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Jun–Sept, Dec–Feb
13 DAYS LUXURY WILDLIFE SAFARI UGANDA
Main Destinations
Murchison, Kibale, Queen, Bwindi, Lake Bunyonyi, Mburo
Type / Experience
- Classic Wildlife + Gorilla Safari
Arrival at Entebbe International Airport, where you are received by your safari guide and transferred to your hotel for rest and relaxation.
Early morning pick up from your place of stay in Kampala, and travel to Kidepo valley National park along Gulu- Kitgum- road to the north eastern part of Uganda. Check in to your booked accommodation on arrival.
Depending on the time of arrival, where you will standan opportunity to view beautiful sceneries of River Narus plus viewing a diversity of wild animals including, buffaloes, elephants, lions, hartebeests and klipspringer. Dinner and overnight at your lodge
Accommodation:Adere Safari Lodge.(FB)
Today, you go for an early morning game drive. Stand chances of seeing a number of fauna and flora. Return to the lodge for lunch. In the afternoon, you will set off for a cultural walk, getting a chance to meet the Karamajong people at Kapedo and Karema.
One of the cultural items that you will see are the ‘Kraals’-the grinding stones, and many more African crafts which are so amazing Return to the lodge for dinner. Dinner and overnight at the lodge.
Accommodation:Adere SafariLodge. (FB).
This will give the hidden beauty of the park. Wake early and have time to take a warm cup of tea before you head for a game drive through the park in search of game like, elands, antelopes, and a variety of bird species. After you will return to your lodge for breakfast and then head for a nature walk with an experienced guide as you walk to the salt lick area which offers a chance to see at least four different species of animals.
Accommodation:ApokaLodge(FB).
After breakfast, you will drive to Murchison Falls National Park. You will enjoy an en route game drive through the northern section of the park popularly known as Para where you will have chances of spotting many mammals and if luck strikes, big cats hunting. You will have an afternoon game drive as well.
Overnight in Murchison falls
Accommodation:Paraa SafariLodge(FB)
Be up for early breakfast at about 6.00am. The driver picks you up and along with a game ranger set out for the game drive by 7.00am. Early morning is a great time to catch the early risers, nocturnal and the hunters before returning to their hideouts.
River Nile divides the park into the southern and northern sections. The northern side. Has a higher concentration of game than the south. If your accommodation is on the southern side you will drive to the ferry crossing to get to the northern side. You explore the major game trails especially around Paraa and expect great wildlife sightings including giraffes, lions, elephants, spotted hyenas, warthogs, Uganda kobs, Jacksons Heart beasts, waterbucks, and leopards among others. At about 11am you return
After proceed to catch the 2.30pm Launch Cruise on River Nile (Victoria Nile). This is the biggest highlight of any Murchison Falls Safari (Optional).This relaxing ride of about 3 hours treats you to such beautiful wildlife sightings. There are lots of water animals like the hippos and Nile crocodiles. Lots of other animals come to the river to drink water, cool off the scorching heat and for others to eat fresh grass along the banks. Expect sightings of elephants, buffalos, antelopes and a cocktail of birds including among others kingfisher, herons, and fish eagles. The ride takes you to the base of the Murchison Falls for yet another angle to savor these lovely falls.
Return later at about 5.30pm and here you wait for evening game drive which will take you to look for Nocturnal across the Nile River and drive back to your lodge for dinner and overnight.
Accommodation:ParaaSafariLodge(FB)
Ziwa Rhino and Wildlife Ranch is the proud home of the only white rhinos in Uganda. Located in Nakasongola district, not only can you find rhinos, but a wide variety of bird species and other wildlife. The wildlife ranch has become a popular destination for tourists looking for adventure. We offer Rhino trekking, birding tours, nature hikes, night-time nature walks and a shoebill trek & canoe ride.
After tracking for the rhinos, we go back to Murchison, right on top of the falls, and then back to the lodge.
Accommodation: Paraa Safari Lodge (FB)
You shall have the hot air balloon activity in the morning before transfer to Kibale national Park.
Accommodation:Chimpundu SafariLodge(FB)
Park Assemble at Kanyankyu River camp at 06:30hours to go for the most popular activity in this park which is Chimpanzee tracking. Chimpanzees are man’s closet cousins though they are
One of the most threatened primate’s species. More primates like Black and white Columbus monkeys, L’Hoest Monkeys, Grey checked Mangabey, Red tailed monkeys, bush babies, pottos and many bird species like the yellow spotted nectar, ramped tinker bird, Little greenbul, green breasted pitta, the crowned eagle, black bee eater and mammals like Elephants can be seen in this walk.
