Summary
This tour offers Uganda's tour highlights in an activity filled camping experience. The campsites are carefully selected for their proximity to the main tourist destinations through out the safari. The tour is an impressive blend of nature, culture and history.
Activities
- Animal Tracking
- Bird Photography
- Boat Cruise
- Camping
- Evening Drives
- Game Walk
- Hiking
- Landscape photography
- Night drive
- Scenic Drive
- Township tour
- Wildlife Photography
- Game drive
- Bird Watching
- Culture
- Photo-safari
Places
- Lake Victoria, Uganda
- Lake Mburo National Park, Uganda
- Entebbe, Uganda
- Fort Portal, Uganda
- Crater Lakes, Uganda
- Masindi, Uganda
- Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda
- Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda
- Lake Bunyonyi, Uganda
- Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda
- Kampala, Uganda
Physical Condition
- Sportive
Connectivity
- Only Wifi
Day-by-day Description
Day 1Arrival in Uganda
Activities Included
Animal Tracking Bird Photography Camping Evening Drives Hiking Landscape photography Morning Drives Night drive Scenic Drive Wilderness Trail Wildlife Photography Game drive Bird Watching Culture Photo-safariOn arrival at Entebbe International Airport in Uganda and after finalizing the formalities, you shall be welcomed by your guide, who will then drive you to your hotel. Depending on your time of arrival, you may choose an optional activity around Entebbe.
Other Benefits (On Arrival)
- Transfer
Location
Entebbe International Airport, Entebbe, Uganda
Day 2Visit Mabamba swamps and drive to Jinja
Activities Included
Camping Landscape photography Scenic Drive Wilderness Trail Wildlife Photography Bird Watching Culture Photo-safariBudget camping In or near Entebbe Airport Meals & Drinks: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 3Drive to Kitgum via Nyero rock paintings
Activities Included
Animal Tracking Bird Photography Camping Fishing General Photography Hiking Landscape photography Morning Drives Wilderness Trail Wildlife Photography Game drive Bird Watching Culture Photo-safariBudget camping Meals & Drinks: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 4Drive to Kidepo valley National park
Activities Included
Animal Tracking Camping Evening Drives Game Walk General Photography Landscape photography Morning Drives Night drive Scenic Drive Wilderness Trail Wildlife Photography Game drive Bird Watching Culture Photo-safariYou will drive to Kidepo National Park. You will arrive at your lodge in the National Park in time for lunch, you will have time to see and set up camp before you embark on an evening Game drive. The Park lies in the rugged, semi arid valleys between Uganda’s borders with Sudan and Kenya, some 700km from Kampala. Gazetted as a national park in 1962, it has a profusion of big game and hosts over 77 mammal species as well as around 475 bird species. Kidepo is Uganda’s most isolated national park. Kidepo Valley National Park Best Time to Visit September to March (Dry season) High Season September to March (The park rarely gets crowded) Best Weather September to November (End of the rains) Budget camping Meals & Drinks: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 5Nature walk and Game drive
Activities Included
Animal Tracking Bird Photography Camping Evening Drives Game Walk Hiking Landscape photography Morning Drives Self-drive Wilderness Trail Wildlife Photography Game drive Bird Watching Culture Photo-safariAfter your breakfast, start your drive through the Narus Valley where you will have a nature walk in the park. In the afternoon, you will enjoy another game drive Kidepo National Park is a savannah landscape that extends in all directions, It is home to elephant, zebra, giraffe, huge herds of buffalo, warthog, duiker, Jackson’s Hartebeest, lion, leopard, cheetah and hundreds of bird species, Buffalos, and Elephants. Other animals that may be seen roaming around include: Jackal Roan Antelope, waterbuck, Eland, Oribi, Klipspringer, Lions etc. Main Destination: Kidepo Valley National Park Accommodation: Budget camping In or near Entebbe Airport Meals & Drinks: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Other Benefits (On Arrival)
- Transfer
Location
Kidepo Valley National Park
Day 6Game drive and community visit
Activities Included
Animal Tracking Boat Cruise Camping Morning Drives Night drive Scenic Drive Wilderness Trail Wildlife Photography Game drive Bird Watching Culture Photo-safariAfter an early morning breakfast, embark on a morning game that will take you through the Narus Valley to see herds of buffaloes, elephants, giraffes, zebras and hopefully some lions, leopard and the elusive cheetah. This will also enable you to be in full sight of varieties of birds as well. You will rest at the lodge after your Lunch until evening where you will go for a cultural tour in the Karimajong community. Here you will spend a wonderful evening with Karamajong people and have an insight of their way of life and beliefs. At the end of the tour you will be able to understand why their pride makes them slow to adapt to globalization. Main Destination: Kidepo Valley National Park Accommodation: Budget camping In or near Entebbe Airport Meals & Drinks: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Other Benefits (On Arrival)
