Holiday Highlights
- Chimp & Gorilla trekking
- Launch cruises on Kazinga Channel
- Extended Day and Night Game drives
- Unique Karamanjong Culture
- Coffee Experience Walk, Sipi Falls
- 3000 year old Nyero rock paintings.
- Itinerary
- Fixed Departure Dates
- Media
Day 1: Arrival Entebbe.
On arrival at Entebbe International Airport in Uganda and after finalizing the formalities, you shall be welcomed by your guide, who will then drive you to your hotel.
Day 2: Rhinos and Murchison Falls National Park.
After breakfast you shall start your tour. Driving through Kampala, you proceed to Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary. Here you shall have a walking Safari to the Southern White Rhinos that have been re-introduced in Uganda. In the afternoon you will drive to the legendary Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda’s biggest National Park.
Day 3: Game Drive and Launchcruise on the River Nile.
After an early breakfast, proceed for a game drive. This is a beautiful drive across savannah, Borassus Palm Forest and grassland down to Lake Albert where the Albert Nile heads north. In the afternoon, go for a boat ride up the Nile, to Murchison falls, whence the park derives its name. Enjoy these spectacular falls by hiking to the top of the falls where the Nile squeezes through a 7 meter gap and at the bottom you will see Huge Nile Crocodiles bask.
Day 4: Drive to Kibale National Park.
Today you will drive to Fort Portal to Kibale National Park. Along the way you will pass many tea plantations. On the way you stop in Fort Portal. In the afternoon you will arrive at your accommodation.
Day 5: Chimpanzee Trekking, Drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park.
After breakfast you will go for Chimp tracking and enjoy a wonderful forest experience. Kibale’s 795km2 National Park contains one of the most beautiful and varying tracts of tropical forest in the whole of Uganda. After lunch you shall proceed to Queen Elisabeth National Park, enjoy a game drive on your way in. Named after her Majesty the Queen of England, it is Uganda’s most popular and most scenic game reserves.
Day 6: Game Drive, Boat Ride on the Kazinga Channel.
Have an Early Morning Game Drive. There are over 100 mammal species that include Lions, Hippos, Buffaloes, Leopard, Spotted Hyena, Elephants and the elusive Giant Forest Hog in this park. In the afternoon, you shall have a boat ride on Kazinga Channel. Queen Elizabeth boasts one of the highest bio diversity ratings of any game park, from the open Savannah to Rain Forest, dense Papyrus Swamps and Crater Lakes to the vastness of Lake Edward.
Day 7: Drive to Kisoro and Have a Boat Ride on Lake Mutanda.
Today, you will drive to Kisoro. Kisoro is located in an idyllic setting under the peaks of the Muhabura and Mgahinga Mountains which are part of the Virunga Mountains and home to the rare Mountain Gorilla. On arrival, you will enjoy a boat ride on Lake Mutanda, one of the most beautiful places in Uganda. Occasionally you can see the 3 volcanoes in the distance.
Day 8: Drive to Bwindi Gorilla Trekking.
This morning you will get up very early and drive to Bwindi for the upcoming gorilla trekking. Trekking the Mountain Gorilla is one of the most exciting wildlife experiences on earth. The trek will take between 2 and 6 hours, but is well worth the effort. You will be led by an experienced ranger who will tell you interesting facts about flora and fauna and the lifestyle of the Gorillas. As an alternative to gorilla trekking, there are several walks that can take you. The Mubwindi Swamp Trail takes about 3 hours and goes through parts of the park where there are elephants. Another 6-hour hike leads up to the peak in Rwamunyoni to 2.607m.
Day 9: Drive to Lake Mburo National Park, Evening Game Drive.
Today, drive to Lake Mburo National Park. Even at the entrance to the park you can watch impalas and zebras. You will have a game drive as you enter the park. The Lake Mburo National Park forms a mosaic-like habitat with rocks, dry slopes, open and wooded savannas, forests, and swamps increases. This diversity of habitats has the diversity of bird life with 313 bird species recorded in the park, including flame head Barbet, Long-tailed Zitting Cisticola (Tabora), African Bins Rail, Collared Barbet, binding Bush singer among others.
Day 10: Nature Walk, Game Drive and Drive Back to Entebbe.
You will get up early morning for a guided nature walk and game drive return to the hotel for a hearty breakfast. In the afternoon you will proceed to Kampala crossing the equator and later drive to Entebbe to catch your flight back home.
2019 (German Guided)
From | To |
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19th Jan 2019 | 28th Jan 2019 |
9th Feb 2019 | 18th Feb 2019 |
9th Mar 2019 | 18th Mar 2019 |
6th Apr 2019 | 15th Apr 2019 |
11th May 2019 | 20th May 2019 |
29th Jun 2019 | 8th Jul 2019 |
3rd Aug 2019 | 12th Aug 2019 |
7th Sept 2019 | 16th Sept 2019 |
26th Oct 2019 | 4th Nov 2019 |
7th Dec 2019 | 16th Dec 2019 |
2019 (English Guided)
From | To |
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25th Jan 2019 | 3rd Feb 2019 |
15th Feb 2019 | 24th Feb 2019 |
26th Apr 2019 | 5th May 2019 |
7th Jun 2019 | 16th Jun 2019 |
19th Jul 2019 | 28th Jul 2019 |
30th Aug 2019 | 8th Sept 2019 |
20th Sept 2019 | 29th Sept 2019 |
8th Nov 2019 | 17th Nov 2019 |
20th Dec 2019 | 29th Dec 2019 |
2020 (German Guided)
19th Jan 2020 | 28th Jan 2020 |
09th Feb 2020 | 18th Feb 2020 |
08th Mar 2020 | 17th Mar 2020 |
05th Apr 2020 | 14th Apr 2020 |
10th May 2020 | 19thMay 2020 |
28th June 2020 | 07th July 2020 |
02nd Aug 2020 | 11thAug 2020 |
06th Sept 2020 | 15th Sept 2020 |
04th Oct 2020 | 13th Oct 2020 |
25th Oct 2020 | 03th Nov 2020 |
06th Dec 2020 | 15th Dec 2020 |
2019 (English Guided)
24th Jan 2020 | 02nd Feb 2020 |
14th Feb 2020 | 23rd Feb 2020 |
10th Apr 2020 | 19th Apr 2020 |
19th June 2020 | 28th June 2020 |
10th July 2020 | 19th July 2020 |
07th Aug 2020 | 16th Aug 2020 |
11st Sept 2020 | 20th Sept 2020 |
09th Oct 2020 | 18th Oct 2020 |
11st Dec 2020 | 20th Dec 2020 |