10-Day Ugandan Primate and Wildlife Safari

Detailed itinerary: 10-Day Ugandan Primate and Wildlife Safari

Day 1: Arrival at Entebbe International Airport

Welcome to Uganda! Upon arrival at Entebbe International Airport, you will be met and greeted by our friendly and professional driver and guide. He will brief you and take you through your trip plan, then transfer you to your hotel in Entebbe for relaxation and dinner.

• Accommodation options: 2 Friends guest House or Papyrus guest house
• Meal plan: Dinner

Day 2: Transfer to Murchison Falls

After enjoying your breakfast at the hotel, you will drive to Murchison Falls through Luwero town. Have a stop in Masindi at any hotel for your lunch, and after, continue to Murchison Falls National Park and hike to the top of the falls, which will give you beautiful views of these waterfalls. You will gaze at the Nile River, which is the longest river in the world. It’s forced through a small gap that is just 7 meters wide, and it flows 43 meters down, making it look very beautiful to the viewers.

• Accommodation options: Fort Murchison/Pakuba safari lodge
• Meal plan: Full board

Day 3: Morning game drive and afternoon boat cruise

Enjoy your breakfast at your hotel after proceeding to search for wildlife species on a game drive. You will get a chance to view many species, including giraffes, lions, elephants, buffaloes, birds and many more. The guide will take you back to the lodge to have your lunch there as you prepare to enjoy a boat cruise on the Nile River. This boat will allow you to get close to the aquatic animals, which include over 4000 hippos as well as the Nile crocodiles. The Nile has stunning bird life, which is also enjoyed while taking your boat trip; these include bee-eaters, coloured kingfishers, shoebill storks, and grey-throated and yellow-billed birds.

• Accommodation options: Fort Murchison/Pakuba safari lodge
• Meal plan: Full board

Day 4: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park

Early in the morning, have breakfast, and you will transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park. This national park is famous for various wildlife species and primate species. This famous conservation area is bordered by Lake Edward in the southwest and Lake George in the northeast. This park was named after Queen Elizabeth the Second and it has a variety of wildlife species, including impalas, kobs, forest hogs, elephants, buffaloes, tree-climbing lions, and cape buffaloes.
Upon your arrival at the park, check in and prepare for relaxation, dinner and an overnight stay.

• Accommodation options: Enganzi Lodge or Engiri Safari Lodge
• Meal plan: Full board

Day 5: Morning game drive & boat cruise along Kazinga channel

Start the day with an early game drive that exposes us to diverse animals: Big 5 members: elephants, buffalos, big cats—lions and leopards—more times in the evening; warthogs—hunchback carnivals like hyenas are spotted along the circuits as we drive along; and many more species that are residents of this park. There is rich bird life, especially our version of storks, in the wetland spots as we reach the flamingoes in the salt lakes at Kasenyi. After lunch, we get ready for the classic highlights of the 2-hour boat cruise on the famous Kazinga channel, a 36-kilometer channel linking Lake George – Lake Edward. Here you see land and water Adapted Hippopotamuses Yawning, the National Geographical Society killing machine, the Nile crocodile gaping along the banks, and the Savannah version of Pigs, the Warthog-Puma, are hallmark signs in this animal home. With your binoculars along the peninsula, you have a magnificent view of birds and animals like the ever-playing African elephants.

Day 6: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park

In the morning, you will have breakfast at your lodge and, thereafter, set out of the park with a game. Saying goodbye to Queen Elizabeth National Park is never easy. Your safari will continue westward, heading towards Bwindi impenetrable, home of the heavyweights.

• Accommodation options: Chameleon Hill Lodge (Luxury), Four Gorillas Lodge (Moderate)
• Meal plan: Full board

Day 7: Gorilla trekking—Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park

On this day, you will have a great time meeting the mountain gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park! After a tasty breakfast, your guide will pick you up from the lodge, head for a briefing, and later enjoy the fullness of the mist forest as you see the gentle giants and other wildlife species like buffaloes, elephants, monkeys, butterflies, and different bird species. Only one hour is permitted for you with the gorillas. Locating gorillas can take a few hours or the whole day, depending on how far they moved from the place they spent the previous night. After the trek, in the evening, you could go for a guided nature walk or a community visit.

• Accommodation options: Chameleon Hill Lodge (Luxury), Four Gorillas Lodge (Moderate)
• Meal plan: Full board

Day 8: Transfer to Lake Mburo National Park

After an early morning breakfast at the lodge, you will check out of the lodge and transfer to Lake Mburo National Park, which is among Uganda’s smallest savannah national parks. It was upgraded to a national park in 1983, and it is home to 332 bird species and animals like buffaloes, oribis, kobs, warthogs, and zebras, among others.
Upon arrival at the park, you will check in at the lodge for relaxation.

Day 9: Morning game drive and afternoon boat cruise

In the morning, you will have breakfast at your lodge and thereafter set out for the game drive through the park, where your eyes will be fed with amazing sights and wildlife such as impalas, kobs, antelopes, and bird species.
Lake Mburo has a variety of antelopes, including topi, duiker, oribis, reedbuck, and klipspringer, and the Rothschild giraffe has recently been reintroduced. However, the heights of the park have to be the Burchells zebra and eland, which are only found in two national parks in Uganda.
After the game drive, you will have lunch and then set out for an unforgettable experience on the boat cruise along the lake. Still, a lot of animals will be seen, like crocodiles and hippos, among others, and then, after the boat cruise, you will head back to the lodge. The boat cruise can be done at dawn or dusk, depending on your safari itinerary, and normally it takes around 2 hours.
All rides begin at Rwonyo Jetty; it will not take you long before you begin to see large groups of crocodiles and buffaloes lining the banks of the lake. The lake is also famous for its bird life, majestic fish eagles, and colourful kingfishers. If you are lucky, you might even catch a glimpse of the rare shoebill storks.

• Accommodation options: Mihingo Lodge (Luxury), Rwakobo Rock (Moderate)
• Meal plan: Full board

Day 10: Transfer back to Entebbe International Airport

After a good night’s sleep at your lodge, it will be time for your final transfer from Lake Mburo National Park to Entebbe International Airport for your flight back home. We truly hope that you have a memorable experience that you will remember for a lifetime.

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