UGANDA SUPER SAFARI - 15 DAYS

Day 1: Arrival Arrival at Entebbe International Airport Meet your hotel Driver who will warmly welcome you and transfer you to your hotel.  *Accommodations: - Midrange Boma guesthouse *Meal Plan: Breakfast only *Travel Time: 15 mins from Airport

Murchison Falls

Day 3: Game Drive/ Launch Cruise Go for an early morning game drive on the Northern Bank of the Murchison Falls National Park. You may be able to view animals that are unique to the African Savannah like giraffe, elephant, antelope, lion, and the Uganda Kob. Return to the lodge for mid morning breakfast, as you relax to wait for Lunch. After lunch, you will go for a launch cruise on the Nile River. The cruise takes you to the Bottom of the roaring falls where you will see huge crocodiles, schools of hippos, buffaloes, elephants and a variety of water birds like herons, ducks, cormorants, bee-eaters, skimmers, kingfishers, fish eagle and the rare shoebill. *Accommodations: - Midrange Pakuba safari lodge *Meal Plan: Full Board (Breakfast, lunch & dinner)  

Kibale

Day 5: Chimpanzee Trekking / Bigodi walk A relatively early morning start, to report to the ranger station in Kibale National Park at 08.00am to track habituated chimps – these delightful apes, more closely related to humans than to any other living creature, are tremendous fun to watch as they squabble and play in fruiting trees. The incredibly diverse forest is home to over 13 species of primates including red Colobus monkey, the rare L’Hoest, blue monkey, grey mangabey, pottos, black faced vervet monkeys, baboons and also bush babies. A network of shady forest trails provides much to delight botanists and butterfly lovers, while birders are in for a treat with 335 species recorded including the endemic Prirogrine’s ground thrush. The elusive forest elephant, smaller and hairier that its savannah counterpart, moves seasonally into the developed part of the park, while other terrestrial mammals include buffalo, giant forest hog and a half dozen antelope species. After lunch, you will go for a guided walk in Bigodi Swamp to look for different bird species like the Shining Blue Kingfisher, Blue Throated Roller and other rare species and also find the fruiting trees, which attract Narina Trogon, Pied Hornbill, Yellow Spotted, Hairy Breasted and Yellow-Billed Barbets.  *Accommodations: - Midrange Primates Lodge Kibale (Cottage) *Meal Plan: Full Board (Breakfast, lunch & dinner)

Day 7: Game drive & Launch cruise Early morning wake up for the morning game drive to catch up with early risers and predators returning to their hideouts. During the game drive, you will be likely to meet grazing hippos, elephants, lions, spotted hyenas, bushbucks, water bucks, stripped jackal, leopard and of course the several warthogs. Return to the lodge for lunch and relax by the side of the swimming pool After lunch, take an afternoon boat trip along on Kazinga channel. This will give you the opportunity to view wildlife up close: hippo’s huff and spray mere feet away from the boat, buffalo linger in the shallows. The shores of the channel are also home to an array of birds including pink backed pelicans, pied and malachite kingfishers, saddle billed stork and many others. After this wonderful afternoon, a slow drive back to the lodge. *Accommodations: - Midrange Kyambura Game lodge *Meal Plan: Full Board (Breakfast, lunch & dinner)

Day 9: Gorilla trekking After an early breakfast and briefing from the guides, set off for the mountains gorilla tracking inside the Bwindi forest. You need to carry drinking water, rain jacket and jungle boots while the rangers will provide you with a walking stick. Gorilla tracking is one of the unique activities you will enjoy while photographing and observing the gorillas. After tracking, come back to the lodge and relax. OR: Should you have the energy this afternoon, you will go for a village walk and see how Ugandans live! *Accommodations: - Chameleon Hill Lodge OR Silverback Lodge *Meal Plan: Full Board (Breakfast, lunch & dinner) *Trekking Time: Unpredictable

Lake Mburo

Day 11: Transfer to Lake Mburo After Breakfast, drive to L. Mburo NP via Mbarara where you will have your lunch break. The Park contains a variety of attractions; it is dominated by extensive wetlands, rolling grassy hills, seasonal and permanent swamps, wooden savannah, and forests, which harbors a variety of plants and animal species. It is because of these diverse ecosystems that render the park to be one of the richest in bio diversity like Zebras, Elands, and Buffaloes, Impalas, Roam Antelopes, Leopards, Hyenas, Hippos, Bush bucks, and Klipspringer. The presence of the Lake within the park enables visitors to take a boat ride do sport fishing and see the Crocodiles, Pelicans, Shoebill stork, Hippos, Cormorants, Fish eagles, and a lot more. Evening boat trip inside Lake Mburo and see for yourself the Crocodile, Pelican, Hippo, Heron and the rare Shoebill stork. *Accommodations: - Midrange Rwakobo Rocks *Meal Plan: Full Board (Breakfast, lunch & dinner) *Travel Time: 3 hrs

Day 13: Half day Ngamba Island Visit After Breakfast, transfer to Entebbe for your 12:40 launch to Ngamba Island, home to 39 chimpanzees. Have an introduction and watch the chimps interact with each other and with their keepers.  You are there you will be able to see such different personalities amongst the group, with some whistling for food and others clapping.  Return to the mainland at 5:00pm and visit Entebbe Wildlife Education Centre (zoo).  If you have not managed to see the shoebill in the wild you are certain a sighting here, as well as rhino. You will return to the hotel. *Accommodations: - Midrange Boma guesthouse *Meal Plan: Bed & Breakfast *Travel Time: 1 hr (Kampala - Entebbe)