Traverse Uganda’s Wildland in 12 Days from Entebbe
Highlights
Entebbe, Murchison Falls National Park, Kibale National Park, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, Lake Mburo National Park
Locations Covered
Entebbe, Murchison Falls National Park, Kibale National Park, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, Lake Mburo National Park
nature, safari, Wildlife
Private Tour
12 Days
Medium
English
Description
Traverse Uganda's Wildland in 12 days and embark on action-packed adventures. Encounter rhinos, experience Murchison Falls' wonders, track chimpanzees in Kibale, witness tree-climbing lions in Ishasha, and conclude with an unforgettable gorilla encounter.
Itinerary
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Day 1 - Entebbe Airport (Arrival)
- Upon arrival at the Entebbe International Airport, you will be met by our GoExplore safaris, who will brief and transfer you to your lodge.
Overnight at Hotel Number 5
Meal plan – bed and dinner.
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Day 2 - Murchison Falls National Park
- Your safari guide will meet you at your hotel; after that, start a panoramic drive to Murchison Falls National Park. You will stop over at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary before proceeding into the park. You will have a lunch break and rhino tracking and proceed to your lodge.
Overnight at Pakuba Safari Lodge
Meal plan – breakfast, lunch, and dinner
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Day 3 - Game viewing and boat cruise
- Today, we shall have an early morning breakfast and go for a game drive in the park before. Murchison falls harbors 76 mammal species and 451 bird species and is home to the world’s most powerful waterfall. You will have perfect opportunities to take as many pictures as possible of the animals. Later in the afternoon after lunch, you will go for an amazing boat cruise that will pass you to different animal and bird species up to the bottom of Murchison Falls and hike to the top of the falls. The river Nile squeezes itself into a 7m gorge and produces a thunderous roar before it plunges into the devil’s cauldron.
Overnight at Pakuba Safari Lodge
Meal plan – breakfast, lunch, and dinner
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Day 4 - Kibale Forest National Park
- We shall have breakfast at our leisure and later transfer to Kibale Forest National Park. This park has the highest concentration of primates than any other park in Africa. It is home to Man’s closest relatives, the Chimpanzees, as well as other different primate species, different bird species, and other animal species. You will have a stopover at Fort Portal town for lunch; thereafter, proceed to Kibale to your lodge.
Overnight at Turaco Tree Tops
Meal plan – breakfast, lunch, and dinner
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Day 5 – Chimpanzee Tracking Experience | Primates Encounter
- After breakfast, we shall transfer you to the Kanyanchu tourist center for a briefing and orientation by the rangers before setting off for the chimpanzee tracking experience. You will thereafter set off into the forest for the chimpanzee tracking experience. During the chimp tracking experience, you may also encounter other primate species and bird species that may be encountered.
After lunch, we shall proceed to Bigodi Wetlands Sanctuary.
Overnight at Turaco Tree Tops
Meal plan – breakfast, lunch, and dinner
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Day 6 - Queen Elizabeth National Park
- And after breakfast, then transfer to Queen Elizabeth into the medley of wonders, arriving in time for your lunch and spending time exploring the crater explosions then have lunch at the lodge and then later an evening game viewing drive.
Overnight at Buffalo safari lodge
Meal plan – breakfast, lunch, and dinner
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Day 7 – Game viewing and boat cruise
- Today, we shall an early morning breakfast and depart for a game drive. This park is blessed with an abundance of different animal and bird species that may be encountered here during the game drives. Later in the afternoon, you will have lunch at the lodge and proceed for a launch cruise at the Kazinga channel. At the consort of your seat on the boat, you will see different animal and bird species during the boat cruise. The park harbors almost 100 species such as the Leopard, Buffaloes, Hippos, Spotted Hyenas, Lions, and many others. There are also over different 606 species of birds found in this park including the rare black-rumped buttonquail, the martial eagle, the African skimmer, and Verreaux’s eagle owl to mention but a few.
- Upon arrival, you will check in to your lodge and later depart for an evening game drive.
Overnight at Buffalo safari lodge
Meal plan – breakfast, lunch, and dinner
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Day 8 - Ishasha Sector | Encounter the tree climbing lions
- This morning, we shall have breakfast and transfer to the Ishasha sector of Queen Elizabeth National Park. This sector is home to tree-climbing lions. You will check in at Ishasha Wilderness Camp for lunch and afternoon relaxation upon arrival. Later in the evening, you will have a sunset game drive in the park, where you will encounter tree-climbing lions and other different animal species, such as elephants, Buffaloes, Uganda Kobs, and different bird species.
Overnight at Ishasha Jungle Lodge
Meal plan – breakfast, lunch, and dinner
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Day 9 – Mgahinga Gorilla National Park
On this day, we shall have breakfast at our leisure and transfer to the home of the rare mountain Gorillas, Mgahinga National Park. You will pass via the Ishasha sector to see the tree-climbing lions that reside in this remote woodland sector located at the southern end of Queen Elizabeth
National park. Other animals that may be spotted include elephants, Uganda Kobs, and buffaloes. You will have lunch en route and proceed to your lodge.
Overnight at Nkuringo Bwindi Gorilla Lodge
Meal plan – breakfast, lunch, and dinner
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Day 10 - Gorilla Tracking
- Mgahinga national park is Uganda’s smallest national park, harbouring mountain gorillas. We shall have an early morning breakfast, then head to the park headquarters with your packed lunch for briefing, orientation, and meeting the guides. And you will then be partitioned into groups depending on which gorilla family has been given. The ranger guides will lead you through the gorilla paths in the Mgahinga forests, searching for gorillas. Once gorillas are tracked, you will be given 1 hour of interaction and taking photos.
- After tracking, depending on the time, you may take a community walk to visit the native Batwa community and have cultural entertainment.
- And then in the evening, head back to the lodge for relaxation and dinner.
Overnight at Nkuringo Bwindi Gorilla Lodge
Meal plan – breakfast, lunch, and dinner
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Day 11 – Lake Mrubo National Park
- After breakfast, we shall drive to Lake Mburo National Park. On arrival, you will do a game drive in the evening in which you may see various animals such as oribis, zebras, buffaloes, topis, elands, and impalas among several others. Lake Mburo National Park is located in Western Uganda, the smallest of Uganda’s savannah national parks.
Overnight at Mihingo Lodge
Meal plan – breakfast, lunch, and dinner
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Day 12 – Transfer to Entebbe
- Very Early this morning, we will have a enroute game drive in the park, and then we will head back to the After which we will drive back to Kampala. We will have a lunch enroute around Entebbe, make a stop at the Equator, have photography moments and embark on your journey to Entebbe for your flight back home.
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Cancellation Policy
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For cancellations upto 2 days before the tour -
Refund of 80% of the tour price.
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This is a private tour |