9 DAYS WILDLIFE SAFARI UGANDA

Day 1: Mabamba Shoebill day trips from Entebbe – boat ride from Nakiwogo
landing site.
The Mabamba Wetland is a scenic swamp that has a wide array of bird species including the
unique Shoebill Stork. The local community has worked hard for several years to preserve the
swamp. The community provides boats that travel to Busi Island and guided boat tours to see the
incredible shoebill. The local community also supplies life jackets if requested and we have child
life jackets if requested.. The boat tour here takes about 3 hours from motorized traditional canoe
boats that are used to move along the narrow channels of the great wetland as you search for the
endangered shoebill stork and other rear birds in the wetland. The history of shoebill stork has
not being a very big success rather than struggle to keep the few population of the pre-historic
bird whose habitat has been threatened by human activities and Mabamba is one of the strong
holds of the shoebill protection in Uganda.

Overnight at City Royal Hotel
Day 2: Transfer to Murchison Falls National Park, Hike to the Murchison Falls, Launch Cruise
Pick-up from the lodge at 7.00 am your driver/guide shall brief you on the day’s program shortly
before the start of a 6hour drive to Murchison Falls National Park.You pass by Ziwa Rhino
sanctuary to see the Rhinos You could make a stopover to pick some fruits (pineapples,
jackfruits, passion fruits), then proceed to Masindi town for early lunch at Masindi Hotel/Court
View Hotel. After lunch continue the drive out of town to a dirt road for twenty five minutes and
get to Murchison Falls National Park. After clearance at the park gate, you are ushered into the
Murchison by a congress of playfull anticipating baboons in the road.
This is the start of some great picture moments. Continue the drive as you savor the beautiful
grassy landscape to the start of the hike to the top of the Murchison Falls.(Optional) At the
top you are treated to the breathtaking sight of the Falls. About 300 – 400 cubic meters per
second of Nile waters force through a tiny gorge of about 7 meters to plunge into a violent
tempest about 42 meters below. It is such a beautiful sight. Incredible picture moments
here.5.30pm and drive to your lodge for dinner.
Heritage Safari Lodge (FB)
Day 3: Early Morning Game Drive
Be up for early breakfast at about 6.00am. The driver picks you up and along with a game ranger
set out for the game drive by 7.00am. Early morning is a great time to catch the early risers,
nocturnal and the hunters before returning to their hideouts. River Nile divides the park into the
southern and northern sections. The northern side has a higher concentration of game than the
south. If your accommodation is on the southern side you will drive to the ferry crossing to get to
the northern side. You explore the major game trails especially around Paraa and expect great
wildlife sightings including giraffes, lions, elephants, spotted hyenas, warthogs, Uganda kobs,
Jackson’s Heart beasts, waterbucks, and leopards among others. At about 11am you return
After proceed to catch the 2.30pm Launch Cruise on River Nile (Victoria Nile). This is the
biggest highlight of any Murchison Falls Safari (Optional).This relaxing ride of about 3 hours
treats you to such beautiful wildlife sightings. There are lots of water animals like the hippos and
Nile crocodiles. Lots of other animals come to the river to drink water, cool off the scorching
heat and for others to eat fresh grass along the banks. Expect sightings of elephants, buffalos,
antelopesand a cocktail of birds including among others kingfisher, herons, and fish eagles. The
ride takes you to the base of the Murchison Falls for yet another angle to savor these lovely falls.
Return later at about 5.30pm and here you wait for evening game drive which will take you to
look for Nocturnal across the Nile River and drive back to your lodge for dinner and overnight.
Heritage Safari Lodge (FB)
Day 4: Transfer To Kibale National Park Via Hoima, Kejonjo, Fortportal Towns.
Reaching there late in evening and before going to bed you will go for a night forest walk
looking for Gallogos Potos and other Nocturnal overnight in the lodge.
Kibale Guest Cottages (FB)
Day 5: Chimpanzee tracking over 12 primates in Kibale National Park
Assemble at Kanyankyu River camp at 06:30hours to go for the most popular activity in this
park which is Chimpanzee habtuation. Chimpanzees are man’s closet cousins though they are
one of the most threatened primate’s species. More primates like Black and white Columbus
monkeys, L’Hoest Monkeys, Grey checked Mangabey, Red tailed monkeys, bush babies, pottos
and many bird species like the yellow spotted nectar, ramped tinker bird, Little greenbul, green
breasted pitta, the crowned eagle, black bee eater and mammals like Elephants can be seen in this
walk.
Kibale National park, which averages about 3,300 feet in elevation, is an extension of the great
rainforests of central Africa. It is inhabited by three large “communities” of chimps, each
