Our 8 Days Uganda Tour will lead you to key important conservation areas of Uganda that include Murchison Falls National Park, Kibale National Park and Bwindi Impenetrable National Park for big game, mountain gorillas, elephants, antelopes, water bucks, bushbucks, warthogs, giraffes, baboons, lions going through the Pearl of Africa while enjoying its wilderness and above all the hospitable people of Uganda.
Day 1: Arrival at the Airport
You will be picked by a Verdant Safaris company representative who will transfer you to the hotel, take your time to relax from the long flight as you prepare for your next days safari.
Accommodation
Midrange: 2 Friends’ Hotel.
Best budget: African Roots Guest House.
Meal plan: Bed and Breakfast.
Day 2: Transfer to Murchison Falls National Park
Morning breakfast and a transfer to Murchison Falls National Park, having a stopover at the Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary to track Rhinos taking 2-3hours lunch en-route in Masindi town and after continue to the largest conservation area in Uganda where we will stay for an overnight.
Accommodation
Midrange: Pakuba Safari Lodge | Murchison River Lodge.
Best budget: Fort Murchison | Red chili.
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.
Day 3: Game Drive and Launch Cruise
You will have breakfast, after drive to the northern bank of the park in search for early morning risers you will spot animals like buffaloes, giraffes, bush bucks, warthogs, elephants, waterbucks, oribi, Jackson hartebeest among a variety on a lucky day you will see lions returning to the lodge for lunch and later an afternoon boat cruise to the bottom of the falls you will have chance to see the water animals like crocodiles, hippos as you enjoy the roar of the magnificent Murchison Falls.
Accommodation
Midrange: Pakuba Safari Lodge | Murchison River Lodge.
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.
Day 4: Transfer to Kibale Forest National Park.
After your early morning breakfast, you will have a full day drive to Kibale Forest National park its well-known for primates which include the chimpanzee and with the largest forest cover in Kabalore district, its home to various mammal species though they are rarely seen and boasts with over 325 bird species six of which are endemic. You will have a lunch stopover along the journey. Arriving in the evening to check in for dinner and overnight at
Midrange: Isunga Lodge, Rweetera lodge
Best budget: Kibale Forest Camp
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 5: Chimpanzee Tracking and Bigodi Swamp Walk
After your morning breakfast, you will head to the park headquarters at Kanyanchu visitor center to start your chimpanzee tracking by 8 am it may last for 2 to 3 hours, chimpanzees share close to 98% of the human DNA, they are communicable and social primates. Chimpanzee are the most popular primate most sought of by many tourists, expect to see other primates like the grey cheeked mangabey, black and white colobus monkey, red tailed mangabey and later back to the hotel for lunch, you will have an afternoon swamp walk
Accommodation
Midrange: Isunga lodge | Rweetera lodge
Best budget: Kibale forest camp
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 6: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
After your early morning breakfast, you will transfer to Bwindi via the Ishasha sector for tree climbing lions arriving Bwindi in the evening you can optionally do the Batwa cultural experience in the evening enjoying their traditional dance, cultural norms and customs, crafts and later head to the lodge to relax have dinner and stay overnight.
Accommodation:
Midrange: Havens lodge | Rushaga gorilla camp
Best budget: Buhoma community camp | bakiga lodge
Meal plan: breakfast, lunch, dinner
Day 7: Gorilla Tracking in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
After your early morning breakfast, you will transfer to the park headquarters for a briefing before you can go for gorilla tracking, they will brief you on what to do while with the gorillas, you will be assigned your gorilla family to track it could be so tiring but rewarding by the end of the day, time to find the gorillas depends on how far the gorilla families have moved it can take 2 to 8 hours or even the whole day.one hour is allowed to spend with the animals interact with them but not so closely.
Accommodation:
Midrange: Havens Lodge | Rushaga gorilla camp
Best budget: Buhoma community camp | bakiga lodge
Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch, dinner
Day 8: Transfer to Entebbe
Early morning breakfast and after transfer to Entebbe to catch your flight back home having a stopover at the equator for photos.
End of the 8 Days Uganda Tour.
The 8 Days Uganda Tour includes;
- Meal as specified in the Hotel
- Drinks as stimulated in itinerary
- Accommodation as stimulated itinerary
- All ground transportation and transfer as indicated, which are inclusive of fuel
- Activities as stimulated in the itinerary
- Park, guides, conservation fees
- All applicable tax, administration and parking fee
- 1 Gorilla’s permits as stimulated in the itinerary.
- 1 Chimpanzee permit in Kibale National Park.
- Boat cruise in Murchison Falls National Park.
Exclusive:
- All passport and visa fee.
- All health vaccination and medication.
- International flight and associated airport departure tax.
- Meal not specified (including lunch and other meals top between properties on overland sector).
- Drinks were not stimulated in the itinerary.
- Items of a personal nature.
- Laundry |gratitude| hotel | staff etc.
- Any extra additional activities not mention in the itinerary.
- Trip cancellations, travel delay or baggage insurance.
- All statutory increases beyond our control.
- Travel | medical insurance.