Wonders of Uganda

12 days—Rhino trekking, Game Drives, Gorilla Trekking, Chimps Tracking, Walking Safaris, Boat Cruises

$3900-6950 USD

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Safari summary

Trip highlights:

• Track Rhinos in Zziwa Rhino sanctuary

• Game drives in Murchison falls, Queen Elizabeth and Lake Mburo National parks

• Boat cruises in Murchison falls and Queen Elizabeth National parks

• Chimpanzee tracking in Kibale National park

• Nature walks in the Bigodi swamp

• Visiting the crater lake area

• Gorilla tracking in Bwindi Impenetrable forest

• Boat ride in Lake Mburo National park

About this tour

	Tour type	Custom, tailor-made, private
	Main focus	Primate trekking
	Activity level	Moderate activity
	Best months	All months
	Countries	Uganda
	Parks	Bwindi Impenetrable Kibale Lake Mburo Murchison Falls Queen Elizabeth

Fine details

Safari highlights

Walking safari—with armed guard
Primate trekking
Wildlife sanctuaries

What’s included?

Accommodation
Airport transfers
Meals
Park fees
Private vehicle and driver

What’s not included?

Alcoholic beverages
All drinks
Hot air balloons
Internal flights
International flights
Premium alcoholic beverages
Spa treatments
Tips and gratuities
Visas

Itinerary

Day1

Meet and greet at Entebbe International Airport where your Uganda Adventure Safari starts by our representative who will warmly welcome you and facilitate seamless arrival formalities. Your will then be transferred to your hotel where you will be briefed about your adventure safari. Depending on the time of arrival you are advised to have money Changed on this day , If time allowing you may go for a city tour

Kabira Country Club

Day 2

Murchison Falls

After your early morning breakfast drive northwest to Murchison Falls National Park, you may stopover at the Rhino Sanctuary where you will have an opportunity to trek Rhinos. There are 15 Rhinos which were reintroduced after their extinction in the 1970s through poaching. A local ranger guide will lead you on foot to an up-close encounter with the rhinos and it may take about 1 and half hours. Proceed to Masindi Town for lunch and later continue to Murchison Falls National Park.

Pakuba Lodge

Day 3

Murchison Falls

Arise early in the morning for your game drive on the northern bank of the River Nile in your open-roof vehicle which will give you an excellent opportunity to view and photograph the diverse wildlife. Your guide will help you spot elephant, lion, cape buffalo, Roth child’s giraffe, hartebeest, waterbuck, oribi, bushbuck, bohor reed buck, hyena and if you are lucky, the leopard. After lunch, go for a boat cruise upstream the calm Victoria Nile to the base of the falls.

Pakuba Lodge

Day 4

Kibale

After your morning breakfast, begin your journey to Kibale Forest National Park. 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. You will arrive at you lodge in the late afternoon. Check in at your lodge for dinner and an overnight stay.

Crater Safari Lodge

Day 5

Kibale

After breakfast you will be transferred for chimps tracking. You will stay with the chimps for 1 hr. After lunch , you will be transferred to Bigodi swamp walk

Crater Safari Lodge

Day 6

Queen Elizabeth

After breakfast at your lodge before you proceed to Queen Elizabeth National Park following the mystical Rwenzori Mountain Range. Your expert driver guide will take you through the game park where you might spot some animals. Upon arriving at your lodge, you will enjoy a hot lunch and later in the afternoon take a unique 2-hour boat cruise on the Kazinga Channel into Lake Edward.

Enganzi Lodge

Day 7

Queen Elizabeth

Have an early morning game drive where you have an opportunity to view the massive Rwenzori as backdrop, which provides excellent opportunities to spot lion, leopard, giant forest hog, Cape buffalo, elephant, defassa waterbuck, Uganda Kob, topi and bushbuck. Later, have a game drive as you transfer to Ishasha Plains – sector in Queen Elizabeth National Park for tree climbing lion search .

Ishasha Jungle Lodge

Day 8

Bwindi Impenetrable

After your breakfast, pack-up your bags and take a morning game drive through the park for your final visit with the tree climbing lions and other wildlife before heading out of the Queen Elizabeth National Park and on to Bwindi. The drive takes you through the Switzerland of Africa area known as the Kigezi Highlands with its terraced hillside and winding roads to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, arriving in the evening. Check into the lodge for dinner and your overnight stay.

Gorilla Safari Lodge

Day 9

Bwindi Impenetrable

After an early breakfast depart to the starting point for briefing about your gorilla trekking adventure after which you will be led by experienced gorilla trackers on the slopes of the volcanoes. You will start from the site where the gorillas were encountered the day before and from here the gorilla tracking begins. Although the hike can be physically demanding, the anticipation of the exciting experience ahead is amazing, and the beauty of the gorilla forest .

Gorilla Safari Lodge

Day 10

After breakfast drive to Lake Bunyonyi which has breathtaking scenery. Spend the night overlooking Uganda deepest lake, where you may try your hand at paddling at dugout canoe, or eating fresh water crayfish.

Bird Nest resort

Day 11

Lake Mburo

After breakfast, at 08.00 hours you will travel to L. Mburo National Park, the smallest National Park of Uganda. The green acacia woodland harbors wildlife like Zebra, warthog, Eland, Impala, not to mention the lake itself, which is home to schools of hippos and crocodiles! You will arrive at the lodge in time for lunch. Later in the afternoon at 16:00 enjoy the boat ride on Lake Mburo and get quite close to the croc and hippos

Mpogo Lodge

Day 12

After breakfast, you will do the walking safari and later you will be transferred to Entebbe Airport to catch your international flight. You will have a lunch enroute at the equator.You will be able to stand in 2 hemispheres at the same time.

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