This adventure will introduce you to the top Uganda safari destinations, including Murchison Falls National Park, Queen Elizabeth National Park for wildlife, and Kibale National Park and Bwindi Impenetrable National Park for primate safaris. Expect to encounter diverse wildlife, including lions, giraffes, elephants, leopards, crocodiles, rhinos, buffaloes, hippopotamus, and primates like mountain gorillas and chimpanzees.
Pick up from Entebbe Airport and transfer to your hotel for an overnight stay. This is a short distance of about 10 minutes drive from Entebbe International Airport.
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Meal Plan: Dinner
Travel Time: 10 minutes
You are served an early morning cup of tea or coffee before being transferred to Murchison Falls National Park, a 3,840 sq km extensive Uganda safari park located in the northwestern side of Uganda. En-route to the park, there will be a stopover at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary for rhino tracking. Tracking rhinos takes about 2 hours, so afterwards you will drive up to Masindi for lunch and then connect to Murchison Falls National Park through Kichumbanyobo gate.
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Travel Time: 6 hours
Enjoy an early morning breakfast before leaving the lodge for a 6:00 am morning safari game drive in a luxurious 4x4 safari vehicle with an experienced guide. You will drive through the northern wildlife tracks, which are rich with wildlife including buffaloes, big cats, giraffes, birds, elephants, and others. In addition, you will enjoy the breathtaking views of the vast savanna grassland with dotted palm trees.
The afternoon boat cruise runs between 2:00 pm and 5:00 pm, taking you on Victoria Nile, which comes with excellent views of aquatic species. Your boat cruise comes with great exposure to crocodiles, hippos, birds, and the trek to the top of the falls.
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A cup of morning tea or coffee and a drive to Kibale via Hoima, a journey characterized by breathtaking views of Lake Albert, the rift valley escarpments, and homesteads. Lunch will be served upon arrival at your hotel.
Accommodation:
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Travel Time: 5 hours
Rise up early to meet the park officials at Kanyanchu for a briefing on the rules for chimpanzee tracking. Have an experienced park guide lead you through Kibale Forest, home to 13 primates, including 1,500 chimpanzees, and other primates like mangabeys, blue monkeys, black and white colobus monkeys, and baboons.
Exploring Kibale Forest on a chimpanzee trek takes 2-4 hours, and you will walk back after photography and observing chimpanzee behaviors closely. In the afternoon, you will be transferred to a community visit to learn about their daily life and participate in different activities.
It is a 6-hour drive up to Bwindi via Ishasha, an area of interest for watching tree-climbing lions. En-route lunch will be enjoyed at Ishasha Wilderness Camp as you proceed to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.
Accommodation:
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Travel Time: 6 hours
Enjoy breakfast, after which you will gather at the park offices for a briefing and start 2-6 hours of visiting the family of gorillas allocated to you. At 8:00 am, you will leave the park offices for the actual tracking of mountain gorillas, which is expected to last 2-6 hours, including a special one-hour magical encounter.
Today we recommend that you come with bottled water, long trousers, a long-sleeved shirt, a camera, hiking boots, and others. Spend the afternoon on a community foot safari to explore the lifestyle of the people living in and around the park.
Accommodation:
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Enjoy your breakfast and thereafter drive back to Entebbe with en-route lunch to be enjoyed with different stopovers at the Equator Monument and Igongo Culture Center. Drive back to Entebbe Airport for your late flight.
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch