8N 9D Ultimate Uganda Tour
Itinerary
DAY 1: ARRIVAL IN ENTEBBE – KAMPALA
Upon arrival at Entebbe airport, you will be picked up by a company representative and transferred to Kampala for your overnight stay. Dinner on your own account. Overnight in Kampala/Entebbe
Meals: Dinner
DAY 2: KAMPALA TO ZIWA RHINO SANCTUARY TO MURCHISON FALLS NATIONAL PARK (340KMS / 7HRS) – B,L,D
You will be picked up from place of overnight stay and thereafter proceed to Zziwa Rhino Sanctuary – The Rhino Fund Uganda was started in 1997 and out of this emerged the Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary, a 7000hectare piece of suitable land covered by savannah and native woodlands. The Rhino fund aims at re introducing black and white Rhinos in to Uganda’s protected areas as well as educating the local communities on endangered Rhinos, poaching and environmental conservation. The Rhino trek takes 1-2 hours and you will get an opportunity of viewing them at close quarters. Have a lunch at the sanctuary thereafter then proceed to your place of overnight stay.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
DAY 3: MURCHISON FALLS NATIONAL PARK – B,L,D
After an early breakfast we start the day with a game drive on the northern bank of the Nile, with chances of seeing giraffes, elephants, lions, hartebeest and different species of birds. After Lunch at Paraa Safari Lodge the safari will be continued with a boat cruise on the river Nile for game viewing at close quarters. Upon reaching the bottom of the waterfalls we will depart the boat and climb your way up to the Top of the Falls where you will be rewarded with amazing views of the Nile. Your guide will pick you up from here and take you back to the lodge. The rest of the afternoon can be spent relaxing.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
DAY 4: DRIVE TO FORT PORTAL (300KM/6HRS) – B,L,D
After breakfast you will be transferred to Fort Portal town. Spend a relaxing evening at the lodge before the chimpanzee trek next day at Kibale Forest. Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
DAY 5: MORNING CHIMP TRACKING – QUEEN ELIZABETH NATIONAL PARK (180KM / 3HRS) – B,L,D
After breakfast you will transfer to the tracking start point. Following the pre-tracking briefing at 7:30am you walk to the trailhead for the start of an unforgettable adventure –enjoy a guided nature walk in the tropical rainforest in search of the wild chimpanzee, red-tailed monkey, black-and-white colobus monkey and many others. The treks are generally 3-4 hours; expect good sightings of chimps in their natural environment. A maximum of 6 people per group will head out with a forest ranger guide and will be allowed to track chimpanzees.
The tracking will include one hour with members of the wild community of chimpanzees that have been habituated. The walk may also include viewing of other wildlife in the forest under the forest canopy. Spend an unforgettable hour with the chimpanzees watching them as they eat, groom, play, taking care of their young, and go through their daily routine in their natural habitat. After lunch, you will head back to the lodge for lunch thereafter checking out and proceeding to Queen Elizabeth National Park.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.
DAY 6: QUEEN ELIZABETH NATIONAL PARK – B,L,D
Rise early at 6:00am and set out for an early morning game drive at the mating ground of the Uganda Kobs. You will search for lions, elephants, buffaloes and other wild animals in their natural habitat before returning for dinner. You will have your breakfast packed for you by your lodge and enjoy it in the amazing wilderness. After lunch at your Lodge, you will take on a scenic boat cruise at 14:00hrs along the Kazinga Channel, a natural and pre-historic canal that joins Lakes Edward and George. 33kms long and 2 to 3 kms at its widest points, the Kazinga channel, formed by tectonic activity millions of years ago during the formation of the rift valleys.
On a scheduled 3 hrs. boat ride over a 12 to 14 kms stretch of the channel, guests are almost always guaranteed excellent wildlife sightings including, multitudes of hippopotamus, Nile crocodiles, wallowing buffaloes on its reedy banks, elephants, multitudes of birds including many endemics as well as hundreds of other plains game that come to it for water all day long. Thereafter head back to the lodge to relax.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
DAY 7: QUEEN ELIZABETH NATIONAL PARK, ISHASHA SECTOR, DRIVE TO BWINDI (200KM /5HRS) B, L, D
Relaxed breakfast at 7:30am and then head to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park passing via the Ishasha Sector- famously known for the tree climbing lions. Have a picnic lunch before proceeding to Bwindi National Park arriving in the early evening for relaxation at the lodge.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
DAY 8: GORILLA TRACKING B, L, D
Arise early today at 6:30am for breakfast and prepare for the highlight of your safari, an unforgettable encounter with the gentle giants of Bwindi! You will be transferred to the national park offices and go through the formalities of track preparation and your guide will brief you on gorilla etiquette.
Tracking the gorillas through the thick undergrowth can be a strenuous task, albeit in the end, a rewarding one. There can be a lot of steep gradients to conquer therefore you need to be relatively fit. Led by a park ranger, the actual trek to the gorillas’ resting place can be between 4 – 8 hours. Upon sighting the gorillas, you spend the allowed one hour with them as they go about their daily life; feeding, moving, playing, raising their young and sometimes wrestling by the juveniles – it is a totally unique and unforgettable experience!
Please remember to bring your passport for registration, appropriate, water proof hiking boots and a light rain coat. To protect from stinging nettles, we recommend long pants and long-sleeved tops. A pair of old gardening gloves can help grabbing onto the vegetation while most hotels/lodges provide a walking stick that come in very handy especially when hiking downhill. A small waterproof backpack is an excellent idea to carry a light snack, bottled water as well as protection for your camera.
Afterwards, you hike back to base from where you will be transferred back to the lodge for a well-deserved shower, some time to relax and a great dinner.
Please note that if you need help up the hike there are guides/ porters during the briefing session that can be hired to assist make your tracking easier uphill at an extra USD 20 (approx.).
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Day 9: BWINDI NATIONAL PARK – ENTEBBE (570km/ 10hrs) – B
Breakfast and then transfer back to Kampala by flight. Optional stay in Entebbe/Kampala.
Meals: Breakfast
Recommended – if you have an early afternoon flight out of Entebbe – please note that there is a flight through Aerolink Uganda departing from Kihihi at 09:45hrs arriving at Entebbe Airport 11: 25hrs. Option for afternoon flight at 14:05hrs arriving in Entebbe at 15:55hrs. Lunch & dinner on your own account.
The above tour description, inclusions, exclusions are daywise itinerary are indicative and may change at the time of quoting and booking