Others

All sightseeing and activities stated as included.

Accommodation

02 Night Accommodation at Forest Cottages Kampala on a HB Basis. 02 Nights’ Accommodation at Fort Murchison Lodge on a FB Basis. 02 Nights’ Accommodation at Bush Lodge on a FB Basis. 02 Nights’ Accommodation at Ichumbi Gorilla Lodge on a FB Basis.

Transport

Transport in a Safari Land cruiser with pop up roof for excellent game viewing and photography.

Guide

English speaking expert guide

Meals

Meals are on full and half board as per the program.

Not included:

Flights

Flights in and out of the Uganda before and after are not included,

Optional

Other activities and services are not included.

Insurance

Insurance not included, but advised to have one.

Others

Other activities and services are not included.

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Day 1 Day 1: Entebbe - Afternoon Mabamba Swamp Cruise
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 1: Entebbe - Afternoon Mabamba Swamp Cruise

Destination: Entebbe, Uganda

Accommodations: Forest Cottages

Meals included: Breakfast

Morning: At around Upon arrival in Entebbe, Uganda, our representative will meet you at the airport and escort you to your hotel—a transfer of about 30 minutes.

When you arrive at the hotel, you will check in and receive your room assignment. Depending on what hotel we stay at, we’ll likely be located in the shores of Lake Victoria. Typical hotel amenities include a restaurant, bar, an outdoor swimming pool, and a fitness centre; rooms are likely to feature air conditioning, satellite TV, wireless Internet, and private bath with hair dryer.

Lunch: Around 12:00pm at our hotel.

Afternoon: We depart for Mabamba Swamp Boat cruise. The tour is by boat across the lake to Mabamba Swamps where we proceed by jumping into smaller canoes with guides to the get a view of the Shoebill, and many other birds such as Angola Swallow, Swamp Flycatcher, Olive bellied Sunbird, Grey-rumped Swallow, Blue breasted Bee-eater, African Jacana, African Fish Eagle, Long tailed Cormorant, Yellow billed Duck, Malachite Kingfisher, Glossy Ibis, White-winged Tern, Hamerkop, White-faced Whistling-Duck, Spur-winged Goose, Knob-billed Duck, Little Stint, Great Cormorant, Grey-headed Gull, Spur-winged Lapwing, Black-winged Stilt, Madagascar Bee-eater, Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird, Sooty Chat, Weyns’s weaver, Grosbeak weaver, Crowned Horn bill, African Pied , Common Squacco Heron, Red-billed fire finch etc. The boat tour across Lake Victory is magnificent with a great view of Entebbe, the Airport and more. On approaching the swamps you will pass through a fantastic lagoon with variety of attractions.

Evening: You are free to relax, or retire early to rest up for start of the safari tomorrow.
Day 2 Day 2: Ziwa Rhino And Murchison Falls Nat Park
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 2: Ziwa Rhino And Murchison Falls Nat Park

Destination: Ziwa Rhino and Murchison Falls Nat Park

Meals included: B, L, D

Accommodations: Paraa Safari Lodge

Breakfast: Served buffet-style at the hotel beginning at 7am, with a variety of fresh breads, pastries, and hot and cold selections.

Morning: Depart very early and transfer to Ziwa Rhino sanctuary for Rhino trekking. The trek can take anything from a few minutes to an hour depending on where the Rhinos are located within the sanctuary. You will receive a briefing from the ranger guide and start on your Rhino trek thereafter. After the experience, you will break for lunch.

Lunch: Around 1:30pm in Masindi Town.

Afternoon: You will proceed to Masindi town, after which you will enter the Park via the Kichumbanyobo gate and visit the Top of the falls, the spot from which the park gets its name. At the top of the waterfalls, you will observe the River Nile squeezing itself in a 7 meter gorge before tumbling 40 meters down in a thunderous explosion and then flows down into a very peaceful river whose water banks are swarmed with a profusion of water and land animals as well as birds.

Dinner: Around 6:30pm, in the restaurant of our lodge.

