The 15 days Uganda safari is an interesting safari for the visitor who comes to Uganda the pearl of Africa who is interested in both primate, culture and wildlife adventures. This safari will include 15 days and 14 nights and will take you to many places right from the airport in Entebbe. You will move to Murchison falls national park but have your stopover at Ziwa rhino sanctuary for rhino trekking and then proceed for a game drive and boat cruise in Murchison falls national park.
From there
head to Kibale national park for chimpanzee trekking and then to Queen
Elizabeth national park for a boat cruise in Kasenyi and a boat ride in Kazinga
channel and then to Bwindi impenetrable national park for gorilla trekking and
a cultural tour of the Batwa after to do canoeing on lake Bunyonyi and transfer
to lake Mburo national park for horseback riding and boat cruise after which
drive back to Kampala for a city tour and then to the airport and fly back home
Detailed
Itinerary.
Day 1:
Arrival at the airport and transfer to a hotel
On this first
day of your 15 days Uganda safari, be picked up from the airport by your
experienced safari driver who will be waiting for you as soon as you arrive. He
will brief you shortly about this 15 days Uganda safari summarizing to you the
activities you will be doing and then head to your booked hotel in Kampala city
for your dinner and overnight stays.
Day 2:
Transfer to Murchison falls NP and Rhino trekking at Ziwa sanctuary
Wake up early
in the morning and then drive heading to Murchison falls national park where
you will have a stopover at Ziwa rhino sanctuary for a 2-3 rhino trekking with
your ranger guide. Immediately after meeting them, take photos and videos for
an hour and then proceed with your drive to Murchison falls national park.
Check-in at your lodge for dinner
Day 3:
Morning game drive and boat cruise
After early
morning breakfast, head to the park for a game drive where you have an
opportunity of viewing wildlife animals such as Elephants, buffalos, lions,
leopards, Uganda kobs, oribi, Rothchild giraffes, hyenas, warthogs and many
Savanah animals not forgetting a variety of bird species including the canine
bee-eaters, martial eagles, shoebills, secretary birds and many more species.
In the
evening, head for a boat ride to the bottom of Murchison falls with the option
of hiking on top of the falls. Have a close view of hippos, crocodiles, frogs,
butterflies, snakes and other birds like kingfishers and other water birds.
Head to your lodge for meals and wait for your next activity the following day.
Day 4:
Morning game drive and transfer to Hoima
On your 4th
day of this 15 days Uganda safari, you will have your breakfast at the lodge
and drive to the park for another game drive where you will view a number of
wildlife animals and more birdlife and scenic views of the place and then Nile
delta point. This is the point where the Nile leaves Lake Albert.
During this
drive, meet a number of butterflies and then to the southern back where you
will have your hot after which drive to Hoima passing through Budongo forest
passing through Masindi. Check-in at a hotel in Hoima for dinner.
Day 5:
Transfer to Kibale national park
After your
breakfast, head to Kibale national park the home primate capital of the world.
This is a long journey that covers a time frame of 4-5 hours’ drive. The park
is famously known for homing the highest number of primates with 13 in total
including the chimpanzees.
While on your
way to this park, expect to have some stopovers at key points for photographs of
people in their gardens, and cash crop plantations like tea, coffee, and
tobacco and have a view of the mountains of the moon, Rwenzori and then check
in at your lodge near the park for your dinner.
Day 6:
Chimpanzee trekking and visit the Isunga community
This is one
of the day’s most visitors enjoy spending while in Uganda. This is the day for
chimpanzee trekking one of the closest relatives of man. Be served your morning
dish and then head for payments and briefing at the park’s main headquarters in
Isunga after driving to the starting point in Kanyanchu visitor’s center where
you will meet an armed ranger guide who will also brief you shortly and then
head to the forest and start looking for these chimps.
The activity
usually takes 2-7 hours but this is done following the movements and locations
of these giant animals. It should be noted that chimpanzee trekking is an
interesting activity and as soon as you reach them, an hour will be given to
you in their presence as you are taking photos and videos of their young ones
playing. Retreat back to the office and obtain your trekking certificate and
then drive to your lodge for meals.
After lunch,
visit the Isunga community and learn more about the real lifestyle of the
locals leaving at the edge of the Kibale forest. This will be through touring
around the community as a local guide interprets and explains all the
attractions that will be met while on this community walking trail.
