12 Days Luxury Safari in uganda

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12 Day Luxury Safari

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Experience Uganda safari – 12 days

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Summary: Gorilla trekking, Chimps trekking, Game-drives, Boat-cruises, Safari walk and Rhino sanctuary

Accommodation level: luxury-range

National Parks included: Murchison Falls NP, Queen Elizabeth NP, Bwindi Impenetrable NP and Lake Mburo National Park.

 

Day 1: Transfer to Lake Mburo National Park

After breakfast you start off with your guide towards Lake Mburo national park. A landscape of rolling green hills will pass by the windows before you reach the town of Mbarara for lunch and then continue to the lodge in Lake Mburo national park.

Overnight Mihingo safari lodge

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Day 2: Safari-walk and game-drive

Start the day early with a safari-walk in Lake Mburo national park. Get the experience of being one with nature as you see the animals close by during the walk. Have breakfast at the lodge and relax a bit before lunch. After lunch in the afternoon it is time for your game-drive in the park, here you can see impalas and zebras. Get back to the lodge to enjoy your last evening in Uganda’s national parks on this Discover Uganda safari.

Overnight Mihingo safari lodge

 

Day 3: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

After breakfast you start the journey to the home of the Mountain Gorillas, Bwindi Impenetrable national park. The drive takes you through a changing landscape and up the hills around Bwindi offering stunning views.

Overnight Sanctuary Gorilla lodge

 

Day 4: Gorilla trekking day

You have now reached a highlight of this Uganda Experience safari; the gorilla trekking day. Your guide will take you to the starting point of the gorilla trekking in the morning and you set of for your adventure. The trek takes you through the fascinating jungle up to the point where the gorillas are and you get to spend one hour with them. When you are back from the gorilla trekking your guide takes you back to the lodge to relax.

Overnight Sanctuary Gorilla lodge

 

Day 5: Tree-climbing lions in Ishasha and transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park

Leave the mountains and head off to the Ishasha part of Queen Elizabeth national park in the morning. In Ishasha you find topis, buffaloes and search for the tree-climbing lions. The lions in this area are famous for climbing up great fig trees to take a rest. After the game-drive your guide takes you for the remaining part of the journey to the lodge. The drive there goes along an adventurous road and you have the chance of seeing baboons and elephants along the way.

Overnight Mweya safari lodge

 

Day 6: Chimps trekking in Kalinzu Forest and free afternoon

After breakfast your guide takes you to the starting point of the chimps trekking in Kalinzu forest and you set off in to the beautiful jungle to see the chimpanzees. After the chimps trekking your guide meets you and takes you back to the lodge for lunch. In the afternoon you are free to relax or take a village walk in the nearby community.

Overnight Mweya safari lodge

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Day 7: Game-drive and boat-cruise in Queen Elizabeth National Park

Wake up early in the morning for a game-drive in the Kasenyi part of Queen Elizabeth national park. Here you have the chance of seeing lions, elephants, buffaloes, an abundance of birds and more. After lunch your guide takes you to the afternoon boat-cruise on Kazinga channel. This two hour boat ride is a great highlight where you for example can look for hippos, crocodiles, elephants and warthogs along the shores of the channel.

Overnight Mweya safari lodge

 

Day 8: Transfer to Hoima

Be prepared for a long day in the car as you set off for the town of Hoima in the morning. Along the way you can make stops to stretch your legs in villages, by a tea plantation or at beautiful views. Have lunch along the way and dinner at the hotel after arriving in Hoima.

Overnight Hoima resort hotel

 

Day 9: To Murchison Falls National Park

After breakfast you set off for the drive to Murchison falls national park. Be there around lunch time. When you have finished your lunch it is time to experience the top of the falls. It is an amazing feeling to stand their enjoying the view and hearing the water roar. Have a relaxed evening at the lodge.

Overnight Paraa safari lodge

 

Day 10: Game-drive and boat-cruise in Murchison Falls National Park

Get up early in the morning to meet the animals of the savanna. During this morning game-drive you can see giraffes, elephants, lions and more. In the afternoon it is time for a boat-cruise on the mighty Nile spotting for example hippos, crocodiles and birds on the shores. Spend the night in Budongo forest (a part of Murchison Falls) to get close to the jungle.

Overnight Chobe safari lodge

 

Day 11: To Ziwa Rhino sanctuary

After breakfast you set off and the target for the day is Ziwa Rhino sanctuary. Here rhinos are protected and can be seen in their natural environment. You arrive for lunch in the sanctuary before having a walk to see the rhinos up-close.

Overnight Amuka safari lodge

 

Day 12: Transfer to Kampala/Entebbe

You have reached the end of this Uganda Experience safari and today’s drive goes to Kampala/Entebbe depending on your flight arrangements.