9 Day Experience Chimpanzee, Gorilla And Big Five.
Overview.
Join us on an unforgettable 9-day journey through Uganda's stunning natural beauty, diverse wildlife, and vibrant culture. Explore the country's most iconic national parks like Murchison Falls and Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, and encounter majestic animals such as rhinos at Ziwa Rhino sanctuary, lions, elephants, and mountain gorillas in their natural habitat of tropical rain forests not forgetting Kampala city tour where you will touch base Buganda kingdom palace with its rich history, Gaddafi Mosque East Africa's largest, plus the down city Nakasero market know for fresh fruits.
Experience the warmth of Ugandan adventure full of hospitality through enjoy breathtaking scenery along the way. From the tranquil zebras of Lake Mburo national park to the vibrant adventure city of Jinja, this itinerary offers a comprehensive and immersive experience of Uganda's beauty and charm.
Highlights:
- Buganda culture/Mengo Palace visit, Gaddafi Mosque visit and Nakasero fruit market visit.
- Rhino tracking at Ziwa Sanctuary
- Game drive
- Boat Cruise
- Hiking/Visit to top of Murchison falls
- Gorilla tracking in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
- Safari nature walk
- Source of River Nile visit
- Nile water tubbing
- Quad biking
Itinerary
Day 1: Arrival at Entebbe International airport and pickup to hotel.
Upon your arrival at Entebbe airport, you will be welcomed by our tour guides who will introduce themselves to you and later you will transfer to hotel in Entebbe town and check in for your overnight.
You will tour around Entebbe along Lake Victoria depending on your time of arrival.
Main Destination: Entebbe town.
Accommodation: Hotel in Entebbe town.
All meals included.
Day 2: Buganda Kingdom palace visit, Gaddafi Mosque Visit and Nakasero market tour.
On your second day after breakfast, we shall drive along Entebbe express highway to enter into Kampala city where we shall have a visit to Buganda Kingdom palace in Mengo. You will go through a guided cultural walk along the palace accompanied with great history telling and different cultural practices, cultural tools all at the Kingdom. A visit to the former president Idi Amin torture chamber which is also within the palace.
Afternoon, from your lunch we shall head to Gaddafi Mosque situated at old Kampala hill, the mosque is the East Africa’s largest accommodating not less 15,000 worshipers with great interior designs collected from north Africa (Egypt) and Italy in Europe. You will have a minaret hike to the top of the most where you will have a great and clear view of Kampala city.
From there we shall head to Nakasero fruit market along the footprints of Nakasero hill, this is the common fruit market supplying fruits to different markets within Kampala city. You will enjoy fruit tasting there and interaction with the local market traders in the market.
Evening, after all that we shall drive to your hotel within Kampala city and check in for your overnight and dinner.
Main Destination: Kampala city.
Accommodation: Lodge inside the park.
Meal plan: (Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner)
Optional: Night city life.
Day 3: Transfer to Murchison falls national park-Ziwa rhino sanctuary.
You will have your morning breakfast then transfer to Murchison falls enrouted to Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary for and have a look at one of the big five animal (rhinos) through tracking them on foot with a guide you will also spotting other wildlife like bushbucks, duikers, and monkeys. You will also have your lunch and refreshment at Ziwa rhino tracking.
Later you will return on the road to Murchison falls national and on your arrival you will check-in to the lodge for your dinner and overnight.
Main Destination: Murchison falls national park.
Accommodation: Lodge inside the park.
Meal plan: (Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner)
Optional: Camp fire.
Day 4: Game drive and Boat cruise.
From your breakfast, then embark on the early morning game drive to meetup with animals like elephants, buffalos, lions, giraffes, antelope, birds like lover birds, fiscal among others.
You will come back for lunch and some relaxation at the lodge as you wait for your boat cruise along the world’s longest river Nile which stretches from Uganda up to Egypt in the Mediterranean Sea. Expect to encounter/ see crocodiles, hippos, bee-eaters, nyamusika cliff up to the bottom of the falls during your boat cruise. You will return back to the lodge for your dinner and overnight.
Optional: Camp fire.
Main Destination: Murchison falls national park.
Accommodation: Lodge inside the park.
