9 DAYS UGANDA SIGNATURE TOUR

After having breakfast at your pace, you will explore Lake Bunyonyi for another lakeside adventure. The 2-3 hour canoe trek on Bunyonyi will introduce you to the major islands and their rich history. There will be some little energetic hiking but also great time spent in traditional dugout canoes. Birders will treat themselves with well over 300 bird species recorded. Like Otters, pied kingfishers swallows among others. You will later transfer to Bwindi and upon arrival in, you will go for the Batwa community encounter which takes you to meet the original indigenous people who lived in this conservation area. They will entertain you through their cultural dance and music as well as giving you their historic stories. Drive to the lodge for relaxation as you wait for the next day’s adventure with dinner and overnight at your lodge

Accommodation :
Camping / Budget – Self Contained tents at Broadbill Forest Camp
Mid-range – Gorilla Mist Camp / Bakiga Lodge / Rushaga Gorilla Haven’s Lodge
Luxury – Ruhija Gorilla Safari Lodge / Silverback Lodge / Ichumbi Gorilla Lodge / Rushaga Gorilla Lodge

After breakfast, you will head to the park headquarters for briefing by park ranger guides, depart with picnic lunch boxes to start Gorilla trekking – the activity can last up to 4 hours trek or more to find the Mountain Gorillas as you hike up and down the slopes with dense mist covered vegetation. Hence you will have packed lunch for this activity. This active quest will eventually bring you to the face of one of the most sought after creatures-the mountain Gorillas. Upon reaching them, you will have a full hour with them while observing and learning their behavior as you take photos. You will later transfer the Ishasha sector in the Southern part of Queen Elizabeth national park, arriving in the evening. You may do an evening game drive in the Ishasha sector. You will have dinner and overnight your lodge.

Accommodation –
Camping – At the River Lodge
Budget – At the River Lodge / Enjojo Lodge
Midrange – Ishasha Jungle Lodge / Enjojo Lodge / Topi Lodge
Luxury – Ishasha Wilderness Camp

After your breakfast you will be taken to Ishasha Sector, famous for the tree climbing lions lounging in the tree branches while keeping a close eye on herds of Uganda kob, their favorite prey. You could have a chance to spot some tree climbing lions after proceed to your lodge.

In the afternoon you will take a Boat Cruise along the amazing Kazinga channel to see, at close range, the water animals to include Hippos, Buffalos, Crocodiles and elephants bathing on the channel banks. There is also a variety of bird species on the water banks especially the famous Shoebill, pelican and Jacana. Dinner and overnight at :

Accommodation –
Camping – Irungu Forest Lodge
Budget – Pumba Safari Lodge / Kazinga Channel View Resort
Mid-range – Baboon Safari Resort / Kingfisher Lodge
Luxury – Mweya Safari Lodge / Mazike Valley Lodge

After breakfast you will take packed lunch and head for a full day game drive in Queen Elizabeth National Park to see Africa’s highly famed “Big 5”, Bush Bucks, Giant Hogs, Antelopes, Waterbucks and plenty of birds. . Later in the evening you will be transferred to Kibale Forest National Park for Dinner and overnight at:

Dinner and overnight accommodation will be provided at :

Accommodations:
Camping – Lake Nkuruba Campsite
Budget – Rweteera Safari Park / Lake Nkuruba Campsite
Mid Range – Isunga Lodge / Primate Lodge / Chimpanzee Forest Guest House
Luxury – Primate Lodge / Ndali Lodge

After breakfast head to Kibale Forest. The activity begins at 8.00 am with a briefing of the rule for trekking the chimpanzees after which you set off to search for them in the forest. Kibale Forest National Park, it boasts the highest number of primate species in the world, including the chimpanzees. Approximately 5,000 chimpanzees live in the wild in Uganda, which makes it a perfect place to spot them! An experienced ranger will take you chimp tracking in the morning. Once you locate the chimpanzees, you will spend an hour with them and then head back to the accommodation for Lunch.

Post Lunch you will be taken for Bigodi Wetland Sanctuary walk This is a guided swamp walk that takes you closer seeing primates mostly monkeys, birds and butterflies. The wetland is a birder’s paradise with about 138 species and is best known for being home to the Great Blue Turaco.

This is a 2½ – 3 hour walk and is a must for bird lovers. The walk is almost as popular as the Kibale Forest Walk. You will need good walking shoes since part of the walk is sometimes muddy. Hopefully you will spot the elusive Sitatunga antelope and the Shoebill Stork. This is nothing to be missed. You will meet some of the primates here, even a chimpanzee at times. Other primate species include the black-and-white colobus, grey-cheeked mangabey, red-tailed, l’Hoest’s and blue monkeys, and olive baboons. Also, Bushbucks and mongooses and many more can also be found here. There is also an abundance of butterflies. Bigodi Sanctuary is located outside the park in Magombe Swamp.

Dinner and overnight at :

Accommodations:
Camping – Lake Nkuruba Campsite
Budget – Rweteera Safari Park / Lake Nkuruba Campsite
Mid Range – Isunga Lodge / Primate Lodge / Chimpanzee Forest Guest House
Luxury – Primate Lodge / Ndali Lodge

After breakfast you will be transferred to Murchison Falls National Park which will take around 7/8 hours of drive, Head straight to tour the Top and bottom of majestic falls, where the Nile crashes through a 7 metres gorge to the falls 45 metres. Numerous scenic viewpoints are a photographers’ delight, The most impressive view of the foaming waters rushing into the gorge with a deafening roar, You will have dinner and overnight at :

Accommodation –
Camping – Camping at Red Chili Rest Camp
Budget – Red Chilli Rest Camp / Twiga Tales Lodge
Mid-range – Pakuba Safari Lodge / Fort Murchison Lodge
Luxury – Paara Safari Lodge

You will set off at 6:30 am cross to the northern bank of river Nile head for a sunrise game drive in the Nyamsika plateau to see the Cape buffaloes, Rothschild’s giraffes, Uganda kob, hartebeest and waterbucks. You may also spot oribi, bushbuck, Bohor reedbuck, shy sitatunga, bush duiker, warthog and bush pig plus large carnivores including lions, leopards and spotted hyenas. Chimpanzees and olive baboons head the list of six species of primates found in the park. Crocodiles and hippos will be seen along the banks of the Nile. Some of the more common birds that can be seen include goliath heron, Egyptian geese, pelican, bee- eaters, kingfishers, hornbill, cormorant, saddle-bill stork and the rare shoebill stork.

You will return to your lodge for a late breakfast and some relaxation before setting off in the afternoon for a Boat cruise on the placid Victoria Nile, upstream, to the base of the falls. En route you will see hippos, crocodiles, water buck and a wide variety of birds including the unusual shoebill stork. The boat stops just tens of meters from the “Devil’s Cauldron” for pictures to be taken of the photogenic and majestic Murchison Falls. You will return to your lodge for dinner and overnight at :

Accommodation –
Camping – Camping at Red Chili Rest Camp
Budget – Red Chilli Rest Camp / Twiga Tales Lodge
Mid-range – Pakuba Safari Lodge / Fort Murchison Lodge
Luxury – Paara Safari Lodge

After an early morning breakfast, depart with great memories of the moments spent at Murchison falls, You will be driven to the Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary, after a briefing from the ranger you trek the sanctuary for close to two hours. With Lunch en-route you will be transferred back to Kampala.