Day 1: KAMPALA - JINJA

After breakfast at your hotel depart Kampala for our voyage to one of the historical cities in Eastern Uganda Jinja famous for having been the former industrial town. Jinja Town is also known for the origin of the Mighty R. Nile. Along the way, you will take a stop over at Mabira Forest for a picnic and a forest walk in search for primates like the Colobus monkeys, red tailed monkeys, Baboons, Blue Mangabeys, birds, butterflies to mention but a few . After, you will continue to Jinja to visit the source of the Nile from where you will move to Bujagali falls. At Bujagali falls there are many optional activities like floating down on the challenging rapids and relaxing on the shores of the Nile, Bungee Jumping, rafting and many others. Dinner and overnight at Gately on the Nile/ Kingfisher Resort/ Jinja Nile resort / Hotel Triangle.

Day 2: RAFTING
Wake up very early in the morning and go for your rafting tour. Top eminence safety gear and highly knowledgeable guides run the biggest rapids possible. Total rafting is for 25 km of river including some of the best rapids in the world. The choice is yours on either doing all the side runs or choose a few. The river is graded 4+ to 5 and provides one of the best day rafting trips on planet Earth! Huge standing waves leap from the clear blue skies and rock walls quiver from the power of the booming rapids. Be among the first to encounter the spectacular excitement and pleasure of the Nile white water rafting from this point of Bujagali falls before it is turned to a power supplying Dam.
Bring a swimsuit, a pair of shorts and a pair of sandals or trainers (tennis shoes) to wear on the river. You will get wet, so carry clothes for changing. Facilities are available for cameras to be protected while on the river. Don’t forget sunscreen, sunglasses and a smile. After rafting you will get back to Kampala or Entebbe if you have your flights on this day.
Note that rafting may be half day depending on your flight departure time.

Day 1 ARRIVAL.
Meet and greet our guide who will transfer you for dinner and over night at Serena/ Sheraton /Holiday Express Hotel.

Day 2 MURCHISON FALL NATIONAL PARK – RIVER NILE CRUISE
Leave Kampala at 0800hrs. Drive through the famous Luwero triangle. Take a stop over at

Top of Murchison falls

Masindi hotel for lunch. We will continue through the park stopping at the top of the falls which is a fantastic sight. Here the Nile, the longest river in the world, is forced through a narrow gap in the rock (only 7 meters wide), before ferociously plunging down 43 meters. From here we will continue on, taking a ferry across the river to Paraa Safari Lodge. Game viewing on the way is very good; look out for hippos, elephants, buffalos and many other animals, seen grazing on the banks of the river. Overnight at a Luxurious Paraa Safari Lodge (Full Board)/ Nile safari Camp/ Sambiya River lodge/ Red Chillis Camp.

Day 3 Morning game drive and boat Trip
After a cup of tea, embark on an early morning game drive on the northern bank where your guide will help you spot elephants, lions, Cape buffalo, rothchild’s giraffes, hartebeasts, waterbucks, oribi, bushbucks, bohor reed bucks, hyenas, and on rare cases leopards. Return to the lodge for mid morning breakfast. Relax at the lodge. After lunch, you will take an afternoon trip to the foot of Murchison Falls. This boat trip along the Nile is often cited as being the highlight of a trip to Murchison since it allows you to get up-close and personal with the animals. Along this stretch of the river, there are reported to be around 4,000 hippos in addition to some enormous Nile crocodiles. The bird life is stunning with brightly colored kingfishers and bee-eaters darting along the riverbanks. If lucky, you may see the rare and prehistoric looking shoebill, which is a cross between the dodo and a dinosaur. The boat takes you to the base of the falls which only adds to their impressiveness.
Overnight at a Luxurious Paraa Safari Lodge (Full Board)/ Nile safari Camp/ Sambiya River lodge/ Red Chillis Camp.

