11 Days Best of Uganda Nature Safari
Overview
Uganda offers an incredible variety of wildlife, landscapes, and cultural experiences, book this itinerary today to enhance your experience. This 7-day itinerary combines the best of Uganda's natural beauty and wildlife, using helicopters for seamless travel and Razor cars for game drives, ensuring maximum comfort and adventure.
Itinerary
Upon your arrival at the airport, you will be met by our representative who will then transfer you to your hotel in Kampala.
Overnight: Munyonyo Commonwealth Hotel
Meal Plan: Full board
Pick up from your residence in Luwero to start your journey to Murchison Falls. En-route the journey you will stop at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary 180 km from Kampala for Rhino tracking. Here, you will have a wonderful experience tracking the southern white rhinos. After this experience you will head to Kabalega Dinners where you will have a lunch break. Proceed through Masindi to reach the stunning Murchison falls national park through Budongo forest. Enjoy the sunset as you rest and prepare for dinner at the lodge.
Overnight: Paraa Safari Lodge
Meals: Full board
After an early breakfast at the lodge, you will head out for an extensive game drive in the Buligi Tracks. Wildlife species often seen include giraffes, Ugandan Kob, oribi, waterbucks, hartebeest, sitatunga, bushbuck, warthogs, bush pig, lion leopard, mongoose, genet, hyena, jackal, and bat eared fox. After lunch, a three-hour boat trip along the Nile gives you the chance to see Murchison Falls from below. Hippos, crocodiles, antelopes, and aquatic birds can be seen along the shores of the river. Return to the lodge to lounge by the swimming pool and dinner.
Overnight: Paraa Safari Lodge
Meals: Full board
Have breakfast and drive to Fort Portal. We will stop at the Top of the Falls to view the marvelous falls before proceeding with our journey south. You reach the colorful and pretty town of Fort Portal, the capital of the Tooro kingdom, in the shadow of the fabled “Mountains of the Moon,” the Rwenzori. This lively town is the base for activities around Kibale Forest National Park. The national park offers one of the most varied tracts of tropical forest in Uganda, 70 mammal species and 13 primate species. The drive takes 6 hours. After lunch we will take a walk to the Bigodi wetland which shelters over 200 species of birds including Hornbills, Turacos, Parrots, Cranes, Kingfishers and many more swamp endemics. The sanctuary is the home of 8 species of primates, including the Black and White Colobus, Red Colobus, Red Tailed Monkey, Grey Cheeked Mangabey, Olive Baboon, L’hoest Monkey, Vervet Monkey and the Blue Monkey.
Overnight: Tabebuia Resort
Meal: Full Board
Moring departure for Kibale National Park also known as the primate capital of the world for a full day chimpanzee habituation experience. Together with a team of researchers, you will follow the chimpanzees in the jungle as they feed, play, groom and go on with their day-to-day activities. The guide will provide detailed explanations on not only primates, but also on all the forest’s fauna and flora.
Overnight: Tabebuia Resort
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
After breakfast, we will start our journey south towards Queen Elizabeth National Park (3hours drive). QENP harbors a diverse eco-system with a lovely savanna, fertile wetlands making it home for the big game, 10 primate species and a large number of bird species. We will visit the crater lakes in Kasende and proceed to the lodge for lunch. In the afternoon head for a unique 2hour boat cruise on the Kazinga Channel and into Lake Edward. This trip passes through possibly the highest concentration of hippos and many animals may be seen drinking at the water's edge. This launch cruise offers an excellent platform for photography, bird watching and game viewing. The prolific bird life is colorful and stupendous with well over 550 resident species.
Overnight: Mweya Safari Lodge
Meal: Full Board
Have a very early breakfast and then go for a morning game drive in the Kasenyi sector to catch-up with the early risers and predators returning to their hideouts. You will most likely meet grazing Hippos, Elephants, and Lions, spotted Hyenas, bush buck, water buck, stripped jackal, comical warthogs and the elusive leopard. Drive further south along the deep and wide dry craters that are occupied by savanna grasses and acacia trees. The drive takes you through the unique western rift valley escarpment and the (southern part of Queen Elizabeth National Park) Ishasha sector. Lunch break then take on yet another game drive in search of tree climbing lions.
Overnight: Enjojo Lodge
Meal: Full Board
Early morning game drive on a search for the rare tree climbing lions which you can see only in this area of Uganda. Here lives a population of lions which enjoy resting on the fig trees when the
day is warm. The landscape is an open savannah with a variety of acacia trees. After the game drive we will start our drive to the famous Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, the home to the mountain gorillas. Lunch en route.
Overnight: Four Gorillas Lodge
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Early morning transfer to the park headquarters for briefing before you enter into the gorilla sanctuary of Bwindi Forest. The rainforest is spectacular as it offers a dramatic, heavily forested and dense landscape crisscrossed by numerous animal trails, allowing access for tourists. This park is best known for the fascinating mountains gorillas, where the time taken and terrain varies according to the movements of these marvelous primates. The thrill of spending time with and observing the gorillas is a rare, moving, awesome and exciting adventure. The gorillas are shy and peaceful animals and it is an unforgettable experience to watch and photograph them as they interact with each other.
Overnight: Four Gorillas Lodge
Meal: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
After breakfast, we will start our drive to Lake Mburo National Park. Lake Mburo National Park is a very special place; every part of it is alive with variety, interest and color. It contains an extensive wetland. You are likely to see elands, impalas, waterbucks, warthogs, Topis and zebras. In the late evening, we will head out for evening game drive in the park.
Overnight: Mihingo Lodge
Meal: Full Board
After breakfast, we will start out with a guided nature walk in the park. You will be accompanied by ranger escorts during the walk. There is a chance you will encounter hyenas, hippos, Zebra, Topis, giraffes, buffaloes, birds and butterflies. Thereafter transfer to Entebbe in time for your flight back home.