14 Days Wildlife Safaris in Uganda

This 14 Days Wildlife Safaris in Uganda tour will include a visit to jinja, Ssezibwa falls, Zziwa Rhino sanctuary, Kibale Forest National Park and Budongo forest for Chimpanzee trekking, Queen Elizabeth National Park and Murchison falls for wildlife and game viewing and Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park for the gorilla trekking adventure and Lake Mburo National Game Park.

Trip summary

Day 1. Arrival at Entebbe Airport

Day 2. Source of the Nile Jinja and Sezibwa Falls

Day 3. Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary

Day 4. Chimpanzee Trekking Budongo Forest, MFNP

Day 5. Game drive and boat cruise

Day 6. Delta Launch and transfer to Hoima

Day 7. Hoima – Kibale Forest National Park

Day 8. Chimpanzee Trekking, Kibale

Day 9. Kibale-Queen Elizabeth National Park

Day 10. Game drive and Boat cruise, QENP

Day 11. QENP Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.

Day 12. Gorilla Trekking, Bwindi

Day 13. Bwindi – Lake Mburo National Park

Day 14. Lake Mburo National Park – Kampala.

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Day 1: Arrival at Entebbe Airport.

On your arrival at Entebbe airport, you will be picked up by our representative, your driver/guide, who will brief you about you safari and transfer you to your place of accommodation. Do a city tour in the afternoon and visit local sights depending on your flight time. Dinner and overnight at forest cottages.

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Day 2: Source of the Nile, Jinja and Sezibwa Falls.

Depart from your hotel after early morning breakfast for Jinja via Mukono, make a stopover at Sezibwa Falls to see the spiritual healing waters. Visit the mighty Source of River Nile where we shall have our lunch and if time allows we will also visit Itanda falls. In the evening we drive back to Kampala for dinner and overnight at forest cottages.

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Day 3: Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary.

After breakfast, you will be picked up from your Hotel by our driver/guide and transfer to Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary passing through traditional home steads arriving to the Sanctuary in the early afternoon and do the Rhino Trekking, have lunch and later drive to Masindi , for dinner and overnight at Masindi hotel.

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Day 4: Chimpanzee Trekking Budongo Forest, MFNP.

After an early breakfast, we transfer to Murchison Falls National Park, entering the Park with a mini game drive and go straight to Kanio Pabidi out post for registration and briefing before we start the Chimpanzee Trekking. The activity normally takes about three hours but sometimes it may be shorter or longer depending on the food availability. We come back to the out Post, have lunch, relax around, and visit the top of Murchison Falls and have dinner and overnight at Fort Murchison.

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Day 5: Game drive and boat cruise.

The day begins early with early breakfast and then goes for the game drive in search for wildlife that includes the Elephants, Buffaloes, Bushbucks, Giraffes, Cobs, Lions and Leopards among others. It also harbors a variety of bird life (450 bird species) that includes the rare Shoe Billed Stock. The game drive normally takes about three to four hours. We later come back to the Lodge, relax around , have lunch and later at around 2:00pm go for the boat cruise on the Nile for yet another but different view of the wildlife at close quartos as they cool off at the banks of the River and also view the Falls from the bottom side. We come back to Lodge for dinner and overnight.

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Day 6: Delta Launch and transfer to Hoima.

After a relaxed breakfast, at around 09:00am, we take a boat cruise to the Delta for another view of wildlife especially the Shoe Billed Stork. We later come back to the Lodge, have lunch and later transfer to Hoima passing through the Bulisa escapement for a better view of Lake Albert and the Albertine Rift Valley and check in to the service of Hotel Kolping for dinner and overnight.

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Day 7: Hoima - Kibale National Park.

After breakfast, we transfer to Kibale National Park passing through traditional home steads and the tea plantation of Fort Portal (Kabarore) with en-route lunch arriving in the evening and check in to the service of Kibale Primate Lodge for dinner and overnight.

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Day 8: Chimpanzee Trekking, Kibale.