- Transfer
Location
Kidepo Valley National Park
Day 7Drive to Murchison Falls National park
Activities Included
Animal Tracking Boat Cruise Camping Evening Drives Game Walk Morning Drives Scenic Drive Wilderness Trail Wildlife Photography Game drive Bird Watching Culture Photo-safariAfter breakfast you shall drive south west to Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda’s biggest National Park. You shall have a stop in Gulu town to purchase some items then proceed to the national Park. After identifying your camping ground and setting up camp you will go for an evening Game drive. You will set up camp at The Nile Delta campsite. Main Destination: Murchison Falls National Park Best Time to Visit December to February (Easier to spot animals) High Season June to September (Peak time for Uganda) Best Weather June and July (Less rain and lower temperatures) Budget camping Meals & Drinks: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Other Benefits (On Arrival)
- Transfer
Location
Murchison Falls National Park Chobe Gate, Uganda
Day 8Morning game drive and afternoon boat ride
Activities Included
Animal Tracking Bird Photography Camping Morning Drives Scenic Drive Township tour Wilderness Trail Wildlife Photography Game drive Bird Watching Culture Photo-safariAfter an early breakfast, proceed for a game drive. This is a beautiful drive across savannah, Borassus Palm Forest and grassland down to Lake Albert where the Albert Nile heads north. Drive in the open African savanna in search for Lions, Leopard, Hyena, Buffalo, Elephant, Jackson Hartebeest. Oribi, Waterbucks, Uganda Kobs, and enjoy spotting various Bird species such as the Secretary Bird, Black Chested Snake Eagle, Tawny and Marshal Eagles Carmine and Swallow Tailed Bee- Eaters and many more. In the afternoon have a boat ride up the Nile, to Murchison falls, where the park derives its name. You will hike to the top where you will experience the deafening roar of the falls. You will pitch camp at the Top of falls campsite. Main Destination: Murchison Falls National Park Accommodation: Budget camping Meals & Drinks: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Other Benefits (On Arrival)
- Transfer
Location
Murchison Falls National Park Chobe Gate, Uganda
Day 9Drive to Fort Portal
Activities Included
Camping Scenic Drive Wilderness Trail Wildlife Photography Game drive Bird Watching Culture Photo-safariToday you will drive to Fort Portal to Kibale National Park. Along the way you will stop by a tea plantation. You will stop in Fort portal town to do shopping. In the afternoon you will arrive at your accommodation. You may also choose to explore your surroundings at Kibale national park. Main Destination: Kibale National Park Best Time to Visit December to February and June to July High Season June to September (Peak time for Uganda) Best Weather June to July and December to February (Least rain) Budget camping Meals & Drinks: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 10Chimpanzee trekking and drive to Queen Elizabeth national park
Activities Included
Bird Photography Boat Cruise Camping Game Walk General Photography Morning Drives Scenic Drive Wilderness Trail Culture Photo-safariAfter breakfast you will go for Chimp tracking and enjoy a wonderful forest experience. Kibale’s 795km2 National Park contains one of the most beautiful and varying tracts of tropical forest in the whole of Uganda. This is home to 13 species of primate including chimpanzees. After lunch you shall proceed to Queen Elisabeth National Park, enjoy a game drive on your way in. Named after her Majesty the Queen of England, it is Uganda's most popular and most scenic game reserves. It stretches from the crater-dotted foothills of the Rwenzori range in the north, along the shores of Lake Edward to the remote Ishasha River in the south, incorporating a wide variety of habitats that range from savanna and wetlands and lowland forest. Main Destination: Queen Elizabeth National Park Best Time to Visit January to February and June to July (Dry seasons) High Season June to September (Peak time for Uganda) Best Weather June to July and January to February (Less rainfall) Budget camping Meals & Drinks: Meals at own expense Drinks not included
Other Benefits (On Arrival)
- Transfer
Location
Queen Elizabeth National Park, Kasese, Uganda
Day 11Game drive and Boat ride on Kazinga channel
Activities Included
