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25 days of Uganda safari Trip

Day 1: Arrival – Entebbe

Upon arrival you will be welcomed in the country by one of our guides/drivers. You will then be driven to the Askay Hotel where you will check in and relax and enjoy the beautiful view of Lake Victoria. Tonight you will enjoy your stay at the hotel, have dinner and then turn in for the night.

  • Main destination: Entebbe
  • Accommodation: Askay HotelMid-range hotel located in or near Entebbe
  • Meals & drinks: Lunch & dinner (Breakfast not included) Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 2: Entebbe – Jinja

After breakfast you will check out and make your way to Jinja; stopping at Sezibwa Falls for a cultural walk and then proceed to Mabira Rainforest for a forest nature walk, where you will view monkeys, a variety of bird species and some unique types of trees. After this walk you will continue to Jinja where you will have lunch and then head out for a cultural tour around the Busoga Palace and other interesting places in Busoga kingdom. Later in the evening you will head to “Source of the Smile” Guest House where you will have dinner and enjoy your overnight stay.

  • Main destination: Jinja
  • Accommodation:Source of the SmileMid-range guest house located in or near Jinja
  • Meals & drinks: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 3: Jinja

After you enjoy your breakfast you will prepare for a fun day out participating in a variety of activities in Jinja like bungee jumping, a Nile boat cruise, a trip to the reptile zoo, rafting, horseback riding and many other activities of interest. Some of these activities take the entire day while others only half the day. At the completion of your days activities, you will return to the guest house to rest before dinner and your overnight stay.

  • Main destination: Jinja
  • Accommodation:Source of the SmileMid-range guest house located in or near Jinja
  • Meals & drinks: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 4: Jinja – Mbale

After breakfast you will check out and start your journey from Jinja to Mbale and then continue on to Bugishu land. Here you will learn more about the culture like the “embalu” ceremony which means the initiation of boys to adulthood through traditional circumcision. You will visit other Bagishu cultural places, dances and expirence their traditional ways of growing Arabic coffee around the foothills of mount Elgon. Later in the day you will dead to Sipi River Lodge where you will have dinner and enjoy your overnight stay.

  • Main destination: Mbale
  • Accommodation:Sipi River LodgeMid-range lodge located in or near Mbale
  • Meals & drinks: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 5: Amazing Sipi Falls

After breakfast you will head out for a hike to Sipi Falls. As you get closer you will feel and attachment with the amazing breath taking falls. Afterwards you will continue on to experience a cultural visit with the Sabin culture and learn about their unique traditional ways of living, their dances, food, economic activities and many others. Later you will return and elax at the lodge before dinner and your overnight stay.

  • Main destination: Sipi Falls
  • Accommodation:Sipi River LodgeMid-range lodge located in or near Sipi falls
  • Meals & drinks: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 6: The wonderful land of the Iteso Tribe

You will start your day with a wonderful breakfast at the hotel, check out and then head out for a great experience with the Iteso people. Here you will learn about their culture, their traditional dances, food, language, economic activities, and lastly visit the Chiefdom (home of the chief “Emorimori Papa Iteso”) Later in the day you will drive to Moroto where you will have dinner and spend the night.

  • Main destination: Soroti
  • Accommodation: Soroti HotelMid-range hotel located in or near Soroti
  • Meals & drinks: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 7: The unique Karamojong Tribe and their culture

After an early breakfast you will take off to meet up with the Karamojong people in their homesteads, also called “manyatta”. Here you will see the making of local foods, participate in their traditional dances, hear some of their folklore of the tribe and see how they make their traditional crafts, such as bead work, wood carving, pottery, painting, drawings and others. Later in the day you will return to the hotel to relax before dinner and your overnight stay.

  • Main destination: Mount Moroto
  • Accommodation:Mt Moroto HotelMid-range hotel located in or near Mt. Moroto
  • Meals & drinks: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 8: Moroto – Kidepo Valley National Park

You will start your day with a delicious breakfast, check out from the hotel and then prepare for a 5-7 hour drive to Kidepo Valley National park. Upon arrival you will have some time to relax at the campsite before you head out for an evening game drive in the park; viewing animals like the buffalo, zebra, giraffe, lion, elephant and many others. Later you will return for dinner and spend the night at the camp.

  • Main destination: Kidepo Valley National Park
  • Accommodation:Nga Moru Wilderness CampBudget tented camp located just outside Kidepo Valley NP
  • Meals & drinks: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 9: Kidepo Valley National Park

After breakfast you will take off for a morning game drive through the park and later in the afternoon go for a cultural walk among the Karamojong homesteads “Manyattas”. Here you will learn about their traditional economic activities like cattle rearing, farming, craft making and more. The Dodoth Karamojong are one of the dominant sub-groups around the park. Later in the day you will return to camp for dinner and your overnight stay.

  • Main destination: Kidepo Valley National Park
  • Accommodation: Nga Moru Wilderness CampBudget tented camp located just outside Kidepo Valley NP
  • Meals & drinks: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 10: Kidepo Valley National Park

After breakfast you will prepare for a hike to Mt Morungole where you will meet the Ik people who live at the foothills of this mountain. You will learn about their unique isolated way of life, culture and their traditional economic activities like bee keeping, cultivation and gathering of things like fruit and small animals. After this amazing adventure you will head back to the camp for dinner and your overnight stay.

  • Main destination: Kidepo Valley National Park
  • Accommodation: Nga Moru Wilderness CampMid-range tented camp located just outside Kidepo Valley NP
  • Meals & drinks: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 11: Kidepo Valley National Park – Gulu

After breakfast you will check out of camp and head to Gulu. This is one of the most renowned places in Uganda because it used to be a war ravaged area that left most of the people in this area traumatized. Thanks to the help of many humanitarian organizations from all over the world as well as government aid, there is now great peace and development in Acholi Land (Gulu). While you are here you will take a cultural walk, get a chance to learn more about the Acholi tribe, their culture, language, and traditional dances. Later you will head to your lodge for dinner and overnight stay.

  • Main destination: Gulu
  • Accommodation: Bomah HotelMid-range hotel located in or near Gulu
  • Meals & drinks: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 12: Gulu – Murchison Falls National Park

After breakfast you will drive from Gulu to Murchison Falls National Park, viewing different bird species along the way. You will experience various economic activities that the local people involve themselves in like farming and animal rearing. You will continue to the lodge where you will relax, have dinner and spend the night.

  • Main destination: Pakwach
  • Accommodation:Fort MurchisonMid-range lodge located in or near Pakwach
  • Meals & drinks: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 13: Murchison Falls National Park

You will start with an early breakfast and then head out for a morning game drive in the park viewing elephants, antelopes, giraffes, lions, buffaloes and many others. You will then take part in an afternoon boat safari which will take you to the bottom of the falls where you will have the chance to view other water animals like the Nile crocodile, hippo, some aquatic bird species and many others. After your hike to the top of the falls to get an up close view of the powerful Murchison falls you will drive to the lodge where you will have dinner and relax before turning in for the night.

  • Main destination: Pakwach
  • Accommodation:Fort MurchisonMid-range lodge located in or near Pakwach
  • Meals & drinks: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 14: Murchison Falls National Park – Hoima

After breakfast you will check out and start your journey to the Banyoro region. Here you will learn about their culture, traditional dances, food, economic activities, their kingdom/palace where the “omugabe” stays, and many more interesting things. You will then continue to the hotel where you will enjoy dinner and over night stay.

  • Main destination: Hoima
  • Accommodation: Hotel KontikiMid-range hotel located in or near Hoima
  • Meals & drinks: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 15: Hoima – Kibale Forest National Park

After breakfast you will take a drive enjoying the beautiful hilly view of the local tea plantations and then head to Fort Portal where you will meet up with the Batoro people and visit some of their cultural sites, like the “omukama/King palace, and the “Amabeere nga nyinamweru” caves, and other interesting sites. Later in the day you will continue on to Primate Lodge where you will have dinner and spend the night.

  • Main destination: Kibale
  • Accommodation:Kibale Forest CampMid-range tented camp located inside Kibale NP
  • Meals & drinks: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 16: Kibale Forest National Park

After an early breakfast you will take part in a briefing from the park ranger before you enter in the forest to begin your chimpanzee tracking tour. Your tour will be respectively guided by the forest ranger throughout the trek. Not only will you see chimps, but you will also enjoy the different sights and sounds of birds and insects in the forest along the way. After the trek, you will head back to the lodge for dinner and your overnight stay.

  • Main destination: Kibale Forest National Park
  • Accommodation:Kibale Forest CampMid-range tented camp located inside Kibale NP
  • Meals & drinks: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 17: Kibale – Queen Elizabeth national park

You will start this day enjoying a later morning brunch and then head out for a cultural visit in the Rwenzoruru kingdom among the “the mountainous Bakujjo people”. Here you will learn about their way of life, culture, unique traditional values, dances, folklore and most of all the “omubeere’s/king palace. Later you will return and check out of the lodge and drive to Queen Elizabeth Bush Lodge where you will have dinner and spend the night.

  • Main destination: Kasese
  • Accommodation:Bush LodgeMid-range lodge located in or near Kasese
  • Meals & drinks: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 18: Queen Elizabeth National Park

This park has the most classic ideal habitat for big game like lions, kobs, the elusive giant forest hogs, elephants and other mammal species. After breakfast you will view all these animals on a morning game drive in the park. Later in the afternoon enjoy a relaxing boat safari on the Kazinga channel viewing water animals like the hippos, crocodiles and many different bird species like the pelicans as they gather along the shorelines of the fascinating channel. You will return to the lodge later in the evening for dinner and your overnight stay.

  • Main destination: Kasese
  • Accommodation:Bush LodgeMid-range lodge located in or near Kasese
  • Meals & drinks: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 19: Queen Elizabeth National Park – Bwindi Impenetrable Park

After breakfast you will get a chance to visit some cultural places and tribes like the Banyaroguru people who are well known for their traditional cultivation practices in farming. Take part in some of their traditional dances, music, storytelling and more. From there you will travel out of the park to Kisoro Bwindi Impenetrable Park where you will check into your lodge, enjoy dinner and spend the night.

  • Main destination: Kisoro
  • Accommodation:Rushaga Gorilla CampMid-range lodge located in or near Kisoro
  • Meals & drinks: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 20: Bwindi Impenetrable Park

After an early morning breakfast you will head to the briefing point to be briefed and prepared by the forest ranger for your trek into the forest. This long awaited activity is the ultimate experience of hiking and tracking the mountain gorillas who share 90% of their DNA with the humans. Here you will get an up close encounter with the gorillas! This activity will take most of the day, wherein, you will head back to the lodge where you can rest, enjoy dinner and turn in for the night.

  • Main destination: Kisoro
  • Accommodation:Rushaga Gorilla CampMid-range lodge located in or near Kisoro
  • Meals & drinks: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 21: Drive to lake mburo national park- Mbarara

You will start this day with a wonderful breakfast and then head out for an amazing cultural experience among the Batwa “pygmie” people. Learn about how for generations they shared the forest with the gorillas. On this tour the Batwa take you through their old kind of life as hunters, gatherers, and fierce warriors. Learn about their old home steads and the techniques they used to survive. Later you will drive to Lake Mburo Rwakobo Rock where you will have dinner and spend the night.

  • Main destination: Mbarara
  • Accommodation:Rwakobo RockMid-range lodge located in or near Mbarara
  • Meals & drinks: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 22: Lake mburo national park

After breakfast you will begin with a morning cultural walk among the Bahima people and learn about their major economic activity of cattle rearing, experience how they milk cows and feed them, and other traditional practices. In the evening you will take part in a beautiful sunset game drive through the park sighting animals like the zebra, antelope, waterbuck, reed buck, warthog, defassa, lion and hyenas. After the game drive you will return for dinner and your overnight stay.

  • Main destination: Mbarara
  • Accommodation:Rwakobo RockMid-range lodge located in or near Mbarara
  • Meals & drinks: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 23: Lake Mburo National Park – kampala

Start the day with a delicious breakfast and then head out for an experience of a lifetime in the park; walking or riding a bicycle to see animals like the eland, zebra, oribi, buffalo and others up close. Later you will drive out of the park, and head to Kampala to the Adonia Guest House where you can rest before having dinner and spending the night.

  • Main destination: Kampala
  • Accommodation: Adonia Guest HouseMid-range guest house located in or near Kampala
  • Meals & drinks: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 24: Kampala

After a delicious breakfast you will have time to enjoy the wonderful lake view from the lodge. Later in the morning you will take off to visit the Buganda Kingdom and learn more about their traditions, cultural heritages like the Palace, The Royal Tombs of their former Kabakas/kings. You will take another tour around the capital city of Uganda; visiting various places around Kampala which include the The National Museum, the different religious cathedrals, the Taxi parks and other various economic activities going on in Kampala. If interested, you can experience the nightlife of Kampala in the nightclubs. Later in the evening you will return to the guest house, enjoy dinner and turn in for the night.

  • Main destination: Kampala
  • Accommodation: Adonai Guest HouseMid-range guest house located in or near Kampala
  • Meals & drinks: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 25: Departure

After breakfast, you will proceed to the airport where you will be dropped off. This is where your safari will end.

  • Main destination: Entebbe
  • Accommodation: End of tour (no accommodation)
  • Meals & drinks: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

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16 Days Of Birding In Uganda

Tour Highlights
Departs: Entebbe International Airport Tour Length: 16 Days Focus: Birding |Primates Watch Key Species: Orange Weaver, Shelley’s Crimson-wing, African Green Broadbill, Handsome Francolin, Kivu Ground Thrush, Albertine Rift Endemics, Green-breasted Pitta, African Piculet, White-throated Blue Swallow, Puvel’s Illadopsis, Nahan’s Francolin Expected # of birds: 350 Species Birding Pace: Moderate Physical Difficulty: Moderate Group Limit: Maximum 8 Bird Photography: Can be trick in the forest but fair in open forest trails
Possible Extension: Mountain Gorilla and Chimp Tracking

Day 1: Arrival for Forest Birding Safari Uganda
Arrive at Entebbe International Airport, transfer to the Hotel. Depending on the time of arrival, we bird Entebbe botanical Gardens or Uganda Wildlife Education Centre.

