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14 days 13 nights
Daily Tour
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Our 14-day Uganda Wildlife Safari will begin with a safari to Murchison Falls National Park, which is the most visited national park in Uganda due to its scenic beauty and wonderful attractions that it offers to tourists. Its main tourist attractions include the river Nile, forming the Murchison falls, from which the park gets its name, and then the wildlife species. The hike to the falls will give you a spectacular and memorable safari experience, which makes the park so adventurous for visitors to explore. From Here, you will head to Kibale. The Kibale national park is the world’s primate capital with more than 13 primate species, and you can see the habituated primate, making the safari so interesting. There are other primates in the forest, including the red colobus monkeys, red-tailed monkeys, and natural species. Don’t miss the tree-climbing lions in Queen Elizabeth National Park, as well as the clear views of the species from a boat cruise on Kazinga Chanel, which connects Lake Edward and Lake Gorge. Our 14-day Uganda Wildlife Safaris will further lead you to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park with more than half of the gorillas, and this will give you the experience of encountering the gorillas in their wildness. We shall end with the Lake Mburo National Park on our return to Kampala. The safari starts and ends in Kampala.
This Wildlife safari begins with the pickup by our safari guide from Entebbe internal airport, who will welcome you and transfer you to your hotel after he has briefly briefed you about the safari. Lodging options may include Serena Hotel, Fairway hotel, Arcadia Cottages, and Speke Resort Hotel, with meals served on a full-board basis.
The safari journey from Kampala to Murchison Falls National Park is about four to five hours, and thus you will start this journey after having breakfast in the morning. As you move to Murchison Falls National Park, you will pass through Ziwa for the rhino tracking and then continue to Masindi where you will have lunch before continuing to Murchison Falls National Park to check into your lodge for dinner and an evening stay. The booked lodges will include the Fort Murchison, Paraa Safari Lodge, and Murchison River Lodge, among others.
A game drive was conducted early in the Murchison Falls National Park. Starting early in the morning after breakfast, with incredible sightings of the different animals such as the giraffes, buffaloes, lions, shy sitatunga, hartebeest, bush duiker, Uganda kob, leopards, lions, hyenas, and primates such as the chimpanzees and olive baboons, among others. Along the Nile's banks, you'll see crocodiles and hippos. The goliath heron, Egyptian geese, pelicans, bee-eaters, kingfishers, hornbills, cormorants, saddle-bill storks, and the uncommon shoebill stork are some of the more common birds that can be spotted. You'll return to your lodge for a late breakfast and some rest before departing in the afternoon for a boat cruise to the base of the falls on the Victoria Nile. You'll see hippos, crocodiles, waterbuck, and a variety of birds, including the uncommon shoebill stork, along the way. The boat comes to a halt just a few meters from the "Devil's Cauldron" so that photos of the stunning and majestic Murchison Falls can be shot. The booked lodges will include the Fort Murchison, Paraa Safari Lodge, and Murchison River Lodge, among others.
In the morning, after having breakfast, you will hike up to the top of the Murchison Falls National Park and have a clear view of the river passing through the narrow gorge, which is about seven meters high, resulting in the waterfall. After that, you will depart the park and drive for about 7 hours to Kibale Forest National Park as you pass through the clear and fantastic trading centers with the local people doing their business. You will go and check into your lodge at Ndali, primate, Kibale forest camp, or Ruwenzori travelers' lodge, with meals served on a full board basis.
Have breakfast early in the morning and later drive to the park headquarters for breakfast. You should arrive at around 8 am to give you the rules for trekking chimpanzees while walking within the forest. You will last for approximately one and a half days as you trek to the gorillas. As you are moving and watching side by side in the forest, you will be able to see other primates such as the red-colobus and blue-tailed monkeys, as well as the cheeked mangabeys, which can be seen hiking through and jumping from one tree to another. To ensure that the trip is not only entertaining but also educational, your guide will provide you with fascinating briefings on the lifestyles of the monkeys you will encounter, as well as on the flora, insects, and butterflies found in this forest. In the afternoon, you will go on a guided nature walk at the Bigodi Wetland Sanctuary. The sanctuary provides excellent birding and natural trails. Aside from bird watching, Bigodi village includes a rich cultural heritage site where visitors may mingle with the locals and learn about African lifestyles and entertainment. Lodging options may include Chimpanzee forest guest house; Ruwenzori travelers; Ndali Lodge; and Kyaninga, with meals served on a full board basis.
