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14 Days Wildlife and gorilla safari in Uganda

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Duration

14 days 13 nights

Tour Type

Daily Tour

Group Size

Unlimited

Languages

English

TOUR OVERVIEW

Our 14-day Best of Uganda wildlife and gorilla safari will take you through the best places in Uganda where you can go and enjoy the wildlife safaris as well as the primates in Uganda. The safaris will take you through the best national parks in Uganda, including the Lake Mburo National Park and the other seven national parks for you to enjoy the best Ugandan experience. You will enjoy the wildlife sightings, chimpanzee trekking in Kibale Forest National Park, and boat cruise safaris in Queen Elizabeth National Park as well as Murchison Falls National Park. You will have wonderful memories of our 14-day Uganda wildlife and gorilla safari as you unpack Uganda’s wildlife richness, including the several species of birds, the big five wild African mammals, and other tourist activities, including the guided national park walks, among others.

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TOUR HIGHLIGHTS

  • Game drive safaris.
  • Experience with tracking gorillas
  • Chimpanzee trekking
  • Cultural tours
  • Safaris by boat into
  • Wildlife sightings

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Day 1: Our 14-day Uganda wildlife and gorilla safari begin with a drive to Lake Mburo National Park
 Day 1: Our 14-day Uganda wildlife and gorilla safari begin with a drive to Lake Mburo National Park

You will depart from your hotel in Kampala or at Entebbe international airport and drive from western Uganda to Lake Mburo National Park, passing through the equator at Kayabwe for a photo moment and continuing to the park. It takes approximately 4:30 minutes to drive from Kampala to Lake Mburo National Park. After lunch, you will go on a boat cruise on Lake Mburo, where you will see many animal species, such as buffaloes, hippos, and bird species such as kingfishers and hammerkops. A boat cruise will last for 2 hours, after which you will return to your lodge. If you still have enough time, you can go for some sports fishing or horseback riding before you return to the lodge for dinner and an overnight stay.

Day 2: Spend the entire day exploring Lake Mburo National Park
Day 2: Spend the entire day exploring Lake Mburo National Park

In the morning, you will wake up and go for the morning game drive together with your safari guide after having breakfast at your lodge. You should get up early in the morning so you can see the predators chasing their prey. Expect to see zebras, elands, buffaloes, impalas, and a variety of bird species. Our guides are professional and they will serve you everything that you need, so please feel free to ask for anything that you would like to have and enjoy during your game drive safari. After spending over 4 hours on the game drive, you will now return to the lodge for relaxation, have lunch, and, after lunch, you will, together with the ranger guide, head for the wide observation platforms where you will observe the place where animals come and lick salt. This is called the salt lick area. You can also decide to do the quad biking, and later you will head back to the lodge for dinner and an overnight stay.

Day 3: From Lake Mburo to Queen Elizabeth National Park
Day 3: From Lake Mburo to Queen Elizabeth National Park

After having breakfast in the morning at around 9 am, together with your driver, you will leave Lake Mburo National Park and drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park in the Kasese district. Here you will check into your lodge and then prepare for the evening adventure drive around the Ishasha, where you will be able to see some of the animals such as the warthogs, the African-capped buffaloes, elephants, baboons, and others. Later, you will return to your lodge for dinner and an overnight stay.

Day 4: Kazinga game drive followed by a boat cruise
Day 4: Kazinga game drive followed by a boat cruise

The highlight of Queen Elizabeth National Park safaris is the boat cruise at Kazinga Chanel. If you're lucky, you'll catch a glimpse of the lions and leopards while they're out hunting their favorite prey, the Uganda kob. The morning game drive will last for about 4 hours, and later you will drive to your lodge, have lunch, and drive to the Kazinga channel for the evening boat cruise. The Kazinga channel will last for 2 hours. On the whole, it's very adventurous as you will see a lot of animals and bird species. The Verreaux eagle, the owl, the African skimmer, the black ramped flycatcher, the martial eagle, and other animals, such as huge crocodiles, buffaloes, elephants, and hippopotamuses, are all favorites of birds. After that, you will return to your lodge and have an evening cultural experience of the Katwe salt lakes and communities before returning to the lodge for a meal and overnight stay.