Overnight at Rain Forest Lodge Mabira (FB)
Accommodation Rain Forest Lodge Mabira
Meal Plan Breakfast, Lunch and dinner

Day 2: Uganda Birding Tour of Mabira Forest (Nahan’s Francolin)
This is the biggest forest reserve closest to the city center. It boosts of a 315 bird species record with 74 of the 144 species of the Guinea–Congo Forests biome that occur in Uganda
Search for Nahan’s Francolin which is an IUCN Red list’ endangered species, Cassin’s Hawk-eagle, White-spotted Flufftail, Afep Pigeon, Grey Parrot, Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo, Black-shouldered Nightjar, Sabine’s Spinetail, Cassin’s Spinetail, Blue-throated Roller, African Dwarf Kingfisher, White-bellied Kingfisher, Forest Woodhoopoe, African Pied Hornbill, Black-and-white Casqued Hornbill, Speckled Tinkerbird, Yellow-throated Tinkerbird, Yellow-spotted Barbet, Hairy-breasted Barbet, Yellow-billed Barbet, Green-breasted Pitta, African Shrike-flycatcher, Jameson’sand Chestnut Wattle-eyes, Forest Robin, Fire-crested Alethe, Red-capped Robin-Chat, the Speckle-breasted, Yellow-crested, Brown-eared, and the Buff-spotted Woodpeckers, Cassin’s Honeyguide, Red-tailed Bristlebil among others.

Dinner and Overnight at Rain Forest Lodge Mabira (FB)
Accommodation Rainforest Mabira
Meal Plan Breakfast, Lunch and dinner

Day 3: Birding Uganda Budongo Forest
Today, we bird to Budongo Forest which has a prolific birdlife with two species of birds not found elsewhere in East Africa: 10 of the 22 species of the Sudan–Guinea Savanna biome and 93 of the 144 species Guinea–Congo Forests biome that occur in Uganda.
We carry packed lunch along.

Overnight at Masindi Hotel | New Court View Hotel (FB)
Accommodation New Court View Hotel
Meal Plan Breakfast, Lunch and dinner

Day 4: Birding Trip in Budongo Forest Uganda (Puvel’s Illadopsis)
We bird the marvelous Royal mile and several other trails for magnificent species, the whole day. We look for the Puvel’s Illadopsis and Nahan’s Francolin other special birds include; the Yellow-billed Barbet, Grey-throated Barbet, Honeyguide Greenbul, Chocolate–backed Kingfisher,White-headed Saw-wing, White Wagtail, Black-eared Ground-Thrush, Little Crake, Chestnut-capped Flycatcher, African Paradise Flycatcher, Chin-spot Batis, Grey-backed Camaroptera, Lemon-bellied Crombec, African Moustached Warbler, Green-backed Eremomela, Yellow-whiskered Greenbul, African Citril, African Golden-breasted Bunting, Black-crowned Waxbill, Bronze Mannikin, Black-billed Bluebill, Black-winged Red Bishop, Yellow-mantled Widowbird, Fan-tailedWidowbird, Spectacled Weaver, Black-necked Weaver, Yellow-backed Weaver, Compact Weaver, Northern Brown-throated Weaver, Holub’s Golden Weaver, Red-headed Weaver, Yellow-billed Oxpecker, Greater Blue-eared Starling, Purple Starling, Purple-headed Starling, Splendid Starling, Northern Puffback, Black-headed Gonolek, Tropical Boubou, Isabelline Shrike, Red-backed Shrike, Lesser Grey Shrike,
Western Violet-backed Sunbird and many more.

Overnight at Masindi Hotel | New Court View Hotel (FB)
Accommodation New Court View
Meal Plan Breakfast, Lunch and dinner

Day 5: Uganda Birding Safari From Busingiro-Kibale Forest National Park
For the early hours of the day, we bird Busingiro and later transfer to Kibale Forest National Park which is the most accessible of Uganda’s major rainforests.

Overnight at Kibale Primate Lodge | Kibale Forest Camp (FB)
Accommodation Kibale Forest Camp
Meal Plan Breakfast, Lunch and dinner

Day 6 & 7: Green-breatsed Pitta Search and Optional Chimpanzee Tracking
In Kibale we will bird areas of the forest, Bigodi wetland Sanctuary and Sebitoli for Unique forest species, papyrus endemics and some shore birds
So far, over 339 species of birds have been recorded, but more species are likely to be added. The park has the Green-breasted Pitta as the most sought-after species along with others;Chubb’s Cisticola, Black-capped Waxbill,Africa Shrike-flycatcher, African Black-headed Oriole,African Emerald Cuckoo, African Green-pigeon, Black-crowned Tchagra, African WoodOwl,African/Rwenzori/Abyssinian Hill-Babbler, Alpine Swift, Ashy Flycatcher, Barn Swallow, Black Bee-eater, Black Cuckoo, Black Cuckoo-shrike, Black-and-white Casqued Hornbill, Black-and-white Mannikin, Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher, Black-billed Turaco, Black-billed Weaver, Black-faced Rufous Warbler, African Dusky Flycatcher, Black-headed Weaver, Black-necked Weaver, African/Western Citril,Black-throated Apalis, Blue-shouldered Robin-chat, Blue-throated Brown Sunbird,Blue-throated Roller, African Blue Flycatcher, Bocage’ Bush-shrike,Bronze Mannikin, Zebra Waxbill,Bronze Sunbird, Brown Illadopsis, Brown-capped Weaver,Brown-chested Alethe,Brown-eared Woodpecker,Brown-headed Tchagra,African-pied Wagtail, CameroonSombre Greenbul,Brown-throated Wattle-eye, Yellow-billed Barbet,Afep Pigeon, endless list.

Mackinnon’s Fiscal
Overnight at Kibale Primate Lodge | Kibale Forest Camp (FB)
Accommodation Kibale Forest Camp
Meal Plan Breakfast, Lunch and dinner

Day 8: Birdwatching Semliki National Park in Uganda
Semliki harbours a large number of predominantly Central African species which can not be found anywhere else in East Africa and these include some of the continent’s most spectacular and sought-after birds such as; Long-tailed Hawk, Congo Serpent Eagle, Lyre-tailed Honeyguide, Black-wattled Hornbill, the Nkulengu Rail, just to mention but a few. There is a single, unconfirmed report of the globally threatened Lesser Kestrel.

Overnight at Semliki Safari Lodge | Vanilla Hotel (FB)
Accommodation Kibale Forest Camp
Meal Plan Breakfast, Lunch and dinner

Day 9 & 10: Birding tour Semliki forest and the Kirumiya trail (Blue Swallow)
Being one of the richest areas for both flora and fauna in Africa most especially birds, we bird the place for two days. We aim at a record of 400 species which will include the African Piculate, Blue Swallow, White-throated Blue Swallow, Swamp Palm Bulbul, Spotted Greenbul, White-starred Robin, Lowland Akalat, Red-throated Alethe, Fire-crested Alethe, Snowy-headed Robin-Chat, Blue-shouldered Robin-Chat, Red-eyed Puffback, White-tailed Robin-Chat, Northern Bearded Scrub-Robin, Capped Wheatear, Common Stonechat, Abyssinian Ground-Thrush, Oberlaender’s Ground-Thrush, Grey Ground-Thrush, Little Grey Greenbul, Toro Olive Greenbul, Mountain Greenbul, Yellow-throated Nicator, Western Nicator, Purple-throated Cuckoo-shrike, Petit’s Cuckoo-shrike, Black Saw-wing, Eurasian Oystercatcher, Long-tailed Hawk, Red-thighed Sparrowhawk, Chestnut-flanked Goshawk, Grant’s Bluebill, Afep Pigeon, Blue-headed Coucal, Bates’s Nightjar, Swamp Nightjar, Cassin’ Spinetail, Sabine’s Spinetail, White-bellied Kingfisher, Shinning-blue Kingfisher, Gabon Woodpecker, Hairy-breasted Barbet, Yellow-billed Barbet, Double-toothed Barbet, Black-billed Barbet, White-headed Barbet, just to mention but a few.

Overnight at Semliki Safari Lodge | Vanilla Hotel (FB)
Accommodation Semlik Safari Lodge
Meal Plan Breakfast, Lunch and dinner

Day 11: Uganda Birding Safari to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
This is the best place for forest birding in Uganda and yet Africa’ number one birding spot, the park has 23 of Uganda’s 24 Albertine Rift endemics including the globally threatened species such as the African Green Broadbill and Shelley’s Crimsonwing, plus others such as Oberlander’s/Forest Ground Thrush, Sassi’s Olive Greenbul, Dusky Crimson-wing, Strange Weaver, Rwenzori Double-collared Sunbird, Regal Sunbird, Purple -breasted Sunbird, Blue-headed Sunbird, Rwenzori Batis, Yellow-eyed Black Flycatcher, Red-faced Woodland Warbler, Short -tailed/Neumann’s Warbler, Grauer’s Warbler, Grauer’s Rush Warbler, Collared Apalis, Montane Masked Apalis, Kivu Ground Thrush, Red-throated Alethe, Stripe-breasted Tit, Rwenzori Nightjar, Rwenzori Turaco, Handsome Francolin.

Overnight at Gorilla Resort | Buhoma Community Rest Camp (FB)
Accommodation Buhoma Community Rest Camp
Meal Plan Breakfast, Lunch and dinner

Day 12: Albertine Rift Endemics Tour and Optional Gorilla Trekking in Uganda
There are less than 800 mountain gorillas in the whole world. Uganda is home to more than a half of these beautiful, majestic gentle giants and yet endangered apes. Therefore, Gorilla tracking in Uganda is a must experience not to be missed. Bwindi impenetrable forest habituates families of mountain gorillas along with other species of primates for example, Chimpanzees, Colubus monkeys, Olive baboons, name it.
At Buhoma, we look out for species like, the Black Bee-Eater, Dusky Tit, Brown-caped Weaver, the Yellow-billed and yellow-spotted Barbets, the African and Black-and-white Shrike Flycatchers, Common Stonechat, Brown-throated and Chestnut Wattle-eyes, Apalises, Equatorial Akalat, Slaty Flyacatcher, White-bellied Robin-Chat, Black-throated Apalis, Mountain Masked Apalis, Grey Apalis, Chestnut-throated Apalis, the Olive-green and Grey-backed Camaropteras, White-chinned Prinnia, Green Hylia, Short-tailed Warbler, White-tailed Antithrush, Cape Wagtail, Grey-capped Warbler, Black-faced Rufous Warbler, Red-faced Woodland Warbler, Grauer’s Warbler, Grauer’s Rush Warbler, White-browed Crombec, the list is long.

Overnight at Gorilla Resort | Buhoma Community Rest Camp (FB)
Accommodation Buhoma Community Rest Camp
Meal Plan Breakfast, Lunch and dinner

Day 13: Birding Tour to Ruhija (African Green Broadbill)
Today we bird Ruhija in search for the darling African Green Broadbill, Handsome Francolin, Strange Weaver, Shelley’s and Dusky Crimson-wings, Stripe-breasted Tit, Rwenzori Batis, White-browed Crombec, White-aped Raven, Purple-breasted Sunbird, Sharp’s Starling, Mountain masked and Rwenzori Apalises and many more.

Overnight at Ruhija Gorilla Lodge | Trekkers Tavern (FB)
Accommodation Trekkers Tavern
Meal Plan Breakfast, Lunch and dinner

Day 14: Birding Mubwindi
Whole day birding Mubwindi Swamp we look out for the Yellow-eyed Black Flycatcher, White tailed blue flycatcher, Brown capped warbler, Black Billed weaver, Black Necked weaver, Red Headed Malimbe, Grey headed Sparrow, Waller’s Starling, Stuhlmann’s starling, Montane Oriole, Many Coloured Bush Shrike, Bocage’s Bush Shrike, Brown Crowned Tchagra, Pink Footed Puffback, Ludher’s Bush Shrike, Doherty`s Bush-shrike, Mountain Illadopsis, Rwenzori Nightjar.

Overnight at Ruhija Gorilla Lodge | Trekkers Tavern (FB)
Accommodation Trekkers Tavern
Meal Plan Breakfast, Lunch and dinner

Day 15: Birding to Kampala/Entebbe

Accommodation Lake Victoria Victoria
Meal Plan Breakfast, Lunch and dinner

Day 16: Departure – End of Uganda Forest Bird Watching Tour

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13 Days Gorilla Tracking Safari

Day 1: Welcome to Uganda!
You will be picked up and welcomed from the airport by a representative of your hotel. He will transfer you to your hotel. You will meet your driver/ guide tomorrow morning when he picks you up from your hotel.
Depending on the time of your arrival, you may be able to explore the sites in and around Kampala. Activities today are at your own costs.
You will stay in a nice lodge with beautiful views on Lake Victoria. The hotel has cozy safari style furnished rooms, equipped with satellite TV, fridge bar, telephone, fan, balcony with lake-view and a comfortable bathroom.

Journey Time 1,5 hour
Accommodation Cassia Lodge
Meal Plan No meals included

Day 2: drive to Ssezibwa falls then Source of the Nile
Start this day with a delicious breakfast ,then proceed to Jinja as you are going to Jinja you will pass through Mabira forest this one of the tropical rain forest we have in Uganda, you will be able to see different monkey species jumping from different branches, near the forest there is a market for fresh fruits and roasted barbecues as you finish the forest you will meet beautiful and fascinating ever green Tea Plantations and the sugar cane plantations where you will later branch off to Ssezibwa Falls which are said to have been born as twin Falls that is a female and male, enjoy the cool environment and storytelling about this forest like environment, later drive to Jinja for the mighty source of the Nile have you delicious Lunch then in the afternoon, you will be taken around this area or else opt to do a boat cruise where you will be able to see the really source of Nile and much more bird life along the river mostly the Kingfishers and the cormorant. After this fabulous experience you will be driven to the lodge where you will have your dinner and spend an overnight.

Journey Time ?? hours
Accommodation Source of the Smile
Meal Plan Breakfast and dinner

Day 3: Bungee Jumping or white water Rafting
Start this day with a delicious breakfast, then proceed to one of these Andrinarin activities on the world’s second largest river with a lot of amazing stories about the river, different perceptions of the people about the river and Jinja town as a whole then later after this amazing experience you will be driven back to the lodge for lunch and relax for the whole evening or decide with your guide to do any other optional activity since Jinja is an adventurous district with a lot of touristic activities. In the evening you will retire for the night after your delicious dinner.