After breakfast we slope down to the Park Offices for registration and briefing before we start the Trekking in one of East Africa’s oldest Forest with trees as high as 50 metres . The Trekking may take about three hours in search for Habituated Chimpanzees. The forest also harbors about five primate species that include the Black and White Colobus, Red Colobus, Red tailed, Lhotse’s Monkeys and Grey cheeked Mangbey. It is also home to a variety of bird species including the rare Green Breasted Pita. We come back to the Lodge, relax around, have lunch and later go for a nature walk in the Bigodi wetland which is also very rewarding. We come back to the Lodge for dinner and overnight.

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Day 9: Kibale-Queen Elizabeth National Park.

After breakfast we transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park driving through the Crater Lakes region and drive southwards along the foot hills of Rwenzori Mountain Ranges, these constitute the western Rift Valley and form the boundary between Uganda and Congo. With en-route lunch at Kasese. We enter the Park with a mini game drive arriving in the afternoon and check in to the service of bush lodge, have a free afternoon, dinner and overnight.

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Day 10: Game drive and Boat cruise, QENP.

The day begins early with an early morning cup of coffee and then starts our game drive towards the Kasenyi plains in search for the wildlife that includes the African Elephants, Waterbucks, Cobs, Buffaloes, Giant Forest Hogs, Bushbucks, Hyenas, Lions and Leopards among the mammal species and a variety of bird life. This Park is said to have the highest concentration of bird species as compared to any Park in the world (about 612 birds) recorded in this Park. We come back to the Lodge for breakfast, relax around, have lunch and later in the afternoon go for the boat cruise on the Kazinga Channel for yet another but different view of wild life from close as they come to cool off in the Channel water. We come back to the Lodge in the evening for dinner and overnight.

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Day 11: QENP Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.

After breakfast we visit Katwe salt Lake on the edge of the Park to see how salt is locally extracted. Did you know that latex is used as one of the protective gadgets in the mining of salt? Come and experience this, it’s worth visiting. We later transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park passing through the Ishasha sector where the famous tree climbing Lions can be seen as we are arriving in Bwindi in the evening and check in to the service of Gorilla Resort for dinner and overnight.

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Day 12: Gorilla Trekking, Bwindi.

After breakfast we go to Park Offices for registration and briefing before we start the highlight for our safari, the Gorilla Trekking. The hikers will like it although sometimes it may be strenuous walking in muddy conditions on hilly terrain and sometimes with rain over head. This may take between 2 -8 hours depending on the food availability. We come back to the Lodge for dinner and overnight.

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Day 13: Bwindi - Lake Mburo National Park.

After breakfast we transfer to Lake Mburo National Park passing through the rolling hills of Kigezi and Ankole, with en-route lunch arriving in the afternoon and enter the Park with a mini game drive and check in to the service of Eagles nest lodge. We then go for the boat cruise on Lake Mburo in search for wild life that include the Hippos, Crocodiles, Elands, Statungas and Monitor lizards among others. We also expect to see a variety of bird life including the rare African Fin foot. We come back to the Lodge for dinner and overnight.

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Day 14: Lake Mburo National Park - Kampala.

The day begins early as we go for the Nature walk on shores of Lake Mburo in search for wild life that includes The Zebras, Impalas, Reedbuck, Cliff springers, Buffaloes and Leopards among other mammals and a variety of bird life that includes the Papyrus Gono Lake. We go back to the Lodge for breakfast and transfer to Kampala arriving in the afternoon and check into the service of forest cottages or to the Airport according the time of your flight.

End of Safari.

Includes

  • Services of an English speaking guide
  • Transportation in a 4x 4 vehicle customized for Safaris
  • Park entry fees
  • Accommodation and meals as per the itinerary
  • Game drives
  • Boat cruise
  • Water on board

Excludes

  • International air fares
  • Uganda visa
  • Expenses of personal Nature like Alcoholic drinks and wines
  • Tips and gratitude porters
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