Arrival

• You’ll be picked up from the airport (or hotel)
• Accommodation before the tour departs can be arranged for an extra cost

DAY 1: Arrival and transfer to Entebbe

On arrival, you will be met by the Encounter Africa Safari guide who will transfer you to your Hotel for overnight stay. Depending on your time of arrival, you may choose to take a boat excursion to Ngamba Island (optional and not included), visit the nearby Entebbe Botanic gardens or visit the Uganda Wildlife Education center.

Drive time: Approximately 15 minutes

Lodge: Admas Grand Hotel/ Hotel No.5/ Protea By Marriott Hotel Entebbe

Meal Plan: Bed and breakfast

DAY 2: Lake Mburo National Park

• Morning/Transfer

After breakfast, you will meet your driver guide and drive to Lake Mburo National Park with a stopover at the Equator crossing in Kayabwe for photography, stretching and simple experiments.

• Afternoon

You will arrive in Lake Mburo National Park in time for lunch you will have hot lunch at the lodge and  an en route game drive to see wildlife

• Evening

You will have an evening boat cruise on Lake Mburo you will see aquatic wildlife such as hippopotamus, crocodiles and other bird species, you will later depart for sun set game drive and later drive back to the lodge for dinner and overnight

Drive time: Approximately 4-5 hours

Accommodations

Budget Lodge: Rwakobo Rock Lodge

Mid Range: Kigarama Wilderness Lodge/Mihingo Lodge

Luxury: Kigambira safari Lodge

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

DAY 3: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.

• Morning/Transfer

After breakfast, you will enjoy an en route game drive through Lake Mburo National Park as you proceed to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park located in Southwestern Uganda.

• Afternoon

You will have Lunch en route and you will later proceed your journey which gives you great opportunities for scenic viewing as you pass some of the green rolling hills of Uganda with banana and tea plantations.

• Evening

You will be welcomed at the lodge by the staff, check in and followed by relaxation, you will have dinner and later overnight

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.

Accommodation

Budget: Rushaga Havens Lodge/Bakiga Lodge/Ride 4 A Woman/Buhoma Community Rest Camp

Mid Range: 4 Gorillas Lodge/Gorilla Leisure Lodge/Buhoma Haven Lodge

Luxury: Buhoma Lodge/Gorilla Heights Lodge/Sanctuary Forest Camp/Nkuringo Bwindi Gorilla Lodge/Kiho Lodge

Drive time: 6-7 hours.

DAY 4: Gorilla Trekking.

• Morning/Briefing: After your early morning breakfast, your guide will drive you to the Park Headquarters for briefing and joining others for briefing before heading into the forest for your gorilla trek. This trek can last for between 30 minutes to 7 hours depending on the location of mountain gorilla family on that particular day.
• Trek and observation: Once you find the gorillas, you will be allowed to spend one hour with them while observing their behaviour, taking photographs before you return to the Park Headquarters for your certificate that confirms that you have tracked gorillas in Uganda.
• Evening: you will return to the hotel for relaxation, dinner and overnight

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.

Accommodation

Budget: Rushaga Havens Lodge/Bakiga Lodge/Ride 4 A Woman/Buhoma Community Rest Camp

Mid Range: 4 Gorillas Lodge/Gorilla Leisure Lodge/Buhoma Haven Lodge

Luxury: Buhoma Lodge/Gorilla Heights Lodge/Sanctuary Forest Camp/Nkuringo Bwindi Gorilla Lodge/Kiho Lodge

DAY 5: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park.

• • Morning/Transfer

  After breakfast, you will depart for Queen Elizabeth National Park located in Western Uganda you will have several stops along the way for photography passing through the banana and tea plantations

  • Afternoon

  You will arrive at the lodge in time for Lunch at Elephant Hab or Buffalo safari lodge. After, lunch, you will check-in at the lodge and have a moment to relaxation

  • Evening

  You will embark on your vehicle for an evening game drive in the Savannah plains of Kasenyi. At the Kasenyi plains, you will sport herds of buffaloes, elephants, antelopes and some big cuts such as lions and leopards can be spotted based on sheer luck. Return to your lodge for overnight.

Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.

Budget: Bush Lodge

Mid Range: Buffalo safari lodge/ Elephant Hab Lodge/ Park View safari lodge

Luxury: Elephant Plains Lodge/ Kyambura Gorge Lodge

Drive time: 4-5 hours.

DAY 6: Morning Game drive and afternoon boat on Kazinga Channel.

• Morning

This morning you will head back to the Plains of Kasenyi for yet another a morning Game drive to try and find what you could have missed during the previous Game drive, you will have an opportunity of seeing the morning raisers while on this game drive

• Afternoon

You will drive to the lodge for hot lunch and after lunch, will head to the jetty along Kazinga channel for the afternoon boat cruise. This cruise offers you chances of viewing animals like: hippos, elephants, buffaloes, crocodiles and many species of water birds.

