11-Days Uganda Premium Gorilla, chimp and wildlife Adventure

Upon your arrival in Uganda, our safari driver guide shall pick you up  from your hotel in Kampala or Entebbe or the airport and embark on a 2.5 hour journey to Jinja via the impressive sugarcane plantations of Lugazi and the lush vegetation of Mabira forest.
Upon arrival, you will take a boat ride on the tranquil waters of Lake Victoria to witness the exact source of the Nile as the water diverts in opposite directions. The boat ride will reward you with ecstatic views of colourful bird species on along the banks of the lake.

Retreat from the boat ride and have a lunch break and there after you could opt to go for adventurous activities like Bungee jump, white water rafting or opt  to go for quad biking or horse riding in the nearby local communities and later proceed for a dinner, relaxation and overnight at your Jinja accommodation.
There is an optional River Nile white water rafting to challenge your adventure thrill. The white water rafting is further graded to match all the different adventure levels.

Wake up early in the morning, have breakfast and then at 7:00am embark on the journey to Murchison falls national park with a stop over at Ziwa Rhino sanctuary for white rhino tracking.
You will get a close encounter of the white rhinos roaming in their natural habitat and later proceed to Murchison falls NP for the breath-taking views of the falls, the falls are when the mighty river Nile forces its way through a narrow gorge exploding into a thunderous sound with splash of misty droplets of water from the top the bottom of the falls.

You will also have a late evening game drive that will give a glimpse of the sunset over the savannah plains filled with wild animals like buffaloes, antelopes, elephants, giraffes, warthogs etc looking for shelter as the Nocturnals set out for hunting.
Later after the game drive, you will check in at the lodge for dinner and over night stay

Wake up early at 5:00am for breakfast. Later meet your guide and embark on a morning game drive that will offer you picturesque views of a backdrop of a sun rise over savanna plains with herbivores like buffaloes, giraffes, warthogs, waterbucks, oribi, hartebeest among others actively grazing in the morning hours. If nature allows, you are likely to witness the lions, leopards, wolves, hyena actively hunting and holding the prey in the mouth.

After the game drive, you shall prepare and proceed for an afternoon boat cruise along the Albert Nile to the bottom of the falls that will offer you breathtaking views of a school of hippos, crocodiles and other animals like the buffaloes, elephants, antelopes quenching their thirst at the river banks.
The Nile is one of the best places to spot a variety of colourful bird species, thus birder lovers will enjoy the sweet melody sounds and songs of beautiful birds such as the cormorants, Egyptian geese, goliath heron, horn bills, Pelican, Kingfishers and the stunning rare shoebill stork.
Retreat from the boat cruise and do a simple game drive as you drive back to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay
Accommodation

Today after breakfast, you will embark on a 7-8 hr journey transfer from Murchison to Kibale forest national park “the primate capital of the world” that is home to 13 species of primates including chimpanzees. The route takes you via the scenic rift valley landscapes and fam lands of Hoima and Fort portal town.

You will have a stop over for lunch and time permitting, you can do a crater hike tour or you may opt to visit the local homesteads and craft shops to buy souvenirs. Optionally, you may go for a waterfall visit at the Amabere ga nyina Mwiru. Here, you shall learn about the history and meaning of that phrase ‘Amabere ga Nyina Mwiru’ before embarking for a rewarding waterfalls encounter.
Proceed to the Kibale accommodation for dinner, relaxation and overnight.

After your breakfast, you meet the driver guide and head to Kanyanchu park headquarters for briefing from the park rangers about the dos and don’ts for chimp tracking.
At 8:00 am you will join the rest of other trackers and the foot steps into the captivating jungle forest in search for the chimps. While in the forest you may interface with primates including the red-tailed monkey, L’Hoest monkey, baboons, white and black Colobus monkeys, grey checked mangabey, red Colobus, blue monkeys and pottos. Other animals include forest elephants unique from the common type, giant forest hogs and a striking tree species.

Most often chimpanzee tracking goes for 3 to 4 hours and Upon seeing the chimps, you will be given 1hour to witness the chimps playing, grooming, feeding and jumping from tree canopies as you take photos of the ultimate enriching experience.
After lunch you will embark on a nature walk in Bigodi wetland sanctuary, an eco-tourism destination managed by local people. Their conservation story while on the nature walk to spot birds like the great blue turaco, primates gives you a look into how people live in harmony with nature.

