9 Days Uganda wildlife safari, chimps, boat ride and hotsprings

9 Days Uganda Wildlife Safari takes you through the only rhino sanctuary in Uganda for rhino tracking, Uganda's biggest wildlife national park known as the Murchison Falls national park for adventurous game drives and boat cruise, Kibale Forest national park for chimpanzee tracking, Semuliki national park for nature walks with spots to many bird species and Queen Elizabeth national park for the tree climbing lions.

Topis grazing in the Murchison Falls National Park

9 Days Uganda Safari

Duration

9 days

Departure / Return

Hotel pickup - Your also returned back to your hotel.

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Programme for the 9 Days Uganda Wildlife Safari

Day 1 - Transfer to the Hotel

You will be received by your driver / guide at the Airport. Depending on your arrival time, if you arrive night time, we check into Boma Hotel for a relaxation moment with dinner and an overnight.

Day 2 - Drive to Murchison Falls Uganda's biggest National Park.

After our breakfast, you driver will be ready at the waiting lounge to start off your 9 days Uganda wildlife safari with chimpanzees. Head towards the North, we have a brief stop at the Ziwa Rhino sanctuary for a 2 hour Rhino tracking session. Check out, lunch at the Kabalega Dinners and drive through Masindi town. Visit the Top of the falls and later on cross the Nile River to check in at our lodge

Dinner and Overnight - Paraa Safari Lodge.

Day 3 - Game drive in Murchison Falls

The day shall kick off with a morning game drive via the pakuba game trail, along the Albert Nile with a great view of the blue mountains in Congo. Expect to spot lots of giraffes, elephants, jacksons heartbeats, lions, buffaloes, hippos and many more. Return to your lodge at 11:00 am to freshen up and lunch at 1:00 pm. At 2:30 pm, we catch up with a boat ride to take us down the stream. We spot many black and white colobus monkeys swinging, hippos, buffaloes, crocodiles. Return at 5pm to your lodge.

Dinner and Overnight - Paraa Safari Lodge

Day 4 - Drive to Kibale National Park.

With an early breakfast, drive via Buliisa town along lake Albert with a stop over at the Rift Valley Escarpment, and continue to Hoima through Biiso town for lunch at Kolping Hotel. Continue with your drive via Mabaale, Kagadi, Kyenjojo towns to Fort Portal and continue to Kibale Forest National Park for an overnight.

Overnight-Primates lodge

Day 5 - Chimpanzee Tracking Day.

Morning breakfast, and get to the briefing area at 7:45am as you get ready for the Chimpanzee tracking in Kibale forest which usually kicks off at 8am. We expect to be back at 1pm in time for our lunch, relax and can have an evening nature walk in the community with a swamp birding walk in Bigodi wetland for yet another chance of seeing lots of Monkeys and of Birds.

Overnight - Primates Lodge.

Day 6 - Drive to Semuliki National Park.

Early morning drive to Semuliki for 1hr and 30mins to 2hrs. Enter the park and start the nature walk activities, walking through the pygmy families, visit the hot springs, walk along the Semuliki river with lots of birds species, hippos and many more.

Overnight - Semuliki Safari Lodge.

Day 7 - Travel to Queen Elizabeth National Park - Ishasha section.

Drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park, Ishasha section for an evening game drive in search of the tree climbing lions and other wildlife like the Buffaloes, hippos, antelopes and many more.

Overnight - Ishasha Wilderness Camp.

Day 8 - Ishasha Queen Elizabeth - Mweya Section.

Morning game drive in ishasha and check out at 10am. Drive to the mweya section. Lunch at Mweya lodge, 3-pm boat ride on the Kazinga Channel, and return at 5:30.

Overnight - Mweya Safari Lodge.

Day 9 - Travel back to Kampala for night flight.

After breakfast, we drive towards Kampala through Lake Mburo National park in Mbarara, lunch enroute and back to Kampala with a stop at the Uganda Equator.