8 days Uganda Adventure safari.
This 8-day safari begins from and ends in Entebbe. It takes you to the best national parks in Uganda including Murchison Falls, Kibale Forest and Bwindi Impenetrable national park. You will not miss out on game drives, boat cruises, gorilla and chimpanzee trekking.
Highlights of the tour.
- Day 1: Arrival & Transfer to Kampala city
- Day 2: Transfer to Murchison falls national park
- Day 3: Game drive and launch cruise
- Day 4: Transfer to Kibale Forest
- Day 5: Chimp trekking.
- Day 6: Transfer to Bwindi Forest
- Day 7: Gorilla trekking
- Day 8: Transfer to Kampala
Detailed Itinerary
Day 1: Arrival and transfer to Kampala.
Upon your arrival at the airport, you will be picked up by your guide and then he will transfer you to one of the hotels to refresh up and relax as you are taking your breakfast. From there you will embark on your journey to Kampala to have a city tour. During this city tour, you will get to see a number of attractions and visit different places like the kasubi tombs, the Bahai temple, kabaka’s palace and so many others.
Meal plan: breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Accommodation:
- Sheraton hotel
- Africana hotel.
Day 2: Transfer to Murchison Falls.
Immediately after having your morning breakfast. We shall embark on a 6 hour drive journey to Murchison falls the largest national park in Uganda with the most powerful water falls. Along your way, you will get a stopover at the Ziwa rhino sanctuary in Nakasongola and Karuma falls. Have lunch in Masindi town and then proceed to Murchison falls national park, check in to the lodge for overnight
Journey time: 6 hours.
Meal plan: breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Accommodation:
- Trekker’s tavern cottages
- Buhoma haven lodge.
Day 3: Game drive and launch cruise.
Have breakfast very early in the morning and go for a morning game drive where we expect to encounter a number of wildlife like lions, leopards, Uganda kobs, Bushbucks, Elephants, Hartebeests, Oribs, waterbucks, warthogs, hyenas and many more. Have lunch and then a launch cruise to the bottom of the falls. Dinner and rest.
Meal plan: breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Day 4: Transfer to Kibale forest national park
Live the hotel with all your belongings after breakfast and proceed to kibale forest national park the primate capital of the world with an enroute lunch and a stopover in fort portal tourism city. Proceed and check in at the lodge. Relax, refresh, dinner and rest.
Meal plan: breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Accommodation:
- Kibale forest camp
- chimpanzee forest guest house.
Day 5: Chimpanzee trekking in Kibale.
After grabbing your morning breakfast, you will be picked up by your guide from the hotel and then transfer you to the park headquarters where you will first have a briefing about the rules and the regulations of trekking chimpanzees. From there you will be divided into groups of 8 members where by each group will be allocated a chimpanzee family to trek. You will enter into the jungle and start the trekking. This will take you over one hour to trek. However, it might go beyond because some of the chimpanzee families may be grazing far which makes the time to go beyond the one hour to even 8 hours. Once you get the chimpanzees, you are given over one hour to stay with them as you are taking photos and having fun. From there, you can get back to the lodge have your lunch and then relax as you prepare for an evening bigodi nature walk. Here you will get to interact with the local people in the community and get to know what they do to earn a leaving. You will get back to the lodge refresh, have dinner and rest.
Meal plan: breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Day 6: Transfer to Bwindi impenetrable national park.
As soon as you get done with your morning breakfast, your guide will pick you from the hotel and then transfer to Bwindi impenetrable national park to have your best adventure experience for the mountain gorillas. As you continue with your journey, you will get an enroute lunch and soon you will be arriving to your final destination. Proceed to the lodge and check in for overnight.
Meal plan: breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Accommodation:
- Trekker’s tavern cottages
- Rushaga gorilla haven lodge
- silver back lodge.
Day 7: Gorilla trekking in Bwindi.
After having your morning breakfast, your guide will pick you up from the hotel and then transfer you to the park headquarters where you will first have a briefing with your ranger guide about the rules and the regulations of trekking. From there, you will be divided into the groups of 8 members. Each group will be given a gorilla family to trek. This is because Bwindi has got several gorilla families and sectors. From there, you will enter into the jungle and start the trekking, once you get these gorilla families, you will be given ample time of over one hour to stay with these primates as you are having fun and taking photos. From there you will get back to the lodge, have your lunch and then get back to the park for an evening batwa community walk. Here, you will get to interact with these local people also known as the pygmies. You will get to know what activity they always do to earn a leaving. After this activity, you will get back to the lodge, have a refreshment, and take your dinner and then rest.
Meal plan: breakfast, lunch and supper.
Day 8: Transfer to Kampala.
Wake up very early in the morning, grab yourself a cup of coffee and then start off your journey back to Kampala. This will mark the end of your trip.
The package includes the following.
- Gorilla permit.
- The chimpanzee permit.
- Park entrance fees.
- Boat cruise.
- English speaking guide.
The package excludes the following.
- International flights.
- Alcoholic drinks.
- Tips for local people.
- Laundry services
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