Day 1 of 14 Days Uganda Safari Holiday & Tour will start with a pick up from Entebbe International Airport by Our professional driver guide from Mutanda Gorilla Tours who will meet and greet you. He will brief you about your 14 Days Uganda Safari Holiday & Tour. You will then proceed to check in at your hotel. Have lunch and rest from the flight fatigue, then later in the evening you will go for Entebbe city tour where you will visit Uganda Wildlife education center (Entebbe zoo) or the famous botanical gardens. Then return to your lodge for dinner and overnight Stay.
Accommodation Options:
Luxury: Protea Hotel, Mid-Range: Botanical Hotel, Budget: Via Via Entebbe
Meals Plan: Full Board (Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner)
On your second day of your safari, you will have early breakfast and then transfer to Jinja by road. Along the way, you will enjoy roasted chicken in Mabira forest before you enter Jinja. You will then proceed to Jinja and check in at your hotel for lunch. After lunch you will go for city tour where you will interact with the locals especially market venders. Depending on our time, you will also do water biking which is a new activity in Jinja on Lake Victoria.
Accommodation Options:
Luxury: Wild Waters Lodge, Mid-Range: Heaven Lodge, Budget: Tusubira Vilage
Meals Plan: Full Board (Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner)
You will wake up early morning for a hot breakfast, there after you will be picked by your guide to take you to the source of the Nile. You will take a boat up to the point where the Nile separates from Lake Victoria. This exercise takes only one hour and you will spend more time exploring the crafts shops and hiking along the Nile.
You will have lunch in Jinja town and then proceed to Sipi falls. You will travel while enjoying the beautiful scenery of the Eastern Uganda. Upon arrival, you will check in in your lodge for dinner and overnight.
Accommodation Options:
Luxury: Sipi Travellers Lodge, Mid-Range: Rafiki Lodge, Budget: Sipi Falls Lodge
Meals Plan: Full Board (Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner)
Wake up early in the morning for a heavy breakfast on the 4th day of the safari with a hike to sipi falls which may take about 3 hours. There are 3 falls, the 100m, 85m and 75m. You will explore all of them plus the caves. Also expect to see some birds like Tecazze sunbird, black collared Apalis, black shouldered kite, bush shrikes etc. You will return to your lodge for lunch and relaxation.
Later in the evening, you will visit the Bagisu community and learn about their culture. The most outstanding of this is the brewing of coffee. From the tree to the cup for you to taste the African coffee is what makes this trip adventurous. After engaging with local people, you will return to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation Options:
Luxury: Sipi Travellers Lodge, Mid-Range: Rwafiki Lodge, Budget: Sipi Falls Lodge
Meals Plan: Full Board (Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner)
Upon waking up in the morning, you will have a delicious breakfast then after check out from the lodge for a full day travel to Kidepo Valley National Park in the North Eastern Corner of Uganda. This is a beautiful and scenic journey full of adventure especially of Mount Elgon areas. Upon arrival, you will check in your Lodge, have lunch and take a rest as you prepare for the next day in the Park.
Accommodation Options:
Luxury: Apoka Safari Lodge, Mid-Range: Kidepo Savannah Lodge, Budget: Eco Lodge
Meals Plans: Full Board (Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner)
After breakfast on this day, you will head out for a morning game drive. This is the best time to see predators like lions and hyenas among others in action. You will sight different wildlife like herds of buffaloes, elephants, leopards, zebras, kobs, warthogs, Bush pigs among others. Also birds like Ostriches, Karamojong Apalis, Egyptian vulture, black bee eaters as well as primates on your early morning game drive. Kanangorok hot spring is another highlight you will see in this beautiful park. You will return to your lodge for hot lunch and short rest.
Later in the evening you will have a visit to karamajong villages and homesteads just similar to the Maasai tribe of Kenya. You will enter in their huts as you appreciate their community settlement in their huts called Manyattas. Enjoy their cultural dances and handmade crafts. Finally return to your lodge for dinner and overnight Stay.
Accommodation Options:
Luxury: Apoka Safari Lodge, Mid-Range: Kidepo Savannah Lodge, Budget: Eco Lodge
Meals Plans: Full Board (Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner)
You will wake up early morning for a hot breakfast and check out of your lodge. Picked by your driver guide for a morning game drive as you exit the park. Sight animals that you missed the previous day such like herds of buffaloes and elephants among others in the northern part of the park crossing Kidepo River. Have lunch on the way and proceed to Murchison falls national park the most fascinating destination. On arrival, you will check in your lodge froe dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation Options:
Luxury: Paraa Safari Lodge, Mid-Range: Pakuba Safari Lodge, Budget: Boomu Women’s group bandas
Meals Plans: Full Board (Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner)
You will wake up early morning for a hot breakfast on this day and start game drive through different trails in the park like Buligi trail, Albert trail, Victoria trail and others where you will be able to spot animals like elephants, giraffes, warthogs, elands, Uganda cobs and big cats like lions and leopards. Buffaloes are also spotted in big numbers in this national park. After this game drive, you go back to the lodge for lunch as you get ready for the afternoon boat cruise.
Later in the afternoon, embark on an afternoon boat cruise upstream to the bottom of the falls. You will see the Nile crocodiles resting on the shores, giraffes, Bufaloes, herds of hippos while in water, bird species like the black bee eater, grey crowned crane, marabou stork and many others, you will have a view of the magnificent Murchison falls as it roars and pours its waters through a narrow gorge. The experience lasts for three hours. You will then return to your lodge for evening relaxation, dinner and overstay.