Day 5: Explore Queen Elizabeth National Park before moving on to Kibale Forest National Park.
Day 5: Explore Queen Elizabeth National Park before moving on to Kibale Forest National Park.

After breakfast, participate in a morning of hiking and guided nature walks in Queen Elizabeth National Park. This is one method of exploring Queen Elizabeth National Park's sights and untamed life. You'll have the choice of hiking in the paradise of Maramagambo forest, the Mweya Peninsular with its spectacular views, or the Ishasha River, where you may have an extraordinary chance of getting close to the hippos by strolling or walking. Later, you will return to the lodge, where you will enjoy a delicious lunch. After lunch, enjoy a social experience with Kikorongo Equator social entertainers, a traditional Banyaraguru hovel, or a farming village, all supervised by a genuine local guide. Return to your lodge for dinner and an overnight stay.

Day 6: Kibale Forest National Park to Queen Elizabeth National Park
Day 6: Kibale Forest National Park to Queen Elizabeth National Park

After breakfast, you will wake up and join your safari guide and drive to the park for the last game drive. After this last game drive, you will check out of your lodge and drive northeast of Queen Elizabeth National Park to Kibale Forest National Park. You will arrive in the afternoon, where you will have lunch, and after that, you will enjoy the cultural performances before you get served dinner and an overnight stay

Day 7: Chimpanzee trekking in Kibale Forest National Park
Day 7: Chimpanzee trekking in Kibale Forest National Park

In the morning, wake up and have the early morning breakfast, then drive to the Kanyanchu visitor information center where you will receive the guidelines for the chimpanzee trek. After that, you will be led by the guide on the chimpanzee trekking safari adventure. As you are searching for the chimpanzees, keep an eye on other animals that you might see along the trail and, of course, the bird species. Other than chimpanzees, you'll be able to see other primates such as blue monkeys and red monkeys. The guide will share with you the experience of the chimpanzees and explain to you all the information about the flora and fauna found within the forest. You will have one hour of seeing chimpanzees and taking all the pictures that you want, and afterward, lunch will be served at the lodge. After lunch, relax at the lodge or take a guided walk through the Bigodi Wetland Sanctuary, which is an optional activity. With 138 bird species, the wetland is also home to eight primate species, including black and white colobus monkeys, grey-cheeked mangabeys, red-tailed, L'Hoest, blue monkeys, and olive baboons. The wetland is also home to bushbucks and mongooses. Return to the lodge for dinner and a restful night's sleep.

Day 8: Exploring Fortportal Tourism City
Day 8: Exploring Fortportal Tourism City

Breakfast at around 9 a.m., then check out of your lodge and drive to Fort portal Tourism city, arriving at midday for lunch and then visiting the Toro Kingdom Palace, which overlooks the Fort portal Kasese highway. You will be welcomed by the guide at the kingdom, who will take you through the culture of the Batooro people and teach you more about the local people here as well as their way of life. You will also land on the Sir Gerald Portal Statue, which is located in the heart of Fort portal City, before returning to your lodge for the night.

Day 9: Drive to Murchison Falls National Park
Day 9: Drive to Murchison Falls National Park

Today, you will wake up early in the morning, have breakfast, and later start the journey to Murchison Falls National Park, passing through Masindi and Hoima Town. You will have lunch in Masindi town, and after that, you will drive and check into your booked lodge in Murchison Falls National Park for dinner and overnight stay.

Day 10: Early morning game drives and an evening boat cruise.
Day 10: Early morning game drives and an evening boat cruise.

You will wake up early in the morning and have breakfast prepared by the staff at the lodge, and later you will drive to the Buligi area, where you will see a lot of lions, giraffes, elephants, buffaloes, among others. This is the area with an abundance of interesting features for the game drive safaris. After the game drive, you will drive back to the lodge, have lunch, and later have the boat cruise that is conducted on the river Nile. On the way to the Mighty Waterfall, cruise through big hippo pods, crocodiles, bathing buffaloes, and other aquatic birds that line the north bank. Dinner and a night's stay are included.