Day 4 FORT PORTAL
After break fast, we will depart with our packed lunch to Kibale National park. Driving through the country side.  We will arrive Fort portal town in the late afternoon. Tonight you will overnight at primate lodge Kanyankyu (FB)/ Ndali lodge/ Kanyankyu tourist Centre.

Day 5 KIBALE NATIONAL PARK - QUEEN ELIZABETH NATIONAL PARK
A relatively early morning start, to report to the ranger station in Kibale National Park at

Chimpanzees in Kibale

08.00am to track habituated chimps – these delightful apes, more closely related to humans than to any other living creature, are tremendous fun to watch as they squabble and play in fruiting trees. The incredibly diverse forest is home to over 13 species of primates including red Colobus monkey, the rare L’Hoest, blue monkey, grey mangabey, pottos, black faced vervet monkeys, baboons and also bushbabies. A network of shady forest trails provides much to delight botanists and butterfly lovers, while birders are in for a treat with 335 species recorded including the endemic Prirogrine’s ground thrush. The elusive forest elephant, smaller and hairier that its savannah counterpart, moves seasonally into the developed part of the park, while other terrestrial mammals include buffalo, giant forest hog and a half dozen antelope species. After this wonderful experience, we will depart to Queen Elizabeth National park. Overnight at Mweya Safari Lodge (FB)/ Institute of Ecology.

Day 6 GAME DRIVES AND LAUNCH

This morning you will leave for early morning game drives. Expect to see various mammals like

Uganda antelope

buffalo, hippo, lions antelopes, hyenas among other species. We will return to the lodge for lunch and a chance to relax before taking an afternoon boat trip along the Kazinga channel. This will give you the opportunity to view wildlife up close: hippo’s huff and spray mere feet away from the boat, buffalo linger in the shallows. The shores of the channel are also home to an array of birds including pink backed pelicans, pied and malachite kingfishers, saddle billed stork and many others. After this wonderful afternoon, a slow drive back to the lodge. Overnight at Mweya Safari Lodge (FB)/ Institute of Ecology.

Day 7 BWINDI NATIONAL PARK
This morning, you will leave for Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park. You will drive through the seasonal southern sector of Queen Elizabeth called Ishasha. Here we will take lunch by the Ishasha River and try to find the famed Ishasha tree-climbing lions before continuing to Bwindi, home to the few remaining mountain gorillas. Bird life and primate life in Bwindi is quite superb, and there is an incredible variety of flora. Bwindi is the Bird watchers haven! It holds 348 species of birds and supports 24 of 26 Albertine Rift Endemics that occur in Uganda; and seven red data book species. Once continuous with the forests of the Virunga Volcanoes (Dian Fossey’s stomping ground), Bwindi is now an ecological island, surrounded by cultivation on the rich volcanic soils. Overnight at Buhoma Hometead (FB)./Gorilla Resort camp/ Buhoma Community Bandas.

Day 8 FINDING THE GORILLAS – 5 PAX ONLY

Bwindi Mountain gorilla

Up relatively early for a hearty breakfast to give you the energy needed for gorilla tracking for 5 pax and the rest will trek the following day. Before 8:00 am report to the ranger station for registration and a talk by one of the rangers; the guides will then take you through the bush pushing your way through the undergrowth, parting thick creepers, to track the gorillas. (This trek can take from half an hour to 5 hours – a reasonable degree of fitness is required as well as a sturdy pair of walking shoes) Sit in the forest among the gorillas, listening to them grumble to each other, and marvel at the sheer size of the dominant male; the silverback. It is an extraordinary feeling sitting in the dense rainforest knowing you are with a few of the last remaining mountain gorillas. It’s amazing to think there are only about 650 of these beautiful creatures left. Overnight at Buhoma Hometead (FB)./Gorilla Resort camp/ Buhoma Community Bandas.

