13 Days Gorilla Safari and source of the Nile

Summary

This 13-Days Gorilla Safaris in Uganda involves a short tour of Kampala City on the day of arrival, Lake Mburo National Park, Bwindi Forest Park, Queen Elizabeth Park, Kibale and Murchison falls National Parks.

Day 1: Arrive in Uganda, Sleep for an overnight
Arrive in Uganda and transfer from Entebbe to Kampala by Buyaga Safaris guide, check in your hotel. Overnight at Cassia Lodge, Kampala Lodge on full Board

Day 2: To Lake Mburo, do a Boat Cruise and Game Drive

Take your breakfast and leave Kampala in the morning driving for about 4 hours towards western Uganda. On the way, you will cross the Uganda Equator line in Mpigi and move further as you appreciate the green vegetation beauty of Uganda. Arrive at the park around midday and have lunch at the lodge and then use the after for a boat ride on Lake Mburo and a game drive in the evening in search of zebra, impala, eland, topi, oribi, cape buffaloes and if you are lucky, Roan antelopes, leopards, hyenas and jackals will come to your sight.

Dinner and overnight at Rwakobo Rock hotel. (Full Board: Breakfast, lunch and Dinner)

Day 3: Drive to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park

Have breakfast early enough drive to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park, the thick home of the rare mountain gorillas. Lunch will be served on the way to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest (provided). Check in to your hotel and later go to the community for a cultural performance and then after retire to your hotel for dinner and overnight at Silverback hotel. ( Full board: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner)

Day 4: Bwindi Forest Gorilla Tracking day

Have breakfast and go for Gorilla tracking. Bwindi Impenetrable National Park inhabits almost half of the world’s 650 mountain gorillas. Start climbing early with a tracker even though seeing gorillas depends on their day’s movements. Gorillas are naturally reserved and non-violent animals. And it’s a memorable and thrilling moment to watch them and possibly photograph these mild giants at a close range. Return to the hotel for lunch and relaxation. Here you may visit the community and do shopping of works of art and return in the evening for overnight and dinner at silverback hotel ( Full board: Breakfast, Lunch and a special dinner)

Day 5: Leave Bwindi for Queen Elizabeth National Park

Take breakfast and leave for Queen Elizabeth National Park going through the southern zone of the park known as Ishasha, well-known for its tree-climbing lions. This Park is a UNESCO World Biosphere with one of the highest biodiversity ratings of any game reserve in the world. About 100 mammal species and a significant 606 bird species like Elephants, hippos, the elusive giant forest hog and the handsome Uganda kob are accommodated there are and frequently seen. Overnight at Parkview Safari lodge. Lunch will be served on the way to Queen Elizabeth National park. (Full Board: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner)

 Day 6: Forest Walk and Kazinga Channel Boat Trip

On the second day in the Park, have breakfast and leave for an early forest walk in Kyambura Gorge in search of primates and chimpanzees. Return to the lodge for lunch and have a boat excursion along the Kazinga Channel for a prospect to see hippos at close range, crocodiles from the boat and buffalo in the shallow waters. Kazinga Channel shoreline is a home to a collection of birds like the pink backed pelicans, fish eagles, pied and malachite kingfishers, saddle billed stork and many more. Dinner and overnight at Parkview Safari Lodge. (Full board: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner)

Day 7: Game Drive, Sight-seeing or Forest Walk

Start the day with Breakfast. Go for a game drive through the park where you will see Lions, Elephants, Leopards, Buffaloes, Hyenas and an assortment of antelope types before driving back to the same lodge for lunch. In the afternoon, you can either go for a splendid sightseeing in the crater section. Visit the Katwe Salt works to see how salt mining is done traditionally, head to the flamingo village and sightseeing in the crater region, which is awesome. Alternatively, on the same day in the afternoon, go on forest walk leading to the large bats cave where bats in large numbers reside as well as a rock python regularly seen by the visitors. It’s an astonishing forest walk one can’t afford missing. Retire to the lodge for dinner and overnight at Parkview Safari Lodge. (Full board: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner)

Day 8: Depart for Kibale National Park

Have mini morning game drive and depart after breakfast for Kibale. Have the benefit of game viewing en-route toward Kibale Forest National Park. Lunch will be served in the beautiful city of Fort portal. You will be staying for two nights at Crater Safari Lodge. ( Full board: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner)

Day 9: Forest Primate Hike, Birding

Take your breakfast and drive into Kibale Forest National Park to hike. A guide will enlighten you on the primates you are to see as well as the forest plants and animals. This morning hike will expose your eyes to chimpanzees, phoestes, red-colobuses and red-tailed and grey cheeked Manga-beys. Return to the lodge for lunch and in the afternoon, visit Bigodi swamp, an astonishing place to watch rare and gorgeous flora and fauna. Dinner and overnight at Crater Safari Lodge. ( Full board: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner)

Day 10: Transfer to Murchison Falls National Park

Start your trip to Murchison falls National Park early morning after breakfast. This will go through the great Rift Valley and the oil City Hoima (stopover in the Oil City for Lunch) and after lunch, drive to Lake Albert and proceed the journey to Murchison falls national park via Masindi. Enter the park in the afternoon hours and drive direct to the top of the falls. These are the strongest falls in the whole world. Enjoy the feeling of standing by the roaring heavy falls as you watch Waters in foam form with lots of crocodiles.

After your guide drive you to the lodge for evening relaxation, swimming in the pool, dinner and overnight. (Full board: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner). Overnight: Murchison River Lodge

Day 11: Game drive and transfer to Jinja the source of the Nile

Start the day with a game drive after breakfast. Murchison Falls National Park where lots of Uganda safaris tours take place is characterized by Savannah, riverine forest and wood. There are a variety of animal species that include lions, leopards, elephants, giraffes, hartebeests, oribis, Uganda kobs and number of bird species that one enjoys while trekking chimpanzees. After the game drive, go for Rhino at Ziwa Rhino camp as we proceed to the source of the Nile in Jinja. At the source of the Nile, expect a boat cruise, nature walk in mabira forest and a visit to sezibwa falls within mabira forest. Overnight at Nile Resort Jinja with a special dinner served at the hotel.( Full board: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner)

Day 12: Transfer to Kampala

After breakfast, start the journey for Kampala city where you will have a city tour and visit historical sites like independence square, Uganda martyrs’ shrines, crafts shopping, cultural sites like Kasubi Tombs, Bahai Temple or community tourism, missionary churches. Spend the last night in the city while enjoying the beautiful scenes of Lake Victoria. Meal plan: Lunch will be served in the city and dinner served at the hotel. Overnight at Lake Victoria Hotel. ( Full board: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner)

 Day 13: Airport Transfer

After breakfast, check out the hotel and head to Entebbe International Airport for you flight back home. Safe Journey! End of the Gorilla Safari tour in Uganda.