Journey time: Approx. 1 Hour

Upon arrival at Entebbe Int. Airport, be received by our driver guide; have a quick briefing and transfer to the hotel in Kampala. Check-in and stay at leisure to recuperate.

Overnight:

Midrange: Gazelle Guest House – or similar

Luxury: Lake Victoria Serena Golf Resort & Spa – or similar

Meal Plan: Bed and Breakfast

Journey Time: Approx. 6 Hours

Pickup Time: 07:00AM. Have an early breakfast at the hotel and check-out. Feel free to explore a few optional activities before setting off to Sipi Falls – Kapchorwa. En-route to Sipi Falls, you may make an OPTIONAL stopover at Sezibwa Falls or Mabira Forest for a nature walk and/or zip-line. Lunch is arranged at a restaurant. Arrival at Sipi Falls is foreseen late afternoon; get to the lodge and check-in to stay at leisure. Dinner included.

Overnight:

Midrange/Luxury: Heritage Lodge Sipi – or similar

Meal Plan: Full Board (Dinner, Breakfast and Lunch)

Pickup Time: 08:00AM. Breakfast will be served earlier – all meals are planned at the lodge. Spend the day exploring the highlights of Sipi falls.  

Starting with the Sipi Falls Hike (3–Falls Walk): Follow the existing hiking tracks that lead hikers through local communities to the roaring stunning waterfalls, farms and forests with great views. Continue to explore Sipi’s locally grown Arabica Coffee: You will get walked through the story of Sipi Falls’ finest Arabica Coffee from seed to cup.  Meet the traditional farmers and visit plantations to explore the activities involved, and roast coffee for a sip of your own hand prepared coffee cup.

Optional activities: Rock climbing (15$ pp) | Abseiling (50$ pp) | Sunset Walk (10$ pp)

Overnight:

Midrange/Luxury: Heritage Lodge Sipi – or similar

Meal Plan: Full Board (Dinner, Breakfast and Lunch)

Journey time: Approx. 7 Hours

Pickup Time: 06:30AM. Early breakfast and check-out: Be offered lunchboxes for your planned picnic on the way to Kidepo. As scheduled, travel to Kidepo National Park – the journey is composed of an amazing scenery with cool views of mountains and hills. Chance falling and today happens to be a Wednesday (subject to change); you may make a stopover at a traditional Karamojong Cattle Market. It is a great opportunity to witness herders and buyers trading livestock for cash (indigenous goats, cows and chicken).

Continue to Uganda’s remotest national park, amid photogenic scenery, vegetation with a minimal encounter of other visitors. Arrive at the lodge, check-in and refresh followed by a Dusk Game Drive – Time permitting or stay at leisure.

Overnight:

Midrange: Zebra Safari Lodge – or similar

Luxury: Adere Safari Lodge – or similar

Meal Plan: Half Board (Dinner and Breakfast)

Pickup Time: 06:30AM. Today wake up earlier to refresh and transfer to a selected safe and scenic bush breakfast site within Kidepo Valley National Park.

Following breakfast in the bush; proceed with a Guided game drive and explore the spectacular Narus Valley. What to expect on your safari; zebras, giraffes, elephants, lions, leopards, by chance cheetahs, and various antelopes spiced up with stunning scenic views of Morungole Mountain Ranges at sunrise – This is an almost exclusive experience due to minimal encounters of other visitors. Situated within the heart of Uganda’s remotest countryside, Kidepo offers a serene environment that will leave you rejuvenated and refreshed. With its vast plains, rocky outcrops, and abundant wildlife, Kidepo is a perfect destination for nature enthusiasts! Return to the lodge for lunch.

Planned Activity: Karamojong Cultural experience – Exploring homesteads close to the park is an opportunity to experience a real African traditional lifestyle. Their homesteads are designed in grass thatch, mud and cow dung; with each community is composed of an extended family unit. Learn about how the Karamojong live; how marriage is initiated, their kind of food and preparation alongside energetic cultural entertainment through traditional songs and dances, in which you can easily take part. Dinner is arranged at the lodge after your cultural interactions.

