Day 1: Arrival Entebbe Airport – Kampala
You’ll be personally met by our company representative
upon arrival at Entebbe airport, transfer
to Kampala for overnight stay and dinner.
Accommodation at Cassia Lodge (Comfort)
Meal plan: Dinner
Day 2: Kampala – Murchison Falls National Park
Begin the panoramic drive north-west through the
famous Luwero Triangle and, travel to Masindi via Ziwa Rhino Project.
A visit to the Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary for Rhino trekking is a must. After lunch,
drive to Murchison falls national park at the spectacularly situated site
at the top of the fall where you will see the Nile’s beauty perfected!! Marvel
at the Nile, compressing from up to 1 km squeeze through a 7 meter canyon
dropping 45 meters with a thunderous roar creating a beautiful rainbow, a plume
of spray and the best thing that happened to the Nile “the Murchison Falls.”
Accommodation at Murchison River Lodge (Comfort)
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Day 3: Murchison Falls National Park
Begin the day with a cup of African Coffee.
Thereafter, cross the Nile by ferry to the northern bank of the park. Your
guide will help you spot Elephants, Lions, Cape buffaloes, Rothschild’s
giraffes, hartebeest, Waterbuck, Oribi, Bushbuck, Bohor reedbuck, hyena and if
you are lucky, the leopard. Return to the hotel for breakfast and lunch. After
lunch, go for a boat safari upstream the calm Victoria Nile to the base of the
falls stopping just tens of meters from the “Devil’s Cauldron”.
En-route, marvel at the toothsome hippos, crocodiles and over this 17 km
stretch you may see elephant, waterbuck and Uganda Kob, crocodile. This is also
a zone of many bird species like Goliath heron, Egyptian goose, pelican
bee-eater, kingfisher, hornbill, cormorant and the rare shoebill stork. There
you leave the boat and start your – quite heavy – hike to the Top of the Falls
(approx. 1 hour). See where the world’s longest river explodes violently
through a narrow cleft in the Rift Valley escarpment to plunge into a frothing
pool 43m below. Your driver/guide will be waiting for you to bring you back to
the lodge.
Accommodation at Murchison River Lodge (Comfort)
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Day 4: Murchison Falls – Kibale forest
Drive south via Hoima to Fort Portal through verdant
countryside and past traditional homesteads and farms along Albertine Rift
escarpments. Fort-Portal rests in the shadow of the fabled Mountains of
the Moon. Overnight stay at your lodge with a stunning location overlooking a
dramatic Crater Lake and the fabled “Mountains of the Moon”.
Accommodation at Kibale Forest Camp (Standard)
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Day 5: Kibale Chimpanzee Trekking & Bigodi Swamp Walk
After early breakfast, report at Kanyanchu Tourist
Centre where tourist activities begin and set out to track chimpanzee in the
forest. Chances of viewing the chimps are over 90% but not a guarantee. Kibale forest
national park is one of the beautiful and stunning forests in the Uganda.
It is home to our closest living relatives the endangered Chimpanzee, the
threatened Red Columbus monkey and the rare L’Hoest’s monkey. The forest also
boasts of having one of the highest diversity and density of primates in Africa
totaling 13 species including the Black and white Colobus, Blue monkey,
Grey-cheeked mangabey, Red tailed monkey and Bush babies and Pottos.
After lunch visit Bigodi Wetland Sanctuary from where you will take on a guided
walk around the Swamp which will provide you with the opportunity to see a wide
range of flora and fauna. View a variety of butterflies, birds and other
insects. Have a tour of the crater region around Ndali lodge. You may also stop
over at any tea plantation along the road if you wish. Return to your
accommodation for dinner and overnight. Have an evening tour of the crater
region, visit “top of the world’’, the natural bridge. On a clear day you will
be able to have a view of the snow cap on the Rwenzori.
Accommodation at Kibale Forest Camp (Standard)
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Day 6: Kibale – Queen Elizabeth National Park
After breakfast, drive to Queen Elizabeth
National Park viewing the mystical Rwenzori Mountain range for
much of the journey. Check in at your accommodation facility as you wait for
your lunch. After lunch, take on an afternoon Launch cruise along Kazinga Channel
– one that joins Lakes Edward and George. The cruise is a wonderful way to see
hippo, buffalo, kob and the occasional Nile crocodile (which up until recently
did not inhabit this area) and a spectacular bird watching on the water bank.
