5 DAYS MURCHISON FALLS AND KIBALE FOREST ADVENTURE SAFARI

Arrival:

• Complementally pick up from Airport/ hotel
• Accommodation before/end of trip can be arranged at an extra cost

Day 1: Entebbe – Murchison Falls / Ziwa Rhino Tracking

Ganyana safari driver/ guide will pick you from the airport, meet and great then begin the Murchison Falls Adventure with a stopover at Nakasongola where you will have lunch then transfer to Ziwa Rhino sanctuary, an asylum to the Rhinos. Enjoy a glimpse of the white Rhinos alongside some birding around the vicinity and later continue on the road to Murchison falls National Park.

Accommodation Options:

Luxury: Bakers Lodge
Midrange: Pakuba Safari Lodge
Meal plan: Full board

Day 2: Game Viewing and Boat Launch

After an early cup of coffee, you should be ready for a dawn game drive including bird watching and wildlife spotting along the Nile and Albert Deltas. Here you may meet elephants, giraffes, buffaloes, lions, leopards, waterbuck and a large number of birds. You will then return to the lodge for late breakfast and lunch. After lunch, a three- hour boat trip along the Nile gives you the chance to see Murchison Falls from below. Hippos, crocodiles, antelopes and birds can be seen along the shores of the river.

Accommodation Options:

Luxury: Bakers Lodge
Midrange: Pakuba Safari Lodge
Meal plan: Full board

Day 3: Drive to Kibale Forest – Bigodi Swamp walk

After an early morning breakfast, drive to Kibale forest National park commonly known as the primate capital of the world and one of East Africa’s major tropical rain forest. You drive through papyrus swamps, passing through tea plantations and the thick jungle of the Nile Delta; the drive is about 5 hours. Check in your lodge and relax. In the afternoon visit the Bigodi Wetland Sanctuary for a nature walk, rich in biodiversity and beautiful scenery, the wetland is a birder’s paradise with about 138 species hosting eight species of primates including the black-and-white colobus, grey-cheeked mangabey, red-tailed, l’Hoest’s and blue monkeys, and olive baboons. Later you can enjoy a walk to the “top of the world” along crater lakes which this area is also famous for crater lakes view and the mountain of the moon.

Accommodation Options:

Luxury: Kyaninga Lodge
Midrange: Primate Lodge
Meal plan: Full board

Day 4: Chimpanzee Tracking

After an early breakfast, head over to Kibale Forest Headquarters and get a briefing on the day’s activity. With a ranger guide, you will venture into the jungle in search of the chimpanzees and while tracking, you will be able to spot different animal species like the Red Colobus, Black and white Colobus, Grey-cheeked Mangabey, Olive Baboon, Red-tailed Monkey, and L’Hoest’s Monkey among others and different bird species. You will spend one hour with the chimpanzees as you watch them play, feed and groom each other.

Accommodation Options:

Luxury: Kyaninga Lodge
Midrange: Primate Lodge
Meal plan: Full board

Day 5: Transfer back to Entebbe

You will wake up at 6am ready to watch African rising sun and enjoy an African breakfast. Drive at your convenience back to Kampala where you will be dropped at a place of your choice or transferred to Entebbe for your evening flight back home.