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Uganda Wildlife Adventure Safari - 14 Days |
Highlights; You will visit the bustling Nakasero market with a lot of fresh fruits display and the mysterious Kasubi tombs – a burial ground for Buganda Kings. Visit Uganda Museum a display of all Uganda cultures.
Day 1: Airport Transfer
You will be met by our tour manager who will brief you on the safari as you depart for Kampala the Capital City of Uganda. Dinner and overnight at Hotel Africana or Holiday Express Hotel.
Day 2: Kampala - city tour- Kibale Forest National Park.
Short morning tour of Kampala City. After lunch, drive through the lush green countryside to Lake Mburo National Park stopping at Equator. Dinner and overnight at Mantana Luxury Lodge or Rwonyo Camp.
Day 3: Lake Mburo - Kabale
Have an early morning game drive.
This park was gazetted in 1982 and is situated between the towns of Masaka and Mabarara and is the only one that contains an entire lake. The attractive acacia-dotted savannah is home of huge herds of impala as well as uncommon topi, eland, klipspringer and other antelope. Zebra and buffalo also graze these peaceful acres. At the lake, there are hippo and crocodile, and a wonderful diversity of birds. Because of the different habitats of the lakeshore and the broad savannah, the variety seems endless. Catch a glimpse of water birds diving for fish, the marabou stork, bee-eaters and cheeky bronze-tailed starling as well as the majestic crowned crane. Make sure you bring your binoculars!
After game drive, proceed to Mbarara with a stop over at the Ankole long-horned cattle sighting enroute. Lunch stop at Mbarara town and continue to Kabale. Drive past beautiful hills, ridges and valleys in Ntungamo area plus the long-flat stretch of savannah before reaching Kigezi Hills (Switzerland of Africa).
Dinner and overnight at Lake Bunyonyi Safari Resort.
Day 4: Lake Bunyonyi – Bwindi Impenetrable Forest Camp
After breakfast go for a boat ride on Lake Bunyonyi for a tour around the beautiful Islands on the Lake.
The lake gives a sanctuary to many different species of birds and migrating birds from Europe. This is the only fresh lake in the country you can find otters. Enjoy sight seeing of Kigezi terraced hills, lunch and depart for Bwindi Impenetrable Forest passing through Mafuga forest. On clear day, view the Virunga's from a distance and the Western Rift Valley stretch as it disappears to border of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Dinner and overnight at Buhoma Community Bandas.
Day 5: Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park
After breakfast, you receive a briefing from the local guides and then it’s off on the adventure. The time taken and the terrain vary according to the movements of these great primates. The thrill of meeting them face-to-face takes away the pain of the long and arduous trek.
Dinner and overnight at Buhoma Community Bandas.
Day 6: Bwindi – Queen Elizabeth National Park
Early morning visit to the Gorillas is an option or take a look at some of the creatures that share this forest with our Gorillas (forest walk). Or Explore the hidden waterfalls and marvel at the splendour of this African forest view other primates like the red tailed monkeys, blue monkeys, black and white colobus monkeys.
There is also unique game like the giant forest hog, the bushbuck and wealth of bird life while you enjoy the forest flora. Or Depart for Ishasha in to look for climbing lions in morning game drive in Queen Elizabeth National Park.
Dinner and overnight at Mweya Safari Lodge.
Day 7: Queen Elizabeth National Park
Pre-breakfast Game viewing. Your guided drive may last about three hours. Return to the lodge for lunch and take an afternoon boat cruise on the Kazinga channel, that joins Lakes Edward and George.
This waterway is filled with schools of hippos, buffaloes, and elephants, which can be seen at the banks. There are also a rich variety of birds on the channel.
Dinner and overnight at Mweya Safari Lodge.
Day 8 Queen Elizabeth National Park- Kibale Forest National Park
You will carry out another game drive in the morning exploring different tracks exploiting all chances of viewing game that inhabit this beautiful part of the world. After lunch depart for Kibale Forest National Park – home of chimpanzees.
Dinner and overnight at Toro Resort.
Day 9 Kibale – Chimp Tracking
After breakfast with local guide off to track chimps in their natural habitat.
Kibale Forest National Park is believed to have most concentration of primates in the world. Over 10 different species of primates including chimps in this park have been recorded in this park including the very localized red colobus and L'Hoest's monkeys. Tracking the chimpanzee our 'cousin' is a very interesting experience. The way they feed, climb trees, respond to humans, caring for their young ones, is just phenomenal. A network of shady forest trails provides much to delight botanists and butterfly lovers, while birders have record over 300 species including the endemic Prirogrine's ground thrush. The elusive forest elephant, smaller and hairier than its savannah counterpart, moves seasonally into the developed part of the park, while other terrestrial mammals include buffalo, giant forest hog and a half dozen antelope species.
Lunch at the campsite then depart for an afternoon visit at the Bigodi Swamp for bird watching and other activities.
