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TOUR DETAILS

Arrival

Day 1: Arrive and Transfer to Jinja.

You will be picked up from the airport and start you journey to Jinja. Along the way you will see Mabira Forest, Sugar plantations in Lugazi and finally the World’s longest river Nile. Jinja lies on the shore of Lake Victoria, about 3 hours East from Kampala. This town is famous as the historic source of the river Nile and at the same time the adrenaline capital of East Africa. Besides enjoying peaceful sunsets, birdlife and tranquility, this is also where visitors get their adventurous fix. Enjoy activities such as white-water rafting, kayaking, tubing, quad biking, and mountain biking and horse riding. Jinja has a gorgeous natural setting with crumbling colonial architecture. It also has a vibrant downtown and broad leafy residential streets set next to the Nile River that you will also enjoy.

Main Destination: Jinja

Accommodation: Wild Waters Lemala

• Luxury Lodge located on river Nile.

 

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Non-alcoholic drinks

Day 2: Visit the source of the Nile (You will also have optional activities like Water rafting and Tubing).

Have breakfast then drive to the starting point where you will carry out a boat ride visiting the source of the nile. You will also have optional activities like carrying out water rafting or tubing on river Nile then after carrying out one of these activities you will drive back to your lodge for relaxation.

Main Destination: Jinja

Accommodation: Wild Waters Lemala

• Luxury Lodge located on river Nile.

 

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Non-alcoholic drinks

Day 3: Carry out horse riding while visiting villages in jinja.

After having a relaxed breakfast, you will be driven to the starting point where you will have horse riding from, in case you can’t manage horse riding then you may opt for Kayaking.

Main Destination: Jinja

Accommodation: Wild Waters Lemala

• Luxury Lodge located on river Nile.

 

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Non-alcoholic drinks

 

Day 4: Transfer to Murchison Falls National Park via Ziwa and have afternoon game drive.

After breakfast, embark on a journey to Murchison Falls National Park you will have a stopover at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary for Rhino Tracking then Continue to Murchison. The highlights of this park include: the roaring rapids of the Murchison, the rolling plains of Uganda’s largest National Park where you will have the chance of viewing lions, giraffes, hartebeest, buffalo, and elephants. Then surely you will be fascinated by the concentration of hippos and the Nile crocodiles here. For birders, Murchison Falls boasts 450 bird species including the elusive shoebill stork, dwarf king fisher, the white-thigh hornbill, and the Goliath heron among others. You will have a game drive in the afternoon.

Main Destination: Murchison Falls National Park

Accommodation: Chobe Safari Lodge

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Non-alcoholic drinks

Day 5: Morning Game drive have bush breakfast, boat cruise then night game drive.

Wake up early morning then transfer for morning game drive, you will have breakfast from the park. You will have a morning game drive in the park’s northern area in search of some of the ‘big five’ (buffaloes, lions, elephants and possibly leopards). Other animals you might see include Rothschild giraffes, bushbucks, warthogs, waterbuck and a variety of antelope. Return to your accommodation for lunch and a brief repose. After lunch, you will embark on a 3-hour boat trip to the base of the fall. This trip is said to be the highlight of the safari in Murchison Falls since it allows you to get up close to the animal species within the water. Cruise past huge hippo pods, crocodiles and numerous aquatic birds adorning the north bank on the way to the mighty waterfalls. You will have an opportunity to take thousands of pictures, so carry your camera with you if you like. Later in the evening you will go for a night game drive.

Main Destination: Murchison Falls National Park

Accommodation: Chobe Safari Lodge

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Non-alcoholic drinks

6: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth NP with a flight, you will have an afternoon boat cruise and evening game drive.

Have a relaxed breakfast then later you will be driven to Pakuba airstrip where you will board your flight to Queen Elizabeth national park. You will be picked from the strip then transfer to your lodge for lunch then after lunch you will be taken for a boat cruise on Kazinga Channel.

Main Destination: Queen Elizabeth NP.

Accommodation: Mweya Safari Lodge

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Non-alcoholic drinks

Day 7: Chimpanzee tracking, Game drive and have Sunset drinks in the bush.

Today you will track Chimpanzees in the morning then head back to your lodge for refreshments after in the afternoon you will go for game drives and also have sunset drinks in the bush.

Main Destination: Queen Elizabeth NP.

Accommodation: Mweya Safari Lodge

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Non-alcoholic drinks

Day 8: Transfer to Bwindi NP with enroute game drive along the Ishasha Sector

On this morning, you start your Journey to Bwindi National park en-route to the Ishasha Sector. You will drive to the southern part of Queen Elizabeth National Park (Ishasha sector). This part is famous for its’ tree-climbing lions. While lion cubs around the world frequently climb trees for fun, adults rarely do. However, these lionesses enjoy spending their time snoozing in fig trees to get away from the tsetse flies and to enjoy a cool breeze. This is the most memorable sight in the park as you have never seen such photogenic lions posing for your camera before. Meanwhile don’t miss the stunning scenery and superb bird life in this southern remote section of the park either.

Main Destination: Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas)

Accommodation: Mahogany Cloud

 

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Non-alcoholic drinks

Day 9: Go gorilla trekking

Have breakfast and move to the rangers’ post. You will receive some briefing on the dos and don’ts during trekking. Thereafter, you will enter the Bwindi Forest for your adventure. The area offers dramatic steeply forested landscape and is incredibly dense but crisscrossed by numerous animal trails allowing access to tourists. The time taken and the terrain vary with the movements of these great primates. Once you have located a gorilla group, you will be allowed an hour in their presence. The thrill of spending time observing these gentle but endangered giants is unforgettable. Return to the accommodation.

Main Destination: Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas)

Accommodation: Mahogany Cloud

 

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Non-alcoholic drinks

 

Day 10: Relax at the lodge then later carry out Batwa Nature Walk or you may opt to transfer to Lake Bunyonyi for relaxation.

Have a relaxed breakfast at the accommodation with spectacular view of the forest then later in the evening you will go for Batwa Nature Walk.

Main Destination: Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas)

Accommodation: Mahogany Cloud

 

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Non-alcoholic drinks

Day 11: Transfer back to the Airport

We hope to see you (or any referral) when next, you visit and thanks for choosing Ngoni safaris uganda.

Main Destination:

Entebbe International Airport (Airport/Airstrip)

Accommodation:

No accommodation (End of tour)

Meals & Drinks:

• Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included)
• Non-alcoholic drinks

End of tour 

• Additional accommodation can be arranged for an extra cost.
• You’ll be dropped off at the airport.