Day 1: Arrival in Uganda
You will be met at the airport by our safari guide who will transfer you to the hotel reserved for you in Kampala.
Day 2: Kampala to Murchison Falls National Park
You will have an early breakfast and drive to Murchison Falls National Park via the Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary where you will have the opportunity to trek White Rhinos.
You will continue to Masindi Town for lunch and later drive to Murchison Falls National Park.
Day 3: Game drive and Boat launch on the Nile
You will wake up very early and set off at 6.30 am for a sunrise game drive in the Nyamsika plateau to see the Cape buffaloes, Rothschild’s giraffes, Uganda kob, hartebeest, and waterbucks. You may also spot oribi, bushbuck, Bohor reedbuck, shy sitatunga, bush duiker, warthog, and bush pig plus large carnivores including lions, leopards, and spotted hyenas.
After lunch you will embark on a boat cruise to the bottom of the falls where you will come across pools of hippos and toothsome crocodiles.
Day 4: Visit the top of the fall and travel to Kibale Forest National Park
You will after your breakfast visit the “top of the thunderous Murchison falls”, where you will observe the River Nile squeezing itself into a 7 metro Gorge.
You will thereafter set off on a 6-hour journey to Kibale Forest National Park. The drive is through verdant countryside inter-passing traditional homesteads and farms and via the towns of Hoima and Fort portal which rests in the shadow of the fabled Mountains of the Moon.
Day 5: Chimp trek and Bigodi swamp walk
After breakfast, you will go for chimpanzee tracking in Kibale Forest National Park, where the greatest variety and highest concentration of primates in East Africa are exceptionally represented. The most famous of its 13 species is the Chimpanzee known to be a delightful ape.
It is also home to species like the rare I’Hoest’s monkey, the black and white Colobus, Blue monkey, Grey-cheeked mangabey, Red-tailed monkey, and Olive baboon among others. The walk takes 2-3 hours after which you will return to your lodge for lunch. After lunch, you will go for the Bigodi swamp walk where you will see a variety of rare bird species and other smaller mammals, and return to your lodge for dinner and overnight.
Day 6: Travel to Queen Elizabeth National Park
After your morning breakfast, you will travel to Queen Elizabeth National Park following the mystical Rwenzori Mountain Range. As you go through the game park you might spot some animals like the Elephant, Buffaloes, bushbucks, Uganda Kob, Antelopes, and Warthogs, among others. After lunch embarks on the unique 2-hour boat cruise on the Kazinga Channel.
It is a 42kms channel that joins Lake Edward and Lake George. This trip passes through possibly the highest concentration of hippos. It offers an excellent opportunity for photography, bird watching, and game viewing.
Day 7: Game drive and travel to Kampala
You will wake up early and go for an early morning game drive. The park’s diverse ecosystem of grassy plains, tropical forests, rivers, swamps, lakes, and volcanic craters is home to an incredible abundance of wildlife. You will see buffaloes, lions, elephants, and other wildlife in their natural habitat after which you will return to the lodge for a late breakfast and transfer to Kampala.
You will have a stopover at the Equator where you will have an opportunity to stand in two hemispheres at the same time and take some photos.
You will arrive in Kampala in the late afternoon and either be transferred to the airport for your departure flight or to the hotel of your booking for dinner and overnight.
TRIP PRICE:$2682 per person with 2 people sharing on a full-board basis