10 days Uganda Safari in the wilderness takes you to a tranquility of Opening passages in Uganda’s most visited National Parks for your authentic Uganda Safari experience in Murchison falls National Park, Kibale forest National Park, Bwindi Impenetrable forest National Park, Queen Elizabeth National Park and Lake Mburo National Park covering an extraordinary range of landscape interests, they have all, with a single exception departing into unknown lands, a magical superlative scenery for a gorilla tracking Safari, Chimpanzee tracking Safari, Game drives, Sunset boat cruises and cultural encounters.
Day 1: Transfer from Kampala/Entebbe Airport to Murchison falls National Park
An early morning gets us ready for a 4-5 hours drive to Uganda’s largest national park, Murchison falls National Park, a destination for all visiting travellers who enjoy hiking top of the falls,to see the Murchison Falls waters flow through a narrow gorge only 7 metres wide before plunging 43 metres. It’s home to over 76 species of mammals and 451 birds. Feed your eyes with the serrated Plain views filled with nature offerings. Have a first stop over in Masindi for your lunch. Begin with a hike to top of the falls, Stand in awe at the centerpiece of the Savannah and the final event in an 80km stretch of rapids gushing over the rocks at its widest point, surging and plunging down creating beautifully wonders as it forms the rainbow upper the shaking grounds. The great power of the falls later transforms it into a broad, placid stream that flows quietly across the rift valley floor into Lake Albert. There after continue to your lodge and check in, dine in for your supper and overnight.
Accommodation Options include; Paraa Safari Lodge(Luxury), Fort Murchison/Pakuba Safari Lodge(Mid-range), Red Chilli Rest Camp/Heritage Safari Lodge(Budget). Meal Plan; Full Board
Day 2: Early Morning Murchison Game drive and the Nile Boat cruise.
Murchison falls Game drive
Enjoy your delicious breakfast at your lodge overlooking the Savannah with a natural breeze, After set out for a Murchison falls Game drive with our guide. Our trained guides have all the knowledge about the Savannah and will get you close to the untold secrets of the jungle, Prepare you camera for your finest captions in the authentic true Wilderness of Africa. Enjoy your Uganda Safari as you enjoy at Uganda’s most remarkable wildlife spectacles that include; Sighting at the family of lions with their cubs, leopards, elephants, buffaloes, giraffes, hundreds of Antelopes and Kobs graze in the Open, Wild dogs, Hyenas, warthogs among others. Split back to the lodge to have and prepare for the evening tranquil sun downer boat cruise at the Nile.
Boat cruise along River Nile
The evening sun downer boat cruise at the Nile is another way to make you fall in love with the Savannah, everything floating in calmness with a sense of feeling found nowhere, the stunning classic views of an equatorial sunset reflected on the river all the way from the Victoria Nile splitting to the bottom of the falls, a 4-5 return voyage culminates to a memorable frontal view of the Falls and a full astonishing display of a variety of Murchison falls wildlife, including hippos, Giraffes, elephants, Nile Crocodiles and many bird species. Return to your lodge for dinner and Overnight.
Accommodation Options include; Paraa Safari Lodge(Luxury), Fort Murchison/Pakuba Safari Lodge(Mid-range), Red Chilli Rest Camp/Heritage Safari Lodge(Budget). Meal Plan; Full Board
Day 3: Transfer from Murchison Falls to Kibale National Park
After your breakfast early morning, drive to Kibale forest, one of the loveliest and most varied tracts of tropical forest for an ideal Safari in Africa. As you drive to Kibale National Park, feed your eyes with unending insights from the locals, open plains and the pointing hills adjacent to the bending roads. Have luch in Fort Portal town and proceed passed by the drastic views of the Rwenzori ranges(Mountains of the moon). Check in at your lodge. If you are n’t tired, we can have an option to enjoy a relaxing nature walk in Bigo wetland in Magombe swamp that features an extensive array of a rich biodiversity among which include different primates species like the red colobus monkey, baboon, black & white colobus monkey, mangabey, blue monkey grey cheeked, vervet monkeys, red tailed monkeys and the L’Hoest monkeys. Additional Mammals include Sitatungas, mongooses, bush pigs, otters plus bush bucks. Notforgetting the swamp is a haven destination for bird-lovers who spot out 138 species of bird like the most seen Great Blue Turacos. Later en-route back and dine in for your supper and overnight at the lodge.
