10 Days Best Of Uganda Safari

OVERVIEW

This is tour we recommend to those who want a taste of the highlights of a Ugandan Safari. This trip takes you through some of the best national parks and the activities. this safari is suitable to the young and the elderly. this is the beauty of Uganda summarized but it is not all. The highlights of the safari are as follows!

NOTES

Safari Highlights
  • Rhino tracking/ Rhino Walking Safari
  • Top/bottom of Murchison Falls Visit
  • Game drives
  • Boat cruises on Kazinga Channel and River Nile
  • Community visits in Uganda
  • Chimpanzee tracking
  • Gorilla trekking
  • Tree-climbing lions research

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YOUR ITINERARY

After breakfast, drive to Murchison Falls National park. You will have a stopover at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary where you will have a walking safari in search of the white rhinos. After the Rhino activity, you will proceed to Murchison and have lunch along the way. When you enter the park, you can choose to visit the top of the Murchison Falls and drive to your lodge.
Today, you will have a morning game drive. You will have an opportunity to look out for Elephants, hartebeests, antelopes and on a good day Lions and leopard. After lunch you will explore the mighty Nile on a boat that heads to the bottom of Murchison Fall. This trips takes two hours and offers an opportunity to see water birds and other big game that flock the river to cool off the heat of the day.
Today, you will drive south to the jungle of Kibale. You will have lunch along the way. You can choose to relax at the lodge or take a guided walk after the long drive.
After an early breakfast, drive to Kibale Forest National Park a tropical rainforest or you can call it the Primate Capital of the world with 13 species of primates and check in for a briefing. You will later on be divided into small groups and enter the forest with a Park ranger. This activity usually takes around three hours including a full hour of their company. You are advised to carry enough drinking water. After the activity, you shall return to the lodge for lunch in preparation for coomunity visit in the afternoon. this activity is optional but rewarding; learn about coffee farming and roasting, see how people cultivate or grow their crops, visit a local homestead and learn about the local’s way of life and so much more.
Drive south to Queen Elizabeth, the medley of wonders and check into your lodge at lunch time. After lunch head to the Northern sector of the park for the evening game drive. This is the most bio-diverse park yet not the biggest with a mammal checklist of 95species and 610 species of birds and much more. During the game drive, you have an opportunity to see Lions, leopard, elephants, buffalos, antelopes, several species of birds and much more.
After an early breakfast, head to the northern part of the park for a game drive. You will have a chance to take pictures of your moments with the animals. Queen Elizabeth offers a good opportunity to watch the big game and lots of birds considering the fact that it is the park with the highest number of species of birds-610 to be exact. Drive back to the lodge for lunch before heading to the starting point of your boat trip. The Boat trip will take you two hours offering an opportunity to see water birds and other big game which flock the Kazinga Channel for water in the heat of the day.
After Breakfast, you will head the southern sector of Queen Elizabeth National park called Ishasha famously known for its Tree Climbing Lions. Arrive in time for lunch and arrange with your Guide what time to start the afternoon game drive. An evening sundowner can be included at a cost or choose to enjoy the drive until the sun goes down.
Today, you will have coffee and head for a game drive. The big five are available except for the Rhino. After the game drive come back for a hearty breakfast and a short rest. You can choose to have lunch before driving to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park or carry a snack. The drive to Bwindi will depend on which part of Bwindi you have been allocated but anything between two to five hours.
After an early breakfast, you will drive to the briefing point in the forest of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park to get to be enlightened about your adventure with the Mountain Gorillas. You are advised to carry enough drinking water and a lunch box. At a cost of 15 US dollars, you can get a potter to carry your bag and give you a hand in slippery or steep parts of the forest. After the briefing, you are distributed into groups of eight and led by a park ranger into the forest. A rain gear is important considering that Bwindi is a tropical rainforest.
After breakfast, you will drive to Entebbe International Airport to catch your flight. This drive is between eight and ten hours depending on the traffic low in some urban places.