Journey Time ?? hours
Accommodation Source of the Smile
Meal Plan Breakfast and dinner

Day 4: Drive to Murchison Fall National Park and on your way visit Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary
Start this day with an early morning Breakfast then setoff for Murchison falls national park, this is the largest National Park in Uganda and the world’s most powerful waterfalls. On the way to Murchison Falls National Park make a stop at the Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary for rhino tracking. This sanctuary covers an area of 70km2 and has over 78 park rangers and security guards who keep 24 hours watch on the Rhinos to ensure their security. The 70km2 is surrounded by 2m electric fence to keep the Rhinos in and intruders out. This sanctuary is a home to at least 40 mammals and reptilians species including monkeys, antelopes ,hippos, crocodiles and numerous bird species. After this amazing experience you have your delicious lunch and proceed for Murchison falls. This is the largest national park in Uganda but its very existence is determined by the famous Murchison falls. As you reach the lodge you will welcomed and checked in, where later you have dinner and spend an overnight.

Journey Time 6 hours
Accommodation Kibale Forest Camp
Meal Plan Breakfast and dinner

Day 5: Early Morning Game Drive and afternoon Boat Cruise
Start this day with an early morning breakfast, the game driveis mostly conducted in the northern part of the park with our knowledgeable and skilled drive guide is the fantastic way to see and photograph a wide range of animals in the Nile valley. This park is the Uganda largest and oldest conservation area, hostingabout 76 species of mammals and about 451 species of birds. The stretch of the river provides one of Uganda’s most remarkable wildlife spectacles. Regular visitors to the river bank include elephants, giraffes and buffalos while hippos andNile crocodiles and aquaticbirds are permanent residents. After this fabulous experience you go for you delicious lunch and later drive to the Launch trip, the launch trip upstream from Paraa presents an astonishing display of wildlife and culminates with the frontal view of the falls. This park is bisected by the VictoriaNile, whichplunges 45m over the remnant rift valley wall, creating the dramatic Murchison falls. The Launch trip is destined to the bottom of the falls which is well rewarding with wildlife. The stretch of the river provides one of Uganda’s most remarkable wildlife spectacles. Regular visitors to the river bank include elephants, giraffes and buffalos while hippos and Nile crocodiles and aquatic birds are permanent residents. After this fascinating and memorable experience you will drive back to the lodge rest as you wait for you dinner and spend a night.

Journey Time 6 hours
Accommodation Kibale Forest Camp
Meal Plan Breakfast and dinner

Day 6: Drive to Kibale National Park and Bigondi Swamp Walk
Kibale national Park is the most magnificent of Uganda’s tropical rain forest and one of the most rewarding areas to explore, it boasts 13 species of primates including the localized Red Colobus,L’hoest monkeys and the endemic Uganda Mangabay. Kibale’s major attraction is the Chimpanzees, the delightful Apes, most closest to humans than any other living creature. This can be seen swinging in the tree branches as one treks through the forest trails. This park also inhabits the elusive forest Elephants, Buffalos, giant forest Hogs and antelopes making it one of the most stunning Parks in Uganda. You will close this day with a fascinating swamp walk through Bigondi where you will be able see different monkey species and lots of beautiful birds such as the Great Blue Turaco

Journey Time 6 hours
Accommodation Kibale Forest Camp
Meal Plan Breakfast and dinner

Day 7: Chimpanzee Habituation Experience/Chimp Tracking
The chimpanzee habituation experience allows you to accompany Kibale’s forest researchers and habituators as they follow chimps during their daily activity, thereby getting them used to human presence without altering their natural behavior. This is a whole day activity and early visitors may be able to see the spectacular scene of the chimpsde-nesting,copulating,hunting,breast feeding, resting, patrolling and displaying until they build new nestsand retire for the night around 7:00 pm. After this amazing experience will walk back to the briefing point where you will be picked by your guide back to the lodge for dinner and spend an overnight.

Journey Time 15 minutes each way
Accommodation Kibale Forest Camp
Meal Plan Breakfast and dinner

Day 8: Drive to Queen Elizabeth N.P and do a Boat Cruise
Start this day with an early morning breakfast and head to the second largest National Park in Uganda. It is a medley of wonders because of its fabulous wildlife and many eye catching attractions. This beautiful park is crossed by the Equator where you will have a stopover and pose for the photos as you watch the beauty of the jagged Rwenzori ranges. After this fascinating experience you proceed to Mweya Peninsular, this is the tourism Hub of Queen Elizabeth National Park with most of the attractions the visitors wouldn’t want to miss out.
Mweya Peninsular is an area encircled by two water bodies that is Kazinga channel and the waters of Lake Edward leaving one way which is the entrance and the same time Exit. This is where the majestic boat cruise on Kazinga Channel is conducted. You will have a hot lunch before you setoff for this wonderful activity which is non-other than a boat cruise on Kazinga Channel. This is an oasis for many of the fascinating species that inhabit the park, and taking a boat trip along Kazinga Channel gives the visitors a chance to cruise just a few meters from hundreds of enormous hippos since Kazinga channel is well known for its big number of Hippos of over 4800, Crocodiles sun basking and Buffaloes while Elephants linger along the shoreline.. This will undoubtedly be one of the highlights of your tour. This takes about 2hours from the starting point to coming back.
After this marvelous and unforgettable experience you will opt for an evening game drive either to the salt lake of Katwe or to the craters. This park is blessed with an assortment of crater lakes which are over 52 in number, where by others are filled up by water and others and emptygrabens filledwith vegetation, this is where you will have the great and clear views of the jagged Rwenzori Mountains, you later drive back to the lodge where you will have dinner and spend a night.

Journey Time 6 hours
Accommodation Bush Lodge
Meal Plan Breakfast,Lunch and dinner

Day 9: Game drive in Kasenyi then Drive to Ishasha for Tree climbing Lions and travel to Bwindi
Start this day with an early morning breakfastthen setoff for the classic African safari in the Kasenyi tracks, the North Kazinga which offers virtually guaranteed Buffalos, Antelopes and Elephant sightings, along with warthogs. This is a rewarding game in the Kasenyi plains, this is the northern part of Queen Elizabeth National Park rich with wildlife, the game drive takes about 4-6 hours according to the season and the movement of these animals, this is a magnificent game which includes a lot to see such as Herds of Elephants, Hippos,Buffalos,Antelopes like Uganda Kobs, Daffasa Waterbuck and much more wildlife and on lucky days see a pride of lions and the solitary Leopard. This Park is known to have the longest bird list in all East African protected National Parks, thus giving you a chance to see a lot of beautiful Savanna species. You will later relax and stretch as you are enjoying your bush Breakfast. After you will leave for Ishasha which is about 75Kms from the northern part of Queen Elizabeth National Park along the way you will meet a lot of amazing wildlife such as the Baboons, Black and white Colobus monkeys, Red tailed monkeys,Vavet Monkeys and much more bird species. When you reach Ishasha you will relax, have lunch and set off for a game drive in the Ishasha plains, this is more than rewarding with a lot to see starting from the big mammals to the small ones like the mongooses, reptiles like the Nile monitor Lizard and the Agama Lizards and more eye catching bird species. Nature is unpredictable that means I cannot guarantee the sighting of the Predators but we trust our guides to do the required needful. After this memorable experience you will continue Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, check in Buhoma Community Lodge where you will have dinner and spend an overnight.

Journey Time ?? Hours
Accommodation Buhoma Community Lodge
Meal Plan Breakfast, Lunch and dinner

Day 10: Gorilla Tracking
Today is the big day; prepare yourself for an encounter with one of Bwindi’s gentle giants: the rare mountain gorilla. For most people this is the absolute highlight of their tour in Uganda.
Tracking is a captivation and unforgettable experience which more than repays the efforts needed to reach Bwindi and to trek through the forest. Gorilla tracking can be challenging and needs one to be reasonable fit before undertaking to venture into the activity. Gorilla tracking starts at 8:30am and lasts from a few hours to a whole day depending on where the Gorillas where left the previous day. This means you shall have to carry you packed Lunch and enough driving water. Though Gorilla tracking is the main attraction, the forest is also endowed with 120 species of mammals, 364 species of birds, 202 species of Butterflies, 163 species of trees, 100 species of ferns and many other endangered species. It is a UNESCO designated world Heritage Site popular for Mountain Gorillas and chimpanzees, the two great African apes listed as endangered animals in the IUCN Red Data Book.
After this memorable and unique experience you will be driven back to the lodge where you will relax, have dinner and spend an overnight

Journey Time Tracking
Accommodation Buhoma Community Lodge
Meal Plan Breakfast, Lunch and dinner

Day 11: Batwa Trail
Start this day with an early morning breakfast and set off for this amazing Batwa experience with their interesting and great stories of their lives. These are the indigenous people that lived in the forest before they were vacated out of the forest, initially they would feed on the fruits, leaves and hunt forest birds and animals like the duiker, then later they were vacated from the forest sensitized and one its one of the interesting communities around the forest of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park since they have alone showcase such a telling about their lives while they lived in the forest, their traditional dances and ways of lives.
After this memorable and unique experience you will be driven back to the lodge where you will relax, have dinner and spend an overnight.

Journey Time Tracking
Accommodation Buhoma Community Lodge
Meal Plan Breakfast, Lunch and dinner

Day 12: Drive to Lake Mburo National and Igongo Cultural Center
On this day, you will wake up have a warm and delicious breakfast then later drive to Igongo Museum where you will get to learn the traditional ways of the people in western Uganda and their culture “the Banyankole in particular” this is where you will have your lunch. And depart for Lake Mburo National Park. This is a gem of a park which is conveniently located close to the western highway that connects Kampala to the parks of western Uganda. It is a very special place with a medley of habitats ranging from wooded and open savanna, lakes, swamps to forests. This park is remarkably different from other parks. It is the best park to view the gigantic Elands, Impalas, Zebras and Acacia associated birds. The five lakes within] the park attract hippos and crocodiles while fringing swamps hide secretive papyrus specialists such as Sitatunga Antelope, Papyrus Gonlek and the rare shoebill and African Finfoot. You reach in this fascinating park during lunch time enjoy your lunch and opt for either Boat cruise or an evening game drive. These are all amazing activities; the chance is tours to choose among the two options. In case of any opted activity it will be after lunch in the late afternoon .when you are done with the activity you will come back to lodge for dinner and spend an overnight.

Journey Time ?? Hours
Accommodation Rwakobo Rock
Meal Plan Breakfast, Lunch and dinner

Day 13: Walking Safari, then back to Kampala and Entebbe for the Flight
Start this day with a warm breakfast and set off for the walking safari which is conducted on foot with the help with the armed ranger guide who will help to interpret to you the various flora and fauna of this park, about the locals in this area, these guided walks also help you to explore the park around Rwonyo which is a visit to a natural salt lick frequented by the wildlife. Viewing is facilitated by a timber observation Plat form.
After this unique experience you drive back to Kampala we will drive or Entebbe (Airport) stopping at the equator for the requisite snapshot and a bit of souvenir shopping.
Accommodation for tonight is not inclusive in the program. If you wish to depart tonight from Entebbe Airport, make sure your flight is at 10 pm or later. If you would like us to book one (or more) nights in Kampala or Entebbe, please let us know.

Journey Time 6 hours
Accommodation Not included
Meal Plan Breakfast

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14 Days Savannah Birding Safari In Uganda

 

Tour Highlights
Departs: Entebbe International Airport Tour Length: 13 Days Focus: Birding | Game Viewing Key Species: Shoebill Stork, Northern Brown-throated Weaver, Orange Weaver, Papyrus Gonolek, African Finfoot, Red-faced Barbet, Lesser Jacana, Lesser Flamingo, White-napped Pigeon, Lesser Kestrel, Black-winged Pratincole, Pel’s Fishing-Owl Expected # of birds: 350 Species Birding Pace: Moderate Physical Difficulty: Moderate Group Limit: Maximum 8 Bird Photography: Worthwhile

Day 1: Arrival for Birdwatching in Uganda – Savannah Birding Safari In Uganda
Arrive at Entebbe International Airport, transfer to the Hotel. Depending on the time of arrival, we bird Entebbe botanical Gardens or Uganda Wildlife Education Centre.

Accommodation Lake Victoria Guest House
Meal Plan Breakfast, Lunch and dinner

Day 2: Birding Tour to Mabamba Swamps in Uganda
This morning we bird the Swamps where most of the birding is done canoeing! And in the afternoon, we bird Mabamba bay. A variety of species to be seen shall include; The elusive Shoebill, White-faced Whistling-duck, Fulvous Whistling-Duck, Goliath Heron, Purple Heron, Common Squacco Heron, long-toed Plover, African water Rail, Grey and Black Headed Herons, Striated Heron, Pygmy Goose, Yellow Billed Duck, Black Crake, Swamp Moorhen, Allen’s Gallinule, African Jacana, House Sparrow which is Vagrant, Mosque Swallow (monteiri race), Weyn’s Weaver, White Shouldered Tit, Little Swift, Sand Martin, Brown Snake-Eagle, Eurasian Hobby, Grosbeak Weaver, Blue-headed Coucal, Fork-tailed Drongo, Feral Pigeon, Flappet and Rofus-napped Lark Lark, Long-Crested Eagle, Stripped Kingfisher, Common Stonechat, Common Greenshank, Little bee-eater, Whinchat, Grey Wagtail, Great Blue Turaco, Grassland Pipit, Orange Weaver, Northern Brown-throated Weaver, Tawny-flanked Prinia, Black-headed weaver, Slender-billed Weaver, Yellow-backed Weaver, Black Headed Gonolek, Ruppell’s Long-tailed Sterling, Grey-Headed Sparrow, Spur-winged Lapwing, Yellow Wagtail, African Pied Wagtail, Pied King Fisher, Grey-headed Kingfisher, Yellow-billed Stork, Olivaceous Warbler, Tawny Eagle, Carruther’s Cisticola, Ross’s Turaco, Fan-tailed Widowbird, Ashy Flycatcher, Rufous-napped Lark, Yellow-throated Greenbul name it. You could also see the Sitatunga, a swamp antelope and much more of wildlife.

Accommodation Lake Victoria Guest House
Meal Plan Breakfast, Lunch and dinner

Day 3: Bird watching Tour to Murchison Falls National Park in Uganda
After breakfast, we bird to Uganda’s largest National Park; we stop at Masindi for lunch then proceed to the top of the spectacular falls.