Day 9 MBURO NATIONAL PARK – KAMPALA
Transfer to Lake Mburo National park. You will have lunch in Mbarara and then proceed to the park fro an evening boat ride or a game drive. Dinner and over Mantana Luxury tented Camp/ Muhingo lodge/ Rwonyo Camp

Day 10 KAMPALA – ENTEBBE

Transfer to Kampala for a city tour from where you will taken to the airport for your next flight back home

This tour takes you to the two famous gorilla tracking National parks. That is; park des Volcans and Bwindi Impenetrable national park. The launch cruise along the Kazinga channel in this tour is also Fun and you can only know if you try it out.

Day One TO QUEEN ELIZABETH NATIONAL PARK
Our guide will pick you from Kampala in the morning after breakfast and drive you through Uganda’s lush beautiful countryside. Take a stop over at Equator en route . Continue to Queen Elizabeth national park and a game drive en route is rewarding with vistas of animals like Antelopes, birds, Elephants, among others. Arrive in the afternoon at Mweya Safari Lodge or Jacana lodge/ Institute of Ecology. In the afternoon explore the fascinating Queen Elizabeth’s charming crater lakes sector. These crater lakes are unique in a way that each of them has its own individual temperament and nature providing a residence for a myriad of creatures. Visit Lake Katwe and get to see the salt works and Flamingo Lake is exhilarating! Dinner and overnight at the Lodge.

Day Two GAME DRIVE AND LAUNCH CRUISE ALONG THE KAZINGA CHANNEL
After a cup of coffee and go for a morning game drive in the Park. You will search for some of the Big Five from their natural habitat; Elephant, Buffalos, Lions, leopards and Bush bucks, Giant forest hog, Hyenas, waterbucks, mangoose, and many bird species. Return to the lodge for mid morning breakfat and relax at the lodge as you wait for your next tour activity. If you slept at Mweya safari lodge, the swimming pool is at your disposal then after go for lunch.
In the after noon, take a launch cruise along the Kazinga channel to watch the families of Hippos, and Crocodiles close to the waterside as well as other land mammals drinking water along the shores of the channel. The banks of this channel harbour a great number of bird species and if you are lucky, you might encounter the legendary shoe bill stork, pelicans, Skimmers, fish eagle, martial eagles, the papyrus gonelok, African Jacana and many others. You may be forced to render this activity as the highlight of the tour because of the various species of birds and animals you may see along the cruise. Return to the lodge for dinner and over night.

Day 3 TO BWINDI IMPENETRABLE NATIONAL PARK
Take break fast and after transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable forest national park. As you drive along the road via Ishasha sector, animals such as the waterbucks, elephant, antelopes, buffalo, Kobs, can be seen along the road. This sector of Queen Elizabeth national park gives you opportunities to encounter tree climbing lions. Relax around the Forest camp. Dinner and over night at the luxurious Gorilla Forest Camp set deep in the rain forest/ Buhoma Community Rest camp.

Day 4 GORILLA TRACKING
This is one of the awaited for day with one of the highlight activities of this tour. Well prepared with your packed lunch, rain jackets, cameras, water, long pair of trouser and jungle boots on, you will assemble for briefing from the rangers about gorilla tracking the great adventure and experience! The time taken to encounter these peaceful primates is erratic for it may take1-10 hours. However, on encounter, one may be forced to say, it is stunning!!!! After the adventure a credential awaits the successful tracker. The day is not easy at times but pleasing. Return to your lodge for dinner and over night.

DAY 5 TO RWANDA
Proceed through the rolling hills and beautiful scenery to Rwanda and then later transfer to Kinigi Park Headquarters to track gorillas in Parc National des . Check in Mt Gorilla Nest Lodge or Kinigi Guest House for dinner and Over night.(FB).

