12 days Ultimate Uganda
Discovery and Safari

Day 1: Arrival and Pick up

Upon arrival at Entebbe Airport, probably the friendliest in Africa, you will be welcomed by our representative.
Your guide will briefly take you through your safari program and check in to the service of our accommodation for dinner and overnight or you can even do a City tour in Entebbe if time allows.

ACCOMMODATION – LODGE/HOTEL

Luxury: Hotel No. 5
Mid-luxury: Boma Hotel
Standard: Airport Guesthouse

Meal plan: Dinner

Day 2: Transfer to Murchison Falls National Park

Entebbe, head for Murchison Falls National Park with a stopover at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary and a lunch stop at Masindi.

We enter the Park and visit the magnificent Falls where you will enjoy and marvel at the mighty Nile being forced into a seven-meter crevice to thunder 45 meters below and this can be viewed at different points up to the summit.

Dine and Slumber at the lodge.

ACCOMMODATION – LODGE/HOTEL

Luxury: Paara Safari Lodge
Mid Luxury: Twiga Safari Lodge
Standard: Fort Murchison Lodge

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Day 3: Game drive and Boat Cruise

After an early morning breakfast, you cross the Nile by the Ferry and go for a game drive on the northern bank.

The game found in this part of the park includes Elephants, 12 12-day Uganda safari,  Rothschild Giraffe, Jackson Hartebeest, Leopard, Lions, Kobs, and a variety of woodland and Savannah birds among others.

In the afternoon after lunch, you go for a boat cruise on the Nile for game viewing at a close range. On this cruise, you expect to see many schools of Hippos and Crocodiles and some water birds at a close range.

ACCOMMODATION – LODGE/HOTEL

Luxury: Paara safari Lodge
Mid Luxury: Twiga Safari Lodge
Standard: Fort Murchison Lodge

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Day 4: Transfer to Kibale National Park

Depart Murchison Falls after an early breakfast and head for Kibale National Park with a lunch route.

This drive can take you about 10 hours but it mostly depends on the nature of the road. But you need not worry there will be plenty of stop-overs to take in beautiful views and also interact with the communities living along the roads.

On arrival at Kibale Forest, we shall check into the accommodation for dinner and the night stay.

ACCOMMODATION – LODGE/HOTEL

Luxury: Ndali Lodge
Mid Luxury: Isunga Lodge
Standard: Kibale forest camp

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Day 5: Chimpanzee Trekking and Bigodi Swamp Walk

After early morning breakfast and briefing at the park offices, you go to this great forest which is said to have the greatest variety of primates in East Africa, for Chimpanzee trekking.

Among the primates found in this forest are the black and white colobus monkeys, grey-cheeked mangabey, and red-tailed monkeys. Then in the afternoon after lunch, go for a nature walk in the Bigodi swamp which has many interesting birds.

ACCOMMODATION – LODGE/HOTEL

Luxury: Ndali Lodge
Mid Luxury: Isunga Lodge
Standard: Kibale forest camp

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Day 6: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park

After your morning breakfast drive through the great western Rift Valley’s Albertine escarpment to southwest Uganda. Arrive at the Tooro kingdom’s capital, 12 days Uganda safari,  Fort Portal located in the shadows of the magical “mountains of the moon” -Rwenzori.

In the afternoon after lunch continue to Queen Elizabeth National Park and on your way to the lodge for dinner and overnight, enjoy the stunning scenery and see the wonderful sights as you drive to your lodge.

ACCOMMODATION – LODGE/HOTEL

Luxury: Elephant Plains Lodge
Mid Luxury: Marafiki Lodge
Standard: Bush Lodge

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 7: Game drive and boat cruise

The day begins with an early breakfast and we go for a game drive in the Kasenyi Kobs mating ground which is in the northern sector of this park. We are more likely to see waterbucks, buffaloes, elephants, lions, and warthogs in their natural habitat.

The game drive normally takes 2-3 hours. After lunch, we go for a boat cruise on the Kazinga Channel, a natural channel that connects Lake George and Lake Edward. This is a very interesting cruise because of the large number of animals and birds it offers. It also takes 2 hours.