Accommodation Murchison River Lodge
Meal Plan Breakfast, Lunch and dinner

Day 4: Game Viewing and Uganda birds Tour – Uganda Savannah Bird Watching
We have an early morning breakfast then go birding on a game drive, we take the best trucks and to the delta, we bird. We carry packed lunch with us so we will waste no moment if we are to see a bigger number of savannah birds along with other wildlife. Among the many species you should expect include; The Secretary Bird, The Giant, Pied, Malachite, Stripped, Chestnut-bellied, Blue-breasted, Woodland and the African Pygmy Kingfishers, House Martin, African Rock Martin, Lesser Stripped Swallow, Ethiopian Swallow, Angola Swallow, Red-rumped Swallow, Rufous-chested Swallow, Nightingale, Rock Thrush, Pied Wheatear, Whinchat, Common Redstart, White-fronted Black Chat, Sooty Chat, Isabelline Wheatear, Common Bulbul, Cameroon Sombre Greenbul, Yellow-throated Greenbul, the Black, White-breasted, and Red-shouldered Cuckoo Shrikes, the Black and Penduline Tits, the Arrow-marked, Black-lored and Brown Babblers, Nubian Woodpecker, Cardinal Woodpecker, Brown-backed Woodpecker, Lesser Honeyguide, Scaly-throated Honeyguide, Black Scimitarbill, Green Wood Hoopoe, a number of Buzzards, Barbets, Rollers, Harriers, Vultures, Eagles, Bee-eaters, Warblers, and so forth.

Accommodation Murchison River Lodge
Meal Plan Breakfast, Lunch and dinner

Day 5: Nature Walk birding tour and Launch Cruise in Uganda
Early in the morning, we bird on foot with a game ranger for the early and late morning active birds. We get back to the hotel for lunch then take a launch cruise to the bottom of the falls. Here, your list shall include; The Shoebill Stork, Little Grebe, Great White and the Pink-backed Pelicans, Red-knobbed Coot, African Water Rail, Allen’s Gallinule, Black Crake, African Crake, Black-crowned Crane, Southern Pochard, The Egyptian, African Pygmy, and the Spur-winged Gooses, Storks like; the Saddle-billed, Open-billed, Abdim’s, White, Yellow-billed, Marabou, and the Wooly-necked, the Little and Dwarf Bitterns, Night Heron, Black Heron, Goliath Heron, Purple Heron, Green Backed Heron, Common Squacco Heron, Great White Egret, Cormorants, the African and Eurasian Spoonbills, the Lesser Flamingo, Lesser Jacana, African Finfoot, Painted Snipe, Wattled Plover the list is very long.

Accommodation Murchison River Lodge
Meal Plan Breakfast, Lunch and dinner

Day 6: drive to Hoima,Fortportal
Start this with an amazing breakfast thereafter proceed to fortportal where you will have your lunch relax, then in the evening have your dinner and spend an overnight.

Accommodation Mountain of the moon Hotel
Meal Plan Breakfast, Lunch and dinner

Day 7: Birdwatching Safari to Queen Elizabeth National Park in Uganda Have breakfast and then bird to the home of 606 bird species

Journey Time
Accommodation Bush Lodge
Meal Plan Breakfast, Lunch and dinner

Day 8: Birding the Mweya Peninsular & Kazinga Channel
The morning of this day, we bird the Mweya Peninsular and in the afternoon we take a boat to Kazinga channel. You will have the exposure to the, African Skimmer, Malachite and Pied Kingfishers, White-winged Terns, Swamp Fly-catcher, Grey-capped Warbler, Grey-headed Kingfisher, Collard Pranticles, African Jacana, Pin-tailed Whydah, Martial Eagle, Gabon and Slender-tailed Nightjars, the lovely Black-headed Gonolek, Great and Long-tailed Cormorants, Common Squacco Heron, African Skimmer, African Fish Eagle, Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl, Sedge Warbler, White-winged Warbler, Papyrus Gonolek, Papyrus Canary, Great white and Pink-backed Pelicans, African Mourning Dove, African Open-billed Stork, Black-rumped Buttonquail, Yellow-billed and Marabou Stork, Egyptian Goose, a number of Gull species, just to mention but a few.

Journey Time
Accommodation Bush Lodge
Meal Plan Breakfast, Lunch and dinner

Day 9: Whole day Avian Watching along Kasenyi Track and the Craters in Uganda
Today, bird the Kasenyi trail and the craters for hundreds of Savannah species, we search for the Common Rock Thrush, Pied Wheatear, Whinchat, Common Redstart, White-fronted Black Chat, Sooty Chat, Isabelline Wheatear, Common Bulbul, Cameroon Sombre Greenbul, Yellow-throated Greenbul, the Black, White-breasted, and Red-shouldered Cuckoo Shrikes, the Black and Penduline Tits, the Arrow-marked, Black-lored and Brown Babblers, Nubian Woodpecker, Cardinal Woodpecker, Brown-backed Woodpecker, Lesser Honeyguide, Scaly-throated Honeyguide, Black Scimitarbill, Green Wood Hoopoe, a number of Buzzards, Barbets, Rollers, Harriers, Vultures, Eagles, Bee-eaters, Warblers, and so forth.

Accommodation Bush Lodge
Meal Plan Breakfast, Lunch and dinner

Day 10: Bird Uganda Ishasha Sector and Kyambura Gorge- Savannah Bird watching Tours
We bird this beautiful sections for hundreds of bird species, among which will include; African Thrush, Ruppell’s Long-tailed Sterling, Black-headed Gonolek, Slender-billed Weaver, Little Weaver, Black-headed Weaver, Grey-headed Sparrow, Red-headed Lovebird, Spur-winged Lapwing, the African, Red-eyed and African Morning Doves, the Winding, Croacking and Zitting Cisticolas, just to mention but a few.

Accommodation Bush Lodge
Meal Plan Breakfast, Lunch and dinner

Day 11: Birdwatching Journey to L. Mburo National Park in Uganda
After breakfast, we bird to the best choice place to find the African Finfoot: L. Mburo National Park. On checking in, we will go for an evening game drive for a number of bird species and a variety of mammals for example, Warthogs, Zebras, Elephants and many others. Lunch en route.

Accommodation Rwakobo Rock
Meal Plan Breakfast, Lunch and dinner

Day 12: Whole day Birding Uganda L. Mburo National Park – Bird Uganda Savannah Safaris
Have an early morning breakfast before going birding in a game drive car, we bird and return for lunch and later take a boat ride in search of water associated birds. Species possible to see today will include the African Finfoot Coqui, and the Red-winged Francolins, Blue-spotted Wood Dove, Brown Parrot, Barefaced Go-away bird, Harlequin and Blue Quails, Common Button Quail, White-headed and Black-billed Barbet, Greenwood Hoopoe, Common Scimitarbill, Blue-napped Mousebird, Blue-breasted and Shining-blue Kingfishers, Lilac-breasted Roller, African-grey Hornbill, the Nubian, Buff-spotted, Brown-eared, and the Grey Woodpeckers, Trilling, Stout, and Wing-snapping Cisticolas, Red-necked spurfowl, Black-bellied Bustard, Temminck’s Courser, African-wattled Plover Rufous napped and Flappet larks, Rufous-chested Swallow ,Yellow-throated Longclaw, Black-winged Bishop, Chubb’s, Carruther’s and a number of other Cisticolas, the Lesser and Great Swamp Warblers, Black Crake, Common Squacco, Striated, Goliath, Purple, Black-headed, Grey, and Black-headed Herons, Great White and Pink-backed Pelicans, the African Fish Eagle, among others.

Accommodation Rwakobo Rock
Meal Plan Breakfast, Lunch and dinner

Day 13: Birding Journey to Kampala/Entebbe
On the last day, we bird our way out of the park for more species possibly missed out as we head to Masaka for our lunch before proceeding to Kampala or Entebbe.

Accommodation L.Victoria Guest House
Meal Plan Breakfast, Lunch and dinner

Day 14: Departure – End of Uganda Savannah Bird Watching Tour
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Accommodation Not included
Meal Plan Breakfast

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12 Days Gorilla Tracking Safari



Day 1: Welcome to Uganda!
You will be picked up and welcomed from the airport by a representative of your hotel. He will transfer you to your hotel. You will meet your driver/ guide tomorrow morning when he picks you up from your hotel.
Depending on the time of your arrival, you may be able to explore the sites in and around Kampala. Activities today are at your own costs.
You will stay in a nice lodge with beautiful views on Lake Victoria. The hotel has cozy safari style furnished rooms, equipped with satellite TV, fridge bar, telephone, fan, balcony with lake-view and a comfortable bathroom.

Journey Time 1,5 hour
Accommodation Cassia Lodge
Meal Plan No meals included

Day 2: drive to Ssezibwa falls then Source of the Nile
Start this day with a delicious breakfast ,then proceed to Jinja as you are going to Jinja you will pass through Mabira forest this one of the tropical rain forest we have in Uganda, you will be able to see different monkey species jumping from different branches, near the forest there is a market for fresh fruits and roasted barbecues as you finish the forest you will meet beautiful and fascinating ever green Tea Plantations and the sugar cane plantations where you will later branch off to Ssezibwa Falls which are said to have been born as twin Falls that is a female and male, enjoy the cool environment and storytelling about this forest like environment, later drive to Jinja for the mighty source of the Nile have you delicious Lunch then in the afternoon, you will be taken around this area or else opt to do a boat cruise where you will be able to see the really source of Nile and much more bird life along the river mostly the Kingfishers and the cormorant. After this fabulous experience you will be driven to the lodge where you will have your dinner and spend an overnight.

Journey Time ?? hours
Accommodation Source of the Smile
Meal Plan Breakfast and dinner

Day 3: Bungee Jumping or white water Rafting
Start this day with a delicious breakfast, then proceed to one of these Andrinarin activities on the world’s second largest river with a lot of amazing stories about the river, different perceptions of the people about the river and Jinja town as a whole then later after this amazing experience you will be driven back to the lodge for lunch and relax for the whole evening or decide with your guide to do any other optional activity since Jinja is an adventurous district with a lot of touristic activities. In the evening you will retire for the night after your delicious dinner.

Journey Time ?? hours
Accommodation Source of the Smile
Meal Plan Breakfast and dinner

Day 4: Drive to Murchison Fall National Park and on your way visit Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary
Start this day with an early morning Breakfast then setoff for Murchison falls national park, this is the largest National Park in Uganda and the world’s most powerful waterfalls. On the way to Murchison Falls National Park make a stop at the Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary for rhino tracking. This sanctuary covers an area of 70km2 and has over 78 park rangers and security guards who keep 24 hours watch on the Rhinos to ensure their security. The 70km2 is surrounded by 2m electric fence to keep the Rhinos in and intruders out. This sanctuary is a home to at least 40 mammals and reptilians species including monkeys, antelopes ,hippos, crocodiles and numerous bird species. After this amazing experience you have your delicious lunch and proceed for Murchison falls. This is the largest national park in Uganda but its very existence is determined by the famous Murchison falls. As you reach the lodge you will welcomed and checked in, where later you have dinner and spend an overnight.

Journey Time 6 hours
Accommodation Kibale Forest Camp
Meal Plan Breakfast and dinner

Day 5: Early Morning Game Drive and afternoon Boat Cruise
Start this day with an early morning breakfast, the game driveis mostly conducted in the northern part of the park with our knowledgeable and skilled drive guide is the fantastic way to see and photograph a wide range of animals in the Nile valley. This park is the Uganda largest and oldest conservation area, hostingabout 76 species of mammals and about 451 species of birds. The stretch of the river provides one of Uganda’s most remarkable wildlife spectacles. Regular visitors to the river bank include elephants, giraffes and buffalos while hippos andNile crocodiles and aquaticbirds are permanent residents. After this fabulous experience you go for you delicious lunch and later drive to the Launch trip, the launch trip upstream from Paraa presents an astonishing display of wildlife and culminates with the frontal view of the falls. This park is bisected by the VictoriaNile, whichplunges 45m over the remnant rift valley wall, creating the dramatic Murchison falls. The Launch trip is destined to the bottom of the falls which is well rewarding with wildlife. The stretch of the river provides one of Uganda’s most remarkable wildlife spectacles. Regular visitors to the river bank include elephants, giraffes and buffalos while hippos and Nile crocodiles and aquatic birds are permanent residents. After this fascinating and memorable experience you will drive back to the lodge rest as you wait for you dinner and spend a night.

Journey Time 6 hours
Accommodation Kibale Forest Camp
Meal Plan Breakfast and dinner

Day 6: Drive to Kibale National Park and Bigondi Swamp Walk
Kibale national Park is the most magnificent of Uganda’s tropical rain forest and one of the most rewarding areas to explore, it boasts 13 species of primates including the localized Red Colobus,L’hoest monkeys and the endemic Uganda Mangabay. Kibale’s major attraction is the Chimpanzees, the delightful Apes, most closest to humans than any other living creature. This can be seen swinging in the tree branches as one treks through the forest trails. This park also inhabits the elusive forest Elephants, Buffalos, giant forest Hogs and antelopes making it one of the most stunning Parks in Uganda. You will close this day with a fascinating swamp walk through Bigondi where you will be able see different monkey species and lots of beautiful birds such as the Great Blue Turaco

Journey Time 6 hours
Accommodation Kibale Forest Camp
Meal Plan Breakfast and dinner

Day 7: Chimpanzee Habituation Experience/Chimp Tracking
The chimpanzee habituation experience allows you to accompany Kibale’s forest researchers and habituators as they follow chimps during their daily activity, thereby getting them used to human presence without altering their natural behavior. This is a whole day activity and early visitors may be able to see the spectacular scene of the chimpsde-nesting,copulating,hunting,breast feeding, resting, patrolling and displaying until they build new nestsand retire for the night around 7:00 pm. After this amazing experience will walk back to the briefing point where you will be picked by your guide back to the lodge for dinner and spend an overnight.

