8-Day Holiday in the Pearl of Africa

You shall be met by your guide at the Entebbe International Airport who will provide you with details of the activities on your Safari Holiday, this will also be a great time to ask any questions you may have about anything and everything. Your Guide will then transfer you to Victoria Rock Resort, “Relaxing in comfort, Best Views”, a brilliant 3-star hotel on the shores of Africa’s largest inland lake for some much-needed relaxation and preparation for your upcoming adventure. Welcome to Uganda!

Mid-range Accommodation: Victoria Rock Resort

Luxury Accommodation: Hotel Horizon, Entebbe

Morning to Mid-Morning

Enjoy a guided city tour of Kampala, with visits to landmarks such as the Kasubi Tombs, The Uganda Museum, and interact the ever-busy Kampala residents in bustling local fruit markets where you shall test your bargaining skills.

Early Afternoon to Evening

Experience the local culture through traditional dance performances at the Ndere Centre and a visit the craft shop section at this one-stop hub for Ugandan cultural experiences which includes sampling the local mouth-watering Ugandan Cuisine.

Evening to Night

Return to the hotel for overnight stay in Entebbe, after enjoying the Ugandan capital city.

Mid-range Accommodation: Victoria Rock Resort

Luxury Accommodation: Hotel Horizon, Entebbe

Early Morning to Early Afternoon

We Depart from Kampala and head towards Murchison Falls National Park with several stops along the way, expect beautiful countryside scenery, roadside fruit markets, Barbecue Markets (Nyama Choma) and a lunch-stop at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary combined with a guided rhino tracking experience.

Afternoon

We say our good-byes to the wonderful folks at the Rhino Ranch before we re-embark into our 4×4 Tourist Van for our continued road trip to the Murchison Falls National Park where we shall be welcomed by the ever-friendly park rangers and check into your booked Safari Lodge accommodation.

Late Afternoon to Early Evening

*You may choose to relax at your beautiful lodge or enjoy an evening game drive or a boating safari along the Nile River.

Dinner & Overnight at your Safari Lodge.

Mid-range Accommodation: Red Chili Rest Camp

Luxury Accommodation: Sambiya River Lodge

Early Morning to Mid-morning.

Have an early breakfast at the Lodge before we embark on a sunrise game drive to spot a variety of wildlife including lions, elephants, giraffes, and numerous bird species, this safari activity shall be in the company of an experienced Park-ranger with extensive knowledge of the Park Game trails to ensure guaranteed sightings of action-packed wildlife, we continue our Game drive through the northern bank area;- perfect for photographers who wish to have the wide range of animals in the Nile Valley within their lens’ cross-hairs. Expect plenty of Plains-game including massive Buffalo herds, Elephant families, warthogs, towering giraffes alongside Bushbucks, Kobs, Oribi and Hartebeest.

Afternoon:

We shall drive along the Tembo trail to the Top of the falls where you will have your lunch provided for by the wonderful staff from your Safari Lodge as you enjoy unbelievable views of the massive water falls this segment of your safari holiday is surely one of the things everyone should have on their bucket-list.

 Sunset

Our next activity is a tranquil sundowner boat cruise, we leave the riverbank at 5:30pm and ride the placid section of the Albert Nile as you soak in incredible views of the setting African sun reflected on the waters of the river Nile.

(*alternative boating activities that you may choose to replace any item on this day’s itinerary:-

An up-stream launch trip presents an amazing wildlife viewing experience and culminates into memorable frontal views of the massive falls. Up-stream Launches depart at 9:00am and 2:00pm daily. The morning downstream cruise provides the best chance in Africa to spot the rare and nearly extinct Shoebill stork while the return voyage lets you sock in all the amazing wildlife views.)

Return to your Safari Lodge accommodation for dinner and overnight stay.

