Detailed itinerary:

Day 1

Destination: Kampala city tour

On this first day of your trip, you will be picked up from the airport by our guide who will get you to your booked accommodation for a brief rest and thereafter embark on a Kampala city tour. This tour will get you to various historical administrative, economic and cultural sites and centers 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 Laggard 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). The tour will later extend to Lake Victoria shores which is Africa’s largest lake will give you a glance at the different types of fish that breed in the lake such as tilapia, nile perch, cat fish, lung fish, silver fish and the different bird species around the lake commonly the kingfisher, egyptian goose, white egrets, water ducks; lake species such monitor lizards, snakes, otters among others. 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. This full day activity will entirely depend on your time of arrival.

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Day 2

Destination: Mgahinga/ Bwindi impenetrable NP

On the second day, you will embark on the 10-hour journey to Mgahinga or Bwindi impenetrable national park depending on the gorilla family you will be assigned to visit. Along the way you will get across many features that make the pearl of Africa one of the greatest and iconic destinations by default. You will have numerous stop overs even to have photographic moments at points like the Equator crossing landmark where you will have a stop for photos, art and craft shops, gorges and escarpments, rift valley floor and escarpments, crater lakes, interlocking volcanic and conical hills, forests and the vast savannah grasslands and the green vegetation. All these features will so much contribute to the numerous sightings of hundreds of bird species that enjoy the best climate anchored and influenced by most of these Ugandan features. Along the way you will also come across different economic activities, traditional and cultural settings as you move through areas of different tribal groupings and set ups. On arriving at the park you get your booked accommodation and relax and you could thereafter have a short evening nature walk before sleep to wait on the next day’s activity.

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Day 3

Destination: gorilla trekking, Batwa experience & Ishasha drive

Very early in the morning you will embark on a four-hour journey to Bwindi impenetrable forest in Uganda for a morning gorilla trekking. On arrival you will have a briefing on the gorilla behaviors, livelihoods and how to handle their reactions to the human presence. The trek into the tropical montane forests will last between 30 to 1 hour before meeting the gorilla family you are assigned to and you will be allowed to follow and spend an hour with that gorilla family. Getting to find the mountain gorillas on a trek in Uganda is a 99% chance backed up by the gorilla population in this region. After the trek, you will have an experience with the Batwa people who have for all their life time co-existed with the forest and its species. During this nature walk you will experience numerous bird species with particularly 23 albertine endemics that are habitats to only the albertine region. Later on in the afternoon, you will set out to the Ishasha sector of the Queen Elizabeth national park best known for its tree climbing lions and one of the only 2 destinations in the world with lions have having this behavior. These along with many other wild game like; elephants, buffaloes, leopards, kobs, antelopes, wild dogs, hyenas, ostriches, waterbucks and glamour at some of the world’s most unique bird species as the park is the second best birding haven having more than 660 recorded bird species as their home. This game drive will conclude the day’s activities and rest to prepare for the next day’s activities.

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Day 4

Destination: Kazinga channel and game drive

Early in the morning after breakfast, you will head out to the Kazinga channel (a river connecting lakes Edward and George) for a morning boat cruise. At this experience you will have a glance at the world’s largest concentration of hippos which are numbered above 5,000 at the Kazinga channel, Nile crocodiles, buffaloes, water birds and other land birds coming in to quench their thirst, elephants, lions and other land wild game like water bucks, giraffes, kobs, kudus among others also coming in onto the banks of the Kazinga channel to quench their thirst. After the boat cruise, you will embark on a game drive around this channel and beyond into the vast savannah grassland to enjoy more game viewing at more lion and elephant families, ostriches, cheetahs, leopards, raptors and vultures, reptiles, monkeys, wild dogs among other creatures, scenery views of the ice capped mountain Rwenzori and its slopes. On this day, you will also once again come across the equator landmark as it crosses through queen Elizabeth national game park.

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Day 5

Destination: Kyambura gorge- chimps and Mburo night drive

Early in the morning today, you will head to the gorge’s headquarters after breakfast for a briefing about the life of chimpanzees, their behavior while in their natural habitat and how to react to their actions for your safety after which you will take on a tracking which begins at 08:00hrs and the other at 13:00hrs in 2 groups. During the forest walk you will also be able to see birds that special to this region such as the forest flycatcher, white-napped pigeon, the striking Rwenzori turaco, the African fin foot; the copper-rich Blue Lake and the Bat Cave with its resident bat-gorged python. The tracking may take up to 3 hours or more depending on how fast you found the chimpanzee family. After this tracking experience, you head out for a game drive to other areas of the park as you are heading out to the lake Mburo national park, your next day’s destination; on a journey that will give you to glance of extensive tea and banana plantations on the hills and in valleys of the hilly region. On arrival to lake Mburo national park, you will have a 2-3hours night game drive. This will get you spot nocturnal species of the park like the thick tailed gallagos, hyenas, hippos, leopards, bush babies, white tailed porcupines, honey burgers, genet cats, bush pigs, impalas, zebras, water bucks among others as you enjoy a clear blue night sky.

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Day 6

Destination: Lake Mburo NP walking safari

This day will find you already in lake Mburo national park (commonly known for zebras) ready to embark on various park activities. The park offers a wide range of touring options from board rides, horseback riding safaris, walking safaris, game drives, biking/cycling safaris and community walks. The park has 70 mammals and 332 recorded bird species and is richly gifted with various acacia and papyrus endemics such as the papyrus gonolek, papyrus yellow warbler, white-winged warbler and shoebill; as the acacia species are wide spread elsewhere in the park. Mammals include burchell’s zebras, Nubian giraffes, hippos, leopards, buffaloes, topi, elands, antelopes, warthogs, bushbucks, stripped jackals, reedbucks, olive baboons, sitatungas, bush pigs, hyenas, impalas, crocodiles, reptiles among others. After your safari, you will head out on a 4-hour journey to Kampala where you will enjoy the city’s night life experience.

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Day 7

Destination: Entebbe int. airport for departure

This day will find you at the shores of Lake Victoria in Entebbe and early in the morning after your breakfast you have a tour around Entebbe town and there after a 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. After this tour, you will head to the airport for departure.

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