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12 days Uganda safari tour offers you the best of Uganda gorilla and wildlife tour experience. It is uniquely crafted to let you immerse yourself in the magical savannas and dense tropical rain-forests in Uganda. The main highlights of your long Uganda trip include mountain gorilla trekking, chimpanzee tracking, game drives and boat cruise, photography.
On your 12 days Uganda safari tour, you will explore Uganda’s top destinations specifically The Source of the Nile in Jinja, Murchison Falls National Park, Kibale Forest National Park, Queen Elizabeth National Park. Other areas of interest in this package include Lake Bunyonyi, Lake Mburo National Park, Bigodi Wetland and Equator for photography. You will begin and end your 12 days Uganda safari tour in Kampala.
Day 1: Transfer from Entebbe Airport Uganda to Kampala
Meet your Uganda safari guide for a warm welcome and later, briefing on your 12 days Uganda safari tour. After, get into the 4WD vehicle ready to connect to Kampala for a night stay in the booked hotel.
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Day 2: Transfer to the Jinja-do white rafting on the source of the Nile
Be up very early and enjoy your breakfast. Leave Kampala as early as possible so as to beat the Jinja-Kampala highway jam in the morning. En-route, get the beautiful of the a lush Mabira Forest which is divided into by the Jinja-Kampala highway. There are also extensive tea and sugarcane plantations to view as you head to Jinja.
Arrive early and report to point where white-water rafting starts from. Begin your half day white-water rafting experience on the Source of the Nile and later, pay a visit to Itanda Falls. Get to your lodge/hotel for a relaxed evening, dinner and a night stay.
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Day 3: Transfer from Jinja city to Murchison Falls National Park
Today, you will be required to leave very early so as to beat the Kampala jam. Drive from Kampala to Murchison Falls National Park for another 4-5 hours. En-route, Ziwa rhino sanctuary will be your stopover point. Here, you will go track rhinos for 1 hour that are to be re-introduced into the wild. Proceed to your lodge after lunch in Masindi Hotel.
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Day 4: Game drive & boat cruise
Enjoy your hefty breakfast and after, a game drive which lasts for 2-3 hours. You will explore the Northern part of Murchison Falls National Park. Some of the interesting species to come across along the Northern bank of River Nile include lions, leopards, elephants, Rothschild giraffes, buffaloes, birds and others. Don’t miss the mesmerizing landscape characterized by vast savanna, acacia trees.
Drive back after photo taking and enjoy lunch in the lodge. As you relax, share your memories and later, add on a launch/boat cruise to the bottom of Murchison Falls. Navigate along the Victoria Nile as you view submerged hippos, aquatic birds, crocodiles and other species of wildlife.
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Day 5: Drive to Kibale Forest National Park Uganda from Murchison Falls
Have breakfast and later, leave Murchison Falls National Park Uganda after you have checked out. Your road trip may take 7 hours and you will drive through. Get to Fort Portal city for lunch in a hotel. Head to Kibale about 26kms from Fort Portal.
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Day 6: Chimpanzee tracking from Kanyanchu & Bigodi wetland tour
Wake up early and have breakfast in your primate safari lodge. Leave for briefing at Kanyanchu Tourist Centre and after understanding the guidelines. Begin a trek to see chimpanzees at 8:00am. Lasting for 2-4 hours, once you come across chimpanzees, you have only 1 hour which you will enjoy a close encounter with these beautiful creatures in the wild. Expect also to see other species of primates, birds, mammals, reptiles, flora, butterflies. Get back for your lunch and then drive to Bigodi wetland for bird sighting, photography and nature walk.
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Day 7: Kibale to Queen Elizabeth, about 3 hours’ drive
After breakfast, drive via Fort Portal to Queen Elizabeth National Park in Kasese approximately 3 hours. As you head to your lodge, have incredible sight of wildlife and later, have lunch. After lunch, a boat cruise along Kazinga Channel for you to see hippos, crocodiles, birds among others.
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Day 8: Game drive & transfer to Bwindi about 3 hours through Ishasha
Hefty breakfast early morning and later, a game drive on Kasenyi sector of Queen Elizabeth National Park for 2-3 hours. Have excellent view of elephants, buffaloes, lions, leopards, antelopes, birds and after, get back to the lodge. Check out then drive through Ishasha in the south, an incredible spot for tree climbing lions. After a magical view, proceed to have lunch at Savanna Resort Hotel.
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Day 9: Gorilla trekking Bwindi & cultural encounter
After breakfast, briefing early at Buhoma where you get to know what to do and not to do. By 8:00am, go explore mountain gorillas for 2-6 hours and the gorilla families to trek include Habinyanja, Katwe, Rushegura and Mubare. This is if your tracking gorilla groups in Buhoma sector. An hour will be had face to face with a gorilla family then you return for relaxation. In the afternoon, add on your experience with a thrilling Batwa cultural experience.
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Day 10: Bwindi to Lake Bunyonyi Southwestern Uganda
Take your breakfast early and go explore Lake Bunyonyi. Lunch will be had at the lodge upon arrival. Go enjoy amazing boat ride along Lake Bunyonyi with 29 islands and have the rest of the evening relaxing along the shores.
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Day 11: Drive to Lake Mburo from Lake Bunyonyi
Enjoy breakfast and after, drive to Lake Mburo National Park in Mbarara. Lunch will be had upon arrival and later, go for a memorable game drive in the evening.
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Day 12: Drive back to Kampala/Entebbe with stop visit at Equator
Begin your drive for 4 hours after your breakfast and check out of the lodge. But you may go for morning boat cruise along Lake Mburo then get back to Kampala with a stopover at Equator.
End of your 12 days Uganda safari tour
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