12 Days Uganda Safari with Primate Trekking

Day 1 · Arrive in Uganda (Entebbe Airport) & transfer to the Hotel.

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   Entebbe

   Passing by

   Arrive in Uganda following the flight from your respective country of origin. You land at Entebbe International Airport which is the main gateway to Uganda where you will find a representative of your booked hotel and will offer you a courteous welcome. The amazing weather and brightening atmosphere on the shores of Lake Victoria give you a remarkable first impression of Uganda. Connect to the respective hotel for overnight stay.

Airport guest house.

Day 2 · Transfer from Entebbe to Murchison Falls National Park

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   Murchison Falls National Park

   8 hours

   Early morning after breakfast, you will be picked from your hotel by our tour guide for a transfer to Murchison Falls National Park. Branch off at Ziwa Rhino sanctuary in Nakasongola to track the Rhinos and later continue to the park. Arrive in Murchison falls with a visit to the top of the falls for a remarkable sight of the Nile crushing through a narrow gorge of 7m wide before plunging 43m deep into the devil’s cauldron. You will then drive to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay at your booked lodge.

Fort Murchison lodge

Day 3 · Murchison Falls National Park – Game drive & Boat Cruise

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   Murchison Falls National Park

   10 hours

   Arise very early in the morning for your game drive on the northern bank of the River Nile in your open-roof vehicle which will give you an excellent opportunity to view and photograph the diverse wildlife. Your guide will help you spot elephant,lion, cape buffalo, Roth child’s giraffe, hartebeest, waterbuck, oribi, bushbuck, bohor reed buck, hyena and if you are lucky, the leopard. After lunch, go for a boat cruise upstream the calm Victoria Nile to the base of the falls stopping just few of meters from the ‘Devil’s Cauldron’, marvel at the schools of hippos, crocodiles and over the 17km stretch you may see elephant, waterbuck and Uganda Kob. This is also the zone of many birds, species like goliath heron, Egyptian goose, pelican bee-eater, kingfisher, hornbill, cormorant and the rare shoebill stork. After taking shorts of the photogenic Murchison Falls, you may choose to continue to the top of the falls, where you will have the amazing view of the falls!

Fort Murchison

Day 4 · Transfer from Murchison Falls National Park to Kibale national park

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   Kibale Forest National Park

   5 hours Admission included

   After an early breakfast, you will depart for Kibale National Park. The drive goes through the Albertan Escarpment of the western arm of the East African Rift valley with dramatic views of Lake Albert, traditional homesteads and scenic views of the mountains of the moon. Reach Fort portal in the evening for dinner and overnight stay at your lodge.

Kibale forest Camp

Day 5 · Chimpanzee trekking - Cultural Village Walk in Bigodi

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   Kibale Forest National Park

   8 hours Admission included

   This morning go in search of chimpanzee near Kanyanchu. Chimps live in communities of about 100 individuals; learn about the physical and behavioral aspects we share in common. Check out more primates. Later explore the atmospheric village of Bigodi accompanied by one of our professional Englishspeaking field-guides. The walk will take up to 3 to 4 hours depending on the pace of the group. According to your interests, you will first visit a traditional healer who will happily share his knowledge about spirits, herbs, plants and local medicines. Secondly, the visitors will visit the homes of elderly men and women who tell interesting stories about birth, marriage, ceremonies, clans and their traditional life. Learn more about the history and issues that they face as a developing community of rural Uganda. Along the way, you will also be given the chance to experience the Ugandan school system, visit a local church and Bigodi’s trading Centre, a hub of rural life and activity.

Kibale forest camp

Day 6 · Transfer from Kibale National Park to Queen Elizabeth National Park

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   Queen Elizabeth National Park

   8 hours

   Drive to Queen Elizabeth national park situated at the bottom of Mountain Rwenzori which is among the finest mountain ranges in the world. On your way to the park you might see a number of wild animals plus birds since this park hosts approximately 100 species of mammals and an outstanding 606 species of birds.