Evening: You are free to relax from the day’s activities at the bar, or retire early to rest up for tomorrow.
Day 3 Day 3: Safari Drives And Boat Cruise
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 3: Safari Drives And Boat Cruise

Accommodations: Fort Murchison

Meals included: B, L, D

Breakfast: Served buffet-style at the hotel beginning at 7am, with American and continental breakfast options available.

Morning: Today early morning after your breakfast, the driver guide will pick you from the Lodge and start your game drive exploring Murchison falls national park. The park has different tracks where you are able to drive and enjoy both the vegetation and the variety of animals.

The highlight of this trip is game viewing in our custom made vehicles where you are able to capture your favourite moments in pictures of Giraffes as they move through the grasslands, buffaloes, Jacksons Hartebeast, Uganda Kobs, Lions, herds of Buffaloes, fishermen on Lake Albert, Waterbucks, etc. You will be looking for the remaining Big 4 having seen the Rhinos the previous day at the Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary.

Lunch: Around 1:30pm at our lodge.

Afternoon: In the afternoon take the famed boat Safari on River Nile from where you shall watch different animals along the shore and continue to about ten meters from the bottom of Murchison falls – also known as ‘Devils cauldron”. This 2 hour boat journey is a great way to spend the afternoon enjoying the Victoria Nile and the several Hippos and Crocodiles.

Dinner: Around 7pm, in the restaurant of our lodge.

Evening: You are free at the lodge lounge area to discuss the day’s activities or share pictures of the animals you saw earlier.
Day 4 Day 4: Queen Elizabeth Nat Park
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 4: Queen Elizabeth Nat Park

Destination: Queen Elizabeth National Park

Meals included: B L D

Accommodations: Bush Lodge

Breakfast: Served at the main dining area beginning at 6:30am, and featuring local and American options.

Morning: After our breakfast will drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park (following the mystical Rwenzori Mountain range for most of the journey.

Lunch: Enroute at Fort Portal

Afternoon: We arrive late in the afternoon at Queen Elizabeth Nat Park with a game drive to view predators returning from their hideout along Kasenyi tracks and Queens Mile. This evening drive offers you an opportunity to see Lions, Leopards, Giant Forest Hogs, Cape Buffaloes, Elephants, Defassa Waterbucks, spotted hyenas, Uganda Kobs, Topi, Bush bucks and bird species.

Dinner: At the main dining area at around 6:30pm, where you can choose from a selection of hot menu items.

Evening: You are free to remain in the lounge dining tent area or around the campfire to discuss the day’s wildlife with fellow travellers, or retire to your tent to rest before tomorrow’s day of discoveries.
Day 5 Day 5: Safar Drive And Boat Cruise - Kazinga Channel
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 5: Safar Drive And Boat Cruise - Kazinga Channel

Destination: Queen Elizabeth Nat Park

Meals included: B L D

Accommodations: Bush Lodge

Breakfast: Served at the main dining tent beginning at 6:30am, and featuring local and American options.

Morning: Today, we depart early after your breakfast at the lodge be in for the morning game drive around the Park searching for different Wildlife Species including Buffaloes, Elephants, Defassa waterbuck, Uganda Kob, Topi, Bush bucks, spotted hyenas and more. After the exciting game drive return to the lodge for lunch.

Lunch: Lunch is served at the main dining area, featuring hot and cold options.

Afternoon: At around 3:00pm, we’ll head out for the exciting launch trip cruise along the Kazinga Channel. Launch trip cruise along Kazinga Channel exposes you to different aquatic species including hippopotamus, crocodiles, water birds and more.

Dinner: At the main dining lounge at around 7pm, where you can choose from a selection of hot menu items. Bottled water, soft drinks, beer, or wine are included.

Evening: You are free to remain in the main dining area or around the campfire to discuss the day’s activities Or, turn in early to prepare for tomorrow’s game-viewing
Day 6 Day 6: Safari Drive And Transfer To Bwindi
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 6: Safari Drive And Transfer To Bwindi

Accommodations: Ichumbi Gorilla lodge/Similar

Breakfast: Served buffet-style at the lodge beginning at 7:30am, with American options available.