Accommodation Options include; Primate Lodge Kibale, Ndali lodge/ Kyaninga Lodge/ Chimp nest lodge. Meal Plan; Full Board
Day 4: Chimpanzee trekking in Kibale forest
Wake up early morning for you morning breakfast, Our guide will transfer you to the briefing point where you start off with your Chimpanzee trekking Safari in the forest. Kibale forest is a remarkable destination most loved and visited by hundreds of travelers, it harbors the greatest variety and concentration of primates found nowhere in East Africa. An excellent bird Watching destination and a primates habitat easy to access. A you marvel thru the jungle you will encounter with the Kibale Chimpanzees, try to follow the Chimpanzee Tracking rules and regulations while on your Chimpanzee trek. Enjoy stunning photo captions, learn their behaviors as you feel their presence with in a close distance for your memorable experience.
After the Chimp trekking Safari in Kibale, retire back to the lodge, check out and prepare for a transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park which is just a 2 hours drive though the Open country with much to offer. You will arrive late in the evening. Dine in your lodge for your Supper and Overnight.
Accommodation options; Mweya safari lodge/Mazike Valley Lodge(Up market), Katara lodge/ Bush lodge/Ihamba Safari Lodge/Twin Lakes Lodge (Mid-range), Mweya Hostels/Bush lodge in Tents(Budget). Meal Plan; Full Board
Day 5: Queen Elizabeth Game dive & Launch cruise
Queen Elizabeth Game dive
After your morning breakfast, Prepare for a game drive thru Kasenyi trails, best known for the whole mothers nature store, it has it all. The Kasenyi track unwinds thru a melody of inviting scenes as you set your eyes to hundreds of grazing Queen Elizabeth National Park in the dotted Savannah. Catch up with the wilderness’ best dwellers. It’s a home to buffaloes, waterbucks, giraffes, lions, elephants, hyenas. On your lucky days, you might spot out the Leopard. The open Savannah is one of the best known Uganda birding destination that features over 500 bird species. The sprawling savanna, shady, humid forests, inviting lakes and marshy wetlands, that make it an ideal habitat for the Africa’s big game, ten primate species including chimpanzees and over 600 species of birds.
The Savannah is a reach-out haven of thrilling sceneries, the Pleistocene Volcanic features, including volcanic cones and deep craters, some seen with crater lakes, such as Nyamunuka and Katwe craters from which salt is extracted give it a no doubt an amazing experience. After the experience, retire back to the lodge for your lunch and short relaxation as you prepare for the afternoon boat cruise.
Kazinga channel boat cruise
Enjoy panoramic views of the Kazinga Channel on a boat cruise, as you explore the shores lined up with a school of hippos, buffalo and elephants, and the endless Ishasha plains, whose fig trees hide lions ready to pounce on herds of unsuspecting Kobs and Antelopes. The launch cruise on Kazinga channel is one of the must explore activity with an oasis of fascinating species that inhabit the park. View hundreds of water loving birds floating here in a pleasing assembly. The basking on shore crocodiles give it a complete authentic experience in the wilderness. After the experience, drive back to the lodge and diner in for your supper and overnight.
launch cruise on Kazinga channel; this is one of the most memorable experiences from the park. Take pleasure in observing different water birds together with their echoing sweet sounds and animals such as hippos, African crocodiles, waterbucks, buffaloes among others. After experiencing the true wilderness, drive back to the lodge for a night rest and dinner.
Accommodation options; Mweya safari lodge/Mazike Valley Lodge(Up market), Katara lodge/ Bush lodge/Ihamba Safari Lodge/Twin Lakes Lodge (Mid-range), Mweya Hostels/Bush lodge in Tents(Budget). Meal Plan; Full Board
Day 6: Nature walks in Maramagambo forest & Chimpanzee tracking in Kyambuta gorge.
After your breakfast in the morning, visit the southern part of the park and penetrate into Maramagambo forest famously associated with its Bat Caves in the volcanic tube cave. Spot out hundreds of birdspecies, python, red-tailed monkeys and Bates’s pygmy antelopes among others. Proceed to the Kyambura gorge which is the only habitat for primates viewing in Queen Elizabeth National Park. As you track Chimpanzees, other notable primates to see here include red-tailed monkey, baboons black-and-white colobus, and vervet monkeys among others. Return back to the lodge after the trek, have lunch and ashort relaxation as you prepare for the evening game drive to sight out what could have missed the previous day.