Day 6 IN PARC NATIONAL DES VOLCANS: GORILLA TRACKING
Go gorilla tracking Volcans Gorilla tracking through the forest, hills and swamps can be strenuous, exhausting and the time taken to track gorillas is unpredictable. However, an en counter of these gentle Giants face to face may be exhilarating!!
If the gorilla tracking ends early enough, you will trek to Karisoke Research Centre of Dian Fossey, the famous primatologist, or visit local communities. Alternatively for those who are not up to it, modestly relax at the Camp.

DAY 7 TO L. MBURO
Drive to L. Mburo National Park. This park is unique in its own way that each part of it has a unique feature. You will arrive in the afternoon and go for an evening Boat ride along L. Mburo.

Day 8 T0 KAMPALA
Wake up early in the morning and go for a morning game drive in search for Elands, Topis, Oribis ad many other Savannah animals. Proceed to Mbarara for break fast and then after continue to Kampala

Day 1: TO BWINDI IMPENETRABLE NATIONAL PARK
Our guide will pick you up from your Hotel in Kampala  and leave South Westwards. Take a stop over at the Equator then proceed to Bwindi. This drive takes you through the beautiful sceneries of the Western part of Uganda which is sometimes known as the Switzerland of Uganda. Have lunch en route and then proceed to the park passingthrough the gorgeous undulating landscapes of the Switzerland of Uganda! We then continue for the last part. On the last hill of the landscape is the  vast plane of Uganda, Rwanda and Congo the Virunga volcanoes dominate the view. In the North is the Northern sect of Bwindi national park and in the south is Mgahinga and the Southern
part of Bwindi. The drive might be long but is rewarding with beautiful sceneries and artistic African exquisiteness.
Dinner and Over night atGorilla resort camp/ Buhoma Community bandas if you are tracking gorillas in the Northern part of Bwindi OR Nkuringo safari Lodge /  Travelers rest Hotel if you are  tracking gorillas in the southern Sector of Bwindi which is  Nkuringo family. Travelers Rest Hotel is set out side Kisoro and it a lovely stay for the tourists, who come to see the endangered mountain gorilla. The hotel, built in a rather colonial style, and utterly refurbished in 1999. Because of its comfortable quality, Dianne Fossey a writer on Gorillas remarked that it was her second home when she was doing research about gorillas.

Day 2: GORILLA TRACKING
Well prepared with you packed lunch, cameras, water, rain jackets, long pair of trouser and hiking boots and other gear, you will assemble for briefing from the rangers about gorilla tracking the great adventure and experience!  The time taken to encounter these peaceful primates is impulsive for it may take1-10 hours. Nevertheless, on encounter, one may be forced to say, it is stunning!!!! After the adventure a certificate awaits the successful tracker. The day is not easy at times but appealing. Return to your lodge for dinner and over night.

DAY 3; Transfer to Queen Elizabeth

Antelopes in Queen

Take breakfast and then drive through the Ishasha sector and then short game drive en route to encounter the tree climbing lions you will reach the park in the afternoon.  Have lunch and take a game drive through the crater lakes region. Dinner and overnight at
Lux Mweya Safari Lodge/Jacana safari Lodge/
Budget Institute of Ecology (FB).

DAY 4 : Game drive / Boat ride Kazinga channel
Go for an early morning game drive in the Park. In the afternoon you will have lunch in then go for a boat ride on the Kazinga channel to view water game. Dinner and overnight at
Lux Mweya Safari Lodge/Jacana safari Lodge/
Budget Institute of Ecology (FB).

DAY 5 Transfer to Fortportal
After chimpanzee tracking in Kyambura Gorge, you will be picked up and transferred to Fort portal  for dinner and over night  at ;
Luxurious Ndali Lodge/ Primates Lodge /
Mid range Rwenzori View Guest House/
Budget Kanyankyu Ecological Bandas (FB)

DAY 6 : Transfer to Murchison Falls NP/ Visit the top of the falls

Transfer to Murchison Falls National Park, where you will drive almost to reach the park in the afternoon. You will drive direct to the top of the falls to view how the calm Nile is transformed into a thunderous roar of white foam fall about 50metres deep. You will then transfer to you lodge. Dinner and overnight  at Paraa safari Lodge or Nile safari camps High end
Sambiya River lodge  Mid range
Red Chillis camp basic ( DB)

