Detailed 11 Days Uganda Wildlife Trip & Primates Safari

Day 1: Arrival at Entebbe International Airport

Pick up from the Airport by your driver guide who will later transfer you to the Entebbe Botanical Beach Hotel or any other where you will dine and spend the night. (Meal Plan on B/D)

Accommodation options: Laico Lake Vitoria Windsor Hotel (Up Market-Standard), Karibu Guest House / Cassia Lodge (Mid-range)

Day 2: Entebbe/Kampala – Murchison Falls National Park – Ziwa Rhinos – Shoebill

Drive from Kampala in the morning with your guide to Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda’s largest park and home to 451 bird species and 76 mammal species. Your eyes will be fed with lots of sightings along the way as you will enjoy a bottle of drinking water.

Have a number of stops including a visit to the Ziwa Rhinos and the Shoebill before we have lunch en route; thereafter proceed Via Masindi through the Budongo Forest. We will arrive in time for dinner and overnight. (Meal Plan on F/B)

Accommodation options: Paraa Safari Lodge (Up Market-Standard), Pakuba Lodge (Mid-range)

Day 3 of 11 Days Uganda Wildlife Trip & Primates Safari: Murchison Game drive and the Nile Boat cruise & Hike to the Top of the Falls

On this day, you will have a tasty breakfast and set out for a game drive. The tour guide will lead you to the finest places to easily see the animals. You will certainly enjoy Uganda’s true wilderness as you will be taking the best pictures that will be unforgettable on this safari. The thrill will be seeing lions, lioness plus their cubs together with other wild animals such as elephants plus giraffes moving, buffaloes, and antelopes grazing in the savannah.

Head back to your lodge for a delicious lunch and some rest as you prepare for the afternoon Nile boat cruise. On the boat you will have a great time on the Victoria Nile, the boat takes you to the bottom of the falls. You will observe various animals like elephants, crocodiles, large numbers of hippos, buffaloes, waterbucks, and also birds such as the storks, and fish eagles among others. While at the bottom of the falls you will have a great time watching the magnificent waterfalls, later you will get off the boat for a short hike to the top of the fall.

There is nothing as thrilling as watching the river Nile make its way an 8 m camion dropping nearly 45 meters below as it continues with its course. Due to the great power of the falls, you will realize that the ground here is actually shaking; this is very impressive as a rainbow is also formed. Thereafter continue to your lodge and check in, have dinner, and overnight. (Meal Plan on Full Board)

Accommodation options: Paraa Safari Lodge (Up Market-Standard), Pakuba Lodge (Mid-range)

Day 4: Murchison Falls National Park – Kibale Forest National Park – Bigodi Wetland Forest walk

Enjoy an early breakfast at the lodge and drive to Kibale Forest; you will take pleasure in the gorgeous scenery of this countryside which makes the journey more exciting. Have your lunch en-route in Fort Portal town and continue as you will have great views of the Rwenzori Mountain ranges. Check-in at your lodge. You could go for a guided nature walk in Bigodi wetland which is home to various birds and primate species, and later have dinner and overnight at the lodge. (Meal Plan on Full Board)

Accommodation options: Kyaninga/Ndali Lodge (Up Market-Standard), Chimpanzee Forest Guest House/Rweetera Safari Park (Mid-range)

Day 5 of 11 Days Uganda Wildlife Trip & Primates Safari: Kibale Forest National Park – Chimpanzee trekking –Queen Elizabeth National Park – Game drive

Get up so early for breakfast and head to the park, where you will be brief and later start off with Chimpanzee trekking in the forest. Kibale forest is among the charming places well-known for different primates and several crater lakes within Uganda.

In the morning you will see the chimps in their natural environment. These chimps are also exciting and this very close encounter will reward you with a memorable experience on your trip. After lunch, you will drive to the Mweya peninsula in Queen Elizabeth National Park where you will arrive in the late afternoon, have dinner, and overnight. (Meal Plan on F/B)

 Accommodation options: Mweya Safari Lodge (Up Market-Standard), Kazinga Wilderness Safari Lodge (Mid-range – in the wild – community affiliated)

Day 6: Queen Elizabeth National Park – Game dive – Boat cruise – Community walk – experience

Enjoy your breakfast and set out for a game drive through the Kasenyi track and other tracks where you have a chance to observe different wildlife species like lions, elephants, antelopes, buffaloes, waterbucks, giraffes, and if lucky enough leopards together with amazing beautiful bird species. Queen Elizabeth has a diversity of Uganda’s ecosystems such as the Savannah, wetlands, lakes, forests, and over 600 bird species that live in the park.

