Overview
Engage in fascinating activities like the Launch cruise along the victoria Nile, chimpanzee viewing in Kanio pabidi, a hike to the top of the magnificent falls, cultural tour and a game drive that will present you sight of the game in this destination.
Getting There
The trip will start from Kampala or Entebbe to Murchison Falls National Park and you will be dropped off at your hotel in Kampala or Entebbe international airport after the trip.
Tour Highlights
- Day 1: Transfer to Murchison Falls with a Hike to the Top of the Falls
- Day 2: Game Drive and Boat Cruise on Victoria Nile
- Day 3: Delta boat cruise, Evening game drive
- Day 4: Chimpanzee Viewing at Budongo
- Day 5: Rhino tracking and departure
Detailed Itinerary
After an early morning breakfast, our guide will pick you from your hotel in Kampala or Entebbe airport by 7:30am then transfer to North-west through the famous Luweero Triangle and Masindi Town to Murchison Falls National Park. En-route lunch at Kabalega dinners.
Proceed and enter the park with a visit to the top of the falls where you can see the Nile’s beauty perfected! Marvel at the Nile, compressing from 50 meters to squeeze through a 6-meter canyon dropping 40 meters with a thunderous roar. Later you will have an evening game drive as you proceed to your lodge
Accommodation:
Parkside Safari Lodge (budget)
Pakuba Safari Lodge (mid-range)
Paraa Safari Lodge (luxury)
Meal plan: Half-Board.
Morning game drive via the Nyamsika plateau, enjoy the view and you May see some of the big five like (elephants, lions, buffaloes and giraffes), warthogs, bush backs, water bucks, heart-beasts and many more. Return to lodge for refreshment, breakfast and lunch, then after prepare for a boat trip on placid Victoria Nile, upstream, to the base of the falls.
En route you will see hippos, crocodiles, water bucks and a wide variety of birds like the pelican bee-eater, egret, Kingfishers, eagles, weaver birds and heron, etc. The boat stops just tens of meters from the “Devil’s Cauldron”. Take pictures of the photogenic and majestic Murchison Falls. Return to Lodge for dinner and overnight.
Meal plan: Full-Board.
Accommodation:
Parkside Safari Lodge (budget)
Pakuba Safari Lodge (mid-range)
Paraa Safari Lodge (luxury)
After breakfast, you will be picked up by your boat to go to the delta area of Murchison Falls National Park. The Nile Delta boat cruise offers a chance to see lots of wildlife species that include buffaloes, elephants, crocodiles, hippos and the rare shoebill stock. You will also observe the Nile reducing speed as it deposits waste before entering lake Albert. Return back to the lodge for lunch and then prepare for your evening game drive to look for animals you could have missed on the first game drive. After the game drive, transfer back to your lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation:
Parkside Safari Lodge (budget)
Pakuba Safari Lodge (mid-range)
Paraa Safari Lodge (luxury)
Have your breakfast early enough and after you will head to the Budongo tracking offices where you will be briefed on how the tracking is done. You will then be divided into groups and led by an experienced ranger guide who will take you through the tracking. You are advised to carry bottled water and snacks just in case the tracking takes long. After these chimpanzees have been got, you will be given a maximum of 1hr with them to enjoy the most thrilling experience. This chimp tracking will also give the bird watchers the opportunity to see different bird species in the forest especially Budongo Forest. Afterwards, you will go back to your lodge where you will be served lunch and relax a little after your amazing chimpanzee tracking.
Later in the evening you will go for a nature walk in the Budongo forest where you will enjoy nature and the environment of the amazing Budongo / Kaniyo Pabidi forest.
Accommodation Options:
Amuka Lodge (mid-range/luxury)
or New court view hotel (budget)
After an early morning breakfast, head for Rhino tracking. The Ziwa Rhino sanctuary was created to conserve the Rhinos, with intention of re-introducing them to all other parks in Uganda where they once lived before, they were all poached. After your Rhino tracking experience, you will have your lunch then proceed back to Entebbe.
Tour Includes
- Chimpanzee tracking permits
- All activities on itinerary & park entry fees
- Accommodation and meals
- Transport in Standard Safari 4x4 comfortable vehicle
- Professional Tour Driver- Guide
- Bottled water while on safari
- Complimentary airport and hotel pick-up and drop-off
- Activities as stipulated (except those stated as optional)
Package Excludes
- Activities not mentioned in itinerary
- Phone calls and bar bills
- Personal/travel insurance
- All kinds of drinks except water
- International Flights
- All other items of a personal nature e.g. laundry, internal flight tickets
- Tips and Gratuity
- Any activity stated as optional
- Covid 19 tests if required