Dinner and overnight at Toro Resort.
Day 10: Kibale – Fort Portal- Murchison Falls Park
Depart for Murchison Falls National Park with lunch stop on the way. Enter through Bugungu gate arriving in the evening for your dinner and overnight at Sambiya River Lodge or Paraa safari lodge.
Dinner and overnight at Sambiya River Lodge or Paraa safari lodge.
Day 11: Murchison Falls National Park
Carry out a game drive in the morning with a local guide who will assist you sight the Congo Blue Mountains on clear day.
Game drive is carried out in the northern Bank of River Nile where concentrations of game is common sight of elephants, giraffes, antelopes, lions, leopards hyenas and many bird species are common sight. Enjoy your picnic lunch; in the afternoon go for a boat cruise on the famous River Nile up to the bottom of falls. Chances of sighting the shoe bill stork are many though not a guarantee continue up to the bottom of the falls where you will see marine animals like the crocodiles, schools of hippos and many species of birds.
Dinner and overnight at Sambiya River Lodge or Paraa safari lodge.
Day 12: Murchison Falls National Park
Checkout and drive to the top of the fall then proceed to view different species of flora seeing particular species of trees – mahogany muvule etc that are characteristic of an African rainy forest.
A spectacular sight where millions of gallons of water squeeze in 6-meter gap before it explodes into thunderous explosion of Murchison Falls.
Dinner and overnight at Hotel Africana or Holiday Express Hotel in Kampala.
Day 13: Kampala – Jinja - Entebbe
After breakfast,you will be driven to Jinja town. This day can be dedicated for white water rafting. Alternative you will be visiting the source of the Nile River and Bujagali Falls and when time allows you can visit the Namugongo Martyrs Shrine and continue to Entebbe.
Dinner and overnight at Windsor Lake Victoria Hotel or Entebbe Flight Motel.
Day 14: Departure.
If time allows, visit Botanical gardens before transfer to the airport for departure.
End of Safari.
Cost: US$ 6300 Per Person Sharing.
Please note the safari cost include:
• Meals and accommodation while on safari,
• Full time safari driver/guides with associated expenses
• 1 chimp permit per person
• 1 gorilla permit per person (1day visit)Rwanda
• Park entry fees, all game drives, launch trips, applicable government taxes.
• 4x4 wheel drive vehicle with gas
• Visa to Rwanda
• Re entry visa into Uganda
• Other border crossing fees
• Airport transfers.
• Safari can be booked privately or you can opt to join a group.
Excluded are:
Drinks, bar bills and drinks, phone calls, personal insurance and any other services of a personal nature like souvenirs tips and laundry etc
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The Best of Uganda’s Classical Birding and Wildlife Luxurious Safari – 7 Days/ 6 Nights |
Highlights;Uganda, a land locked country with over 1000 species of birds makes it a bird watcher’s paradise. In terms of size, Uganda is the richest country for birds in Africa. Explore this birding paradise using the 4x4 vehicles.
Itinerary
Day 1: Arrival - Birding in Entebbe’s Botanical Gardens
On arrival at Entebbe International Airport, you will be met by our tour manager local and be transferred to Hotel Lake Victoria. If you arrive in the early hours of the day you will have an opportunity of birding around Entebbe Botanical gardens.
At Entebbe Botanical Gardens Look out for Slender billed weaver, brown throated weaver¸ Jackson's golden - backed weaver, yellow backed weaver, swamp fly catcher, broad billed roller, black and white casqued hornbill, splendid starling, black headed gonolek, orange weaver, Verreaux's eagle owl, red chested sunbird, Ross's turaco, pied hornbill, grey headed gull, long-tailed cormorant, common squacco heron, yellow billed duck, pied kingfisher, giant king fisher, crowned hornbill, open billed storks, great reed warbler, sedge warbler, and grey caped warbler.
Lunch, dinner and Overnight Hotel Lake Victoria
Day 2: Birding at Heritage Trail
After breakfast drive 10 km north of Entebbe for birding at Heritage trail which was established in early 2000 due for its diversity of birds.
Over 170 species have been recorded. Look out for white-headed barbet, brown twin spot, tambourine dove, black headed bush shrike, white spotted fluftail, little ringed plover, verreaux's eagle owl, Richard's pipit, klass' cuckoo red fronted lovebird, double toothed barbet, emerald cuckoo, , yellow bill, wattled lapwing, and many others.
Lunch, dinner and Overnight at Hotel Lake Victoria
Day 3: Mpigi Swamp - Mabamba Swamp
After an early breakfast drive to Mabamba swamp 50 km west of Kampala. Stop en route in Mpigi swamp for papyrus rarities. Look for a white winged warbler, papyrus gonolek, yellow backed weaver, northern brown-throated weaver, blue-headed coucal, and other swamp specialties. Continue to Mabamba swamp.