• Evening/Accommodation

You will return at the lodge and spend the evening at leisure followed by dinner and overnight at the lodge

Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.

Budget: Bush Lodge

Mid Range: Buffalo safari lodge/ Elephant Hab Lodge/ Park View safari lodge

Luxury: Elephant Plains Lodge/ Kyambura Gorge Lodge

DAY 7: Morning game drive and transfer to Kibale National Park

• Morning/Transfer: After an early breakfast, you will drive to the Northern bank of the Queen Elizabeth National Park (Kasenyi) area in search of some wild animals which include: Elephants, Buffalo, and some wild cats, different species of antelopes such water buck, Uganda kobs etc. as well as Savannah birds.
• Afternoon and Lunch: You will proceed to Fort Portal for Lunch and After lunch you will drive to Kibale National Park arriving at your lodge.
• Evening: You will spend the evening at Leisure, Later Dinner and overnight.

Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch and dinner.

Budget: Chimpanzee Forest Lodge/Isunga Lodge/ Kibale Forest Lodfe

Mid Range: Turaco Tree Tops Lodge

Luxury: Primate Lodge/Tabebuia Spa and safari Resort/ Ndali Lodge/ Chimpundu Lodge

Drive time: 3-4hours.

DAY 8: Chimpanzee Tracking.

• Morning/Briefing: After breakfast, you will drive to Kibale National Park Headquarters for briefing on the Dos and Don’ts of Chimpanzee trekking. You will be divided into small groups of six people headed by one guide who will then move with you into the forest to find one of the Chimpanzee families. Chimpanzees live in communities of between 50-250 individuals but usually break-up into small parties during the day to reduce competition on food. They will then recollect in the evening to build their nests.
• Trekking and Observation: Once you find the Chimps, you will be allowed to spend one hour with the Chimps before returning to the lodge for lunch.
• Afternoon: After lunch, you head out for wetland walk in the nearby Bigodi Village. Kibale National Park is popular for 13 recorded primates species and several bird species.
• Evening: You will then return to the Hotel, relax, have dinner and overnight to end your day.

Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch and dinner.

Budget: Chimpanzee Forest Lodge/Isunga Lodge/ Kibale Forest Lodfe

Mid Range: Turaco Tree Tops Lodge

Luxury: Primate Lodge/Tabebuia Spa and safari Resort/ Ndali Lodge/ Chimpundu Lodge

DAY 9: Drive to Murchison Falls National Park

• Morning

Drive to Murchison Falls National Park through the scenic countryside and small towns, villages and great views of the escarpment

• Afternoon

You will hae several stops along the way and lunch en route and later proceed to Murchison Falls National Park, you will have a stop at the top od the falls for the scenic views ansd later proceed therough the Park

• Evening

You will be welcomed by the staff at the lodge and chek in at the lodge for relaxation followed by dinner and overnight

Drive time: Approximately 6-7 hours drive

Accommodation:

Budget: Red Chili Safari lodge

Mid Range: Pakuba safari Lodge/Sambiya Safari lodge

Luxury: Nile Safari lodge/ Paraa Safari Lodge/Chobe safari lodge

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

DAY 10: Morning game drive and afternoon boat cruise to the bottom of the falls

• Morning

After an early morning cup of coffee, you will be transfered to the Northern section of the park which is popularly known as Paraa for your morning game drive.  Paraa comes from a local dialect  of the Luo community which means a place of Hippos. In deed this game drive will provide you with an opportunity to spot wild game that may include, giraffes, buffaloes, antelopes, hippos and if you are lucky you will spot cats such as lions and leopards.

• Afternoon

You will return to the lodge for a lunch break before you proceed to the pier for your two hour boat cruise to the bottom of the magnificent Murchison Falls where you will be able to spot several schools of Hippos as well as be able to witness how the River Nile water squeezes itself in a narrow gorge only to later explode out giving you an experience of a lifetime.

• Evening/Accommodation

You will later transfer to the lodge for relaxation dinner and overnight

Accommodation:

Budget: Red Chili safari lodge

Mid Range: Pakuba safari Lodge/Sambiya Safari lodge

Luxury: Nile Safari lodge/ Paraa Safari Lodge/Chobe safari lodge

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

DAY 11: To Entebbe International Airport via Ziwa Rho sanctuary for Rhino tracking

• Morning

After breakfast, you will drive back to Entebbe international Airport, you may decide to visit the Zziwa Rhino sanctuary for Rhino tracking

• Afternoon

You will have lunch and later proceed viewing the scenic countryside and villages arriving in Kampala or Entebbe in the evening

• Evening

You will be transferred to your hotel in Entebbe/Kampala or at the Entebbe international airport for your night flight back home

Drive time: 5-6 hours