DAY 7 : Game drive / Boat ride on Victoria Nile
Early morning you will go for a game drive in the park to catch up with the early risers and predators returning to their hide out. After the game drive you will return to the Lodge to have lunch and then in the afternoon go for a boat ride on the Victoria Nile that will take you to the bottom of the Falls. Dinner and overnight at
Paraa safari Lodge or Nile safari camps High end
Sambiya River lodge  Mid range
Red Chillis camp basic ( DB)

DAY8: Drive back to Kampala

After an early morning breakfast, you will go for a forest walk in Kaniyo Pabidi in search for Chimpanzees then after transfer to Kampala or Entebbe for your next flight back  home.

Day 1 TO NGAMBA ISLAND

Bwindi Gorilla rainforests

A guide from our company will pick you up from your hotel in Kampala and drive you to Entebbe UWEC. (Uganda Wildlife Education centre) the former Zoo. Then after you will walk to the Pier on L. Victoria from where you will take a boat ride to Ngamba Island. At Ngamba, you will be briefed and told about the history of the sanctuary and then after you will go for chimpanzee viewing on the visitor’s platform. Then after return to Kampala for your Dinner and over night at
serena Hotel/ Speke Hotel/ Holiday Express Hotel.

Day2   TO L. MBURO NATIONAL PARK
After breakfast, we drive to Lake Mburo National Park with a stop over at Mpambire to watch drums being made using old methods passed down through generations. We also stop over at the Equator en-route for photographs.  Proceed through  the park via the Nshara gate.In the afternoon we go for a boat ride on Lake mburo. The lake is rich with a diversity of animal and plant species which are only clearly viewed while on a boat-crocodiles, hippopotami and birds like pelicans, black crake, Heron. The boat cruise takes 2 hours maximum. Dinner and overnight at  Mantana Luxury tented Camp/ Mihingo Lodge/ Rwonyo Camp.

Day 2:  TO Bwindi National park
After breakfast we go for a a game drive along the lakeside track, which will enable you see water plants and animals. The Kigambira loop will offer an opportunity of going through the wooded wilderness with scattered thicket-while here look out for , Zebras, Elands, Topis, bushbucks and bush duikers.The kazuma track which passes in the course of wooded grassland-black-bellied bustards often guard the area. This track takes us to Kazuma hill-in order to feel a real exposure to Lake Mburo National Park. This will enable you see all five lakes within the park and rolling hills. Transfer to Bwindi national park. leave South Westwards. This drive takes you through the beautiful sceneries of the Western part of Uganda which is sometimes known as the Switzerland of Uganda. Have lunch en route and then proceed to the park passing through the gorgeous undulating landscapes of the Switzerland of Uganda! We then continue for the last part. On the last hill of the landscape is the  vast plane of Uganda, Rwanda and Congo the Virunga volcanoes dominate the view. In the North is the Northern sect of Bwindi national park and in the south is Mgahinga and the Southern
part of Bwindi. The drive might be long but is rewarding with beautiful sceneries and artistic African exquisiteness.
Dinner and Over night at Gorilla resort camp/ Buhoma Community bandas
if you are tracking gorillas in the Northern part of Bwindi OR Nkuringo safari Lodge /  Travelers rest Hotel
if you are  tracking gorillas in the southern Sector of Bwindi which is  Nkuringo family. Travelers Rest Hotel is set out side Kisoro and it a lovely stay for the tourists, who come to see the endangered mountain gorilla. The hotel, built in a rather colonial style, and utterly refurbished in 1999. Because of its comfortable quality, Dianne Fossey a writer on Gorillas remarked that it was her second home when she was doing research about gorillas.

