14 days Best of Uganda safari adventure
Best of Uganda safari adventure
The 14 Days Uganda Safari will provide you with the best opportunity to experience Uganda’s incredible wildlife diversity, which includes the big five and plenty of other animals that are evenly distributed across the nation’s various protected areas. A wide variety of habitats and ecosystems, all of which serve as homes to numerous wildlife species, are a gift to Uganda. These species serve as a paradigmatic example of the nation’s biodiversity, which is characterized by an estimated 18,783 different species of plants and animals. 50% of Africa’s bird diversity, or over 5,000 species, are found in the nation.
The nation is home to over 600 fish species, 350 mammals, 1091 plant species, 7 of Africa’s 18 plant kingdoms, 20 primate species (with the highest concentration of Mountain gorillas and chimpanzees), as well as lower animals, reptiles, amphibians, etc. It also has a variety of ecosystems that support lower animals, reptiles, amphibians, and amphibians.
It encompasses the vast savannahs, crater lakes, volcanoes, dense rainforests, RAMSAR sites, long rivers (like the Nile), and the enormous Lake Victoria, making it a tourist destination of unmatched splendor. When one chooses to see things through the eyes of Sir Winston Churchill, who dubbed the land as the pearl of Africa, one can thus fully appreciate the biodiversity of Uganda.
This 14 Day Best of Uganda Safari will therefore reward you as you get closer to wildlife and nature with a variety of forms. Starting with Murchison Falls National Park, Kibale National Park, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Lake Bunyonyi, and ending with Lake Mburo National Park, the safari takes you through some of Uganda’s National Parks.
The safari is planned to include a variety of outdoor activities, such as bird watching, chimp trekking, boat cruising, and gorilla trekking—the most notable activity in the legendary continent of Africa. One of the realities you will experience in Murchison Falls National Park is the idea of seeing animals in their natural habitats while enjoying a boat ride along the Nile river. Both the feeding and playing habits of mountain gorillas and the antics of tree climbing lions are impressive to witness. The main highlights will be game drives, cultural encounters, and trekking adventures.
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- Gorilla trekking permit
- Chimpanzee trekking permit
- Rhino tracking fees
- Park entrance fees
- Boat cruise fees
- Professional English speaking driver guide
- Full board accommodation
- Ground transfers (in a 4WD vehicle)
- Bottled drinking water
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- International air flight
- Visas and tickets
- Optional activities not included on the itinerary
- Life insurance
- Personal expenses like buying souvenirs, crafts, drinks, laundry services, hiring a porter, tips among others
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The 14 Days Uganda Safari will provide you with the best opportunity to experience Uganda's incredible wildlife diversity, which includes the big five and plenty of other animals that are evenly distributed across the nation's various protected areas. A wide variety of habitats and ecosystems, all of which serve as homes to numerous wildlife species, are a gift to Uganda.
Upon your arrival you will meet an African Safari Tour Holidays safari guide at the Entebbe International Airport holding a sign post with your names on it. After being welcomed, you will either be taken on a brief city tour of Kampala or Entebbe, depending on your arrival time, or you will be transferred to your designated lodging in Kampala or Entebbe for dinner and an overnight stay. If time permits you can have a city tour where you can visit places like the Kasubi tombs, the shrine of Namugongo Marty, the shores of Lake Victoria, the Uganda museum, and so forth.
Following breakfast, your safari guide will pick you up at your Kampala or Entebbe hotel and provide you with a quick breakdown of your tour itinerary. Later, you'll travel through Masindi and Luweero-Nakasongola to reach Murchison Falls National Park. You can make stops along the way at the Luweero Triangle and at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary for rhino tracking experience. You will arrive in Masindi Town in time for lunch. Proceed to the park after lunch, where you will visit the top of the falls. The Park’s most interesting section is this one. You can admire the beauty of the mighty Nile at the top of the falls, where its waters plunge 45 meters into a 7-meter-deep gorge, creating a thunderous roar. Following that experience you will depart for your lodge for dinner and overnight accommodation.
Today following breakfast in the early morning, you'll embark on a game drive in the park's northern region. The game drive will be rewarded with stunning views of the park's wildlife, including elephants, lions, leopards, buffaloes, antelopes like bush bucks and water bucks, kobs, warthogs, and others. Following lunch at your lodge, you'll head for a launch cruise along the Albert Nile. Watch for aquatic creatures like crocodiles along riverbanks, elephants drinking, hippos, and various bird species during the afternoon launch cruise.