Many who experience the launch cruise consider it the high light of their
entire African safari.
Accommodation at Bush Lodge (Standard)
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Day 7: Queen Elizabeth National Park tour
Rise very early with your packed lunch take on a
morning game drive to catch-up with the early risers and predators returning to
their hideouts. You will most likely meet grazing Hippos, Elephants, and Lions,
spotted Hyenas, bush buck, water buck, stripped jackal, comical warthogs and
the elusive leopard. Proceed to Maramagambo forest. Many surprises await you
here for example pythons are often observed in the crevices of the bat cave
floor using the bats as a source of food. The cave is near a picturesque formerly
Blue lake and Hunters cave. You may also see forest birds such as bat hawks,
brown eared woodpecker and other primates.
Accommodation at Bush Lodge (Standard)
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Day 8: Queen Elizabeth NP – Bwindi forest
With previous day’s memories, enjoy your breakfast
ready for guided Chimpanzee/primate walk along Kyambura Gorge to look for
habituated chimps through the gorge. After the primate walk, proceed to Ishasha
sector. You will drive along the deep and wide dry craters that are occupied by
savanna grasses and acacia. The drive takes you through the unique western rift
valley escarpment and the (southern part of Queen Elizabeth National Park)
Ishasha sector where you will take on yet another game drive in search of the tree climbing lions before proceeding to
Bwindi Impenetrable forest national park. The journey takes about 4 hours but
driving through interesting features. Arrive in Bwindi Impenetrable forest
in the evening. The forest itself is lush and green and there are streams
running through it.
Accommodation at the Rushaga Gorilla Camp (Comfort)
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Day 9: Bwindi forest Gorilla Tracking
After early breakfast, set off with guides to for
Gorilla Trekking. The thrill of your encounter will erase the difficulties of
the potentially strenuous trek. Bring jungle boots and rain jackets because the
park is often wet. Spend time in awe watching the gorillas go about their
activities. Each gorilla safari encounter is different and has its own rewards,
but you are likely to enjoy the close view of adults feeding, grooming and
resting as the youngsters frolic and swing from vines in a delightfully playful
display.
Time permitting, spend the afternoon on a community foot safari to explore the
life style of the people living and surrounding the park. Return to camp
exhilarated to relieve the encounter with friends over a drink.
Accommodation at the Rushaga Gorilla Camp (Comfort)
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Day 10: Bwindi forest park – Lake Bunyonyi
After an early breakfast transfer to Lake
Bunyonyi in Kabale. Lunch break is made in Kabale. The afternoon is spent
on relaxation and sightseeing around the Lake.
Accommodation at the Bunyonyi Overland Camp (Standard)
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Day 11: Relax at Lake Bunyonyi
Whole day dedicated for relaxation and after Lunch
break then take on an afternoon boat ride to some of the islands on the lake.
Accommodation at the Bunyonyi Overland Camp (Standard)
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Day 12: Lake Bunyonyi – Lake Mburo
After breakfast, drive to Lake Mburo National
park. This time a visit to Igongo cultural center to learn and experience the
life style and culture of the Ankole and the Bahima. It is only at Igongo where
the future meets the past.
Accommodation at the Rwakobo rock lodge (Standard)
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Day 13: Lake Mburo
Morning game drive. The park is renowned for zebras,
impalas, buffaloes, hippos, topi and elands including the rare shoebill,
crested crane, pelicans, fish eagle, heron and many water birds. Afternoon boat
cruise amidst the Hippos is amazing.
Accommodation at the Rwakobo rock lodge (Standard)
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Day 14: Lake Mburo – Kampala
After early breakfast, take on a morning Bush walk.
Lake Mburo National Park is a very special place; every part of it is alive
with variety, interest and colour. It contains an extensive wetland. You are
likely to see elands, impalas, waterbucks, warthogs, and zebras. There-after
drive back to Kampala with a stopover at the Equator monument
and later transfer to Entebbe to catch up with your evening flight back home.
Meal plan: Breakfast & lunch .
End of tour
Kampala or Entebbe
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