Highlights
- Budongo Forest, Murchison Falls
-
Kibale Forest National park , Bigodi wetland sanctuary and chimp
tracking.
- Queen Elizabeth National Park
- Semuliki National park
- Bwindi Forest Bird watching and Gorillas tracking
- A boat safari in Kazinga Channel
- Kyambura Gorge, Chimp Tracking
- Lake Bunyonyi
Itinerary
Day 1: Welcome to Uganda! By our company representative and Drive
to Murchison falls Hopefully, your flight is scheduled for an
early (not past noon) landing in Entebbe international Airport.
Day 2: After early morning breakfast drive to Budongo Forest and
begin your bird safaris.
Day 3 & 4: Budongo Forest and Game drive and boat safari in
Murchison Falls National Park as you expect over 450 species. Take
a stopover for a 'leg stretch' which may reveal Olive bellied
Bronze and Copper Sun birds, Compact Weaver, Dark Chanting
Goshawk, Saddle billed Stork and any others. park as we bird to
the Top of the mighty falls were they drop 45 meters and forces
its way through a 7 meter fissure. Rock Pranticoles, a mixed flock
of swifts, Africa Pied Wagtail, reptiles such as Red headed Agama
continue birding to your accommodation as you wait for Dinner and
Overnight.
Day 5 & 6: Hoima & Fort Portal
Day 7: Semuliki National Park: It's an eastern extension of the
vast Ituri forest in Democratic Republic of Congo. It forms part
of the forest continuum resulting out of the climatic upheavals of
the Pleistocene and therefore one of the richest areas for both
flora and fauna in Africa especially birds.
Day 8: Kibale Forest National Park Kibale Forest,National Park is
located just east of the Ruwenzori Mountains, near the town of
Fort Portal. Chimpanzee tracking is excellent thanks to several
walking trails and a large number of resident Chimp families in
the forest. There is also a wonderfully diverse concentration of
other primates (of any forest in East Africa in fact), including:
Red Colobus, Red-tailed Guenon, White-nosed Monkey, Gray-cheeked
Mangabey, Blue Monkey, L'Hoest's Monkey, and the Black and White
Colobus Monkey. In addition, you may see Olive Baboons, Bush
Babies and Nocturnal Pottos, as these animals have been the
subject of long-term research projects, and so they are used to
human presence.
Day 9 & 10: Queen Elizabeth National Park: game drive & boat
safari on Kazinga Channel. the park’s magnificent vistas include
dozens of enormous craters carved dramatically into rolling green
hills, panoramic views of the Kazinga chennal with its banks lined
elephants, and the endless Ishasha plains, whose fig trees hide
lions ready to pounce on herds of unsuspecting Uganda kob and
chimpanzee tracking at Kyambura gorge.
Day 11 & 12: Gorilla Tracking in Bwindi Impenetrable National
Park Is the Bird watcher's paradise! It holds 348 species of birds
and contains 90% of all Albertine rift Endemic such as; the
Short-tailed Warbler, Rusty-faced woodland Warbler, Bar-tailed
Trogon, Gruel's Rush Warbler, Wilcock's Honey-guide, Yellow-eyed
black Fly-catcher, Kivu Ground Thrush, Dusky Crimson Wing,
White-tailed Blue Monarch among others, difficult or impossible to
see in any other part of East Africa. An optional visit of Batwa
Pigymes community areas can be arranged for interested parties
Day 13 & 14: Lake Bunyonyi and Echuya Forest, One can say all
kinds of things about Lake Bunyonyi in Uganda – how large it is,
how deep it is, how it was formed, what activities one can do on
and around the lake – but when you visit Lake Bunyonyi – all
those things dissipate into thin air – what you see is one of the
most beautiful lakes in Africa – Lake Bunyonyi – one is simply
awed by its mystical beauty as you see it snaking along the
Ugandan landscape, dotted by 29 islands of various shapes and
sizes, surrounded by a ring of terraced farms – their greenery
accenting this mystical lake like a lovely frame.Lake Bunyonyi –
meaning the “place of little birds” is a restorative place, a
place of solace, of rest, of quietness, of reflection.
Day 14: After an early breakfast, you will drive to Lake Mburo
National Park and enter the Park through the Nshara Gate. The
afternoon game drive will take you along the lakeshore track, and
with its own system of game trails and cleared walkways, the
"Kigambara Loop" offers interesting guided lakeside walks. Here
you can find herds of zebra, cape buffalo and eland, and Pribi and
topi are easy to approach. Along with the game drive, many
visitors also enjoy a boat trip on Lake Mburo and self-guided
nature trails. Bird watchers will enjoy more than 250 species of
birds found in Lake Mburo including Papyrus Gonoleks, Brown-faced
Lapwings, Carruther's Cisticolas, the extraordinary White winged
Warbler and Bare-Faced Go-away bird.
Day 15 & 16: Mabamba swamps another special bird area with a
population of Shoebills. Most of the birding here is done canoeing
and other species to be seen may include; Goliath, Purple, long
Toed Plover, African water Rail, Grey and Black Headed Herons,
Squacco Heron, Pygmy Goose, Yellow Billed Duck, Black Crake, White
Faced Whistling Duck, Swamp Moorhen, Allen's Gallinule, African
Jacana etc Sitatunga Antelope (swamp Antelope) and many more.
Connect to Kampala stop by another swamp which may reveal Yellow
Crowned Bishop, Papyrus Gonolek, Weyns Weaver, White winged Warble
and lastly Entebbe for your flight back
Day 17: After your early morning breakfast transferred to Entebbe
international airpoert for your flight back
Inclusions
Transport in a 4wd mini bus with pop-up roof for excellent game
viewing (or upgrade, see ‘Transport').
All fuel for the tour
English speaking Ugandan driver/guide.
Accommodation as listed in the program
Meals according to the program.
Park entrance fees
All activities described in the itinerary.
1 Gorilla permit per person ( USD 700).
A bottle of water on safaris
Exclusions
International air fares.
Entry visa Uganda.
Meals that are not part of your accommodation.
A porter for during the gorilla tracking's (someone who carries
your daypack)
Personal (medical/travel) insurance
Tips and gratuities to rangers, driver/guide, porter, hotel staff,
etc.
All expenses of personal nature (e.g. drinks, laundry, optional
activities, souvenirs etc.)