Day 1: Arrival and transfer to your Hotel- Uganda

Our company guide will pick you up from your place of your residence and transfer you to the hotel. Meals and overnight at  malakai eco Lodge (Budget)/ 2 Friends Hotel or Protea Hotel (midrange)/ La Petite (Luxury); Bed and Breakfast

Day 2: Transfer to Murchison falls NP

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)/ Pakuba safari lodge (mid range)/ Para safari lodge or Nile 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, Jackson heart beasts, oribs, giraffes, Uganda kobs and lions,  and hyenas if you are lucky the leopards, plus a variety of bird species. After lunch, go for a 3-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, Nile safari lodge (luxury)

Day 4: Transfer to Kibale Forest national park

After breakfast, transfer from Murchison Falls NP 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 may take packed lunch or  have hot lunch at Seyeya. The Murchison – Kibale drive is approximately 8  hours depending on the weather conditions to Kibale Forest National Park. Dinner and overnight at Chimpanzee Guest house (budget) Primates Lodge (mid range)/ Crater safari lodge or Chimpundu 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 or Chimpundu lodge (luxury)

Day 6: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth NP and Community Visit

After breakfast, you will transfer to Queen Elizabeth national park; one of the most diversified national parks on the continent. You will later have a game drive as you head to your lodge. Dinner & overnight  Enganzi lodge/Elephant Hab lodge/ParkView Safari lodge (mid range)/Mweya safari lodge/Elephant plain 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 612 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 that connects 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/Elephant Hab lodge (mid range)/Mweya safari lodge/Elephant plain lodge (luxury).

Day 8: Ishasha Sector tree-climbing lions and Transfer to Bwindi

After an early breakfast you will transfer to Bwindi impenetrable Forest NP through the Ishasha – the southern sector of Queen Elizabeth NP for viewing tree-climbing lions . 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 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 Travelers lodge Kisoro (budget)/ Lake Mulehe lodge (mid range)/ lkoro lodge (luxury).

Day 10: Mountain Gorilla Tracking and transfer to Lake Bunyonyi

After an early morning breakfast drive to the park headquarters for briefing and later follow the gorilla trail. It normally takes between to 5 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/Kigali

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/Kigali and later have lunch from the city before to transfer to the airport for departure depending on schedule.

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