Meal plan: (Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner)
Day 5: Top of the falls transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest national park.
You will either have breakfast at the lode or at the top of the falls depending on your preference. While at the top of the falls, enjoy seeing the permanent rainbow with a water vapor and here the roaring sound from the huge volume of water squeezing itself in the 5-7meter gorge making Murchison falls the worlds powerful waterfalls.
You will proceed for lunch in Hoima oil city through the steep slopes and flat floors of the great Albertine rift valley. After your lunch, you will continue to Bwindi and check in to your accommodation (lodge) near the park for dinner and overnight.
Main Destination: Bwindi Impenetrable national park.
Accommodation: Lodge near the park.
All meals included.
Day 6: Gorilla tracking.
After your morning breakfast, you will pack food from the lodge and head to the park headquarters and join other tourists for a briefing before you go for tracking in the Impenetrable Forest. After briefing, with your guide from Uganda Wildlife Authority you will start the tracking in the dense forest with muddy path to spot the mountain gorillas in their families with the silverback, females and the infants. While on the track, expect to see other wildlife creatures such as vervet monkey, black and white colobus monkey, birds and many more.
You will be awarded a gorilla trekking certificate after the track from Uganda wildlife authority and after you come back to the lodge for dinner and overnight.
Main Destination: Bwindi Impenetrable national park.
Accommodation: Lodge near the park.
All meals included.
Day 6: Transfer to Lake Mburo National Park and Evening game drive.
After breakfast you will travel from Bwindi to Lake Mburo national park where you will enjoy viewing the beautiful country side full of green landscape, amazing settlement pattern, and beautiful local people you will see during the travel.
In the afternoon you will check in to your accommodation/lodge in the park, have your lunch and wait for the sundown evening game drive and expect to encounter the multiple number of animals like giraffes, buffalos, topis, zebras, leopards, waterbucks, Jackson heart beast among other wildlife which dews in the park. You will come back to your lodge for your dinner and overnight.
Main destination: Lake Mburo national park.
Accommodation: Lodge in the park.
All meals included.
Day 7: Game walk and transfer to Jinja city.
Breakfast and after you go for the wonderful game walk through the whispers of the wild, experience the closeness to the wild, listen to the morning singing birds, feel the morning cold breeze and ever green savannah grassland inside the park this is a great moment for photography with the animals and the green topography in the background.
From your game walk, you will depart to jinja through the busy Kampala city where you will have a stopover for lunch. After lunch you will proceed to the adventure city called Jinja. Upon reaching in Jinja city, you will check in to the hotel for dinner, overnight and prepare for the next day.
Accommodation: Hotel in Jinja city.
Main destination: Jinja city.
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.
Day 8: Source of the Nile boat cruise, Water tubbing, water massaging.
After your breakfast at the hotel, you will go for a boat cruise along River Nile up to its source, during the cruise, you will have to see and experience how the Nile is formed from its source while listening to the great history about this world’s longest river which starts in Jinja Uganda, go through South Sudan, Sudan, Egypt and then purses to Mediterranean sea. You will go for lunch and after that you will go water tubbing and water massaging and feel the power and the force from river Nile waters. It’s an everlasting experience full of wonders. Coming back to your hotel for dinner and overnight.
Optional: Jinja city night life tour.
Main destination: Jinja.
Accommodation: Hotel in Jinja city.
Meals: All meals included.
Day 9: Quad biking and transfer to Entebbe international airport.
After your breakfast, you will check out from the hotel and dive into quad biking within the local community. This will give you a clear view of River Nile with a goldish sun rays from the morning sunset a breathtaking adventure moment making it unforgettable in your life time.
Transfer to Entebbe airport with a stopover in Kampala city for your lunch and then proceed to the airport for catchup with your flight back home.
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch.
NB: Book early/in time due to high demand of gorilla permits which make them scarce.
This itinerary can be adjusted in line with your time and days of travel to suit your preference.
Tour Package Includes.
- Drinking water.
- Transportation.
- Accommodation and meals
- Agency rates and Government taxes.
- Park entrance fees
- Park activities.
Tour Package Excludes.
- Personal expenses like souvenirs.
- Tips
- Hard drinks.
- Personal travel insurance.
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