Highlights:
1st Day; Airport Pickup & Transfer to Your Hotel
2nd Day: Kibale Forest
3rd Day: Go Chimp Tracking
4th Day: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park
5 Th Day: Game Drive & Boat Tour.
6 Th Day: Lake Mburo
7 Th Day: Morning Game Drive and Transfer to Entebbe
Details:
1ST DAY; AIRPORT PICKUP & TRSNFER TO YOUR HOTEL
The driver from Nkuruba Community tours will pick you up from the airport to the lodge where you will stay for your first night in Uganda. Along the way from the airport, you will be able to see your driver navigate through the busy traffic lots of Bodaboda, matatu and a view of the biggest fresh water lake in East Africa Lake Victoria. The journey to your lodge takes not more than 30 minutes but it lives you with unforgettable memories of your first day in Uganda
Accommodation, Tilapia lodge.
2ND DAY: KIBALE FOREST
A typical western typical western Uganda experience, your journey will take you through Kampala capital city of Uganda, proceed to Fort portal tourism city expect along the way to encounter beautiful sceneries, roadside markets, tea plantations and lots of friendly people.
This 5–6-hour drive takes you to the primates’ capital of Uganda (Kibale Forest) through Fort-portal tourism city. Kibale forest is approximately 800 square kilometers and apart from chimpanzees, it offers a variety of wildlife say the forest elephants, colobus monkeys, to mention but a few. You will stay at Nkuruba Lakeside Resort for the next two days it is a community-based accommodation located within the Nkuruba forest reserve. It has four monkey species and lots of birds, they have well-kept spacious rooms some with a view of lake Nkuruba and the Rwenzori Mountains.
Accommodation: Nkuruba Lakeside Resort.
3RD DAY: GO CHIMP TRACKING
Visit our closest living relatives, sharing 98.7% of our genetic blueprint. Humans and chimps are also thought to share a common ancestor who lived some 13 million years ago. Chimpanzees are highly social living in communities of several dozen animals, led by an alpha male and his coalition of male allies. Although they normally walk on all four legs (knuckle-walking), chimpanzees can stand and walk upright. Chimpanzees have long arms, hands, and fingers, which allow them climb trees and swing from branch to branch.
The trekking will be conducted by an experienced guide and this may take between 3-5 hours including a 1-hour encounter with them. chimpanzees are wild animals which keep moving to different parts of the jungle so it’s never 100% chance of seeing them. However, in Kibale forest you have over 80% chances to seeing them.
After you will have a hot lunch at your lodge and later in the afternoon you can decide on whether to go for a community walk to explore the daily activities of the locals.
After you will move back to your lodge for dinner, can arrange a campfire entertained by the nocturnal of the Nkuruba forest. Next day after your breakfast we drive to Queen Elizabeth Park with a stopover at Kasese for a hot lunch.
4TH DAY: TRANSFER TO QUEEN ELIZABETH NATIONAL PARK
Queen Elizabeth National Park occupies an estimated area of 1,978 square kilometers (764 sq km) known for its abundant wildlife, including elephants, hippopotamus, warthog hogs, spotted hyenas, tree climbing lions among others. Overall, the park is home to 95 mammal species and over 600 bird species. The area around Ishasha is famous for its tree-climbing lions, whose males often spot black manes. You will have a 3-4 hours long game drive in the park to view these amazing wildlife
Accommodation. Tembo Safari Lodge, Topi lodge, Mweya safari, Bush lodge.
5 TH DAY: GAME DRIVE & BOAT TOUR QUEEN ELIZABETH PARK.
You will have a very early morning breakfast before the day breaks so that you can start your morning game drive, this is so because at this time you can have a chance to spot the cuts and hyenas when they are still active as they rarely hunt during the hot day. During this time, you have more chances of spotting lions and leopards.
In the afternoon the animals are moving to the water source for a drink that’s why you will do a boat safari from where you can see big herds of buffalos, elephants, hippos, Nile crocodiles on the water of Kazinga channel which connects lake George to lake Edward.
6 TH DAY: LAKE MBURO
Proceed to lake Mburo National Park through Mbarara city, throughout your journey expect to see roadside markets, crater lakes, tea plantations, the long-horned cows, beautiful hills among other amazing scenes. Stopover will be at Igongo cultural center for a traditional lunch to experience the local cousin.
Then proceed to your lodge in lake Mburo and a possibility of an evening game drive. Despite the fact that the park is small in size in comparison to others, Lake Mburo has stunning landscape that consists of flat grasslands, rolling hills, forests, bush thickets, rocky outcrops, Lakes and swamps. The park is home to very rare wildlife species say the biggest and shyest antelope the elands, bushbucks, zebras, klipspringers, impalas, leopards, to mention but a few.
Accommodation. Hyena hill, Rwakobo lodge, Leopard Rest camp, Eagles’ nest.
7 TH DAY: MORNING GAME DRIVE AND TRANSFER TO ENTEBBE
After your breakfast you will go for a wildlife safari from where you expect to see different wildlife species say the zebras, elands, buffalos, giraffes, hogs, to mention but a few. After the game drive you proceed to Kampala with a stopover at Kayabwe from where the earth is cut into two halves by the equator. At the equator there’s a wonderful local water experiment to prove to you that the earth splits into two halves. Drive back to Entebbe in preparation for your flight back home.
Package Includes;
- Accommodation as per the itinerary.
- Transportation services.
- All park entrance fees.
- English-speaking driver/guide.
- Drinking water in the car.
- All government taxes.
Excludes;
- Personal insurance.
- All tips.
- All other Services not mentioned in the itinerary or considered as optional.
Pack the following items for a Ugandan safari,
- Hiking boots
- Sunglasses
- Long-sleeved shirts and trousers
- Camera. Charger
- Binoculars
- Mosquito repellant
- Light and heavy clothes.
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