Mabamba Wetlands in the Mpigi swamps is an easily accessible birding hotspot on the shores of Lake Victoria. It offers the best opportunity to see the rare and globally threatened Shoebill Stork. The wetlands also support many other species of birds. The Papyrus Yellow Warbler and the Blue Swallow are also found here. Other species are Gull-billed Terns, White-winged Black Tern, Whiskered Terns, Grey-headed Gulls, Goliath Heron, Pygmy Geese, Swamp Flycatcher, Slender-billed Weaver, Lesser Jacana, Black-shouldered Nightjar, Afep Pigeon, Blue-breasted Bee-eater, Papyrus Gonolek, and White-winged Warbler. The Sitatunga a very hard to see antelope has also been sighted in these swamps.
Most of the birding is done on a canoe. Have lunch at Speke Resort.
Dinner and Overnight at Speke Resort Munyonyo
Day 4: Queen Elizabeth National Park
Depart early in the morning after breakfast for Queen Elizabeth National Park as you bird en route. Have stop at Mbarara for lunch.
Queen Elizabeth National Park is Uganda’s most popular game park and certainly one of its most scenic. It stretches from the crater-dotted foot hills of the Ruwenzoris in the north, along the shores of Lake Edward to the remote Ishasha River in the South, incorporating a wide variety of habitats that range from savannah and wetlands to the gallery and lowland forests. This remarkable diversity is reflected in its bird list of over 500 species, the largest of any protected area in Africa. They include the Grey Crowned Crane, Martial Eagle, Long-crested Eagle, Rupell’s Griffon Vulture, Sooty Chat, Yellow-throated Longclaw, Marsh Tchagra Broad-tailed Warbler, Grey-capped Warbler, Black-headed Gonolek, and Black-lored Babbler. The park also supports a large population mammals like Hippos, Elephants, the elusive Giant Forest Hog and Uganda Kob has over 500 recorded bird species. An excellent variety to be seen here include pelicans, skimmers, kingfishers, thick-knees, storks, martins, swallows, weavers, raptors, canaries, kites and other grasslands specialties.
Dinner and Overnight at Mweya Safari Lodge.
Day 5: Queen Elizabeth National Park
Birding in the park begins early in the morning after breakfast on the open savannah. Return to the hotel for lunch. In the afternoon enjoy birding at Kazinga Channel by use of a boat, which joins Lake Edward and Lake George. Return to the Mweya Safari Lodge for Dinner and overnight stay.
Dinner and Overnight at Mweya Safari Lodge.
Day 6: Queen Elizabeth National Park - Lake Mburo National Park
After an early breakfast, visit the birds hide near the lodge and then drive for Lake Mburo National Park. Your drive is punctuated with several stops to see the barefaced go away bird, crowned plover, watt led lapwing, southern red bishop, variable sunbird, African harrier hawk, larks and many others. Enjoy the fabulous long horned Ankole cattle as you bird. Enjoy free songs of the morning dove, Dendrick’s cuckoo, grey-capped warbler, black-headed weaver, among other birds.
Lake Mburo National Park is a relatively small and new park gazetted in 1982. Situated between the towns of Masaka and Mbarara, the park is composed primarily of grassland, wetland, and Acacia woodland. Lake Mburo has markedly different flora and fauna to other national parks and reservations. The swampy area offers one of the best places to locate the papyrus specialists such as White-winged Warbler, Papyrus Yellow Warbler, Papyrus Canary and the Papyrus Gonolek. In the acacia dotted landscape, one can easily locate Rofous-bellied Heron, black-throated Barbet, Green-capped Eremomela, Southern Red Bishop and Long-tailed Cisiticola. It is a good place in the country to see gigantic eland, impala, zebra, topi, rock hyrax, warthog, hyena, and crocodile.
Dinner and Overnight at Mweya Safari Lodge.
Day 7: Lake Mburo National Park - Entebbe
Leave at dawn to get the African fin foot at Lake Mburo before it disappears into the papyrus beds floating on the lake. Return to the camp for breakfast. Drive back to the camp and look out for the brown chested lapwing, lilac breasted roller, carmine bee-eaters, black bellied bustard, helmeted guinea fowl, handsome francolin, rufous napped lark, vultures, eagles, kites and the like.
Return to the camp for lunch then you will be transferred to Entebbe Airport for departure.
End of Safari.
Cost: US$ 3150 Per Person Sharing. Single supplement. 934 US$ supplement
Cost Inclusions:
• Accommodations
• Meals as stated in the itinerary
• Airport transfers
• Park fee and sightseeing as noted in the itinerary
• Ground transportation in a 4wd
Cost Excludes:
• International airfare or flights of any kind
• Meals not noted on the itinerary
• Insurance of any kind
• Visas
• Excess baggage charges
• Airport taxes
• Items of a personal nature (alcoholic beverages, laundry, bills, soft drinks etc)
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