6 Days Best of Uganda Tour

Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park

Duration

6 days

Overview

6 days best of Uganda this is one of the best of Safari that will take you to Gorilla Trekking experience in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest which is located in the Southwestern Uganda which is a home to half of the world’s gorilla population, this will be in conjunction with game viewing in Uganda’s open savannah national park which is Queen Elizabeth National Park and a magnificent boat cruise on  on the Kazinga Channel which stretches and connects Lake Edward and Lake George. This boat cruise is one of the best activity in the park where you will see huge numbers of hippopotamus, crocodiles and over 60 species of birds viewed on the lake shore. Also during this trip, you will see the world’s strongest falls while you visit the top of the falls, you will enjoy a launch trip at the Nile delta and this is a spotting area for shoebills and it has marvelous view of the sunset and sundowners love this place so much.

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Tour Itinerary

Pick up from the Airport, transfer to Hotel Africana for lunch, and then a city walk to visit the independence monument, old Kampala mosque, the Uganda Museum and Kabaka’s lake. Return to the hotel for dinner and overnight stay.

Leave Kampala 7:00am, driving south west past several swamps, numerous rolling hills having lunch en route at Courtyard Hotel then embarking on the journey to the park, where we shall arrive in 8-9 hrs. Having been given permits to track the gorilla groups, we shall check in, have dinner and an Overnight stay.

Wake up very early in the morning, at 6:00am for breakfast and then proceed to the gorilla trek briefing point to be briefed about the safety guidelines and be allocated guides and groups for tracking gorillas. Setting off is at exactly 8:00am and take off to one of the most extra ordinary, astonishingly amazing activities you will ever enjoy. Picnic lunch will be enjoyed in the wild, after the tracking of Gorillas, return to the lodge, where one may choose to relax the rest of the evening. You will then have dinner and an Overnight stay.

After breakfast at 9:00am, check out of the lodge driving northwards to queen Elizabeth National Park. Arrive at the park in the afternoon through the southern part of the Ishasha sector famously known for its tree climbing lions. This is where your adventure in the park begins with a game drive through the plains to the heart of the park. And during the game drive, keep an eye out for the famous tree climbing lions in the Ishasha plains, the giant elephants, the beautiful Uganda kob, and elands among other animals as we proceed to the Mweya peninsular where you will have lunch overlooking the beautiful Kazinga channel where the Lakes Edward and George meet.

After lunch, set off for an afternoon launch trip on the beautiful Kazinga channel. This is yet another fascinating adventure that one should not dare to miss out on the trip to Queen Elizabeth National Park; this Launch trip offers a great chance to see a wide range of numerous birds’ species such as the Martial Eagle, Black Rumped Fly catcher, African skimmer, African Broadbill, Verreaux’s Eagle Owl among others. It is also at the beautiful Kazinga Channel where we see a serried ranges of hippos, and crocodiles at the shoreline together with numerous wildlife species coming down to bathe and drink some water as the day progresses. We shall thereafter have a sun set drink; dinner and Overnight stay.

After an early breakfast, check out of the lodge and drive north east of the park to Murchison falls national park. Branch off at Nakasongola to visit the Zziwa Rhino Sanctuary the proud of home of wild Rhinos and the only place where you can see Rhinos in the world. At the sanctuary, we shall have a guided Rhino trekking as well as bird watching at the sanctuary which consists of 250 bird species say; Abdim’s stork, Blue spotted dove, booted eagle, African black crake Bronze maikini, Brown parrot, among others.

After these expeditions, we shall then have lunch at the Zziwa Rhino Sanctuary Restaurant and after lunch proceed with the journey to the park. Arrive at the park in the evening, check in the lodge, and later set off for an evening game drive. During this Game Drive stand a chance to see the mighty king of the jungle, the Elephant, the Giraffe among other animals together with a wide range of birds including the rare Grey Crowned Crane, among others. You will then return to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay.

After a cup of coffee, take an early morning launch trip to the base of the falls. Cruise past the bathing buffaloes, serried ranges of crocodiles, the huge hippo pods, together with Numerous aquatic birds and large numbers of different species getting down to drink and bathe.

Return to the lodge, have breakfast and check out drive to the top the falls on the North bank to have a magnificent view of the waters as they force their way out through a small crack thus forming very powerful waterfalls here we shall take pictures to capture the beautiful scenery of the heavy waterfalls thereafter proceed with the journey to Entebbe International Airport.

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