Overview

From $3850 / Person | 9 Days Tour

9 DAYS UGANDA SAFARI ENCOUNTER

RATE

Adult ( Ages 18 -65): $ 5450
Children ( Ages 6-14 ): $ 4450
Youth ( Ages 15 - 18 ): $ 5200
Seniors ( 65+): $3850

DURATION

9 Days

OVERVIEW

In this 9-day trip, you will be able to participate in Gorilla trekking in Bwindi forests, Chimp tracking at Kyambura Gorge, rhino tracking at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary and Game drives in Murchison and Queen Elizabeth National parks together with boat cruises at the Victoria Nile and kazinga channel respectively including night lifes and city tours. And also visit other minor attractions during stop overs and in the city centers, an experience worth remembering.

Highlights

• Gorilla trekking in Bwindi forests
• Chimp tracking at Kyambura Gorge
• Rhino tracking at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary
• Game drives at Murchison falls and Queen Elizabeth National parks
• Boat cruises at the Victoria Nile and Kazinga channel

Day 1: Arrival at Entebbe International Airport
Pick up from the Airport by our company's driver guide who will later transfer you to the Entebbe Botanical Beach Hotel to dine and spend the night. If time allows, take a city tour around Entebbe and visit various attractions in that area like the reptile village and craft shops.
Accommodation; Imperial Botanical Beach Hotel
Meal Plan; Breakfast, Lunch &Dinner

Day 2: Visiting the Magnificent Murchison Falls
After breakfast, drive northwards to Murchison Falls national park, with a stopover for your lunch in Masindi and another at the Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary to track rare rhinos that are protected in this sanctuary. Later arrive in Murchison falls national park also Uganda’s largest well protected wildlife area covering 3,840 Sq. km. Move to the top of the Falls to view the natural beauty of these falls. At this place, the river squeezes itself through a 7-meter narrow gorge from a width of more than 1 km and drops below with a thunderous roar forming a water spray that rainbow that results into a stunning rainbow the wonders of Nile River! Dine and slumber.
Accommodation; Paraa Safari Lodge (Luxury)
Meal Plan; Breakfast, Lunch &Dinner

Day 3: The river Nile boat cruise
Have an early delicious breakfast, explore the Northern part hosting a high number of Savannah wildlife. This game drive offers great opportunities for photography of elephants, lions, Uganda kobs, buffaloes, giraffes, waterbucks as well as hippos, and in case you are fortunate even the leopards, in addition to a big number of bird species.
Following lunch, have for a 2-hour boat-cruise to the bottom of the Murchison falls from where great volumes of water escapes through the small gorge forming an immense thunderous roar. During this boat ride you will see several water birds plus mammals in big numbers like Hippos and crocodiles. Head back to the lodge have dinner and slumber at your lodge.
Accommodation Options; Paraa Safari Lodge (Luxury)
Meal Plan; Breakfast, Lunch &Dinner

Day 4: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park
Have a hefty breakfast, depart from Murchison Falls National Park to Queen Elizabeth National Park as you drive Southwest through Fort Portal and the Albertine Escarpment of the Western Rift Valley. Have lunch on the way at Mountains of the Moon Hotel found in Fort Portal town.
From here continue to Mweya peninsula found in the Queen Elizabeth national park. You will arrive in the Park in the evening, have dinner and slumber at your lodge.
Accommodation Mweya safari lodge
Meal Plan; Breakfast, Lunch &Dinner

Day 5: Game drive & Boat Cruise-Queen Elizabeth National Park
Following an early breakfast, have a morning game drive to see the nocturnal predators as well as the early morning risers like lions, buffaloes, antelope species, leopards, waterbucks, elephants, hippos and warthogs. For birders, Queen Elizabeth is a paradise for birders hosting a diversity of migratory and Albertine Rift Endemics. Dine and slumber at any of these lodges.
Accommodation; Mweya safari lodge
Meal Plan; Breakfast, Lunch &Dinner

Day 6: Boat cruise & Chimp trekking Kyambura Gorge
Have breakfast and set out for a boat cruise along the Kazinga Channel for wonder game viewing and bird watching, head back to the lodge for your lunch and then continue to the Kyambura Gorge to track chimpanzees. If you are still on time you can go for a forest walk in Maramagambo forest to explore the bat cave as you look for pythons that feed on these bats. Dine and slumber at the lodge.
Accommodations; Mweya safari lodge
Meal Plan; Breakfast, Lunch &Dinner

Day 7: Transfer to Bwindi Forest via Ishasha Sector tree-climbing lions
On this day have an early breakfast and drive to Bwindi impenetrable Forest via Ishasha region in the southern part of Queen Elizabeth to see tree-climbing lions that are prevalent in this area. Continue to where you will have lunch along the way. Have a community walk (the Batwa -Pygmy cultural experience and entertainment) in the evening. Enjoy dinner and slumber at the lodge of your choice
Accommodation; Buhoma Lodge (Luxury)
Meal Plan; Breakfast, Lunch &Dinner

Day 8: Gorilla Trekking in Bwindi Forest
After breakfast proceed to the park headquarter to be briefed about the gorilla tracking before going into the verdant forest lead by the rangers. In case you are fortunate, it makes take you about 2 hours or even less to see amazing Bwindi giants. The experience of coming face to face with these peaceful primates is very overwhelming. Head back to the lodge where you will have lunch after tracking the gorillas. Relax at the lodge the whole evening.
Accommodation; Buhoma Lodge (Luxury)
Meal Plan; Breakfast, Lunch &Dinner

Day 9; Transfer to Kampala
You will have breakfast and later return to Kampala having lunch along the way in Mbarara and eventually reach Kampala late in the afternoon where you will have a city tour. After transfer direct the airport for your outbound flight back home or transfer to your accommodation if you do not have a flight this evening. Note city Tour is optional
Meal Plan; Breakfast, Lunch

WHAT'S INCLUDED?

• All Airport transfers
• Gorilla/chimpanzee permits
• Accommodation and lodging
• Meals throughout the itinerary
• English speaking guides/drivers
• 4WD safari vehicles
• Domestic flights
• Park Fees
• Emergency Evacuations (AMREF)

NOT INCLUDED:

• International flights
• Visa and customs fees or charges
• Travel Insurance
• Cigarettes and alcohol
• Gratuity
• Souvenirs