15 Days Uganda Wildlife Safari

Arrival:

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• Complementally pick up from Airport/ hotel
• Accommodation before/end of trip can be arranged at an extra cost

Day 1: Arrive – Entebbe

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On arrival at Entebbe International Airport, Ganyana safari driver/guide will meet and great then transfer you to your overnight accommodation in Entebbe. You will be briefed about your 15 days Uganda safari.

Accommodation Options:

Luxury: Lake Victoria Hotel
Midrange: Admas Grand Hotel
Meal plan: Full board

Day 2: Drive to Moroto

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Wake up early in morning, meet your driver guide and start your long day drive to Moroto. You will arrive late evening, check in your accommodation for dinner and overnight.

Accommodation Options:

Luxury: Mount Moroto Hotel
Midrange: Karamoja Safari Camp
Meal plan: Full board

Day 3: Drive to Kidepo valley national park

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You will drive to Kidepo Valley National Park. You will enjoy a slow drive, you can be sure to seize picture moments while on your way to the lodge and you can have stops at any moment. Then we shall drive to the lodge check in and spend the evening at leisure admiring the wilderness. Dinner and overnight.

Accommodation Options:

Luxury: Adere Safari Lodge
Midrange: Kidepo Savannah Lodge
Meal plan: Full board

Day 4: Full day Kidepo Valley National Park

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On this day, we shall do a Game drive and a cultural walk. Head out for a cultural tour to the Karamojong people for a truly unique experience. They are a very interesting group of people with a unique culture visible in their way of dressing, cooking, dancing and other daily life activities. Later head back to the lodge for lunch. Enjoy a rewarding game drive through the open savannah, rocky outcrops, forests and rings of mountains. Drive extensively up to Kanangorok Hot Springs and brace yourself for photo opportunities and chances of catching sight of more wildlife especially lions sitting on the rocks as they scan the park for possible prey. Later transfer back to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

Accommodation Options:

Luxury: Adere Safari Lodge
Midrange: Kidepo Savannah Lodge
Meal plan: Full board

Day 5: Drive to Murchison Falls National Park

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After breakfast, you will drive from Kidepo Valley National Park to Murchison Falls National Park the drive takes 6-7 hours. You will enjoy an en route game drive through the northern section of the park popularly known as Para where you will have chances of spotting many mammals, big cats hunting and a lot of bird’s species.

Accommodation Options:

Luxury: Paraa Safari Lodge
Midrange: Fort Murchison Lodge
Meal plan: Full board

Day 6: Morning game drive and boat safari to the “bottom of the falls”

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Set off for a morning game drive on the Northern Delta Nile with sightings of Lions, buffalos, waterbucks, Jackson’s hartebeest, Rothschild’s giraffe, oribi and baboons are some of the animals to expect. After lunch, you will embark on a three-hour boat cruise on the Nile, this boat ride offers an amazing view of the falls from the bottom angle. Hippos, crocodiles, antelopes, and aquatic birds can be seen along the shores of the river. Visit the top of the falls and enjoy the magnificent Murchison falls as they squeeze their way through a gorge in the rocks and tumbles 43m below flowing westwards into Lake Albert.

Accommodation Options:

Luxury: Paraa Safari Lodge
Midrange: Fort Murchison Lodge
Meal plan: Full board

Day 7: Drive to Kibale Forest – Bigodi Swamp walk

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Drive to Kibale forest National park commonly known as the primate capital of the world and one of East Africa’s major tropical rain forest. You drive through papyrus swamps and the thick jungle of the Nile Delta; the drive is about 8-9 hours. Check in your lodge and relax. In the afternoon visit the Bigodi Wetland Sanctuary for a nature walk, rich in biodiversity and beautiful scenery, the wetland is a birder’s paradise with about 138 species hosting eight species of primates including the black-and-white colobus, grey-cheeked mangabey, red-tailed, l’Hoest’s and blue monkeys, and olive baboons. Later you can enjoy a walk to the “top of the world” along crater lakes which this area is also famous for crater lakes view and the mountain of the moon.

Accommodation Options:

Luxury:  Primate Lodge
Midrange:  Kibale Forest Camp
Meal plan: Full board

Day 8: Chimpanzee Tracking

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 Head over to Kibale Forest Headquarters and get a briefing on the day’s activity. With a ranger guide, you will venture into the jungle in search of the chimpanzees and while tracking, you will be able to spot different animal species like the Red Colobus, Black and white Colobus, Grey-cheeked Mangabey, Olive Baboon, Red-tailed Monkey, and L’Hoest’s Monkey among others and different bird species. You will spend one hour with the chimpanzees as you watch them play, feed and groom each other.

