Visit Uganda on this 10 Days Wildlife Safari Adventure in Uganda and enjoy encountering unique wildlife in various Uganda National Parks. Animals you are likely to encounter include; elephants, lions, cape buffaloes, Rothschild’s giraffe, hartebeest, waterbuck, oribi, bushbuck, bohor reedbuck, hyena among others. Also take part in Mountain Gorilla Trekking in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and Chimpanzee Tracking in Kibale Forest National Park. Contact us today to book this amazing Uganda safari.
Detailed Itinerary.
Day 1: Kampala – Murchison Falls National Park
An Albertine Tours safari guide/driver will pick you from your hotel or place of residence in Kampala and transfer you to Murchison Falls National Park through the famous Luwero Triangle. You will make a stopover at the Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary to take part in tracking rhinos before proceeding to Murchison Falls National Park. You will have lunch in Masindi and then proceed, arriving at the lodge in the evening in time for dinner and overnight stay.
Meal Plan: (Lunch, Dinner).
Accommodation Options:
High End: Paraa Safari Lodge| Chobe Safari Lodge | Bakers Lodge
Mid Range: Murchison River Lodge |Bwana Tembo Camp| Sambiya River Lodge
Day 2: Murchison Falls National Park
Begin the day with an early morning breakfast after which you will cross the Nile by ferry to the northern bank of the park. Your guide will help you spot elephants, lions, Cape buffalo, Rothschild’s giraffe, hartebeest, waterbucks, oribis, bushbuck, Bohor reedbuck, hyena and if you are lucky, the leopard. Return to the hotel for lunch.
After lunch, go for a boat safari upstream the calm Victoria Nile to the base of the falls stopping just tens of meters from the “Devil’s Cauldron”. En-route, marvel at the toothsome hippos, crocodiles and over this 17km stretch you may see elephants, waterbucks, Uganda Kobs and crocodiles. This is also a zone of many bird species like Goliath heron, Egyptian goose, pelican bee-eater, kingfisher, hornbill, cormorant and the rare shoebill stork. There you leave the boat and start your quite heavy hike to the Top of the Falls. See where the world’s longest river explodes violently through a narrow cleft in the Rift Valley escarpment to plunge into a frothing pool 43m below. Your driver/guide will be waiting for you to bring you back to the lodge.
Meal Plan: (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner).
Accommodation Options:
High End: Paraa Safari Lodge| Chobe Safari Lodge | Bakers Lodge
Mid Range: Murchison River Lodge |Bwana Tembo Camp| Sambiya River Lodge
Day 3: Transfer to Kibale Forest National Park
All day drive south via Hoima to Fort Portal through verdant countryside and past traditional homesteads and farms along Albertine Rift escarpments. FortPortal rests in the shadow of the fabled Mountains of the Moon Meals and overnight at the lodge in Kibale.
Meal Plan: (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner).
Accommodation Options:
High End: Kyaninga Lodge | Ndali Lodge
Mid Range: Primate Lodge Kibale | Mountains of the Moon | Fort Motel
Day 4: Kibale Chimpanzee Trekking & Bigodi Walk
After early breakfast, report at Kanyanchu Tourist Centre where tourist activities begin and set out to track chimpanzee in the forest. Chances of viewing the chimps are over 90% but not a guarantee. Kibale National Park is one of the beautiful and stunning forests in the Uganda. It is home to our closest living relatives the endangered Chimpanzee, the threatened Red colobus monkey and the rare L’Hoest’s monkey. The forest also boasts of having one of the highest diversity and density of primates in Africa totaling 13 species including the Black and white colobus, Blue monkey, Grey-cheeked mangabey, Red tailed monkey and Bush babies and Pottos.
After lunch visit Bigodi Wetland Sanctuary from where you will take on a guided walk around the Swamp which will provide you with the opportunity to see a wide range of flora and fauna. View a variety of butterflies, birds and other insects. Have a tour of the crater region around Ndali lodge. You may also stop over at any tea plantation along the road if you wish. Return to your accommodation for dinner and overnight.
Have an evening tour of the crater region, visit “top of the world”, the natural bridge. On a clear day you will be able to have a view of the snow cap on the Rwenzori. Meals and overnight at the lodge.
Meal Plan: (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner).
Accommodation Options:
High End: Kyaninga Lodge | Ndali Lodge
Mid Range: Primate Lodge Kibale | Mountains of the Moon | Fort Motel
Day 5: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park
After breakfast, drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park viewing the mystical Rwenzori Mountain range for much of the journey. Check in at your accommodation facility as you wait for your lunch. After lunch, take on an afternoon Launch cruise along Kazinga Channel – one that joins Lakes Edward and George. The cruise is a wonderful way to see hippo, buffalo, kob and the occasional Nile crocodile (which up until recently did not inhabit this area) and a spectacular bird watching on the water bank. Many who experience the launch cruise consider it the high light of their entire African safari.
Meal Plan: (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner).