Mid-range Accommodation: Red Chili Rest camp

Luxury Accommodation: Sambiya River Lodge

We say our goodbyes to the wonderful Safari Lodge staff and Park rangers as we exit the Park gates towards Kibale Forest National Park, This Road trip is a long one with plenty of stopovers at significant landmarks and cultural sites as well as snack-stops and lunch-stops.

Kibale Forest National Park

The Park is the primatologist’s dream destination. It is home to a total of 60 mammal species with Chimpanzees and Red Colobus monkeys being the most popular. These two species have been assessed as critically endangered by IUCN.

The Park contains the most varied tracts of Tropical Forest in Uganda. The forest cover is interspersed with patches of grasslands and swamps, making it home to over 375 species of birds, 250 species of butterflies, an estimated 500 elephants along with buffaloes, leopards, warthogs, bush-pigs, golden cats, duikers, several reptiles and amphibians. Kibale National Park adjoins the Queen Elizabeth National Park to the south creating a 180-km long corridor for wildlife between the two parks.

We check into a Safari Lodge just outside the Park Gates but still within the Park’s general location for dinner and some much needed relaxation.

Mid-range Accommodation: Kibale Forest Lodge

Luxury Accommodation: Crater Safari Lodge

After having your breakfast, we head to The Northern area of the park for an exciting forest walk. This section harbors sizable populations of Red-Colobus Monkeys, Black-and-White-Colobus Monkeys and Vervet Monkeys making it ideal for forest walks. This area also offers splendid views of the Mpanga River.

(*Alternatives below provide for optional activities that you may choose as a replacement for the suggested activity on this day of your Safari Holiday *no additional cost incurred)

*Chimpanzee Tracking and Habituation;

This is the park’s most popular activity, 13 species are sought and a variety of diurnaul monkeys invariably encountered. But the most outstanding is the Chimpanzee walks which start at 8:00am. They have been tracked since 1993 and have greater chance of locating them.

*There is full-day chimpanzee habituation. Visitors can see them leave their nests between 6:00am to 6:30 am before feeding, copulating, hunting and everything in between before they build new nests at around 7:00pm.

*Birding

Birding Walks start as early as 6:45am with prior booking recommended. Rare species to expect include the papyrus gonolek, white-winged warbler, white-collared olive back and the papyrus canary.

*Hiking

If the half-day primate walk is a bit short for your liking, you can supplement it with 12km forest hike that passes through the rainforest. When some forest residents go to sleep at night, a nighttime shift of rarely seen creatures awake providing for an opportune time for Night walks through darkened forest to seek nocturnal creatures like the potto, bushbaby, civet and tree hyrax. The night walks last for 2 hours and 30 minutes and begin at 7:00pm.

(Packed Lunch, Dinner is at your Safari Lodge)

Mid-range Accommodation: Kibale Forest Lodge

Luxury Accommodation: Crater Safari Lodge

Have an early breakfast, checkout of your Safari lodge and say your goodbyes as we leave the Kibale Forest National Park on a transfer to The Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda’s most popular National Park, Upon Entry we drive on to your booked Safari lodge Accommodation for check-in, lunch and relaxation.

Early Evening:

After your laid-back lunch, take you on a boating safari in the Kazinga Channel, which joins Lake George and Lake Albert. Here you will see more hippos than you can possibly see anywhere else, along with herds of buffalo and elephants rushing to drink at the Lake Gorge shoreline. Amazingly, the crocodiles here are very laid back and seem to be more interested in sun-busking than feeding.
Later, you’ll return to the lodge for relaxation, dinner and overnight.

Mid-range Accommodation: Irungu Forest Safari Lodge

We say goodbye to Queen Elizabeth National Park with a brief Morning game drive before heading for Entebbe International Airport in our final segment of your Safari Holiday. Expect stop-overs at the Equator crossing, Lunch at the Igongo Culture Center and a timely transfer to the Entebbe International Airport. Thank you for choosing us, we look forward to hosting you in “The Pearl of Africa”!