Overnight:

Midrange: Zebra Safari Lodge – or similar

Luxury: Adere Safari Lodge – or similar

Meal Plan: Full Board (Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner)

Journey time: Approx. 7 Hours

Pickup Time: 06:30AM. After an early breakfast check-out and depart Kidepo for Murchison Falls National Park, via Gulu City – Lunch is arranged at a restaurant. Optional En-route activity (at 5$ pp.): Visit Fort Patiko “Baker's Fort” – The fort was once a military base built by Samuel Baker in Patiko–Gulu since 25 Dec, 1872. Continue to Murchison Falls, and get to the lodge to check-in. Dinner included. 

Overnight:

Midrange: Twiga Safari Lodge – or similar

Luxury: Paraa Safari Lodge – or similar

Meal Plan: Half Board (Dinner and Breakfast)

Pickup Time: 06:30AM. Early breakfast, and go for a game drive. Early morning game drives offer chances of spotting nocturnal animals, as they return from hunting.

The day starts with a Guided Game Drive: This mostly covers the delta circuit, reputably known for high concentrations of wildlife. Your 4-5-hour game drive includes stunning views of the savannah and other plant vegetation like the borassus palm trees which dominate the park and are propagated by elephants from the DR. Congo. What to expect: Elephants, hippos, buffaloes, lions, antelopes, patas monkeys and birds. Next is a Visit the Top of Murchison Falls – At the top of Murchison Falls, the Great River Nile squeezes through an 8m gorge and plunges with a thunderous roar into the “Devil’s Cauldron”, creating a trademark rainbow. View a permanent rainbow at a secure deck amid roars of the Nile with a permanent precipitation. Lunch at the lodge.

Thereafter, go for an afternoon Waterfall Cruise – This is an excellent opportunity for viewing numerous hippos and crocodiles, as well as other wildlife and extensive birdlife. What to expect; Nile crocodiles, Hippos in their hundreds, small herds of buffalo, waterbuck, Kob and Elephants coming to water and cool off. Some of the birds commonly sighted on the boat cruise: saddle-billed stork, African Jacana, Pied and malachite kingfishers, African skimmer, Rock pratincole, bee-eaters.

From the Nile Cruise – transfer back to the lodge.

Overnight:

Midrange: Twiga Safari Lodge – or similar

Luxury: Paraa Safari Lodge – or similar

Meal Plan: Half Board (Dinner and Breakfast)

Journey Time: Approx. 7 Hours

Pickup Time: 08:00AM. Breakfast at the lodge and depart Murchison for Kibale; this is your journey break from driving 8–9 hours’ direct to Queen Elizabeth National Park. Lunch is arranged at a restaurant or an authentic local lunch at Tinka’s Homestead. Optional activity: Bigodi Cultural tour and birding (25$ pp.)

Overnight:

Midrange: Turaco Treetops – or similar

Luxury: Chimpundu Lodge – or similar

Meal Plan: Half Board (Dinner and Breakfast)

Pickup Time: 07:00AM. Breakfast at the lodge and check-out. Before departing to Queen Elizabeth National Park: Explore a few optional activities around Kibale Forest. Suggested optional activities: Either: Chimpanzee Tracking (250$ pp.) Or: Kibale Guided “Top of the World Hike” (15$ pp.).  

From Kibale Forest, transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park; arrive for a hot lunch; followed by a nature walk in Kyambura Gorge (subject to change).  

Planned Afternoon Activity: Guided Nature Walk in Kyambura Gorge – Head out for a nature experience. Kyambura is a gigantic gash beneath the Savannah lands, best explored by descending 100 meters into a deep underground forest “The Valley of the Apes”. The gorge is 11km long – 1km wide, and was created due to the formation of the Albertine Rift of the great East African Rift Valley. Go hiking through a 157sq.km forest area, following any of the various hiking trails within the gorge. On your hiking trail, you will have an opportunity to spot rare vegetation and a tropical forest; expect mammals such as hippos, forest elephants, giant forest hogs, various antelopes, and smaller primates. Approach the Kyambura River which runs through the valley floor and connects to the Kazinga Channel. A nature walk in Kyambura is an opportunity to experience a mix of biospheres: The hotter Savanah and an equatorial biosphere.

Return to the lodge late evening and refresh for dinner at leisure.