After a cup of tea in the morning, you shall embark a scenic journey through the breathtaking landscapes of Fort portal and Bundibugyo. Upon arrival, you will go for game viewing that will offer you a glimpse of wild animals such as the pygmy antelopes fanged deer, baboons, monkeys and colourful bird species like the rare shoebill stork, blue swallow among others.In the afternoon, you shall visit the eye-catching Sempaya natural hot springs that have got a geyser shooting up from an 8m wide hole at a very hot temperature. The Sempaya hot springs consists of both male hot springs locally known as Bintente measuring 12m in diameter and female hot springs known as Nyasimbi which means the female ancestors.

Its a boiling geyser at 103 degrees which spurts bubbling water and steam up to 2m high and the steam cloud can be seen 2km away, the local people used to cook food even boil eggs in these boiling pools.
After the visit to Sempaya, you shall transfer directly to Queen Elizabeth National Park for dinner and overnight stay.

Early morning after breakfast, you shall go for a morning game drive that shall give you a glimpse of the backdrop of the sunrise over the savannah plains of Queen Elizabeth National Park filled with animals like the cape buffaloes, waterbucks, bush backs, warthogs actively grazing in the morning hours.

Retreat from the game drive and drive back to lodge for lunch break as you prepare for the afternoon boat cruise along Kazinga channel that will give you scenic views of a school of Hippos, crocodiles, as well as elephants, leopard, lions, hyenas, buffaloes, antelopes quenching their thirst at the banks of the lake

In the morning at 7:00 am, you shall transfer from Queen Elizabeth National Park to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park with an en-route game drive in the Ishasha sector that will give thrilling views of the Tree climbing lions resting in the tree canopies watching their prey grazing.
There after you will proceed via the breath-taking landscapes of Kigezi covered with green rolling and terraced hills. The hills are dotted by the tropical rainforests in the areas of Kisoro and Kanungu in Buhoma that are home to the worlds endangered mountain gorillas.

Upon arrival in Bwindi, you shall check in at the lodge and later go for a community visit that will immerse you into the rich and vibrant cultures of the Batwa people, enjoy the traditional entertainment and songs from the Batwa women as well visit the craft shops and get souvenirs
Later walk back to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay

You will get up so early in the morning for breakfast and thereafter your driver will drive you to Buhoma Park head offices with your packed lunch. On reaching there by 7:30am you will be briefed about what to do and not to do while trekking after which you will be led by the ranger guides and porters through the misty jungle forest.
Trekking usually takes between to 3-7 hours or even a full day due to the location of gorillas. When you see them, you shall be given one thrilling hour to watch the gorillas feeding, play, groom and roam around the forest as you take photos of a lifetime experience. The encounter shall be great and fun.

Later after a tiresome trek, you shall drive to lake Bunyonyi for relaxation and feel the the fresh water breath and picturesque views over the stunning islands of Lake Bunyonyi. Return to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay

After breakfast in the morning at 8:00 am, you shall transfer from Kabale to Lake Mburo with a stopover at Igongo cultural centre for lunch and visit to museum. Thereafter proceed to Lake Mburo National park via farm lands with pastoral communities rearing the long horned cattle. Upon arrival at the park, you will go for an afternoon game drive that will give you spectacular views of the Elands, Zebras, Giraffes, buffaloes among others.

You will then  go for a late evening boat cruise on lake Mburo that will give picturesque views of the back drop of the sun downer over the lake with views of colorful bird species.
Or you could opt to do optional activities like Horse riding or Biking that will give a close view of nature and animals instead of the game drive /boat cruise.
Retreat from the activity and check in at the lodge for dinner and overnight stay.

In the morning after breakfast, you shall go for an early morning game drive that will help you catch up a number of animals like Buffaloes, zebras, elands, actively grazing
Retreat from the game drive and embark on the 6-hour journey transfer to Kampala/ Entebbe with a stopover at Kayabwe for a lunch break and an Equator experience, buy souvenirs. And then Continue to Entebbe to catch up with your flight.
End to the safari.

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