Main Destination:
- Lake Bunyonyi
- Accommodation:
- Keije Resort Bunyonyi
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 11
Morning Boat Cruise – Transfer to Lake Mburo National Park – Afternoon Game drive
Morning Boat Cruise – Transfer to Lake Mburo National Park – Afternoon Game drive
Today, wake up at your convenient time, be served breakfast, and then go for a morning canoeing adventure on Lake Bunyonyi to spot several birds and enjoy the interesting story behind it, which your local guide will narrate to you during the canoeing safari.
After this experience, start your journey to Lake Mburo National Park with a stopover at Igongo Cultural Center to have lunch. Resume to the park to check in at your booked lodge and later go for an exciting afternoon game drive in search for several animals including the Zebras, Impalas, buffaloes and the solitary leopard.
- Main Destination:
- Lake Mburo National Park
- Accommodation:
- Kigarama Wilderness Lodge
Wildlife in Lake Mburo NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 12
Morning walking safari– Drive Back To Entebbe
Morning walking safari– Drive Back To Entebbe
Wake up very early in the morning to have breakfast, have all your travel bags loaded into your safari vehicle, check out of the lodge and go for an early morning walking safari in the park to view animals at a close range like zebras, impalas, and the shyer ones like elands among others.
Later drive to Entebbe international airport with a stop-over at the Equator for water experience and Lunch before drop off to catch up with onward flight.
- Main Destination:
- Entebbe International Airport (Entebbe)
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
- Meals & Drinks:
