This package will enable you to tour Uganda’s most spectacular national parks. This tour includes rhino trekking in Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary, and other African big game such as lions, buffalos, leopards, and hippos among others and birds on a game drive and a boat cruise in Murchison Falls which is also a home for the world’s most powerful waterfall. Chimpanzee trek in Kyambura Gorge, gorilla trek in Bwindi and end at Lake Bunyonyi. Then on the last day you will be transferred to the airport.
Day 1: Transfer to Murchison Falls National Park via Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary
After breakfast early morning, the driver-guide will pick you up from your hotel or airport and brief you about the trip before heading out to Murchison Falls which is in the northern part of Uganda. Along the way, you will make a stop at the Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary. Here you will go for a trek around the sanctuary on foot, you’ll have a complete feel of the African Big Five mammals, as it is the rhinos, out of the Big Five that are missing in Murchison Falls National Park. You will have lunch at the sanctuary and embark on an exciting road trip to Murchison Falls, arriving in the evening. After checking in at the lodge, your safari guide will lead you for a short game drive in Murchison Falls National Park on the lookout for the like lions, hyenas, and leopards among others. Proceed back to the lodge for dinner overnight stay.
Main Destination: Murchison Falls National Park
Accommodation: Pakuba Safari Lodge
Meals & Drinks: Lunch & dinner (Breakfast not included)
Day 2: Game Drive and Boat Cruise
After breakfast in the morning, you will go for a game drive to the northern bank in search of animals like lions, giraffes, oribis, elephants, Jackson’s hartebeests, Uganda kobs, and buffaloes among other animals and bird species. You will then return to the lodge in time for lunch and relax preparing for yet an exciting activity in the afternoon. After lunch, transfer for a 3-hour boat ride on the Nile River to the bottom of the falls. Here you will have the opportunity to view animals such as crocodiles, and hippos, in the water and some on the river banks. Buffaloes, waterbucks, and elephants are often seen on the river bank grazing and drinking water. Return to your lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
Main Destination: Murchison Falls National Park
Accommodation: Pakuba Safari Lodge
Meals & Drinks: All meals included
Day 3: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park
On this day, depart for Queen Elizabeth National Park. You will have lunch en route. This exciting road trip will transverse you through African villages with green-covered hills, tea plantations, banana plantations, and African homesteads. You will arrive at the lodge late in the evening. You may do an evening game drive if time allows.
Main Destination: Queen Elizabeth National Park
Accommodation: Elephant Hab Lodge
Meals & Drinks: All meals included
Day 4: Chimpanzee Tracking and Boat Cruise
Have an early morning breakfast then go for a morning Chimpanzees trekking in Kyambura Gorge, you will be briefed about the dos and don’ts of Chimpanzees trekking and then embark on the forest hike, here you will have a chance to see chimpanzees in their natural habitat.
In the afternoon, you will partake in a launch cruise along the Kazinga Channel. You will appreciate the high scores of elephants, hippos, buffalos, and crocodiles. Several bird species will also be seen including the rare shoe bill.
Main Destination: Queen Elizabeth National Park
Accommodation: Elephant Hab Lodge
Meals & Drinks: All meals included
Day 5: Transfer to Bwindi through the Ishasha Sector
You’ll transfer through the Ishasha Sector of Queen Elizabeth National Park on the way to Bwindi, this area is known for its tree-climbing lions. In Ishasha, we will drive off in this adventurous vast savannah area with topis and African elephants and you’ll hopefully get the lions high in the fig tree branches. You will have lunch in Ishasha and continue with the transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. Here you will experience a change in the landscape from flat savanna, via cultivated hills to jungle-covered mountains.
Main Destination: Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Accommodation: Gorilla Mist Camp
Meals & Drinks: All meals included
Day 6: Gorilla Trekking and Transfer to Lake Bunyonyi
Have an early morning breakfast and have a short drive to the briefing point. Enjoy the biggest highlight of this tour, Gorilla trekking may last for about 3 to 6 hours depending on the gorilla family you’re assigned to visit. You will trek through the rainforest and bamboo-covered slopes, escorted by the ranger guide and other guest trackers, on the lookout for the mountain gorillas.
The trekking can sometimes be hard and long, but as soon as you catch a glimpse of the beautiful silverback, any discomforts will be forgotten. As a result of the nature of the activity, you will eat packed lunch in the forest. Later retire to the lodge for relaxation. In afternoon, you will transfer to Lake Bunyonyi for your dinner and overnight stay. You will have an optional activity of canoeing on the lake.
Main Destination: Lake Bunyonyi
Accommodation: Lake Bunyonyi Eco Resort
Meals & Drinks: All meals included
Day 7: Transfer to Entebbe Airport via the Equator Line
After breakfast, you will embark on the journey to the airport with a stopover along the way for lunch and at the Equator to take photographs and purchase some souvenirs. After your lunch, you will continue to Entebbe International Airport.
Main Destination: Entebbe International Airport
Accommodation: No accommodation
Meals & Drinks: Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included)
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