Grand Uganda Safari
20 Days interesting Pearl of Africa Safari
Day 1: Tour to Murchison Falls National Park.
Have breakfast in the morning and drive off to Murchison falls national park. You will pass through the famous Luwero triangle in the western arm of the Great Rift Valley. The journey offers you with great sceneries that are picturesque and reach the park in the afternoon. You will drive to the top of the falls where the Nile perfects its beauty. Here you will see the calm Nile forcing its self through a narrow gorge to fall a distance of about 150 ft down producing a thunderous roar of white water- incredible scenery! You will then be transferred to board the jetty to Paraa Lodge for dinner and overnight.
Day 2: Game drive.
Have an early cup of tea and go for a game drive before so you can catch up with predators and early risers. This early morning game drive rewards you with game like jackals, hyenas, giraffe, lion, antelope, elephant, and the Uganda kob and many more. You will return from the game drive for late breakfast and lunch and then in the afternoon you will go for a launch cruise on the Victoria Nile. The boat trip takes you to the bottom of the falls where you will view animals like the buffaloes, hippos, crocodiles, elephants and plenty of water birds like fish eagles and rare shoebills and many more. Dinner and overnight at Paraa Safari Lodge/ Red Chilli
Day 3: Move to Kibale National Park.
Have an early breakfast and proceed to Kibale National park. You will reach in the afternoon then have lunch and rest. Dinner and overnight at Ndali Lodge /Rwenzori travellers Inn
Day 4: Chimpanzee Tracking.
Have breakfast and then go for chimpanzee tracking in the forest this will enable you view other primates like the colobus monkeys, Mangabeys, baboons, Bushbabies and many more. You will move with a guide who will make your walk informative and productive making it interesting. He will offer information on both flora and fauna. Return to the lodge for lunch, rest and then in the afternoon go for a walk to Bigodi sanctuary for plenty of birds and rare fauna and flora. Dinner and overnight at Ndali lodge or Rwenzori Travelers Inn
Day 5: Travel to Semliki National Park.
Depart for Semuliki national park very early in the morning. The drive takes you down the eastern side of Lake Albert. Semuliki National park is one of the parks with many habitats ranging from Riparian forests, rain forests to short and high grass savannah, it is situated in the basin of the western Rift valley, and is also known for its night game drive that rewards you with nocturnal dwellers like the white tailed mongoose and slender mongoose, standard and pennant winged nightjars, cats, hyenas, leopards and many more. This is the only place in Uganda where you can do a spot lit night drive. The park generally offers lots of surprises because you never know what you might find. Overnight at Semliki safari Lodge/Kanyankyu Ecological site (FB)
Day 6: Chimpanzee tracking.
Have breakfast and go down into the beautiful gallery rainforest to track wild chimpanzees. These are usually tracked at dawn or dusk because these apes tend to disappear in the middle of the day. There are also a number of bird species which are found in this picturesque forest. Return from the chimp search and then in the afternoon you can relax at the pool or go for a game drive as you watch the sun dip. Dinner and Overnight at Semliki safari Lodge/Kanyankyu Ecological site
Day 7: Depart to Queen Elizabeth National Park.
Travel to Queen Elizabeth National park after breakfast and follow the mystical Rwenzori Mt. Ranges. The journey offers you with game enroute. You should expect to see animals like a leopard, hyena, elephant, buffalo, and the King of the Jungle – Lion. You will reach in the afternoon and have lunch, and then go for a boat trip on the Kazinga channel where you will view Hippos, buffaloes and water birds at a close range. Dinner and overnight Mweya Safari Lodge / jacana Lodge.
Day 8: Game drive.
Go for an early morning Game drive and catch up with the early risers and predator returning to their hide outs. This drive rewards you with animals like Lions, elephants, buffaloes, hyenas, jackals, bush bucks, bush pigs, and many more. You will return from the game drive for lunch at the lodge. In the afternoon you will go and track chimps in the Kyambura gorge. This walk will help you to see other primates like the colobus monkeys, baboons and others. Dinner and overnight at Mweya Safari Lodge / jacana Lodge.
