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21 DAYS, PRIMATE, WILDLIFE AND ADVENTURE SAFARI

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Duration

21 days 20 nights

Tour Type

Daily Tour

Group Size

Unlimited

Languages

English

TOUR OVERVIEW

This itinerary indicates most of Uganda’s attractions and offers the ultimate experience of Uganda’s natural beauty and diversity. Spot all the big five in the savanna plains, get close to mountain gorillas in the thick rain-forest, observe plenty of primates, enjoy the beautiful scenery, the warm weather, and lots more.

TOUR HIGHLIGHTS

  • Day 1: Pick up from the airport - transfer to hotel
  • Day 2: Kampala – Sezibwa falls – Mabira forest walk – Source of the Nile Jinja
  • Day 3: Jinja – Sipi falls – community coffee tour
  • Day 4: Transfer to Pian Upe wildlife reserve
  • Day 5: Transfer to Kidepo valley national Game Park
  • Day 6: Game drive in Kidepo valley Game Park
  • Day 7: Transfer to Murchison falls National Park (lunch en route)
  • Day 8: Early morning game drive - afternoon boat ride
  • Day 9: Transfer to Kibale forest national Park
  • Day 10: Chimpanzee tracking – Bigodi walk
  • Day 11: Transfer to Semuliki National Park
  • Day 12: Transfer to Rwenzori Mountains National Park- Cultural encounters
  • Day 13: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park
  • Day 14: Early morning Game drive – Afternoon boat ride on Kazinga channel
  • Day 15: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable forest
  • Day 16: Gorilla trekking – Batwa community
  • Day 17: Transfer to Mgahinga Gorilla national Park – community walk encounters
  • Day 18: Golden monkey tracking
  • Day 19: Transfer to Lake Bunyonyi – canoe ride and community walk
  • Day 20: Transfer to Lake Mburo National Park
  • Day 21: transfer to Kampala

Full Itinerary

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Day 1: Pick up from the airport - transfer to hotel
Day 1: Pick up from the airport - transfer to hotel

Arrive at Entebbe International Airport. Our driver guide will pick you from the airport and transfer you to your accommodation. You shall be briefed regarding the tour and answer all your questions.

Meal plan: Lunch and dinner.
Accommodation: Malakai eco lodge

Day 2: Kampala – Sezibwa falls – Mabira forest walk – Source of the Nile Jinja
Day 2: Kampala – Sezibwa falls – Mabira forest walk – Source of the Nile Jinja

After an early breakfast, the driver picks you up at 7.00am from Malakai eco lodge to kick off your long adventure, starting off with eastern Uganda. You will drive through Kampala and head eastwards along the Kampala - Jinja highway. First turn-off is to the Sezibwa Falls, a Buganda cultural heritage site, with beautiful waterfalls and cool atmosphere. Spend an hour here hiking the rocks, watching birds, and learning about the myths of the falls and the ancient traditional worshiping that is still practiced here.

Thereafter return to the road and make another stopover at Mabira Rainforest - the largest forest in Central Uganda. Head out for a 2-hour trek to the track the habituated Grey-cheeked Mangabeys, watch lots of birds, monkeys, squirrels, and enjoy the aroma of an African jungle.

Return and get back on the road and drive to Jinja. Check in at your accommodation, have lunch and thereafter head out for an hour boat ride on Lake Victoria to the Source of the Nile. Transfer to your lodge.

Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch and dinner
Accommodation: Jinja Nile Resort

Day 3: Jinja – Sipi falls – community coffee tour
Day 3: Jinja – Sipi falls – community coffee tour

After breakfast at 7.30am, check out, drive out of Jinja and head further eastwards through Mbale town to Sipi Falls in Kapchorwa District. The Sipi Falls are a series of three stunning waterfalls situated in the foothills of Mountain Elgon. Check in at the accommodation (Sipi River Lodge), refresh, and thereafter head out for a 3 - 4 hour trek up and down the foothills of Mountain Elgon, visiting each of the three waterfalls and enjoying spectacular vistas from up Mountain Elgon to the flat plains of Karamoja in the distance. Return to your lodge for lunch. Later you could opt to walk through the local communities and coffee farmlands. Dinner and overnight is at the lodge.

Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch and dinner
Accommodation: Sipi River lodge

Day 4: Transfer to Pian Upe wildlife reserve

Early morning after breakfast, drive from Sipi River Lodge to Pian Upe, the journey roughly takes 2 hours, check into you’re your reserved lodge, refresh and transfer to a game drive in the plains of the reserve where you will see Roan antelope, cheetahs, the zebras, greater kudu, dik dik, buffalos, black backed and side stripped jackals, eland, harte beast and lots of bird species like Ostrich. Return to the lodge for lunch and in the afternoon go for cultural community visits where you will learn about the culture and ways of the people living around Pian Upe. Return to your lodge for dinner and overnight.
Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch and dinner
Accommodation: Uganda Wildlife bandas

Day 5: Transfer to Kidepo valley national Game Park
Day 5: Transfer to Kidepo valley national Game Park

After early breakfast, embark on a drive to the north of Uganda and get to Kidepo Valley National Park - arguably Africa's most spectacular wilderness. Lunch en-route. Arrive to the park late in the afternoon and transfer your lodge for dinner and overnight.

Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch and dinner
Accommodation: Kidepo savannah lodge

Day 6: Game drive in Kidepo valley Game Park
Day 6: Game drive in Kidepo valley Game Park

Wake up for an early breakfast and head out for the early game drive. Kidepo Valley National Park is endowed with remarkable wilderness and lots of wildlife including lions, buffaloes, elephants, giraffes, zebras, hyenas, cheetahs, ostriches, jackals, and gazelles. Return for lunch at the lodge before heading out again into the wilderness for more adventure. Return to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch and dinner
Accommodation: Kidepo savannah lodge

Day 7: Transfer to Murchison falls National Park (lunch en route)
Day 7: Transfer to Murchison falls National Park (lunch en route)

After early breakfast, check out and depart for Murchison Falls National Park - Uganda's largest game park. You will stopover in Gulu town to have lunch. You will get to Murchison Falls National Park in the evening, transfer to your lodge for dinner and overnight.

Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch and dinner
Accommodation: Pakuba safari lodge

Day 8: Early morning game drive - afternoon boat ride
Day 8: Early morning game drive - afternoon boat ride

Wake up to an early cup of tea/coffee at 6.00am and at 6.30am set off for the game drive. Expect sighting of Lions, Elephants, Buffaloes, Giraffes, Jackson's Hartebeests, Reedbuck, Uganda Kobs, Warthogs, lots of savanna birds and wonderful scenery. After, return to your accommodation for breakfast and lunch. Later set out for the afternoon Launch Cruise along the Nile to the base of the Murchison Falls. There are lots of wildlife sighting along the Nile, including, Hippos, Crocodile, Buffaloes, Elephants, and lots of water birds. At the base of the falls you can opt of the Launch and hike along the falls to the top of the fall. You meet the driver at the top and transfer to back to your lodge.

Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch and dinner
Accommodation: Pakuba safari lodge

Day 9: Transfer to Kibale forest national Park
Day 9: Transfer to Kibale forest national Park

Have breakfast check out of the lodge and leave for Kibale National Park. The drive along the scenic Albertine rift valley continues. You will stopover in Fort Portal town for lunch before proceeding to reserved safari lodge and spend the day relaxing and enjoying the natural environment outside at the lodge.

Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch and dinner
Accommodation: Kibale forest camp

Day 10: Chimpanzee tracking – Bigodi walk
Day 10: Chimpanzee tracking – Bigodi walk

Wake up to an early breakfast at 6.30 and transfer to the park offices for briefing. By 8 am you trek into the jungle to find the chimps and sight a lot of wildlife. You will spend 1 hour with the chimpanzee, to see how they interact as you take photos. Return to the lodge for lunch. Later head out for a nature walk in Bigodi Swamp for sighting of primates and birds. Return to lodge for dinner and overnight.

Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch and dinner
Accommodation: Kibale forest camp

Day 11: Transfer to Semuliki National Park
Day 11: Transfer to Semuliki National Park

After breakfast check out and transfer to Semuliki National Park situated about two and half hours drive from Kibale Forest. Upon arrival hike to the iconic Sempaya Hot Springs. Transfer to your accommodation for lunch, later set out for a game drive for some wildlife sighting, which include Uganda kob, reedbuck, savanna elephant, duiker, waterbuck, warthog, giant forest hog, and birds. Return to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch and dinner
Accommodation: Ntoroko game lodge

Day 12: Transfer to Rwenzori Mountains National Park- Cultural encounters
Day 12: Transfer to Rwenzori Mountains National Park- Cultural encounters

After breakfast, you will start your journey to Rwenzori Mountains arrival in the evening lunch en route. Check in to your reserved accommodation refresh then move around the village with the Bakonzo villagers in the foothills of the Rwenzoris, get to know their daily activities, how they prepare their food, meet traditional healers, basket weavers and story tellers enjoy a vibrant dance performance. In the evening return to your safari lodge for dinner and overnight.

Meal plan: breakfast lunch and dinner
Overnight: Mountain of the moon

Day 13: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park
Day 13: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park

After breakfast check out of the lodge and travel to Queen Elizabeth National Park. As you drive through the park to get to your accommodation, you will be treated to the scenic landscape dotted with beautiful crater lakes, lush grasslands, and occasional big game.

Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch and dinner
Accommodation: Bush lodge

Day 14: Early morning Game drive – Afternoon boat ride on Kazinga channel
Day 14: Early morning Game drive – Afternoon boat ride on Kazinga channel

Wake up to early cup of tea/coffee and head out for early morning game drive at 6.30am. The park is wonderful with lots of big game and very beautiful scenery. Expect to see lions, elephants, Topis, kobs, buffaloes, hyenas, and leopards.
Return to the lodge for breakfast and lunch. Later set out for the afternoon boat ride on the Kazinga Channel - a natural stream of water joining Lakes Edward and George. The channel is home to a variety of wildlife and attracts big game to drink water and cool off the heat. Expect to see lots hippos, buffaloes, elephants, crocodiles, monitor lizards, and so many birds. Return to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch and dinner
Accommodation: Bush lodge

Day 15: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable forest
Day 15: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable forest

After an early breakfast, check out, drive to Bwindi Impenetrable forest. Lunch en-route and proceed to southwestern Uganda to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park - home of the Mountain Gorillas.

Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch and dinner
Accommodation: Rushaga gorilla camp

Day 16: Gorilla trekking – Batwa community
Day 16: Gorilla trekking – Batwa community

Wake up to an early breakfast, pick a packed lunch, and transfer to the park offices at 7.30am for briefing by the rangers. You are assigned the habituated gorilla group you shall track and by 8.00am set off into Bwindi Forest to find the gorillas. You spend an hour with the gorillas, return to find your driver, and refresh, later visit the Batwa community.

Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch and dinner
Accommodation: Rushaga gorilla camp

Day 17: Transfer to Mgahinga Gorilla national Park – community walk encounters
Day 17: Transfer to Mgahinga Gorilla national Park – community walk encounters

Transfer to Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, get there in time for lunch, after, spend the day enjoying the quite and magnificent highland scenery all around. Go and visit local communities, which are very welcoming and eager for visitors.

Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch and dinner
Accommodation: Travellers rest

Day 18: Golden monkey tracking
Day 18: Golden monkey tracking

Wake up to an early breakfast, pick a packed lunch, and transfer to the park offices at 7.30am for briefing by the rangers. You are assigned rangers and guides, the tracking starts at 8 am, then you start tracking on the known Gahinga trail and when you locate the golden monkeys, the forest literary becomes alive with all moving around, up and down and all over the place, you get to spend one hour with monkeys and then follow the Gahinga trail back to the starting point to call it a day.

Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch and dinner
Accommodation: Travellers rest

Day 19: Transfer to Lake Bunyonyi – canoe ride and community walk
Day 19: Transfer to Lake Bunyonyi – canoe ride and community walk

Transfer to lake Bunyonyi and spend the day enjoying the soothing atmosphere of Lake Bunyonyi and magnificent highland scenery all around. Take a canoe ride on Lake Bunyonyi and explore its islands, return to the lodge for lunch. Hike the highlands and visit local communities, which are very welcoming and eager for visitors.

Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch and dinner
Accommodation: Bunyonyi Overland resort

Day 20: Transfer to Lake Mburo National Park
Day 20:  Transfer to Lake Mburo National Park

After breakfast, check out and travel to Lake Mburo National Park. Upon arrival in Lake Mburo, drive through the game trails and view a number of wildlife including zebras, impalas, buffaloes, elands, waterbucks, birds, and marvelous scenery.
Continue to check in to your accommodation, refresh, and have lunch. Later set out for a relaxing evening boat ride on the Lake Mburo and also view some wildlife including hippos and several birds. Return to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch and dinner
Accommodation: Mihingo lodge

Day 21: transfer to Kampala
Day 21: transfer to Kampala

After breakfast, have a morning game drive in Lake Mburo National Park as your moving out of the park to experience more of wildlife. Have a stop over at the Equator lunch en route and later arrive at your desired destination.

Included/Excluded

  • 4x4 safari vehicle with Fuel
  • 20 nights’ accommodation
  • Bottled drinking water
  • Chimpanzee tracking fees
  • Gorilla tracking fees
  • Golden monkey tracking fees
  • Bigodi nature walk
  • Batwa community experience
  • Park entry fees.
  • Boat rides
  • Morning and Evening Game drives
  • All meals as mentioned in the itinerary
  • Professional driver guide
  • Round trip pick up and drop off at desired destination.
  • Air tickets
  • Uganda visas
  • Tips
  • Porters fees when tracking
  • Personal insurance
  • Personal shopping
  • Laundry
  • Other items not mentioned above

Durations

21days 20 nights

Languages

English

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