Day 1: Kampala to Bwindi National Park
Our company representantive (Your professional tour guide / driver) shall meet you at the hotel and set off for Bwindi national park. You will go through many small towns, villages and road side markets that offer a chance for photographing, enroute stop at the equator break tea and photographs, lunch in Mbarara town, arrive at your lodge in Bwindi by early evening for dinner and overnight. Mahogany springs Lodge / Gorilla Mist Camp / Buhoma Community Rest Camp.
Day 2: Day for Gorilla Tracking Adventure
Morning breakfast followed by an assembly at the park headquarters (with packed water and lunch) for more briefing about the gorilla tracking. The briefing takes 30 minutes, you will be divided into groups of 8 people, then allocated to different gorilla groups. Porters and walking sticks are available for hire! After you will be led and guided by park rangers into the forest. The trek takes between 1-8hrs before meeting these gentle Giants camouflaged in thick vegetation. You will be allowed to stay with the Giants for a maximum of 1 hrs, after which get back to the lodge for late lunch. Time permitting, we shall take a community walk to nearby Batwa people (Pygmies), we can get entertained in local music, dance and drummer, dinner and overnight Mahogany Springs Lodge / Gorilla Mist Camp / Buhoma Community Rest Camp.
Day 3: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park
Morning breakfast at the lodge, followed by a scenic drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park. The journey takes us through small trading centers in rural areas of Uganda. We shall have a wonderful game drive in the Ishasha sector, a home to tree climbing lions alongside other wild animals like Elephants, Buffaloes, Warthogs and several antelope species. Arrive to the lodge by late afternoon; relax at the poolside as we wait for dinner and overnight. Mweya safari lodge / Enganzi Lodge / Bush Lodge.
Day 4: Game drive and a Boat cruise
A cup of tea will be followed by a fantastic game drive to catch up with early raisers and predators returning to their hide-outs. Expect an encounter with wild animals such as the Africa Lion, Elephants, Buffaloes, Warthogs, Baboons and sometimes leopards among others. Return to the lodge for late breakfast, relax as you wait for lunch, after which, you embark on a fantastic boat cruise on Kazinga channel, famous for the highest concentration of Hippos in Africa with Huge Nile crocodiles, Elephants and Buffaloes seen basking along the shores. Return to the lodge in sunset, dinner and overnight.
Day 5: Transfer to Kibale National Park, Chimpanzee tracking
Breakfast followed another game drive through Queen Elizabeth National Park as we transfer to Kibale National Park, a home to 13 primate species that include Chimpanzees, Red-tailed Monkeys, L’hoest’s monkeys, Giant forest hog, colobus monkeys, blue monkeys and many others, with about 350 bird species. Here you also find mammals like forest elephants. Get ready for Chimpanzee tracking after lunch, dinner and overnight at Kyaninga Lodge / Mountains of the Moon Hotel / Chimpanzee guest house.
Day 6: Transfer to Murchison Falls National park
Breakfast at the lodge / hotel, then hit the road to Murchison falls national park, we shall have lunch in Hoima Town, proceed via the beautiful Butia Escarpments, arrive to the park by late afternoon, then take a visit to the top of the falls where the River forces its self through a narrow gorge 7 meters wide, flowing down 45meters. The scenery here is so wonderful. Dinner and overnight at Paraa safari lodge / Murchison Lodge / Redchilli Rest Camp.
Day 7: Game drive and boat cruise
Breakfast at the lodge followed a fantastic game drive in search for a wide variety of animals such as the lions, leopard, Giraffes, Buffaloes, elephants and many antelopes. Return to the lodge and relax as we wait for lunch. Then embark on a fantastic boat cruise to the bottom of the falls. Expect to see elephants and Buffaloes drinking water on the shores, huge crocodiles, Hippos and over 300 bird species.
Return to the Lodge in sunset for dinner and overnight.
Day 8: Departure
Breakfast at the lodge, followed by a brief game drive as we transfer back to Kampala. This is a 4-5hrs drive and we shall be in Kampala by later afternoon. Depending on our departure flight schedule, you will be transferred to Entebbe Airport or stay to your hotel for dinner and overnight.
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