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Uganda is all about its friendly people and the diversity in landscapes and activities.
This 07-day safari offers a great overview of Uganda’s top tourist places and Activities. You will be able to visit Murchison Falls, see more wildlife in Queen Elizabeth National Park as well as visit Bwindi Impenetrable for your eye to eye in-person encounter with the endangered Mountain Gorillas.
During this safari, you will visit Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary (optional), Murchison Falls, Queen Elizabeth & Bwindi Impenetrable National Parks and participate in activities like; Mountain Gorillas tracking, Tree Climbing Lions tracking at Ishasha sector, Game drives, Boat safaris, Batwa trail experience, top of the falls walk in the most powerful waterfall in the World (Murchison Falls) among others.
The safari is designed to balance the two elements of relaxation and time in the wilderness. You will get to see and learn about the wildlife; the local people as enjoy the stunning landscapes that earned Uganda the perfect description-nickname – The Pearl of Africa.
This safari takes the most liked route for exploring Uganda’s wildlife and primates. Many tourists chose a trip similar to this – with adjustments such that they can see all these highlights on their Uganda safari.
You will overnight in the best budget or mid-range or up-market accommodations these places in Uganda have to offer.
Summarized Safari Itinerary:
Day 01: To Murchison Falls National Park for Afternoon Game Drive.
Day 02: Game drive & Boat Safari on Victoria/Nile River, Murchison Falls National Park.
Day 03: Top of the Falls Walk & Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park for Afternoon Game Drive.
Day 04: Game Drive & Boat Safari on Kazinga Channel at Queen Elizabeth National Park.
Day 05: Optional Chimps Tracking at Kalinzu Forest & Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park via Ishasha sector, Queen Elizabeth National Park to search for Tree Climbing Lions.
Day 06: Mountain Gorillas Tracking & Batwa Community Visit or Canoe ride on Lake Bunyonyi.
Day 07: Equator Experience & Departure:
Itineraries
Day 01
To Murchison Falls National Park for Afternoon Game Drive
After breakfast, you will begin the panoramic drive north-west through the famous Luwero Triangle & Masindi Town to arrive in Murchison Falls National Park in time for lunch at the spectacularly situated site located at the top of Murchison Falls. The park is the largest wildlife reserve in Uganda and is divided by the famous River Nile into two almost equal halves - where it has to squeeze itself through the legendary Murchison Falls, an impossibly narrow 7-meter gap in a cleft rock that creates the powerful explosion of white water. During this drive (5-6 hours drive), you will be rewarded with splendid views of the countryside.
You will arrive to Murchison Falls National Park in the afternoon, have lunch and go for your afternoon game drive where you will expect to see elephant, buffalo, antelopes and giraffe and keep your fingers crossed for lion and leopard. The game track network converges at Delta Point where the Nile flows north out of Lake Albert; this is a convenient place to stop for refreshments and view water birds offshore and distant hippos.
After your afternoon game drive, you will check in to your preferred accommodation for your dinner & overnight stay.
Accommodation: Red Chilli Hideaway Camp (Budget & mid-range), Fort Murchison Lodge (Budget & mid-range), Bwana Tembo Safari Camp (Budget & mid-range), Heritage Safari Lodge (mid-range), Hornbill Safari Lodge (mid-range), Murchison River Lodge (mid-range & up-market), Pakuba Safari Lodge (mid-range & up-market), Paraa Safari Lodge (up-market).
White Rhinos tracking at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary is optional at additional fee of $55 per person.
All meals & drinking water are included.
Please note: Get in touch for mid-range or up-market rates. The rate attached on this platform is for budget travelers only.
Day 02
Game drive & Boat Safari on Victoria/Nile River, Murchison Falls National Park
On this day, your safari breakfast will be served before the day breaks so that you can start your morning game drive as the sun comes up. Sunrise is the best time for wildlife spotting as animals tend to be the most active during the “golden hours”, when the first rays of sunshine come to rest on the savannah. Elephants, buffalo and several species of antelope are some of the characters you may come across today, & if you’re lucky, you may even spot a lion or leopard.
