23 Days Magical Uganda Safari

Summary

This 23-day magical Uganda safari is a package to explore Uganda’s cultural experience, Wildlife, Primate, eco system and so much more from the central, East, North, South and Western Uganda. This lets you travel through Uganda and really dive deep into what the Pearl of Africa has to offer. We start with a tour into Uganda`s biggest city Kampala with its looks then head by the scenic Sipi Falls before heading through remote parts of the country to Kidepo Valley National Park. We are now in the far north of Uganda with untouched wilderness and the fascinating Karamojong people. The journey southwards then start taking you to Murchison Falls National Park for an abundance of giraffes and on to Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary to trek rhinos on foot. We then continue south for chimps trekking in Kibale Forest National Park and on to the Rwenzori mountains for a hike. Next is Queen Elizabeth National Park with a Kazinga channel boat-cruise and search for tree-climbing lions. We have then reached the great highlight of Mountain Gorilla trekking in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. The last part of the 23-day magical Uganda safari takes you for relaxation by beautiful Lake Bunyonyi and finally looking for zebras in Lake Mburo National Park.  The nights you spend at comfortable.

Day1
• Kampala City Tour
Day 2
• Transfer To Jinja
• Afternoon Boat Cruise To The Source Of The Nile.
Day 3
• Mid-morning Transfer To Sipi Falls
Day 4
• Transfer Moroto Via Pian Upe
Day 5
• Transfer To Kotido
• Afternoon Karamoja Cultural Experience.
Day 6
• Transfer Towards Kidepo Valley National Park
• Evening Game Drive Along The Narus River Valley
Day 7
• Game Drive In Kidepo Valley National Park
• Karamjong Peoples Cultural Experience
Day 8
• Transfer To Murchison Falls National Park
• Evening Game Drive In Murchison Falls National Park
Day 9
• Morning Game-drive In Murchison Falls Np
• Boat-cruise
Day 10
• Transfer To Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary Via Masindi Town
• Rhino Trekking
Day 11
• Transfer To Kibale Forest
Day 12
• Chimpanzee Trekking In Kibale Forest National Park
• Community Walk
Day 13
• Transfer To Queen Elizabeth
• Evening Game Drive
Day 14
• Game-drive
• Boat-cruise In Queen Elizabeth National Park
Day 15
• Chimps Trekking In Kyambura Gorge
• Afternoon Community Walk
Day 16
• Transfer To Ishasha Sector
• Afternoon Game-drive
Day 17
• Morning Game-drive In Ishasha
• Transfer To Bwindi
Day 18
• Gorilla Trekking Day
• Evenning Batwa Cultural Experience
Day 19
• Transfer To Mgahinga National Park.
Day 20
• Golden Monkey Trekking Experience
• Transfer To Lake Bunyonyi
Day 21
• Relaxation Day With Short List Of Activities Like Canoeing
Day 22
• Transfer To Lake Mburo A Savannah Park
Day 23
• Morning Game Drive / Safari Walk
• Transfer To Entebbe International Airport

INTINERARY DESCRIPTION

DAY1

  • KAMPALA CITY TOUR

 

Arrival at Entebbe international Airport for this 23days magical Uganda safari, meet our tour guide and transfer to Kampala. Here you can take a city tour in Uganda’s capital city Kampala, where will get a chance to visit some important places like the Buganda royal palace, Kasubi tombs, learn about other activities in the Kampala city and so much more.

Overnight marries royal hotel

DAY 2

  • TRANSFER TO JINJA

  • AFTERNOON BOAT CRUISE TO THE SOURCE OF THE NILE.

 

After breakfast, we get ready for a drive to Jinja via Mabira forest, we continue with our journey with a target to have lunch at the lodge. We relax a bit after lunch and in the late afternoon we get ready for the boat cruise to the source of the Nile as we see the sun setting while on the mighty river Nile.

