7 Day Primate and Wildlife Safari

Safari Highlights:

Murchison falls: Top of the falls, game drive, boat cruise,
Hoima, traditional farms and home steads, mountains of the moon,
Kibale forest: chimpanzee tracking
Queen Elizabeth: Game drive, Launch cruise,
Equator.

After breakfast, drive northwest through the famous Luwero triangle. Refuel at Masindi town and lunch at Masindi Hotel. Enter the park through the Kichumbanyobo gate, passing through the Budongo forest and driving straight to the Top of the Falls. You will watch with awe as river Nile compresses from 50 meters and squeezes through a narrow cleft of only 6 meters and then plunging with a thunderous roar creating a beautiful rainbow and a plume of spray. Cross to the northern bank for Dinner and overnight at Paraa safari lodge or Nile Safari/Sambiya river lodge/Red Chilli rest camp.

Our day begins with an early morning game drive. Here your guide will help you spot elephants, lions, Rothschild's giraffes, hartebeest waterbuck, oribi, hyena, Cape buffalo and sometimes leopard. After packed lunch, we go for a two-hour launch trip up stream the Victoria Nile to the base of the falls. On the 17 km stretch, you will see hippos yawning, crocodiles, elephants, waterbucks and Uganda kob. You will also be astonished at the vast number of bird species like king fisher, goliath heron, pelican bee-eater, Egyptian goose, hornbill and the rare shoebill stock. As the sun begins to dip, drive back to your lodge for dinner and overnight at Paraa safari lodge or Nile Safari/Sambiya river lodge/Red Chilli rest camp.

Day 03:Kibale forest (B, L, D)  

After a deeply reviving sleep, we are up early for breakfast and then drive all day to the south through Hoima, to Fort portal. All the way you will marvel at the verdant countryside, the traditional farms and homesteads. Fort portal rests in the shadow of the fabled “mountains of the moon”. Dinner and over night at Primate lodge Kibale or Ndali lodge/Nyina bulitwa country resort/ Chimpanzee guest house

Day 04:Kibale forest (B, L, D)  

Enter kibale forest early in the morning and spend half the day searching for chimpanzees and other primates in this mature hard wood forest, which is home to the highest diversity and number of primates in Africa. You will also be able to see a variety of birds and butterflies.
Back to the lodge for lunch.
In the afternoon, for the bird enthusiast go to Bigodi swamp for interesting swamp bird species.
Dinner and overnight at Primate lodge Kibale or Ndali lodge/Nyina bulitwa country resort/ Chimpanzee guest house

Day 05: Queen Elizabeth (B, L, D)  

After breakfast we follow the mystical mountain range of Rwenzori to Queen Elizabeth National Park. Enroute we shall be able to view elephant, lion, buffalo, and a variety of antelope species, hyenas. In the afternoon, cruise the Kazinga channel, which joins Lakes Edward and George. This trip passes through arguably the highest concentration of Hippos anywhere. You will see crocodiles and different bird species with over 606 species recorded. Dinner and overnight at Mweya safari lodge or Jacana safari lodge/ Hippo hill camp/Hostel.

Day 06: Queen Elizabeth (B, L, D)  

After breakfast go for a game drive with Rwenzori in the backdrop. This drive will be an opportunity for you to see Cape buffalo, lion, leopard, giant forest hog, Uganda kob, topi, and bushbuck. Dinner and over night stay at Mweya safari lodge or Jacana safari lodge/ Hippo hill camp/Hostel.

Drive back to Kampala with a stopover for lunch at Agip motel Mbarara. Drive on with another stop over at the Equator one of the several photographic stops along the way. Arrive in Kampala early evening with an indelible impression about Uganda.