12 DAYS UGANDA SAFARI

Tour Itinerary

• Day 1. Pickup from the Airport and transfer to Lake Mburo national park, afternoon game drive.

  Your drive guide will pick you from the Airport and then depart for a 7 hour drive to Lake Mburo national park. You will either have lunch on the way or at the lodge depending on time, you will make a stopover at the equator point for photography as you continue passing through the long horned cattle farms with a target to reach the lodge at lunch time. After lunch go for an afternoon game drive to the open savannah of Lake Mburo national park with chances to spot animals on close range like zebras, giraffes, impala, warthogs, baboons among others plus a variety of bird species like turaco, hornbills, eagles, hawks, starlings and many more. OVERNIGHT AT eagles nest

• Day 2. Morning game drive and transfer to Lake Bunyonyi.

  After breakfast go an early morning to explore the circuits of the open savannah of Lake Mburo national park aiming to spot the cats hunting like leopards, jackals and other animals like giraffes, zebras, impalas plus birds like weavers, starlings, sunbirds and then after take-off for a 5 hour drive to Lake Bunyonyi to relax and enjoy the beautiful scenic nature of the area [with optional activities like boat ride, swimming]. OVERNIGHT AT LAKE BUNYONYI ECO RESORT.

• Day 3. Transfer to Bwindi impenetrable national park.

  Relax at the lodge at Lake Bunyonyi and then after depart for a 5 hour drive to Ruhija sector of Bwindi impenetrable national park. On your way you will pass through the terraced hills plus the thick forests of the area with chances to see primates like blue monkey, black and white monkey, and Lo’hoest monkey as you continue to reach the lodge in the evening times to relax and prepare for the trekking the next day. OVERNIGHT AT BROADBILL FOREST CAMP

• Day 4. Gorilla trekking and transfer to Ishasha.

  Wake up early morning for breakfast and then drive to the park headquarters. Gorilla trekking starts with briefing at 8am and after you are divided into a group of 8 people assigned to a specific group of gorillas. You will go with a ranger guide to trek the gorillas and you allowed to spend one hours with the gorillas as you take as much photos as you can. The forest also has other animals like buffaloes, elephants, other primates plus a number of bird species. After the trek transfer to Ishasha sector of Queen Elizabeth national park reaching the lodge in evening hours to relax and have a night there. OVERNIGHT AT TOPI LODGE.

• Day 5. Morning game in Ishasha and transfer to the northern sector of Queen Elizabeth national park and evening community walk and hike to twin lakes.

  After breakfast you will enter the jungle for a morning game drive in Ishasha sector well known for the tree climbing lions plus other animals like Elephants, buffaloes, kobs, leopards, warthogs, hyenas and a variety of bird species like storks, starlings, barbets, hornbills among others and then depart for a 4 hour drive to the northern part of Queen Elizabeth national park with a target to reach at the lodge at lunch time. Relax at the lodge and then go for an evening community walk through the farmlands and exploring the people’s way of living with a hike to the twin lakes with the beautiful scenic nature and then go to the lodge for dinner. OVERNIGHT AT PUMBA SAFARI COTTAGES.

• Day 6. Morning game drive in Kasenyi sector and afternoon boat cruise.

  Explore the savannah of Queen Elizabeth national park in the Kasenyi sector with chances to spot the big cats like lions, leopards, hyenas in their dens plus the grazers that come out from their roosting places to graze like elephants, buffaloes, hippos, warthogs, antelopes among others, later drive to the salt lake to see how salt is mined and also get a chance to see the immigrant flamingoes on the shores during their migrating season. After lunch you will go for a 2 hour boat cruise on the Kazinga channel a home to the large sums of hippos resting in the waters, crocodiles plus elephants, buffaloes on the shores. You also spot a number of water loving birds like cormorants, jacanas, geese, fish eagle, kingfishers and many more. OVERNIGHT AT PUMBA SAFARI COTTAGES.

• Day 7. Transfer to Kibale national park and afternoon chimpanzee trekking.