Overnight in Kingfisher Resort Jinja

DAY 3

  • MID-MORNING TRANSFER TO SIPI FALLS

 

After breakfast check out of the hotel for sipi falls in kapuchorwa, we continue with our journey watching amazing sugarcane plantations across the windows, reach at the lodge in the afternoon check in and have lunch, after lunch have tour of the falls and the coffee ceremony fitness needed as we hike around the highest waterfall in Uganda as we combine the coffee processing ceremony with the people. a combination of the hike and the community tour will introduce us to the Original Sebei tribe.

Overnight Rafiki

DAY 4

  • TRANSFER MOROTO VIA PIAN UPE

 

We leave the stunning views of Sipi Falls in the morning and start the journey to Moroto via Pian upe wildlife reserve. We have a drive with nice sceneries ahead of us and count on arriving in Pian upe a reserve in the most unique setting to the North of the Elgon Mountain . We make a stopover for a picnic lunch and have chances of spotting ostriches as we enjoy our lunch, After lunch we continue with our journey through the karamoja wilderness and be ready to observe the real African set up as we transit.

Overnight Mount Moroto Hotel

 

DAY 5

  • TRANSFER TO KOTIDO

  • AFTERNOON KARAMOJA CULTURAL EXPERIENCE.

After breakfast we start the drive to kotido town, a remote town in northern uganda, check in at the hotel for lunch and in the afternoon, go for a cultural experience where you will be showed the kraal…….

Overnight at Lamansion Hotel

 

DAY 6

  • TRANSFER TOWARDS KIDEPO VALLEY NATIONAL PARK

  • EVENING GAME DRIVE ALONG THE NARUS RIVER VALLEY

 

After breakfast we start the drive to Kidepo Valley NP in a landscape of vast plains and semi-arid savannah framed by jagged mountains and wooded hills, Kidepo is one of the wildest and most spectacular reserves in Africa. The landscape throughout the park is studded with small hills, rocky outcrops and inselbergs from which one can obtain stunning views in all directions enjoy panoramic views of the Narus River Valley and photographic opportunities of wildlife from all corners. An evening game drive along the Narus River Valley for game Viewing and photography of Elephants, herds of Buffaloes, Jackals, Jackson’s Hartebeest, Klipspringer and possibly Lions.

Overnight at Kidepo savannah lodge

 

DAY 7

  • GAME DRIVE IN KIDEPO VALLEY NATIONAL PARK

  • KARAMJONG PEOPLES CULTURAL EXPERIENCE

 

After an early breakfast, go for a morning game drive to Kanangorok hot spring area crossing the sand river as we continue our 23days magical Uganda safari. A variety of animals can be seen roaming around including Ostrich connecting back for lunch. In the afternoon have a cultural experience that will bring into contact with Karamjong peoples at Karenna and Kapedo. Meet the local elders and have an opportunity to interact with them. They will show you the kraals, the grinding stones and many more interesting items.

Overnight Kidepo savannah lodge

DAY 8

  • TRANSFER TO MURCHISON FALLS NATIONAL PARK

  • EVENING GAME DRIVE IN MURCHISON FALLS NATIONAL PARK

 

Leave the park in the morning and transfer through Gulu Uganda’s biggest town in the North. Continue through the flat scenic landscape with local villages and enjoy the Ugandan countryside. Arrive at the lodge by Murchison Falls NP in the afternoon

Overnight in Tangi lodge

 

DAY 9

  • MORNING GAME-DRIVE IN MURCHISON FALLS NP

  • BOAT-CRUISE

 

Start the day with a game-drive on the broad savannah for the most likelihood seeing Big cats, Elephants, Giraffes, Buffalos, plus more as the checklist of mammals reaches 76 we continue browsing the Drive circuits to the Delta point for a cocktail of Birds and mammals. Have lunch and then in the afternoon head for the 2-5pm boat ride on the mighty Nile to the base of the falls where you get to see the Hippos, Nile crocodiles, elephants and a variety of beautiful bird species along the banks. After the boat-cruise we get back to the lodge for a relaxed evening.

