Best of Uganda 10 days trip

The best of Gorilla and wildlife Uganda safari

Tour highlights

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• The tour starts and ends in Entebbe airport Uganda

• You will trek gorillas in the mist of Bwindi national park

• Track chimpanzees in kibale national park

• Explore Murchison falls

• See amazing local cultures

• View wildlife

• Relax at lake bunyonyi island

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Tour overview

This amazing tour which takes you to the great national parks in Uganda where you will have the chance to see gorilla, visit chimpanzee and other monkeys. You will enjoy the beauty of this country while viewing lion, elephant, giraffe, hippo, and crocodile and many more amazing animals and birds. Come explore Africa with me at its best.

Detailed program

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Day 1: arrival and transfer to your accommodation

Upon arrival at Entebbe International Airport you will be met by James Uganda who will welcome you to Uganda – the Pearl of Africa. Thereafter, you will be transferred to your booked accommodation. In case you have had an early landing in Uganda, you may opt to go out and tour the cactus hotel. You will stay in a nice lodge with beautiful views on Lake Victoria. The hotel has cozy safari style furnished rooms, equipped with satellite TV, fridge bar, telephone, fan, balcony with lake-view and a comfortable bathroom. Dinner and Overnight at Cassia Lodge

 

Day 2: Transfer to Murchison Falls with stopover Zziwa Rhino sanctuary

Your driver guide will pick you from the accommodation and you will head out for Murchison falls. The highlights of this park include, the roaring rapids of the Murchison, the rolling plains of Uganda’s largest National Park where you will have the chance of viewing lions, giraffes, hartebeest, buffalo, and elephants. Then surely you will be fascinated by the concentration of hippos and the Nile crocodiles here. For birders, Murchison Falls boasts 450 bird species including the elusive shoebill stork, dwarf king fisher, the white-thigh hornbill, and the Goliath heron among others. En route, make a detour visit to Zziwa Rhino sanctuary. You will have at least one hour of rhino tracking while here. Another stop will be in Masindi in order to enjoy your lunch. Continue to the park and check into your accommodation to relax for the Evening. Dinner and Overnight at Pakuba Lodge

 

Day 3: Morning Game Drive and Boat cruise along Victoria Nile

Have your breakfast, depart for an early morning game drive across the rolling plains of Uganda’s largest National Park, where you will have the opportunity of viewing lions, giraffes, hartebeest, buffalo, and elephants. For any birder among you, this area supports the secretary bird and the black chested snake eagle to name a few. Return to your accommodation for lunch. After lunch you will head out for the launch/boat trip to the base of Murchison Falls where you will also be able to catch sight of more animals including Hippos and Crocodiles and several water birds. Continue with a hike (if you like) to the top of the falls. The hike may be a strenuous one but the thrill on reaching the top is breathtaking. Miss it only if you must. Return to your accommodation and have a relaxed evening. Dinner and Overnight at Pakuba Lodge

 

Day 4: transfer From Murchison falls  to Kibale National Park

After breakfast at your accommodation, depart right away for Kibale Forest National Park. The drive is incredibly scenic, passing through villages, lush green countryside and hills dotted with tea plantations which characterize this part of Uganda. Kibale national park is popular for its primates like the chimpanzees, colobus monkeys, grey cheeked mangabeys and red tailed monkeys. On your chimpanzee trails, these are regularly seen swinging in the forest trees and others feeding on the wild fruits. You will reach and do little but check into your accommodation where you will have dinner and the overnight rest. Dinner and Overnight at Kibale Forest Camp.

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Day 5: Chimpanzee tracking and Bigodi Swamp Walk and Transfer to Queen

Have an early breakfast and head to the rangers’ point where you will receive some briefing on the dos and don’ts during chimp trekking. Thereafter, you will proceed to the chimpanzee trek in the Kibale Forest. An experienced ranger guide will take you chimp tracking and you will be marveled by the sights of primates here. Once you locate the chimpanzees, you will have a full hour in their presence while you will be seeing them playing, patrolling, swinging in the tree branches, feeding, grooming young ones and others mating, prepare your camera for photos as you watch these amazing apes.

 

You will return to the lodge for lunch after which you will head out for Queen Elizabeth National Park. You will arrive in the evening and overnight at your booked accommodation. Dinner and Overnight at Buffalo Safari Lodge.

 

Day 6: Morning Game Drive and Boat Cruise along Kazinga Channel

On this day be up early and have your breakfast. Proceed for a morning game drive to the Kasenyi plains and be on the look for: Lions, Elephants, Bush bucks, Cape Buffaloes, Defassa Waterbucks, Giant Forest Hogs, Uganda kob, among others. Return to your accommodation for some rest time and lunch.