Accommodation Options:
High End: Mweya Safari | Katara Lodge | Kyambura Gorge Lodge
Mid Range: Enganzi Safari Lodge | Kasenyi Safari Lodge | Ihamba Safari Lodge
Day 6: Queen Elizabeth National Park
Rise very early with your packed lunch take on a morning game drive to catch-up with the early risers and predators returning to their hideouts. You will most likely meet grazing hippos, elephants, and lions, spotted hyenas, bush buck, water buck, stripped jackal, comical warthogs and the elusive leopard. Proceed to Maramagambo forest. Many surprises await you here for example pythons are often observed in the crevices of the bat cave floor using the bats as a source of food. The cave is near a picturesque formerly Blue lake and Hunters cave. You may also see forest birds such as bat hawks, brown eared woodpecker and other primates.
Meal Plan: (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner).
Accommodation Options:
High End: Mweya Safari | Katara Lodge | Kyambura Gorge Lodge
Mid Range: Enganzi Safari Lodge | Kasenyi Safari Lodge | Ihamba Safari Lodge
Day 7: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
With previous day’s memories, enjoy your breakfast ready for guided Chimpanzee/primate walk along Kyambura Gorge to look for habituated chimps through the gorge. After primate walk, proceed to Ishasha. You will drive along the deep and wide dry craters that are occupied by savanna grasses and acacia. The drive takes you through the unique western rift valley escarpment and the (southern part of Queen Elizabeth National Park) Ishasha sector where you will take on yet another game drive in search of tree climbing lions before proceeding to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.
The journey takes about 4 hours but driving through interesting features. Arrive Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in the evening. This park is home of the rare mountain gorillas. Apart from gorillas, there are a wide variety of primates to see including the blue and red tailed monkeys. The forest itself is lush and green and there are streams running through it.
Meal Plan: (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner).
Accommodation Options:
High End: Gorilla Forest Camp | Buhoma Lodge| Mahogany Springs | Trackers Lodge
Mid Range: Engagi Gorilla Lodge | Silverback Lodge | Chameleon Hill Lodge | Gorilla Mist Camp
Day 8: Gorilla Tracking in Bwindi Forest
After breakfast, set off early with guides to track the gorillas. The thrill of your encounter will erase the difficulties of the potentially strenuous trek. Bring jungle boots and rain jackets because the park is often wet. Spend time in awe watching the gorillas go about their activities. Each gorilla safari encounter is different and has its own rewards, but you are likely to enjoy the close view of adults feeding, grooming and resting as the youngsters frolic and swing from vines in a delightfully playful display.
Bwindi Impenetrable Forest is a magnificent green swathe of dense rainforest, so ancient that survived the last ice age. A recently proclaimed World Heritage site, it’s one of the most biologically diverse areas on earth and its unique, precious flora sustains roughly half of the world population of mountain gorillas. There’s also a substantial chimpanzee population and research shows that Bwindi is the only forest in Africa in which these two apes live together.
Meal Plan: (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner).
Accommodation Options:
High End: Gorilla Forest Camp | Buhoma Lodge| Mahogany Springs | Trackers Lodge
Mid Range: Engagi Gorilla Lodge | Silverback Lodge | Chameleon Hill Lodge | Gorilla Mist Camp
Day 9: Transfer to Lake Mburo National Park
After breakfast, drive to Lake Mburo National park for a game drive. Make a stopover at Igongo Cultural Center to explore and learn the Bahima and Ankole culture. This is the place where the future meets the past. This park is an extension of the Tanzanian Plains. Lake Mburo National park is renowned for zebras, impalas, giraffes, buffaloes, hippos, topi and elands including the rare shoebill, crested crane, pelicans, fish eagle, heron and many water birds. Evening boat cruise amidst the hippos is amazing.
Meal Plan: (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner).
Accommodation Options:
High End: Mihingo Safari Lodge | Mantana Tented Camp
Mid Range: Rwakobo Safari Lodge |Lake Mburo Safari Lodge |Acadia Cottages
Day 10: Return to Entebbe – Departure
After early breakfast, drive back to Entebbe with enroute game drive. You may be lucky and spot big herds of Zebra, Impala, Eland, Warthogs, buffalo and other savannah species. For birders, this is one of the best place to find African Fin foot, Papyrus, Bush Shrike, etc. Continue your drive with a stopover at the Equator crossing with your lunch enroute before you drive to back to Entebbe to catch up your flight back home.
Meal Plan: (Breakfast, Lunch).
End of the 10 Days Wildlife Safari Adventure in Uganda.
This 10 Days Wildlife Safari Adventure in Uganda includes;
– Airport transfers
– Transportation by a 4wd vehicle
– Accommodation and meals as per the itinerary
– Igongo cultural village visit
– Boat trips
– One Gorilla permit per person to be secured and paid for in advance
– Park fees
– Hike to top of the falls
– Kibale Chimpanzee and Kyambura Gorge chimp Permits
– Community visits
– Ziwa sanctuary Rhino Tour
– Services of English speaking Driver/guide.
– Enroute lunches
– Game drives, Bigodi Guided Nature Walk.
However, the 10 Days Wildlife Safari Adventure in Uganda excludes; International flight ticket expenses, expenses of personal nature like: drinks, laundry, tips, telephone, any activities not highlighted in the itinerary cigars, etc.
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