10-Day Uganda Primates and Big 5 Safari

Day 1 · The start- Arrive at Entebbe Airport

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   Entebbe

   6 hours

   On your arrival at Entebbe international airport (EBB) at 10:30 Pm, you will be met by our representative from the guesthouse who will transfer you to your hotel for relaxation and overnight. You meet your guide the next day for briefing and start of the journey.

Papyrus Guest House

Day 2 · Murchison Falls National Park (On-foot Rhino Tracking at Ziwa)

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   Murchison Falls National Park

   6 hours

   This morning leave the Guesthouse and drive towards Murchison Falls National Park. Break the journey at 170km with a stop at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary for the on-foot white rhino tracking. There are about 33 southern white rhinos here and other wildlife in a wild setting. After this, you will have lunch, and proceed to Murchison Falls, Visit the top of the falls and drive to your lodge for check-in and overnight

Fort Murchison (Room)

Day 3 · Game watching and boat safari

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   Murchison Falls National Park

   6 hours Admission included

   You will set off at 6:30 am and cross to the northern bank of the river Nile and head for a sunrise game drive to see the Cape buffaloes, Rothschild’s giraffes, Uganda kob, hartebeest, and waterbucks. You may also spot oribi, bushbuck, Bohor reedbuck, warthog, and bush pig plus large carnivores including lions, leopards, and spotted hyenas. Chimpanzees and olive baboons head the list of six species of primates found in the park. Crocodiles and hippos will be seen along the banks of the Nile.

   You will return to your lodge for a late breakfast and some relaxation before setting off in the afternoon for a Boat cruise on the placid Victoria Nile, upstream, to the base of the falls. En route, you will see hippos, crocodiles, waterbuck, and a wide variety of birds. The boat stops just tens of meters from the “Devil’s Cauldron” for pictures to be taken of the photogenic and majestic Murchison Falls. Later get back to the lodge for a relaxed evening plus dinner and overnight.

Fort Murchison (Room)

Day 4 · Transfer to Kibale National Park

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   Kibale Forest National Park

   6 hours Admission included

   To Kibale Forest, an early rise for breakfast and our transfer to the “Primate Capital”. The scenic drive on a smooth road and exciting sceneries of Uganda’s west side bring us to one of Uganda’s most kept tract of Forest that keeps 13 primate species that include chimpanzees. We shall have various stops for lunch, and landscape viewing arriving late afternoon. Check-in and you have a community walk at Bigodi.

Chimpanzee Forest Lodge

Day 5 · Track Chimpanzees and transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park- Night Game Drive

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   Kibale Forest National Park

   6 hours Admission included

   Chimpanzee day. After breakfast head to Kibale Forest. The activity begins at 8.00 am with a briefing of the rule for trekking the chimpanzees after which you set off to search for them in the forest. Kibale Forest National Park boasts the highest number of primate species in the world, including chimpanzees. Approximately 5,000 chimpanzees live in the wild in Uganda, which makes it a perfect place to spot them! An experienced ranger will take you chimp tracking in the morning. Once you locate the chimpanzees, you will spend an hour with them and then head back to the accommodation for Lunch. Post Lunch, you will drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park. Uganda’s most famous park. After check-in, prepare for a night's drive through the park. Search for nocturnal and other animals that are active at night.

Elephant Hab Lodge

Day 6 · Kasenyi Plains Game drive and Boat safari

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   Queen Elizabeth National Park

   6 hours

   Time to explore Queen Elizabeth’s Kasenyi plains. We shall have a drive through the network of tracks as we search for Big game (Lions, leopards, elephants, serval cats, kobs, buffaloes, hippos, etc.) before an afternoon boat safari on the Kazinga Channel. The channel is 40km long and a converging place for wildlife (that come to drink) during the dry season. It has the highest number of hippos, has crocodiles, and several water birds. A 2-3 hour cruise will get you magic. After the cruise, we will drive through the craters (Crater Drive) and return to our lodge and have an overnight here.

Elephant Hab Lodge

Day 7 · Explore Ishasha and drive to Bwindi Forest

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   Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

   6 hours

   A drive to the park’s most famous region-Ishasha. Ishasha is remote and runs south from Lake Edward flanked by Ishasha River. It is an alluring game viewing area famous for tree-climbing lions but the area also supports large herds of buffaloes, topis, waterbucks, kobs, elephants, and kobs. It retails a relatively untrammeled wilderness character. Search for the tree-climbing Lions and after drive to Buhoma, where you will visit a community of former fruit gatherers and hunters who used to dwell in the forest- The Batwa.

Buhoma Gorilla Camp

Day 8 · Gorilla tracking and transfer to Lake Bunyonyi for an overnight

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   Mabamba Swamp shoebill Watching Entebbe

   6 hours Admission included

   After breakfast, you will head to the park headquarters for briefing by park ranger guides, depart with picnic lunch boxes to start Gorilla trekking – the activity can last up to 6 hours trek or more to find the Mountain Gorillas as you hike up and down the slopes with dense mist covered vegetation. Hence you will have a packed lunch for this activity. This active quest will eventually bring you to the face of one of the most sought after creatures-the mountain Gorillas. Upon reaching them, you will have a full hour with them while observing and learning their behavior as you take photos. You will later transfer to Lake Bunyonyi for an Overnight.

Lake Bunyonyi Rock Resort

Day 9 · Explore Lake Bunyonyi and overnight at Lake Mburo

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   Lake Mburo National Park

   6 hours

   After having breakfast at your pace, you will explore Lake Bunyonyi for another lake-side adventure. The 2-3 hour canoe trek on Bunyonyi will introduce you to the major islands and their rich history. Visit Punishment Island and Lepers Island with a local guide on a motorized canoe as they give history about the Lake. After, we shall drive to Lake Mburo National Park.

Hyena Hill Lodge

Day 10 · Morning walking safari and transfer to Entebbe

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   Entebbe

   6 hours

   Today, wake up to the morning sunrise, have breakfast and get to the park for a morning walking safari. Nature walks are a magical way to experience the bush. They allow you to notice smaller details often overlooked when in a car. Lake Mburo NP is one of Uganda's park where walking is a main way to explore the park, and this is always in Guidance of an armed ranger. After at around 10 am drive back to Entebbe arriving at around 3 or 4 pm for your exit flight.