14 DAYS LUXURIOUS UGANDA FLYING SAFARI

Arrival:

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

Day 1: Arrive – Entebbe

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On arrival at Entebbe International Airport, Ganyana safari driver/guide will meet and greet then transfer you to your accommodation in Entebbe. Later head back to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

Accommodation Options:

Luxury: Lake Victoria Hotel
Meal Plan: Full board

Day 2: Fly to Kidepo Valley National Park

After breakfast, you will transfer to the Airport for your short flight to Kidepo Valley National Park. A driver/ guide from Ganyana Safaris will pick you up from Kidepo Airstrip and take you to your lodge. You will go for an evening game drive and look out for different animals like; buffalos, chetahs, lions, kobs, elephants if lucky the leopard among others. Later spend the evening at leisure admiring the wilderness. Dinner and overnight

Accommodation Options:

Luxury: Adere Safari Lodge
Meal Plan: Full board

Day 3: Full day Kidepo Valley National Park

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On this day, we shall do a Game drive and a cultural walk. You will enjoy breakfast as you admire the true wilderness and an out of the world experience! When breakfast is done, you will set out for another rewarding game drive through the open savannah, rocky outcrops, forests and rings of mountains. Drive extensively up to Kanangorok Hot Springs and brace yourself for photo opportunities and chances of catching sight of more wildlife especially lions sitting on the rocks as they scan the park for possible prey. Drive back to the lodge to relax and have lunch. In the afternoon, head out for a cultural tour to the Karamojong people for a truly unique experience. They are a very interesting group of people with a unique culture visible in their way of dressing, cooking, dancing and other daily life activities. Later transfer back to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

Accommodation Options:

Luxury: Adere Safari Lodge
Meal Plan: Full board

Day 4: Transfer to Murchison Falls National Park

After breakfast, you will transfer to Murchison Falls National Park. You will reach in the late afternoon. Check in the lodge and relax. Enjoy some Campfire at the lodge.

Accommodation Options:

Luxury: Nile Safari Lodge
Meal Plan: Full board

Day 5: Morning game drive and boat safari to the “bottom of the falls” and camp fire

After an early breakfast, set off for a morning game drive on the Northern Delta Nile with sightings of Lions, buffalos, waterbucks, Jackson’s hartebeest, Rothschild’s giraffe, oribi and baboons are some of the animals to expect. After lunch, you will embark on a three-hour boat cruise on the Nile, this boat ride offers an amazing view of the falls from the bottom angle. Hippos, crocodiles, antelopes, and aquatic birds can be seen along the shores of the river. Later head to the lodge for dinner and enjoy the camp fire at the lodge.

Accommodation Options:

Luxury: Nile Safari Lodge
Meal Plan: Full board

Day 6: Visit Top of the falls and transfer to Chobe Safari Lodge

After breakfast, you will visit the top of the falls and enjoy the Magnificent Murchison falls as they squeeze their way through a gorge in the rocks and tumbles 43m below flowing westwards into Lake Albert. Later transfer to Chobe Safari Lodge and relax while admiring the wilderness.

Accommodation Options:

Luxury: Chobe Safari Lodge
Meal Plan: Full board

Day 7: Swimming and relaxing at the lodge

Today is a day for relaxing and enjoying personal activities. Chobe is one place for you to relax and unwind as you appreciate nature and its surroundings. Later heads to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

Accommodation Options:

Luxury: Chobe Safari Lodge
Meal Plan: Full board

Day 8: Fly to Kasese

After coffee/ breakfast, you will be transferred to the Air strip for your short flight to Kasese Airstrip. A driver/ guide from Ganyana Safaris will pick you from the airstrip and transfer you to the lodge. In the afternoon you will go for a walk in Bigodi Swamp. Later return to the lodge and relax, as you prepare for chimp trekking the next day.

Accommodation Options:

Luxury: Chimpundu Lodge
Meal Plan: Full board

Day 9: Chimpanzee Trekking

Our day starts with an early breakfast before meeting our tour guide on a briefing of chimpanzee trekking in Kibale forest. We then head off on foot to track the chimpanzees of Kibale national park, home of an impressive 500 chimpanzees. The dense jungles are considered the best place to view chimpanzees in Africa. The guided walk offers a great opportunity to learn more about chimpanzees and other primates along with the various creatures of the jungle. This national park is home to numerous forest wildlife species, boasting one of the highest concentrations of primates in the world.

Accommodation Options:

Luxury: Chimpundu Lodge
Meal Plan: Full board

Day 10: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park

Breakfast will be served early, you will leave the rainforest and drive south following the Rwenzori Mountain chain to reach the savannah plains of Queen Elizabeth National Park. On arrival at Queen Elizabeth National Park, you will take a visit to Lake Katwe (salt mining lake). Later head back to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

Accommodation Options:

Luxury: Kyangabi Crater Resort
Meal Plan: Full board

Day 11: Game Drive and boat safari on the Kazinga channel

Depart for a morning game drive in the Kasenyi Plains aiming to spot lions hunting in the morning. The Kasenyi plains are a prime location to track prides of lions, which hunt the game herds found here. Expect to spot elephants, buffalo, warthogs, bushbuck, waterbuck and vast herds of Uganda kobs as you be joined on this game drive by a guide from Uganda Wildlife Authority who is an expert in tracking the lions. After lunch, you will explore Kazinga Channel on a water safari as the river flows through the heart of the park and connects Lake Edward and Lake George. On your boat cruise, expect to spot elephants, buffalo, warthogs and waterbucks as they cool off along the river banks in the heat of the day.

Accommodation Options:

Luxury: Kyangabi Crater Resort
Meal Plan: Full board

Day 12: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.

Breakfast will be served early, Then transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. The dense forest which is a home of the remaining mountain Gorillas in the world. Visit the Batwa community which will expose you to their culture basing on how they live, dance, and also hearing stories concerning their culture which will leave you amazed. Have dinner and overnight.

Accommodation Options:

Luxury:  Mahogany Springs Lodge
Meal Plan: Full board

Day 13: Gorilla Trekking in Bwindi Forest

The long-awaited day is here when we shall encounter the Gorilla forest to meet and greet with the world’s most gentle primates in one of the dense tropical rainforests of the world that will reward you with once in a lifetime unending smiles and memories after setting eyes on the massive ‘Mountain Gorillas’. The trekking is never easy or hard, it’s always fun walking through the jungle and experiencing what life is like in the forest. The hike might be short or long depending on the Gorilla movements. Later head back to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

Accommodation Options:

Luxury:  Mahogany Springs Lodge
Meal Plan: Full board

Day 13: Fly back to Entebbe and Departure

After an early morning breakfast, you will be driven to the airstrip for your short air transfer back to Entebbe. Later transfer back to the Entebbe in time for your flight back home.