Lake Mburo, Bwindi, Queen Elizabeth and Kibale Forest National park
Summarized Itinerary
Day one: Arrival
Day Two: Transfer to Lake Mburo national park
Day Three: Morning game drive and afternoon boat ride along the lake
Day Four: Early drive to Bwindi forest national park
Day Five: Gorilla trek
Day Six: Drive to Queen Elizabeth national park
Day Seven: Morning game drive and afternoon boat ride along the Kazinga channel.
Day Eight: Transfer to Kibale forest national park
Day Nine: Morning chimp trek and afternoon nature walk in Bigodi Swanp
Day Ten: Departure
Detailed Itinerary
Day One: Arrival
One of our company representatives will pick you fro the airport and transfer you to the hotel for overnight stay. Dinner and overnight stay at Kampala Serena
hotel (Up market), Golf corse hotel (Midrange) or Cassia lodge buziga (Budget)
Day Two: Kampala – Lake Mburo National park.
Drive south westwards with our first stop at the equator for souvenirs and photographs. Have a lunch stop in Masaka town and continue on to Lake Mburo National Park. Overnight stay at Mihingo lodge (Up market), Rwakobo Rock lodge (Midrange) and Eagle’s nest(Budget)
Day Three: Lake Mburo National park
Have an early game drive in the park and view animals like Impala, Zebra,waterbuck,buffalo,topi,hippopotamus,warthog, bushbuck, common duiker, Eland as well as a variety of woodland and water associated birds Return to the lodge for a late breakfast. After lunch, we shall go for a boat ride on the lake in the afternoon. Have good sightings of hippo, crocodile, buffalo, waterbuck, bush buck and otters. Bird species include African fish eagle, marabou stork, pied king fisher , various egrets and herons. While Ross’s turaco and Narina trogon are frequently sighed in the lake side thickets, Lake Mburo is possibly the easiest place in Uganda to see the exclusive African fin foot that is associated with still water below overhanging branches.
Overnight stay at Mihingo Lodge (Up market), Rwakobo Rock lodge(Midrange) and Eagle’s nest (Budget)
Day Four: Lake Mburo – Bwindi Forest National park.
Early morning breakfast and check out of the lodge with packed lunches. Transfer to Bwindi Forest National park arriving in the evening.
Bwindi Forest is regarded as the most biologically diverse forests in Africa since it dates before the Pleistocene ice age making it over 2,500 years old It has got an altitude range of between 1,160 m and 2,607m above sea level. Bwindi is a true rain forest spread over a series of steep ridges and valleys that form the eastern edge of the Albertine rift valley.
Overnight stay at Gorilla Forest Camp (Up market), Mahogany springs lodge(Midrange) and Buhoma community rest camp(Budget). B,L,D
Day Five: Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National park – Gorilla trekking.
Have an early morning breakfast and transfer to your respective Gorilla trekking points for a briefing from the guides. Gorilla trekking is unpredictable and it usually takes 2-8 hours `depending on where the gorillas built their nest the previous night. Your efforts will be rewarded when you encounter with the humble giants. Enjoy the infant Gorillas as they feed, play and swing from on branch to another. For conservation purposes, the time spent with the Gorillas is only one hour.
Bwindi harbors at least 120 mammal species,11 types of primates and a total of 350 bird species.
Overnight stay at Gorilla Forest Camp (Up market) , Mahogany springs lodge (Midrange) and Buhoma community rest camp(Budget). B,L,D
Day Six: Bwindi Forest – Queen Elizabeth National park.
Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National park through Ishasha sector(Depending on the condition of the road.) This region is well known for the most alluring game viewing areas in the country and if lucky, we can spot the tree climbing lions.
Arrive at Mweya late in the afternnon. Overnight stay at Mweya lodge/Kasenyi Safari camp (Up market) or Simba safari camp (Budget)
Day Seven: Queen Elizabeth National park.
Wake up for an early game drive in the park today. Queen Elizabeth National park is Uganda’s popular and Uganda’s most accessible Savannah reserve and it’s associated with open savannah, large areas of swamp around Lake George, forest and crater lakes. Animals that can be sighted during the game drive include the Uganda Kob, bush buck,topi,and defassa waterbuck, buffaloes, sitatunga and elephant. The Park’s predators include side stripped jackal, spotted hyena, lion and leopard.
Return to the lodge for a late breakfast and go for a boat ride along the Kazinga channel in the afternoon. This is the most popular activity in the park. View animals like elephants, buffalo, waterbuck, hippos and crocodiles. Water birds are also plenty and these include water thickknee, yellow-billed stork and various plovers, pink blacked pelicans ,pied king fishers and white bellied cormorants and the sunbird
Overnight stay at Mweya lodge/Kasenyi Safari camp (Up market), Katara or Simba safari camp (Budget)
Day Eight: Queen Elizabeth – Kibale Forest National park.
Early morning game drive in the park to capture what you missed out on your previous game drive. Have an early lunch at the lodge and transfer to Fort portal town arriving in the afternoon. Overnight stay at Kyaninga /Crater safari lodge (up market) or Primate’s lodge Kibale. (Midrange or Budget)
Day Nine: Kibale Forest National park (Chimp trekking)
Check out of the lodge with packed lunches and transfer to the park headquarters at Kanyanchu. Attend a brief briefing from the guides and go for a chimp trek.
The park is highly alluring to nature lovers for it’s excellent bird watching and Chimpanzee trekking, not to mention the greatest variety and highest concentration of primates of any forest in Africa. Other Primate species include Vervet,red-tailed,L’Hoest’s and blue monkeys, grey –cheecked mangabey, red colobus, black-and- white Colobus, and Olive baboon. Nocturnal species include bush baby and potto.The forest has also got a high concentration of birds like Nahan’s Francolin and blue –headed bee-eater. Other large mammals that inhabit the forest include forest elephants, giant forest hog and buffalo.
In the afternoon, we can go for a nature walk to Bigodi wetland. The swamp is a community based activity that was set up to enable tourists give back to the community. Various bird species like the great blue turaco, papayrus gonolek, grey throated barbet, yellow bill and sunbird. Butterflies are abundant in the swamp and it’s a home to sitatunga, antelope, mongoose and most of the primate species found in the forest.
Dinner and overnight stay at Kyaninga /Crater safari lodge(up market) or Primate’s lodge Kibale. (Midrange or Budget)
Day Ten: Departure.
Check out of the lodge with packed lunches and transfer to Entebbe arriving in time for your late departure flight.
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