A Ugandan Odssey

Upon arrival at Entebbe International Airport, Your guide for the tour will pick you up and transfer you to your accommodation in Entebbe city.

Overnight at: The Boma Hotel (Bed & Breakfast)

After an early breakfast, transfer to Kibale forest home to 13 primate species with the highlight being the chimpanzees which will be seen during chimpanzee tracking. En route, you can stop over at a tea plantation, a few road side markets and in Fort Portal.

Overnight at: Kibale Forest Camp (Bed & Breakfast)

After breakfast, you will be transferred to the briefing point from where you will start your trek in to the forest to track the famous chimpanzees. You will search for them alongside rangers, and trackers to spend one whole hour observing them swing, play and misbehave, be marveled at their existence and conduct. The forest is also home to other primates including Grey cheeked Mangabeys, Red-Colobus, the Blue-tailed and the Red-tailed monkeys that you might sight as well during your forest walks.

Overnight at: Kibale Forest Camp (Bed & Breakfast)

After an early breakfast, you will transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park via the Ndali – Kasenda craters, a stretch with over 60 crater lakes some filled with water, explore a few of the lakes before proceeding to Queen reaching in time to organize for an optional evening game drive.

Overnight at: Bush Lodge (Bed & Breakfast)

You will wake up early for a morning game drive in the park during which you will see Lions, Elephants, Topi, Leopards, Bushbucks, Cape Buffaloes, Defassa Waterbucks, Giant Forest Hogs, Uganda Kobs, among others. In the afternoon go for a two-hour boat cruise down the Kazinga Channel. The cruise takes you through concentrations of Hippos and you will see animals drinking on the shores. This launch cruise rewards you with a great opportunity to take photos, watch birds and see the water animals.

Overnight at: Bush Lodge (Bed & Breakfast)

After a relaxed breakfast, transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, through Ishasha sector, which was once Famous for the tree climbing lions. You will arrive in the late afternoon and retire to your booked lodge for dinner and overnight.

Overnight at: Haven Lodge (Bed & Breakfast)

After an early breakfast, transfer to the briefing point before heading out in to the forest in company of a ranger guide. You will walk through the jungle, searching for the gorillas until you find them, consequently spending one our observing them, them go about their daily life, they will swing, play communicate and sometimes misbehave. Live this once in a lifetime moment and take memorable pictures before heading back to your accommodation for a relaxed evening.

Overnight at: Haven Lodge (Bed & Breakfast)

Have a relaxed breakfast and later you can choose to head out for a nature walk towards the falls or cultural walk adventure to interact with the local people or visit a batwa group for a cultural immersion among this group whose ancestors once shared a home with the mountain gorillas. Before transferring to Kisoro for dinner and overnight.

Overnight at: Haven Lodge (Bed & Breakfast)

Head out to Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, very early in the morning to a Golden monkey tracking experience. You will head to the park office headquarters with your packed lunch, drinking water for briefing, enjoy this rare monkey specie, as they play in forest. They are usually found in the bamboo zone of the forest feeding on bamboo shoots. Transfer to Lake Bunyonyi after tracking for dinner and overnight.

Overnight at: Birdnest (Bed & Breakfast)

Start your day with a relaxed breakfast, after which you will choose a canoe ride, paddling a dugout canoe or a community walk through the surrounding hills. Bunyonyi means “place of little birds” expect to see a number of them, it I also one of the safest lakes in the country to swim due to being crocodile, hippo and bilharzia free.

Overnight at: Birdnest (Bed & Breakfast)

After breakfast, you will transfer to Lake Mburo National Park, centered in a series of swamps and fringed lakes rich in bird life and other animals like Zebras, Warthog, Elands, giraffes and Impala among others. Enroute, you will visit the Igongo Cultural Centre for lunch and to learn about the unique history and culture of the Ankole people who are pride in keeping cattle.  You will be treated to some Best of Uganda Wildlife Safari traditional dances at this center after which you will be driven to the lodge of your booking for Dinner and overnight.

Overnight at: Rwakobo Rock Lodge (Bed & Breakfast)

On this day, after breakfast, go for game walk in search of wildlife including; impalas, zebras, Elands, buffaloes, giraffes, and so much more that you will encounter. This is the best way to get closer to the animals for a more personal experience and to take wonderful pictures at closer range.  You will later go for a boat ride the afternoon for chances to see hippos and crocodiles and if you love birds, see lots of them including Kingfishers, African fish Eagle, Rare African Finfoot and Night Herons to mention but few. Later you may go for a night game drive in search of nocturnal animals including leopards and bush babies. Return to the lodge for your Dinner and overnight stay.

Overnight at: Rwakobo Rock Lodge (Bed & Breakfast)

After breakfast you will set off for Entebbe, with a stopover at the Equator, proceed to reaching your destination for a relaxed evening, dinner and overnight.

Overnight at: The Boma Hotel (Bed & Breakfast)

You can decide to visit the Mabamba swamp for an encounter with a shoe bill stock after breakfast and depending on your flight time or simply relax and do some souvenir shopping in Entebbe before being dropped off at the airport in time for your scheduled flight back home to consequently end of the tour.

Departure!