Uganda Safaris | Uganda Wilderness Safari

TOUR ITINERARY

Day 1: Kampala - Fortportal

Meet, greet and then start off for Fort portal passing via Mityana-Mubende route. Visit the Nakayima tree and then have enroute lunch at Mubende. Reach Fort portal late in the evening and then relax at the campsite. Dinner and overnight at the campsite

Day 2: Kibale National Park

After breakfast, go for an early morning chimpanzee tracking in Kibale National Park. Have lunch and then visit the different crater lakes found in Kabarole district. The legendary tales about the formation of these lakes are worthy to hear from the guides yet their scenic beauty is pleasant and eye catching. Return to your campsite for dinner and overnight

Day 3: Semiliki National Park

After breakfast visit the Semiliki National Park. This park has fantastic scenery and a number of hot springs with warm water claimed to cure certain diseases. From the park you will be engaged in different activities such as forest jungle walk, birding, primates viewing and scenic viewing of River Semiliki meanders. Have a stop over at “Mungu Ni Mukubwa’’ where the road offers a great scenic view of the meandering of river Semiliki, fuming hot springs as well as the tropical rain forest. Make a visit to the Bambuti community (pygmies living in Uganda). Go for a picnic lunch at the Sempaya hot springs and then drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park viewing the mystical Rwenzori Mountain range for much of the drive. Dinner and Overnight Jacana Safari lodge/Ishasha Wilderness Camp / Ishasha Bandas

Day 4 Kyambura & Queen Elizabeth

Have breakfast and then drive to Kyambura gorge for a thrilling tracking of the fast moving elusive chimpanzees. Take a guided walk which may for last three to five hours. While on the walk you may also see the red tailed monkeys, colobus monkeys, baboons, vervet monkeys, and other primates. Return to Mweya for lunch and then take an afternoon Launch cruise on Kazinga Channel. The Kazinga channel joins Lakes Edward and George and is blessed with a number of animals such as hippos, buffaloes, elephants, the occasional Nile crocodile) and a spectacular array of water birds on the water banks. Return for dinner and overnight stay at Jacana/ Ishasha Wilderness Camp / Ishasha Bandas

Day 5 Queen Elizabeth National Park

Rise up in the morning for an early morning game drive to catch-up with the early risers and predators returning to their hideouts. On the drive you are most likely to see grazing Hippos, bush buck, Elephants, water buck, the stripped jackal, comical warthogs, spotted Hyenas among others. The drive takes you through the unique western rift valley escarpment and in the Ishasha region, a home for the climbing lions. Take lunch and then set off for another game drive in search of tree climbing lions. Dinner and over night stay at Jacana/ Ishasha Wilderness Camp /Ishasha Bandas.

Day 6 Bwindi Impenetrable NP

Have an early break and then connect to Bwindi where you will arrive in time for a late lunch. Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is magnificent verdant swathe across the steep ridges of the Albertine Rift Valley. This ancient rainforest -is one of the few in Africa to have flourished throughout the last Ice Age. It is home to roughly 700 gorillas that is half of the world's rare mountain gorillas. In the park there are also a wide variety of primates and wildlife to see. These include the blue and red tailed monkeys, lush and green moist forest among others. Relax in the evening. Dinner and overnight Buhoma Homestead or Buhoma Community Bandas.

Day 7 Bwindi Impenetrable NP

After an early breakfast, enter the forest with guides to track the gorillas. Gorilla tracking is not a soft adventure activity since it involves you walking up steep densely forested hills before finally coming across the gorillas camouflaged deep in the forest vegetation. Remember tracking in Bwindi is a memorable experience which often takes most of the day. Bring jungle boots and rain jackets because the park is often wet. In the evening have a community visit or relax at your campsite. Dinner and overnight at Buhoma homestead / Buhoma Community bandas

Day 8 Lake Bunyonyi & its Islands

After breakfast drive off to Lake Bunyonyi the deepest lava dammed lake in Africa found in Kabale. Take lunch and then proceed to the lake for an afternoon boat ride to some of the islands on the lake including the punishment island where the Bakiga used to leave unmarried pregnant girls on the small island with a tree - to die of hunger or to die while trying to swim to the mainland. Other important attractions include forests, hills, and birds among others. Dinner and overnight stay at Bushara Island/ Bunyonyi Over land Camp/ Bunyonyi Safari Resort.

Day 9 Kampala

After an early breakfast depart for Kampala hoping to reach late afternoon.

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