ACCOMMODATION – LODGE/HOTEL

Luxury: Elephant Plains Lodge
Mid Luxury: Marafiki Lodge
Standard: Bush Lodge

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 8: Queen Elizabeth – Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest

After an early breakfast, embark on a game drive to the Ishasha plains for the resident tree climbing lions plus a diversity of wildlife.

The landscape in this sector is unique compared to that in other parts of Queen Elizabeth National Park. It’s breathtaking seeing these lions lazily resting on tree branches targeting their prey.

In the afternoon, we then transferred to Bwindi National Park with lunch en- route.

ACCOMMODATION – LODGE/HOTEL

Luxury: Chameleon Hill Lodge
Mid Luxury: Ichumbi Gorilla Lodge
Standard: Rushaga Gorilla Havens Lodge

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 9: Gorilla Trekking Experience

After an early morning breakfast, with our packed lunch, we go to the park offices for the briefing at around 8:00 am and later start the trekking entering the forest, the natural habitat of the gorillas. Your gorilla trekking adventure has just begun. It may take 3-8 hours under muddy and strenuous conditions, 12 days Uganda safari,  sometimes with rain overhead.

But all these conditions cease to be a challenge the moment you come face to face with the amazing mountain gorilla. The feeling is one unlike any other felt before, only you can find the fitting word, mine, awestruck. You?

ACCOMMODATION – LODGE/HOTEL

Luxury: Chameleon Hill Lodge
Mid Luxury: Ichumbi Gorilla Lodge
Standard: Rushaga Gorilla Havens Lodge

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 10: Transfer to Lake Bunyonyi

After a relaxed breakfast, we transfer to Lake Bunyonyi with lunch en route. Believed to be the second deepest lake in Africa, Lake Bunyonyi is a body of water in southwestern Uganda near the Rwandan border and one of the country’s top natural treasures.

At 1,962m above sea level, the lake enjoys moderate temperatures year-round, cool in both the mornings and evenings.

This is a perfect place for relaxation and photography. Other optional activities include swimming, canoeing, boat riding, Birdwatching, ziplining and visiting the pygmies.

ACCOMMODATION – LODGE/HOTEL

Luxury: Arcadia cottages
Mid Luxury: Birdnest resort Bunyonyi
Standard: Bunyonyi overland cottages

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 11 Lake Bunyonyi – Lake Mburo National Park

After an early morning breakfast, we transfer to Lake Mburo National Park with lunch en route arriving in the afternoon for a boat cruise on Lake Mburo. It is the only place in Uganda that supports massive herds of “impalas” …. Kampala city derives its name from here.

Other antelopes easily seen are Topi, Bushbuck, Common Duiker, Oribi, Defassa Waterbuck, and Bofor Reedbuck. Buffalos, warthogs, bush-pigs hippopotamus, and many others.

ACCOMMODATION – LODGE/HOTEL

Luxury: Mihingo Lodge
Mid Luxury: Arcadia Cottages
Standard: Eagles Nest Lodge

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 12: Nature Walk – Departure

After an early morning breakfast, we go for a nature walk escorted by a ranger guide in search of wildlife. In this walk, we are more likely to see a number of mammals including the Eland (the biggest antelope in East Africa), Bushbuck, Zebra, Buffalo, Bushpig,  Hyena, Impala, Reedbuck, and a variety of bird species like the Papyrus Gonolake, Lyrac breasted roller, and kookie flancorine among others.

After the walk, check out and drive back to Entebbe with lunch en-route and stop at the Equator for photos, arriving in the afternoon and driving straight to the airport for your flight home or you will be driven to your post accommodation.

ACCOMMODATION – LODGE/HOTEL

No accommodation

Meal Plan: Breakfast and Lunch

INCLUSIONS

• • Vehicle, Safari Van + Fuel
  • Transport in 4X4 Vehicle/Landcruiser with pop roof
  • English speaking Guide/ driver
  • All meals as indicated in the itinerary
  • Accommodation as stipulated in the itinerary
  • Park Entrance fee
  • Bottled water while on the safari
  • Gorilla and chimpanzee permits