Day One – Arrival
Arrive Entebbe International Airport: meet and greet by our driver/guide and transferred to your hotel. Depending on your time of arrival, go for a city tour, visit Garden city mall to acquire local currency. Welcome! Dinner and overnight at Cassia Lodge/Sheraton Hotel/Serena Hotel
Day Two – Murchison Falls National park
After breakfast head to Murchison Falls National Park at 8:00am via Luwero and Nakasongola with a stop to track the rhinos at Zziwa Rhino Sanctuary and have lunch. After lunch head to the park to be welcomed by baboons that have made the roadside a common rendezvous, drive to see the top of Murchison Falls 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. After the top of the falls drive to check in at your accommodation. Options are; Fort Murchison Lodge/Murchison River Lodge/Paraa safari Lodge.
Day Three – Game drive and Boat cruise to the Murchison falls
Start the day early today at about 06:30am and head out on a game drive in the park to search for elephant, buffalo, giraffe and a variety of antelope which are regularly encountered on game drives plus lions, and leopards among others. We return to the hotel to relax and have lunch. After lunch, we will take a boat cruise on the Nile River. The Nile itself hosts one of Africa’s densest hippo and crocodile populations, and a dazzling variety of water birds with chances of seeing the world’s most accessible wild population of the rare shoebill stork. The boat cruise will last up to 3 hours starting off at 2:00pm. Fort Murchison Lodge/Murchison River Lodge/Paraa safari Lodge.
Day Four – Kibale Forest National Park
Today, after breakfast we head south to Kibale Forest National Park, the most accessible of Uganda’s major rainforests. Kibale is home to a remarkable 13 primate species, including the much localized red colobus and L’Hoest’s monkey. Kibale’s major attraction, however, is the opportunity to track habituated chimps, these delightful apes are more closely related to humans than to any other living creature. They are tremendous fun to watch as they squabble and play in fruiting trees. Dinner and overnight: Rwenzori View Guesthouse/Primate Lodge/Kyaninga Lodge
Day Five – Chimpanzee tracking – Kibale National Park
After breakfast, embark on the popular chimp tracking. This experience lasts from 2 to 4 hours. A network of shady forest trails provides much to delight botanists and butterfly lovers, if you love birds; you are in for a treat with 335 species recorded including the endemic Prirogrine’s ground thrush. Return to your accommodation for lunch. After lunch, take the swamp walk in the Bigodi sanctuary a habitat rich in bird life some of the most common and sought after being the great Blue Turaco. Dinner and overnight PRwenzori View Guesthouse/Primate Lodge/Kyaninga Lodge
Day Six – Queen Elizabeth National – Isasha Sector
After breakfast, transfer to Queen Elizabeth National park at a relaxed pace to check in and get lunch at Mweya Safari Lodge. After lunch, take a boat cruise on the Kazzinga channel a haven for hippos and hundreds of different bird species. More than 6oo different bird species have been spotted in this location alone. In fact Queen Elizabeth boasts of more than 1000 sightings of different bird species. Dinner and overnight: Simba Safari Camp/Ihamba Lodge/Mweya Safari Lodge
Day Seven – Game drive in Kasenyi Track/Visit Katwe salt mines
After a morning coffee, head out on a game drive to look for wildlife on the Kasenyi track on the park. Common sightings here are; elephant, warthog, waterbuck, kob, leopard, lions, hyena, buffalo and so much more. Return to lodge for breakfast and relax till lunch. After lunch, visit the Katwe fishing village and witness the local salt mining procedures. In season, you will see plenty of flamingos in this part of the park. Dinner and overnight: Simba Safari Camp/Ihamba Lodge/Mweya Safari Lodge
Day Eight – Isasha/Bwindi
After a relaxed breakfast and with bags ready head out to the Ishasha section of the park famous for its tree-climbing lions. We will spend a few hours looking for the tree climbing lions and afterwards continue to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park host to the famous endangered mountain gorillas. A magnificent verdant swathe across the steep ridges of the Albertine Rift Valley, this ancient rainforest -one of the few in Africa to have flourished throughout the last Ice Age -is home to roughly half of the world’s mountain gorillas. Arrive to check in and have lunch, relax or go for an evening village walk and shopping at the craft market before dinner. At an altitude of up to 2,607 meters (8553ft). Expect some cooler temperatures in the evening. Dinner and overnight: Travelers Inn/Silverback Lodge/Mahogany Springs Lodge
Day Nine – Gorilla Tracking
After breakfast, head to the information center for a briefing before embarking on the long awaited Gorilla tracking which may last from 3 hours up to 8 hours or more of the day. Looking deep into the expressive brown eyes of these gentle giants is surely the most exciting and poignant wildlife encounter that Africa has to offer. Return to lodge for a well-deserved hot shower and rest. This evening you could shop for souvenirs at the craft market, go for a village walk and interact with some locals in the community. Dinner and overnight: Travelers Inn/Silverback Lodge/Mahogany Springs Lodge
Day Ten – Lake Bunyonyi
After breakfast, we leave the mountain giants and on to Lake Bunyonyi where over 200 bird species have been recorded. “Bunyonyi” actually means “the place of many little birds” Lake Bunyonyi is one of the few African lakes completely safe for swimming -there is no bilharzia. The lake’s altitude is 1,950 m, and it is surrounded by hills that are 2,200 to 2,478 m high and intensely cultivated. The data on the lake’s maximum depth varies, from 44 m to 900 m in parts Lake Bunyonyi probably is the second deepest lake in Africa. The temperature on the surface rises to 25 degrees Celsius. Dinner and overnight; Bushara Island/Bunyonyi Safaris Resort/Birds Nest
Day Eleven – Lake Bunyonyi
Another day in paradise. Spend today swimming, canoeing, taking village walks. Lake Bunyonyi is peaceful and quiet and a full day here will leave you absolutely refreshed. Dinner and overnight; Bushara Island/Bunyonyi Safaris Resort/Birds Nest
Day Twelve – Lake Mburo National Park
After breakfast, depart Lake Bunyonyi and drive to Lake Mburo National park. This is one of Uganda’s smaller parks but it is the only other park besides Kidepo Valley National park where you will find zebra and eland (the biggest antelope in Africa). You will arrive Lake Mburo National park to check in and have lunch at your lodge. After lunch, you will take an afternoon game drive/walk to enjoy the wildlife through the acacia trees. Wildlife here includes; zebra, warthog, eland, buffalo, hippo, waterbuck, impala and more…Dinner and overnight Rwonyo Camp/Lake Mburo Safari Lodge/Mihingo Lodge
Day Thirteen – Lake Mburo/EquatorKampala
After breakfast, we will check out of the lodge and then depart taking a game drive to see more wildlife. We will then proceed to exit the park and on to the equator where we will stop for lunch, souvenir shopping and photos. Proceed to Kampala to check in at the Cassia Lodge. Dinner and overnight; Cassia Lodge/Sheraton Hotel/Serena Hotel
Day Fourteen – Jinja Today, depending on your flight time, we will take you to visit the source of the Nile River, the longest river in the world as it starts its journey from Lake Victoria. You will have a delicious lunch at the Nile Porch before we return to Kampala and head straight Entebbe International airport for your departure flight.
End of Safari