Day 3 : GORILLA TRACKING
Well prepared with you packed lunch, cameras, water, rain jackets, long pair of trouser and hiking boots and other gear, you will assemble for briefing from the rangers about gorilla tracking the great adventure and experience!  The time taken to encounter these peaceful primates is impulsive for it may take1-10 hours. Nevertheless, on encounter, one may be forced to say, it is stunning!!!! After the adventure a certificate awaits the successful
tracker. The day is not easy at times but appealing. Return to your lodge for dinner and over night.

DAY 4 ; Transfer to Queen Elizabeth
Take breakfast and then drive through the Ishasha sector and then short game drive en route to encounter the tree climbing lions you will reach the park in the afternoon.  Have lunch and take a game drive through the crater lakes region. Dinner and overnight at
Lux Mweya Safari Lodge/Jacana safari Lodge/
Budget Institute of Ecology (FB).

DAY 5 : Game drive / Boat ride Kazinga channel
Go for an early morning game drive in the Park. In the afternoon you will have lunch in then go for a boat ride on the Kazinga channel to view water game. Dinner and overnight at
Lux Mweya Safari Lodge/Jacana safari Lodge/
Budget Institute of Ecology (FB).

DAY 6: Transfer to Fortportal
After chimpanzee tracking in Kyambura Gorge, you will be picked up and transferred to Fort portal  for dinner and over night  at ;
Luxurious Ndali Lodge/ Primates Lodge /
Mid range Rwenzori View Guest House/
Budget Kanyankyu Ecological Bandas (FB)

DAY 7 : Transfer to Murchison Falls NP/ Visit the top of the falls
Transfer to Murchison Falls National Park, where you will drive almost to reach the park in the afternoon. You will drive direct to the top of the falls to view how the calm Nile is transformed into a thunderous roar of white foam fall about 50metres deep. You will then transfer to you lodge. Dinner and overnight  at
Paraa safari Lodge or Nile safari camps High end
Sambiya River lodge  Mid range

Red Chillis camp basic ( DB)
DAY 8 : Game drive / Boat ride on Victoria Nile
Early morning you will go for a game drive in the park to catch up with the early risers and predators returning to their hide out. After the game drive you will return to the Lodge to have lunch and then in the afternoon go for a boat ride on the Victoria Nile that will take you to the bottom of the Falls. Dinner and overnight at
Paraa safari Lodge or Nile safari camps High end
Sambiya River lodge  Mid range
Red Chillis camp basic ( DB)

DAY 9: Drive back to Kampala
After an early morning breakfast, you will go for a forest walk in Kaniyo Pabidi in search for Chimpanzees then after transfer to Kampala or Entebbe for your next flight back  home.

Day 1  TO MURCHISON FALLS NATIONAL PARK
Having taken breakfast, you will depart for Murchison Falls National Park arriving in the afternoon. The drive will take approximately 5-6 hours and will give you a good insight on the Ugandan way of life.   You will stop at Masindi for Lunch and then proceed to the top of the falls.  You will driven to the brim  of the water and see it plunging in the gorge from a 50 meters wide gorge  down to a 7 meters gorge   This is a fantastic site. Here the From here we will continue on, taking a ferry across the river to Paraa Safari Lodge if you  took the luxury package . Those staying   in Nile safari camp and any othetr lodges will not cross the ferry today . Dinner and over night at
Paraa safari Lodge or Nile safari camps High end
Sambiya River lodge  Mid range
Red Chillis camp basic ( DB)

Day 2 CHIMP TRACKING IN KANIYO PABIDI AND THE LAUNCH CRUISE ON THE VICTORIA NILE
After breakfast, we will go for a morning Chimpanzee tracking in Kaniyo Pabidi Forest. This is an undisturbed area of natural forest within Budongo Forest Reserve where you can walk beneath mature mahogany and iron wood trees. Chimpanzee tracking is the most famous activity. You will definitely see many forest birds, including the chocolates-backed Kingfisher, the white-thigh hornbill, the chocolates-backed Kingfisher and puvel’s illadopsis found nowhere else in East Africa. Have Lunch and transfer to the Nile River banks for an after noon launch cruise. Overnight at a Luxurious
Paraa safari Lodge or Nile safari camps High end
Mid range Sambiya River lodge Mid range
Basic Red Chillis camp basic ( DB)

