OVERVIEW
This Trip covers 3 National Parks in western Uganda that is Lake Mburo, Queen Elizabeth and Kibale Forest National Parks. These Parks have a wide range of activities ranging from Game Drives, nature walks, boat cruises, chimpanzee tracking/habituation, lion tracking, sightseeing, bird watching and many others. You shouldn’t miss this while in Uganda.
HIGHLIGHTS
Day 1: Transfer to Lake Mburo en route Equator
Day 2: Morning Game drive and Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park
Day 3: Game drive and afternoon boat cruise along the Kazinga Channel
Day 4: Transfer to Kibaale National Park
Day 5: Chimpanzee Tracking and Bigodi Swamp Walk
Day 6: Transfer to Kampala
DETAILED ITINERARY
Day 1: Drive to Lake Mburo National Park en route the Equator
You will be picked from your accommodation in Entebbe or Kampala by our driver guides at 7:30am, Meet and greet then start your journey to Lake Mburo National park. On your way to the park, you will make a stopover at the equator for water experiment. It will not be inconveniencing if you bought a T-shirt with words ‘’I crossed the Uganda Equator’’ Continue with your journey and have lunch at the Lodge. After lunch, you will do an afternoon game drive. Lake Mburo National Park accommodates mammals like the Eland, antelope as well as zebras and water-bucks, making it among the most admirable places to visit in Uganda. The park is exceptional for its attractive, soothingly sloping hills and open grassland basins, intermingled with brushwood, woodlands and rich wetlands. While at the park you will see animals like the impalas, water-bucks, the Cape buffalo and zebras plus many other animal species. The journey takes 4 hours to the park.
Main Destination: Lake Mburo National Park
Accommodation : Rwakobo Rock/ Arcadia cottages/ Mburo Safari lodge.
Meals & Drinks: All meals included
Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 2: Morning Game drive and transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park
After your breakfast, you will do a morning safari where you will have a chance to catch up with the early risers that you happened to miss on your afternoon game drive. Have Lunch en-route and proceed to the famous Queen Elizabeth National Park. The Park covers an area of about 1978 km2; its position provides a magnificent view of the rift valley floor that occupies Lake Edward and Gorge. The park has one of the highest bio diversity ratings of any national park in the world as its well known to be habitat of about 95 mammals along with 612 species of birds. On arrival, you will do a short game drive. You will search for all the wildlife in the park; Buffalo, Lion, Water-bucks, Leopard, Uganda Kob, Warthog, etc. You will relax at the lodge on your arrival. Journey time is 4 hours.
Main Destination: Queen Elizabeth National Park
Accommodation : Bush lodge/ Irungu safari lodge/ Marafiki safari lodge
Meals & Drinks: All meals included
Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 3: Game Drive and Afternoon Boat Cruise along Kazinga Channel.
After an early breakfast, you go for a long morning game drive and start your search for all the wildlife in the park that includes Elephant, Buffalo, Lion, Waterbuck, Leopard, Uganda Kob, and Warthog among others. After lunch, you will take a boat safari along the Kazinga Channel where you will see a lot of hippos as well as a variety of other animals which come to the waterhole to drink or bathe. You can expect to see: Buffalo, Crocodile, bathing Elephant, and a range of beautiful birds. This will undoubtedly be one of the highlights of your tour. After the boat-safari you do a game drive back to the lodge for an overnight.
Main Destination: Queen Elizabeth National Park
Accommodation : Bush lodge/ Irungu safari lodge/ Marafiki safari lodge
Meals & Drinks: All meals included
Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 4: Transfer to Kibaale Forest National Park
After Breakfast, start your trip to Kibale Forest. You will drive through the beautiful green scenery and tea plantations. Here you will have a chance to visit the local family and interact with local people during the walk. After lunch, you will have a 3 hour drive to Kibale forest where you will be able to spot some monkeys, birds and Baboons during the stop-overs. Also visit the crater lakes for the nature walk that takes 2-3 hours.
Main Destination: Kibale National Park
Accommodation : Rwetera Safari lodge/ Kibale Forest Camp
Meals & Drinks: All meals included
Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 5: Chimpanzee Tracking and Bigodi Swamp Walk
Today you will have your breakfast at the lodge and prepare for your trip for Chimpanzee walk. Kibale forest consist s of 13 primate species the only National park to see many types of monkeys like; the wonderful Red Columbus, Grey cheeked mangabey, Black and white Columbus monkey and Chimpanzees. Here you will be able to see our cousins today for one hour and the trip takes 3-4 hours walk through the tropical rain forest with the experienced guide. After lunch you will visit Bigodi swamp walk to spot some monkeys and bird species and that takes you through grassland, small communities where the locals are very enthusiastic to shake hands with white people through coffee plantations and peoples gardens to see how they do daily work. Drive back to the camp for your dinner.
Main Destination: Kibale National Park
Accommodation : Rwetera Safari lodge/ Kibale Forest Camp
Meals & Drinks: All meals included
Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 6: Transfer to Kampala/ Airport
After breakfast, you will drive back to Kampala through Fort Portal. You could have a market/Street walk through Fort portal and may be buy some souvenirs for yourselves. Thereafter proceed with your journey that will take 5 hours. Your driver will drop you at your accommodation either in Kampala or Entebbe as you may wish. This will be the end of your amazing trip!
Main Destination: Entebbe Airport
Accommodation: No accommodation (End of tour)
Meals & Drinks: All meals included
Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Tour Included
- Park fees
- Chimp permits
- All activities
- All accommodation
- A professional driver/guide
- All transportation
- All Taxes/VAT
- Round-trip airport transfer
- Meals
- Drinking water
Tour Excluded
- International flights
- Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
- Tips
- Personal items
- Government imposed increase of taxes and/or park fees