Journey Time 15 minutes each way
Accommodation Kibale Forest Camp
Meal Plan Breakfast and dinner

Day 8: Drive to Queen Elizabeth N.P and do a Boat Cruise
Start this day with an early morning breakfast and head to the second largest National Park in Uganda. It is a medley of wonders because of its fabulous wildlife and many eye catching attractions. This beautiful park is crossed by the Equator where you will have a stopover and pose for the photos as you watch the beauty of the jagged Rwenzori ranges. After this fascinating experience you proceed to Mweya Peninsular, this is the tourism Hub of Queen Elizabeth National Park with most of the attractions the visitors wouldn’t want to miss out.
Mweya Peninsular is an area encircled by two water bodies that is Kazinga channel and the waters of Lake Edward leaving one way which is the entrance and the same time Exit. This is where the majestic boat cruise on Kazinga Channel is conducted. You will have a hot lunch before you setoff for this wonderful activity which is non-other than a boat cruise on Kazinga Channel. This is an oasis for many of the fascinating species that inhabit the park, and taking a boat trip along Kazinga Channel gives the visitors a chance to cruise just a few meters from hundreds of enormous hippos since Kazinga channel is well known for its big number of Hippos of over 4800, Crocodiles sun basking and Buffaloes while Elephants linger along the shoreline.. This will undoubtedly be one of the highlights of your tour. This takes about 2hours from the starting point to coming back.
After this marvelous and unforgettable experience you will opt for an evening game drive either to the salt lake of Katwe or to the craters. This park is blessed with an assortment of crater lakes which are over 52 in number, where by others are filled up by water and others and emptygrabens filledwith vegetation, this is where you will have the great and clear views of the jagged Rwenzori Mountains, you later drive back to the lodge where you will have dinner and spend a night.

Journey Time 6 hours
Accommodation Bush Lodge
Meal Plan Breakfast,Lunch and dinner

Day 9: Game drive in Kasenyi then Drive to Ishasha for Tree climbing Lions and travel to Bwindi
Start this day with an early morning breakfast then set off for the classic African safari in the Kasenyi tracks, the North Kazinga which offers virtually guaranteed Buffalos, Antelopes and Elephant sightings, along with warthogs. This is a rewarding game in the Kasenyi plains, this is the northern part of Queen Elizabeth National Park rich with wildlife, the game drive takes about 4-6 hours according to the season and the movement of these animals, this is a magnificent game which includes a lot to see such as Herds of Elephants, Hippos,Buffalos,Antelopes like Uganda Kobs, Daffasa Waterbuck and much more wildlife and on lucky days see a pride of lions and the solitary Leopard. This Park is known to have the longest bird list in all East African protected National Parks, thus giving you a chance to see a lot of beautiful Savanna species. You will later relax and stretch as you are enjoying your bush Breakfast. After you will leave for Ishasha which is about 75Kms from the northern part of Queen Elizabeth National Park along the way you will meet a lot of amazing wildlife such as the Baboons, Black and white Colobus monkeys, Red tailed monkeys,Vavet Monkeys and much more bird species. When you reach Ishasha you will relax, have lunch and set off for a game drive in the Ishasha plains, this is more than rewarding with a lot to see starting from the big mammals to the small ones like the mongooses, reptiles like the Nile monitor Lizard and the Agama Lizards and more eye catching bird species. Nature is unpredictable that means I cannot guarantee the sighting of the Predators but we trust our guides to do the required needful. After this memorable experience you will continue Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, check in Buhoma Community Lodge where you will have dinner and spend an overnight.

Journey Time ?? Hours
Accommodation Buhoma Community Lodge
Meal Plan Breakfast, Lunch and dinner

Day 10: Gorilla Tracking
Today is the big day; prepare yourself for an encounter with one of Bwindi’s gentle giants: the rare mountain gorilla. For most people this is the absolute highlight of their tour in Uganda.
Tracking is a captivation and unforgettable experience which more than repays the efforts needed to reach Bwindi and to trek through the forest. Gorilla tracking can be challenging and needs one to be reasonable fit before undertaking to venture into the activity. Gorilla tracking starts at 8:30am and lasts from a few hours to a whole day depending on where the Gorillas where left the previous day. This means you shall have to carry you packed Lunch and enough driving water. Though Gorilla tracking is the main attraction, the forest is also endowed with 120 species of mammals, 364 species of birds, 202 species of Butterflies, 163 species of trees, 100 species of ferns and many other endangered species. It is a UNESCO designated world Heritage Site popular for Mountain Gorillas and chimpanzees, the two great African apes listed as endangered animals in the IUCN Red Data Book.
After this memorable and unique experience you will be driven back to the lodge where you will relax, have dinner and spend an overnight

Journey Time Tracking
Accommodation Buhoma Community Lodge
Meal Plan Breakfast, Lunch and dinner

Day 11: Batwa Trail
Start this day with an early morning breakfast and set off for this amazing Batwa experience with their interesting and great stories of their lives. These are the indigenous people that lived in the forest before they were vacated out of the forest, initially they would feed on the fruits, leaves and hunt forest birds and animals like the duiker, then later they were vacated from the forest sensitized and one its one of the interesting communities around the forest of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park since they have alone showcase such a telling about their lives while they lived in the forest, their traditional dances and ways of lives.
After this memorable and unique experience you will be driven back to the lodge where you will relax, have dinner and spend an overnight.

Journey Time Tracking
Accommodation Buhoma Community Lodge
Meal Plan Breakfast, Lunch and dinner

Day 12: Drive to Lake Mburo National and Igongo Cultural Center
On this day, you will wake up have a warm and delicious breakfast then later drive to Igongo Museum where you will get to learn the traditional ways of the people in western Uganda and their culture “the Banyankole in particular” this is where you will have your lunch. And depart for Lake Mburo National Park. This is a gem of a park which is conveniently located close to the western highway that connects Kampala to the parks of western Uganda. It is a very special place with a medley of habitats ranging from wooded and open savanna, lakes, swamps to forests. This park is remarkably different from other parks. It is the best park to view the gigantic Elands, Impalas, Zebras and Acacia associated birds. The five lakes within] the park attract hippos and crocodiles while fringing swamps hide secretive papyrus specialists such as Sitatunga Antelope, Papyrus Gonlek and the rare shoebill and African Finfoot. You reach in this fascinating park during lunch time enjoy your lunch and opt for either Boat cruise or an evening game drive. These are all amazing activities; the chance is tours to choose among the two options. In case of any opted activity it will be after lunch in the late afternoon .when you are done with the activity you will come back to lodge for dinner and spend an overnight.

Journey Time ?? Hours
Accommodation Rwakobo Rock
Meal Plan Breakfast, Lunch and dinner

Day 13: Walking Safari, then back to Kampala and Entebbe for the Flight
Start this day with a warm breakfast and set off for the walking safari which is conducted on foot with the help with the armed ranger guide who will help to interpret to you the various flora and fauna of this park, about the locals in this area, these guided walks also help you to explore the park around Rwonyo which is a visit to a natural salt lick frequented by the wildlife. Viewing is facilitated by a timber observation Plat form.
After this unique experience you drive back to Kampala we will drive or Entebbe (Airport) stopping at the equator for the requisite snapshot and a bit of souvenir shopping.
Accommodation for tonight is not inclusive in the program. If you wish to depart tonight from Entebbe Airport, make sure your flight is at 10 pm or later. If you would like us to book one (or more) nights in Kampala or Entebbe, please let us know.

Journey Time 6 hours
Accommodation Not included
Meal Plan Breakfast

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12 Days Of Birding In Uganda

Tour Highlights
Departs: Entebbe International Airport Tour Length: 16 Days Focus: Birding |Primates Watch Key Species: Orange Weaver, Shelley’s Crimson-wing, African Green Broadbill, Handsome Francolin, Kivu Ground Thrush, Albertine Rift Endemics, Green-breasted Pitta, African Piculet, White-throated Blue Swallow, Puvel’s Illadopsis, Nahan’s Francolin Expected # of birds: 350 Species Birding Pace: Moderate Physical Difficulty: Moderate Group Limit: Maximum 8 Bird Photography: Can be trick in the forest but fair in open forest trails
Possible Extension: Mountain Gorilla and Chimp Tracking
Day 1: Arrival for Forest Birding Safari Uganda
Arrive at Entebbe International Airport, transfer to the Hotel. Depending on the time of arrival, we bird Entebbe botanical Gardens or Uganda Wildlife Education Centre.

Overnight at Rain Forest Lodge Mabira (FB)
Accommodation Rain Forest Lodge Mabira
Meal Plan Breakfast, Lunch and dinner

Day 2: Uganda Birding Tour of Mabira Forest (Nahan’s Francolin)
This is the biggest forest reserve closest to the city center. It boosts of a 315 bird species record with 74 of the 144 species of the Guinea–Congo Forests biome that occur in Uganda
Search for Nahan’s Francolin which is an IUCN Red list’ endangered species, Cassin’s Hawk-eagle, White-spotted Flufftail, Afep Pigeon, Grey Parrot, Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo, Black-shouldered Nightjar, Sabine’s Spinetail, Cassin’s Spinetail, Blue-throated Roller, African Dwarf Kingfisher, White-bellied Kingfisher, Forest Woodhoopoe, African Pied Hornbill, Black-and-white Casqued Hornbill, Speckled Tinkerbird, Yellow-throated Tinkerbird, Yellow-spotted Barbet, Hairy-breasted Barbet, Yellow-billed Barbet, Green-breasted Pitta, African Shrike-flycatcher, Jameson’sand Chestnut Wattle-eyes, Forest Robin, Fire-crested Alethe, Red-capped Robin-Chat, the Speckle-breasted, Yellow-crested, Brown-eared, and the Buff-spotted Woodpeckers, Cassin’s Honeyguide, Red-tailed Bristlebil among others.

Dinner and Overnight at Rain Forest Lodge Mabira (FB)
Accommodation Rainforest Mabira
Meal Plan Breakfast, Lunch and dinner

Day 3: Birding Uganda Budongo Forest
Today, we bird to Budongo Forest which has a prolific birdlife with two species of birds not found elsewhere in East Africa: 10 of the 22 species of the Sudan–Guinea Savanna biome and 93 of the 144 species Guinea–Congo Forests biome that occur in Uganda.
We carry packed lunch along.

Overnight at Masindi Hotel | New Court View Hotel (FB)
Accommodation New Court View Hotel
Meal Plan Breakfast, Lunch and dinner

Day 4: Birding Trip in Budongo Forest Uganda (Puvel’s Illadopsis)
Slender-billed Starling
We bird the marvelous Royal mile and several other trails for magnificent species, the whole day. We look for the Puvel’s Illadopsis and Nahan’s Francolin other special birds include; the Yellow-billed Barbet, Grey-throated Barbet, Honeyguide Greenbul, Chocolate–backed Kingfisher,White-headed Saw-wing, White Wagtail, Black-eared Ground-Thrush, Little Crake, Chestnut-capped Flycatcher, African Paradise Flycatcher, Chin-spot Batis, Grey-backed Camaroptera, Lemon-bellied Crombec, African Moustached Warbler, Green-backed Eremomela, Yellow-whiskered Greenbul, African Citril, African Golden-breasted Bunting, Black-crowned Waxbill, Bronze Mannikin, Black-billed Bluebill, Black-winged Red Bishop, Yellow-mantled Widowbird, Fan-tailedWidowbird, Spectacled Weaver, Black-necked Weaver, Yellow-backed Weaver, Compact Weaver, Northern Brown-throated Weaver, Holub’s Golden Weaver, Red-headed Weaver, Yellow-billed Oxpecker, Greater Blue-eared Starling, Purple Starling, Purple-headed Starling, Splendid Starling, Northern Puffback, Black-headed Gonolek, Tropical Boubou, Isabelline Shrike, Red-backed Shrike, Lesser Grey Shrike, Western Violet-backed Sunbird and many more.

Overnight at Masindi Hotel | New Court View Hotel (FB)
Accommodation New Court View
Meal Plan Breakfast, Lunch and dinner

Day 5: Uganda Birding Safari From Busingiro-Kibale Forest National Park
For the early hours of the day, we bird Busingiro and later transfer to Kibale Forest National Park which is the most accessible of Uganda’s major rainforests.
Overnight at Kibale Primate Lodge | Kibale Forest Camp (FB)
Accommodation Kibale Forest Camp
Meal Plan Breakfast, Lunch and dinner

Day 6 & 7: Green-breatsed Pitta Search and Optional Chimpanzee Tracking
In Kibale we will bird areas of the forest, Bigodi wetland Sanctuary and Sebitoli for Unique forest species, papyrus endemics and some shore birds
So far, over 339 species of birds have been recorded, but more species are likely to be added. The park has the Green-breasted Pitta as the most sought-after species along with others;Chubb’s Cisticola, Black-capped Waxbill,Africa Shrike-flycatcher, African Black-headed Oriole,African Emerald Cuckoo, African Green-pigeon, Black-crowned Tchagra, African WoodOwl,African/Rwenzori/Abyssinian Hill-Babbler, Alpine Swift, Ashy Flycatcher, Barn Swallow, Black Bee-eater, Black Cuckoo, Black Cuckoo-shrike, Black-and-white Casqued Hornbill, Black-and-white Mannikin, Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher, Black-billed Turaco, Black-billed Weaver, Black-faced Rufous Warbler, African Dusky Flycatcher, Black-headed Weaver, Black-necked Weaver, African/Western Citril,Black-throated Apalis, Blue-shouldered Robin-chat, Blue-throated Brown Sunbird,Blue-throated Roller, African Blue Flycatcher, Bocage’ Bush-shrike,Bronze Mannikin, Zebra Waxbill,Bronze Sunbird, Brown Illadopsis, Brown-capped Weaver,Brown-chested Alethe,Brown-eared Woodpecker,Brown-headed Tchagra,African-pied Wagtail, CameroonSombre Greenbul,Brown-throated Wattle-eye, Yellow-billed Barbet,Afep Pigeon, endless list.