Day 3 WILDLIFE  SAFARI IN MURCHISON FALLS NATIONAL PARK
After a cup of coffee to gain warmth, you will be transferred to the northern part of Murchison falls National Park for a game drive.  The guide will explain more about each encounters like Giraffes, Elephants, Buffaloes, Bushbucks, Lions, and a variety of bird species. Retrun to the lodge for a nap and a mid morning breakfast before you proceed for an afternoon  launch cruise to the bottom of the falls  of the mighty Murchison falls where menacing water escapes from the narrow gorge, an opportunity to see the amazing hippos, crocodiles, water birds along the river banks enabling a wonderful birding safari. Overnight at your lodge.

Day 4       KIBALE NATIONAL PARK
Have breakfast then depart with our packed lunch to Kibale National Park. This scenic drive takes 8- 9 hours. We will pass via the Albertine escarpment. On a clear day, the view on the top of the Albert rift is fantastic. Have lunch en route and arrive Fortpoartal in the late Afternoon. Dinner and overnight at a
Luxurious Ndali Lodge/ Primates Lodge /
Mid range Rwenzori View Guest House/
Budget Kanyankyu Ecological Bandas (FB)

Day 5      CHIMPANZEE TRACKING
We will wake up early and depart to Kanyankyu tourists centre for clearance and briefing  from the Ranger guides before we head to the forest for our next activity Chimpanzee tracking.   This is the most popular walk of Kibale’s walks and it starts at 0800 hours and lasts for 2-3 hours depending on the time you take to encounter chimpanzees.   Though you will be searching for  these habituated chimpanzees, you will  encounter other primates like the Black and white Colobus Monkeys’  Chimpanzees are  more closely related to humans than to any other living creature, are tremendous fun to watch as they squabble and play in fruiting trees while they hunt for monkeys to prey on. The incredibly diverse forest is home to over 13 species of primates including red Colobus monkey, the rare L’Hoest, blue monkey, grey mangabey, pottos, black faced vervet monkeys, baboons and also bush babies. A system of shady forest trails offers much to pleasure botanists and butterfly lovers, while birders are in for a treat with 335 species recorded including the endemic Prirogrine’s ground thrush. The elusive forest elephant, smaller and hairier than her  savannah counterpart, moves seasonally into the developed part of the park to search for a  Elephants food that grows in the swampy area of this forest , while other terrestrial mammals include giant forest hog, buffalo among others Overnight at a luxurious lodge of your choice

Day 6   TO SEMLIKI WILDLIFE RESERVE
Wake up very early in the morning and leave for Semliki Wildlife Reserve; this scenic drive will take you down the eastern side of Lake Albert. Semliki reserve is situated in the basin of the Western Rift Valley. It is one of the most diverse habitats in Africa with wonderful examples of borassus palm forest,  Riparian forest , gallery rain forest and short and high grass savannas.  Semliki is one of Africa’s most biodiverse forest. It  is particularly   well known for its varied bird population.  It is one of Africa’s most ancient Forests popular because of having survived the dry conditions of the last ice age 12-18000 years ago with Bwindi when most of the forests shrank and that is how it managed to protect some species that like the arid apocalypse until they eventually managed to emerge to re colonize a better wetter world.  Chimps exist next to elephant, lion and buffalo as well as the usual western Uganda species. Following dinner we will go on a night drive. This is the only place in Uganda where you can do a spot lit night drive. You never know what you may see. Often the big cats are sighted as well as the diminutive genet and serval cats. Unusual nocturnal dwellers also show themselves, such as the white tailed mongoose and slender mongoose, standard and pennant winged nightjars depending on the time of year. There are always surprises on the night drives. Overnight at
Semliki safari Lodge (FB)