You will return for lunch in the afternoon & go for a 3-hours boat safari upstream on the Victoria Nile to the falls where you will pass by breathtaking scenery, as well as many crocodiles, hundreds of hippos, buffaloes, water birds, monkeys & other animals that come down to the Nile. The boat will drop you near the waterfall for your hike (1-1.5 hours) up to the top of the falls (optional at additional cost of $15 pp).
After your boat safari, you will go for a short evening game drive before returning to your preferred accommodation for your dinner & overnight stay.
Accommodation: Red Chilli Hideaway Camp (Budget & mid-range), Fort Murchison Lodge (Budget & mid-range), Bwana Tembo Safari Camp (Budget & mid-range), Heritage Safari Lodge (mid-range), Hornbill Safari Lodge (mid-range), Murchison River Lodge (mid-range & up-market), Pakuba Safari Lodge (mid-range & up-market), Paraa Safari Lodge (up-market).
All meals & drinking water are included.
Please note: Get in touch for mid-range or up-market rates. The rate attached on this platform is for budget travelers only.
Day 03
Top of the Falls Walk & Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park for Afternoon Game Drive
On this day, you will enjoy your last sunrise & breakfast in this beautiful National Park in Uganda with a walk to top of Murchison Falls for about 30 minutes to 1 hour. Here is your chance to see the beauty of the Nile perfected. Marvel at the immensely powerful falls, caused by the 50m-wide Nile being funnelled into a 7-metre cleft in the rocks. Dropping 40 metres with a thunderous roar, the falls create a beautiful rainbow and an impressive plume of spray-they were once described as the most spectacular thing to happen to the Nile along its 6700-kilometre length.
You will immediately start your journey from Murchison Falls National Park to Queen Elizabeth National Park following the mystical Rwenzori Mountain range for much of the journey.
You will arrive in the afternoon and have your lunch before embarking on your afternoon game drive where you will expect to view animals like elephants, buffaloes, Lions, bush pigs, antelope’s families among others.
After your afternoon game drive, you will check in to your preferred accommodation for your dinner & overnight stay.
Accommodation: Bush Lodge (Budget & mid-range), Tembo Safari Lodge (Budget & mid-range), Pumba Safari Lodge (Budget & mid-range), Buffalo Safari Lodge (mid-range), Mweya Safari Lodge (up-market), Katara Lodge (up-market), Kyambura Lodge (up-market) among others.
All meals & drinking water are included.
Please note: Get in touch for mid-range or up-market rates. The rate attached on this platform is for budget travelers only.
Day 04
Game Drive & Boat Safari on Kazinga Channel at Queen Elizabeth National Park
Early in the morning, you will set out for a game drive in the park. Queen Elizabeth National Park’s diverse eco-system of grassy plains, tropical forest, rivers, swamps, lakes and volcanic craters makes it home to an incredible abundance of wildlife. Game drives in this park, with the massive Rwenzori Mountains as a backdrop, provides excellent opportunities to see lion, leopard, giant forest hog, Cape buffalo, elephants, defassa waterbuck, Uganda Kob, Topi and bushbuck.
You will return for lunch & later in the day when the sun is high in the sky & the animals make their way to the river for a drink, you will head to Kazinga Channel for an exciting boat safari. You will spot more hippos today than you can possibly imagine. Herds of elephants & buffalos will also be wandering down to the shoreline to bath in the cooling waters. It will be a wonderful experience.
After the boat safari on Kazinga Channel, you will check in to your preferred accommodation for your dinner & overnight stay.
Accommodation: Bush Lodge (Budget & mid-range), Tembo Safari Lodge (Budget & mid-range), Pumba Safari Lodge (Budget & mid-range), Buffalo Safari Lodge (mid-range), Mweya Safari Lodge (up-market), Katara Lodge (up-market), Kyambura Lodge (up-market) among others.
Lion Tracking (predator) at Queen Elizabeth National Park (optional at additional fee of $200 per person).
