Itinerary
Highlights
- Murchison Falls – In the southeast part of the park, the Rabongo Forest houses several chimpanzees and other rainforest creatures. The waterbirds of this area are especially spectacular, including the wild population of the rare shoebill stork.
- Kibale National Park – Kibale offers a tropical rainforest teeming with unique flora and wildlife, including over 1,000 habituated chimpanzees. Several other primate species can be found here, including the blue monkey, L’Hoest’s Monkey, red-tailed monkey, olive baboon, black, white, and red colobus, and white-cheeked mangabey.
- Queen Elizabeth National Park – This beautiful game reserve boasts one of the world’s highest biodiversity ratings, and offers rainforests, swamps, crater lakes, and a lush savannah that is home to nearly 100 mammal species and almost 600 species of birds.
- Bwindi Forest National Park – Known as a biodiverse, mountainous area in south-west Uganda. Bwindi Forest National Park is home to many of the world’s remaining mountain gorillas, who feed on roots, leaves and fruits from the park’s many tree and fern species.
- Lake Mburo National Park – Given that it is centred on a series of swamp-fringed lakes, the park is teeming with 310 recorded bird species, including 60 specialist water birds.
Day 1
Arrival Entebbe
The Boma or Best Western Premier Hotel.Meet and Greet at the Airport, transfer to your hotel. The Boma or Best Western Premier Hotel.
Day 2
Entebbe to Murchison
Paraa Safari Lodge , Full boardYou will be met and collected from your hotel in Entebbe and driven to Murchison Falls. Visit the Ziwa Rhino and Wildlife Ranch en route, which has the honour of hosting the only wild rhinos in Uganda. Presently the sanctuary is home to nineteen southern white rhinos. The ranch has become increasingly popular with tourists for rhino trekking, bird watching, nature walks and relaxation. We will enjoy a picnic lunch before continuing the drive to the spectacular Murchison Falls, located within one of Uganda’s oldest conservation areas. Excluding the stop, the journey will take approximately 7-8 hours. Murchison National Park is suited in the northern part of Albertine Rift Valley, where the massive Bunyoro escarpment amalgamates into the enormous plains of land traditionally inhabited by the Acholi people. Paraa Safari Lodge , Full board
Day 3
Murchison Falls National Park
Paraa Safari Lodge, Full boardAfter an early breakfast, you will be taken on a morning game drive in Murchison Falls National Park in search of wildlife such as elephant, buffalo, giraffe, hartebeest and oribi. Continue to the launch site for a boat ride combined with a cheese and wine cruise. A highlight of any visit to Murchison Falls Conservation Area is the launch trip to view the magnificent Murchison Falls. The scheduled boat trip normally departs in the morning and afternoon. Hippos and crocodiles are abundant and you will see plenty of game and bird life. The voyage takes about three hours. Return to the lodge for lunch, followed by an evening game drive. Paraa Safari Lodge, Full board
Day 4
Murchison Falls National Park
Hoima Cultural Lodge, DinnerEmbark on an early morning game drive after breakfast. Drive through the scenic Buligi area west of Paraa to the Delta Point (where the Victoria Nile passes through the Northern tip of Lake Albert to become the Albert Nile), where you can expect to see elephant, buffalo, giraffe, Jackson’s hartebeest and oribi. With luck, lion and perhaps even a leopard may be sighted. A visit to the Top of the Falls can be included. In the afternoon you will drive via the Albertine Escarpment of the western Rift Valley on Masindi-Hoima-Fort portal road. This will be a fairly long drive south to Hoima. Hoima Cultural Lodge, Dinner
Day 5
Kibale National Park
Primate Lodge, DinnerAfter an early breakfast, you will depart for Kibale National Park via Fort Portal, passing through verdant countryside and traditional homesteads and farms. Picnic lunch will be provided. Kibale National Park contains one of the loveliest and most varied tracts of tropical forest in Uganda. Forest cover, interspersed with patches of grassland and swamp, dominates the northern and central parts of the park on an elevated plateau. In the afternoon you will go for a guided walk in Bigodi Swamp to look for different bird species like the Shining Blue Kingfisher, Blue Throated Roller and other rare specifies and also find the fruiting trees, which attract Narina Trogon, Pied Hornbill, Yellow Spotted, HairBreasted and Yellow-Billed Barbets. Primate Lodge, Dinner
Day 6
Queen Elizabeth National Park
Park View Safari lodge, DinnerAfter an early breakfast, you will be met and taken to the Visitor Centre for a short briefing and start of your Kibale Chimp trekking experience. In the afternoon transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park. This National Park is understandably Uganda’s most popular tourist destination. The Park has diverse ecosystems, which include sprawling savanna, shady, humid forests, sparkling lakes and fertile wetlands. Park View Safari lodge, Dinner
Day 7
Queen Elizabeth National Park
Park View Safari Lodge, DinnerAfter breakfast enjoy a morning game drive. In the afternoon embark on a Kazinga Channel Boat Cruise. Park View Safari Lodge, Dinner
Day 8
Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park
Mahogany Lodge, DinnerAfter breakfast, enjoy game viewing via Ishasha to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park (the drive is approximately 4 – 5 hours). Afternoon at leisure or enjoy one of the various optional activities available in the area (time permitting). Mahogany Lodge, Dinner
Day 9
Gorilla Trekking - Bwindi
Mahogany Lodge, DinnerAfter an early breakfast, you will be taken to the Park Headquarters for a short briefing after which you will enter the forest and start your Gorilla trek (please note that a drive may be required to your trekking starting point). The trekking can be quite strenuous, so a good walking fitness is essential! Mahogany Lodge, Dinner
Day 10
Lake Mburo National Park
Mihingo Lodge, DinnerAfter breakfast, you will depart Bwindi and drive to Lake Mburo National Park (approximately 4-5 hours’ drive). Enjoy a late afternoon boat cruise. Mihingo Lodge, Dinner
Day 11
Lake Mburo National Park to Entebbe - Kampala
Mihingo Lodge, DinnerAfter breakfast, you will depart Lake Mburo and drive to Kampala/Entebbe. Time permitting you can stop for curio shopping and a photo opportunity at the Equator (approximately a 5-6 hour drive).
