Day 01: Arrival and transfer to Entebbe
Upon arrival, you will be met by Encounter Africa Safari guide who will transfer you to your overnight Guest house. Depending on your arrival time, you may choose to take a boat excursion to Ngamba Island (optional and not included), visit the nearby Botanical gardens or Uganda Wildlife Education center.
Drive time: Approximately 15 minutes
Lodge: Gorilla African Guest House
Meal Plan: Bed and breakfast
Day 02: Lake Mburo National Park
After breakfast, drive to lake Mburo National Park with a stopover at the Equator for photograph and simple experiments arriving in Lake Mburo National Park in time for an en route game drive and a boat cruise on the Lake
Drive time: approximately 5-6 hours
Lodge: Lake Mburo Safari Lodge
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 03: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.
After breakfast, enjoy an en route game drive through Lake Mburo National Park and then Proceed to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park located in South Western Uganda. This journey takes you through the green rolling hills of Uganda with banana and tea plantations and good scenic views. Lunch will be served en route and you will arrive in Bwindi in the evening.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.
Lodge: Rushaga Gorilla Havens Lodge or Trekkers Tervan Lodge.
Drive time: 6-7 hours.
Day 04: Gorilla Tracking Day.
Early morning, breakfast with your packed lunch, you will report to the Park headquarters for registration and join other trackers in a briefing about the dos and the don’ts during your Gorilla Tracking at 7:45 am. You will trek through thick creepers and undergrowth with your guides to find the Gorillas, which can take you half an hour to three quarters of the day. The steeply forested landscape is incredibly dense but crisscrossed by numerous animal trails allowing access to tourists. It is an extraordinary feeling being with these beautiful yet endangered Creatures.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.
Lodge: Rushaga Gorilla Havens Lodge or Trekkers Tervan Lodge
Day 05: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park.
This morning you will depart for Queen Elizabeth National Park, be prepared for some incredible scenery along the way. You will arrive in time for Lunch at the lodge and game drive in the plains of Kasenyi in search for Savannah wildlife that may include herds of buffaloes, antelopes, elephants and if lucky, some wild cats such as lions and leopard.
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.
Lodge: Elephant Hab\Buffalo Resort.
Drive time: 4-5 hours.
Day 06: Morning Game drive and afternoon boat on Kazinga Channel.
This morning you will head to back to the plains of Kasenyi for a morning game drive to try to find what could have missed the previous day. Lunch will be served at the lodge and after you will head to the jetty along kazinga channel for the afternoon boat cruise. This cruise offers you chances of viewing animals like: hippos, water birds, elephants, buffaloes, crocodiles and many other wildlife which flop the channel for drinking water.
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.
Lodge: Elephant Hab\Buffalo Resort.
Day 07: Morning game drive and transfer to Kibale National Park
After an early breakfast drive to the northern bank of Queen Elizabeth National Park (kasenyi) area in searches the wild animals which include: Elephants, Buffalos, and the wild cats, Savanna birds and deferent species of antelopes such water buck Uganda kobs among others. After lunch you will drive to Kibale Forest National Park arriving at your lodge in the evening.
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch and dinner.
Lodge: Chimpanzee Forest guest house.
Drive time: 3-4hours.
Day 08: Chimpanzee Tracking.
This morning after breakfast you will drive to the park headquarters to join other trackers for a briefing and after you will be taken for chimpanzee tracking, through Kibale Forest National Park. During this walk you will have chances of seeing many of the 13 primate species native to Kibale Forest National Park. After lunch you will drive to Bigodi for a swamp walk. This wetland belongs to community neighboring the park.
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch and dinner.
Accommodation: Chimpanzee Forest guest house.
Day 09: Drive to Murchison Falls National Park
Drive to Murchison Falls National Park through small towns, villages and great views of the escarpment arriving late evening.
Drive time: Approximately 8-9 hours drive
Accommodation: Pakuba Safari Lodge or Murchison River Lodge
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 10: Morning game drive and afternoon boat cruise to the bottom of the falls
After an early morning cup of tea, transfer to the northern section popular known as paraa for your morning game drive that will provide you an opportunity of spotting wild game that may include, giraffes, buffaloes, antelopes, hippos and if lucky cats such as lions and leopards. Return to the lodge for a lunch break before proceeding to the pier for your two hour boat cruise to the bottom of the falls to witness how river Nile squeezes itself in a narrow gorge before exploding out producing an experience of a lifetime.
Accommodation: Pakuba Safari Lodge or Murchison River Lodge
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 11: To Entebbe International airport
Drive back to Entebbe international Airport and depending on your flight time, you may decide to visit Zziwa Rhino sanctuary (optional and not included).
Drive time: 5-6 hours
