Itinerary
This Midrange safari takes you to the breathtaking national parks. It includes rhino trekking in Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary, a boat excursion at Murchison Falls, a visit to the top of the falls, and plenty of wildlife, including lions, buffalos, elephants, leopards and hippos, among other species and birds, on a game drive. The mountain gorillas trek in Bwindi forest after chimpanzees trek at kalinzu Forest.
Your driver-guide will pick you up from the Entebbe International Airport or your hotel in Entebbe/Kampala and transfer you to Murchison Falls National Park. You will have the chance to see lion, giraffe, hartebeest, buffalo, and elephant. You will experience Murchison Falls, the most powerful waterfall in the world. Murchison Falls is a birder's paradise, boasting 450 bird species, including the elusive shoebill stork (though a rare sighting), dwarf kingfisher, the white-thighed hornbill and the goliath heron, among others.
En route, make a stopover at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary for your first Big Five experience, where you will have an hour of rhino tracking. After this, you will have your lunch at Kabalega Dinner. Continue to the park and check into your accommodation to relax for the evening as you prepare for the next day's big adventures.
Have an early breakfast, then tour the northern section of Murchison, which carries a high concentration of wildlife. Enjoy game viewing and photography of elephants, buffaloes, waterbucks, giraffes, Uganda kobs, lions, and leopards plus a variety of bird species. Return to your accommodation for lunch as you prepare to have a 3-hour boat trip to the base of the falls. This trip is said to be the highlight of the safari in Murchison Falls since it allows you to get up close to the animal species in the water. Cruise past huge hippo pods, crocodiles and numerous aquatic birds adorning the north bank on the way to the mighty waterfalls.
Optionally, proceed for a hike to the top of the falls. The hike is a strenuous one but the thrill of reaching the top is unforgettable. Return to your accommodation for dinner and your overnight stay.
Transfer from Murchison Falls, the drive is about 350 kilometers south to Queen Elizabeth National Park. This Uganda Tour offers a look at rural Ugandan life as it travels across a variety of settings. Enjoy a picturesque drive through the park's diverse ecosystems as you approach, including grasslands and lakes formed by volcanic craters. Have an evening game drive offers the chance to see a variety of animal species in their native environment.
Early morning chimp trekking trip in Kalinzu Forest. Trekk chimpanzees through the dense forest studying their interaction with others and unique behaviours. The afternoon boat cruise down the Kazinga Channel offers yet another fantastic wildlife viewing opportunity, with hundreds of hippos, elephants, and other bird species occupying the riverbanks. After return to lodge for dinner and overnight at the lodge.
Have breakfast, then set off for Bwindi Impenetrable National Park through the Ishasha Sector of Queen Elizabeth National Park, famously known for its resident tree-climbing lions. The chance of spotting these lions is about 70%, though sometimes they are really hard to spot.
Continue to Bwindi National Park. Bwindi is a large habitat for mountain gorillas in Uganda, harbouring an estimated 1,000 mountain gorillas, roughly half of the world’s population. It includes several habituated groups, which can be tracked. Its mist-covered hillsides are blanketed by one of Uganda's oldest and most biologically diverse rainforests, which dates back over 25,000 years and contains almost 400 species of plants. With a strenuous day ahead, you will do less on arrival but just check into your accommodation and relax as you prepare for the Bwindi gorilla trekking experience the following day.
After an early breakfast and a briefing by a ranger guide, you will enter the impenetrable Bwindi Forest. The beauty of this rainforest is spectacular! The area offers a dramatic steeply forested landscape and is incredibly dense, but crisscrossed by numerous animal trails allowing access to tourists. The time taken and the terrain varies with the movements of these great primates. Once you locate a gorilla group, you will be allowed an hour in their presence. The thrill of spending time observing these gentle and endangered giants is an awesome, exciting experience to be long-savoured.
Afterwards, return to your lodge. Have your lunch and thereafter, check out for a transfer to Lake Bunyonyi. Lake Bunyonyi is framed by lush, green-terraced hills that reach a height of 2,200 – 2,478m, but it’s the 29 islands of various shapes and sizes scattered across the water that make it most magical—you could admire them all day. It's also considered the 3rd deepest lake in Africa at 900m deep.
Have early breakfst, thereafter, embark on your return journey to Entebbe Airport. Expect en-route stopovers for lunch along the way as well as at the Uganda equator line. Proceed with the journey, arriving in the late afternoon/evening for drop-off at the airport. This will mark the end of your amazing tour in Uganda.
