From

$1,950

Duration

6 Days

ITINERARY

Enjoy the phenomenal 6-day 'Uganda - Nature And Wildlife Experience' safari tour, offering you the opportunity to closely observe the majestic chimpanzees of Uganda in their natural habitat and witness diverse African wildlife, beautiful landscapes, and amazing culture. This tour starts and ends at Kampala and takes you through Kidepo Valley National Park, Murchison Falls National Park, and Kibale Forest National Park, and includes either road transfer or flight transfer from Kampala and back after the tour. The typical safari itinerary is listed as follows:

KAMPALA - KIDEPO VALLEY NATIONAL PARK

Your driver guide reports to your hotel in Kampala for the beginning of the adventure. Have breakfast early in the morning and leave for Kidepo Valley National Park. Covering an area of 1442 square kilometers, the Kidepo Valley National Park is a desolate wilderness with fascinating savannah grasslands, sausage trees and acacia trees. The park doesn't draw too much attention from safari tourists and is a perfect place to experience wildlife with peace.

Reach the park in the late afternoon and check in at your lodge for dinner and an overnight stay.

Accomodation At:

Kidepo Savanna Lodge

Flight Package

You will have your flight from Entebbe International Airport to the nearest airstrip in Kidepo Valley National Park. Your driver guide will pick you up for a road transfer to the lodge.

Road Transfer from Kampala To Kidepo Valley National Park Time: 9 hours 30 minutes
Distance: 557 km
Road Terrain: Tarmac
Flight Time: Time: 2 hours 15 minutes

GAME DRIVE AT KIDEPO VALLEY NATIONAL PARK

Have breakfast early in the morning and leave for a game drive at Kidepo Valley National Park where you can see four of the African Big 5, lion, leopard, buffalo and elephant. You will also witness various herbivores such as bohor reedbuck, Burchell’s zebra, Jackson’s hartebeest, Rothschild’s giraffe, warthogs, patas monkeys and many others.

After the game drive, have lunch at the lodge and proceed for a half-day tour of the local communities. Visit Karamojong Manyatta and meet Karamojong, a proud and fierce group of semi-nomadic pastoralists with a rich cultural heritage. You can learn about their culture, their daily lives and how they construct their homes.

After the tour, return to the lodge for dinner and an overnight stay.

KIDEPO NATIONAL PARK – MURCHISON FALLS NATIONAL PARK

Have breakfast early in the morning and leave for Murchison Falls National Park, driving via Gulu city. The Murchison Falls National Park presents one of the most spectacular faces of the Nile River in East Africa.

Arrive at the park in the late afternoon and check in at your lodge for dinner and an overnight stay.

After the tour, return to the lodge for dinner and an overnight stay.

Flight Time: Time: 3 hours
Distance: 155 km

Accomodation At:

Pakuba Safari Lodge

GAME DIVE AND BOAT TRIP AT MURCHISON FALLS NATIONAL PARK

Wake up early in the morning and leave for a game drive at the northern bank of the Nile River in your open-roof vehicle, offering you an excellent opportunity to view and photograph the diverse wildlife. Spot elephant, lion, cape buffalo, Rothchild’s giraffe, hartebeest, waterbuck, oribi, bushbuck, bohor reedbuck, hyena and if you are lucky, the leopard.

After your game drive, have lunch and go for a boat cruise upstream of the Victoria Nile river. Reach the base of the Murchison falls and stop a few meters from the devil’s cauldron, where you can spot hippos and crocodiles and over the 17 km stretch, you may see elephants, waterbuck and Uganda Kob.

You can also spot several bird species here, including the goliath heron, Egyptian goose, pelican bee-eater, kingfisher, hornbill, cormorant, and the rare shoebill stork. After taking pictures of the photogenic Murchison Falls, you may continue to the top of the falls at an additional fee of $15 per person, where you will have stunning views of the falls as the Nile River explodes violently through a narrow cleft in the rift valley ridge to descend into a frothing pool 43 m below.

Later, return to your lodge and relax in the evening followed by dinner and an overnight stay.

MURCHISON FALLS NATIONAL PARK – KIBALE FOREST NATIONAL PARK

Have breakfast at the lodge and proceed on your journey to Kibale Forest National park. Enjoy your drive via Hoima to Fort Portal through lush green countryside and travel through traditional homesteads, farms and tea estates. Stop for lunch on the way and continue your drive to the park.

Kibale Forest National Park is one of the best destinations in Africa for chimpanzee trekking safaris and has the highest number and diversity of primates in East Africa. There are 13 species of primates, including chimpanzees, that thrive within its 795 square kilometers of land cover. The park has the most beautiful and diversified tracts of tropical forest in the whole of Uganda.

On your arrival at the park, check-in at your lodge for dinner and an overnight stay.

Flight Time: Time: 5 hours 10 minutes
Distance: 360 km

Accomodation At:

Chimpundu Lodge

CHIMPANZEE TREK AT KIBALE FOREST NATIONAL PARK AND DEPARTURE

Have breakfast at the lodge and leave for chimpanzee trek at the Kibale National Park, which is reputed to have the greatest variety and highest concentration of primates in East Africa. The most famous of the 13 species is the chimpanzee and the national park has 1450 chimpanzees that represent the largest population of these endangered primates in Uganda. Kibale is also home to the rare L'Hoest's monkey and other primates, including the black and white colobus, blue monkey, gray-cheeked mangabey, red-tailed monkey and olive baboon.

After the trek, return to the lodge for lunch and a road transfer to Kampala city or Entebbe International Airport.

Flight Package

After the trek, check-out from your lodge for a transfer to the nearest airstrip in the Kibale Forest National Park for your flight to Entebbe International Airport.

End of trip

Price starting from

$1,950 USD per person

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Inclusions

All ground transportation in a 4x4 safari vehicle with all fuel

Full-time driver/guide with all his associated expenses

Full board accommodation as per the above itinerary

Entrance fees

Game drives

Boat cruises

1 chimpanzee permit per person

Well-bottled mineral water

Any other items included in the above itinerary

EXCLUSIONS

International air tickets

Visas

Personal insurance

All meals en route in cities/towns and in the place where accommodation is on bed-and-breakfast basis

Personal expenses such as drinks, tips, telephone calls, etc.

Laundry

All optional activities

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