Wildlife and Gorilla Tracking Safari

After breakfast, drive to Lake Mburo National Park with a stopover at the Equator crossing in Kayabwe for photography, stretching and simple experiments. You will arrive in Lake Mburo National Park in time for lunch you will have hot lunch at the lodge and  an en route game drive and evening boat cruise on the Lake.

Drive time: Approximately 4-5 hours

Accommodations

Budget Lodge: Rwakobo Rock Lodge

Mid Range: Kigarama Wilderness Lodge/Mihingo Lodge

Luxury: Kigambira safari Lodge

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

After breakfast, you will enjoy an en route game drive through Lake Mburo National Park as you proceed to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park located in Southwestern Uganda. This journey gives you great opportunities for scenic viewing as you pass some of the green rolling hills of Uganda with banana and tea plantations. Lunch will be served en route and you will arrive in Bwindi in the evening.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.

Accommodation

Budget: Rushaga Havens Lodge/Bakiga Lodge/Ride 4 A Woman/Buhoma Community Rest Camp

Mid Range: 4 Gorillas Lodge/Gorilla Leisure Lodge/Buhoma Haven Lodge

Luxury: Buhoma Lodge/Gorilla Heights Lodge/Sanctuary Forest Camp/Nkuringo Bwindi Gorilla Lodge/Kiho Lodge

Drive time: 6-7 hours.

After an early morning breakfast, with your packed lunch, you will report to the Park Headquarters for registration and then you will join other trackers for a briefing about the Dos and the Don’ts during your Gorilla Tracking safari. Your guides will lead you through the thick creepers and undergrowth as you trek to find the Gorillas. This trek can take you half an hour to three quarters of the day. The steeply forested landscape is incredibly dense but crisscrossed by numerous animal trails allowing access to tourists. The amount of time you take during the trek largely depends on the movement of the gorillas. But it is an extraordinary feeling being with these beautiful yet endangered Creatures.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.

Accommodation

Budget: Rushaga Havens Lodge/Bakiga Lodge/Ride 4 A Woman/Buhoma Community Rest Camp

Mid Range: 4 Gorillas Lodge/Gorilla Leisure Lodge/Buhoma Haven Lodge

Luxury: Buhoma Lodge/Gorilla Heights Lodge/Sanctuary Forest Camp/Nkuringo Bwindi Gorilla Lodge/Kiho Lodge

This morning you will depart for Queen Elizabeth National Park. So, be prepared for some incredible scenery along the way. You will arrive in time for Lunch at the lodge and an afternoon game drive in the plains of Kasenyi in search for Savannah wildlife that may include herds of buffaloes, antelopes, elephants and if you are lucky, you will spot some wild cats such as lions and leopard.

Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.

Budget: Bush Lodge

Mid Range: Buffalo safari lodge/ Elephant Hab Lodge/ Park View safari lodge

Luxury: Elephant Plains Lodge/ Kyambura Gorge Lodge

Drive time: 4-5 hours.

This morning you will head back to the plains of Kasenyi for a morning game drive to try to find what you could have missed seeing the previous day. Lunch will be served at the lodge. After lunch, you will head to the jetty along the Kazinga channel for the afternoon boat cruise. This cruise offers you beautiful chances of viewing animals like: hippos, elephants, buffaloes, crocodiles and some water birds which flop the channel to drink water.

Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.

Budget: Bush Lodge

Mid Range: Buffalo safari lodge/ Elephant Hab Lodge/ Park View safari lodge

Luxury: Elephant Plains Lodge/ Kyambura Gorge Lodge

After an early breakfast, you will drive to the Northern bank of the Queen Elizabeth National Park (Kasenyi) area in search of some wild animals which include: Elephants, Buffalo, and some wild cats, different species of antelopes such water buck, Uganda kobs etc. as well as Savannah birds. After lunch you will drive to Kibale National Park arriving at your lodge in the evening.

Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch and dinner.

Budget: Chimpanzee Forest Lodge/Isunga Lodge/ Kibale Forest Lodge

Mid Range: Turaco Tree Tops Lodge

Luxury: Primate Lodge/Tabebuia Spa and safari Resort/ Ndali Lodge/ Chimpundu Lodge

Drive time: 3-4hours.

After breakfast, you will be transferred to Kibale National Park Headquarters located at Kanyanchu. Here, you will join other trekkers for briefing before you proceed into the forest for chimpanzee trekking. You will be led by a well-trained and experienced ranger/guide who will take you for a guided primate walk inside Kibale Forest National Park. This forest provides an opportunity to visit one of the habituated communities of chimpanzees. You are allowed to spend an hour with these Great Apes while observing their behaviour. You are allowed to take photographs. So make sure your cameras are nearby. Kibale National Park is also home to other 13 primate species which can also be spotted while trekking the Chimpanzees. Of course there are also numerous species of forest birds. In fact, this is another haven for bird lovers. After lunch,  you will head to Bigodi wetland for a wetland walk with opportunities to see primates and several bird species. This walk will enable you appreciate the role of the of the local people around Bigodi in conserving the wetland. You can choose to support them through donation in kind. Please note that this is a voluntary act.

Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch and dinner.

Budget: Chimpanzee Forest Lodge/Isunga Lodge/ Kibale Forest Lodfe

Mid Range: Turaco Tree Tops Lodge

Luxury: Primate Lodge/Tabebuia Spa and safari Resort/ Ndali Lodge/ Chimpundu Lodge

Drive to Murchison Falls National Park through small towns, villages and great views of the escarpment arriving late evening you will visit the top of the falls and later proceed to the lodge for relaxation and overnight

Drive time: Approximately 6-7 hours drive

Accommodation:

Budget: Red Chili Safari lodge

Mid Range: Pakuba safari Lodge/Sambiya Safari lodge

Luxury: Nile Safari lodge/ Paraa Safari Lodge/Chobe safari lodge

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

DAY 10: Morning game drive and afternoon boat cruise to the bottom of the falls

After an early morning cup of coffee, you be transfered to the Northern section of the park which is popularly known as Paraa for your morning game drive.  Paraa comes from a local dialect  of the Luo community which means a place of Hippos. In deed this game drive will provide you with an opportunity to spot wild game that may include, giraffes, buffaloes, antelopes, hippos and if you are lucky you will spot cats such as lions and leopards. You will return to the lodge for a lunch break before you proceed to the pier for your two hour boat cruise to the bottom of the magnificent Murchison Falls where you will be able to spot several schools of Hippos as well as be able to witness how the River Nile water squeezes itself in a narrow gorge only to later explode out giving you an experience of a lifetime.

Accommodation:

Budget: Red Chili safari lodge

Mid Range: Pakuba safari Lodge/Sambiya Safari lodge

Luxury: Nile Safari lodge/ Paraa Safari Lodge/Chobe safari lodge

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

After breakfast, you will drive back to Entebbe international Airport. Depending on your flight time, you may decide to visit the Zziwa Rhino sanctuary (optional and not included).

Drive time: 5-6 hours