Day 1
Arrival | Transfer to Kidepo Valley 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 for Kidepo Valley National Park, Uganda.
The drive will take about 8 hours on the road (and about 1 hour 45 minutes using a domestic charter flight from Entebbe to Kidepo). On your way, you will stop over at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary and encounter the Northern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum cottoni). Other attractions include at least 40 mammal and reptilian species including monkeys, antelopes, hippopotamuses, crocodiles and numerous bird species. Having stretched your legs and adequately refreshed, you will continue with you journey, a 4-5 hour drive to reach you hotel Kidepo Valley National Park, Uganda.
You will overnight at either kidepo Savanna Lodge, Adere Safari Lodge, Apoka Safari Lodge or their equivalents.
Note: Depending on the time of your arrival, you may need to spend a night in Entebbe before transferring to Kidepo Valley National Park, Uganda.
Day 2
Morning Game Drive | Nature Walk
Early Morning, you will go for a morning game drive. In this open savannah land, dominated by dry mountain forest and acacia forest, You will have a chance to encounter 86+ mammal species including Elephants, Zebras, Giraffes, Cape buffaloes, Bush Pigs, Lions and Leopards, 17 antelope species 56 reptors like and 475 recorded bird species including the Pygmy Falcon, Tawny Eagle, Secretary bird among others. This park offer a treasure of rarities only found in this park including, Black Backed Jackals, African hunting dog. Bat eared Fox, Cheetahs, Caracal and the majestic Ostriche.
After a hot lunch at your lodge, you may wish to take a walk through the park and get as close as is possible to some of the wildlife. This walk will leave you enthralled and elevated.
Day 3
Cultural Tour (Karamajong) | Transfer to Murchison Falls National Park
In the morning after a delicious breakfast, you will take a 5-6 hour walk on a cultural visit to the Karamojong and Ik people is a unique experience in its own right.
The, Karamojong who are nomadic pastoralists staying in unique homesteads called Manyattas, with captivating well crafted jewelry, stools, spears, beads, bows and much more. Hike Mount Morungole to meet the IK people, smallest people in Uganda and proud of their culture. Experience their cultural traditions and lifestyles including marriage, bride-wealth, nurturing children among others, and join in traditional song and dance.
After a hot lunch, you will take a 4-5 hour drive to Murchison Falls National Park.
You will overnight either at Fort Murchison, Murchison River Lodge, Paraa Safari Lodge or their equivalents.
Day 4
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 5
Transfer to Kibale National Park
After breakfast, you will drive off toward Kibale National Park, Uganda. This is usually about 2 -3 hour drive. Along the way, you will enjoy the sights of rural life and post-card perfect landscapes.
You will overnight either at Kibale Forest Lodge, Turaco TreeTops, Chimpundu Lodge or their equivalents.
Day 6
Chimpanzee Tracking and Swamp Walk
After breakfast, you will head to the gate and start your tracking in Kibale Forest. This 766 sqkms park is home to 13 recorded primate species including over 1000+ Chimpanzees, Red-tailed Monkeys, Black And White Colobus Monkeys, L’Hoest Monkeys, Vervet Monkeys, Olive Baboons, Blue Monkeys, Grey Cheeked Mangabeys, Uganda Red Colobus, The Potto, Patas monkey, Uganda Mangabey and Africa's smallest primates the Demidoff Galago.
On the swamp walk, you will be in a birder’s treasure load with over 375 species of birds including Blue-breasted Kingfisher, African Grey Parrot, Scaly-breasted Illadopsis ,Brown Illadopsis, Black-Capped Apalis among others. You will see colorful variety of 250 species of butterflies. And when lucky catch a glimpse of 70 mammal species including Elephants,Buffalos, Leopards, Warthogs, Bush Pigs, Golden Cats and Duikers.
Overnight at your lodge.
Day 7
Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park | Boat Tour on Kazinga Channel
After a fairly early breakfast, you will head on a 2-3 hour drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park.
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.
You will overnight either at Engiri Game Lodge, Buffalo Safari Lodge, Mweya safari lodge or their equivalents.
Day 8
Morning Game Drive | Evening Game Drive
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.
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 9
Ishasha Morning Game Drive | Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
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.
Thereafter, you will have a hot lunch or packed meal around Kihihi and then proceed to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, a drive that will last about 2-3 hours.
You will overnight either at Buhoma Community Rest Camp, Rushaga Gorilla Camp, Bwidi Lodge or their equivalents.
Day 10
Gorilla Tracking
Early in the morning, you will have breakfast. Thereafter, go to the main gate to start your trail. Having been assigned a guide, you will head out into the forest searching for the famed and endangered Mounted Gorilla. This trek last about 3 – 5 hours.
Having spent quality time with these gentle creatures of the forest, you will retreat at your lodge. Have Lunch and rest your legs. Should you desire, you can have an evening walk through the neighboring communities.
Day 11
Batwa Experience | Nature Walk (optional)
You will wake up to a heart warning and delicious breakfast at around 7:00am, then head out to meet a people Known as the “Keepers of the Forest” the enchanting Batwa pygmies, a hunter-gatherer tribe that has lived side-by-side with the wildlife of this ancient park for thousands of years. Observe how the women prepare, cook and serve a meal. Engage with medicine men and learn about the medicinal properties of the lush forest flora. Hear ancient legends and traditional songs. Enjoy a lively music performance, learn about the Batwa’s fascinating way of life; from religion to their food gathering and hunting techniques, and interact with the tribesmen. This is usually a full day’s experience.
Later in the afternoon, you can choose to take a walk to the most natural and wildly uninterrupted and most pure waterfall deep in the middle of this natural forest.
Day 12
Transfer to Lake Mburo National park | Cultural Tour
After Breakfast, you will leave for Lake Mburo National Park. The drive will take about 3 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 Eagle's Nest Camp, Mpogo Safari Lodge, Mantana Lake Mburo Tented Camp or their equivalents.
Day 13
Game Drive | Nature Walk
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 14
Transfer to Entebbe & 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.
