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English

14 DAYS MAGICAL UGANDA SAFARI

14 DAYS MAGICAL UGANDA SAFARI HIGHLIGHTS $3975 PER PERSON
Starts/Ends: Entebbe, Uganda
Country Visited: Uganda
Main Activities: Game Drives, Boat Rides, Hiking, Chimps Trekking, Gorilla
Trekking, Scenic Viewing and culture.
Strength Demand: Moderately Demanding
14 Day Highlights Uganda Safari
Route: Entebbe – Murchison – Kibale – Queen – Bunyonyi – Bwindi – Jinja –
Entebbe
Safari Highlights
 The awesome and exciting experience of spending time with the Gorillas and
watching them at close range as they feed, play and relax.
 The thrill of trekking the wild but habituated chimpanzees and other primates in
their natural environment
 Enjoying game drives and boat cruises in Queen Elizabeth and Murchison Falls
National Parks.
 A visit to the source of the Nile River at Jinja to see the spot where the Mighty
River Nile begins its 6,700 Km journey through Sudan and Egypt into the
Mediterranean Sea.
 An opportunity to indulge in water sports such as white water rafting and
kayaking at the world famous Bujagali & Itanda Falls along the Nile River as well
as bungee jumping at the Source of the Nile
 An encounter with the Batwa (former forest dwellers) for a demonstration of their
former hunting and trapping techniques, and how to make ointments from native
plants to cure all manner of ailments.
 A visit to a Batwa home to see the traditional huts used for grinding millet,
cooking over an open fire and distilling local potent gin (Waragi)
 Hiking the volcanic mountains topped with beautiful crater lakes and enjoying
the spectacular scenic view of the Virunga mountain ranges
 The rare treat at the beautifully created Lake Bunyonyi where you will enjoy cool
canoe rides as you spot splendid varieties of birds and wildlife; marvel at
spectacular scenic views and experience native cultural exposures.
 An opportunity to stand in two hemispheres at the Equator for memorable
 photos.
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 DETAILED ITINERARY
 Day 1: Arrival in Uganda
 You will be met at the airport by our safari guide who will transfer you to the
hotel reserved for you in Kampala. Dinner and overnight will be at this hotel.
 Accommodation options:
Midrange: Shangri-La Hotel Kampala
Meal Plan: Breakfast only
 Day 2: Travel to Murchison Falls National Park (5-6hrs)

 The 14 Day Highlights Uganda Safari starts with an early breakfast and drive
to Murchison Falls National Park via the Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary where you will
have the opportunity to trek the Rhinos. The sanctuary houses Uganda’s
Rhino reintroduction project. There are 9 white rhinos and tracking is done on
foot for 1 and half hours. You will continue to Masindi Town for lunch and later
drive to Murchison Falls National Park. The entire journey takes 6-7 hours.
You will have dinner and overnight at the lodge of your booking.
 Accommodation Options:
Midrange: Fort Murchison (in rooms)/ Murchison River Lodge
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
 Day 3: Game drive and Boat launch on the Nile
 You will have an early start (6.30am) and set off at for a sunrise game drive in
the Nyamsika plateau to see the Cape buffaloes, Rothschild’s giraffes,
Uganda kob, hartebeest and waterbucks. You may also spot oribi, bushbuck,
Bohor reedbuck, shy sitatunga, bush duiker, warthog and bush pig plus large
carnivores including lions, leopards and spotted hyenas.
 Chimpanzees and olive baboons head the list of six species of primates found
in the park. Crocodiles and hippos will be seen along the banks of the Nile.
Some of the more common birds that can be seen include goliath heron,
Egyptian geese, pelican, bee-eaters, kingfishers, hornbill, cormorant, saddle-
bill stork and the rare shoebill stork.
 You will return to your lodge for a late breakfast and some relaxation before
you set off in the afternoon for a boat cruise on the placid Victoria Nile,
upstream, to the base of the falls. En route you will see hippos, crocodiles,
water buck and a wide variety of birds like the unusual shoebill stork. The boat
stops just tens of meters from the “Devil’s Cauldron” for pictures to be taken of
the photogenic and majestic Murchison Falls.

