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Day1 - 2
On your arrival at Entebbe International Airport in Uganda, you will be welcomed by our representative who will brief you on the weather conditions and other relevant information and later drop you off to Lake Victoria View Guest House for overnight.
Lake Victoria View Guest House |
Budget guest house located in or near Entebbe
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Day2 - 3
After breakfast your adventure begins by driving northwest towards Masindi and Murchison Falls National Park, the largest national park in Uganda, which offers beautiful scenery of grassland acacia and Savannah in the north and tropical forests in the south. There is an optional stop over for a nature walk at Ziwa Rhino sanctuary, the breeding project which saw the rebirth of the endangered white rhinos. You can see them closely while walking freely in the reserve. Lunch. After lunch your journey continues to the beautiful Murchison Falls where the Nile creates a narrow canyon of thunderous water. You will have a view from the top of the falls. Dinner and overnight at Pakuba Lodge.
Note: Today transfer is about 6 hours drive, part of it through dirt road within the park.
Pakuba Safari Lodge |
Mid-range lodge located inside Murchison Falls NP
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Day3 - 4
After breakfast you will go for a morning game drive, to explore the Savannah in the delta of the Nile on Lake Albert, Northern bank. During the drive you will be able to take memorable photographs of the animals in the wild, you might find elephants, lions, buffaloes, giraffes, water bucks, bush bucks, spotted hyenas and, very rarely, the leopards. Lunch. In the afternoon, you take the boat safari along the river Nile to the base of the magnificent Murchison Falls. It is amazing the concentration of wildlife in the bank of the river Nile, including hippos, crocodiles, and a variety of bird’s species, like African eagles, pelicans, kingfisher, Egyptian geese and much more. Dinner and overnight at Pakuba Lodge.
Pakuba Safari Lodge |
Mid-range lodge located inside Murchison Falls NP
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Day4 - 5
After breakfast you leave the National Park heading southwest along the Lake Albert and Rift Valley escarpment. Pass via Hoima the capital town of Bunyoro kingdom, one of the oldest in Uganda. Lunch en route. Drive to Fort Portal the capital town of Tooro kingdom which lies on the shadow of Rwenzori Mountains, the biggest mountain range in Africa. Dinner and overnight at Chimpanzee Forest Guest House.
Note: Today transfer is about 7 / 8 hours’ drive, through dirt road and the conditions are variable according to the rains.
Chimpanzee Forest Guesthouse |
Mid-range guest house located just outside Kibale NP
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Day5 - 6
After breakfast, you will have a nature walk in Kibaale Forest National Park for experiencing the rain tropical forest where you will encounter the chimpanzees in their natural environment. Other primates you might see include black and white colobus, red tailed monkey and velvet monkey. After lunch, you will be transferred to Queen Elizabeth National Park. Dinner and overnight at Park View Lodge.
Parkview Safari Lodge |
Mid-range lodge located just outside Queen Elizabeth NP
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Day6 - 7
After breakfast, take a game drive along the tracks of the national park, in the Northern sectors and towards Lake George and Kasenyi village in search for lions, elephants, buffaloes, spotted hyenas, water bucks, Uganda kobs, perhaps the leopard which is a rare sight. You will be able to enjoy unique landscapes and views of crater lakes and the Albertine Rift Valley, which make this area special and unforgettable. Lunch at the lodge. In the afternoon, take the most exciting safari by boat from Mweya peninsula along Kazinga channel, one of the most popular sites in Uganda for its concentration of wildlife, birds and opportunities for good photographs. You will see plenty of hippos, buffaloes and elephants while drinking from the channel. Dinner and overnight at Park View Lodge.
Parkview Safari Lodge |
Mid-range lodge located just outside Queen Elizabeth NP
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Day7 - 8
After breakfast, leave the Northern sector of Queen Elizabeth and proceed to the southern sector, Ishasha, a vast savannah between the rivers Ishasha and Ntungwe. After lunch, take a game drive in search for the “tree climbing lions” which are seen during the hot hours of the day, as they lie resting on top of Figs trees. See also herds of buffaloes, elephants, topi antelopes and more. Dinner and overnight at Enjojo Lodge.
Enjojo Lodge (Cottage) |
Mid-range lodge located in or near Ishasha
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Day8 - 9
After an early breakfast, we will do a morning game drive in search for the tree climbing lions and hyenas among other animals and later return to the otel for an early lunch and there after leave Queen Elizabeth and head southwards reaching Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park which is the home of the endangered mountain gorillas. Dinner and overnight at Bakiga Lodge.
Note: Today transfer can be long up to 7 hours and depends on roads conditions and place of allocation of gorilla permits. The choice of the area of the gorilla safari depends on the availability of permits.
Bakiga Lodge |
Budget lodge located just outside Bwindi NP
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Day9 - 10
In the morning you enter the rain tropical forest of Bwindi for gorilla tracking activity. The activity starts at am and you will follow the ranger guides in a group of maximum 8 people as you search for the habituated family of mountain gorillas, which was allocated according to the permits. Bwindi forest in Uganda has a population of about half the gorillas of the world population according to 2007 gorilla population surveys. It is unpredictable the time you will spend to encounter the gorillas. When you eventually meet these gigantic animals you have one hour with the gorillas observing and taking photographs. Don’t forget to take the packed lunch and water with you in the bag.
Dinner and overnight at Bakiga Lodge.
Bakiga Lodge |
Budget lodge located just outside Bwindi NP
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Day10 - 11
After breakfast, drive to Lake Bunyonyi near Kabale in the Kigezi region. Lunch at the lodge. In the afternoon you have a wonderful experience of nature with a guided canoe excursion along the Lake to explore and visit the local places. In the evening relax at the lodge, Dinner and overnight at Bird Nest Hotel.
BirdNest Resort |
Mid-range resort located in or near Lake Bunyonyi
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Day11 - 12
After breakfast, transfer to Lake Mburo National Park, the smallest National Park in Uganda. Lunch en route. As you enter, go for game drive in search for the beautiful impalas, elands, topi and many antelopes, buffaloes, zebras. Dinner and overnight at Rwakobo Rock.
Rwakobo Rock |
Mid-range lodge located just outside Lake Mburo NP
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Day12
After breakfast, game drive and proceed back to Entebbe. Lunch en route. Reserved for departure from Entebbe International airport.
No accommodation
Banks of the salt lake
African fish eagle
Vultures and kobs in front of the Ruwenzori Mountains
Ugandan kob at sunset
Tree-climbing lion asleep in a tree
Chimpanzee
Chimpanzee sitting in a tree
Mountain gorilla with baby in the forest
Mountain gorillas in the forest
Buffalo in Kazinga Channel
Great white pelicans, marabou stork and great cormorants
Common hippopotamus yawning in Lake Edward
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