Morning: After your morning Breakfast, we depart for Bwindi with enroute game drive in Ishasha region of Queen Elizabeth National Park, for your morning game drive in search of the most popular tree climbing lions and chances of seeing them climbing the trees will depend on the luck of the day. Ishasha has also other population of animals such as antelpos, Elephants, Bufallos and many others to see. Break for lunch

Lunch: Picnic Lunch in the park.

Afternoon: After lunch, we drive to Bwindi impenetrable forest national park through the verdant country side, you will pass traditional homesteads and enjoy panoramic views of the Rwenzori Mountains. Arrival in Bwindi National Park, home of the endangered mountain gorillas, you will be checked in for your dinner and overnight at your lodge or camp.

Dinner: At the main dining lounge at around 7pm, where you can choose from a selection of hot menu items. Bottled water, soft drinks, beer, or wine are included.
Day 7 Day 7: Gorilla Trekking
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 7: Gorilla Trekking

Destination: Bwindi Impenetrable

Meals included: B, L, and D

Accommodations: Silverback lodge

Activity Note: Today’s mountain gorilla trek typically involves two to four hours of walking through thick brush over steep, rugged terrain at elevations ranging from 7,000 to 9,000 feet —and can include exposure to stinging nettles and re ants. As overexposure to humans is harmful to mountain gorillas, contact is limited to one hour—and there is the possibility that they may become agitated and retreat back into the bush in less than our allotted time. Any travelers showing signs of obvious illness may be refused entrance by park authorities.

Breakfast: Served buffet-style at the lodge, beginning at 6am.

Morning: At about 7:30am, we take a drive of about 30 minutes to the National Park headquarters at to meet your guides for the day. After completing our park formalities, we are embark on a once in a life time experience of tracking mountain gorillas. Once you spot them you are allowed to spend an hour watching your closest long lost cousin. This is perhaps one of the most breath-taking experiences on earth!!! You get so close to these awesome giant primates. You stare at each other blankly not knowing who to break the long silence first. Tracking the gorillas through the light mountain forest on the slopes of the Virunga is a magical experience. These massive primates are extremely rare, with less than 1000 living today. You will get within meters of the family, and be privileged to spend an hour amongst them. The trekking may be fairly strenuous; up to 3 hours or longer at a relatively high altitude. It is important to bring good hiking boots, long trousers, gloves for protection against stinging nettles, some snacks & sweets (for you, not the gorillas) as well as sufficient water as the rain forest gets hot and humid during the day. You will spend one hour with the gorillas, but it is an hour you will never forget. Depending on the length of our trek, groups will return to our lodge by about 1pm.

Lunch: Around 1:30pm at our lodge.

Afternoon: The remainder of the afternoon is free to reflect on our mountain gorilla encounter.

Dinner: Around 6:30pm, in the restaurant of our lodge.

Evening: You are free to relax from the day’s activities at the bar, or retire early to rest up for tomorrow.
Day 8 Day 8: Drive Back To Entebbe
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 8: Drive Back To Entebbe

Breakfast: Served buffet-style at the lodge beginning at 7:30am, with American options available.

Morning: After your morning Breakfast, bid our host goodbye ad travel back to Kampala City. En-route stop over at the Equator for photographs and as well as to perform a simple experiment and experience a tropical balance before proceeding to your hotel.

Lunch: En-route at a local restaurant.

Dinner: Dinner: Around 6pm, we’ll enjoy a Farewell Dinner at a restaurant in Kampala, with appetizer, main course, dessert, and choice of beer, wine, or soft drink and transfer to the airport to catch your flight back home.

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Itinerary of your trip Uganda Encompassed: Bush Drives, Wildlife Spotting And Goril

Day 1: Entebbe - Afternoon Mabamba Swamp Cruise

Day 2: Ziwa Rhino And Murchison Falls Nat Park

Day 3: Safari Drives And Boat Cruise

Day 4: Queen Elizabeth Nat Park

Day 5: Safar Drive And Boat Cruise - Kazinga Channel

Day 6: Safari Drive And Transfer To Bwindi

Day 7: Gorilla Trekking

Day 8: Drive Back To Entebbe

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