Accommodation Options:
Luxury: Paraa Safari Lodge, Mid-Range: Pakuba Safari Lodge, Budget: Boomu Women’s group bandas
Meals Plans: Full Board (Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner)
You will wake up early morning for a hot breakfast on the 9th Day of the Safari. You will head out for a morning game drive in the park where you will spot different animals like elephants, Giraffes, warthogs, lions, Leopards, Buffaloes in both the savannah and forested part of Murchison falls.
After this experience, you will now hike to the top of the falls viewpoint to see, hear and feel the falls roaring. You will reach the breathtaking point where John Speke stood to affirm that Uganda is indeed the Pearl of Africa. You will hike at these falls and enjoy the stunning beauty of Uganda. Nature and animals as you contemplate the rapids of the amazing river Nile forcing in a 7 meters gorge falling more than 40 meters deep. You will return to your lodge for lunch and sign out. After this amazing Adventure, you will embark on the journey to Queen Elizabeth National Park where you will arrive and check in your lodge.
Accommodation Options:
Luxury: Mweya Safari Lodge, Mid-Range: Twin Lake Safari Lodge, Budget: Pumba Cottages
Meals Plans: Full Board (Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner)
Wake up early in the morning and start your day with a heavy delicious breakfast after prepare for the morning game drive. The game drive takes place in Kasenyi plains where you will get an opportunity to see buffaloes, leopards, bush pigs, and some bird species like swamp flycatcher, Marital eagle, shoe bill, Black bee eaters etc. You will also get a chance to take photos of these animals. Thereafter you will get back to the lodge for relaxation and lunch.
After lunch, you will go for a boat cruise on Kazinga Channel, while on the boat you will be able to sight animals like Elephants, Buffaloes, Hippos, crocodiles, waterbucks etc. and bird species like African Jacana, African skimmer, rare shoe bill etc. and other attractions of the park. After this experience, you will return to your lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation Options:
Luxury: Mweya Safari Lodge, Mid-Range: Twin Lake Safari Lodge, Budget: Pumba Cottages
Meals Plans: Full Board (Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner)
Upon waking up in the morning, you will have a delicious breakfast then after check out from the lodge. You will start your journey to Ishasha sector in the southern part of Queen Elizabeth National Park. The park is famous because of the tree climbing lions and this attraction is eye catching hence leaving you satisfied with the activity There is no clear research to explain why they climb but some speculations show that they want to have better view of the prey or running away from the insects and other parasites. You will also search for topis, hyenas, monkeys, leopards, birds etc.
Thereafter, you will proceed to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park which is located in the South West of Uganda in Kanungu District. You will enjoy the scenic landscape and the beautiful hills of Kigezi region. Upon arrival, you will check into your lodge for dinner and overnight.
Accommodation Options:
Luxury: Sanctuary Gorilla forest camp, Mid-Range: Gorilla Mist Camp, Budget: Broadbill Forest Camp
Meals Plans: Full Board (Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner)
You will wake up early in the morning and get your breakfast as you prepare for Gorilla trekking. After breakfast you will be driven to the starting point where you will be briefed by the Park rangers about the Do’s and don’ts. You will start this amazing journey in search of gorillas in their habitats. With the professional rangers, you will spend one full hour with these amazing primates called mountain Gorillas. You will learn a lot about their life and behaviors. This time can be the most rewarding of your safari. Gorillas stay in families and you will therefore have a chance to visit one of these families. As nature is unpredictable, you will look for these primates in the forest. Therefore, you can either find them earlier or later on your adventure. After the experience, you will return to your lodge for lunch and relaxation.
Later, you will head out for Nature walk that will provide relaxed opportunities to explore one of Uganda’s rainforests. Bwindi impenetrable Forest National Park has several nature walk trails that you can follow during the guided nature walk such as Muyangwa waterfall trail in Buhoma sector, Rushura hill walk, Buhoma-Nkuringo trail, Ivi river trail etc.
Accommodation Options:
Luxury: Sanctuary Gorilla forest camp, Mid-Range: Gorilla Mist Camp, Budget: Broadbill Forest Camp
Meals Plans: Full Board (Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner)
After your breakfast, you will be picked from your lodge with your belongings as you visit the Batwa community. You will be welcomed by their amazing dances and learn how they used to stay in the forests. Visit their shrines and markets as you learn about their way of life.
Then proceed to Lake Bunyonyi for relaxation. You will check in and have lunch and then full relaxation. Take an evening canoe to one of the islands called Punishment Island. This is a place where pregnant girls were abandoned and left to starve to death in case of pregnancy before marriage. You will return to your lodge for dinner and overnight.
Accommodation Options:
Luxury: Bird nest Resort, Mid-Range: Arcadia Lodge, Budget: Bunyonyi Overland Resort
Meals Plans: Full Board (Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner)
On this last day of the 14 Days Uganda Safari Holiday & Tour. You will have your breakfast and then proceed with morning bird watching experience on the lake in a boat. Lake Bunyonyi means a place of little birds so you expect the birds on this lake. The most amazing experience is the crested cranes and other birds on this lake. You will then check out from your lodge and start your journey to Kampala. You will have your lunch on the way and proceed to the Equator line experience. Then you will continue to the airport or to your hotel depending on your flight schedule as you have successfully completed your 14 days Uganda Safari Holiday & Tours.