10 DAYS – WILD WEST UGANDA: (PJT 059)

On day two you will enjoy morning breakfast and drive to Murchison falls national park. It will take you around 6-7 hours from Kampala with about 305 km, with a stopover at the Zziwa rhino sanctuary for a rhino trek (Optional activity). After lunch at the Kabalega dinners, you will enter through Kichumbanyobo gate. Paraa covers about 85km from Masindi town by the shortest route. You will visit the top of the falls and then proceed to your pre-booked accommodation. (6-7Hrs Driving) On day three you will have an early morning breakfast and then go for a game drive where you will spot various animal species like elephants, giraffes, lions, Uganda Kobs among others. In the afternoon you will go for a launch cruise on the park’s main tourist attraction the unique Murchison Falls as well as the River Nile with its streaming hippo and serried ranges of crocodile along the sandbanks, as well as large numbers of different species getting down to drink & bathe. Dinner and overnight at the Murchison River Lodge – Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner

You will have breakfast and then drive to Kibale forest home of Chimpanzees via major towns like Hoima Kagadi, Kyenjojo and Fort –Portal. 5-6Hrs). You will arrive at your accommodation afternoon for lunch. After lunch you will check-in into your accommodation then after going for a swamp walk at the Bigodi wetland sanctuary. KAFRED was formed in Bigodi in 1992. The group is an official Community Based Organization (CBO) in Uganda. Its purpose is to protect the local environment while advancing health, education and economic growth in the wider local community. John Tinka of Bigodi is an original founder and the continuing Program Manager. The group’s emblem is the great blue turaco, a majestic bird found in the Bigodi Wetlands Sanctuary. Dinner and overnight stay Guereza Canopy Lodge – Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner

Drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park. The drive passes through Fort Portal and then south along the eastern length of The Rwenzori Mountains, with the hope of viewing the glaciated peaks. We gently descend into The Great African Rift Valley and Queen Elizabeth National Park and Mweya Lodge, situated on a peninsula overlooking Lake Edward and Kazinga Channel, offering beautiful views of the park with the Rwenzori Mountains in the background. Queen Elizabeth National Park resides in a fertile, equatorial area and has beautiful scenery. It is Uganda’s most popular and accessible savannah reserve, with a total area of 1978km². It is primarily associated with grassy savannah plains, but this impressive park also includes within its boundaries, leafy rainforests, dense papyrus swamps and natural volcanic crater lakes. As a result, it has one of the highest biodiversity ratings of any game reserve in the world, including a total of 95 recorded mammal species and more then 610 species of birds. In the afternoon, we will explore the park and its wonders on a game drive. Dinner and overnight Kasenyi Safari Camp – Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner

Game drives in Queen Elizabeth National Park including a launch trip of about two hours on the Kazinga Channel to view some of the largest concentration of hippo in the world {reported to be about 30,000} and other game with excellent birding. Queen Elizabeth National Park is one of best birding parks in Africa, with 560 + recorded species and a record of 296 bird species seen in one 24-hour period. Join A Research Team and Track the Majestic Lions Of QENP (Included In The Price) For visitors who yearn to get a closer look at African wildlife, while contributing to an important conservation program at the same time, a Lion Tracking research trip can be a rewarding adventure. This unique experience allows visitors to join a research team who track and monitor some of lions in the park though locator devices. The data collected will further the conservation program, while you get a unique and intimate insight into the lives and habits of these fascinating predators. The additional cost for this optional activity is USD 100 per person. Dinner and overnight at Kasenyi Safari Camp – Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner

After a relaxed breakfast, your guide will transfer you to the southern sector of queen Elizabeth, which is well known for the tree climbing lions and other wildlife like the spotted hyenas, Leopards, elephants (with large tasks), topi and different species of birds. Dinner & overnight at Enjojo – Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner

Early morning you will start your gorilla trek. Bwindi, a World Heritage Park, is home to just over half of the world’s last surviving mountain gorilla population of 880 individuals. Today’s trek can take from one to six hours, sometimes more, at elevations more than 2,270 m (7,500 ft) and over rough terrain. The area around Buhoma is an excellent place for watching primates and birds and you may catch a glimpse of the noisy but evasive Chimpanzees or the beautiful Horn bills and Turaco. The forest is home to 120 species of mammals, 346 species of birds, 202 species of butterflies, and 163 species of trees, making it one of the richest ecosystems in Africa. You will be allowed to stay in the presence of the gorillas for at least an hour before returning to your lodge. Dinner and overnight at Rushaga Gorilla Camp – Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner

Exit Bwindi and transfer to Lake Mburo National Park to arrive in time for the afternoon boat ride on the lake. Thereafter proceed for an evening game drive to end your day in adventurous manner. Estimated transit time is 6 hours). volcanoes’ slopes contain various ecosystems and are biologically diverse, and their peaks provide a striking backdrop to this gorgeous scenery. Dinner and overnight at Rwakobo Rock – Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner

Today, accompanied by an armed Ranger, take a morning safari walk, breakfast and an en-route game-drive as you exit the Park. You have a stopover at the Equator for photographs before proceeding to Entebbe for your departure flight. DATES All our trips run throughout the year let it be groups or Private since we have a special partnership with our service providers The bookings with the hotels mentioned in the program depend on availability. Reservations will only be made after your booking. In case the mentioned hotels are not available during the requested period, we will do our utmost best to book a hotel in the same class for you (of course we will only do this after consulting you). It is not possible to ‘reserve’ gorilla and chimpanzee permits. Therefore, we can only buy them after your booking and down-payment and also here it all depends on availability.