Travel along the Nile River to track Lions, Elephants, Buffaloes, and Leopards
8 Days
$3500
$3,500.00
After a morning breakfast, you will leave Kampala for Murchison falls national park through the famous Luwero triangle with a lunch stop over at Masindi hotel. The whole travel will take you approximately 7-8 hours to reach the top of the falls where you will stop for photography and viewing. It’s here that river Nile the world’s longest river is forced through a narrow gorge in the rock only 7 meters wide, before ferociously
plunging down 43 meters to the rocks below. Dinner and overnight stay at Paraa Safari Lodge / Nile Safari Camp / Red chill Camp.
Early morning at sunrise, we make our way into the world famous MFNP for a half day game drive in search for the wildlife wonders Africa offers her visitors in this unspoiled land where big game still roam freely. We might even spot some of the Big Five – Lion, Elephant, Buffalo, and Leopard. Other animals include; Rothschild’s Giraffe, Hyena, hartebeests, oribis, Uganda kobs, and chimpanzees among others.
After lunch, proceed for a boat trip to the bottom of the Falls along river Nile. The Nile itself hosts one of Africa’s densest hippos and crocodile populations, and a dazzling variety of water birds such as the African Fish Eagle, African Skimmer and the rare shoebill stork which can easily be seen at the banks of the river. Other bird species that can be seen include Silver Bird, Grey-crowned Crane, Goliath Heron, Black-headed Gonolek, Green-winged, Long-toed Plover, Saddle-billed Stork, Spotted and Verreaux’s Owls. Dinner and overnight in Paraa Safari Lodge / Nile Safari Lodge / Red Chill Camp.
Early morning head to Budongo forest (known for a diversity of ecology) for chimp trekking. See our closest relatives (800 chimps’ population) and see what you can learn from them. There are also other primates such as the vervet monkeys, blue and red tailed monkey, black and white colobus and baboons. In the evening we head south to Kibale national park about 4hrs. Check in at Mountains of the Moon Hotel.
Early morning after taking a cup of tea, you will proceed to Kanyanchu to track chimps and other primates within the forest. Compare and contrast between the chimp’s behavior and humans and discover a lot! Also check out the grey checked monkeys, L’Hoest monkey, red-tailed monkey and the vervet monkeys. In the afternoon, proceed for a nature walk to Bigodi ecotourism site (Swamp), see a variety of bird species, primates and many antelopes. Overnight at the lodge.
Morning visit to ‘Amabeere ga nyina mwiru’ cultural site, Toro King’s palace and Karambi tombs / traditional healers, lunch in Fort portal and then transfer to Queen Elizabeth national park (4 hours) while keeping your out for a variety of game during the evening game drive. Overnight at Mweya safari lodge / Hippo Hill Lodge / Simba safari camp.
In the morning after eating, go for a morning game drive in the Kasenyi plains which is such an exciting adventure. Here you may see the dark and hairy forest giant hogs, leopards, warthogs, large herds of elephants, Defassa waterbuck, and bush baby. Later you go for a launch trip on the Kazinga channel. You will be rewarded with views of the lakes Edward and George, Hippos, yawning crocodiles, several water birds like cormorants and flamingos among the rest.
Morning breakfast at the lodge and hit the road to Lake Mburo National park. Arrive in time for lunch and embark on a boat ride to explore the beauty of the lake, retire for dinner and overnight at Arcadia Cottages / Lake View Hotel Mbarara.
Wake early for a game drive in search for acacia related animals like Zebras, Oribs, Kobs, statungas and many bird species, retire for late breakfast and proceed back to Kampala with enroute stop at the equator for photographs, arrive in Kampala by afternoon.