All meals & drinking water are included.
Please note: Get in touch for mid-range or up-market rates. The rate attached on this platform is for budget travelers only.
Day 05
Optional Chimps Tracking at Kalinzu Forest & Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable or Mgahinga Gorilla National Park via Ishasha sector, Queen Elizabeth National Park to search for Tree Climbing Lions
After breakfast, you will drive to the “Switzerland of Africa” area known as the Kigezi Highlands with its terraced hillside and winding roads. Along the way, you will enjoy spectacular views of the mountainous countryside and this comes with many incredible photography opportunities. Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is located in the southwestern part of Uganda on the rim of the Rift Valley. More notably, this “impenetrable forest” protects over 400 population of mountain gorillas – approximately half of the population in the world, among which are a number of habituated groups, that can be tracked by visitors.
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Mgahinga Gorilla National Park. Mgahinga Gorilla National Park is one of the luckiest and smallest parks in Uganda where the world’s critically endangered mountain gorillas are found and it happens to be part of the Virunga massif where more than 480 mountain gorillas are known to be living.
You will have an optional stopover for Chimps tracking at Kalinzu forest or a game drive at Ishasha Sector, Queen Elizabeth National Park. Ishasha is most famous as the place where tree climbing lions can be spotted. Here you will have an extended game drive as you search for the tree climbing lions.
In the afternoon after your lunch, you will continue with the drive to Bwindi Impenetrable or Mgahinga National Park & check in to your preferred accommodation for your dinner & overnight stay.
Accommodation: Buhoma Community Rest Camp (Budget & mid-range), Ruhija Community Rest Camp (Budget & mid-range), Broadbill Forest Camp (mid-range), Gorilla Valley Lodge (mid-range), Buhoma Lodge (up-market), Silverback Lodge (up-market), Arcadia Cottages, Lake Bunyonyi (up-market), Bird Nest Resort (up-market), Bunyonyi Overland Resort (Budget & mid-range) among others.
Chimps Tracking at Kalinzu forest/Kyambura Gorge is optional at additional fee of $55 per person.
All meals & drinking water are included.
Please note: Get in touch for mid-range or up-market rates. The rate attached on this platform is for budget travelers only.
Day 06
Mountain Gorillas Tracking & Batwa Community Visit or Canoe ride on Lake Bunyonyi
After your breakfast, you will hike to the Park headquarters just meters from the lodge for briefing by Uganda Wildlife Authority guides before transferring to the starting point for Mountain Gorillas tracking. You will enjoy Mountain Gorillas tracking in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. Bwindi has the biggest concentration of Mountain Gorillas, given its small size. The search for Mountain Gorillas goes through the thick untamed rainforest, where you’ll be scrambling over mossy rocks and through deep undergrowth. It isn't the easiest of activities and will be arduous, but the encounter is well worth the effort. Watching Mountain Gorillas in their natural habitat is an experience that will last a lifetime. The experienced ranger guides will willingly share with you a lot of information about the history and lifestyle of these Mountain Gorillas. Your tracking experience will be an exciting, yet challenging, journey along forested slopes, tangled vines, thick vegetation & bamboo forests before you reach the territory of these gentle giants. The visit will give you a glimpse into the life of a Mountain Gorilla family & if you are lucky enough to gaze into the eyes of a Mountain Gorilla. Visiting Mountain Gorillas will take you 3 hours to a full day trek through the forest since Gorillas move from one place to another every day looking for food & water.
After Gorillas tracking/trekking, you will choose to either go for Canoe ride on Lake Bunyonyi or visit the Batwa community for them to take you through their traditions like traditional dance, beer making, and setting fire (optional). Lake Bunyonyi is the only lake where you can ride a canoe to visit all the 29 islands including the floating Island & the punishment Island where young girls who got pregnant before marriage would be dumped & left to die.
After Batwa Community Visit or Canoe ride on Lake Bunyonyi, you will return to your preferred accommodation for your dinner & overnight stay.
