10 Days Uganda Safari – Uganda Safari Holiday (10 days / 9 nights)
On your 10 Days Uganda Safari, experience the chimpanzees in their natural home, Kibale National Park. Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park for a wildlife safari experience and encounter the Big 4. Trek through the Bwindi impenetrable forest looking for the rare and endangered mountain gorillas; drive through Ishasha the home of tree climbing lions.
10 Days Uganda Safari Highlights:
Many activities during 10 Days Uganda Safari will be done such as Chimp tracking, Game drives, Gorilla trekking, Boat cruises among others.This new mid-range itinerary gives everything that the standard 10-days itinerary does, but with a little more consideration for the budget traveler in terms of accommodations.Trekking chimpanzees twice allows for the observations of the chimpanzees during a different section of their daily lives, once in the morning and then again in the afternoon
Best 10 Days Uganda Safari detailed itinerary:
Day 1: Kampala-Murchison Falls National Park
After breakfast drive to Murchison falls to start your 10 Days Uganda Safari adventure. Track Rhinos at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary, stop for lunch at the Kabalega Diner. After lunch proceed to Murchison falls. Visit the top of the falls an exciting point where millions of gallons of water squeeze in 6-7 meter gap with thunderous sound before falling down 40 meters forming placid river.
Dinner and overnight Pakuba Safari Lodge (Lunch and dinner included).
Day 2: Murchison Falls National Park
Early morning take game drive looking for wildlife. Murchison Falls is the largest national park in the country and harbors different flora and fauna. Your game drive in the morning with a local guide who will assist you to sight wild game in the northern bank of River Nile where concentrations of game are in common sight of elephants, giraffes, antelopes, lions leopards hyenas and many bird species are a common sight. After lunch in the afternoon go for a boat cruise on the famous River Nile up to the bottom of falls viewing variety of game that throng along banks of the river.
Chances of sighting the shoe bill stork are many though not a guarantee and many more bird species continue up to the bottom of the falls where you will see animals like schools of hippos, crocodiles and many species of birds dinner and overnight.
Overnight Pakuba Safari Lodge (Full board)
Day 3: Murchison Falls –Kibale Forest
Have your breakfast and continue on your 10 Days Uganda Safari to Fort Portal /Kibale with a packed lunch. Drive in one of the remotest parts of this country enjoying different forest environment and other savannah woodland vegetation plus communities along the road. You can also stop where you find local markets to mix briefly with local people. Arrival will be a in Kibale will be in the late afternoon enjoy nice views of the mountains of the moon on clear days. Continue to Kibale National Park where you will settle in your booked accommodation in Kibale.
Dinner and overnight Turaco Tree tops (Full board).
Day 4: Kibale Forest National Park
After breakfast visit Kanyanchu the park headquarter offices for your chimpanzee tracking where you will see other primates like the colobus monkeys, vervet monkeys plus other primates that share this forest with chimpanzees. The park also hosts over 320 species of birds including the yellow spotted nectar, yellow rumped tinker birds etc. It also has colorful butterflies; over 250 species have been spotted. For nature lovers, the dense forest is still intact you can see trees of different species.
10 Days Uganda Safari chance to track chimps in their natural habitat. Kibale Forest National Park is believed to have most concentration of primates in the world. Over 12 different species of primates including chimps in this park have been recorded. Enjoy a lot plant life with tall tropical tree species.
After lunch drive along the foot of Mountain Rwenzori and on clear days enjoys its nice ice peaks that remain wonder on equator line to Queen Elizabeth National Park.
Dinner and overnight Ihamba Lakeside Safari Lodge (Full board)
Day 5: Queen Elizabeth National Park
Early Breakfast in the morning, there after carryout a game drive to catch-up with the early risers and predators returning to their hideouts. You are likely to meet grazing hippos, elephants, lions, spotted hyenas and leopards, bushbuck, waterbuck and stripped jackal, and of-course the several warthogs. After lunch take a boat cruise on the Kazinga channel connecting Lake George and Lake Edward viewing different game including plenty of hippos, elephant, buffalo and many more plus plenty of birdlife.
Dinner and overnight Ihamba Lakeside Safari Lodge (Full board)
Day 6: Queen Elizabeth – Ishasha – Bwindi
After breakfast you will drive Kyambura gorge to track chimpanzees another amazing experience on 10 Days Uganda Safari . After picnic lunch, drive towards the southern sector of Queen Elizabeth national park. – The Ishasha sector famous for climbing lions. And precede to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park the home of Mountain Gorillas. It is estimated half of the world’s surviving population of mountain gorillas –300 live within Bwindi boundaries.
Dinner and overnight Engagi Lodge (Full board)
Day 7: Bwindi Impenetrable Forest
Early morning breakfast and head for gorilla trekking with guides together with other tourists trackers on this day. The trek is strenuous but enjoyable. This is the major tourist attraction in Bwindi. Carry packed lunch with you that will have at picnic site in the forest. The thrill of your encounter with these gentle giants will erase your difficulties of the potentially strenuous trek. Spend time in awe watching gorillas go about their activities. Each encounter is different and has it’s own rewards. You are likely to enjoy a close view of adults feeding, grooming and resting as the youngsters frolic from vines in a delightfully playful display. Return from tracking gorillas.
Dinner and overnight Engagi Lodge (Full board)
Day 8: Bwindi – Bunyonyi
After breakfast will be have a village walk around Buhoma Community where you will different local people as they do their day to day activities, visit the local/traditional healers, local brew distillation points, after the village walk will return back the lodge for lunch, after lunch will drive to Kabale and continue to Lake Bunyonyi, check in at you lodge for dinner and overnight.
Overnight Bird’s Nest
Day 9: Bunyonyi – Lake Mburo
Morning take a boat ride on Lake Bunyonyi a seeing plenty of bird life and visiting communities as they go their daily activities. Enjoy this Switzerland of Africa scenery. After lunch drive to Lake Mburo national park or Mbarara town. Lunch will be on the way as you transfer to Lake Mburo
Dinner and overnight at Mantana Tented camp.(Full board)
Day 10: Lake Mburo – Kampala
After Breakfast take a game drive in Lake Mburo proceed to Masaka road to Kampala. Stopover on your way could be for Ankole grassland where long horned cattle are a common sight. Continue northwards taking a break at the Equator crossing. Continue to Kampala or Entebbe.
End of 10 Days Uganda Safari
PRICE PER PERSON SHARING IN USD (MODERATE ACCOMMODATION):
1 PERSON = 6065
2 PEOPLE = 4218
3 PEOPLE = 3782
4 PEOPLE = 3564
5 PEOPLE = 3434
Single room supplement = US$540 (Does not apply to one person price)