Overnight Tangi Lodge

DAY 10

  • TRANSFER TO ZIWA RHINO SANCTUARY VIA MASINDI TOWN

  • RHINO TREKKING

 

After a morning pure Ugandan cup of coffee, we get another chance of seeing Big cats hunting, Elephants, Giraffes, Buffalos, plus more as the checklist of mammals reaches 76 we continue browsing the Drive circuits to the Delta point for a cocktail of Birds and mammals. After the game-drive we head out of the park to the town Masindi for lunch and we continue to Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary. A sanctuary they are working to reintroduce rhinos in Uganda and you go with a specialized guide for a walk to see these breathtaking animals and a lot will be learnt about these creatures from your specialized guide. Overnight in Ziwa Guest House

 

DAY 11

  • TRANSFER TO KIBALE FOREST

 

After breakfast transfer to the area around Kibale Forest. It’s a long day drive with our target to have lunch in Fort portal as the distance was cut yesterday the pressure and fatigue is lessened, a punctuation of stopovers in villages for typical African village setup in the far country side offer us chances of stretching, tea plantations along the drive ways as we check in late evening.

Overnight Lake Nkuruba Lodge

DAY 12

  • CHIMPANZEE TREKKING IN KIBALE FOREST NATIONAL PARK

  • COMMUNITY WALK

 

Head into the forest of the Primate city of Kibale in the morning for chimpanzee trekking, the first great ape you will meet during this 23days magical Uganda safari. This is a three-hour experience. Kibale Forest national park is a rainy forest and a home to over 1500 Chimpanzees. Here you have the chance to see the chimps close up and capture shots of our closet cousins in the jungle in their frenzy exciting moods as they are grooming, building relationships, bringing up young ones, think and sharing food, plus rare bird species following them. In the forest 9 different species of Monkeys are found so you have chances of seeing red colobus, red tailed monkey and bush babies on a great day, after the trekking, we go back to the lodge for lunch and in the after we connect for the Bigodi Community walk..

Overnight Lake Nkuruba Lodge

DAY 13

  • TRANSFER TO QUEEN ELIZABETH

  • EVENING GAME DRIVE

 

After breakfast we drive to the Crater lakes area, hike for Black and white, red colobus monkeys, vervet monkeys, birds, village walks, crater exploration, – Transfer to Queen Elizabeth, after and drive further southwards with the Rwenzori ranges (Longest in Africa) in View through the Crater lakes in the Hills through to sample out the surprising Diversity of Savannah trees and wild life! ). Target destination Queen Elizabeth. Drive through some villages with cultivated areas until the Queen Elizabeth park to the escarpment magnificent endless views from your overnight place as the sun sets and evening community walk through villages and finally to the twin lakes.

Overnight in Elephant hub

DAY 14

  • GAME-DRIVE

  • BOAT-CRUISE IN QUEEN ELIZABETH NATIONAL PARK

 

Experience Queen Elizabeth National Park in the cool morning as we continue your 23days magical Uganda safari, an early game drive that exposes us to diverse animals, Big 5 members Elephants, Buffalos, big cats- Lions, Leopards more times in the evening, warthogs- Hunchback carnivals like Hyenas and many more species that are residents to this park are spotted along the Circuits as we drive along. There is a rich bird life especially our version of storks in the wetland spots as we reach the Flamingoes in the salt lakes. After lunch get ready for the Classic highlights on the 2hrs Boat cruise starting at 3pm on the famous Kazinga channel, this 36kms channel links Lake George – Lake Edward. Here you can see land and water Adapted Hippopotamuses Yawning and some slashing canines to each other, the National Geographical society Killing machine the Nile Crocodile gaping along the Banks and Savannah version of Pigs the Warthog- Pumba of the award-winning Lion King are a hallmark sign in this Animal home of Uganda. With your Binoculars along the peninsula, you have a magnificent view of Birds and animals like the ever-playing African Elephants in Waters as we sigh and reset Fatigue and stress, to point zero. Overnight in Elephant hub

 

 

DAY 15

  • CHIMPS TREKKING IN KYAMBURA GORGE

  • AFTERNOON COMMUNITY WALK

 

