Travelpack

Day 1: Arrival Entebbe
On arrival at Entebbe International Airport in Uganda and after finalizing the formalities, you shall be welcomed by your guide, who will then drive you to your hotel.

Accommodation: The Boma Hotel
Meal: Breakfast

Day 2: Rhinos and Murchison Falls National Park
After breakfast you shall start your tour. Driving through Kampala, you proceed to Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary. Here you shall have a walking Safari to the Southern White Rhinos that have been re-introduced in Uganda. In the afternoon you will drive to the legendary Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda’s biggest National Park.

Accommodation: Murchison River Lodge
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 3: Game Drive and Launch Cruise on the River Nile
After an early breakfast, proceed for a game drive. This is a beautiful drive across savannah, Borassus Palm Forest and grassland down to Lake Albert where the Albert Nile heads north. Drive in the open African savanna in search for Lions, Leopard, Hyena, Buffalo, Elephant, Jackson Hartebeest. Oribi, Waterbucks, Uganda Kobs, and enjoy spotting various Bird species such as the Secretary Bird, Black Chested Snake Eagle, Tawny and Marshal Eagles Carmine and Swallow Tailed Bee-Eaters, and many more. In the afternoon, go for a boat ride up the Nile, to Murchison falls, whence the park derives its name. Enjoy these spectacular falls by hiking to the top of the falls where the Nile squeezes through a 7 meter gap and at the bottom you will see Huge Nile Crocodiles bask.

Accommodation: Murchison River Lodge
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 4: Drive to Kibale National Park
Today you will drive to Fort Portal to Kibale National Park. Along the way you will pass many tea plantations. On the way you stop in Fort Portal. In the afternoon you will arrive at your accommodation.

Accommodation: Kibale Forest Camp/Isunga Lodge
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 5: Chimpanzee Trekking, Drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park
After breakfast you will go for Chimp tracking and enjoy a wonderful forest experience. Kibale’s 795 kms National Park contains one of the most beautiful and varying tracts of tropical forest in the whole of Uganda. This is home to 13 species of primate including chimpanzees. The park’s highest point is at 1590m above sea level. After lunch you shall proceed to Queen Elisabeth National Park, enjoy a game drive on your way in. Named after her Majesty the Queen of England, it is Uganda's most popular and most scenic game reserves. It stretches from the crater-dotted foothills of the Rwenzori range in the north, along the shores of Lake Edward to the remote Ishasha River in the south, incorporating a wide variety of habitats that range from savanna and wetlands and lowland forest.

Accommodation: Marafiki Safari Lodge/Kasenyi Safari Camp
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 6: Game Drive, Boat Ride on the Kazinga Channel
Have an early morning Game Drive. There are over 100 mammal species that include Lions, Hippos, Buffaloes, Leopard, Spotted Hyena, Elephants and the elusive Giant Forest Hog in this park. The Primates include Chimps, Black and White Colobus Monkeys, Blue, Black faced Red Colobus, and Red tailed monkeys and Olive Baboons. Return to the Lodge. In the afternoon, you shall have a boat ride on Kazinga Channel. Queen Elizabeth boasts one of the highest bio diversity ratings of any game park, from the open Savannah to Rain Forest, dense Papyrus Swamps and Crater Lakes to the vastness of Lake Edward.

Accommodation: Marafiki Safari Lodge/Kasenyi Safari Camp
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 7: Game Drive in Ishasha, Drive to Bwindi
Depart for Bwindi National park in the morning. On your way, you will have a chance to have a game drive in Ishasha Sector where the tree climbing lions are found, then continue to the home of the mountain Gorillas. Of Uganda’s forested parks, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is best known for gorilla Tracking, but it also provides refuge to elephants, chimpanzees, monkeys and various small antelopes, as well as 23 bird species restricted to the Albertine.

Accommodation: Gorilla Mist Camp
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 8: Gorilla Trekking
This morning you will get up early and go for the upcoming gorilla trekking. Trekking the Mountain Gorilla is one of the most exciting wildlife experiences on earth. The trek will take between 2 and 6 hours, but is well worth the effort. You will be led by an experienced ranger who will tell you interesting facts about flora and fauna and the lifestyle of the Gorillas. You will then drive to Lake Bunyonyi to your next accommodation.

Accommodation: Bird Nest Resort
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 9: Drive to Lake Mburo National Park, Evening Game Drive
Today, drive to Lake Mburo National Park. Even at the entrance to the park you can watch impalas and zebras. You will have a game drive as you enter the park. The Lake Mburo National Park forms a mosaic-like habitat with rocks, dry slopes, open and wooded savannas, forests, and swamps increases. This diversity of habitats has the diversity of bird life with 313 bird species recorded in the park, including flame head Barbet, Long-tailed Zitting Cisticola (Tabora), African Bins Rail, Collared Barbet, binding Bush singer among others.

Accommodation: Rwakobo Rock
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 10: Nature Walk, Game Drive and Drive back to Entebbe
You will get up early morning for a guided nature walk and game drive return to the hotel for a hearty breakfast. In the afternoon you will proceed to Kampala crossing the equator and later drive to Entebbe to catch your flight back home.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch

Prices shown are per person travelling. 'Twin/Double' prices per person apply when there are 2 - 10 people travelling, sharing a room. The 'Single Supplement' applies for single travellers who would like their own room and is not added to the 'Twin/Double' price.

2019

• 9 nights accommodation as per itinerary
• Airport transfers in Uganda (from and to international Airport in Entebbe)
• Excursions & Activities as per itinerary
• A professional and experienced English speaking Guide
• Transportation in (4x4) Landcruiser Vehicle
• Fuel on the entire tour
• All Entrance fees and game drive fees (except Gorilla permits)
• Mineral Water while on the tour
• All relevant government tax

Hotels:

Entebbe - The Boma Hotel
Murchison Falls National Park - Murchison River Lodge
Kibale National Park - Kibale Forest Camp/Isunga Lodge 3*
Queen Elizabeth National Park - Marafiki Safari Lodge/Kasenyi Safari Camp 3*
Ishasha - Gorilla Mist Camp
Lake Bunyonyi - Bird Nest Resort 4*
Lake Mburo National Park - Rwakobo Rock