Kidepo Valley, Murchison Falls, Kibale Forest, Queen Elizabeth, Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Parks, and Nshenyi Cultural Village
Overview
Kidepo Valley, Murchison Falls, Kibale Forest, Queen Elizabeth, Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Parks, and Nshenyi Cultural Village
Highlights
Itinerary
Meet and greet by your driver guide and proceed to accommodation 7 minutes away from the airport.
Dinner and Overnight at Airport Link Guest House ( Bed and Breakfast)
Today we embark on a whole day drive to kidepo Valley National Park, making stopovers for lunch and anything exciting along the way.
Dinner and overnight at Kidepo Savannah Lodge ( Full Board).
After breakfast, you will head out for a safari looking out for mammals like the graceful Giraffe, Uganda Kob, Defassa Waterbuck, Buffaloes, Elephants, Warthog, and when lucky a Lion and Cheeta among others.
Dinner and overnight at Kidepo Savannah Lodge ( Full Board).
The Karamajong are Nilotic people who are commonly pastoralists with Kalengin roots. Today you will visit their manyattas (small Villages) and get to see how they live in the houses where you have to bend to enter through a small entrance. You will also enjoy their traditional dance, which involves high jumping. This will be one of the highlights of your time in Uganda.
Dinner and overnight at Kideop Savannah Lodge ( Full Board).
Today, we head to Murchison Falls National Park, driving along scenic rocky hills, small towns, and several roadside markets. We will be arriving at our destination late in the evening.
Dinner and overnight at Pakuba Safari Lodge( Full Board)
After Breakfast; proceed for a game drive with your packed lunch. After lunch, you will go for the boat trip up to the bottom of the falls and it is possible to view hundreds of hippos, crocodiles, and a variety of bird life. Look out for game like the graceful Roth child Giraffe, Jackson’s Hartebeest, Uganda Kob, Bushbuck, Defassa Waterbuck, Buffaloes, Elephants, Warthog, Oribi, when lucky, a leopard, and Lion among others.
Dinner and overnight at Pakuba Safari Lodge ( Full Board)
After breakfast, drive southwards to the Kibale area in Toro Kingdom. The drive will take you through Hoima, Kagadi, and Kyenjojo among other places.
Dinner and overnight at Chimpanzee Guest House( Full Board)
Kibale National Park is one of the rainforests in Uganda and is famous for its primates and chimp tracking. t is home to 13 primate species making it the number one protected area with the biggest primate numbers on the African continent. These primates include Chimpanzees, Red Colobus, Black and white Colobus, Red-tailed Monkeys, Grey-cheeked Mangabey, among others.
While here you can choose to go for a community cultural walk and learn more about the way of life of the indigenous Batoro tribe like iron smelting, traditional medicines, and basket weaving, to mention but a few.
Dinner and Overnight at Enganzi Game Lodge.
Queen Elizabeth National Park is the second largest national park covering an area of 1978 sq. km.
A cup of tea or coffee and a muffin at 6:15 am in the lounge and set off for a safari with our packed lunches. In the afternoon, go for a boat trip on the Kazinga Channel to see a variety of wildlife, including hundreds of hippos, crocodiles, and bird life from a boat for two hours. Look out for mammals like Uganda Kob, Bushbuck, Defassa Waterbuck, Buffaloes, Elephants, Warthog, and, when lucky, a leopard, spotted Hyena, and Lion among others.
Dinner and Overnight at Enganzi Game Lodge ( Full Board).
After breakfast and with our packed lunches, we will head to Bwindi as you are enjoying the view of the spectacular hills in the southwestern region of Uganda. We will make stop overs for anything exciting that we come across and on arrival head out for the Batwa walk where you will learn about the way of life and culture of the indigenous people like how they used to hunt for food, cook it, make fire and enjoy their cultural dances among other activities.
Dinner and Overnight at Buhoma Community Lodge ( Full Board).
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is one of nature's unspoiled National Parks found in southwestern Uganda, covering an area of 331 sq. km. Bwindi Impenetrable National Park has vast diversity of mammal and bird species and a home to several endangered wildlife species. Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is home to half the world's rare apes the Mountain Gorillas. Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is the only protected area in the world where Mountain Gorillas and Chimpanzees live together.
After an early breakfast, start gorilla tracking at 8:00 a.m. in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest. We recommend you wear good walking shoes and carry good rain gear and enough drinking water. Trekking can be tough and challenging, so we trust you are in reasonably fit condition. You will carry a picnic lunch with you into the forest and you will be thrilled to have seen these rare primates (no guarantee) and the return journey could be easier.
Alternatively, you can go for a nature walk and enjoy the various breathtaking waterfalls in this dense forest and the plant life.
Dinner and Overnight at Buhoma Community Lodge ( Full Board).
Long drive to Bushenyi district, and the final destination will be Nshenyi cultural village, home to the Banyankole tribe, located in the southwest of Uganda. These people are mainly pastoralists with lots of Long-horned Ankole cows and peasant farmers. We will arrive in the late afternoon and then get familiar with their ways of living.
Dinner and Overnight in the Nshenyi Bandas (Full Board).
Here you will experience Agro-Tourism from the Cultural perspective of the Banyankore people. Activities here include milking cows, harvesting honey, milk processing, participating in tree planting, nature walks, and cultural dance entertainment.
Dinner and Overnight at the Nshenyi Bandas (Full Board)
Uganda is gifted by nature, and so you will be able to enjoy the beautiful scenery with a stop at the Equator, where you will have a photographic opportunity at the point where the Equator line crosses Uganda. We will stop for anything exciting getting to Entebbe in the late afternoon.
Dinner and Overnight at Airport Link Guest House ( Full Board).
Today you will transfer to Entebbe International Airport in time for your flight.