8 Day Uganda Vacation Safari

Gorillas, Chimpanzees, Lions, Elephants, Hippos, Buffaloes, Baboons, Giraffes, Zebras, Crocodiles, Zebras, Antelopes,

Lake Mburo National Park, Kibale Forest National Park, Bwindi National Park, Queen Elizabeth National Park

Eight days inclusive Safari taking in various National Parks in the southwest region of the Pearl of Africa – Uganda. This Safari covers four National Parks in 5 days, choose budget, moderate or up-market accommodations.

Day One:  Leave Kampala after breakfast for Lake Mburo which is just 3 1/2 hours from Kampala. We stop off in Masaka for a visit to the equator where you can take pictures.

Lake Mburo HippoProceed onward to  Lake Mburo National Park which is one of the few National Parks in Uganda where Zebras are found.  At Lake Mburo National Park you will either stay in an up-market tented camp or bandas (huts) for budget facility.  Lunch at your lodging and then a boat cruise on the Lake viewing of hippos, crocodiles, buffalo, waterbuck and bushbuck.  A relaxing time for you with lots of opportunities for pictures.

Late afternoon game drive through acacia tree studded savannas, marshes, lakes viewing various game animals from leopards to zebras as well as buffaloes, antelopes, birds, monkeys and more. A great introduction to Uganda’s Wildlife.

Return to your lodging and dinner as you watch the sun set.

Day Two:  Breakfast and we depart for Queen Elizabeth Park and the Mweya area where we will be arriving at lunch time and you will either be staying at Mweya Lodge or the Hostel facility for budget.

After lunch and a break we drive to the Kazinga Channel to take a motorized cruise of the channel viewing the multitude of animals and birds Kazinga Channel Birdsfound there.  Keep your eyes wide open and you camera ready.  You will see a multitude of birds, including pelicans, of course you will see a more hippos concentrated in that channel than anywhere else in Africa. On the shore there will be wildlife of all kinds that come to the water.  The channel boat ride is one of the highlights of the Queen Elizabeth National Park experience.

After the launch trip you return to your lodging for dinner and rest.

Day Three:  Early breakfast and off to the first game drive of the day.  This is the a three hour adventure, sure not to disappoint you.  Lions, giraffes, buffaloes, elephants, baboons, monkeys, antelopes and views that are fabulous.  At the end of the drive we return to the lodging facility for lunch and rest.

Queen Elizabeth Park Crater LakeLate afternoon it is the second game drive of the day.  More animals to be seen and picture opportunities of lions, elephants, giraffes and much more.  Almost six hours for the day out on a game drive.  Animals that most have only seen in zoos and all against the backdrop of the distant snow covered Rwenzori Mountains.

Dinner back at your lodging and rest.

Day Four:  Breakfast and off to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in search of Ugandan Mountain Gorillas that dwell therein. We drive through the Ishasha region of Queen Mountain Gorilla at BwindiElizabeth Park and might even see some of tree climbing lions from the road.  We reach Bwindi in time for lunch, during the afternoon we go off to a local Batwa pigmy village and observe some of the customs and preparations of herbal medicine, local brew, food, and watch them perform some of their dances.  Back to the lodging of your choice for dinner and rest.

Day Five:  Breakfast and off to the Park Headquarters at Bwindi Inpenetrable Forest for the Mountain Gorilla Tracking experience.  After a brief orientation you are assigned to a team and a ranger to take you to where the gorillas are.  This can last from a few hours to an all day hike.  It is a rugged terrain you will be passing through and one needs to be reasonably fit and healthy to do so.  Get within  a few meters of these magnificent gorillas and observe them and take pictures while being so close.

After the tracking experience we return back to the lodging for food and rest.

Day Six:  Breakfast at your lodging and we check out and head for Kibale Forest with is fabulous Chimpanzees.  Checking at the lodging around Chimpanzeeslunch time and have some lunch and a break from travel.  Close to sunset it is off for a nighttime walk with spotlights to track some nocturnal animals and monkeys.  This is a short walk and quite an experience.

Back to the lodging facility for dinner and rest.

Day Seven: Breakfast and off to the Park Headquarters where with your Uganda Wildlife Authority Guide you will be able to enjoy viewing animals, birds, plants and trees that you would miss otherwise.

Of course you are tracking chimpanzees and the chance of seeing them there is over 90%, since they are on the move from one place to another he knows where they have been the night before and will be able guide you near them for optimum viewing.

You return to your place of lodging for a delightful lunch and some rest reflecting on the chimpanzee tracking experience that just concluded.

Then off to Bigodi Wetlands Swamp for a walk around and see both mammals and birds in their setting.  This walk is almost as populaShoebill Storkr as the Kibale Forest Walk.  You will need good walking shoes since part of the walk will be quite muddy, the situnga antelope and hopefully the shoebill stork.  This is nothing to be missed.  There is also an abundance of butterflies found here.

We return to the lodging facility of your choice for dinner and rest

Day Eight:  An early Breakfast and check out and off to Kampala with lunch along the way, arriving in the early evening hours there.