Day 1:  Arrival at Entebbe Airport.
Upon your arrival at Entebbe international airport, you will be picked up by our driver guide, who will brief you about the safari and later transfer you to your place of accommodation. Later, enjoy dinner and your overnight stay at Entebbe Palm Hotel (Budget).

Day 2:  Drive to Jinja
after breakfast drive to Jinja via Mukono with a stopover at Sezibwa Falls to see the spiritual healing waters. Visit the mighty Source of River Nile where we shall have our lunch at Nile Village hotel and spar and  and later visit  mighty Itanda falls.  In the evening we drive back to Kampala for dinner and overnight at Speke hotel, Avestar hotel, and Rochester hotel.

Day 3: Drive to Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary
After breakfast, you will be picked up from your Hotel by our driver/guide and transfer to Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary passing through traditional homesteads arriving to the Sanctuary in the early afternoon and do the Rhino Trekking, have lunch and later drive to Masindi town  for dinner and overnight at Kabalega Resort hotel.

Day 4: Chimpanzee Trekking Budongo Forest
After an early breakfast, we transfer to Murchison Falls National Park, entering the Park with a mini game drive and go straight to Kaniyo Pabidi out post for registration and briefing before we start the Chimpanzee Trekking.  The activity normally takes about three hours but sometimes it may be shorter or longer depending on the food availability.  We come back to the out Post, have lunch, relax around, and visit the top of Murchison Falls and have dinner and overnight at Fort Murchison.

Day 5:  Game drive and boat cruise.
After breakfast and then go for the game drive in search for wildlife that includes the Elephants, Buffaloes, Bushbucks, Giraffes, Cobs, Lions and Leopards among others.  It also harbors a variety of bird life (450 bird species) that includes the rare Shoe Billed Stock.  The game drive normally takes about three to four hours. We later come back to the Lodge, relax around , have lunch and later  at around 2:00pm go for the boat cruise on the Nile for yet another but different  view of the wildlife at close quartos  as they cool off at the banks of the River and also view  the Falls from the bottom side. We come back to Lodge for dinner and overnight at Fort Murchison

Day 6: Delta Launch and transfer to Hoima.

After a relaxed breakfast, at around 09:00am,Make a journey of 159.okm from Murchison National Park to Hoima where we will have a boat cruise to the Delta for another view of wildlife especially the Shoe Billed Stork. We later come back to the Lodge , have lunch and later transfer to Hoima passing  through the Bulisa escapement  for  a better  view of  Lake Albert  and the Albertine Rift  Valley and check in to the service  of Hotel Kolping for dinner and overnight.

Day 7: Drive to Kibale National Park.
After breakfast, we transfer to Kibale National Park which will be a duration of 2hrs and 58mins passing through traditional homesteads and the tea plantation of Fort Portal (Kabarole) with en-route lunch arriving in the evening and check in to the service of Kibale Primate Lodge for dinner and overnight.

Day 8: Chimpanzee Trekking
After breakfast we slope down to the Park Offices for registration and briefing before we start the Trekking in one of East Africa’s oldest Forest with trees as high as 50 meters. The Trekking may take about three hours in search for Habituated Chimpanzees. The forest also harbors about five primate species that include the Black and White Colobus, Red Colobus, Red tailed, Lhotse’s Monkeys and Grey cheeked Mangabey.  It is also home to a variety of bird species including the rare Green Breasted Pita.  We come back to the Lodge, relax around, have lunch and later go for a nature walk in the Bigodi wetland which is also very rewarding. We come back to the Lodge for dinner and overnight at Kibale Primates Lodge.

Day 9: Drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park.
After  breakfast we transfer to Queen Elizabeth  National  Park which will take us 5hrs and 24mins that is approximately 152.3km  driving through  the  Crater Lakes region and  drive  south wards  along the  foot hills of  Rwenzori  Mountain   Ranges, these constitute the  western Rift Valley and form the boundary between Uganda and Congo. With en-route lunch at Kasese.  We enter the Park with a mini game drive arriving in the afternoon, check in to the lodge have a free afternoon, dinner and overnight at Queen Elizabeth bush lodge.

Day 10: Game drive and Boat cruise
The day begins early with an early morning cup of coffee and then starts our game drive towards the Kasenyi plains in search for the wildlife that includes the Elephants, Waterbucks, Cobs, Buffaloes, Giant Forest Hogs, Bushbucks, Hyenas, Lions and Leopards among the mammal species and a variety of bird life. This Park is said to have the highest concentration of bird species as compared to any Park in the world (about 612 birds) are recorded in this Park. Having witnessed the various species of birds, settle in for lunch at Queen Elizabeth Bush lodge relax around  and later in the afternoon  go for the boat cruise  on the Kazinga Channel   for yet another but different view  of  wild life  from close as they come to cool off  in the Channel water. Later back to the Lodge in the evening for dinner and overnight at Queen Elizabeth Bush lodge.

Day 11: Drive to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.
After breakfast   we visit Katwe salt lake on the edge of the Park to see how salt is locally extracted.  Did you know that latex is used as one of the protective gadgets in the mining of salt?  Come and experience this, it’s worth visiting.  We  later transfer  to  Bwindi Impenetrable National Park  passing  through the Ishasha  sector  where  the famous  tree climbing Lions  can be seen as we are arriving in Bwindi late evening  and  check in to the lodge for dinner and  overnight at Queen Elizabeth Bush lodge.

Day 12: Gorilla Trekking and Batwa trial
After breakfast, head to the Park headquarter for registration and briefing before starting the Gorilla Trekking adventure. The hikers will like it although sometimes it may be strenuous walking in muddy conditions on hilly terrain and sometimes with rain over head.  This may take between 2 -4 hours depending on the food availability for the endangered species of mountain gorillas. Later transfer to the Lodge for dinner and overnight bush lodge.

Day 13: Drive to Lake Mburo National Park.
After breakfast we transfer  to Lake Mburo  National Park which will take about 2hrs and 42mins that is 162.5km  passing  through  the rolling  hills of  Kigezi  and Ankole,  with en-route lunch  arriving in the afternoon  and enter the Park with a mini game drive  and check in to the service  of Eagles nest lodge.  We then  go for the  boat cruise on lake Mburo  in search for wild life  that include the  Hippos,  Crocodiles, Elands,  Sitatungas and  Monitor lizards, expect to see a variety of bird life including the rare African Fin foot.  Drive back to the Lodge for dinner and overnight at Acadia cottages,Eagle’s nest lodge.

Day 14: Lake Mburo National Park – Kampala.

After breakfast head for a Nature walk  on shores of Lake Mburo in search for  wild life that  includes  The Zebras,  Impalas,  Reedbuck, Cliffspringers, Buffaloes and other mammal plus  a variety  of bird life that includes  the  Papyrus  Gonolake. Later transfer to Kampala arriving in the afternoon and continue to the Airport according the time of your flight.

End of Safari

14 DAYS UGANDA WILDLIFE COSTING

COST PER PERSON (US$) FOR A GIVEN PAX ON 14 DAYS UGANDA WILDLIFE TOUR

FOR FOREIGN NON RESIDENTS 2020

COST INCLUSIONS;

4×4 Safari vehicle with a pop up roof for game viewing

Accommodation based on single/double.

Park entrance fees

Gorilla permit

Chimpanzee permit

Launch cruise fee

Tour activities as per the itinerary

Meals as per the itinerary

Bottled drinking water

Government levies & taxes

Professional English speaking guide

COST EXCLUSIONS;

Visa costs

Insurance costs

Personal expenses

Laundry costs

Extra food and drinks

Tips

Telephone costs