Day 9: Game drive enroute.
Have an early breakfast and go for a game drive as you transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. You will pass through the Ishasha sector to get to Bwindi in the late afternoon. This journey will offer you with a view of game and you should watch out for tree climbing lions in the Ishasha sector. After checking at the lodge you may go for a community walk and you will be given a welcome entertainment. Dinner and overnight at Gorilla resort / Buhoma community Bandas
Day 10: Gorilla Tracking.
Have breakfast and move to the park headquarters for briefing before setting off to the forest in search for gorillas. The guide will brief you and at 9:00 am and you will set off to the forest to see these apes. The time you will take searching these humble apes is unpredictable however it ranges between 2-9 hours depending on their movement. The activity requires you to go through steep rocks climbing up and down making it tiresome. Dinner and over night at Gorilla Resort / Buhoma homestead
Day 11: Depart to Rwanda
Have breakfast and drive off to Rwanda. You will reach in the evening and incase time permits you may go for a city tour and visit the markets laces, Franco-Rwandan cultural centre and the genocide memorial. Dinner and Overnight at Gorilla Nest Lodge/Kinigi Guest house (FB)
Day 12: Gorilla Tracking
Have breakfast and go to the Parc Nationale des Volcans headquarters for briefing before you go trekking. You will move with your packed lunch and start tracking the gorillas. The activity is demanding although at the same time rewarding. The time its takes ranges between 2-9 hours depending on the movement of these great apes. The experience derived from meeting this giant primate is unforgettable. Dinner and overnight Gorilla Nest Lodge/Kinigi Guest house (FB)
Day 13: Visit Lake Bunyonyi.
Have breakfast in the morning and then drive to Lake Bunyonyi. It is a picturesque spot dotted with small islands and ringed with very steep terraces. This place is known to be a birders sanctuary with plenty of waterbirds. The lake was named Bunyonyi- meaning Small birds. Dinner and overland Lake Bunyonyi overland Camp.
Day 14: Canoe ride
In the morning you will go for a canoe ride on lake Bunyonyi to explore the birds and the over all area. Dinner and overland Lake Bunyonyi overland Camp
Day 15: Depart to Lake Mburo National Park.
Have breakfast and drive off to Lake Mburo National Park. The park is well known for harbouring plenty of antelopes including the impala from which the Capital city of Uganda-Kampala was named. You will drive to go through some of the finest sceneries and reach Lake Mburo National Park in the afternoon. Have lunch and then go for a canoe ride on Lake Mburo to search for animals at the shores of the lake. Dinner and overnight at Mantana tented Camp / Rwonyo CAMP.
Day 16: Game drive at Lake Mburo National Park.
Have breakfast early morning and go for game drives, then in the afternoon explore all the game and avifauna in the park. The park is also referred to as birders paradise and has over 300 species recorded. Dinner and overnight at Mantana tented Camp / Rwonyo Camp.
Day 17: Return to Kampala.
After breakfast in the morning, you will drive back to Kampala. Have a brief stop at the equator for photographs and crafts then get to Kampala in the afternoon. Have lunch and then rest this afternoon at your Hotel.
Dinner and overnight at Sheraton / Hotel Africana
Day 18: Visit the Ngamba Islands.
Wake up and have breakfast then proceed to Lake Victoria shores and have a boat cruise to Ngamba Island. The boat transfer will take you about an hour. You will arrive the chimpanzee sanctuary and be briefed about the sanctuary and then go spend some time with the chimps as they feed. It’s overwhelming! Later you will go for a nature walk on the island with the young chimps. Dinner and overnight on the island. Overnight at Ngamba Island Camp (FB)
Day 19: Nature Walk.
After breakfast you will go for forest walk with the chimpanzees. It is an interest walk as the chimps climb on you, pull your hair or walk hand by hand with you. It’s such an amazing experience. Dinner and overnight at on Ngamba Island Camp (FB)
Day 20: End of tour
Have breakfast and travel to Entebbe to catch your flight back home.