Kibale National park, which averages about 3,300 feet in elevation, is an extension of the great rainforests of central Africa. It is inhabited by three large “communities” of chimps, each numbering more than 100 individuals. Each community has a complicated social structure. The big adult males dominate the group and defend the community territory against incursions by male outsiders; the females usually wander in small family groups.
After your lunch, we check out and start our drive to Fort Portal. We do a game drive in the northern part of the park, visiting the Crater lakes for its nice scenery, and good views of the shadows of the mountains of the moon – the Rwenzoris. Enjoy the drive back to the lodge through large expanses of savannah grasslands as you spot some wildlife.
After the tracking, you shall then be transferred to Queen Elizabeth National Park.
Accommodation:Mweya SafariLodge(FB)
Game drive to see lions, leopard, elephant, buffallo, etc
We set out early in the morning for a game drive in the northern part of the park on the Kasenyi Track in search of lions, elephants, solitary buffaloes. This is the best time for opportunities of viewing the cats in action owing to the vast population of Uganda Kobs. We have an excellent chance to view just about every animal here at very close range. In the afternoon we will go for a launch trip along the Kazinga Channel. This gives you the opportunity to view wildlife up close: hippo’s huff and spray at a mere feet away from the boat, buffalo linger in the shallows. The shores of the channel are also home to an array of birds including pink backed pelicans, pied and malachite kingfishers, saddle billed stork and many others even look out for the Mongoose overnight
Accommodation:MweyaSafariLodge(FB)
Mid-morning after breakfast we drive further south through stunning savannah grasslands as we head towards the breathtaking adventures of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park. Either (roads permitting) we will pass the southern sector of the park – Ishasha, a remote and beautiful extension of Queen Elizabeth National Park that is host to a large variety and volume of wildlife. (It is a fabulous site to see the lions draped from the trees and nowhere in Africa do you stand a better chance of seeing this than in the large low limbed fig tree of Ishasha sectors arrive late in the late evening. Overnight in
Accommodation:Gorilla Forest Camp(FB)
Today enjoy surely. After breakfast, proceed for the morning briefing before enjoying the highlight of the trip- Gorilla trekking, which may last the entire day. We trek through the rainforest and bamboo covered slopes, accompanied by a guide and trackers, in search of a mountain gorilla family. The walking can sometimes be tough and long, but when you catch a glimpse of the magnificent silverback, any discomforts will be quickly forgotten. When sighted, visitors will be guided to within 6 meters from the gorillas, sit around them for a whole hour while gazing into their big round eyes.
Gorilla trekking is unpredictable. It’s difficult to foresee how many hours you will hike. The gorilla excursion can take from 2 up to 8 hours. Expect to walk along distance in steep and
Muddy conditions, sometimes with rain overhead, before you encounter any gorillas. A good physical condition is recommended. For conservation purposes, time spent with the gorillas is limited to one hour. A ranger will brief you on how to behave with the gorillas.
While most of today’s forests are no more than 12,000 years old, Bwindi vegetation has been weaving itself into tangles over at least 25,000 years, in the process accumulating a lengthy Species list. This includes 310 species of butterfly, 51 reptiles, 200 trees, 88 moths and an exceptional 120 types of mammal including 10 primates. The latter includes
Chimpanzee,, L’hoests, red tailed and blue monkey, black and white colobus, baboon, and Bwindi mostfamous resident, the mountain gorilla. Bwindi is a prime destination for birdwatchers. Its 350 species include seven which are IUCN red data listed and 90% of all Albertine rift endemics, species which are difficult or impossible to see in any other part of East Africa Crested
Accommodation:Gorilla Forest Camp (FB)
Early breakfast before embarking on our return to Kampala, driving down the grassed and terraced escarpments of southwestern Uganda while taking in the breathtaking sights of the hills of the region dubbed ‘the little Switzerland of Africa’. This area is a highly fertile, mountainous region with steep sided hills covered from top to bottom in neatly terraced cultivated rows. Not to miss as we traverse Mbarara are the impressing long horn Ankole cattle. A remarkable highlight of this journey is the Equator line and surely you will cross it as we have a brief stop here. We will be in Kampala in the evening before for your flight back home.
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