Duration
11 Days
ITINERARY
DAY 1: Arrive Entebbe
Arrive in Entebbe, met by Instyle Africa safari representative and transferred to your hotel for an evening at leisure
DAY 2: Murchison Falls National Park
Depart Entebbe and fly to Murchison Falls National Park, one of the most scenic spots along the Nile and the location of the classic Humphrey Bogart film, The African Queen. Arrive at your lodge then join your guide for a visit to Murchison Falls, where refreshing spray of the collective force of the majestic Nile pours down on a narrow gorge.
Return to your lodge, evening will be at leisure
DAY 3: Murchison Falls National Park
Today, a game drive takes you along the northern banks of the Nile in the heart of Murchison Falls National Park. You may see giraffes, buffalo, elephants, warthogs, leopards, lions and antelope. This afternoon, embark on a boat cruise the base of the falls, watching for hippos, crocodiles, elephants and birds along the river’s banks.
DAY 4: Fly to Kibale National Park
After breakfast, board a flight to Kibale and transfer to your lodge. Later, you may take an optional nature walk along the top of Bunyaruguru Crater.
DAY 5: Kibale National Park
Kibale Forest is home to 11 species of primates, including chimpanzees and mangabeys, as well as 300 species of birds and an array of butterflies. Rise early this morning for the start of your chimpanzee trek. Barks of baboons occasionally pierce the forest’s silence as you make your way along the trail.
This afternoon, you may go on a guided primate walk in the Bigodi Forest swamp.
DAYS 6-7: Queen Elizabeth National Park
Drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park, home to elephants, lions, hippos, buffalo and baboons. Participate in game drives this afternoon and the next day. While exploring, watch above for tree-climbing lions, a sight rarely seen anywhere else in Africa. You may also sight some of Uganda’s largest elephant herds.
DAY 8: Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Set out for a morning game drive through Queen Elizabeth National Park. Make your way out of the Rift Valley through the Kigezi Highlands and on to the mountains of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park where you will enjoy a full day activities.
DAY 9 & 10: Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Spend two days tracking endangered mountain gorillas, spending up to an hour among them each day. See mothers keeping infants close as they walk on three limbs. Watch scampering toddlers reined in by an attentive father, whose job is to protect his family. When you encounter a mountain gorilla in the wild, there is no mistaking the bond that exists between primate and man and no escaping the poignant fact these creatures lie on the brink of extinction.
DAY 11: Depart Entebbe
Fly to Entebbe and return to your hotel, where a dayroom awaits until your international flight home.