Mackinnon’s Fiscal
Overnight at Kibale Primate Lodge | Kibale Forest Camp (FB)
Accommodation Kibale Forest Camp
Meal Plan Breakfast, Lunch and dinner

Day 8: Birdwatching Semliki National Park in Uganda
Semliki harbours a large number of predominantly Central African species which can not be found anywhere else in East Africa and these include some of the continent’s most spectacular and sought-after birds such as; Long-tailed Hawk, Congo Serpent Eagle, Lyre-tailed Honeyguide, Black-wattled Hornbill, the Nkulengu Rail, just to mention but a few. There is a single, unconfirmed report of the globally threatened Lesser Kestrel.
Overnight at Semliki Safari Lodge | Vanilla Hotel (FB)
Accommodation Kibale Forest Camp
Meal Plan Breakfast, Lunch and dinner

Day 9 & 10: Birding tour Semliki forest and the Kirumiya trail (Blue Swallow)
Being one of the richest areas for both flora and fauna in Africa most especially birds, we bird the place for two days. We aim at a record of 400 species which will include the African Piculate, Blue Swallow, White-throated Blue Swallow, Swamp Palm Bulbul, Spotted Greenbul, White-starred Robin, Lowland Akalat, Red-throated Alethe, Fire-crested Alethe, Snowy-headed Robin-Chat, Blue-shouldered Robin-Chat, Red-eyed Puffback, White-tailed Robin-Chat, Northern Bearded Scrub-Robin, Capped Wheatear, Common Stonechat, Abyssinian Ground-Thrush, Oberlaender’s Ground-Thrush, Grey Ground-Thrush, Little Grey Greenbul, Toro Olive Greenbul, Mountain Greenbul, Yellow-throated Nicator, Western Nicator, Purple-throated Cuckoo-shrike, Petit’s Cuckoo-shrike, Black Saw-wing, Eurasian Oystercatcher, Long-tailed Hawk, Red-thighed Sparrowhawk, Chestnut-flanked Goshawk, Grant’s Bluebill, Afep Pigeon, Blue-headed Coucal, Bates’s Nightjar, Swamp Nightjar, Cassin’ Spinetail, Sabine’s Spinetail, White-bellied Kingfisher, Shinning-blue Kingfisher, Gabon Woodpecker, Hairy-breasted Barbet, Yellow-billed Barbet, Double-toothed Barbet, Black-billed Barbet, White-headed Barbet, just to mention but a few.
Overnight at Semliki Safari Lodge | Vanilla Hotel (FB)
Accommodation Semlik Safari Lodge
Meal Plan Breakfast, Lunch and dinner

Day 11: Uganda Birding Safari to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
This is the best place for forest birding in Uganda and yet Africa’ number one birding spot, the park has 23 of Uganda’s 24 Albertine Rift endemics including the globally threatened species such as the African Green Broadbill and Shelley’s Crimsonwing, plus others such as Oberlander’s/Forest Ground Thrush, Sassi’s Olive Greenbul, Dusky Crimson-wing, Strange Weaver, Rwenzori Double-collared Sunbird, Regal Sunbird, Purple -breasted Sunbird, Blue-headed Sunbird, Rwenzori Batis, Yellow-eyed Black Flycatcher, Red-faced Woodland Warbler, Short -tailed/Neumann’s Warbler, Grauer’s Warbler, Grauer’s Rush Warbler, Collared Apalis, Montane Masked Apalis, Kivu Ground Thrush, Red-throated Alethe, Stripe-breasted Tit, Rwenzori Nightjar, Rwenzori Turaco, Handsome Francolin.

Overnight at Gorilla Resort | Buhoma Community Rest Camp (FB)
Accommodation Buhoma Community Rest Camp
Meal Plan Breakfast, Lunch and dinner

Day 12: Albertine Rift Endemics Tour and Optional Gorilla Trekking in Uganda
There are less than 800 mountain gorillas in the whole world. Uganda is home to more than a half of these beautiful, majestic gentle giants and yet endangered apes. Therefore, Gorilla tracking in Uganda is a must experience not to be missed. Bwindi impenetrable forest habituates families of mountain gorillas along with other species of primates for example, Chimpanzees, Colubus monkeys, Olive baboons, name it.
At Buhoma, we look out for species like, the Black Bee-Eater, Dusky Tit, Brown-caped Weaver, the Yellow-billed and yellow-spotted Barbets, the African and Black-and-white Shrike Flycatchers, Common Stonechat, Brown-throated and Chestnut Wattle-eyes, Apalises, Equatorial Akalat, Slaty Flyacatcher, White-bellied Robin-Chat, Black-throated Apalis, Mountain Masked Apalis, Grey Apalis, Chestnut-throated Apalis, the Olive-green and Grey-backed Camaropteras, White-chinned Prinnia, Green Hylia, Short-tailed Warbler, White-tailed Antithrush, Cape Wagtail, Grey-capped Warbler, Black-faced Rufous Warbler, Red-faced Woodland Warbler, Grauer’s Warbler, Grauer’s Rush Warbler, White-browed Crombec, the list is long.
White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher

Overnight at Gorilla Resort | Buhoma Community Rest Camp (FB)
Accommodation Buhoma Community Rest Camp
Meal Plan Breakfast, Lunch and dinner

Day 13: Birding Tour to Ruhija (African Green Broadbill)
Today we bird Ruhija in search for the darling African Green Broadbill, Handsome Francolin, Strange Weaver, Shelley’s and Dusky Crimson-wings, Stripe-breasted Tit, Rwenzori Batis, White-browed Crombec, White-aped Raven, Purple-breasted Sunbird, Sharp’s Starling, Mountain masked and Rwenzori Apalises and many more.

Overnight at Ruhija Gorilla Lodge | Trekkers Tavern (FB)
Accommodation Trekkers Tavern
Meal Plan Breakfast, Lunch and dinner

Day 14: Birding Mubwindi
Whole day birding Mubwindi Swamp we look out for the Yellow-eyed Black Flycatcher, White tailed blue flycatcher, Brown capped warbler, Black Billed weaver, Black Necked weaver, Red Headed Malimbe, Grey headed Sparrow, Waller’s Starling, Stuhlmann’s starling, Montane Oriole, Many Coloured Bush Shrike, Bocage’s Bush Shrike, Brown Crowned Tchagra, Pink Footed Puffback, Ludher’s Bush Shrike, Doherty`s Bush-shrike, Mountain Illadopsis, Rwenzori Nightjar.

Overnight at Ruhija Gorilla Lodge | Trekkers Tavern (FB)
Accommodation Trekkers Tavern
Meal Plan Breakfast, Lunch and dinner

Day 15: Birding to Kampala/Entebbe

Accommodation Lake Victoria Victoria
Meal Plan Breakfast, Lunch and dinner

Day 16: Departure – End of Uganda Forest Bird Watching Tour

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11 Days Exclusive Gorilla Tracking Safari

Day 1: Welcome to Uganda!
You will be picked up and welcomed from the airport by a representative of your hotel. He will transfer you to your hotel. You will meet your driver/ guide tomorrow morning when he picks you up from your hotel.
Depending on the time of your arrival, you may be able to explore the sites in and around Kampala. Activities today are at your own costs.
You will stay in a nice lodge with beautiful views on Lake Victoria. The hotel has cozy safari style furnished rooms, equipped with satellite TV, fridge bar, telephone, fan, balcony with lake-view and a comfortable bathroom.

Accommodation Cassia Lodge
Meal Plan No meals included

Day 2: Drive to Kibale National Park and Bigondi Swamp Walk
Kibale national Park is the most magnificent of Uganda’s tropical rain forest and one of the most rewarding areas to explore, it boasts 13 species of primates including the localized Red Colobus,L’hoest monkeys and the endemic Uganda Mangabay. Kibale’s major attraction is the Chimpanzees, the delightful Apes, most closest to humans than any other living creature. This can be seen swinging in the tree branches as one treks through the forest trails. This park also inhabits the elusive forest Elephants, Buffalos, giant forest Hogs and antelopes making it one of the most stunning Parks in Uganda. You will close this day with a fascinating swamp walk through Bigondi where you will be able to see different monkey species and lots of beautiful birds such as the Great Blue Turaco
Journey Time 6 hours

Accommodation Kibale Forest Camp
Meal Plan Breakfast and dinner

Day 3: Chimpanzee Tracking
The chimpanzee tracking experience allows you to spend about an hour with our closest relatives where the trcker goes earlier to the forest searching for them and you will follow chimps during their daily activity, thereby getting them used to human presence within their natural habitat. This is a half day activity and early visitors may be able to see the spectacular scene of the chimps de-nesting,copulating,hunting,breast feeding, resting. After this amazing experience will walk back to the briefing point where you will be picked by your guide back to the lodge for dinner and spend an overnight.

Accommodation Kibale Forest Camp
Meal Plan Breakfast and dinner

Day 4: Drive to Queen Elizabeth N.P for Game drive and Boat Cruise
Start this day with an early morning breakfast and head to the second largest National Park in Uganda. It is a medley of wonders because of its fabulous wildlife and many eye catching attractions. This beautiful park is crossed by the Equator where you will have a stopover and pose for the photos as you watch the beauty of the jagged Rwenzori ranges, you will be already in thePark for the classic African safari in the Kasenyi tracks, the North Kazinga which offers virtually guaranteed Buffalos, Antelopes and Elephant sightings, along with warthogs. This is a rewarding game in the Kasenyi plains, this is the northern part of Queen Elizabeth National Park rich with wildlife, the game drive takes about 4-5 hours according to the season and the movement of these animals, this is a magnificent game which includes a lot to see such as Herds of Elephants, Hippos,Buffalos,Antelopes like Uganda Kobs, Daffasa Waterbuck and much more wildlife and on lucky days see a pride of lions and the solitary Leopard. This Park is known to have the longest bird list in all East African protected National Parks, thus giving you a chance to see a lot of beautiful Savanna species. You will later relax and stretch as you are enjoying your bush Breakfast.
After this fascinating experience you proceed to Mweya Peninsular, this is the tourism Hub of Queen Elizabeth National Park with most of the attractions the visitors wouldn’t miss out.
Mweya Peninsular is an area encircled by two water bodies that is Kazinga channel and the waters of Lake Edward leaving one way which is the entrance and the same time Exit. This is where the majestic boat cruise on Kazinga Channel is done. You will have a hot lunch before you setoff for this wonderful activity which is non-other than a boat cruise on Kazinga Channel. This is an oasis for many of the fascinating species that inhabit the park, and taking a boat trip along Kazinga Channel gives the visitors a chance to cruise just a few meters from hundreds of enormous hippos since Kazinga channel is well known for its big number of Hippos of over 4800, Crocodiles sun basking and Buffaloes while Elephants linger along the shoreline.. This will undoubtedly be one of the highlights of your tour. This takes about 2hours from the starting point to coming back.
After this marvelous and unforgettable experience you will opt for an evening game drive either to the salt lake of Katwe or to the craters. This park has over 52 craters where by others are filled up by water and others and emptygrabens filled with vegetation, this is where you will have the great and clear views of the jagged Rwenzori Mountains, you later drive back to the lodge where you will have dinner and spend a night.

Accommodation Bush Lodge
Meal Plan Breakfast,Lunch and dinner

Day 5:Early Morning Game drive then drive to Ishasha for Tree climbing Lions .
Start this day with an early morning breakfast and set off for an early morning ggame drive in the Kasenyi savanna Grassland with a lot of sightings and later leave for Ishasha which is about 75Kms from the northern part of Queen Elizabeth National Park along the way you will meet a lot of amazing wildlife such as the Baboons, Black and white Colobus monkeys, Red tailed monkeys,Vavet Monkeys and much more bird species. When you reach Ishasha you will relax, have lunch and set off for a game drive in the Ishasha plains, this is more than rewarding with a lot to see starting from the big mammals to the small ones like the mongooses, reptiles like the Nile monitor Lizard and the Agama Lizards and more eye catching bird species. Nature is unpredictable that means I cannot guarantee the sighting of the Predators but we trust our guides to do the required needful,the fact that this is the capital of the tree climbing Lions, which is famous for the tree climbing Lions. The fig trees of Ishasha hide Lions ready to prey on the Herds of unsuspecting Uganda Kobs. This side of the park is also endowed with great number of wildlife and it’s in this part of the park that you will only and only have a chance to see the Topi and lots of amazing bird life.
Since Queen Elizabeth was classified as an Important Birding Area by Birding International, Queens’ great variety of habitats mean it is home to over 600 species which is the greatest of any East African National Park.
After this rewarding experience you proceed to your lodge where you will have dinner and spend a night.

Accommodation Ishasha Jungle Lodge
Meal Plan Breakfast, Lunch and dinner

Day 6: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park the Capital of the Mountain Gorillas
Start this day with an early morning breakfast and depart for Bwindi Impenetrable National Park ,this is the Capital of the Mountain Gorillas. There are several tracking sectors with different habituated groups. On arrival to the lodge you will be welcomed .chhecked in relax as you wait for dinner and spend an over night at Buhoma Communty Lodge.

Accommodation Buhoma Community Lodge
Meal Plan Breakfast, Lunch and dinner

Day 7: Gorilla Tracking
Today is the big day; prepare yourself for an encounter with one of Bwindi’s gentle giants: the rare mountain gorilla. For most people this is the absolute highlight of their tour in Uganda.
Tracking is a captivation and unforgettable experience which more than repays the efforts needed to reach Bwindi and to trek through the forest. Gorilla tracking can be challenging and needs one to be reasonable fit before undertaking to venture into the activity. Gorilla tracking starts at 8:30am and lasts from a few hours to a whole day depending on where the Gorillas where left the previous day. This means you shall have to carry you packed Lunch and enough driving water. Though Gorilla tracking is the main attraction, the forest is also endowed with 120 species of mammals, 364 species of birds, 202 species of Butterflies, 163 species of trees, 100 species of ferns and many other endangered species. It is a UNESCO designated world Heritage Site popular for Mountain Gorillas and chimpanzees, the two great African apes listed as endangered animals in the IUCN Red Data Book.
After this memorable and unique experience you will be driven back to the lodge where you will relax, have dinner and spend an overnight

Accommodation Buhoma Community Lodge
Meal Plan Breakfast, Lunch and dinner

Day 8: Transfer to Gishenyi
Wake up at leisure and have an early morning breakfast, later setoff for this amazing destination which isLake Kivu one of the African Great Lakes. It lies on the border between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda, and is in the Albertine Rift, the western branch of the East African Rift. Lake Kivuempties into Ruzizi River, which flows southwards into Lake Tanganyika. This lake is famous for different tourist activities which are centered on a modern lake shore overlooking pine-covered hills. This is such a relaxing enjoyable and calm place that strolls along the lake shores, bird-watching or just watching life open out. Additional leisure activities include water skiing, boat trips, wind surfing and fishing. With this experience you will retire for the day, have diner and spend an overnight.