Day 11: Rhino tracking at Ziwa
Day 11: Rhino tracking at Ziwa

In the morning, after having breakfast, you will hike to the top of the falls in the northern sector of the Murchison Falls National Park to have endless and stunning views of the Murchison falls. See how the river Nile forces itself through the narrow gorge, creating the outstanding Murchison Falls. We'll stop here to take photos of the lovely landscape of the heavy waterfalls before continuing to the Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary in Nakasongola, the proud home of wild rhinos and the only site in the world where you may see them. We will enjoy a guided rhino trekking experience as well as bird watching at the sanctuary, which has over 250 bird species, including Abdim's stork, Blue-spotted dove, booted eagle, African black crake, Bronze maikini, and Brown parrot. After these explorations, we will have lunch at the Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary Restaurant and then depart for Jinja. We'll arrive in Jinja in the evening, settle in, eat supper, and explore Jinja's nightlife before having an overnight stay.

Day 12: White water rafting in Jinja
Day 12: White water rafting in Jinja

Today is the day for you to enjoy the white-water rafting in Jinja, and you will start this adventure experience in the morning after having breakfast. Because this adventure is quite long, you should bring enough packed lunch for this safari. You will go rafting for about 20 kilos, and this will take approximately 9 hours. The adventure starts at Bujagali falls and goes up to Itanda Falls. After this stunning adventure, you will relax and drive to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay as you wait for the next morning's activity.

Day 13: Kayaking or boat cruise experience on the Nile
Day 13: Kayaking or boat cruise experience on the Nile

Breakfast will be served at around 9:00 a.m. and then depart for a pleasant Nile Nile kayaking or boat ride experience while viewing the abundant birds in the region. After that, there will be a thrilling and breath-taking bungee leap at Itanda Falls. After that, you will be transported back to the hotel for lunch and check out before departing for Kampala City, where you will have supper and spend the night.

Day 14: Kampala City Tour and Safari End
Day 14: Kampala City Tour and Safari End

You will wake up early in the morning and have morning warm tea and accompaniment before driving to Kampala for a city tour before returning home. Right off the bat, with the turbulent and beautiful Nakasero market that is situated on the lower part of the slope of a similar name. The market has some expertise in new foods grown from the ground, which can be gotten at the least expensive cost for fuel for the remainder of your day. Continue to visit different recorded destinations, beginning with the autonomy landmark in Nakasero. This shows the servitude of expansionism that Uganda was going through before achieving her freedom in 1962.
After that, you'll proceed to the Kampala Mosque in Old Kampala. With its bewitching engineering style, this is thought to be Uganda's major skyscraper mosque, since it provides a decent, all-encompassing view of Kampala city. Visit Makerere University, East Africa's oldest university, which is known for its historical foundations, research, and architecture. This will be followed by a visit to the Uganda Museum, which houses a diverse collection of handicrafts and curios that provide insight into the country's complex socioeconomic history. After lunch, travel a short distance to the Bahai Temple, the Bahai faith's main temple in Africa. Return to Kampala and see the Lubiri Palace, where the tyrant Idi Amin previously held, tortured, and executed a large number of people. The serious experience provides an enticing contrast to Kampala's prevailing upbeat thinking. Finally, there's the secretive ruler's (Kabaka's) lake, Uganda's largest man-made lake. From that point on land, to the lodging, apartment, or airport, you will have a sunset boat ride.

Included/Excluded

  • Game drives and boat rides in Queen Elizabeth, Lake Mburo, and Murchison Falls National Parks.
  • Permit for Chimpanzee Trekking in Kibale Forest
  • White Water Rafting
  • Transportation
  • Entrance fees to parks
  • Accommodation for the 13 nights.
  • Mineral water for the whole trip
  • Safaris with excellent safari guides
  • Insurance
  • International travel tickets
  • Laundry

Durations

14 days 13 nights

Languages

English

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