Accommodation Options:
Midrange: Fort Murchison (in rooms)/ Murchison River Lodge
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 4: Visit to the top of the fall and travel to Kibale Forest
National Park
You will after your breakfast visit the “top of the thunderous Murchison falls”, where
you will observe the River Nile squeezing itself in a 7-meter gorge before tumbling 40
meters down in a thunderous explosion and then flows down into a very peaceful
river whose water banks are swarmed with a profusion of water and land animals as
well as birds.
You will thereafter set off on a 9 hour journey to Kibale Forest National Park. The
drive is through verdant countryside dotted with traditional homesteads and farms
and via the towns of Hoima and Fort Portal which rests in the shadow of the fabled
Mountains of the Moon. You will have dinner and overnight at the lodge of your
booking.
Accommodation options:
Midrange: Kibale Forest Camp/ Mountains of the Moon Hotel
Travellers Hotel
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 5: Chimp tracking and nature walk in Kibale Forest
After breakfast you will report at the Kanyanchu Tourist Centre at 08.00 am for a
briefing on the rules of chimpanzee tracking. Kibale Forest National Park has the
greatest variety and highest concentration of primates in East Africa. The most
famous of its 13 species is the Chimpanzee, a very delightful ape.
The trek takes 2-3 hours and it will provide you with the opportunity to see a variety
of other primates and animals as well as birds, and a variety of butterflies. You will
return to the lodge for lunch and in the afternoon go for a nature walk in the Bigodi
Wetland to see a variety of birds and monkey species. You will have dinner and
overnight at your lodge.
Accommodation options:
Midrange: Kibale Forest Camp/ Mountains of the Moon Hotel
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 6: Game drive and boat cruise in Queen Elizabeth National
Park
After your morning breakfast, you will have an early morning Game drive where you
will see the lion, leopard, giant forest hog, Cape buffalo, elephant, defassa
waterbuck, Uganda Kob, topi and bushbuck among others. You will return to your
lodge for lunch and in the afternoon go for a 2-hour boat cruise on the Kazinga
Channel.
It is a 42kms channel that joins Lake Edward and Lake George. This trip passes
through possibly the highest concentration of hippos and offers an excellent platform
for photography, bird watching and game viewing. The prolific bird life is colourful,
with well over 550 resident species.
Dinner and overnight will be spent at your reserved lodge.
Accommodation options:
Mid-range: Ihamba Safari Lodge/ Bush Lodge / Buffalo Safari Resort / Enganzi
Lodge
Day 7: Game Drive and travel to Lake Bunyonyi
You will wake up early for a morning game drive in the park during which you will see
Lions, Elephants, Topis, Leopards, Bush bucks, Cape Buffaloes, Defassa
Waterbucks, Giant Forest Hogs, Uganda Kobs, among others. You will return to your
lodge for a late breakfast after which you will travel to Lake Bunyonyi.
The lake lies close to the border with Rwanda, and is said to be one of the most
beautiful places in western Uganda. It is the second deepest lake in Africa and also
one of the few places in the country where it is considered safe to swim as it is
bilharzias free. The journey takes 6-7 hours and you will have your lunch enroute.
Dinner and overnight will be at one of the many lodges near the lake.
Accommodation options:
Midrange: Bird’s Nest
Day 8: Canoeing and hiking on Lake Bunyonyi
This morning you can choose to either have a canoe-ride on the lake or a walk
through the surrounding hills. The landscape around the lake is made up of steep

slopes covered with lush green vegetation protruding from the water’s
edge. Bunyonyi means “place of little birds” and as the name suggests, there is
plenty of bird life around the lake.
You can get to know the seven islands, visit the local families and admire views of
volcanoes. In the afternoon you will drive to Kisoro in the south-western part of
Uganda; close to the borders with Rwanda and Congo. You will go through a
beautiful part of the country often referred to as ‘the Switzerland of Africa’.
You will see a great country-side, bamboo forests and have great views of the
Virunga Mountains and if it is a Monday or Thursday you will see a large colourful
market in Kisoro. You will have dinner and overnight at the lodge of your booking.
Accommodation options:
Mid-range: Silverback Lodge / Nkuringo Gorilla Camp/ Gorilla Mist Camp
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 9: Gorilla trekking in Bwindi
The ninth day of the 14 Day Highlights Uganda Safari begins with an early morning
breakfast and move to the Park headquarters to join other trackers in a briefing
about the gorilla trekking rules at 7:45 am. You will trek through thick creepers and
undergrowth with your guides to find the Gorillas, which can take you 2-8 hours.
The steeply forested landscape is incredibly dense but crisscrossed by numerous
animal trails allowing access by tourists. You will have one hour to stay with the
Gorillas once sited before returning to your lodge to rest. You will have dinner and
overnight at the lodge of your booking.
Accommodation options:
Mid-range: Silverback Lodge / Nkuringo Gorilla Camp/ Gorilla Mist Camp
Meal plan: breakfast, lunch and dinner
Day 10: Cultural Village Walk
You will, after breakfast, go for a guided 3-5 hour community walk through the farms
and villages of the Bufumbira and Bakiga tribes to experience the livelihoods of
these local communities.
You will visit a traditional herbalist to see how he prepares native medicine to treat a
wide array of human sicknesses, see how local beer is brewed using local methods
and be entertained by the traditional dances offered by the local community
entertainment groups. You will have dinner and overnight at the lodge of your
booking.
Accommodation options:
Mid-range: Silverback Lodge / Nkuringo Gorilla Camp/ Gorilla Mist Camp
/Buhoma Community Campground
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 11: Game drive in the Mburo Park and boat cruise on the
Lake