With this, its scenery is spectacular with crater lakes like Nyamunuka and various shrubs and forests. Later head back to the lodge for lunch and relax. In the afternoon go for a launch cruise on the Kazinga channel; this is one of the most memorable experiences in the park.

Take pleasure in observing different water birds together with their echoing sweet sounds and animals such as hippos, African crocodiles, waterbucks, and buffaloes among others. After experiencing the true wilderness, drive back to the lodge for dinner and, (optional 3-hour night guided game drive depending on your strength and interest), stay or return to the lodge for your overnight. (Meal Plan on F/B)

Accommodation options: Mweya Safari Lodge (Up Market-Standard), Kazinga Wilderness Safari Camp (Mid-range – in the wild – community affiliated)

Day 7 of 11 Days Uganda Wildlife Trip & Primates Safari: Queen Elizabeth National Park – Ishasha – A Remote sector of Queen Elizabeth National Park

After breakfast, we transfer to the Ishasha region still part of the park arrive in time for lunch, and in the afternoon go for a savannah game drive to look out for tree-climbing lions and other games, and return to the lodge for dinner and overnight. (Meal Plan on F/B)

Accommodation options: Ishasha Wilderness Lodge (Up Market-Standard), Ishasha Jangle Lodge/Enjojo Lodge (Mid-range)

Day 8: Ishasha in Queen Elizabeth National Park – Bwindi Impenetrable Forest

After breakfast transfer to Bwindi via the Ishasha sector as you will have a chance to observe tree-climbing lions in the wild. Bwindi National Park is home to over 346 bird species, 120 mammal species, 400 plant species, and 27 frog species among others, and covers an area of 331 sq km.

Have lunch en route and continue with your journey combined with amazing and spectacular views of bananas, tea plantations, and the overall green vegetation of the area. On reaching the park check in at the lodge of preference, have dinner, and overnight. (Meal Plan on F/B)

Accommodation options: Gorilla Forest Camp/Nkuringo Lodge (Up Market-Standard), Lake Mulehe Gorilla Lodge/Rushaga Gorilla Camp (Mid-range)

Day 9 of 11 Days Uganda Wildlife Trip & Primates Safari: Bwindi Impenetrable National Park – Gorilla Trekking – Community /experience

After a cup of tea, head to the park head offices with your guide, and have a briefing about the forest’s requirements while in the park with gorillas.

After you will head for gorilla trekking through the mist rain forest, trekking can take 2 hours or up to 6 hours and this is based on the location of the gentle giants. Only 1 hour is permitted to trekkers while with the gorillas.

Make sure you carry packed lunch, enough water, trekking shoes, non-flash cameras, rain jackets, and walking sticks for those who are not so fit, later return to the lodge, relax, and in the evening, go for a community walk where you will visit the Batwa and other indigenous groups of people, who have lived in these forests for many years, you will be entertained, later head back to the lodge for dinner and overnight. (Meal plan on F/B)

Accommodation options: Gorilla Forest Camp/Nkuringo Lodge (Up Market-Standard), Lake Mulehe Gorilla Lodge/Rushaga Gorilla Camp (Mid-range)

Day 10: Bwindi Impenetrable National Park – transfer to Lake Mburo National Park – evening game drive

Breakfast and transfer to Lake Mburo National Park, which is approximately a 6 to 7 hours drive. You will go through the outstanding scenery in Kabale which is a combination of terraced hills, forests, and banana plantations among others. Have lunch in Mbarara and continue to Lake Mburo which is home to over 332 bird species, sitting on an area of 371 sq km.

A number of animals made it their home such as Zebras, impalas, warthogs, topis, waterbucks, buffaloes, and reedbucks among others. Upon arrival, you will have a boat cruise on the lake where your eyes will be fed with lots of wonders like birds, crocodiles, hippos, zebras among others, and have dinner and overnight. (Meal Plan on F/B)

Accommodation options: Mihingo Lodge (Up Market-Standard), Rwakobo lodge/Leopard Rest Camp (Mid-range)

 Day 11 of 11 Days Uganda Wildlife Trip & Primates Safari: Lake Mburo National Park – Safari/Game Walk – transfer to Entebbe Airport

As you come to the end of this adventurous safari, you will have breakfast and leave for an early morning game/Safari walk in the park. There you will see numerous zebras, Impalas, warthogs, and antelopes living in their many natural habitats.

A good camera is a must-have which in this instance offers you better pictures of Uganda’s true wilderness. Proceed with your journey to Entebbe, with a stopover for lunch in Masaka and at the Equator to take photos hence arriving in the evening for your flight. (Meal Plan on B/L)

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