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Safari Overview – 12 Days/ 11 Nights
We’ve crafted the Ultimate Uganda Safari for those with more time to explore the Pearl of Africa. This adventure includes exploring Uganda’s savanna national parks, including Murchison Falls, the largest national park in northern Uganda known for big game viewing. Enjoy private boat excursions on the Nile, hike to the bottom of magnificent falls, and experience the highlight of this tour with a boat cruise on Kazinga Channel. Here, you’ll have the unique opportunity to spend up to four hours with both mountain gorillas and chimpanzees, a departure from the traditional tracking, which only allows one hour with a mountain gorilla in Bwindi Forest and chimpanzees in Kibale Forest.
Here is a proposed itinerary – please get in touch for customisable options. Take advantage of our flexible booking policy today and pay only the minimum deposit required to secure your remittable booking.
Your Uganda adventure commences in Entebbe, where you’ll be warmly received and transported to your Entebbe hotel for dinner and an overnight stay.
Accommodation:
Luxury: Hotel Number 5Early in the morning, your Ganyana safari driver/guide will collect you from your hotel. You’ll embark on a journey to Murchison Falls, Uganda’s largest and oldest national park. Here, you have the opportunity to spot four of the big five animals: Lion, Buffalo, Elephant, and Leopard. Enjoy lunch in Nakasongola before heading to Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary to observe white Rhinos and indulge in some birding. Continue your journey to Murchison Falls National Park.
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Luxury: Chobe Safari LodgeStart your day with an early breakfast before setting out on a morning game drive along the Northern Delta Nile. Keep an eye out for Lions, Buffalos, Waterbucks, Jackson’s hartebeest, Rothschild’s giraffe, oribi, and baboons. At 11:00 am, embark on a thrilling three-hour boat cruise on the Nile, offering a spectacular view of the falls from below. Witness Hippos, crocodiles, antelopes, and aquatic birds along the riverbanks. After the boat launch, enjoy an evening game drive and return to your accommodation for dinner and overnight.
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Luxury: Chobe Safari LodgeBegin your day with an early breakfast and venture into various designated game drive areas. Key areas include the Delta, where Lions often await their prey at watering holes, the Buligi Peninsula, and the southern sector, known as the heart of Murchison Falls.
After game viewing, embark on a hike to the top of the falls, a refreshing activity that helps relieve stress and invigorates your senses.
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Luxury: Chobe Safari LodgeFollowing breakfast, your Gorilla and Savannah Safari continues with a westward transfer through tea plantations and rolling hills to reach Fort Portal town. Enjoy lunch en-route before proceeding to Kibale National Park. After checking into your hotel, embark on a guided nature walk through the dense papyrus at Magombe Swamp, part of Bigodi Wetland Sanctuary located on the edge of Kibale Forest National Park.
During the walk, keep an eye out for diverse bird species, including the Great Blue Turaco, butterflies, and seven species of monkeys, including red colobus, grey-cheeked Mangabey, L’Hoest, vervet, black and white colobus, blue monkey, and baboons.
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Luxury: Kyaninga LodgeAfter an early breakfast, you’ll be transferred to the Uganda Wildlife Authority park headquarters. Here, you’ll receive a briefing before embarking on your trek to observe the captivating chimpanzees in Kibale Forest, renowned as the primate capital of the world. A limited number of participants have the unique opportunity to spend time with a team of trackers, researchers, and the chimpanzees in their natural habitat.
The Habituation Experience, which takes up to two years, habituates the chimpanzees to human presence, and your visit makes you a part of this experiment.
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Luxury: Kyaninga LodgeRise early and transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park, one of Uganda’s most popular and accessible savannah reserves. This area boasts one of the world’s highest biodiversity ratings, including 95 recorded mammal species and over 610 bird species. After checking in at your accommodation, enjoy a brief relaxation period, followed by an evening game drive offering abundant wildlife sightings.
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Luxury: Mweya Safari LodgeDepart for a morning game drive in the Kasenyi Plains, aiming to spot lions on the hunt. Kasenyi plains are an excellent location to track prides of lions that hunt the abundant game herds. Expect to encounter elephants, buffalo, warthogs, bushbuck, waterbuck, and vast herds of Uganda kobs. You’ll be joined by a Uganda Wildlife Authority guide who is an expert in tracking lions.
After lunch, explore the Kazinga Channel on a water safari, as the river flows through the heart of the park, connecting Lake Edward and Lake George. During the boat cruise, observe elephants, buffalo, warthogs, and waterbucks cooling off along the riverbanks.
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Luxury: Mweya Safari LodgeTransfer to the remote Ishasha Wilderness Camp in the picturesque Southern Ishasha sector of Queen Elizabeth National Park, situated along the Ntungwe River. This exclusive camp offers exceptional accommodations for those who seek the tranquility of true wilderness. Ishasha is also one of only two places globally where you can witness tree-climbing lions.
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Luxury: Ishasha Wilderness CampDepart Queen Elizabeth National Park through the Ishasha Plains, known for its iconic tree-climbing lions that seek breezy perches in the trees. After a memorable game drive, leave Queen Elizabeth National Park and head to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, specifically to the Nkuringo sector.
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Luxury: Mahogany Springs LodgeWith an early breakfast and a packed lunch, transfer to the Uganda Wildlife Authority park headquarters for a briefing before your gorilla tracking adventure begins at 8:00 am. Guided by experts, venture into the jungle to track the elusive primates. Gorilla Habituation takes place in southern Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, specifically in the Rushaga section.
Only four participants are allowed to join the habituation experiment each day, offering a golden opportunity to spend four hours observing gorillas in their daily activities, including feeding, playing, grooming, and bonding.
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Luxury: Mahogany Springs LodgeBegin your day with a hearty African breakfast and then transfer from the lodge to the Kisoro airstrip for an Aero Link flight back to Entebbe. Meet your driver-guide and proceed to Mabamba Swamp, located on the shores of Lake Victoria. At Mabamba Swamp, embark on a canoe excursion guided by an expert birder. Explore the swamp to spot the famous Shoebill Stork, the Grey Crowned Crane (Uganda’s National Bird), Saddle-billed Stork, African Fish Eagle, and Malachite Kingfisher.
Your guide will then drive you to Entebbe International Airport, ensuring you arrive in time to check in for your outbound flight home.
End of Safari
Persons | Date | Price per person |
|---|---|---|
| 2 pax | Any Date | $7,648 |
| 4 pax | Any Date | $5,623 |