On this day following breakfast you will depart for Kibale Forest National Park. The journey to the park will be rewarded with stunning scenery, especially of the massive Rwenzori Mountains in Kasese. You will have your lunch in Hoima city, while traveling in the amazing city you will pass by a variety of locals' homes, banana and tea plantations, and other agricultural fields. Following lunch in Hoima Town, you will travel to Fort Portal and arrive there in the evening. Transfer to the park for dinner and an overnight stay
On this day, breakfast will be provided before departing for a chimp tracking briefing at the park's headquarters led by Uganda Wildlife Authority ranger guides. You will receive instructions from the rangers on how to behave and how to move while in the forest. After that, you will enter the forest to begin searching for these amazing primate species. Because of a variety of traits they share with people, these great apes are referred to as man's closest animal species. While tracking chimpanzees you will encounter with other primates like white colobus monkeys, grey-checked mangabeys, red colobus, black-and-white colobus, Baboons, and various bird species like the great blue turacco, Africa pied king fisher, malkites, and so forth in the trees. After the hike, head back to the lodge for lunch before exploring the Bigodi Swamp in search of bird species that enjoy the water. The forest is well-known for having 13 different primates’ species, but it is also a bird watcher's paradise because of the nearby swamp.
Today you will depart Kibale Forest National Park for Queen Elizabeth National Park following an early morning breakfast. Various scenic vistas of the large moon mountains will be available along the way. A game drive on the way to the park will give you the opportunity to see various animals and their behavior at various times. Watch out for animals like Kobs, Koalas, Leopards, and Lions. You will have lunch at the park headquarters in Mweya when you arrive there in the late afternoon. Unwind while taking a quick tour of the neighborhood. In the late evening your safari guide will transfer you to your lodge where you will have dinner and overnight stay.
Following an early morning breakfast, you will go on a game drive in the Kasenyi sector of Queen Elizabeth national Park. During a game drive in the park, you can witness an array of stunning and varied fauna, such as warthogs, kobs, antelopes such as bush bucks and water bucks, buffaloes, lions, and leopards. As you wait for the afternoon launch cruise along the Kazinga, which is renowned as the region with the highest concentration of hippos in Africa, you will later return to your lodge for lunch. Views of the most well-known water-loving creatures, including crocodiles along riverbanks, elephants drinking from streams, hippos, and numerous bird species, will be your reward for taking the launch cruise. Following the launch excursion your safari guide will transfer you back to your lodging for dinner and overnight stay.
To find the early risers and animals you missed on your previous game drives, you will leave for an early morning game drive inside the park. In the Kyambura Gorge, you can go chimpanzee tracking as an alternative. After lunch, travel to Bwindi Park through the Ishasha region, which is renowned for its rare tree-climbing lions. Keep an eye out for the rare tree-climbing lions in the fig trees as you pass by the area.
After breakfast at the lodge, you will head to the park headquarters for a briefing from Uganda Wildlife Authority ranger guides. Following the briefing, the ranger will take you into the dense, impenetrable forest where you can begin your search for mountain gorillas. The gorilla search always starts where they were last observed the day before. You will only be permitted to interact with these well-known species for an hour, and you are required to maintain absolute silence at all times. You are permitted to take pictures, etc. Finding the gorillas can be a very exhausting experience because it can take anywhere from 3 to 8 hours. However, once you encounter these gorillas, you will quickly forget the difficulties you encountered in locating them and instead focus on the pleasant memories you will have.
After breakfast, you'll leave Bwindi impenetrable forest national park and travel to Kabale, which is sometimes referred to as the ‘’Switzerland of Africa’’ due to its stunning natural surroundings and temperate climate. After eating lunch in Kabale Town, you will travel to Lake Bunyonyi to unwind. Here is where you will have dinner and overnight accommodation.
After breakfast in the early morning, you'll go on a full-day boat tour around the lake to see a number of several small islands. The nearly 38 small islands in the lake were given their respective names based on the types of birds that live there. After lunch, you'll visit one of the Islands' pygmy villages for some entertainment. Following the visit to some of the amazing Islands you will be transferred to your lodging in the late evening for dinner and overnight stay.
After breakfast, you'll depart from Cold Kabale and make your way to Lake Mburo National Park. After eating lunch in Mbarara town, you'll drive a game drive through the Nshara gate to enter the park. Watch out for zebras, impalas, water and bush bucks, kobs, and other animals.
After breakfast early in the morning, head out for a game drive across the park to search for early avian species. Watch out for zebras, elephants, impalas, bushbucks, bush duikers, waterbucks, warthogs, and topis, among other animals. After relaxing at the lodge for a while, take a boat ride in the afternoon to look for animals that enjoy the water, like crocodiles and hippos. The lake is also home to numerous bird species, including the endangered shoe bill stork.
Following breakfast, you depart for a morning nature walk in the Rubanga forest before making your way back to Kampala. While traveling, you will stop briefly at the Equator toexplore water experiments and to stand where the two hemispheres begin. Continue traveling and stop again at Mpambire Drum Village, also known as Drum Making Village. In the afternoon, you will arrive in Kampala. You will be dropped off at your hotel in Entebbe or Kampala.
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