Accommodation Options:

Luxury:  Primaqte Lodge
Midrange:  Kibale Forest Camp
Meal plan: Full board

Day 9: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park

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With an early breakfast depart from Kibale to Queen Elizabeth National Park. After checking in, you will enjoy an afternoon game drive where you will enjoy many wildlife sightings.

Accommodation Options:

Luxury:  Elephant Plains Lodge
Midrange: The Bush Lodge
Meal plan: Full board

Day 10: Game drive and Boat Safari on the Kanziga Channel

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Enjoy the game drive with a view of elephants, lions, hartebeest and different species of birds, Look out for mammals like the graceful Roth child Giraffe, Jackson’s Hartebeest, Uganda Kob, Defassa Waterbuck, Buffaloes, Elephants, Warthog, Hippos, Oribi and when lucky a leopard and Lion among others. After lunch embark on a boat safari along the Kazinga channel with beautiful views of birds as Lake George connects Lake Edward

Accommodation Options:

Luxury:  Elephant Plains Lodge
Midrange: The Bush Lodge
Meal plan: Full board

Day 11: Transfer to Bwindi Forest via Ishasha

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You will exit Queen Elizabeth National Park through the Ishasha Plains in the southern sector of Queen Elizabeth National Park for another epic game drive. Ishasha is famous for its iconic tree-climbing lions that climb trees to catch the cool breezes. After your game drive, you will leave Queen Elizabeth National Park and head to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.

Accommodation Options:

Luxury: Mahogany springs lodge
Midrange: Buhoma Gorilla Camp
Meal plan: Full board 

Day 12: Gorilla Trekking in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest

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With an early breakfast and a packed lunch, you will be transferred to the Uganda Wildlife Authority park headquarters where you’ll be briefed on the gorilla tracking which begins at 8:00am. You will then be guided into the jungle to track the shy primates. The trek length varies depending on where the gorillas spent the night, ranging from 30 minutes to 7 hours, once you the gorilla family, you will spend one hour with them, observing them feed, socialize and display their prowess.

Accommodation Options:

Luxury: Mahogany springs lodge
Midrange: Buhoma Gorilla Camp
Meal plan: Full board 

Day 13: Transfer to Lake Bunyonyi, Nature walks and hikes

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After an early morning breakfast, you will be transferred to Lake Bunyonyi. After gorilla trekking. Lake Bunyonyi is a magical, stunningly beautiful lake in Uganda to relax and chill out. Check-in to your lodge and you can decide to go for swimming at the lodge. After lunch you will go for nature walks and hike and a guide will be with you so that you do not get lost. Hikes are the mostly and here you will meet some locals who will tell you the amazing history of Lake Bunyonyi and how they live around Lake Bunyonyi. You will enjoy seeing the African sunset on Lake Bunyonyi.

Accommodation Options:

Luxury: BirdNest Resort
Midrange: BirdNest Resort
Meal plan: Full board

Day 14: Transfer to Lake Mburo National Park

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You will then transfer to Lake Mburo National Park driving through winding roads, farmlands and forests. Lake Mburo National Park boasts of a beautiful acacia Savannah terrain and woodlands. On arrival you will embark on a game drive expecting to spot warthog, impala, zebras, oribi, leopard and several savannah bird species some of which include lapwings, hornbills, and cocqui francolin. This park is also home to the eland, Africa’s largest antelope species only found here and Kidepo valley National Park. After dinner, you will set out to explore this park on a nocturnal game drive guided a by a ranger, you will be scanning the savannah with a spotlight to search for a variety of species including the genet cat, warthog, hippos, spotted hyena and the elusive leopard.

Accommodation Options:

Luxury:  Kigambira Safari Lodge
Midrange: Mburo Safari Lodge
Meal plan: Full board

Day 15: Transfer back to Entebbe

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Have an early breakfast, check out and start your journey back to Kampala passing through rolling hills with terraces and also you will have a great time viewing the lush vegetation of the different areas you will go through. Have a stopover at the Equator and Mpambire drum makers point. After buying some souvenirs, continue to Kampala arriving late afternoon. The guide will drop you off Entebbe Airport for your out bound flight.