Day 1:

Arrive in Uganda through Entebbe International Airport

Arrive in Entebbe and transfer to Lake Victoria Serana Hotel. Styled to replicate a pastel-shaded Italian hillside village, Lake Victoria Serena Golf Resort & Spa stands out among five star hotels in Uganda. It is situated amid terraced rose gardens above its own boating marina which has been sculpted from the sparkling waters of Lake Victoria, the largest tropical-freshwater lake in the world. You will have uninterrupted time to relax before a group dinner later in the evening where you will have a full orientation to this tour.  Meals and Overnight at Lake Victoria Serena Hotel

Day 2:

Fly to Murchison Falls National Park

You will be transferred to Entebbe for a chartered flight into Murchison Falls National Park and land at Pakuba airstrip. From here, you will be transferred to Paraa Safari Lodge, a lavish colonial style lodge where Queen Elizabeth II stayed during her first visit to Uganda in 1954. The balconies of its fully fledged rooms have sweeping panoramic views of the Nile River. Have lunch and relax before taking an evening game drive.

Day 3:

Game Drives in Murchison Falls National Park

Murchison Falls National Park is bisected by the Victoria Nile as it flows up north to Egypt. In the heart of the Park, the river forces itself through a seven meter wide cleft before plummeting of a 140 feet high valley. This powerful burst produces the world’s powerful waterfall. The calm stretch of river below to the delta offers permanent water supply for game, making it a superb wildlife viewing spot for elephants, giraffes, buffalos, hippos and Nile crocodiles. Rewarding morning and evening game drives will be supplemented with bush breakfast as you watch glorious sun pour life into this massive picturesque park. It’s endowed with both open Savannahs and a dense tropical forest. You will take a launch trip to the base of the falls and sight enormous Nile Crocodiles as they sunbathe on the shores of the river while their river-mates, the hippos bask in the calm waters.

Day 4:

Fly to Kibale Forest National Park.

After breakfast, fly to Kasese Airstrip as found in the shadows of Mountain Rwenzori, Uganda’s highest snowcapped Mountain situated along the Equator. At Kasese Airstrip, you will be picked by our guide who will drive you to Kibale Forest National Park. It is Africa’s primate capital as it has 13 species of both old world and new world monkeys. On arrival, you will be checked in at Primate Lodge, a sensational forest home located at the heart of Kibale rainforest National Park. It is just above the visitor information center—the starting point for bird watching and chimp tracking.  From the comfort of your Luxury Cottage, you can unwind and listen to the chattering of the red-tailed monkeys in the dense branches.

Day 5:

Chimpanzee Habituation Experience

Take an early breakfast and be transferred to the nearby briefing area where you will be welcomed by the park ranger guide. He will give you a detailed brief on dos and don’ts before leading you into the forest for a long day on Chimpanzee Habitation Experience. In a small group of people, you will join a team of trackers, researchers and spend time with chimpanzees in their natural setting. The habituation process that takes more than two years for Chimpanzees to get used to humans before they are group is open for regular tourism. Kibale Forest National Park harbours the greatest variety and concentration of primates found anywhere in East Africa with over 13 different species including the Black-and-white Colobus Monkey, Blue Monkey, Red-tailed Monkey, Grey-cheeked Mangabey and Bushbaby. The dense forest hosts a population of more than 1,000 wild chimpanzees. Your guide will draw your attention to an evocative pant-hoot call that marks your proximity to the delightful apes.  Spend up to 6 hours watching them feed, socialize and building nests in the branches. After this, you will trek back to your lodge for a dinner and camp fire (optional).

Day 6:

Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park

After breakfast, drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park through en route banana plantations, crater lakes with fascinating shapes and rolling hills. Proceed along the western Rift Valley that leads to Mweya Safari Lodge. This five star resort hovers on a peninsula protruding into the Kazinga Channel. At night, interesting guests including hippos and warthogs are usually seen grazing by your windows.

After lunch, you will be transferred to the nearby docking area for a relaxing boat cruise on Kazinga channel for great wildlife views including elephants, crocodiles, hippos, buffalos and hundreds of birds.

Day 7:

Lion Monitoring Tracking and Game Drives

After breakfast, join the lion monitoring research team and drive to the park for an experiential tracking of lions, an experience that permits you to go off road (what the other cars are not allowed to do) to find the lions (and the other animals) and get very close to them. The Uganda Carnivore Project does research on Lions and other predators in Queen Elizabeth and this safari gives you an opportunity to join researchers on one of their outings. Part of the proceedings are used by Uganda Carnivore Project to educate the surrounding communities how to live in harmony and yet in close proximity to Lions and Leopards.

Return to the lodge and relax, have lunch and later in the afternoon, take another game drive and crown the day with a sundowner.

Day 8:

Ishasha Tree Climbing Lions and Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park

After breakfast, checkout and drive to Ishasha sector, home to the famous tree-climbing lions. This is the second known population that climbs trees as part of their day-to-day behavior (the other is found in Lake Manyara National Park in Tanzania). They mostly do this to get clear views of prey roaming in the Savannah and take shelter from the scorching sun.

 After the experience, drive to Bwindi where you will be checked in at Nkuringo Bwindi Gorilla Lodge with 12 individually hand-crafted cottages, each offering the tranquility of the rainforest.

Day 9:

Gorilla Habituation Experience

Wake up early this morning, have breakfast and drive to the park’s briefing area where you will meet the park rangers. They will joyfully give you all guidelines before leading you into the dense forest to search for gorillas. Mountain Gorilla habituation is done in Rushaga sector, southern part Bwindi Impenetrable Forest. In a small group of 4 visitors, take this golden opportunity to spend 4 hours with the gorillas as they go about their daily life of feeding, playing, grooming and bonding.

Day 11:

Fly to Entebbe and Depart

Today marks the end of your safari. After breakfast, your guide will transfer you to Kisoro airstrip for a pre-arranged chartered flight to Entebbe. You will be transferred to Boma Hotel for a day room to relax and refresh as you wait for your departing flight. Have a farewell meal complementary meal with our director before transferring to the airport.