Uganda Safari (7 Days)

7 Days Tour to Queen, Bwindi, Kibale and Murchison Falls. (Wildlife and Gorillas)

TOUR ITINERARY

Day 1; Drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park / Boat Ride
Very early in the morning before 6:00 am you will have breakfast and the drive to head south west to Queen Elizabeth NP. The drive will take you to Lions in Queen Elizabeth National Parkreach the park in the afternoon. You will have a game drive enroute to reach your lodge. Check in, have lunch and then in the afternoon you will go for a boat ride on the Kazinga channel that connects Lake Edward and George. The launch cruise will reward you with game like hippos, buffaloes and other animals at the shores. For birder the launch cruise is another paradise, where by it rewards them with plenty of birds to include residents and migrant species at the shores. Dinner and overnight at Mweya Safari Lodge / Mweya Institute of ecology.

Day 2: Game drive / Drive back to Kampala
Before sunrise you will go for a game drive in the pack to search for predator and nocturnal dwellers as they return to their hide outs.  Expect species such as Elephants, buffaloes, side stripped jackals, hyena, leopards, Lions, warthogs, Uganda Kobs, Giant forest Hogs to mention. After the game drive you will drive through the Ishasha sector to transfer to Bwindi the Gorilla sanctuary .The drive will take you through the Ishasha sector to reach the park in the evening. Watch out for tree climbing Lions enroute. Dinner and overnight at Gorilla resort / Buhoma homestead / Buhoma community Bandas.

Day 3; Gorilla Tracking in Bwindi Gorilla Forest
After breakfast, with packed lunch you will transfer to the park headquarters for briefing and then later on at 9:00 am you will set off along the tracks in the thick forest to go search for these great apes. Depending on the movement of these humble giants the walk might take between 2-9 hours before you encounter the Gorillas. The walk is tiresome however meeting these great apes and spending some time with them while looking deep into their expressive brown eyes, is an exhilarating and heartbreaking wildlife encounter that Africa has to offer. Dinner and overnight at Gorilla resort / Buhoma homestead / Buhoma community.

Day 4; Transfer to Kibale National Park
Early in the morning after breakfast, drive to Kibale National Park. The drive will take you about 6 hours to reach Fort portal in the afternoon have lunch and then go for a nature walk to the Bigodi Wetland sanctuary. This walk will reward you with primates like monkeys, bush babies antelopes, and plenty of birds, not forgetting the rare flora. Dinner and overnight at Ndali Lodge / Mountains of the moon / Primates Lodge.

Day 5: Chimpanzee tracking / Drive to Murchison Falls National
This morning you will have breakfast and then transfer to Kibale NP Headquarters. You will be briefed about the whole process and tracking and then you will head along the tracks in the forest to search for chimpanzees. The walk through the park will be guided providing information about not only on chimpanzees but also on flora and fauna. You will then meet the chimpanzees and spend sometime watching them feed and making theirs calls. If you are lucky to find then hunting this is the best time, as you watch them share the meat amongst themselves. After tracking you will drive to Murchison Falls National. The drive will take about 8 Hours to reach the park in the evening. Dinner and overnight at Paraa Safari Lodge / Sambiya River Lodge / Red chilli Camp.

Day 6: Game drive / boat ride on the Victoria Nile
Before dawn you will go for a game drive through the park searching for predators and other game. The drive will reward you with game like Hyenas, Leopards, elephants, hartebeests, Oribis, Uganda Kobs, giraffes to mention.  In the afternoon you will go for a boat ride on the Victoria Nile that takes you to the bottom of the falls. The ride will reward you with game like Crocodiles, Hippos, elephants, buffaloes, and plenty of birds like the Kingfishers.

Day 7: Drive to Kampala
This morning have breakfast and then drive back to Kampala. The drive will take you to stop in one of the towns along the way for lunch and at the equator for photographs to reach the Kampala in the evening.  

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