Uganda: 16 Days 15 Nights – Culture, safari , Apes primate combo , hiking , Forest ,Lakes & Rivers

Price

3,800

Duration

16 days

Itinerary

Arrive at Entebbe International airport and transfer to Mestil hotel Kampala,(1-2hdrive),Best Western or Boma Hotel Entebbe .Check in for overnight (5 min drive)Bed & Bfst

0:830 After breakfast check out and visit the UNESCO World heritage Kasubi Tombs the largest thatched Mausoleum inEast Africa or Wamala Tombs , city markets or craft shops. Enroute to Jinja you pass through tea and sugar plantations and the luxuriant Mabira Forest. Check in at The Haven or EdenResort or similar lodge for Lunch .After lunch, , visit main street Jinja,markets and The Source of The Nile where the world’s longest river begins her tempestuous 4000 mile westward journey to the Mediterranean . Return for Dinner and Overnight. Full Board

After breakfast ,depart for Rhino Sanctuary in Ziwa Ranchers Nakasongola for Rhino tracking .Other wild game at the sanctuary include bushbuck, Uganda Kob, crocodile, hippo and 15 mammalian specie. There is also prolific birdlife including habitat to the rare Shoebill Stork in Lugogo wetlands. After lunch head for Gulu past the cascading KarumaFalls. Visit the local market before you retire for (6hrs with stops)Dinner & overnight at Churchill Courts. Half Board

After early an morning breakfast transfer to Kidepo via amazing bluff and rocky mountain plains. Check in at N’gamoru or Savannah Camp for lunch. (3-5 hrs)

After lunch make your entry into thepark isolated from the Ugandan mainstream. Take an afternoonGame drive in an open roofed vehicle and virtually touch the wild. Return for dinner & overnight Full Board

Wake up early for a cup of tea and quick snack as the sun rises. Game drive through the park to one of the tributaries of the Narus River before returning to the lodge for lunch. After lunch visit the nomadic karimojong tribe and learn about their culture in the village of Karenga. Options include a climb up the caves and visit the hot springs. Dinner &overnight . Full Board

After an early morning breakfast, head for Murchison Falls National Park with a lunch stopover in Gulu arriving late evening. Check in at Paraa Safari or a traditional hut at Heritage lodge for Dinner & Overnight with a chance to spot game enroute.The country’s largest protected area, Murchison Falls National Park is studded with Borasus palm and grassland supporting birdlife, lion, buffalo, elephant and Uganda kob, Rothschild’s giraffe , abysinian ground hornbill, grey kestrel, martial eagle, duiker and Patas monkey.(6-7hrs) Half Board

07:00 After breakfast at leisure, arrange a Gamedrive and boat to the delta in search for the elusive shoe bill stork. 2:00PMLaunch cruise- After lunch head for an afternoon Nile cruise (3hrs to the bottom).Ernest Hemingway the famous 20th century writer survived wild animals when he crash landed in the canyon. At the top of the falls,the most powerful force of water on earth is forced through a 7m crevice into a plume of rainbow smoke 40M below. Sail back downstream and return to your lodge for Dinner &Overnight. Full Board

08:30 After breakfast at leisure you have another option for a gamedrive before you checkout and depart South Westward for Kabwoya Wildlife Reserve via the Albertine rift arriving early afternoon. Visit historical and cultural sites including Royal Mparo Tombs in Hoima. King Kabalega’s tomb, covered with white spotted brown cowhide, fixed around the vault with nine traditional hoes.Proceed on the Butiaba route past tea estates and Kyehoro fishing village . Check in at Lake Albert Safari Lodge in your grass thatched cottage for lunch. Overlooking the lake. with magnificent views of the Blue Congo Mountains across the lake. After lunch Families can relax at the pool or enjoy various walking and cycling routes to suit their levels of fitness and will be sure to get up close and personal with our varied bird species and wildlife.Dinner & Overnight .(3hr drive) Full Board

08:00 After a hearty breakfast,checkout as you head for game spotting drive for kobs, hartebeests and waterbucks .