 

After lunch, you will go for a 2-hour boat trip on the Kazinga Channel which connects Lakes George and Edward and you will surely be fascinated by the concentrations of giant hippos, elephants and crocodiles among others. You will also see many varieties of birds at the water shores. You will have dinner and overnight at your accommodation. Dinner and Overnight at Buffalo Safari Lodge

 

Day 7: Transfer to Bwindi with en route game viewing in the Ishasha Sector

Have breakfast then set off for Bwindi Impenetrable National Park through the Ishasha sector of Queen Elizabeth National Park – famously known for its resident tree-climbing lions. The chance of spotting these lions is about 70% though sometimes they are really hard to spot (most especially when they’re down in the grassland looking for prey). Hoping you get the chance to spot them, the sight will be spectacular!

 

Continue to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. Bwindi is a big habitat for mountain gorillas in Uganda (harboring an estimated 400 mountain gorillas – roughly half of the world’s population) including several habituated groups, which can be tracked. With a strenuous day ahead, you will do less on arrival but just check in your accommodation, relax as you prepare for the Bwindi gorilla trekking experience the following day. Dinner and Overnight at bakiga lodge

 

Day 8: Gorilla Tracking and Talks Experience, transfer to Lake Bunyonyi for Relax

After an early breakfast and a briefing by a ranger guide, you will enter the gorilla sanctuary for your adventure. The beauty of this rain forest is spectacular! The area offers dramatic steeply forested landscape and is incredibly dense, but crisscrossed by numerous animal trails allowing access to tourists. The time taken and the terrain vary with the movements of these great primates. Once you locate a gorilla group, you will be allowed an hour in their presence. The thrill of spending time observing these gentle and endangered giants is an awesome, exciting experience to be long savored see them playing, feeding, patrolling and after receive your trekking certificate and this is a lifetime experience. Return to your lodge. Have your lunch and thereafter check out for a transfer to Lake Bunyonyi island. Lake Bunyonyi is framed by lush, green-terraced hills that reach a height of (2,200 – 2,478m) but it’s the 29 islands of various shapes and sizes scattered across the water that make it most magical — you could admire them all day then after check in at your booked lodge for relaxation and overnight stay at hawker’s lodge bunyonyi.

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Day 9: Transfer to Lake Mburo National Park with Game Viewing

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Have breakfast and set off to Lake Mburo NP. Drive past the intensely terraced Kigezi hill slopes into Mbarara town and finally Lake Mburo NP. Arrive in the park in the early afternoon and take some rest before proceeding out for the late afternoon (evening) game viewing. On the game drive, expect to see the gigantic eland antelopes, zebras in big numbers, topis, impalas, warthogs, Uganda kob and Cape buffalos among others. Later, relax at the accommodation where you will spend the night.

Optional: In case you’re interested, you may go out for the breathtaking Mburo night game drive. During the night game drive, expect to sight nocturnal creatures including huge snakes, python, hyena, owls and the elusive leopard (on a lucky day) among others. However, the cost for the night game drive is excluded and payable on the ground (as may be specified). dinner and overnight at Rwakobo rock lodge.

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Day 10: Mburo park (nature) walk and transfer to Entebbe Airport for your flight back home

Enjoy your early breakfast and proceed for the lake Mburo morning park/nature walk in the presence of an armed Uganda Wildlife Authority ranger/guide. On this early morning guided walk, you often encounter hyenas that are returning to their dens after a night of being on the prowl. Also, you will have the opportunity to encounter (at close range): Zebras, Giraffes and Eland, Topi and other antelopes, Cape buffaloes among others. Take the Trail to the top of the hills and see Lake Mburo and beyond. From this vantage point, you will have a great view of 9 of the twelve lakes surrounding Lake Mburo NP. Thereafter, return to the accommodation for checkout and then hit the road to Entebbe airport for your flight back home.

End of tour

Package includes

• Park fees (For non-residents)

• Gorilla permits (One per person, non-resident)

• Chimp permits (One per person, non-resident)

• All activities (Unless labelled as optional)

• All accommodation (Unless listed as upgrade

• Soft drinks

• A professional driver/guide

• All transportation (Unless labelled as optional)

• All Taxes/VAT

• Roundtrip airport transfer

• Meals (As specified in the day-by-day section)

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Package Exclude:

• International flights (From/to home)

• Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour

• Tips (Tips)

• Personal items (Souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees, etc.)

• Government imposed increase of taxes and/or park fees

• Heavy Drink like beer

 

       Price: Due to the customizable nature of this trip, and varying group sizes, all prices are given as quotations in consultation. Please contact us with ideas about what your dream safari might include, and we'll prepare a quotation just for you!