Uganda Wildlife Safari
Queen Elizabeth Np, Kibale and Murchison Falls National Park: 7 Days.
Day 1: Arrival:
A representative from African secrets will pick you up from Entebbe and transfer you to the hotel for over night at Sheraton Hotel/ Holiday Express Hotel (BB).
Day 2: Kampala- Queen Elizabeth National Park
At 07hrs00, you will be picked from your hotel or residence and leave for Queen Elizabeth National park. Take a stop over at stopping at Mpigi crafts and the Equator crossing. At the Equator, you will have an informative talk with some men demonstrating an experiment to test whether water does in fact go in opposite directions down a plug hole on opposite sides of the equator. This experiment is evidence to show that the equator is the separator of the two hemispheres. Have this experience with us! Take pictures and then after proceed Queen Elizabeth national park. A game drive En route a in search for the Topi, Elands, Elephants and many other animals. Have lunch, Visit the crater lakes region and then wait for dinner and over night at Mweya Safari Lodge/ Jacana Safari Lodge / Institute of Ecology (FB).
Day 3 Launch Cruise along the kazinga Channel
An early morning game drive to catch-up with the early risers and predators like lion, leopard, getting back to their hideouts. You will be likely to meet grazing elephants, spotted hyenas ,the elusive leopards, bushbucks, water buck and stripped jackal, and of course the warthogs. Return to the lodge for break fast. In the afternoon you will go for a launch cruise along the Kazinga Channel the waterway that joins Lake Edward to Lake George. The banks of Kazinga Channel are crammed with families of hippos, buffaloes, with elephants at the banks. If time allows take an evening game drive to the crater area. Retire to your lodge for Dinner and Overnight at Mweya Safari Lodge/ Jacana Safari Lodge/ Institute of Ecology (FB).
Day 4: Chimpanzees Tracking In Kibale
You will drive to Kibale national park. The drive will take you through the beautiful hills of the Rwenzori Mountains. Relax at the lodge as you wait for Lunch. In the Afternoon, you will assemble at Kanyankyu tourist centre for briefing from the Ranger guides before you go for chimpanzee tracking in the Kibale tropical rain forest. Chances of seeing chimps in the park are 95%. While tracking, you will be astounded to come across more primates and mammals like the Red tailed monkeys, black and white colobus monkeys, the Blue Mangabeys, Bushbucks, Warthogs, Bush pigs, Duikers, Golden cats among others, several bird species including Warbler, Blue headed sun bird, African Pitta, Warbler, among others. After, you will come across man’s closest cousins in their family playing as they move from tree to tree. Dinner and over night at Ndali Lodge/ Primates Lodge/ Rwenzori View guest house (FB).
Day 5: To Murchison Falls National Park
Take breakfast and transfer to Murchison falls National Park passing through the beautiful Albertine rift. This will be a long drive but rewarding with beautiful Sceneries Have lunch en route and as you approach the park you will be stopping briefly at the escarpment overlooking L. Albert. This point has the lowest Altitude 622 M (ASL). Still as you drive along Budongo forest way, you may spot Black and White Colobus Monkeys, Red Tailed and Blue Monkeys and lots of Olive Baboons may be seen. Birds like Afep Pigeons, the Nightjar, Black Billed Turacco, Great Blue and Ross’s Turaccos, Narina’s Trogon, White thigh Hornbills, African Green Pigeons and Nahan’s Francolin may also be seen.Proceed for dinner and over night at Paraa safari Lodge / Nile Safari Camp/ Sambiya River lodge/ Red Chillis Camp. (FB)
Day 6: Launch Cruise along the River Nile
Early in the morning take a cup of coffee as you prepare for an early morning game drive in the Northern part of Murchison falls national park. Before the sun rises too high , you may have encounters of herds of Buffaloes, Elephants, Rothschild’s giraffe, prides of lions, the Illusive leopard, Oribis, Hartebeests, Waterbucks, Kobs, and many bird species like the Nightjar. Back in time for late breakfast. Relax as you wait for lunch. In the afternoon, you will take a launch cruise along the Victoria Nile to the bottom of the falls, watch families of Hippos relaxing by the Nile bank, crocodiles and lots of birds. You will return to your lodge for dinner and over night.
Optional: If you are physically fit and interested to hike to the top of the falls, (1 hour’s hike) the launch will drop you at the cliff on the right side of the bottom of the falls. With the accompaniment of a guide you will hike to the top of the falls. Simple hiking shoes and water are obligatory prerequisites. You will realize that it is a worthwhile as you witness water dipping from a gorge that is 5o metres wide down into a narrow gorge of 7 metres width…
Return to the lodge for dinner and over night (FB)
Day 7: Transfer to Kampala
You will be transferred to Your Hotel in Kampala. Lunch En route and this will mark the end of safari.
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