You will have an early breakfast and travel to Lake Mburo National Park centered on
a series of swamp-fringed lakes rich in bird life while its green acacia woodland
harbors wildlife like the Zebra, warthog, Elands, Impala among others.
You will have lunch in Mbarara town and continue the drive to the park. In the
afternoon you will go for a 2 hour boat ride on Lake Mburo and get quite close to the
water animals that include crocodiles and hippos. You will have dinner and overnight
at the lodge of your booking.
Day 12: Travel to Kampala
On the twelfth day we make a u-turn from Western Uganda back to the city, the
journey an adventure on its own. You will after breakfast go for a tour of the park on
foot with an experienced game ranger who will explain to you which animals have
left behind footprints and droppings and how long ago.
Mburo is one of the two parks in Uganda where it is permitted to go for tour on foot.
You will after the game walk return to the lodge for lunch and later set off on your
return journey to Kampala. You will have a stopover at the Equator where you will
have an opportunity to stand in two hemispheres at the same time and take some
photos.
You will have another stopover at the Mpigi Royal Drum Makers centre where you
will be able to watch the ceremonial drums being crafted using traditional methods
passed down through the generations. You will arrive in Kampala in the late
afternoon.
Dinner and overnight will be at the hotel of your booking.
Accommodation options:
Midrange: Shangri-La Hotel Kampala
Meal Plan: Breakfast only
Day 13: Transfer to Jinja
We leave early in the morning and head to Jinja to visit the source of the Nile and to
enjoy some of the adventurous activities whose options include white water rafting,
jet boating, horse riding, mountain biking, quad biking or bungee jumping.
Enroute, you will have a stopover at the Equator where you will have an opportunity
to stand in two hemispheres at the same time and take some photos. You will arrive
in the late afternoon and relax at the hotel of your booking till dinner and overnight.
Accommodation options:
Midrange: Gately Jinja Guest House / 2 Friends Guest house
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 14: Adventure on the Nile
On the other side of Uganda, our 14 Day Highlights Uganda Safari continues in
Eastern Uganda.
You will, after breakfast, go for the adventurous white water rafting on the Nile River.
The rafting begins at the Source of the Nile at 09:30am with a comprehensive
briefing and being fitted with the rafting gear. The rafting is done on an 18 Km stretch
of the Nile River and no prior experience of rafting is required.

The first few rapids are of low grade (1, 2) to build the confidence of the participants
before guiding them gradually into the more challenging grades. A total of eight
major rapids are rafted to maximize the adrenaline rush of this adventure.
You will, after the rafting adventure, be treated to a barbecue lunch and drinks before
returning to Kampala for your late departure flight or retire to a hotel of your booking
for a well-deserved rest and that ends the adventurous 14 Day Uganda Total Safari.
Accommodation options:
Midrange: Shangri-La Hotel Kampala
Meal Plan: Breakfast only
Price includes:
 Transportation in a land cruiser/super custom with pop up roof.
 Accommodation and meals as per the itinerary
 Igongo cultural village visit
 Boat ride to the source of the Nile
 Sipi falls hike
 Volcano hike in Mgahinga
 Boat trip in Bunyonyi
 One Gorilla permit per person to be secured and paid for in advance
 Park fees
 Kibale Chimpanzee Permits
 Kyambura Walk
 Boat trips Murchison and Queen Elizabeth
 Game drives
 Community visits
 Services of English-speaking Driver/guide
Excluded
International Flights & Air tickets, personal travel insurance, visa fees, drinks,
cigarettes, tips, souvenirs and any other items of a personal nature.