Animal Tracking Camping Evening Drives Game Walk Hiking Morning Drives Scenic Drive Wilderness Trail Wildlife Photography Game drive Bird Watching Culture Photo-safariHave an Early Morning Game Drive. There are over 100 mammal species that include Lions, Hippos, Buffaloes, Leopard, Spotted Hyena, Elephants and the elusive Giant Forest Hog in this park. The Primates include Chimps, Black and White Colobus Monkeys, Blue, Black faced Red Colobus, and Red tailed monkeys and Olive Baboons. Return to the Lodge. In the afternoon, you shall have a boat ride on Kazinga Channel. Queen Elizabeth boasts one of the highest bio diversity ratings of any game park, from the open Savannah to Rain Forest, dense Papyrus Swamps and Crater Lakes to the vastness of Lake Edward. After your boat ride you will have another game drive, time allowing. Main Destination: Queen Elizabeth National Park Accommodation: Budget camping Meals & Drinks: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Other Benefits (On Arrival)
- Transfer
Location
Queen Elizabeth National Park
Day 12Drive to Bwindi via Ishasha game drive
Activities Included
Bird Photography Camping Hiking Wilderness Trail Wildlife Photography Bird Watching Culture Photo-safariAfter breakfast you will have a morning game drive in Ishasha discovering other hiding spots that the tree climbing lions enjoy. Afterwards you will proceed to Bwindi Impenetrable National park. The park is home to the endangered mountain gorillas. This fascinating mountain forest hosts chimpanzees and spectacular birds. There are 23 of the 24 Albertine Rift endemic bird species including Blue-throated Broadbill, bar-tailed Trogon and other beautiful forest species. You shall go to bed earlier this evening, since you should be fit for gorilla trekking the next day. Main Destination: Bwindi Impenetrable National Park Best Time to Visit June to August and December to February High Season June to September (Gorilla permits are scarce) Best Weather June to July and December to February (Less rainfall) Budget camping Meals & Drinks: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Other Benefits (On Arrival)
- Transfer
Location
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Day 13Gorilla trekking
Activities Included
Bird Photography Camping General Photography Hiking Landscape photography Township tour Wilderness Trail Wildlife Photography Culture Photo-safariThis morning you will get up very early for gorilla trekking. Trekking the Mountain Gorilla is one of the most exciting wildlife experiences on earth. The trek will take between 2 and 6 hours, but is well worth the effort. You will be led by an experienced ranger who will tell you interesting facts about flora and fauna and the lifestyle of the Gorillas. As an alternative to gorilla trekking, there are several walks that can take you. Main Destination: Bwindi Impenetrable National Park Accommodation: Budget camping In or near Entebbe Airport Meals & Drinks: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Other Benefits (On Arrival)
- Transfer
Location
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Day 14Drive to Lake Mburo national park
Activities Included
Boat Cruise Camping Hiking Township tour Wilderness Trail Wildlife Photography Game drive Bird Watching Culture Photo-safariAfter breakfast you shall drive to Lake Mburo National Park. Even at the entrance to the park you can watch impalas and zebras. Have a game drive as you enter the park. The Lake Mburo National Park forms a mosaic-like habitat with rocks, dry slopes, open and wooded savannas, forests, and swamps increases. This diversity of habitats has the diversity of bird life with 313 bird species recorded in the park, including flame head Barbet, Long-tailed Zitting Cisticola (Tabora), African Bins Rail, Collared Barbet, binding Bush singer among others. Main Destination: Lake Mburo National Park Best Time to Visit June to August and December to February High Season June to September (Peak time for Uganda) Best Weather June, July and January to February (Little rainfall) Budget camping Meals & Drinks: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Other Benefits (On Arrival)
- Transfer
Location
Lake Mburo National Park Gate, Uganda
Day 15Morning nature walk and departure
Activities Included
Morning Drives Township tour Wildlife Photography Game drive Bird Watching Culture Photo-safariEarly in the morning have a guided nature walk, return to the camp for a hearty breakfast. After, you will start your journey back to Kampala. Cross the equator and have time to take photos at the equator. Buy a few souvenirs and have a quick picnic lunch. Later you depart for the Airport and take your flight back home. Main Destination: Entebbe International Airport Accommodation: No accommodation (End of tour) Meals & Drinks: Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included) Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Other Benefits (On Arrival)
- Transfer
Location
Entebbe International Airport, Entebbe, Uganda
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