Experience Uganda’s Exclusive Wildlife

Itinerary

Day 1: Arrival and transfer to Kampala

Stop At: Kampala City Tours, Kampala - Entebbe Rd, Kampala, Uganda
On arrival at Entebbe International Airport, you are welcomed and received by our guide that transfers you to your hotel for resting and preparation for your Safari to the jungle of Uganda-the Pearl of Africa. If you arrive in the morning, the guide will take you for a city tour around Kampala. You will visit the Namugongo martyrs shrine where Pope Francis visited and the Uganda museum.
Duration: 5 hours

Stop At: Namugongo Martyrs Shrine., Namugongo Road, Kampala, Uganda
Explore the Martyr's shrine were the Uganda martyrs where brutally killed following orders of King Mwanga
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Uganda Museum, 5-7 Kira Road Pob 365, Kampala Uganda
You will see ethnological and natural-historical exhibitions. It will give you an insight of the country's colourful past and a display of Uganda's cultural heritage.
Duration: 1 hour

Meals included:
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Bougainviller Hotel

Day 2: Rhino tracking and transfer to Murchison Falls National Park

Stop At: Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary, Uganda
You embark on this memorable safari by driving North West of Uganda along the Kampala Gulu High way to Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary and later to Murchison Falls National Park.

Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary is endowed with over 22 White Rhinos. The Rhino tracking exercise begins with briefing from a specialized site ranger and thereafter you proceed to track the Rhinos. This activity normally takes between 30minutes to an hour depending on where the Rhinos are located within the sanctuary. Your time at the sanctuary will offer you an opportunity to learn more about the White Rhinos and will give you memorable experience about Rhinos in Africa.
Duration: 3 hours

Meals included:
• Lunch
• Breakfast
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Fort Murchison lodge

Day 3: Game drive And Boat cruise

Stop At: Paraa Masindi, Murchison Falls National Park Uganda
You begin your exploration of the park with a game drive in the northern circuit of the park. There you will encounter beautiful rolling plains. While in these plains you may view Lions, Giraffes, Hartebeest, Buffalos, Elephants, Bushbuck, Hippopotamus, Spotted hyenas, Wild cat, lion, leopard as well as many of the other mammals of the park. For the birders, this area supports the Secretary Bird, Black-chested Snake Eagle, Tawny and Martial Eagles Carmine and Swallow-tailed Bee-Eaters among others.
In the afternoon, go for a boat trip to the bottom of Murchison Falls where the Nile thunders through a small 7-meter gap down to the delta. This experience is breath taking and should not to be missed! The banks of the Nile are home to many species. You may see huge Nile Crocodiles, Hippos and other wildlife that may come down to drink from this mighty river. You may see the pre-historic Shoebill, Saddle-billed stork and many other birds.
Duration: 6 hours

Meals included:
• Lunch
• Breakfast
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Fort Murchison lodge

Day 4: Travel to Queen Elizabeth National Park

Stop At: Queen Elizabeth National Park, 410 kilometers from Kampala, Kasese Uganda
This day’s safari activities begins with an early morning adventure to the top of Murchison falls. While conducting this adventure you will be able to see how this amazing river Nile forces its way through a gap between rocks creating a big thunderous roar. It’s marvelous and will create beautiful lasting memories.

After the visit to the top of Murchison falls, you will drive south via Hoima to Fort Portal through verdant countryside passing through traditional homesteads, farms and Tea Estates. You will have a stopover for lunch en-route and arrive at your lodge in the late afternoon. Check in at your Lodge for dinner and an overnight stay.
Duration: 8 hours

Meals included:
• Lunch
• Breakfast
• Dinner
Accommodation included: The Bush lodge

Day 5: Morning Game drive and afternoon Boat cruise

Stop At: Queen Elizabeth National Park, 410 kilometers from Kampala, Kasese Uganda
You start this day’s activities by having a game drive in Queen Elizabeth national Game Park. This activity focuses on giving you personal encounter with the wilderness of Queen Elizabeth National Game Park.Queen Elizabeth national Game Park has several beautiful crater lakes that wind through the rolling hills, the Kazinga channel with an awesome view of both land and water adapted animals such as hippos lined up at the shores. With a vegetation cover of grassland, acacia woodland, tropical rainforest and a variety of wetlands this park is home to different animal species and birds. By exploring this park, you may witness all this natural endowment.Queen Elizabeth has the environs of the Kazinga Channel, Lake Edward and Lake George. It is intended that upon completion of your game drive in the park, you undertake an afternoon boat cruise along the Kazinga Channel- a natural channel between Lake Edward and Lake George. It is intended to give you desirable relaxation and we believe it will definitely be one of the highlights of your safari because of the abundant bird life and animals that are sighted.
Duration: 6 hours

Meals included:
• Lunch
• Breakfast
• Dinner
Accommodation included: The Bush Lodge

Day 6: Chimpanzee tracking

Stop At: Kalinzu Central Forest Reserve, Bushenyi Uganda
This day’s activity aims at giving you an opportunity to physically observe chimps and get practical understanding of lives and behaviors of chimps. The activity intends to give you more insight discovery about chimpanzees.The day’s activities begin by driving to the briefing point to be briefed about the chimpanzee tracking. After briefing, head into the forest for Chimps tracking.

While tracking chimps, you are likely to discover how chimpanzees use a variety of sophisticated tools to construct sleeping nests, no wonder they are Humans’ closest living relatives. Other primates you will likely encounter are the rare I’Hoest’s monkey ,the black and white Colobus, Blue monkey, Grey cheeked mangabey, Red tailed monkey, Olive baboon to mention but a few.
Duration: 3 hours

Meals included:
• Lunch
• Breakfast
• Dinner
Accommodation included: The Bush lodge

Day 7: Travel Lake Mburo National Park

Stop At: Lake Mburo National Park, Mbarara Uganda
Lake Mburo National Park is a habitat to more than 60 species of mammals including the Impala which only lives in this park in Uganda, the Burchell’s zebras, Buffalos, Warthogs, Hippos, Leopard, Topis, Elands and Hyenas among others. It is also home to 350 bird species which include the rare Shoe bill stork, African fin foot, Saddle-billed stork among others.

Along the way to Lake Mburo national Game Park, you will enjoy Uganda’s country side which is abundantly blessed with eye catching sceneries such as the hills, vast banana plantations and herds of the indigenous Ankole cow. Surely, your journey will be filled with moments of memorable exposure to nature.
Duration: 4 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Eagle's Nest

Day 8: Walking Safari and Boat cruise

Stop At: Lake Mburo National Park, Mbarara Uganda
You will go for a walking safari experince through the park. This will bring you closer to the animals such as Giraffs, Zebras, Uganda Kobs, Waterbucks, Bushbacks, Wathhogs among others.
In the afternoon, you will enjoy a boat trip on lake Mburo where you will sight both water and land adopted animals and a variety of bird species.
Duration: 4 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Eagle's Nest

Day 9: Transfer to Entebbe

Stop At: Uganda Equator, Masaka Road, Kayabwe Uganda
check out from the lodge and drive to Entebbe. Along the way, stop at the equator for en route lunch and photo session.
Duration: 4 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
No accommodation included on this day.