Journey Time ?? hour
Accommodation Lake KivuSerena Hotel
Meal Plan No meals included

Day 9: Boat Cruise on Lake Kivu.
Begin the amazing day with a cup of coffee or tea, ready and setoff for yet another adventurous region in Kigali with the stunning water bodies where the amazing boat cruise is carried out, here you will not only enjoy the fantastic views along lake Kivu but also a lot other more eye catching attractions around.
The entire experience is simply amazing and definitely an adventure you can never forget.
After this unforgettable experience you will drive to Kigali where you will relax, have diner and spend an overnight.

Day 9: Transfer to Kigali for Genocide Memorial Visit
Begin this amazing day with an early and delicious morning breakfast and later setoff for yet another destination which is in Rwanda-Kigali one of the cleanest City in East Africa and Africa at Large. Your travel will be destined to Kigali the capital of Rwanda, this beautiful city has a lot to offer starting from the Genocide grounds which attracts thousands and thousands of people. The local market of local food stuffs of Rwanda is also a significant one would not miss out while in Kigali you will have a chance to visit the Genocide Memorial site. This took place between two ethnic groups populating Rwanda: the Hutus and the Tutsis and this was between April and June 1994 (~100 days), an estimated 800,000 Rwandans were killed.
Soldiers and police officers encouraged ordinary citizens to take part in the killings. Hutu civilians, forced by military personnel, were to murder their neighbors, friends, and even relatives.
Participants were given incentives, in the form of money, food, or land, to kill Tutsis; they could appropriate the land of the Tutsis they killed. But this now left history behind and the Genocide is now a tourist attraction. When you reach the Lodges you will be warmly welcomed check-in have dinner and spend an overnight

Accommodation :Step town Hotel
Meal Plan :Breakfast and Lunch, dinner

Day 10, Day 11: Transfer to Kigali Airport for your Flight.
Enjoy your early morning and delicious breakfast, later check out, do some shopping if you want as souvenirs and later leave for the Airport to catch up with your Flight Schedule.

Accommodation :End of the Tour
Meal Plan :Breakfast and Lunch

THIS IS THE END OF A WONDERFUL TOUR

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20 Days: Culture, Historical And Heritage Sites

Day 1: Visiting Kabaka’s Palace,Mounuments and Uganda Museum
Start this amazing day with an early morning breakfast ,after breakfast our guide driver will pick you up from the hotel to visit cultural sites in Kampala such as king’s palace, the Kings lake which is the only man-made lake, the Parliament of the king in central kingdom, Visit the monuments that hold Uganda’s cultural and political historical attachment.
Then have lunch and later go visit the national museum which gives detailed information about Uganda and it’s culture from the stone age period up to the present day. With the great experience for the day you will be driven back to the Hotel for dinner and overnight.

Accommodation Source of the Smile
Meal Plan Breakfast and dinner

Day 2; Visiting the Wamala Tombs and Coronation site
On this day, start this amazing day with an early morning breakfast then later leave to visit the famous Wamala tombs for the late central king who had very many wives.
After proceed to Nagalabi coronation site where the where the Kings of Buganda (a kingdom in Uganda ) are crowned from for the past 700 years.
Then head for lunch and later in the evening head to Ndere Cultural center where you will enjoy lots of entertainment including traditional cultural dances and Dine there.
Back to your lodge and spend an overnight.

Accommodation Cassia Lodge
Meal Plan Breakfast and dinner

Day 3; Visiting Namugongo Shrines, Sezibwa Falls and later drive to Jinja
Begin this beautiful day with an early breakfast and head to Uganda martyrs Shrines in Namugongo where horribly the martyrs were murdered.
From there you will head to Sezibwa falls to see a cultural site related to Buganda kingdom and about the traditional healing in Buganda.
Then head to Jinja where you will explore the longest River in the whole of Africa and it’s okay this River where It’s believed Jesus floated. In addition you will see the source of the River Nile, the exact point where it starts from it’s long journey across Africa.
Drive to the hotelfor dinner and spend an overnight

Accommodation Source of the Smile
Meal Plan Breakfast and dinner

Day 4;Imbalu Cultural Ceremony (Male Circumcision)
Start this beautiful day with a warm and delicious breakfast, thereafter breakfast drive to Mbale and attend the male circumcision ceremony. It’s a cultural practice that is unique in Gisu tribe that dictates that all young men below age of 18 years have to undergo circumcision. This is a day of feasting , merry making , dancing and showcasing. This is done every even year and the timing of the period should be looked at critically.
This is an experience you don’t want to miss while in Uganda.

Accommodation Mbale Resort Hotel
Meal Plan Breakfast and dinner

Day 5; Visit Sipi Falls.
On this day start with a warm and delicious breakfast and head tothis fascinating sippi Falls on the the slopes of Mt Elgon. These are among the most magnificent water falls in Uganda after the Powerful Murchison Falls. The scenery of these waterfalls is simply breath taking.
The peace and calm that revolves this part of Uganda with less crowded tourists giving a chance to private experience. Later walk down to footsteps of the falls and enjoy the experience of coffee making.

After this fabulous experience you will be driven back to the Lodge dinner and spend and over night

Journey Time ?? hours
Accommodation Sipi Falls Resort
Meal Plan Breakfast and dinner

Day 6; Drive to Kidepo in the northern part of Uganda.
Start the day with an early and warm morning breakfast,then setoff for this quite somewhat long journey but interesting. This are is more flat with dry arid woodland kind of vegetation and some rugged hilly mountains. The natives here are mostly Karamanjos and the Ik’s this is the smallest tribe in Uganda who basically live the Homesteads that are grass thatched locally called the Manyattas both the Girls and Boys build their own Manyatta when at adolescent stage and they leave their parents and the very young ones in the main house. You will later be driven to the lodge for overnight and dinner

Accommodation Savannah Lodge
Meal Plan Breakfast and dinner

Day 7;Whole day visiting Communities with different cultural showcases
Begin with a cup of coffee of tea,the tour starts in the morning for a scenic ,cultural and walk through the valley of Mt. Moroto. The highest mountain of the Karamoja (a region in Northern Uganda )
The mountain is inhabited by one of Uganda’s smallest tribe the “Tepeth”
They are the indigenous inhabitants of Karamoja planes that escaped into the mountains.
Immerse yourself in their culture. Participating in daily activities like preparing staple food, harvesting, beading, dance how to shoot using an arrow and act bow.
A friendly wrestling. And later drive back for dinner and overnight

Accommodation Savannah Lodge
Meal Plan Breakfast and dinner

Day 8; Community Visit for the Herd’smen
Begin the beautiful day with a beautiful Experience a typical night with the warriors (herders) by spending a night with the animals and shepherds in and kraal.
Help bringing the cows to the kraal, share stories around campfire, play games with the Warriors and learn all about nomadic life. Later have dinner and spend an over night

Accommodation camping
Meal Plan Breakfast and dinner

Day: 9; Transfer to Murchsion Falls National park.
Begin this wonderful day with a fantastic breakfast and set off for yet this Uganda’s largest and most visited National park which is famous because of its powerful and wonderful waterfalls. Depending on how energetic you will.
There is a possibility of doing an evening game drive and sight seeing

Accommodation Heritage Lodge
Meal Plan Breakfast and dinner

Day 10; Early Morning Game drive
Early breakfast on this day then a morning game drive to search for some of the big five of Uganda.
While on a game drives expect to see Giraffes, a number of different species of Antelopes, Elephants and amazing views of White Nile. You will later retire for lunch as you prepare for the afternoon activity.
In the afternoon get ready for another awesome experience the boat cruise on the Nile.
Here you get a chance to see numerous animals coming to quench their thirst these include both Land Mammals and aquatic life together with various bird life. This will be for 2 hours and don’t miss viewing most vigorous falls as they fight to escape through a narrow cliff. You can even hike to the top of the falls. After this wonderful experience you will be driven back to the lodge for dinner and spend and overnight

Accommodation Murchison River Lodge
Meal Plan Breakfast and dinner

Day 11, Transfer to Hoima for the salt lake and the hot springs
START thhis amazing day with a warm breakfast and leave for Hoima where you will be able to visit Kibiro salt Gardens and hot springs
The ancient kibiro salt Gardens are cultural and historical.
Where the first western visitor Emin Pasha who ventured down the Albertine Rift Valley to see the gardens and the village.
For hundreds of years, the salt gardens have provided the Bunyoro kingdom and way beyond with salt as they still do today.
Even as you approach you may see some salt sellers on the road selling salt.

The area has even become the archeological site where beads used in barter hundreds are found.
There are also stories that hotsprings have healing qualities to the water if you try to dip in.

Visit Mparo Tombs
It is the burial site for the great king Omukama Kabalega and was a palace of one of the greatest kings of Bunyoro Kitara (a kingdom in Uganda) who expanded its reach to most of the Great Lakes. Now it’s where he and his descendants are buried and a site that many still go to pay homage. After this amazing experience you will be driven to the lodge for dinner and spend an overnight

Accommodation Kontiki Hotel
Meal Plan Breakfast and dinner

Day 12; Transfer to Fort portal town
Start this amazing and wonderful day with a cup of coffee or tea and later set off to this famous and well known as the cleanness town in Uganda with the kingdom that has the youngest King compared to other Kingdoms. This kingdom and most known for having its town in English and a case that it’s not with any other towns or kingdom.
Today after breakfast visit “Amabere ga Nyinamwiru” (translated as breasts of Nyinamwiru ) which is a cultural site and there you will learn about history of this wonderful site and geographical part of it.
Then later after lunch go for a community walk or do cycling within Fort portal town. Later drive to the lodge for dinner and spend an overnight.

Accommodation Mountains of the Moon Hotel
Meal Plan Breakfast and dinner

Day 13; Visit the Royal Palace of Toro Kingdom
Visit the Royal palace for this kingdom and actually the kingdom with youngest king who sat on a throne while he was less than 10years old

Visit Karambi tombs after the Royal palace this the a burial ground for the Abakama (Tooro kings). You later relax as you wait for dinner and spend a night at the lodge.

Accommodation Mountains of the Moon Hotel
Meal Plan Breakfast and dinner

Day 14; Chimpanzee tracking in Kibale National Park
After an early breakfast drive to Kibale National Park to track one of the most attractive primates that are close to human beings the chimpanzees. Arm After this you will have your Warm Lunch and later set off for Queen Elizabeth National park, the second largest National Park in Uganda with various wildlife. Bio-sphere reserve, this is where animals are living together with humans harmonious, it has over Eleven fishing Villages and you will have chance to visit one community . And later you will be driven back to the lodge for dinner and spend a night.

Accommodation Bush Lodge
Meal Plan Breakfast and dinner

Day 15; Morning Game Drive and Boat Cruise
Do an early game drive where you will be able to see varieties of antelopes and some wild cats if chances allow like Lions. You will later have a bush breakfast as you listen to the whispers of the wild, Later drive to Mweya Pennisular one of the villages also found in Queen Elizabeth National Park.

Do an afternoon Boat Cruise along Kazinga channel. A water body that joinS the 2 lakes that’s Lake Gorge and Edward. this is the most magnifient activity with a variety of wildlife
You will have a view of Hippo, Elephants, Buffaloes ,Crocodiles all coming to quench their afternoon thirst.
And a fishing village bordering the channel. You will later drive back to the lodge for overnight and dinner.

Accommodation Bush Lodge
Meal Plan Breakfast and dinner

Day 16; Transfer to Bwindi national park.
Begin with early Breakfast, then drive through Ishasha another sector of Queen Elizabeth national park which is known to be famous for the tree climbing Lions. Have amazing views of acacias and the tropical rain forest that is also found within the park.
Do a game drive enroute to Bwindi and look out for tree climbing lions.
Arrive at the hotel in the afternoon and do the Batwa Experience
These were the people who were chased out of the Bwindi impenetrable forest to conserve the forest and now they live on the boundaries of the forest.
They are very short and have the unique way of living like staying in tree houses.
It’s such an amazing experience
Get a chance to show you how they dance live and survived with the gorillas in the forest. After this experience you will be driven back to the lodge for dinner and overnight

Accommodation Buhoma Community Rest Camp
Meal Plan Breakfast and dinner

Day 17; Gorilla Tracking
One of the most waited experience and highlights of the trip ,the Gorilla Tracking. It’s a hike to the impenetrable forest and it’s an experience of its own.
Depending how far the gorillas will be after the tracking visit the locals and see coffee making process and local brew making you will be asked to taste and also participate in some activities. After this fabulous and memorable experience drive back to the lodge for dinner and spend a night.

Accommodation Buhoma Community Rest Camp
Meal Plan Breakfast and dinner

Day 18 ;Drive to Nshenyi Cultural Village
After an early morning breakfast drive to Nshenyi cultural village where late in the evening you will participate in milking of the cows, peeling and cooking bananas.Have the great stories and legends of how the traditional Ankole people behaves .how the two groups of the Bahima and Bairu lived together and depended on one another. Later walk to the lodge for caddle dinner and have a comfortable night.

Accommodation Nshenyi Cultural Village
Meal Plan Breakfast and dinner

Day 19 ; Visit Igongo Cultural Center
Drive to mbarara and visit Igongo cultural center.
It’s a museum for another tribe in western part of Uganda

Accommodation Igongo County Hotel
Meal Plan Breakfast and dinner

Day 20; Morning Walk and drive back to Entebbe
Start the beautiful day wit an early morning breakfast and then leave for a morning nature walk while you view animals on foot for 2 hours then head to Entebbe. Enroute we can do pictures at the equator and you can buy souvenirs.
Then head to airport and catch a flight back home. Accommodation for tonight is not inclusive in the program. If you wish to depart tonight from Entebbe Airport, make sure your flight is at 10 pm or later. If you would like us to book one (or more) nights in Kampala or Entebbe, please let us know.

Accommodation Not included
Meal Plan Breakfast

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10 Days Exclusive Gorilla Tracking Safari

Day 1: Welcome to Uganda!
You will be picked up and welcomed from the airport by a representative of your hotel. He will transfer you to your hotel. You will meet your driver/ guide tomorrow morning when he picks you up from your hotel.
Depending on the time of your arrival, you may be able to explore the sites in and around Kampala. Activities today are at your own costs.
You will stay in a nice lodge with beautiful views on Lake Victoria. The hotel has cozy safari style furnished rooms, equipped with satellite TV, fridge bar, telephone, fan, balcony with lake-view and a comfortable bathroom.