In the morning, after early morning breakfast, you will check out of your lodge and embark on the journey to Queen Elizabeth National Park with a visit to the Tooro Kingdom Palace, where you will learn more about the culture of the Batooro, before you head to Queen Elizabeth National Park, passing through several craters and views of the famous mountain Ruwenzori, to arrive at your lodge in Queen Elizabeth National Park. The lodging options include Mweya Safari Lodge, Bush Lodge, Kazinga Channel View Lodge, Engazi Lodge, and Katara Lodge, with the meals served on full board.
You will wake up in the morning, have breakfast, and later drive to the game drive safari in Kasenyi, where you will be able to see lions, buffaloes, elephants, leopards, topis, waterbucks, and giant forest hogs. After this game drive safari, you will later go for a boat cruise on the Kazinga channel, where you will see all of the hippos and see the alloy of the animals as they see you, and this offers the visitors a great safari experience and great reading opportunities. Later, you will return to the lodge for dinner and an overnight stay. Lodging options may include Katara Lodge, Bush Lodge, Kazinga Channel View Lodge, Mweya Safari Lodge, and Samba Safari Camp, with meals served on a full board basis.
After having breakfast, you will check out of your lodge and pass through the Ishaha sector to see the tree-climbing lions. You will also continue to the southern part of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park as you pass through the best bamboo forest and enjoy the great views of the landscapes and the safari experience. You will arrive late in the evening and check into your booked lodge: Mahogany Springs Lodge, Gorilla Resort Bwindi, Buhoma community rest camp, or Gorilla Valley Lodge with meals served on full board.
Get up early and eat breakfast before being driven to the park headquarters for a briefing by the guide on gorilla tracking in Bwindi Forest National Park. You may need to pack lunch because the time spent in the forest is not known as seeing the gorillas depends on their movement and the physical fitness of the people tracking them. It is exciting and thrilling to spend some time with these gorillas. Once you have spotted them, you will be allowed only one hour to interact with them, take photos, and ask any questions you want to know. Please make sure that you do all of these while standing at a 7-meter distance. After that, you will return to the lodge for relaxation and, later, go for an evening cultural walk with the local community before returning to the lodge for an overnight stay. Lodging options may include Mahogany Lodge, Arcadia Cottages, Gorilla Resort Bwindi, Buhoma Community Rest Camp, and Gorilla Valley Lodge, with meals served on a full board basis.
You can use this day to unwind and unwind—reminisce about your previous gorilla encounters, swap experiences, and so on. After early morning breakfast, head to the park headquarters to meet up with fellow trackers at 7:45 a.m. for training on gorilla trekking rules. You will journey with your guides through dense creepers and foliage in search of the gorillas, which can take anywhere from 2 to 8 hours depending on the gorillas' location in the impenetrable jungle. You'll enjoy an hour with these clever, majestic, and peaceful giants who share more than 90% of their genetic makeup with humans. This is a wonderful encounter that you will never see anywhere other than Uganda.
You will enjoy breakfast early in the morning and head out to Lake Mburo National Park, located on a progression of a swamp bordered by lakes wealthy in birdlife, while its green acacia forest harbors natural life like the Zebra, warthog, Elands, Impala, among others. En route, you will visit the Igongo Cultural Center for lunch and find out about the exceptional history and culture of the Ankole individuals who take pride in keeping cows. You will be blessed to receive some Best of Uganda Wildlife Safari customary moves at this middle point, after which you will be headed to the hotel of your choice for dinner and overnight stay. The lodging options include Mihingo Lodge, Eagles Nest Camp, Lake Mburo Safari Lodge, and Arcadia Cottages, among others.
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. 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. The lodging options include Mihingo Lodge, Eagles Nest Camp, Lake Mburo Safari Lodge, and Arcadia Cottages, among others.
You'll leave after breakfast for Kampala. You'll make a pit stop at the Equator, where you'll be able to stand in both hemispheres at the same time and take photos. This trip will take 6-7 hours in total, with arrival in Kampala in the late afternoon. Dinner and lodging will be at the hotel that you reserved through us.
Wake up early in the morning and have breakfast, then go for the boat cruise on Lake Victoria to take you to Ngamba Island. The boat cruise here will be for one hour and you will get to the sanctuary and spend time with the chimpanzees as you learn how they feed and see all the activities that they do. After that, you'll go on a nature walk with the juvenile chimps on the island before cruising back to Entebbe. At the end of this safari, you will either be transferred to the airport for your planned trip back home or to the hotel of your choice for dinner and overnight, depending on the timing of your departure flight.