10 DAYS BEST OF UGANDA

Tour Overview

Itinerary

Day 1: Arrival at Entebbe International Airport

Day1: Arrival at Entebbe Airport,you will be picked by your driver guide and drive 15minutes to Airport link GuestHouse for Dinner and overnight.

Day 2 Transfer from Rhino Sanctuary and to Murchison falls National Park.

In the morning check out from your hotel in Entebbe and drive to Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary. You will go for white Rhino walk.

This activity is done on foot with a ranger guide and takes 1 to 2 hours.

Drive out for lunch and you will transfer to Murchison Falls National Park .This is the biggest conservation Area in Uganda totaling to 5000sqkm with two reserves Karuma reserve and kabwoya Reserve. This park is famous for the mighty falls which where the waters flow into 43m depth and 7m width gap before continuing into L.Albert. You will visit the top of the falls before check-in the lodge for dinner and overnight.

Accommodation at Pakuba Safari Lodge .

Drive time 6 hours

DAY3: The early start will be for the Game drive in the morning and boat cruise on the Nile in the afternoon.

With the early breakfast ,drive into the park for game drive in search for Lions,Leopards,Elephants,Girraffes,Antelopes,heayena,buffaloes,birds and much more. The afternoon after lunch will be for boat cruise on the Nile heading towards the falls for elephants, buffaloes, water backs, crocodiles, birds and much more. Drive back to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

Accommodation at Pakuba Safari Lodge

Day 4: After breakfast you will check out and drive 7hours to kibale forest.

You will go through the beautiful scenery with farm lands of tea plantations and other crops reaching fort portal for lunch.
The late afternoon will be for the community visit by walking for chance to interact with the local people like women weaving baskets, local gin making and a walk in the bigodi swamp guided by local guide for chance to meet other primates like grey checked mangbay, red Columbus monkey, black and white Columbus monkey, red tailed monkey and lots of birds like great blue turaco. The rest of the journey shall take you through kibale forest for 1hr drive then you check in at your Lodge for dinner and overnight. Your guide driver will brief you for the next day activity and he or she will share with you the experience of chimpanzee tracking experience.

Accommodation at GUEREZA CANOPY LODGE

DAY5: the day for chimpanzee tracking and Bigodi community walk

In the morning 7:30 am after breakfast you drive from the lodge to the starting point for briefing from the Park Ranger before you start the walk into the forest. The walk is normally 3 to 4 hours and spending 1 hour with the chimpanzees then you drive back to the lodge for lunch and I the late afternoon you will walk in the community. Here you will have a chance to experience the daily life of Africa village setting in particular Ugandans which is rich in culture. The Kibale forest neighbors batoro tribe,bakiga and Mwenge. With the local guide you will be guide around the community and later walk in Bigodi swamp which is a community based project that habours 6 different monkey species and 350 bird species. You will return to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

Accommodation at GUEREZA CANOPY LODGE

Day 6: To Queen Elizabeth National Park.

The relaxed morning after breakfast,you will check out and drive through the beautiful scenery of mountain Rwenzori region as you make stop overs for photos of crater lakes,banana plantations,tea plantations and more.

You will check in at Buffalo Safari Lodge for Lunch and later go for sunset game drive at Kasenyi plains for wildlife like Lions,Leopards,Buffaloes,Elephants and more. Return to the lodge before 7pm for dinner and overnight.

Accommodation at BUFFALO SAFARI LODGE

DAY 7:To Bwindi Forest.After breakfast you will set off to Bwindi impenetrable forest

You can opt to have 2hour morning game drive for more chance to see wildlife especially cats. Drive to through the highlands of kigezi region commonly known as Switzerland of Africa. You will stop for lunch in KABALE wher you can also visit a local market before driving to Bwindi forest.

Accommodation at ICHUMBI GORILLA LODGE

Day 8:Gorilla tracking

The morning after breakfast, your guide will drive you to the information center for another briefing from the park ranger and you will be allocated the gorilla family you are going to visit. Always the first team of rangers goes into the forest to find the gorillas and communicate to your guides how to walk easier to get to them. Physically fit is highly recommended and a potter to help you carry you backpacker pull or push you is useful when you take one at a fee of 15 USD. After Gorilla tracking you will drive back to the lodge to relax and you can opt to visit the Batwa community commonly know as the pigmies of Uganda who are the indigenous people of the forest but now leaving out of the forest after being driven out in 1991 by the government of Uganda.

Accommodation at ICHUMBI GORILLA LODGE

The following you need for a successful gorilla tracking
Drinking water 2ltrs, Rain jacket or poncho, Backpacker, Lunch box ,No bite cream, Walking stick, Long pants, Long sleeved shirt, long socks, walking boots