Accommodation Cassia Lodge
Meal Plan No meals included

Day 2: Drive to Kibale National Park and Bigondi Swamp Walk
Kibale national Park is the most magnificent of Uganda’s tropical rain forest and one of the most rewarding areas to explore, it boasts 13 species of primates including the localized Red Colobus,L’hoest monkeys and the endemic Uganda Mangabay. Kibale’s major attraction is the Chimpanzees, the delightful Apes, most closest to humans than any other living creature. This can be seen swinging in the tree branches as one treks through the forest trails. This park also inhabits the elusive forest Elephants, Buffalos, giant forest Hogs and antelopes making it one of the most stunning Parks in Uganda. You will close this day with a fascinating swamp walk through Bigondi where you will be able to see different monkey species and lots of beautiful birds such as the Great Blue Turaco
Journey Time 6 hours
Accommodation Kibale Forest Camp
Meal Plan Breakfast and dinner

Day 3: Chimpanzee Tracking
The chimpanzee tracking experience allows you to spend about an hour with our closest relatives where the tracker goes earlier to the forest searching for them and you will follow chimps during their daily activity, thereby getting them used to human presence within their natural habitat. This is a half day activity and early visitors may be able to see the spectacular scene of the chimps de-nesting,copulating,hunting,breast feeding, resting. After this amazing experience will walk back to the briefing point where you will be picked by your guide back to the lodge for dinner and spend an overnight.

Accommodation Kibale Forest Camp
Meal Plan Breakfast and dinner

Day 4: Drive to Queen Elizabeth N.P for Game drive and Boat Cruise
Start this day with an early morning breakfast and head to the second largest National Park in Uganda. It is a medley of wonders because of its fabulous wildlife and many eye catching attractions. This beautiful park is crossed by the Equator where you will have a stopover and pose for the photos as you watch the beauty of the jagged Rwenzori ranges, you will be already in thePark for the classic African safari in the Kasenyi tracks, the North Kazinga which offers virtually guaranteed Buffalos, Antelopes and Elephant sightings, along with warthogs. This is a rewarding game in the Kasenyi plains, this is the northern part of Queen Elizabeth National Park rich with wildlife, the game drive takes about 4-5 hours according to the season and the movement of these animals, this is a magnificent game which includes a lot to see such as Herds of Elephants, Hippos,Buffalos,Antelopes like Uganda Kobs, Daffasa Waterbuck and much more wildlife and on lucky days see a pride of lions and the solitary Leopard. This Park is known to have the longest bird list in all East African protected National Parks, thus giving you a chance to see a lot of beautiful Savanna species. You will later relax and stretch as you are enjoying your bush Breakfast.
After this fascinating experience you proceed to Mweya Peninsular, this is the tourism Hub of Queen Elizabeth National Park with most of the attractions the visitors wouldn’t miss out.
Mweya Peninsular is an area encircled by two water bodies that is Kazinga channel and the waters of Lake Edward leaving one way which is the entrance and the same time Exit. This is where the majestic boat cruise on Kazinga Channel is done. You will have a hot lunch before you setoff for this wonderful activity which is non-other than a boat cruise on Kazinga Channel. This is an oasis for many of the fascinating species that inhabit the park, and taking a boat trip along Kazinga Channel gives the visitors a chance to cruise just a few meters from hundreds of enormous hippos since Kazinga channel is well known for its big number of Hippos of over 4800, Crocodiles sun basking and Buffaloes while Elephants linger along the shoreline.. This will undoubtedly be one of the highlights of your tour. This takes about 2hours from the starting point to coming back.
After this marvelous and unforgettable experience you will opt for an evening game drive either to the salt lake of Katwe or to the craters. This park has over 52 craters where by others are filled up by water and others and empty grabens filled with vegetation, this is where you will have the great and clear views of the jagged Rwenzori Mountains, you later drive back to the lodge where you will have dinner and spend a night.

Accommodation Bush Lodge
Meal Plan Breakfast,Lunch and dinner

Day 5:Early Morning Game drive then drive to Ishasha for Tree climbing Lions .
Start this day with an early morning breakfast and set off for an early morning ggame drive in the Kasenyi savanna Grassland with a lot of sightings and later leave for Ishasha which is about 75Kms from the northern part of Queen Elizabeth National Park along the way you will meet a lot of amazing wildlife such as the Baboons, Black and white Colobus monkeys, Red tailed monkeys,Vavet Monkeys and much more bird species. When you reach Ishasha you will relax, have lunch and set off for a game drive in the Ishasha plains, this is more than rewarding with a lot to see starting from the big mammals to the small ones like the mongooses, reptiles like the Nile monitor Lizard and the Agama Lizards and more eye catching bird species. Nature is unpredictable that means I cannot guarantee the sighting of the Predators but we trust our guides to do the required needful,the fact that this is the capital of the tree climbing Lions, which is famous for the tree climbing Lions. The fig trees of Ishasha hide Lions ready to prey on the Herds of unsuspecting Uganda Kobs. This side of the park is also endowed with great number of wildlife and it’s in this part of the park that you will only and only have a chance to see the Topi and lots of amazing bird life.
Since Queen Elizabeth was classified as an Important Birding Area by Birding International, Queens’ great variety of habitats mean it is home to over 600 species which is the greatest of any East African National Park.
After this rewarding experience you proceed to your lodge where you will have dinner and spend a night.

Accommodation Ishasha Jungle Lodge
Meal Plan Breakfast, Lunch and dinner

Day 6: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park the Capital of the Mountain Gorillas
Start this day with an early morning breakfast and depart for Bwindi Impenetrable National Park ,this is the Capital of the Mountain Gorillas. There are several tracking sectors with different habituated groups. On arrival to the lodge you will be welcomed .chhecked in relax as you wait for dinner and spend an over night at Buhoma Communty Lodge.

Accommodation Buhoma Community Lodge
Meal Plan Breakfast, Lunch and dinner

Day 7: Gorilla Tracking
Today is the big day; prepare yourself for an encounter with one of Bwindi’s gentle giants: the rare mountain gorilla. For most people this is the absolute highlight of their tour in Uganda.
Tracking is a captivation and unforgettable experience which more than repays the efforts needed to reach Bwindi and to trek through the forest. Gorilla tracking can be challenging and needs one to be reasonable fit before undertaking to venture into the activity. Gorilla tracking starts at 8:30am and lasts from a few hours to a whole day depending on where the Gorillas where left the previous day. This means you shall have to carry you packed Lunch and enough driving water. Though Gorilla tracking is the main attraction, the forest is also endowed with 120 species of mammals, 364 species of birds, 202 species of Butterflies, 163 species of trees, 100 species of ferns and many other endangered species. It is a UNESCO designated world Heritage Site popular for Mountain Gorillas and chimpanzees, the two great African apes listed as endangered animals in the IUCN Red Data Book.
After this memorable and unique experience you will be driven back to the lodge where you will relax, have dinner and spend an overnight

Accommodation Buhoma Community Lodge
Meal Plan Breakfast, Lunch and dinner

Day 8 : Transfer to Kigali for Genocide Memorial Visit
Begin this amazing day with an early and delicious morning breakfast and later setoff for yet another destination which is in Rwanda-Kigali one of the cleanest City in East Africa and Africa at Large. Your travel will be destined to Kigali the capital of Rwanda, this beautiful city has a lot to offer starting from the Genocide grounds which attracts thousands and thousands of people. The local market of local food stuffs of Rwanda is also a significant one wouldnot miss out while in Kigali you will have a chance to visit the Genocide Memorial site. This took place between two ethnic groups populating Rwanda: the Hutus and the Tutsis and this was between April and June 1994 (~100 days), an estimated 800,000 Rwandans were killed.
Soldiers and police officers encouraged ordinary citizens to take part in the killings. Hutu civilians, forced by military personnel, were to murder their neighbors, friends, and even relatives.
Participants were given incentives, in the form of money, food, or land, to kill Tutsis; they could appropriate the land of the Tutsis they killed. But this now left history behind and the Genocide is now a tourist attraction. When you reach the Lodges you will be warmly welcomed check-in have dinner and spend an overnight

Accommodation :Step town Hotel
Meal Plan :Breakfast and Lunch, dinner

Day 9: Drive to Lake Kivu.
Begin the amazing day with a cup of coffee or tea, ready and setoff for yet another adventurous region in Kigali with the stunning water bodies where the amazing boat cruise is carried out, here you will not only enjoy the fantastic views along lake Kivu but also a lot other more eye catching attractions around.
The entire experience is simply amazing and definitely an adventure you can never forget.
After this unforgettable experience you will drive to Kigali where you will relax, have diner and spend an overnight.

Day 10: Transfer to Kigali Airport for your Flight.
Enjoy your early morning and delicious breakfast, later check out, do some shopping if you want as souvenirs and later leave for the Airport to catch up with your Flight Schedule.

Accommodation :End of the Tour
Meal Plan :Breakfast and Lunch

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5 Days Exclusive Gorilla Tracking Safari

Day 1: Welcome to Rwanda!
You will be picked up and welcomed from the Kigali Airport by a representative of your hotel or our tourist drive Guide. He or she will transfer you to to Kigali the cleanest city in the whole of East Africa and Africa at large and later drive to your lodge or hotel. You will meet your safari driver/ guide tomorrow morning when he picks you up from your hotel.
Depending on the time of your arrival, you may be able to explore the sites in and around Kigali. Activities today are at your own costs.
You will stay in a nice lodge with beautiful views of the city. The hotel has cozy safari style furnished rooms, equipped with satellite TV, fridge bar, telephone, fan, balcony with lake-view and a comfortable bathroom.

Journey Time ?? hour
Accommodation Serena Hotel Kigali
Meal Plan No meals included

Day 2: Drive to Volcanoes National Park
Start this day with a delicious and a warm breakfast then later prepare to set off for yet another amazing destination which is none other than Rwanda-Kigali one of the cleanest town in East Africa and Africa at Large. Your travel will be destined to Volcanoes National Park, this beautiful park sits on the north-western province of Rwanda in a small town known as Musanze .This park is apparently the oldest national park in the entire African continent and harbors the endangered Mountain Gorillas of Rwanda that are always available for tourists who would love to carry out gorilla tracking in Rwanda. Volcanoes National Park borders Virunga National Park in DRC and Mgahinga Gorilla National Park in south-western Uganda. Besides Mountain Gorillas, this park also harbors the endangered Golden Monkeys, primate specie that apparently offers the best diverse tourism activity within the national park at the moment.. Several years ago, this same park acted as a base for American zoologist Dian Fossey – A lady who turned out to be so passionate about Gorilla conservation that her works still live on till today. The prime attraction of the park are the endangered mountain gorilla with a lot other mammals that also inhabit its plains. Some of these mammals include: golden monkeys, buffaloes, black-fronted duiker, hyenas then bushbucks. The bird life spans at 178 species, with about 12 of the main species and 15 of the subspecies being endemic to the Virunga conservation area and the great Rwenzori Mountains. When you reach the Park you will be warmly welcomed check-in have dinner and spend an overnight.

Journey Time :??
Accommodation :Gorillas Nest
Meal Plan :Breakfast and Lunch, dinner

Day 3: Gorilla Tracking
Begin the amazing day with a cup of coffee or tea, ready with your packed lunch and set off for this breathtaking and memorable experience yet today in Rwanda same activity but with totally different experience.
Gorilla trekking safaris are some of the most adventurous safaris you could ever take without getting tired. Close to 480 of the world’s mountain gorilla population is found in the Virungas, the rest are found in Bwindi impenetrable forest.

There are 10 Gorilla groups in the Volcanoes National Park. These habituated gorilla families that have been trained to tolerate human presence making organized gorilla trekking possible and safe. And because it is safe you get to have the amazing experience of looking into a silver back’s eyes, or watching this magnificent creatures go about their day, taking care of their young, feeding, and simply being without worrying about being attacked or the gorillas hiding away from you. This is accompanied with very many other wildlife ranging from birds to mammals. The entire experience is simply amazing and definitely an adventure you can never forget.
After this unforgettable experience you will walk back and drive to the lodge where you will relax, have diner and spend an overnight.

Journey Time :??
Accommodation :Gorillas Nest
Meal Plan :Breakfast and Lunch & dinner

Day 4: Hiking the Volcanoes
Start this amazing day with a delicious breakfast, well prepared and setoff for the hike. Volcanoes National Park also shelters five of the eight volcanoes of the Virunga Mountains which are: Mount Karisimbi, Mount Bisoke, Mount Muhabura, Mount Mgahinga and Mount Sabyinyo) covering over 160 km2 of rain forest and bamboo. Along the way you will be able to meet a lot of amazing wildlife such as the birds, Butterflies and much more. After this amazing experience you will walk back to the lodge relax, have dinner and spend an overnight.

Journey Time :??
Accommodation :Gorillas Nest
Meal Plan :Breakfast and Lunch & dinner

Day 5: Golden Monkey Tracking and Genocide Memorial Visit and later Drive to the Airport for your Flight.
Begin this amazing day with a warm and fantastic breakfast and prepare to setoff for this wonderful experience of the endermic and endangered Golden monkeys found only in Uganda and Rwanda. The park also harbors the endangered Golden Monkeys, primate specie that apparently offers the best diverse tourism activity within the national park at the moment. The entire experience is simply amazing and definitely an adventure you can never forget.

After this unforgettable experience you will walk back and drive to the lodge
, check-out and drive to Kigali, the capital city of Rwanda where you will have a chance to visit the Genocide Memorial site. This took place between two ethnic groups populating Rwanda: the Hutus and the Tutsis and this was between April and June 1994 (~100 days), an estimated 800,000 Rwandans were killed.
Soldiers and police officers encouraged ordinary citizens to take part in the killings. Hutu civilians, forced by military personnel, were to murder their neighbors, friends, and even relatives.
Participants were given incentives, in the form of money, food, or land, to kill Tutsis; they could appropriate the land of the Tutsis they killed. But this now left history behind and the Genocide is now a tourist attraction. After this experience you will have your Lunch, do some shopping if you want as souvenirs and later leave for the Airport to catch up with your Flight Schedule.

Journey Time :??
Accommodation :End of the Tour
Meal Plan :Breakfast and Lunch

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