Welcome to Uganda, the Pearl of Africa. Gifted by nature, Uganda is a country with beautiful big spectacular scenic spots, rolling hills, fresh water lakes and rivers, wetlands and swamps, captivating mountain landscapes, astonishing flora and fauna, varied cultures, friendly people and, above all, good climate with tropical sunshine that makes it green almost throughout the year.
When you taste, see, smell, and touch this beautiful land, you will be eager to share this beauty with your friends when you return home.
Destination:
- Murchison Falls National Park
- Kibale National Park
- Queen Elizabeth National Park
- Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
- Lake Bunyonyi
Safari highlights:
- Day 1: Transfer to Murchison Falls National Park
- Day 2: Morning Game Drive and Boat Cruise
- Day 3: Depart to Kibale National Park
- Day 4: Chimpanzee Tracking in Kibale National Park
- Day 5: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park Evening Game Drive
- Day 6: Morning Game Drive and Boat Cruise on Kazinga Channel
- Day 7: Transfer to Bwindi impenetrable national park
- Day 8: gorilla tracking in the Bwindi impenetrable forest
- Day 9: Transfer to Lake Bunyonyi (canoeing or hike to the view point)
- Day 10: Travel Back to Kampala
Detailed Itinerary
Day 1: Pick up and transfer for Murchison Falls National Park
Transfer to Murchison Falls: Your driver guide will meet you at your accommodations and travel to Murchison Falls National Park with a stop-off at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary for a guided rhino tracking experience, where you may also encounter zebras and giraffes. After lunch at the Sanctuary, you will travel on to Murchison.
Drive to the top of the falls: Proceed to enter the Kichumbanyobo gate and proceed to the top of the falls to witness the power of the Nile. Dinner and overnight at the lodge.
- Accommodation; Pakuba Safari Lodge, Paraa Safari Lodge
Day 2: Game drive and launch cruise
Game Drive: After an early breakfast at the lodge, you will go for a morning game drive. The activity takes about 3-5 hours depending on animals available, and you will find animals including elephants, Rothschild’s giraffes, buffaloes, lions, hartebeest, Uganda kobs, oribis, and waterbucks.
Boat Cruise: After the drive, you will return to the lodge for lunch. Later afternoon at 2 pm, go for a launch cruise along the Nile which will give you an exciting panoramic view at the bottom of the mighty Murchison falls. Along the cruise, you will encounter Nile crocodiles, hippos, and birds on the river banks such as kingfisher, cormorants, and fish eagles. You will spend time viewing the falls at the bottom while taking pictures then later sail back to meet your driver guide and connect back to your lodge for an evening relax. Dinner and overnight stay.
- Accommodation; Pakuba Safari Lodge, Paraa Safari Lodge
Day 3: Transfer to Kibale National Park
After breakfast, we transfer to Kibale National Park passing through traditional homesteads and beautiful tea plantations in the rolling hills of Toro kingdom. Enjoy the rift valley scenery and section of Lake Albert. We shall do en-route birding through a road to Kibale, with a lunch stopover and later proceed. On arriving in the evening, check in to your lodge for dinner and overnight.
- Accommodation; Turacco Tree Tops, Chimpundu
Day 4: Chimp Trekking
Have breakfast and start an early morning chimpanzee trekking in Kibale. Here you will find families of Chimpanzees, other primates and a lot of different bird species deep in the forest harboring 351 different tree species growing to up to 55 meters. Return to lodge for lunch and relaxation. Dinner and overnight at lodge
- Accommodation; Turacco Tree Tops, Chimpundu
Day 5: drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park
After breakfast, depart for Queen Elizabeth National Park. Enjoy the beautiful scenery of the foot hills of the ‘Mountains of the Moon’. Relaxing and resting. Lunch, dinner and overnight at Lodge
- Accommodation: Bush lodge, Ihamba Safari Lodge
Day 6: Game drive and Kazinga Channel cruise
Begin your day with morning breakfast. Early morning game drive along Kasenyi and Queens Mile makes visitors encounter elephants, buffalo, water bucks, warthogs, lions, Uganda Kobs lakes and a variety of birds. Return to the lodge for lunch. After lunch, drive to Mweya landing site for a three-hour boat trip along the famous Kazinga channel which is a worthwhile opportunity to see hippos, buffaloes, kobs, elephants, warthogs, etc. This trip also enables visitors a chance to see spectacular birds.
Return to the lodge for dinner & overnight at lodge
- Accommodation: Bush lodge, Ihamba Safari Lodge
Day 7: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Enjoy breakfast and set off for Bwindi impenetrable forest the home of Gorillas. Driving through Ishasha sector of QUeen Elizabeth National Park, famous for its tree climbing lions. Continue to Bwindi with lunch en-route, arriving in the afternoon. Dinner and overnight at lodge.
- Accommodation: Ichumbi Gorilla Lodge , Ihamba Residence
Day 8: Mountain gorilla tracking
Begin your day with breakfast. After breakfast, your driver/guide will drive you to the park headquarters for a briefing on trekking rules and regulations by UWA rangers at 8:00am. Make sure you carry a rain jacket, jungle boots, drinking water and a walking stick to be provided by park rangers for easy movement inside the jungle.
Encounter with a habituated group of gorillas you have been booked for depends on the previous day movements as your guide will keep you updated during the trek. After trekking, return to your lodge for lunch. relaxation and leisure in the evening. Dinner and overnight stay.
- Accommodation: Ichumbi Gorilla Lodge, Ihamba Residence
Day 9- Transfer to Lake Bunyonyi
Begin your day with Breakfast and drive to Lake Bunyonyi via Kabale, a region popularly known by many tourists as the ‘Switzerland of Africa’. You will be shaken by scenery of winding roads, hills and valleys, terraced landscapes, and friendly people. Have lunch and relax. Then later, move out for optional activities such as canoeing or boat cruise to view out the magnificent different islands including Punishment Island. Dinner and overnight at resort.
- Accommodation: Birdnest Resort, Overland Resort
Day 10: Transfer to Kampala
In the morning after breakfast, meet up with you driver guide and transfer to Kampala having a stopover for lunch and the equator. Your driver guide will drop you at your accommodations.
- Accommodation: Via Via
End of your holiday tour.