11 Days Uganda Safari taking you to Uganda’s top Five National parks starting with the most spectacular Kidepo Valley National park for a completely different safari world of vast plains and rich cultural experience of meeting the Karamojong peoples at Karenga and Kapedo. You will then visit Murchison Falls National Park , Uganda’s largest wildlife Park with the lush borassus grassland to the north of the Nile, elephant, buffalo, giraffe and a variety of antelope are regularly encountered on game drives, while lion are seen with increasing frequency. The Nile itself hosts one of Africa’s densest hippo and crocodile populations, and a dazzling variety of water birds including the world’s most accessible wild population of the rare shoebill stork. Our 11 Days Uganda Safari, further takes in to Kibale Forests for chimpanzee trekking in Uganda, in to Queen Elizabeth for game viewing safari and a boat cruise along the famous Kazinga Channel. This 11 Days Uganda Safari is proved and ranks among the best Uganda safari, be ready to have gorilla trekking in Bwindi as your safari highlight winding down the 11 Days Uganda Safari Book Now
Lions on rocks of Kidepo valley, an encounter on of 11 Days Uganda Safari Kidepo
Itinerary of 11 Days Uganda Safari Kidepo
Day 1: Fly to Kidepo Valley National park.
Our guide/driver picks you at from your hotel or place of residence in Kampala/Entebbe for your transfer to Entebbe International Airports to catch up with a scheduled flight to Kidepo valley National Park. Flight time at 1230 arriving at 1445. The Park is a completely different world of vast plains, in spring view from every vantage point, with a lot of wildlife as you drive into the park. Kidepo offers breathtaking open savannah which is surrounded by spectacular mountain landscape nowhere to be seen in Africa! Kidepo Valley National Park is Uganda’s second biggest National Park one of Africa’s finest wilderness areas, This evening you will take a sunset game drive in the Narus valley in search for the lions, Jackson hartebeests, buffaloes, giraffes, leopard and cheetah . Dinner and overnight at Apoka Safari Lodge at Apoka safari lodge Meal plan Dinner
Day 2: Kidepo valley national park-game drive to Kanangorok hot springs
Early morning for breakfast, catch the sun rise behind the mountain before flooding the valley then off for the game drive to the ostrich farm it not any man made occurrence, but given the massive number of the birds one would compare it to this along the we shall be able to view, herds of elephants, cape buffalos, giraffes, lions and then the hot springs at kanangorok, lunch at Apoka safari lodge . In the afternoon have a cultural experience that will bring into contact with Karamojong peoples at Karenga and Kapedo. Meet the local elders and have an opportunity to interact with them. They will show you the kraals, the grinding stones and many more interesting items. Dinner and overnight at Apoka safari lodge Meal plan Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 3: Kidepo Valley National Park- Guided nature walk
After an early breakfast, you will be joined by an expert ranger guide for a nature walk to explore the park on foot away from the steel clad of safari car sharing his knowledge of the eco-system and also bring you closure to the animals and for birders, look out for Fox Kestrel, Eastern Chanting Goshawk, Grasshopper Buzzard, Montague’s Harrier, Fan Tailed Raven and the very rare Stone Partridge. The afternoon is spent on relaxation and sightseeing around the lodge OR choose to have an evening game drive for more wildlife and game. Overnight stay at Apoka safari lodge Meal plan Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 4: Kidepo-Murchison falls Flight leaves at 1300 hrs
On this day we have early breakfast, drive through the park, giving chance to see elephants, buffalos, different kinds of antelopes towards Katarum gate making a stop at katarum kopje a site of the derelict lodge built in the rock but currently under renovation to have a bird eye view of the park, After prepare your selves to catch up the flight to Murchison Falls. You will meet our guide on arrival for your ground transfer to Parra Safari Lodge for relaxation and overnight stay Meal plan Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 5: Murchison Falls National Park
After your cup of coffee. Your guide will help you spot Elephant, Lion, Cape buffalo, Rothschild’s giraffe, hartebeest, Waterbuck, Oribi, Bushbuck, Bohor reedbuck, hyena and if you are lucky, the leopard. Return to the hotel for breakfast and lunch. After lunch, go for a boat safari upstream the calm Victoria Nile to the base of the falls stopping just tens of meters from the “Devil’s Cauldron”. En-route, marvel at the toothsome hippos, crocodiles and over this 17 km stretch you may see elephant, waterbuck and Uganda Kob crocodile. This is also a zone of many bird species like Goliath heron, Egyptian goose, pelican bee-eater, kingfisher, hornbill, cormorant and the rare shoebill stork.