Day 7:
Transfer to Queen Elizabeth national park
After your
breakfast, embark on a drive to Queen Elizabeth national park passing through
the foothills of mountain Rwenzori and have a look at glaciations on clear
days, banana plantations since Uganda is a banana republic, Tea plantations,
coffee farms and a community of the Bakonzo, Bamba and other tribes that are
resident on the foothill of Rwenzori Mountains. Check-in at your booked lodge
for the meals and relax and enjoy the place.
Day 8:
Morning game drive and afternoon boat cruise on Kazinga channel
Enjoy
peaceful breakfast at your lodge and then drive to the park for a morning game
drive. Have your well-packed lunch and then to your exciting activity for an
active game viewing where if you are lucky enough you have chances of spotting
the lions lazily relaxing within the shrubs.
Game drive in
the wildness is a wonderful sunrise experience that opens to you a gate of
viewing the vegetation and numerous predators hunting such as hyenas and other
wild cats.
After lunch
in the wild, embark on an afternoon boat cruise which is a 2-3 hours cruise
normally done on the Kazinga channel that connects Lake George and Lake Albert.
This cruise is rewarding and you have higher chances of spotting hippos,
crocodiles, snails, birds, snakes and many more that will aid on your tour.
Return to your lodge for dinner.
Day 9:
Transfer to Bwindi impenetrable NP via Ishasha sector
After early
morning breakfast, drive heading to Ishasha sector the southern part of Queen
Elizabeth national park. This route takes a 2-hour drive and will provide you
with an opportunity to have a look at animals grazing freely in the savannah
plains, pass through the Maramagambo forest which is one of the largest
rainforests in Uganda. The drive will present to you animals such as the rare
tree-climbing lions, hyenas, elephants and many more. Check-in at your lodge
for your meals and night stays.
Day 10:
Gorilla trekking
To catch up
with the time of the experience, wake up early in the morning for your early
breakfast and then head for the most rewarding activity, gorilla trekking.
Drive to the park headquarters and finalize your papers and be briefed about
the rules and regulations to follow while trekking. After meeting your ranger
guide well-armed who will be with you when looking for the giant animals.
The activity
usually lasts for a period of 1-8 hours depending on the location of these
animals and or the movements of these primates. It is important for our
visitors to note that as soon as you reach these animals, an extra one hour
will be given to you in their presence to take photos and videos. Return to the
lodge for meals and night stay.
Day 11: Batwa
community experience and transfer to Lake Bunyonyi
Enjoy the
breakfast of your 15 days on a Uganda safari at your lodge and then wait for a
Twa guide who will pick you up from the lodge and take you through the cultural
entertainment of the Batwa people.
These people
were once forest inhabitants before it was gazetted. Visit this minority group
and learn much more from them and proceed to Lake Bunyonyi.
Day 12:
Canoeing on Lake Bunyonyi
This day is
our day of relaxing and having our breakfast at the lodge will open to us the
activities to do while at Lake Bunyonyi. The name Bunyonyi is a local word
meaning birds which gives it a direct translation as a lake of birds. Optionally
one can choose to do hiking on the Islands as well as swimming. Have sights and
sounds of numerous birds before leaving for your meals.
Day 13:
Transfer to Lake Mburo national park
Have your
breakfast and then set off for Lake Mburo national park where we will be
passing through the cultivated terrace lands of the Bakiga people whose life
depends mostly on agriculture having a stop break in Mbarara for lunch and then
proceed with our journey and check in at our booked lodge for dinner and
relaxing.
Day 14:
Horseback riding and boat cruise
On your 14th day of this 15 days
Uganda safari, wake up early in the morning for the breakfast and then after
embark on horseback riding which will open to you a chance of viewing much
wildlife in the wild at a close range. View animals such as zebras, giraffes,
impalas, buffalos and to mention a few. Return back to your lodge for lunch.
After the
horseback ride, head for a boat that will be on lake Mburo and have sights of
animals such as hippos, crocodiles, frogs and many more not forgetting birds
which come on the lake to drink water. Drive back to the lodge for dinner.
Day 15:
Transfer to Kampala for a city tour and fly back home
Being the
last day of your 15 days Uganda safari, wake up early in the morning for an
early breakfast and head for a city tour in Kampala the capital city of Uganda.
Visit the kabaka’s palace and greet the king together with his royal guards.
From there visit the Namugongo martyrs’ shrine where over 20 Ugandan Christians
were burnt to ash by the Kabaka of Buganda by then, Kabaka Mwanga. After the
city tour, drive to the airport and fly back