13 DAYS GORILLA AND WILDLIFE SAFARIS. GAME DRIVE AND CHIMPANZEE TRACKING AND GORILLA HIKE.
This Uganda tour will take you to Murchison Falls, Kibale, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Mgahinga, Lake Bunyonyi and Lake Mburo and with this Tour you will explore most of Uganda’s primates.
Day 1- Transfer to Hotel in Kampala
you will be warmly welcomed at Entebbe International Airport and transfer to your Hotel of stay.
Day 2-fransfar from Kampala to ziwa Rhino tracking-in Nakasongora district.
After your early morning breakfast start off for the panoramic drive to Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary via the former Luwero Triangle, Ziwa is a great place to see the white rhinos, with lunch break on the way, continue to Masindi for dinner and overnight stay kabalega dinner masindi.
Day 3- transfer to budongo forest for Chimpanzee Trekking in Murchison Falls.
Enter the rain forest of Budongo for Chimpanzee trekking meet the guide for briefing and after after the briefing you start to walk in tropical rain forest 3to 4 hours come back for lunch, continue to Murchison Falls National Park for your dinner and overnight stay at pakuba safari lodge F-B
Day 4-morming Game drive- Boat Launch cruise + Hike to the Top of the falls
Dawn morning game drive to spot the early riser animals and other wildlife species like lions, elephants, buffaloes, giraffes, water and bush buck, warthogs, Uganda Kobs among others. Return to the lodge for breakfast and Lunch, then in the afternoon you will take a boat ride up the Nile, to Murchison falls, where the park derives its name. Enjoy these spectacular falls. The Nile squeezes through a 7meter gap and at the bottom bask Huge Nile Crocodiles. You have an option to climb the cliffs, to the top of the falls. Return to the lodge for dinner and overnight. Meal plan: pakuba safari lodge F/B
Day 5 –transfer from Murchison Falls to Kibale National Park
Check out and drive to fort portal through traditional homesteads and farms and this will enable you enjoy the beautiful scenery across that part of the country, Have Lunch break in fort portal town and later continue to kibale national park for your dinner and overnight stay at, kibale guest lodge
Day 6-after breakfast Bigodi swamp nature walk- Leave for Queen Elizabeth National Park Take your breakfast and hike to top of the world to view more than five creator lakes after later continue for a nature walk in the Bigodi wetland swamp a perfect place for bird watching, not to miss the great blue Traco. Drive to kasese Queen Elizabeth National Park. Dinner and overnight stay at .Bush lodge
Day 7-morning Game drive + Boat Launch Cruise.
After an early morning cup of coffee, proceed for a morning game drive along Kasenyi track where by with the help of a game ranger, you will be able to see a lot of game in the wild like elephants, buffalos, lions Uganda cobs, spotted Hyenas, bush buck, water buck, stripped jackal, warthogs and the elusive leopard, waterbuck and more. Return to the Lodge and relax 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. Return for dinner and overnight. Bush lodge
Day 8: visit Katwe Salt Lake and Mweya Peninsula – Ishasha Sector-Rushaga
Continue to Katwe Salt Lake and physically witness where Uganda gets its salt before purification. This is also a great place for bird watchers not missing to see the laser and greater flamingos. Depart the main park for the Ishasha sector famously known for tree climbing lions. After take lunch, continue to Rushaga Gorilla Camp for dinner and overnight stay.
Day 9-Gorilla Tracking
After having breakfast, continue to the park headquarters for briefing and later set off early with guides to trek the Uganda gorillas. 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. Each 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. There’s also a substantial chimpanzee population and research shows that Bwindi is the only forest in Africa in which these two apes live together. Back to hotel checkout and precedes kisoro traveler rest camp exhilarated to relieve the encounter with friends over a drink. Dinner and overnight stay at kisoro traveler’s hotel
Day 10- After breakfast drive to Mgahinga national park for Golden monkeys your breakfast and later travel to Mgahinga Park to track Golden Monkeys. After tracking drive back to the hotel for having lunch and later continue to community activity in Kisoro for dinner and overnight stay at Kisoro Travelers Hotel
Day 11-after breakfast checkout proceeds to Lake Bunyonyi.
After an early breakfast, take a boat to see this amazing lake of Bunyonyi second deepest in Africa. Dinner and overnight at Acadia cottages.
Day 12-after morning breakfast checkout at Lake Bunyonyi to Lake Mburo
Have breakfast and drive to Lake Mburo National Park have stopover for lunch after precedes to lake mburo National park evening game drive after check in at hotel Dinner and overnight at Rwakoobo Rock
Day 13-Morning Game drive and transfer to Entebbe
Check out after your breakfast, and continue for a Game drive in Lake Mburo expecting to see a lot of animals like the Burchellis Zebras in plenty, Giraffes, Impalas and Eland to mention a few. Have a lunch break on the way and later travel back to Entebbe for your flight back home. End of Safari