A 12 DAY PRIMATE
SAFARI ITINERARY
DAY 1
Our stuff will warmly welcome you at Entebbe International
Airport and transfer you to your hotel.
Overnight at Imperial Resort beach Hotel (Classic) or Africana
Hotel (Mid range) (BB).
DAY 2
Begin the day with breakfast, drive to the West to Lake Mburo
National Park. A stop over is made at Equator for photographs
and snacks. On your way to the park, game-drive as you check
in Mantana Tented Camp (basic) or Rwonyo rest Camp (budget).
After lunch, enjoy a boat ride in Lake Mburo amidst Hippos.
Other animals like Crocodiles herons, African King fisher,
Fish Eagles, Pelicans, Crested Cranes including local fishermen
and fishing villages may be seen. Evening guided walks can
also be arranged.
Overnight at Rwonyo camp or Mantana tented camp (FB).
DAY 3
After breakfast make an early morning game drive and expect
to see Warthogs, Elands, Uganda kob, Buffaloes and many birds.
Depart to Mbarara stopping for Lunch at Regency Hotel or Agip
Motel Mbarara. Make a scenic drive to Lake Bunyonyi via Kabale
through big terraced hills, valleys and forests.
Overnight at Bunyonyi Safari Resort/Bushara Island Camp/Bunyonyi
Overland camp. (FB)
DAY 4
Early morning boat ride sight seeing and bird watching is
a life time experience. Return to the camp for lunch and drive
to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park; home of Mountain Gorillas!
Evening performances to see traditional dances by the Batwa
is a must!
Overnight at Gorilla Resort/Buhoma Community Bandas (FB).
DAY 5
Up relatively early for a hearty breakfast to give you the
energy needed for gorilla tracking. Before 8:00 am report
to the ranger station for registration and a talk by one of
the rangers; the guides will then take you through the bush
pushing your way through the undergrowth, parting thick creepers,
to track the gorillas. (This trek can take from half an hour
to 5 hours - a reasonable degree of fitness is required as
well as a sturdy pair of walking shoes) Sit in the forest
among the gorillas, listening to them grumble to each other,
and marvel at the sheer size of the dominant male; the silverback.
It is an extraordinary feeling sitting in the dense rainforest
knowing you are with a few of the last remaining mountain
gorillas. It’s amazing to think there are only about
650 of these beautiful creatures left!
If you have the energy this afternoon, take a guided walk
on the Munyaga River trail, which is an ideal short walk.
This trail leads to three delightful crystal clear waterfalls,
and there is a profusion of tree ferns, epithytic ferns, orchids
and Bwindi’s colorful array of butterflies. Here you
may also see birds and primates from the forest edge.
Overnight at Gorilla Resort/Buhoma Community Bandas (FB).
DAY 6
After an early cup of African Coffee, depart for Queen Elizabeth
National Par. We will drive through the southern sector of
Queen Elizabeth known as Ishasha, famed for its tree-climbing
lions. Ishasha is a remote and beautiful extension of Queen
Elizabeth National Park. We will see buffalo, topi and hippo
among other species. It is a fabulous sight to see the lions
draped from the trees and nowhere in Africa do you stand a
better chance of seeing this than in the large low-limbed
fig tree of Ishasha.
After checking in and having some time to relax, we will head
for a late afternoon game drive. We often spot Elephants,
waterbucks, warthogs, hippos and others.
Overnight at Mweya Safari Lodge/Institute of Ecology (FB).
DAY 7
After breakfast, you will go for a morning game drive along
Kasenyi area of the park. Here you will be able to encounter
elephants, buffalo, water bucks, warthogs, lions, Uganda Kobs
lakes and a variety of birds. Return to the lodge for breakfast
and lunch.
After lunch, a two hour boat trip along the famous Kazinga
channel is worthwhile an opportunity to see Hippo, Bufalo,
Kobs, Elephants, warthogs etc. This trip also enables visitor
chance to see spectacular birds.
Overnight at Mweya Safari Lodge/Institute of Ecology (FB).
DAY 8
After breakfast drive to Kyambura gorge a cross open grass
and wooden savanna for Chimp tracking. You will also encounter
some animals as you trek. Return to the lodge for lunch and
thereafter drive to Fort Portal via the creator region and
baboon cliff for sight seeing .This an area you will enjoy
most the scenery of the Mountains of the Moon following the
foot hills.
Overnight at Ndali Lodge (classic) Mantana Lodge (basic) or
Rwenzori View Guest House (basic) (FB)
DAY 9
After breakfast drive to Kibale forest for Chimpanzee trekking.
The dense forests offer a suitable habitat for habituated
chimps, where designated nature trails have been developed
to help you and your guide spot the chimps swinging on top
of the trees inside cool forest. After lunch from Kanyanchu
Tourist Center, visit Bigodi Bird Sanctuary for birding.
Overnight at Ndali Lodge (classic) Mantana Lodge (basic) or
Rwenzori View Guest House (basic) (FB).
DAY 10
Begin the day with breakfast. After breakfast drive to Murchison
Falls National Park via Hoima, Masindi road through a landscape
of Albertine rift escarpment engulfed with tea plantations,
forests, rift valley escarpment and valleys. Visit astonishing
beauty of the top of Murchison falls where the water escapes
from a narrow gorge bouncing downwards 45 meters and making
a constant roar and plume of rainbow. Cross the famous river
Nile by ferry to Paraa Safari Lodge. Visitors booked for Nile
Safari and Red Chilli do not need to cross the ferry until
the next day.
Overnight at Paraa Safari Lodge/ Nile Safari Camp/ Red Chilli
Hide Away (FB).
DAY 11
After a morning breakfast, you will go for a game drive, bird
watching and sight seeing across the open savannah dotted
woodland and riverine vegetation along the Nile and Albert
delta. Here expect to meet elephants, giraffes, buffaloes,
lions, leopards, waterbuck and a countless population of birds,
return to the lodge for breakfast and lunch.
After lunch, a three hour boat trip along the Nile gives you
assured chance to see the falls from the bottom angle. Hippos,
crocodiles, antelopes, and aquatic birds can be seen along
the shores of the River.
Overnight at Paraa Safari Lodge/ Nile Safari Camp/ Red Chilli
Hide Away (FB).
DAY 12
Wake up at 6:00am prepared to take a photograph of the African
rising sun in the morning and enjoy African breakfast. Visitors
booked for Paraa have to cross the ferry back to Masindi using
the same route for lunch. Return to Kampala at leisure.
Overnight at Imperial Resort beach Hotel (Classic) or Africana
Hotel (Mid range) (BB).
DAY 13
Dedicated for shopping and airport transfer.
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