Depart for Kibale forest National Park through verdant country and the rift valley escarpment with via Hoima town . Check in at your Primate Lodge on time for lunch. Afternoon at leisure.Take an optional Nocturnal walk ;sight bush baby,Pottos& Thomas Galagos.Dinner & Overnight Full Board

After breakfast track chimpanzee and ten other diurnal primates including, L’hoestes, red-colobus, blues, red-tailed and grey checked mangabey.This walk is excellent for viewing bird life and seeing primates at close quarters.

08:00After early morning breakfast, Start your guided hike at base camp Nyakalengijo and set off through a maze of dense forest canopy , bird and monkey chirps across Mobuku river, climbing over rocks and bluff . After packed lunch at Nyabitaba camp. Return to base. After refreshing check out and head for Queen Elizabeth N. Park .Stopover at the Equator for photographs before proceeding. Game drive enroute .(1.5hrs)

1 1:00 Drive to Mweya Peninsular to for a launch cruise. Game drive enroute. 2: 00 Begin your cruise along the Kazinga Channel up close to a variety of hippo,elephant,buffalo. fish eagle, goliath heron, African Jacana and Egyptian geese. ‘U’ turn and head to base (2 hour cruise). Return to your Lodge for Dinner and Overnight . Full Board

Wake up at leisure. After breakfast check out and take an early morning game drive.Look out for lions , Elephants, Buffalos, Hyenas, the Rare Giant Forest hog, Warthogs, Kobs and teeming birdlife. Visit the saltmines as you for depart Buhoma ,Bwindi Impenetrable Forest N.P via the Southern sector .Have a lunch stop at Ishasha river Camp or Savannah Resort.As you drive through Ishasha there is a chance of spotting tree climbing lions elephants ,buffalo and other angulates. Check in at your camp or Lodge in Buhoma or Ruhija for Dinner and Overnight: (drive-4hrs) Full Board

06:30 Have an early morning wakeup call on time for breakfast . Head for briefing by the ranger/guide at 8:00am before tracking . Don’t forget your packed lunch as you never know what time you shall return ! The gorillas are tracked, located and after approximately one hour with them, return to base to freshen up and checkout .Depart for Lake Bunyonyi or Lake Mutanda as you drive through the misty slopes of Bwindi through Echuya Forest Reserve renown for endemic birdlife . (4-5hrs)Checkin at Birds Nest or Arcadia Cottages on L.Bunyonyi Chameleon Hill or Mutanda Lake Resort on Lake Mutanda for dinner & overnight . Half Board

After an early morning breakfast activities include: If staying at LAKE BUNYONYI: Island hoping boat ride, visit to Kyevu market & volcanic gas emissions,Bukora cave and abaheshi blacksmiths, local market , hiking and bird watching.

If staying at LAKE MUTANDA . Take an island trip (boat); 3-4h; 2h motorboatYour ride to the burial place of Kyangushu will be followed by Mutanda Island, the biggest and the only inhabited one. On a clear day it offers views of Bunagana (Congo border), Lake Mulehe and Bwindi NP.There are also other trails including the village trail and the Batwa tribal trail available on request. Return late evening for a campfire evening and reminisce the events of the day before you retire Dinner & Overnight Full Board

09:00After breakfast at leisure head for Lake Mburo National Park with a brief stopover at Igongo Cultural Museum. Lake Mburo is the only park in Uganda that hosts Impala and the only one in the region with Burchell’s Zebra and Eland. Other species include topi, watthog, buffalo, Oribi, Waterbuck Defasa , Reedback .Game drive enroute Check in at Mihingo,Rwakobo Rock or L.Mburo Safari lodge for dinner & overnight . (3-4hr drive) Full Board

08:00After breakfast check out and depart for Entebbe Intl Aitport to catch your onward flight. Depending on flight time, game drive or take a walking safari .Spot Zebra, Cape buffalo, eland, topi, or a guided walk or a visit to the local herdsmen in the surrounding villages. Stopover at the Equator and take photos astride the Centre of The World enroute to the airport. (4-5hrs).

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