Kibale Forest, Semliki Wildlife Reserve, Queen Elizabeth and Lake Mburo National Park
Summarized Itinerary
Day one: Arrival
Day Two:Transfer to Kibale
Day Three:Morning chimp trek and transfer to Semiliki wildlife reserve.
Day Four:Morning boat ride and afternoon game drive in the park
Day Five:Early lunch and transfer to Queen Elizabeth National park
Day Six:Morning game drive and afternoon boat ride along the Kazinga channel.
Day Seven:Transfer to Lake Mburo national park
Day Eight: Morning game drive and transfer to Kampala.
Detailed itinerary
Day One: Arrival
One of our company representatives will pick you from the airport and transfer you to the hotel for overnight stay. Dinner and overnight stay at Kampala Serena hotel (Up market), Golf course hotel (Midrange) or Cassia lodge buziga (Budget)
Day Two: Kampala – Kibale Forest National Park.
Transfer to Kibale Forest National park with a lunch stop in Fort portal town. Overnight stay at Kyaninga /Crater Safari lodge (up market) or Primate’s lodge Kibale. (Midrange or Budget)
Day Three: Kibale Forest National park (Chimp trekking)
Morning breakfast and 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.
Have an early lunch at the lodge and transfer to Semiliki wildlife reserve. Overnight stay at Semiliki Safari lodge. B,L,D
Day Four: Semiliki wild life reserve
Have an early an early breakfast and go for an optional boat ride on the lake. This is usually organized by the lodge at Ntoroko and are particularly worth while for bird watcher since his is the most reliable site in Uganda for the shoe bill. Other common water birds include red throated bee eater. After lunch, enjoy a swim in the pool.
Go for an evening game drive and view animals like buffalo, elephant and waterbuck. Leopards, owls and night jars are often spotted during the night drives. Overnight stay at Semiliki Safari lodge. B, L,D.
Day Five: Semiliki – Queen Elizabeth National park.
Have an early lunch at the lodge and transfer to Queen Elizabeth National park arriving in late in the afternoon. Dinner and overnight stay at Mweya safari lodge/Kasenyi Safari camp(Upmarket) and Simba safari camp (Budget)
Day Six: 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.
Dinner and overnight stay at Mweya safari lodge/Kasenyi Safari camp(Upmarket) and Simba safari camp (Budget)
Day Seven: Queen Elizabeth – Lake Mburo National park.
Have an early breakfast and check out of the lodge with packed lunches. Transfer to lake Mburo National park arriving in the afternoon. Dinner and overnight stay at Mihingo lodge (Up market, Rwakobo Rock lodge (Midrange) and Eagles’s Nest (Budget). B,L,D
Day Eight: Lake Mburo – Entebbe
Have an early game drive in the park and view animals like Impala, Zebra,waterbuck,buffalo,topi,buffalo,hippopotamus,warthog,Defassa waterbuck, bushbuck, common duiker, Eland as well as a variety of woodland and water associated birds. Return to the lodge for an early breakfast. Have an early lunch at the lodge and transfer to Kampala arriving late in the afternoon.
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