Accommodation options; Mweya safari lodge/Mazike Valley Lodge(Up market), Katara lodge/ Bush lodge/Ihamba Safari Lodge/Twin Lakes Lodge (Mid-range), Mweya Hostels/Bush lodge in Tents(Budget). Meal Plan; Full Board
Day 7: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest
Wake up early in the morning, have your breakfast and check out, Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable forest thru the Ishasha sector whose fig trees are known for the tree climbing lions ready to pounce on herds of unsuspecting grazing Uganda kob. The road drive to Bwindi sets you thru an amazing geology of bending roads over looking hill plains carpeted with farms and plantations. Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is one of the oldest and most biologically diverse rainforests that sits in the southwestern Uganda on the edge of the Rift Valley covered by mist and described as the “thick impenetrable” due to it’s nature. The Park dates back over 25,000 years. It’s home to over 400 Bwindi gorillas which make up half of the world’s population of the endangered mountain gorillas. WIth 14 habituated mountain gorilla groups are open to tourism in four different sectors of Buhoma, Ruhijja, Rushaga and the Nkuringo all under the management of Uganda Wildlife Authority. Check into the lodge, dinner in for your meal and overnight
Accommodation Options; Ruhija Gorilla friends camp/Rushaga Gorilla Camp(Budget), Mahogany springs/Chameleon Hill/Silver back lodge/Buhoma lodge(Luxury), Gorilla Mist Camp/Bakiga Lodge/Ichumbi Gorilla Safari Lodge(Midrange). Meal Plan; Full Board
Day 8: Gorilla Tracking Bwindi & Community Nature walks
Wake up early morning on the cool breeze, listening to the whispering jungles of Bwindi. Have breakfast and prepare for the gorilla tracking experience. Our guide will transfer you to the Park headquarters for a briefing about the Gorilla tracking guidelines in Bwindi, Depending on your number of visitors, you will grouped in a group of other trekkers. Each group comprises of 8 individuals. Along with the game ranger, you will penetrate the thick old and antiquated forest. Spend 1- 2 hours tracking Gorillas, the time to encounter with the gorillas will depend on where they slept the previous day, but don’t worry our trained rangers will help you track these giants. When you encounter with the Gorillas, spend 1 hour with the gorillas. Take as many photos as you can. (No usage of flashlights). Later retire back to the lodge for your evening relaxation or opt for a community nature walk to visit the Batwa-forest Pygiies, these are first people to live in the forest. They will showcase to you different cultural performances and perhaps you too can join them. After, retire back and dinner in for your meal and overnight.
Accommodation Options; Ruhija Gorilla friends camp/Rushaga Gorilla Camp(Budget), Mahogany springs/Chameleon Hill/Silver back lodge/Buhoma lodge(Luxury), Gorilla Mist Camp/Bakiga Lodge/Ichumbi Gorilla Safari Lodge(Midrange). Meal Plan; Full Board
Day 9: Transfer from Bwindi to Lake Mburo National Park
Wake up very early in the morning, have your warm breakfast, check out the lodge and prepare for enroute via Kisoro-Kabale-Mbarara Road to cover up a 5 to 6 hours road drive. Drive thru the terraced hills overlooking the higway road. Have lunch in Mbarara and proceed to Lake Mburo National Park in Kiruhura District in the Western Region of Uganda which is a 30 kilometres (19 mi), by road, east of Mbarara. The Park is the only savannah best known for Savannah nature walks. It’s also home to a variety of wild animals such as zebra, Hippos, impala, warthog, common eland, African buffalo, jackals, African leopards, and over 300 bird species. The park covers 260 square kilometres, and is known to be the smallest of Uganda’s Savannah national parks. Upon your arrival, you will enjoy the sundowner boat cruise at Lake Mburo to sight at the water loving birds and other wildlife retreating from the Savannah. Check in the lodge for your dinner and overnight.
Accommodation options; Mihingo lodge(Luxury)/Rwakobo lodge(Mid-range)/Rwonyo Rest Camp(Budget). Meal Plan; Full Board
Day 10: Return to Kampala/ Entebbe Airport with a short Stop Over at the Equator.
As we windup on our 10 days Uganda Safari, After you getting out of your comfort zone to Open yourself to the experiences and beauty that life gives you, no matter what path you chose, You will be field with adventurous memories and you will live as a story teller as you champion in our records to have been part of our satisfied Travelers to place a mark in Africa. This morning gets us ready for our morning breakfast, check out of the lodge along with all your gallery(could it a souvenir?) don’t leave it behind. Proceed with your journey to Kampala, Have a short stop Over in Masaka for your lunch. We can have an option to take photos at the Uganda Equator or visit one of the Souvenir Shops to buy your self one. Proceed to Kampala, or Entebbe Airport or to your preferred drop point around Kampala.
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