8 Days Indispensable Uganda Wild Safari

Departure Date

Daily

Duration

8 Days | 7 Nights

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334

Maximum Seats

12
Day 1

Arrival | Transfer to Murchison Falls National Park

At touch down at Entebbe International Airport, you will be greeted with a warm smile from one of our staff. He/she will help you with your luggage and escort you to our tour van. Once comfortably seated, you will head a 5-6 hour drive to Murchison Falls National Park, Ugand You will overnight either at Hornbill Bush Lodge, kabalega wilderness lodge, Paraa Safari Lodge, or their equivalents.
Day 2

Morning Game Drive | Boat Tour to bottom of falls

You will have an early breakfast at 6:00am and set of for the game drive. You will encounter such animals as 76 species of mammals including huge herds of buffaloes and elephants, well-camouflaged leopards and a healthy population of lions, giraffes, Jackson’s hartebeest, bushbucks, Uganda kob, waterbucks and warthogs, and 451 bird species Blue-headed Coucal, Malachite Kingfisher, Red-throated Bee-eater, White-browed Sparrow Weaver, Speckle-fronted Weaver and African Quail-Finch among others. After a hot lunch, you go on a boat tour on the Nile to the bottom of the most powerful fall in world as the Nile water forces its way through a 7 m (23 ft) wide gap and tumbles 43 m (141 ft) down sending around 300 cubic meters per second (11,000 ft³/s) of water over the falls, squeezing into less than 10 m (33 ft) wide a gorge. It is one of the most fascinating experiencing on a Safari to Uganda, Africa. Return and rest at your lodge.
Day 3

Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park

After a fairly early breakfast, you will head on a 2-3 hour drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park. Along the way, you will enjoy the sights of rural life and post-card perfect landscapes. You will overnight either at Ihamba Lakeside safari lodge, Elephant Hab Lodge, Elephant Plains Lodge, or their equivalents.
Day 4

Ishasha Game Drive| Boat Tour on Kazinga Channel

You will have breakfast as early as 6:00am then head out on a 3 hour drive to the southern part of the park Ishasha Sector, where you will encounter the majestic tree climbing lions. On this game drive, you still spotting species you may have missed the previous day including the Forest Elephants, Buffalos, Uganda Kob, Topi, Warthogs, and Waterbucks. This drive is estimated to take about 4 hours. After a hot lunch, around 2pm, you will have a boat tour on Kazinga Channel. Here you will encounter one of the largest pools on hippos, thirsty Elephasts, the Nile Crocodile among others and over 600 bird species including Ayres' Hawk Eagle, Collared pratincole, Palm-nut Vulture, Swamp Flycatcher.
Day 5

Chimpanzee Tracking | Evening Game Drive

You will have an early breakfast at around 6am and leave for chimpanzee tracking in Kalinsu Forest Reserve on the outskirts of Queen Elizabeth National Park. A unique destination offers a number of attractions, 414 tree species, 378 bird species, 97 moths, reptiles, flowers, over 262 butterfly species, over 300 Chimpanzees 40 of which are habituated and other 8 primate species including Baboons, Blue Monkeys, The Black and white monkey, L'hoest, The red tailed Colobus Monkey among others. This scenic guided walk will leave you refreshed and enlightened at the same time. Based on your preference and budget, you can do an Evening Game Drive through the crates lakes in most northern part of the park through to the Salt Lake known Lake Katwe. Or, you can have a night game drive where you get to a chance at observing Lions hunt and take down prey to a gigantic feast when one’s lucky.
Day 6

Morning Game Drive | Transfer to Lake Mburo National park | Cultural Tour

At 6:00 you will have your breakfast, then have your morning game drive. Encounter once more with hunting pride of Lions, the African Elephant, the off-spring of the cape and Forest Bufallo, Warthogs, Waterbuck, Uganda Kob, Bushbuck, Topi and the Giant Forest Hog. After about 3-4 hours, you will return to the lodge for a hot lunch. Thereafter, you will leave for Lake Mburo National Park. The drive will take about 2 hours. You stop over at Igongo Cultural center for an Akole Cultual experience. Have lunch in the same place and then proceed to your hotel in or outside the park. You will overnight either at Leopard rest camp, Rwakobo rock Lodge, Mihingo lodge, or their equivalents.
Day 7

Game Drive | Nature Walk or Horseback riding

Very early in the morning, about 6:00, you will have your breakfast. Our guide will pick you from your lodge and take you on a morning Game Drive through the park. You will encounter the Brushella Zebras, and the Common Impalas found only in two park og Uganda, this inclusive. Other species to meet include Rothchild’s Giraffes, Eland, the Africa Cape Buffalo, Oribi, Defassa Waterbuck, Leopard, Hippo, Hyena, Topi, Reedbuck, and over 350 bird species among them the Bare-Faced-Go-Away Bird, Black-Billed Busard. This compact gem, 370km2 in size, seated 1,220m-1828 above sea level, the smallest of Uganda's parks, underlined by a 500 million year Precambrian metamorphic rocks, will leave an indelible mark on you. In the evening you will have take a guided walk through the park.
Day 8

Transfer to Entebbe and Departure

After a hearty breakfast, you will check out of your lodge and head for Entebbe. Depending on the time of your departure, either you will be dropped at the airport in time to catch your flight Or we will help you find a suitable hotel to rest while you wait for your departure time. Available accommodations include Sunset hotel, The Boma Entebbe, Gately Inn Entebbe.

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