numbering more than 100 individuals. Each community has a complicated social structure. The
big adult males dominate the group and defend the community territory against incursions by
male outsiders; the females usually wander in small family groups.
Typically, we locate the chimps by listening for their pant-hooting calls, then hustle to the area
from which they are calling. We get to observe them as they feed in fruiting trees, lounge, and
socialize with each other, or even, occasionally hunt the whole afternoon
after tracking chimps, we proceed to Queen Elizabeth National Park.We do a game drive in the
northern part of the park, visiting the Crater lakes for its nice scenery, and good views of the
shadows of the mountains of the moon – the Rwenzoris. Enjoy the drive back to the lodge
through large expanses of savannah grasslands as you spot some wildlife enroute.
Parkview Safari Lodge (FB)
Day 6:Safari in Queen Elizabeth National Park, Game drive to see lions, leopard, elephant, buffallo, etc
We set out early in the morning for a game drive in the northern part of the park on the Kasenyi
Track in search of lions, elephants, solitary buffaloes. This is the best time for opportunities of
viewing the cats in action owing to the vast population of Uganda Kobs. We have an excellent
chance to view just about every animal here at very close range. In the afternoon we will go for a
launch trip along the Kazinga Channel. This gives you the opportunity to view wildlife up close:
hippo’s huff and spray at a mere feet away from the boat, buffalo linger in the shallows. The
shores of the channel are also home to an array of birds including pink backed pelicans, pied and
malachite kingfishers, saddle billed stork and many others even look out for the Mongoose
overnight
Parkview Safari Lodge (FB)
Day 7: Drive to Bwindi to track gorillas and other primates
Mid-morning after breakfast we drive further south through stunning savannah grasslands as we
head towards the breathtaking adventures of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park. Either
(roads permitting) we will pass the southern sector of the park – Ishasha, a remote and beautiful
extension of Queen Elizabeth National Park that is host to a large variety and volume of wildlife.
(It is a fabulous site to see the lions draped from the trees and nowhere in Africa do you stand a
better chance of seeing this than in the large low limbed fig tree of Ishashasectors arrive late in
the late evening.overnight in
Crested Crane Hotel (FB)
Day 8: Gorilla trekking (Bwindi Impenetrable NP), Tracking the Mountain Gorillas and other primates
Today enjoy surely. After breakfast, proceed for the morning briefing before enjoying the
highlight of the trip- Gorilla trekking, which may last the entire day. We trek through the
rainforest and bamboo covered slopes, accompanied by a guide and trackers, in search of a
mountain gorilla family. The walking can sometimes be tough and long, but when you catch a
glimpse of the magnificent silverback, any discomforts will be quickly forgotten. When sighted,
visitors will be guided to within 6 metres from the gorillas, sit around them for a whole hour
while gazing into their big round eyes.
Gorilla trekking is unpredictable. It’s difficult to foresee how many hours you will hike. The
gorilla excursion can take from 2 up to 8 hours. Expect to walk along distance in steep and
muddy conditions, sometimes with rain overhead, before you encounter any gorillas. A good
physical condition is recommended. For conservation purposes, time spent with the gorillas is
limited to one hour. A ranger will brief you on how to behave with the gorillas.
While most of today’s forests are no more than 12,000 years old, Bwindi’s vegetation has been
weaving itself into tangles over at least 25,000 years, in the process accumulating a lengthy
species list. This includes 310 species of butterfly, 51 reptiles, 200 trees, 88 moths and an
exceptional 120 types of mammal including 10 primates. The latter includes chimpanzee,
L’Hoest’s, red tailed and blue monkey, black and white colobus, baboon, and Bwindi’s most
famous resident, the mountain gorilla. Bwindi is a prime destination for birdwatchers. Its 350
species include seven which are IUCN red data listed and 90% of all Albertine rift endemics,
species which are difficult or impossible to see in any other part of East Africa
Crested Crane Hotel (FB)
Day 9: Depart from the Gorilla Tracking Park, Drive to Kampala
Early breakfast before embarking on our return to Kampala, driving down the grassed and
terraced escarpments of southwestern Uganda while taking in the breathtaking sights of the hills
of the region dubbed ‘the little Switzerland of Africa’. This area is a highly fertile, mountainous
region with steep sided hills covered from top to bottom in neatly terraced cultivated rows. Not
to miss as we traverse Mbarara are the impressing long horn Ankole cattle. A remarkable
highlight of this journey is the Equator line and surely you will cross it as we have a brief stop
here. We will be in Kampala in the evening before for your flight back home.

END OF SAFARI