7 Days Uganda African Big Five, Nile and Chimps Safari

ENTEBBE TO JINJA

Entebbe International Airport

You will arrive at Entebbe International Airport and will be met by our representative who will transfer you to your booked hotel at Entebbe. Spend the rest of the day at leisure.

JINJA

Today after your breakfast, your guide shall transfer you to Jinja, the city across the bridge also popularly referred to as The Adventure Capital of East Africa.

The drive shall take you through the suburbs of Kampala towards the east, driving on the countryside through small villages dotted with tea plantations and sugarcane estates, a tropical rainforest and roadside markets with vendors selling roasted plantain, roadside chicken and meat a delicacy for most travelers visiting Jinja.

You shall reach Jinja and prepare for your transfer to Bujagaali for your white water rafting adventure. A team of experienced rafting guides shall accompany you on your rafting trip on the Nile. This grade 5 adventure takes you across bands of rapids and waterfalls on the Nile.

From there, you shall then transfer to your booked hotel for check-in and dinner. The property is set right on the shores of Lake Victoria with relaxing views of both the lake and the river Nile.

Have dinner and overnight at your hotel.

JINJA – MURCHISON FALLS NATIONAL PARK EN-ROUTE ZIWA RHINO SANCTUARY

Today, you shall wake up early for your morning breakfast, prepare to check out and start your transfer journey to Murchison Falls National Park. En-route, you shall have a stopover at the Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary for a walking safari to see the endangered White Rhinos. At the sanctuary, look out for other animals like the bush back, Uganda kobs and several birds.

From here you shall set off for Murchison Falls with en-route lunch at Kabalega Dinners, reaching the park in the early evenings with a visit to the top of Murchison Falls for aerial views and a short game drive en-route to your lodge for dinner and overnight.

Murchison Falls lies on the northern end of the albertine rift valley and is Uganda’s largest national park. The park is home to 76 mammals, 451 bird species and is bisected by the Victoria Nile which plunges down 15 meters through an 8 meter wide gorge to form the world’s most powerful water falls that is Murchison Falls, the main attraction of the park.

MURCHISON FALLS NATIONAL PARK

You shall wake up early and head out to the plains for your morning game drive carrying with you packed breakfast. Early mornings are superb times to catch up with the predators on their hunt for prey, a time to see the wild unfold its natural beauty to you. As the sun raises, the lions roar, birds sing, hippos gulp in the Nile, all these unfold in your eyes. Look out for animals like lions, elephants, giraffes, antelopes, jackals among others.

You shall have lunch at your lodge and there after transfer to Paraa for your launch cruise to the bottom of the falls. This 3 hours boat cruise on the Nile is prime for views of wildlife on the banks including elephants, antelopes, buffalos that come to the river to quench on the waters of the Nile. The Nile crocodile can as well be sighted, don’t mind it if you aren’t fan of reptiles. On lucky days, the big boys including the Lions, Leopards and Hyenas can as well be sighted along the river. The cruise ends at the point where you have a full view of the waterfalls, seeing thousands of tons of water squeeze through a 7 meter wide gorge to plunge 30 meters down forming the world’s strongest waterfall. Later on, return to your lodge for dinner and overnight.

KIBALE NATIONAL PARK

You shall wake up for your morning breakfast, checkout of the lodge and start your transfer journey to Kibale National Park driving towards Kibale with en-route picnic before extending to Fort Portal; Uganda’s Tourism City, the only city with an English name in Uganda. Fort Portal is set on the foothills of the Rwenzori, the tallest block of mountains in Uganda and third tallest in Africa. The jagged hills give the city an amazing wallpaper look that will leave you wondering about its creation story.

After lunch, drive to Kibale Forest, checking in at your lodge that is set on the boundary with the forest. Enjoy the natural views as you settle in for dinner and overnight. Prepare for another ultimate adventure tomorrow.

Dinner: Chimpanzee Forest Lodge

KIBALE NATIONAL PARK

You shall wake up early in the morning for your breakfast and thereafter set off for the transfer to Kanyanchu Visitor Information center at Kibale National Park. You will be briefed about the chimp tracking experience by the rangers and thereafter head out into the forest in small groups led by a ranger. The tracking experience can take between 1 to 3 hours depending on the location of the chimp community. You will be allowed to spend up to an hour in the company of the chimps, take photos and videos as much as you can.

You shall return to the lodge for your lunch and relax.

Later in the evening, you shall go for your community experience at Bigodi Village. The community experience takes you through the daily life of the local people; you will meet local herbs men, blacksmith and local crafts women. The wetland Bigodi is a project being run by local communities and is much known for its rich diversity of bird species and other primates. It also provides employment and job opportunities to the local youth through tour guiding.

Return to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

ENTEBBE - DEPARTURE

You shall have breakfast at 07:00hrs and thereafter check out of the lodge for the transfer journey back to Entebbe with en-route picnic lunch.You shall be dropped off at the airport for your out bound international flight.

Lunch; Picnic lunch by Chimpanzee Forest Lodge