Day 7      Chimpanzee tracking
An early morning rise, tea at your camp, and then you will go down into the gorgeous gallery rainforest to track wild chimpanzees. Chimps are tracked by researchers in Semliki at dawn and dusk, as they tend to disappear in the middle of the day. There are also a number of bird species which are found in this picturesque forest. You will return to the lodge for lunch and the chance to relax by the pool and enjoy the tranquility of the Lodge. In the late afternoon you will go for a game drive, stopping along the way to watch the African sun dip below the horizon. Overnight at Semliki Safari Lodge (FB)

Day 8       TO QUEEN ELIZABETH NATIONAL PARK
Depart to Queen Elizabeth National Park.   You will pass thrpugh the crater Valley with beautiful lakes and rich grasslands which are set deep. This is truly the most magnificent scenery in the park.  Queen Elizabeth hosts a large variety and volume of wildlife. It boasts one of the highest bio diversity ranging from the open Savannah to Rain forest, dense swamps and beautiful crater lakes to the vastness of Lake Edward. Almost 100 species that include Hippos, Buffaloes, Lions, Leopard, Spotted Hyena and the elusive giant forest hog. There are over 606 species of birds found here including the martial eagle, Verreaux’s eagle owl, black-rumped buttonquail and African skimmer among others. The primates include Chimps, Blue Magabeys, Black and white Colobus Monkeys,  Black Faced Red Colobus, and Red Tailed monkeys and Olive Baboons. After checking in and having lunch, you will head for an evening game drive. We often spot Elephants, warthogs, waterbucks, hippos and others. You might want to head to the Kasenyi area of the park where lions are frequently spotted. Overnight at
Lux Mweya Safari Lodge/Jacana safari Lodge/
Budget Institute of Ecology (FB).

Day 9   CHIMP TRACKING IN THE KYAMBURA GORGE.
After a cup of coffee, this morning we will leave for the 08.00am chimpanzee trekking in Kyambura Gorge. Expect to see various primates most especially Chimpanzee, Black and white Colobus monkeys  primates like the rd colobus monkeys, blue Mangebeys, black and white  colobus monkeys among others.  This gorge is a home of very many bird species. Proceed to Jacana Lodge where we will have our lunch. This is a small intimate lodge situated in Maramagambo forest on a gorgeous crater lake. After lunch, you will go for a nature walk in Maramagambo Forest   for a nature walk .nd visit the bat Expect encounters like the great Blue Lake Kimeranjojo  . Guides will tell you the myths attached to its name  then proceed to the Bats cave a home to the Python that preys on bats. Overnight at
Lux Mweya Safari Lodge/Jacana safari Lodge/
Budget Institute of Ecology (FB).

DAY 10    THE LAUNCH CRUISE ALONG THE KAZINGA CHANNEL
Take a cup of coffee and go for an early morning game drive in this park, provide excellent opportunities to see Lions, Cape Buffaloes, Giant Forest Hogs, Leopards, Elephants, Defassa Waterbucks, Uganda Kobs, Topi and Bush bucks and many more. After lunch, enjoy the unique 2-hour boat cruise on the Kazinga Channel and into Lake Edward. This trip passes through possibly the highest concentration of Hippos and many animals may be seen drinking at the water’s edge. This launch cruise offers an excellent platform for photography, bird watching and game viewing, ideal for the Uganda safari .The prolific bird life is colorful and stupendous with well over 550 resident species. Over night at
Lux Mweya Safari Lodge/Jacana safari Lodge/
Budget Institute of Ecology (FB).

Day 11    Entebbe
This morning, we will leave for Kampala take a stop over at the Equator.  Lunch en route. Before You head to Entebbe for your next flight back home.

Kampala Capital city

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