There you leave the boat and start your – quite heavy – hike to the Top of the Falls (approx. 1 hour). See where the world’s longest river explodes violently through a narrow cleft in the Rift Valley escarpment to plunge into a frothing pool 43m below. Your driver/guide will be waiting for you to bring you back to the lodge. Overnight and dinner at Parra Safari Lodge Meal Plan B-L-D
Day 6: Murchison Falls-Kibale
All day drive south via Hoima to Fort Portal through verdant countryside and past traditional homesteads and farms along Albertine Rift escarpments. Fort-Portal rests in the shadow of the fabled Mountains of the Moon. Meals and over night at Kyaninga Lodge (Lodge facility) A stunning location overlooking a dramatic Crater Lake and the fabled “Mountains of the Moon” Meal plan: (B, L, D)
Day 7: Kibale Chimpanzee Trekking -Queen Elizabeth National Park
Early morning trek for chimpanzees. Kibale is the best reserve in Africa to view chimps, a thick jungle with a towering canopy. In the afternoon, drive to the south into Queen Elizabeth National Park, sightseeing and game viewing enroute. Dinner and overnight at Mweya Safari Lodge (Lodge Facility) Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 8 : Queen Elizabeth NP
Begin your day with a cup of coffee. Early morning game drive along Kasenyi and Queens Mile makes visitors encounter elephants, buffalo, water bucks, warthogs, lions, Uganda Kobs lakes and a variety of birds. Return to the lodge for breakfast and lunch. After lunch, a two hour boat trip along the famous Kazinga channel is worthwhile an opportunity to see Hippo, Buffalo, Kobs, Elephants, warthogs etc. This trip also enables visitor chance to see spectacular birds. . Dinner and overnight at Mweya Safari Lodge (Lodge Facility) Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 9: Queen Elizabeth NP-Bwindi
With previous day’s memories, enjoy your breakfast ready for guided Chimpanzee/primate walk along Kyambura Gorge to look for habituated chimps through the gorge. After primate walk, proceed to Ishasha. You will drive along the deep and wide dry craters that are occupied by savanna grasses and acacia. The drive takes you through the unique western rift valley escarpment and the (southern part of Queen Elizabeth National Park) Ishasha sector where you will take on yet another game drive in search of tree climbing lions before proceeding to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.
The journey takes about 4 hours but driving through interesting features. Arrive Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in the evening. This park is home of the rare mountain gorillas. Apart from gorillas, there are a wide variety of primates to see including the blue and red tailed monkeys. The forest itself is lush and green and there are streams running through it. Dinner and overnight stay at either Buhoma Lodge/Mahogany Springs/Gorilla Safari Lodge (high end lodge) Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 10: Bwindi Gorilla tracking
After breakfast set off early with guides to track the gorillas. The thrill of your encounter will erase the difficulties of the potentially strenuous trek. Bring jungle boots and rain jackets because the park is often wet. Spend time in awe watching the gorillas go about their activities. Each gorilla safari encounter is different and has its own rewards, but you are likely to enjoy the close view of adults feeding, grooming and resting as the youngsters frolic and swing from vines in a delightfully playful display.
Bwindi Impenetrable Forest is a magnificent green swathe of dense rainforest, so ancient that survived the last ice age. A recently proclaimed World Heritage site, it’s one of the most biologically diverse areas on
earth and its unique, precious flora sustains roughly half of the world population of mountain gorillas – believed to number just 720. There’s also a substantial chimpanzee population and research shows that Bwindi is the only forest in Africa in which these two apes live together.
Time permitting, spend the afternoon on a community foot safari to explore the life style of the people living and surrounding the park. Return to camp exhilarated to relieve the encounter with friends over a drink. Dinner and overnight stay at either Buhoma Lodge/Mahogany Springs/Gorilla Safari Lodge (high end lodge) Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 11: Bwindi -Kampala/Entebbe
After early breakfast, Drive back to Kampala with a visit to Igongo Cultural village to explore and learn the Bahima and Ankole culture. This is the place where the future meets the past. Continue your drive to the Equator crossing with your lunch enroute before you drive to back to Kampala/Entebbe to catch up your evening flight back home. Meal Plan B-L End of Service
11 Days Uganda Safari Kidepo Inclusions and Exclusions:
Includes:
- Airport transfers
- Flight fares from Entebbe to Kidepo and to Murchison Falls
- Accommodation and meals as per the itinerary
- All ground transfers
- Park entrance fees.
- Ground transfers
- Game drives
- Nature walk
- Hike to the top of the Falls
- Ferry crossing fees
- Boat ride along the Nile
- Guides fees
- Cultural visit
- Igongo cultural village visit
- Boat trips
- One Gorilla permit per person to be secured and paid for in advance
- Park fees
- Kibale Chimpanzee and Kyambura Gorge chimp Permits
- Community visits
Safari Excludes:
Expenses of personal nature like: premium drinks, laundry, tips to local guides, telephone, cigars, personal insurance, shopping bills etc.
