After your early morning breakfast, you will be picked by an Otter African Safaris guide and
start your journey to Lake Mburo National Park in Kiruhura in Western Uganda. First stop will
be at the Equator in Kayabwe for memorable photos and the famous water experiment that
shows that earth is separated into the Northern and Southern Hemisphere and you will have
a chance to enjoy both the hemispheres. You will then continue to the park where you will
arrive in the afternoon where you will check in to the lodge and you will have lunch. After
lunch you will go for a boat cruise on Lake Mburo where you will see many mammal species
like crocodiles, hippos, and many bird species. After the boat cruise, you will have an
evening game drive where you will see many mammal species like Zebras, Kobs, Antelopes,
Water bucks, Giraffes, Warthogs, Bush Bucks and among others. After the evening game
drive and afternoon boat cruise you will return to the lodge for an overnight stay and dinner.
Accomodation; Mihingo Safari Lodge, Rwakobo Rock, Mpogo Safari Lodge/ Eagles Nest
Lodge
Meal Plan; Lunch and Dinner.
After your morning breakfast, the game rangers will take you for a guided walk to the salty
rocks at Rwonyo where animals are found licking salt. After that you will have a morning
game drive as you exit the park and set off to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. You will
have an en-route lunch as you continue your journey to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
with the amazing views of South Western Uganda. You will reach the lodge in Bwindi
Impenetrable National Park in the evening where you will check in the lodge and have
dinner.
Accommodation; Rushaga Gorilla Lodge, Bakiga Lodge, Buhoma Gorilla Camp.
Meal Plan; Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.
You will wake up early in the morning for breakfast and then report at the park headquarters
at 7:30am for a briefing about the dos and don’ts while with the gorillas. Remember to carry
your packed lunch and enough drinking water since you may stay in the forest up to
afternoon in search of these gentle giants in their natural environment. Gorilla tracking
exercise is physically demanding but an exciting activity! You may need to hire a porter to
assist you during tracking and these are readily available at the park headquarters. Time
allowed to spend with gorillas is 1 hour when you have found them and this is enough to ask
all the questions about their behaviour. Return to the lodge after tracking and freshen up. In
the evening, Batwa pygmies will be invited to entertain you with their dances, storytelling
after you have dinner and overnight. Dinner and overnight at your lodge.
Accommodation; Rushaga Gorilla Lodge, Bakiga Lodge, Buhoma Gorilla Camp.
Meal Plan; Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.
After your morning breakfast, you will check out of the lodge in Bwindi Impenetrable National
Park and Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park. You will enjoy a scenic drive filled with
the beautiful tea estates, crater lakes in Rubirizi as you approach Queen Elizabeth National
Park. You will have an en-route lunch and you will continue your journey to Queen Elizabeth
National. You will arrive at the lodge later in the afternoon and check in and you will go for an
evening game drive in the rolling plains of Kasenyi in Queen Elizabeth National Park and
you will see different types of mammals such as Elephants, Lions, Buffaloes, Kobs, Water
bucks, Bush bucks and so many more. You will return to the lodge for dinner and overnight
stay.
Accommodation; Simba Safari Camp, Katara Safari Lodge, Kikorongo Safari Lodge
Meal Plan; Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.
After your early morning breakfast, you will drive to Kalinzu forest reserve for Chimpanzee
Tracking. You will then report at the forest headquarters at 7:30am for briefing by the guides
about the dos and don’ts while with the chimpanzees. You will then embark on a trek for the
search of the chimpanzees and once you have spotted a group, you will spend one hour with
them observing their different behaviours and you will also spot other types primates in the
forest such as the white and black Colobus monkey, Red Tailed monkeys among others.
After the chimpanzee tracking experience you will be awarded a chimpanzee tracking
certificate and after you will return to the lodge for lunch. After lunch, you will go for a 2-hour
boat cruise trip on the Kazinga Channel which connects Lakes George and Edward and you
will surely be fascinated by the concentrations of giant hippos, buffaloes, elephants and
crocodiles among others . You will also see many varieties of birds at the water shores. You
will have dinner and overnight at the lodge .
Accommodation; Simba Safari Camp, Katara Safari Lodge, Kikorongo Safari Lodge
Meal Plan; Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.
Have your breakfast very early in the morning, depart for an early morning game drive as
early as 6am to the rolling plains of Uganda’s second largest National Park and look out for:
lions, leopards, Jackson hartebeest, buffaloes, hippos, waterbucks, warthogs, leopards,
Uganda Kobs, oribis, and elephants. After the morning game drive you will return to the
lodge, and have lunch then you will check out and transfer back to Kampala or Entebbe for
your flight where you will reach in the evening. Do not forget to purchase a souvenir for
yourself as a remembrance for this wonderful trip.