Irungu Safari Lodge

Day 7 · Queen Elizabeth National Park - Game drive and Boat cruise

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   Queen Elizabeth National Park

   8 hours

   After a cup of coffee, begin the day with a game drive in the Kasenyi plains that may lead you to see bush buck, Uganda Kob, topi, Defassa waterbuck, and Cape buffaloes, Lions, elephants and many more. You will later return at the lodge for a late breakfast, relax as you wait for lunch. In the afternoon, you will enjoy an afternoon boat ride along the Kazinga Channel for a wide view of yawning hippos, crocodiles, buffaloes, various bird species such as red chest, papyrus Gonolek, pink backed pelicans, malachite kingfishers, yellow crown, water thick-knee, yellow-billed stork, shoe bill stock among others. Return at the lodge for dinner and overnight stay at your booked lodge.

Irungu Safari Lodge

Day 8 · Search for Tree climbing lions & transfer to Bwindi National Park

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   Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

   8 hours

   After a heavy breakfast, you will depart for Bwindi impenetrable national park- a home to half of the endangered Mountain gorillas in the world. It is a scenic drive with an enroute game drive in Ishasha sector that offers an opportunity of viewing the tree climbing lions at a closer range and later continue to Bwindi with lunch en route. Arriving in the evening for dinner and overnight stay at your booked lodge.

Travelers Rest Camp

Day 9 · Gorilla Tracking in Bwindi Forest & Community visit

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   Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

   8 min

   After an early breakfast depart to the starting point for briefing about your gorilla trekking adventure after which you will be led by experienced gorilla trackers on the slopes of the volcanoes. You will start from the site where the gorillas were encountered the day before and from here the gorilla tracking begins. Although the hike can be physically demanding, the anticipation of the exciting experience ahead is amazing, and the beauty of the gorilla forest and its inhabitants are fascinating. It is a humbling experience to stand just meters from man’s distant cousins as they eat rest, play and bond with their young ones. Follow the mountain gorillas in the impenetrable forest, and discover their natural habitual and the many species they share it with. You are allowed an hour with the gorillas before sloping down back to your lodge. Later after lunch, take walk around the lodge after lunch to visit the Batwa /Pygmy community to see how they live.

Travelers Rest Camp

Day 10 · Transfer to Lake Bunyonyi for Canoeing trip

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   Mabamba Swamp shoebill Watching Entebbe

   8 min Admission included

   After having breakfast, we shall take a scenic drive to Lake Bunyonyi taking you through the beautiful terrain of the rolling hills with terraced landscape. A short drive leads us to the beautiful Lake Bunyonyi where we can relax and enjoy some reflection time. With its fresh water, bilharziasfree and beautiful landscapes, Lake Bunyonyi is a small paradise for travelers. After meeting our local guide for the day, we are led out for a canoe trek as well as bird watching on the beautiful Lake. On this tour, you will visit and adventure some of the 2.9 islands that fill Lake Bunyonyi. You meet the people who live on the islands and then create new friendship, discover the islands with the tales of their own like the prison Island and many other.

Lake Bunyonyi Resort

Day 11 · Transfer from Lake Bunyonyi to Lake Mburo National Park

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   Lake Mburo National Park

   8 hours

   After breakfast transfer to Lake Mburo, the ‘Zebra magnet’. Leave Lake Bunyonyi and continue driving through the hilly areas. Arrive in the park and have lunch at the lodge before heading for an afternoon game drive for view of Zebras, Topis, Warthogs, cape buffaloes and impalas.

Rwakobo Rock

Day 12 · Bush walk – transfer to Entebbe

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   Lake Mburo National Park

   8 hours

   Enjoy your early breakfast and proceed for the Mburo morning park (bush) walk in the presence of an armed Uganda Wildlife Authority ranger/guide. On this early morning guided walk; you will have the opportunity to encounter (at close range): Zebras, Giraffes and Eland, Topi and other antelope, Cape buffaloes among others. Take the Trail to the top of the hills and see Lake Mburo and beyond. From this vantage point, you will have a great view of 9 of the twelve lakes surrounding Lake Mburo NP. Thereafter, return to the accommodation for checkout and then hit the road to Entebbe. En route we will stop at the Equator for photographs and ‘polar water experiment', then local community crafts shops and fruit markets.