Experience Queen Elizabeth National Park in the cool morning as we continue your 23days magical Uganda safari, an early morning chimpanzee trekking in the gorge and afternoon get to visit the community in Kyambura and then end with a hike to the twin lakes Overnight in Elephant hub

 

DAY 16

  • TRANSFER TO ISHASHA SECTOR

  • AFTERNOON GAME-DRIVE

 

After a relaxed breakfast we start the adventurous journey through the park to the southern Ishasha sector of Queen Elizabeth NP. If we are lucky, we can see elephants, monkeys, beautiful birds and even big cats along the road-side. We arrive at the lodge for lunch and then in the afternoon head out for a game-drive to search for tree-climbing lions during our 9 days Uganda safari. The Ishasha sector is one of only two locations in Africa where the lions have the habit of regularly climbing the trees to rest. During the game-drive we also have chance to see topis, buffaloes and lovely scenery. Overnight Topi Lodge

DAY 17

  • MORNING GAME-DRIVE IN ISHASHA

  • TRANSFER TO BWINDI

 

In the early morning we will once again drive off in the adventurous vast savannah of the Ishasha sector of Queen Elizabeth NP to search for interesting sights. After the game-drive we head to the lodge for lunch and then start the drive to Bwindi mountains the home of the mountain gorillas. The journey takes us from the savanna via cultivated hills to the jungle covered mountains of Bwindi where you will have the great highlight of this 23days magical Uganda safari Overnight in Buhoma Community Rest Camp

 

DAY 18

  • GORILLA TREKKING DAY

  • EVENNING BATWA CULTURAL EXPERIENCE

 

Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park is the home to the forest giants that are cousins to human beings, the gorillas, and here you will have the highlight of your 23days magical Uganda safari; the gorilla trekking. This Impenetrable Forest is full of birds, butterfly and plant species plus forest hog, forest Elephants, Statungas and Duikers.

Overnight in Buhoma Community Rest Camp

DAY 19

  • TRANSFER TO MGAHINGA NATIONAL PARK.

 

After breakfast, we make a drive through the Bwindi impenetrable forest as we head to Mgahinga National park for tomorrows Golden monkey experience.

Overnight in Travellers Rest Camp.

 

DAY 20

  • GOLDEN MONKEY TREKKING EXPERIENCE

  • TRANSFER TO LAKE BUNYONYI

 

After our early morning breakfast, we get ready for the mighty golden monkey trekking, you will be allowed an hour with the golden monkey after finding them. We get back to the lodge for lunch if we didn’t carry a packed lunch with us. After lunch, we head to Lake Bunyonyi for an evening relaxation.

Overnight in Bunyonyi Eco Lodge

DAY 21

  • RELAXATION DAY WITH SHORT LIST OF ACTIVITIES LIKE CANOEING

 

 Option- hiking on along the lakeshores, visiting the local Batwa community, return to the hotel and relax / canoe ride along Lake Bunyonyi with small Resident and exotic bird species singing.

overnight Bunyonyi Eco resort

DAY 22

  • TRANSFER TO LAKE MBURO A SAVANNAH PARK

 

After breakfast, we say goodbye to lake Bunyonyi and through cultivated hills to the Zebra magnet, with our target to have Lunch in biggest city of western Uganda Mbarara  as we game drive for view of Zebras, Warthogs, cape buffaloes, impalas just in time Overnight in  Eagles nest lodge

 

DAY 23 MORNING GAME DRIVE / SAFARI WALK

  • TRANSFER TO ENTEBBE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

 

on the last day of our 23days magical Uganda safari, wake up to a cup of Ugandan tea and either walk in the park or have a game before you gone back to the lodge to pack our belongings and say goodbye to lake Mburo National Park for our flight in Entebbe international airport.

 

Includes

-4×4 safari vehicle and fuel

-Driver/guide

-Accommodation on full board meals

-Park entry fees

-Boat cruise fees

-Gorilla permit

– Golden monkey permit

-Chimpanzee permit

-All taxes

Excludes

-Tips

-Drinks

-Personal items

-International flight

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