   After breakfast depart for a 4 hour drive to Kibale national park where you will pass through the Kasenda crater lakes with beautiful scenic nature best for photography as you continue to the lodge for lunch and then after lunch and then after lunch.  After lunch go for an afternoon chimpanzee trekking that starts with a short briefing at Kanyanchu headquarters and then after you are guided by a ranger guide to go trek the chimpanzee. You will also get a chance to spot other primates, animals and forest birds and then after drive to the lodge for dinner and a night. OVERNIGHT AT NKURUBA LODGE 

• Day 8. Bigodi swamp walk and transfer to Hoima town.

  After breakfast you will go for an early morning Bigodi swamp walk, the swamp is known to be a home to many primates like red colobus, red tailed monkey, vavet monkey, black and white colobus plus a number of forest birds like the great blue turaco, hornbills and gonoleks among others and after drive for about 7 hours to Hoima town to shorten the journey. On the way you pass through the local markets, tea plantations, local villages reaching Hoima town in evening hours for a night. OVERNIGHT AT KONTIKI HOTEL.

• Day 9. Transfer to Murchison falls national park and afternoon game drive.

  Transfer to the north western Uganda to Murchison falls national park with a drive of about 5 hours with a target to in the time for lunch and then after lunch go an afternoon game drive to explore the savannah of Murchison falls national park, you drive through the designed tracks of the park like the Victoria track, Queens track, Albert track giving chances to spot the big cats hunting like lions, leopards, hyenas, jackals plus other animals coming out to graze like elephants, buffaloes, giraffes, heartbeest, oribis among others and a variety of bird species like turaco, hornbills, starlings, sunbirds, weavers, eagles and then after drive to the lodge for a night. OVERNIGHT AT HORNBILL BUSH LODGE.

• Day 10. Morning game drive and afternoon boat cruise.

  Go for an early morning safari to search for the cats within their hunting den since it’s the best time to spot the cats like lions, leopards, hyenas, jackals plus the herbivores coming out to graze like elephants, buffaloes, hippos, antelopes, warthogs, plus bird species like horn bill, starlings, weavers, eagles, sunbirds, and hawks among other species. After lunch you will go for a 3 hour boat cruise to the bottom of the falls with chances to spot the water loving animals like hippos, crocodiles, lizards, elephants and buffaloes along the banks plus a number aquatic birds like cormorants, fish eagle, kingfishers, jacanas etc.  OVERNIGHT AT HORNBILL BUSH LODGE.

• Day 11.Transfer to Entebbe via Rhino sanctuary for Rhino trekking.

  Depart from the park and transfer to Entebbe, on your way you will visit the top of the falls with cool breathing scenic nature best for photography and then continue with you journey passing via the Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary for Rhino trekking and have lunch there and after drive heading to the Entebbe reaching the lodge in the evening hours. OVERNIGHT AT EXPRESS VIEW INN

• Day 12. Kampala City tour and transfer to the Airport for flight

  Your driver picks you from your hotel in Entebbe and you set off to the capital of Uganda ‘Kampala’ for the city tour, here you get chances to visit the historical and cultural sites like independence monument, Kabaka’s palace, Gadhafi’s Mosque as you also enjoy the city environment with millions of people of different cultures and then after drive to the Airport for flight.

WHATS IS INCLUDED

Below is a list of what is included in the price of this trip.

• Ground transport
• Park entrance
• Bottled water in the safari vehicle
• Full board accommodation
• Service of English speaking driver guide
• All mentioned activities except for the optional ones

WHATS IS NOT INCLUDED

Below is a list of what is not included in he price of the trip.

• Extras at the accommodation i.e. drinks, telephone, laundry
• Tips to porters and driver/guide
• Insurance .

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WELCOME TO LIGHT OF KAZINGA ORPHANAGE UGANDA

• Every trip a client confirms with us, he or she has directly supported an orphan since we take 10$ from our sales directly to the orphanage we support.
• we support LIGHTS OF KAZINGA ORPHANAGE. Its an orphanage deep in kyambura village just at the edge of Queen Elizabeth national park and we normally take our clients to the orphanage to have an interaction with these disadvantaged children, you could even participate to take part in some activities such as pedal sew, weave baskets, dance, sing and drum.
• You can support an orphan more if you buy some of crafts these kids produce them selves, Tshirts and other things.
• you can also decide to sponsor a child to go to school and by doing this, you will have given a good life to the the child for the rest of his/her life.
• The money that we get is used to directly support these orphans by paying school fees, buying scholastic materials, food, building a home for them.