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11 Days Safari To Western Uganda

DESTINATION
Mountain gorilla trekking
DURATION

11 Days

Overview

The 11 days Safari will take you to the most exciting destinations that will offer you an amazing experience with nature, culture, and wildlife adventures. These are Murchison Falls NP, Lake Mburo NP, Bwindi Impenetrable Forest for Gorilla trekking, Lake Bunyonyi, Queen Elizabeth and Ishasha sector and finally Kibale NP for Chimpanzee trekking with the surrounding places and Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary.

What’s Included

  • English-speaking guide
  • Park fees
  • Boat cruise
  • Park Ranger
  • Hiking
  • Bottled water
  • Transport in 4X4 vehicle
  • Meals
  • Safari accommodation
  • airport pickup & Dropoff
  • International flights
  • Visas
  • Kampala accommodation
  • expensive drinks
  • cigarettes
  • laundry
  • crafts
  • souvenirs
  • tips

Itinerary

Day 1:
Upon arrival at Entebbe Airport, you will be welcomed by our Tour Guide and head to 2 Friends Beach Hotel in Entebbe for a day’s relaxation, dinner and an overnight stay.
Day 2: Transfer to Murchison Falls National Park

After your breakfast at the hotel, you’ll take a drive to Murchison falls National Park for the Big Five Trial via Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary for Rhino Tracking. 

After Rhino tracking, you will have lunch along the way and continue your journey to Murchison Falls National Park. You will then proceed to visit the top of the falls and later drive to the lodge where you will sleep. Dinner and an overnight stay will be at Paraa Safari Lodge. 

Day 3: Morning game drive and boat cruise

After breakfast, you’ll do an early morning game drive, look out for animals like lions, elephants, jackals, giraffes, buffalos, hyenas, leopards, and birds. 

You’ll then go for an exciting boat trip up stream to the bottom of the falls on the Victoria Nile which will reward you with the clear and fantastic view of animals like Hippos, Elephants, Crocodiles as well as bird species. Dinner and an overnight stay will be at Paraa Safari Lodge. 

Day 4: Transfer to Kibale National park

After breakfast, you will embark on a scenic Uganda highlights Safari road trip southwards to Kibale via Fort Portal City- a beautiful city overlooking the Mountains of the Moon (a snow capped mountain). 

Taking the western scenic route to Kibale National Park, this journey will take you through the Albertine Rift found in the western arm of the Great East African Rift Valley. You will reach Fort Portal early evening, proceed to your lodge to check in have dinner and an overnight stay at chimpundu lodge, Chimpanzee Guest House.

Day 5: Chimpanzee tracking and Afternoon transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park.

A relatively early drive to headquarters for briefing and embark on memorable experience of chimpanzee trekking lead by an experienced guide who will call them by, 1 hour for observation and photography, along the way you can also stand a chance to see other primates such as red-tailed monkeys, black and white colobus monkeys among others. After lunch you will transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park crossing the equator, reaching in the evening. Check in to your lodge.

Dinner and overnight stay at Mweya safari lodge.

Day 6: Morning Game drive and Afternoon Kazinga Channel Boat cruise.

After a cup of coffee or full breakfast, you will head out for an early morning savanna game drive up to Kasenyi plains in the park. You will look out for lions. Leopards, Cape buffaloes, Uganda Kobs, spotted hyenas, Mongoose, waterbucks, elephants, warthogs among others. You will then drive back to the lodge for an early lunch break. 

In the afternoon, after your lunch proceed down to the Mweya Peninsular and take a Boat cruise on Kazinga channel where you stand chances to see lots of Hippopotamus, crocodiles, Buffaloes and Elephants coming to drink and many different bird species. Return to the lodge Dinner and overnight stay (DAY 5)

Day 7: Morning game drive – transfer to BINP

Early morning game drive, lunch and drive through Ishasha sector view tree climbing lions and transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. Dinner and overnight at Mahogany springs lodge, Buhoma

Day 8: Gorilla trekking – Lake Bunyonyi visit

Have your breakfast and go for a briefing about mountain gorilla trekking and later move to the forest for trekking, 1 hour on encounter with gorillas for taking pictures and observing their behaviors. After having lunch, Transfer to Lake Bunyonyi  for relaxation. Dinner and overnight stay at Bunyonyi Eco Resort, Kyahugye Island.

Day 9: Transfer to Lake Mburo National Park

Set off to Lake Mburo National Park after your breakfast, stopover at Igongo cultural center for lunch and proceed to Lake Mburo National Park. Dinner and overnight at Mihingo lodge.

Day 10: Morning game drive and boat cruise

Go for morning game drive and view many wild animals like zebras, giraffes, kobs, impalas, sitatungas among others- lunch and go for boat cruise on Lake Mburo, enjoy more water loving animals like crocodiles, hippos, buffaloes among others. 

Dinner and overnight at Mihingo Safari lodge.

Day 11: Transfer to Kampala.

After breakfast, set off to Kampala, have an afternoon drive through the City and then drive to Entebbe. Dinner and overnight at 2Friends lodge/ Protea

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