The Uganda grand tour (11 nights/12 days)
Visit the rare mountain gorillas at Bwindi Impenetrable forest in South western Uganda, lake Mburo National park with its glorious land scapes ,South western Uganda’s forests and lakes,Queen Elizabeth National Park’s unique location and diversity,Kibale Forest National Park’s enormous population, and the awesome Murchison falls on the Victoria Nile.
Day1 We’ll leave after breakfast for the journey to lake Mburo National park.The lovely landscape is complemented by lake mburo itself and four smaller lakes, beautiful and tranquil surrounding where you will see impala, eland,klipsringer,waterbuck,zebra,and buffalo. After a picnic lunch, we’ll take a canoe trip in the afternoon to see a variety of water birds, your guide will keep you a safe distance from hippos and crocodiles! Dinner and overnight.
Day2 After substantial breakfast, we’ll leave Lake Mburo and make the scenic journey to south Western Uganda and the stunning volcanic scenery of the virunga Mountains. En route, we’ll visit lake Bunyonyi, a famous beauty spot. Dinner and over night at Far Out Camp on Lake Bunyonyi.
Day3 Morning and lunch on lake Bunyonyi, including a canoe ride round the myriad of islands, after lunch depart for Bwindi. Dinner and overnight at a luxury tented camp, full board. Day 4 Gorilla tracking ,Dinner and over night at a luxury tented camp.
Day5 After breakfast we will travel on to Queen Elizabeth National park. W e'll take the launch trip to explore the Kazinga Channel. Here we'll see the scores of hippos, buffalo close to the waterside often elephants and the rare leopard prowling.The bird life on the water is fascinating and abundant. Dinner and over night at Mweya Safari Lodge.
Day6 After breakfast, we take a morning game drive in Queen Elizabeth National Park. Look out for the prides of lion and herds of elephant .Buffalo, bush back and Kob are quite common here, but not so common is the spectacular and elusive Giant forest hog and a sighting is a real triumph! In the afternoon we will visit yet another of the diverse local habitats and take a walk in the Maramagambo forest, here we will look for Chimpanzee and other monkeys and visit the bat caves and the outstanding blue lake. Dinner and over night at the lodge.
Day7 After breakfast we will take a tour to the Queen Elizabeth’s extraordinarily scenic crater lakes area. Mirror-surfaced and tranquil, each has its own individual character providing a home for the myriad of creatures traveling on to the Fort portal tea estate area dinner and over night at Jacana Lodge. Day 8 Today, we will visit Kibale forest, which provides one of the highest primate densities in the world.On our guided forest walk, we may find families of chimps and Red colobus monkey chattering and swinging through the ancient forest trees. And the bird life is no less impressive! During the day we will visit Bigodi swamp for its rare and beautiful flora and fauna and encounter a successful community tourism project. In the after noon, we will make the journey to the luxurious Semliki Safari lodge in Semliki wildlife Reserve for dinner and over night.
Day9 Full day at leisure in semliki. An optional excursion may be available to cruise on Lake Albert. Dinner and over night at Semliki Lodge. Day 10 After breakfast, we will leave for the journey to Murchison falls National Park. We take a ferry across to the North bank. Dinner and overnight at Paara Safari Lodge.
Day11 After breakfast, we will make the amazing launch trip to the Murchison falls, described by Churchill as being like Regent’s Park zoo and Kew Gardens combined. We’ll pass pods of hippos,crocs,vast number of exotic birds and butterflies (in Murchison, there over 300 varieties) and myriad wildlife coming to the water to drink(often including herds of elephants.)We may be able to see the legendary shoebill .The falls themselves are one of Africa’s wonders, the whole of Victoria Nile bursting majestically through a six meter gap to an awesome forty meter drop. In the afternoon we’ll experience our first scenic game drive in the park that will include Uganda kob, elephant,lion,giraffe,a variety of eagles and much more.
Day12 After breakfast, we leave our lodge to travel on to Kampala. En route, we will view the awesome falls from another angle. Well have the opportunity to experience this massive rush of water at close quarters by taking the path way to the base of the falls and back.
Tour Cost
Price per person in a single room or/and sharing double room(s).
Includes:4x4 vehicle with a driver/tour guide, gorilla tracking permits and chimpanzee tracking fees,all park entry fees,full board accommodation, launch trips, ranger guide fees and ferry crossing fees.
Does not include: Lunches en route, refreshments, drinks and bar bills, tips and disbursements of a personal nature. |