Overnight:

Midrange: Twin Lakes Safari Lodge – or similar

Luxury: Mweya Safari Lodge – or similar

Meal Plan: Full Board (Lunch, Dinner and Breakfast)

Pick-up Time: 06:30AM. Early breakfast and go explore the park’s highlights. Starting with Dawn Game Drive – Explore the park’s fauna which comprises sights of numerous bird species and animals such as elephants, buffaloes, hippos, impalas, waterbucks, Kob, and warthogs. Enjoy scenic views of popular crater lakes (Nyamunuka – animal clinic and Munyanyange – bird’s haven). Also visit Lake Katwe; explore more about traditional salt mining from the lake. Lunch served at Mweya Safari Lodge.

After lunch go for Kazinga Channel Boat Cruise – Your main activity after lunch where you will spot a number of birds like; the African fish eagle, pelicans, flamingos, Hammerkop, egrets, the African fin foot, pied kingfishers, marabou storks, vultures, kites and many more, together with animals like hippos, buffalos, warthogs, crocodiles, waterbucks and more as most of them visit to water and cool off; another common sight on the boat cruise are the fishing villages lining the lake shore. Included is a sundowner in the Bunyaruguru Cater Lake Field (Time permitting): At the sundowner spot enjoy breath-taking views of the park, Lakes Edward and George, the Rwenzori Ranges in the backdrop, amid stunning sunset views. Dinner at the lodge.

Overnight:

Midrange: Twin Lakes Safari Lodge – or similar

Luxury: Mweya Safari Lodge – or similar

Meal Plan: Full Board (Breakfast Lunch and Dinner)

Journey time: Approx. 6 Hours

Pick-up Time: 08:30AM. After breakfast at the lodge, check-out and travel to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park via Kabale Town – Lunch is arranged at a restaurant. Arrival at Bwindi is foreseen late evening; to the lodge and check-in. The rest of the evening is yours at leisure to recuperate and prepare for the gorilla trek.

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is situated in south-western Uganda. Its misty hillsides are covered by Uganda’s oldest bio-diverse rain forests, dating back to over 25,000 years and contains over 400 species of plants. Bwindi is famous for an estimated 459 mountain gorillas – half of the world’s population, including several habituated gorilla families. In addition, about 120 mammals, including several primate species such as baboons, forest elephants and antelopes, with around 350 species of birds, including 23 Albertine Rift endemics are protected here; alongside over 200 butterfly species.

Overnight:

Midrange: Four Gorillas Lodge – or similar

Luxury: Nkuringo Bwindi Gorilla Lodge – or similar

Meal Plan: Half Board (Dinner and Breakfast)

Pickup Time: 06:30AM. After an early breakfast you will be handed a lunchbox and mineral water to put in your backpack, then proceed to the park office.

Gorilla Tracking Experience – Upon completing your park formalities, embark onto a once in a life time experience of tracking the endangered mountain gorillas. Once you meet the gorillas on a tracking adventure, you will be allowed between 1 to 2 hours watching and photographing the gentle apes including the silverback. This is perhaps one of the most breath-taking wildlife experience on earth!!!  On close encounter, you will stare at each other blankly not knowing who to break the long silence first. These massive primates are extremely rare, with less than 700 living today, but you will get within meters for stunning photography, but considering all the necessary safety measures. During the trek, your ranger guide will identify a safe spot for your picnic lunch after which you will proceed with the trek or back to the lodge (Subject to change). Wear hiking shoes, face mask, trousers, hand gloves, long-sleeves, insect repellent with water. Optional Activity: Batwa Cultural Trail – at 30$ pp.

After gorilla tracking, return to the lodge – check-in and enjoy the afternoon at leisure.

Overnight:

Midrange: Four Gorillas Lodge – or similar

Luxury: Nkuringo Bwindi Gorilla Lodge – or similar 

Meal Plan: Full Board (Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner)

EBB by Road: Approx. 9 Hours

EBB by Flight: Approx. 2 Hours  

Pickup Time: 07:00AM. Early breakfast at the lodge, and check-out. Transfer by road to Entebbe Airport – best option for night flights (Lunch is arranged at a restaurant). Alternatively: You may get to Entebbe by flight if your onward flight is as close as 14/15/16:00Hrs – Ticket costs 390$ pp. (Packed lunch and no transfers at Entebbe).

Meal Plan: Breakfast at the lodge.