Accommodation: Buhoma Community Rest Camp (Budget & mid-range), Ruhija Community Rest Camp (Budget & mid-range), Broadbill Forest Camp (mid-range), Gorilla Valley Lodge (mid-range), Buhoma Lodge (up-market), Silverback Lodge (up-market), Arcadia Cottages, Lake Bunyonyi (up-market), Bird Nest Resort (up-market), Bunyonyi Overland Resort (Budget & mid-range) among others.
All meals & drinking water are included.
Please note: Get in touch for mid-range or up-market rates. The rate attached on this platform is for budget travelers only.
Day 07
Equator Experience & Departure
On this day, you will enjoy your last sunrise & breakfast in this beautiful corner of Uganda before your guide drive you across the beautiful sceneries back to Entebbe and drop you off at Entebbe International Airport 3 hours before your departure time with a stopover at the equator monument for equator experience & photo moments.
Please make sure your flight departure is after 6 pm at the very earliest. For flights departing before 6 pm you will need an extra night in Entebbe, which we can help arrange for you at an additional cost.
Alternative departure route (at an additional cost): – Fly to Entebbe.
Did we hit all the items on your travel bucket list for this safari? If not, don’t worry. We specialize in tailor-made tours and can customize this program to create your dream trip. Get in touch to create your personalized program.
Breakfast, lunch & drinking water are provided on this day.
Please note: Get in touch for mid-range or up-market rates. The rate attached on this platform is for budget travelers only.
- All Park entrance fees.
- Mountain Gorilla Tracking permits (One per person at $700).
- Top of Murchison Falls walk at Murchison Falls National Park.
- Game drives at Murchison Falls National Park.
- Boat safari on Victoria/Nile River, Murchison Falls National Park.
- Game drives at Queen Elizabeth National Park.
- Boat Safari on Kazinga Channel, Queen Elizabeth National Park.
- Tree Climbing Lions game drive at Ishasha sector, Queen Elizabeth National Park (optional).
- Mountain Gorillas Tracking at Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.
- Batwa Community Visit for them to take you through their traditional activities or canoe ride on the beautiful scenic Lake Bunyonyi.
- Equator Experience & Photo moments.
- Park Ranger.
- All en-route meals.
- Vehicle Park entry fees.
- All relevant Government Taxes.
- Full Board Accommodation and en-route meals as indicated in the itinerary.
- Full-time English-speaking Driver/Guide.
- Ground Transportation by a 4×4 safari Van or Land Cruiser vehicle fully fuelled.
- Airport transfer.
- Drinking water on all days.
- Airfares (International Air tickets and airport taxes).
- Visa Fees.
- Personal Insurance.
- Expenses of personal nature such as; drinks (alcoholic & non-alcoholic beverages), tips, laundry, telephone, tips, accommodation & meals not indicated in the itinerary and optional activities.
- Any other items which are not included in the above itinerary.
- Accommodation on your first & last night in Uganda.
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The following terms & conditions, which are subject to change without notice, apply to safari packages & touristic activities offered by & rates issued by Ecovic Tours & Travel Uganda. The given terms and accepted in full while making a reservation with the company.
Rates are;
- Quoted in US dollars ($).
- Subject to availability.
- Quoted per person on double room or single room basis.
- Inclusive of accommodation, stated activities, full board meal plan & all levies.
- Subject to change without prior notice.
• Cancellations more than 30 or more days before the first day of your safari:
100% of the deposit refund
• Cancellations 15-29 days before your safari should begin:
50% of the deposit refund
• Cancellations 7-15 days before your safari should begin:
25% of the deposit refund
• Cancellations less than 7 days:
Non-Refundable
• Mountain Gorillas, Chimpanzees & Golden Monkeys Permits are excluded from the percentages above and are 100% non-refundable.
• Cancellations or postponement caused by effect of Covid-19 won’t need any charges.
To reserve this wonderful safari with us, we kindly request you to make a deposit payment of only 20% of your total safari amount through bank transfer or Pesapal online payments system/link. The remaining balance is paid in cash on arrival to Uganda to start your safari.
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