Detailed itinerary

Day 1

Destination: botanical gardens tour

On arrival at Entebbe international airport, you will be welcomed and picked by our guide that you will see holding a pluck card having your name to your booked accommodation along the shores of Lake Victoria. Later in the afternoon or after a brief rest, you will head to the botanical gardens still along the shores of the lake. This walking tour at the cool 40.7 hectare botanical gardens along the shore of Lake Victoria. The gardens are also common for biking/ cycling safari, monkey feeding, birding safari and 500 plant species including both exotic and indigenous. These plants are categorized into indigenous and exotic fruits, medicinal, beverage, spices, ornamentals, timber, oils and important crop wild relatives, several of these threatened in the wild and agro-ecosystems.

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Day 2

Destination: Mabamba swamp & Kampala

Early in the morning after breakfast, you will set out to the mabamba swamp which is also Ramsar site to see the endangered shoebill. This tour is carried out on boats that move from the Lake Victoria shoes into the narrow water stretches of the swamp; a tour lasting for 3 hours. This will come with an opportunity to watch many other swamp endemics and water birds. After there, you will have a tour around Kampala city; This tour will get you to various historical administrative, economic and cultural sites and centres in the city have affected the development of Uganda as a country such as the Kasubi tombs where 3 ancient kings are buried, the Rubaga cathedral; headquarters of the Catholics’ faith, namirembe cathedral; headquarters of the protestant faith, Kaddafi mosque; headquarters of the Muslim faith, Baha’i temple of the Baha’i faith, fort Lugard (captain Lugard was the first administrator) of Kampala city, the parliament building of Uganda among others. Food and commodity markets around Kampala are so interesting and have a great reflection of how the county’s population survives; these will get you have some taste on fresh fruits, vegetables grown in the country and street food delicacies like the rolex (an egg omelet rolled in chapatti). Later on in the evening, you will have a nightlife experience in the bars and lounges of Kampala city till resting time as you wait for the next day.

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Day 3

Destination: source of the Nile

This section of the river Nile has numerous water falls that have become common water sport points to tourists and adventurers from all corners of the world. Some of the falls include Owen falls, Bujagali falls, Ripon falls, Itanda falls, Busowoko falls among others. The clean and white waters of the River Nile at this point are the most entertaining of the river course throughout Africa offering the best bungee jumping point, water rafting, horse riding at the river banks, water surfing, swimming, canoeing, river boarding, quad biking around the river banks among others. The river banks also host numerous bird species that can be experienced on nature walks thus being some of the best birders’ destinations in the region. You will also take a boat to reach the source of the nile where 30% of the water emanates from underground streams and 70% from Lake Victoria. The green sparsely forested areas will provide a chilling breeze for nature walks and relaxations that will grant you a memorable time at the source of the river Nile.

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Day 4

Destination: Zziwa rhino sanctuary

On this day early in the morning, you will start off with a walking safaris watching out for rhinos and towards the swamp areas. Zziwa rhino sanctuary has more than 40 white southern rhinos, rothschild’s giraffes, kobs, leopards, swamps with papyrus endemics like the shoebill, African wild cats, warthogs, reptiles among other species. the sanctuary not having big predators, allows you to easily make nature walks to come to nearby engagement with the park’s wild game.

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Day 5

Destination: Murchison- chimp tracking & top of the falls

This day will find you at Murchison falls and early in the morning, you will head out on a walking tour through the Kaniyo Pabidi forest tracking chimpanzees. This walk will bring along to you, olive baboons, blue monkeys, black and white colobus monkeys, patas monkey, vervet monkey, forest endemics that are part of the 370 recorded bird species of the Murchison falls national park, reptiles among others. Later on you have a game drive while heading to the Murchison falls that will grant you a vast view of the park and its numerous species starting from Africa’s big 5; lions, leopards, elephants, buffaloes, giraffes, warthogs, water bucks, kobs, antelopes among others. In the afternoon you will embark on a trek for an aerial view at the top of the Murchison falls- the strongest waterfalls in the world, gashing 3,000 cubic litres of water per second through an eight-meter corridor cascading down a 43-meter height into the “the devil’s caldron” forming a white mist and a signature rainbow producing a loud sound from the powerful force of the water of the river Nile.

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Day 6

Destination: Murchison game drives and boat cruise

This day, you will wake up very early in the morning and drive to Murchison falls national where you will set off with a game drive till afternoon when you reach your booked lodge for lunch break. The park has the strongest water falls in the world and the highest number of rothschild’s giraffes in the world, more than three- quarter of the total world population and numerous elephant and lion families, waterbucks, impalas, kobs, warthogs, hippos, buffaloes, crocodiles, leopards, hyenas, jackals among other mammals and more than 450 bird species recorded in the park. After lunch you will then head to the banks of the river Nile for a boat cruise towards the face of the Murchison falls. While on the boat cruise, you will have scene of various water birds like the shoebills, raptors, geese among others, hippos and a great number of huge nile crocodiles and many more mammals that approach the river banks to quench their thirst like buffaloes, elephants and the scenes are endless.

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Day 7

Destination: Entebbe for departure

On this day you will embark on a 6-7-hour journey back to the shores of Lake Victoria to relax and prepare for your departure flight.

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