Day 1: Arrival and transfer to your Hotel - Uganda
Our company guide will pick you up from your place of your residence and transfer to the hotel. Meals and overnight at Malakai Eco Lodge (Budget)/2 Friends Hotel (midrange)/La Petite (Luxury); Bed and Breakfast.
Day 2: Transfer to Murchison Falls National Park
After breakfast, you will be picked up from your hotel/residence in Kampala for a transfer northwards to Murchison Falls national park en route tracking rhinos in Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary. After lunch in Masindi Town drive up to the top of Murchison falls – a magnificent spot where the Nile water compresses into a narrow gorge of over 1 km wide down through a 7 meter canyon forming a thunderous roar and a beautiful rainbow in a plume of spray – the wonders of the Nile River! Meals and overnight at Red Chili (budget)/ safari lodge (mid range)/Para safari lodge (luxury).
Day 3: Game Drive and the Nile Boat Cruise
After an early breakfast, you will tour the Northern part with a high concentration of savannah wildlife. Enjoy game viewing and photography of elephants, buffalos, waterbucks, hippos, giraffes, Uganda kobs and lions, if you are lucky the leopards, plus a variety of bird species. After lunch, go for a two-hour cruise to the bottom of the mighty Murchison falls from where appalling water escapes through the narrow gorge forming a great thunderous uproar. Along the falls water birds and mammals are in great numbers. Meals and overnight at red chili (budget)/Pakuba safari lodge (mid range)/Para safari lodge (luxury)
Day 4: Transfer to Kibale Forest National Park
After breakfast, transfer to Murchison Falls National Park heading Southwest via the Albertine Escarpment of the great Western Rift Valley while enjoying the sights of traditional homesteads and farms in this verdant country side. You take packed lunch or simply have an early lunch Hoima. The Murchison – Kibale drive is approximately 7 to 9 hours depending on the weather conditions. Kibale Forest National Park. Dinner and overnight at Chimpanzee Guest house (budget) Primates Lodge (mid range)/Crater safari lodge(luxury)
Day 5: Chimpanzee Tracking and Afternoon Bigodi Community Tour
Wake up for an early morning breakfast to get ready for chimpanzee trekking in Kibale Forest National Park. You need to get to the park headquarters by 8.00 am local time for briefing on the day's activity by the senior park ranger guide. At 8.30 am you will be transferred to starting point from where the search for chimpanzees begins. There are 95% chances of seeing the chimpanzees in this forest. By midday you are expected to be back for lunch and later go for a community walk to Bigodi community. Explore the community developments like schools, craft shops and other conservation projects that have been developed to help the community as you interact with the local people. Dinner and overnight at Chimpanzee Guest house (budget) Primates Lodge (mid range)/Crater safari Lodge (luxury)
Day 6: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park and Community Visit
After breakfast, you will transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park; one of the most diversified national parks on the continent. Visit Ruboni Community on the foothills of Mount Rwenzori en route. You will later have a game drive as you head to your lodge. Dinner & overnight Enganzi lodge/ParkView Safari lodge (mid range)/Mweya safari lodge (luxury).
Day 7: Game Drive & Kazinga Channel Boat Cruise in Queen Elizabeth National Park
After an early morning breakfast, undertake a morning game drive to the Kasenyi area expecting to view early morning predators such as leopards, and lions, different antelope species, buffaloes, elephants, hippos, warthogs, waterbucks, etc. For birders, QE national park is a birders’ paradise with over 606 species including a variety of migratory and Albertine Rift Endemics. In the afternoon, at 14:00 hrs you will walk down to the Kazinga Channel for a boat cruise along the kazinga channel between lakes Edward and George. This is the best place to see a cross section of all the wildlife in this park. Dinner and overnight at Enganzi Game lodge/ParkView Safari lodge (mid range)/Mweya safari lodge (luxury).
Day 8: Ishasha Sector Tree - Climbing Lions and Transfer to Bwindi
After an early breakfast you will transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park through the Ithaca – the southern sector of Queen Elizabeth NP for viewing tree-climbing lions which are only here in the whole country. Savannah Hotel is ideal for lunch after a game drive in Ishasha. Arrive in Bwindi in the evening and directly head to your lodge for meals and overnight. Dinner and overnight at Trackers Tavern (budget)/Bakiga Lodge/Gorilla Mist camp lodge (mid range)/Mahogany Springs/Gorilla Safari Lodge (luxury)
Day 9: Batwa Trail Experience in Mgahinga Gorilla National Park
You will have an early breakfast and then head to Mgahinga Gorilla National Park for the Batwa Trail cultural encounter. You will discover the magic of the Batwa’s ancient home while enjoying nature walks and learning about the cultural heritage. They will demonstrate hunting techniques, gather honey and point out medicinal plants. Part of the tour fees goes directly to the guides and musicians and the rest goes to the Batwa community fund to cover school fees and books, and improve their livelihoods. Meals and overnight at Trackers Tavern (budget)/Bakiga Lodge (mid range)/Mahogany Springs lodge/Gorilla Safari Lodge (luxury).
Day 10: Mountain Gorilla Tracking and transfer to Lake Bunyonyi
After an early morning breakfast walk to the park headquarters for briefing and later follow the gorilla trail. It normally takes between to 8 hours or even a day to encounter the gorillas. You will be allowed to stay in the presence of these awesome apes for at least an hour. It is advisable that you carry packed lunch as one cannot determine how long it may take to encounter the mountain gorillas. In the evening After meeting the gorillas in the forested mountains you will return to your lodge for a rest and later transfer to lake Bunyonyi arriving early enough for a boat along the lake with great views of the islands. Meals and overnight at Birdnest resort (Luxury) Bunyonyi Rock resort (Midrange) Bunyonyo Rock Resort (Budget)
Day 11: Transfer to Kampala
In the morning after your breakfast, you will set off your journey back to Kampala with stopovers for photography reaching early in the afternoon for a traditional lunch stop at Igongo Cultural Centre & another stop at Uganda Equator crossing Kayabwe for amazing photoshoots and water experiments and later transfer your hotel. Overnight at Malakai eco Lodge (Budget)/2 Friends Hotel (midrange)/La Petite (Luxury)
Day 12: City Tour and Transfer to the airport
After breakfast, you will go of a city tour visiting the major sites within Kampala and later have lunch from the city before to transfer to the airport for departure depending on schedule.
The 12 Days Uganda Safari includes;
- Mountain gorilla permits.
- Chimpanzee permits.
- Park entry fees.
- Nature walk.
- Batwa Trail.
- Rhino fees.
- Boat cruises.
- All park activities as per the itinerary.
- 12 days and 11 nights accommodation and meals.
- Comfortable safari vehicle and fuel.
- Full time English speaking guide and all his allowances.
- All government allowances.
Excluded are;
- Meals in Kampala.
- Visas.
- Optional activities in the itinerary.
- Air fares.
- Any other item not mentioned in the itinerary and items of personal nature like tips and beverages at the lodges.
