9-Day Murchison Falls Big 5, Gorilla & Chimp Safari (Lodging)

Accommodation: Cassia Lodge, Kampala/ Similar

Guest will be picked up at the airport and drive to Emin Pasha Hotel, Kampala which is an hour drive. Kampala is Bordering the magnificent Lake Victoria, Uganda’s capital city – Kampala – sprawl out over a series of undulating hills and despite the development, this ‘Garden City’ is known for its tree-lined avenues. This bustling city serves as the commercial hub of the country boasting a blend of African markets, modern skyscrapers, international hotels, bars, and casinos. It provides an excellent base from which to explore the surrounding area. Upon arrival guest can do a City Tour: Depending on your time of your arrival.

Guest can eat Out for lunch and Dinner: Kampala is a town full of culinary wonders. Stray out from your hotel to taste some of the eclectic cuisine of the region including Kampala’s delicious Indian food.

Meals: Dinner

Optional Activity: City Tour

Overnight: Cassia Lodge

Cassia Lodge is located on Buziga Hill, one of the highest hills of Kampala, close to Lake Victoria. The environment is cool with an astonishing view of the lake as well as the city. The lodge offers excellent international cuisine in a serene environment. In addition, there are conference facilities, a business centre, wireless internet connection, a large swimming pool and 20 luxurious rooms with satelite television, bar and balcony overlooking the lake.

Accommodation: Pakuba Safari Lodge, Murchison Falls National Park / Similar

Guest will have a after breakfast at 8.00am and drive to Murchison Falls National Park via Zziwa Rhino Sanctuary where rhinos that got wiped out in the Ugandan wild are being bred before re-introduction back in the national parks. When you arrive at the Zziwa Rhino Sanctuary, a guide and armed rangers will take you on either a walking/by vehicle safari to look for the rhinos and around 12h00 to 13h00 enjoying a bush picnic lunch in the sanctuary’s grounds. After lunch, guest will drive to Murchison Falls National Park).

Meals: Lunch and Dinner (Other drinks not included)

Included Activity: Rhino Drive

Accommodation: Pakuba Safari Lodge, Murchison Falls National Park / Similar

Guest will wake up early at 6.00am and go on a Morning game drive for a chance to view the magnificent daybreak from across the open savannah, birds and dotted woodland as well as reverine vegetation along the Nile. Guest will see animals like lions, buffalo, elephant, giraffes, antelope and a lot more. Guest will be back around 10-11am, to have breakfast. Guest will relax around the lodge until lunch hour and go for the boat launch to the bottom of the powerful Murchison Falls. This 3-hour boat cruise climaxes at the edge of the rift valley escarpment at which point you will get off the boat and trek to the top of the falls (wear sports shoes while on the boat for ease of trekking to the top). Having worked up a sweat, once at the top, get bathed in the misty spray that the Nile creates as it forces itself into the 7-metre cleft to create the famous Murchison Falls. Guest will Your go back to the lodge for dinner.

Meals: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Included Activity: Game Drive and Boat Cruise

Overnight: Pakuba Safari Lodge

Pakuba Safari Lodge is located in North West of Uganda on the Eastern Bank of the Albert Nile. The tastefully furnished rooms offer comfort, style and serenity. Here you can enjoy a variety of excursions and activities; from exhilarating Safari drives to boat trips along the River Nile, ending at the foot of Murchison Falls. For the more adventurous, one can trek up to the top of the falls and marvel at the views through the mist.

Accommodation: Chimpanzee Forest Guesthouse, Kibale Forest National Park / Similar

Guest will have a nice breakfast Morning and track for the mountain gorillas in the jungle forest of Bwindi. Gorilla trekkers will take the most exciting and memorable activity of trekking the Mountain gorillas in the thick jungle. The time spent trekking depends on the movement of these gorillas, it’s about 2 to 8 hours. Before you start the trekking, you should expect to hike for a long distance under muddy and steep conditions before seeing the great apes in the Jungle. The gorilla trekking experience obviously rewarding as you sit, play and talk to them. To protect the gorillas and visitors, no one with communicable diseases such as diarrhoea can visit the gorillas.

Meals: Lunch and Dinner (Other drinks not included)

Included Activity: Trekking

Overnight: Chimpanzee Forest Guesthouse

Located at the edge Kibale National Park only 22 Km from Fort Portal on the Kamwenge Road is the Chimpanzee Forest Guesthouse. The guesthouse sits on well-manicured lawns, tea plantations and indigenous forest where guests can enjoy beautiful panoramic vistas of Kibale National Park, ancient crater lakes, and the Rwenzori Mountains.

The guesthouse offers accommodation in beautifully furnished self-contained cottages (Bandas) as well as a large colonial house, which was formerly home to the British commissioner in the 1950’s. Guests are able to participate in a variety of guided tours that include visiting the L.Nyabikere Crater Lake and the Mahoma Falls.

Accommodation: Irungu Forest Safari Lodge, Southern Queen Elizabeth National Park / Similar

Guest will have breakfast drive you to Queen Elizabeth National Park which is one of the most popular parks in Uganda, the Queen Elizabeth National Park lies in the western region of the country. In the northern part of the park, visitors can look forward to boating along the Kasinga Channel, which is home to the largest population of hippos in the world and an abundance of Nile crocodiles.

Meals: Breakfast, Dinner and Lunch

Accommodation: Irungu Forest Safari Lodge, Southern Queen Elizabeth National Park / Similar

This morning guest will wake up early. A little before sunrise coffee, tea and donuts will be served in the lounge before we head out for a long game drive in time to see the first rays of light. You will search for all the wildlife in the park and are likely to come across Elephant, Buffalo, Lion, Waterbuck, Leopard, Uganda Kob, and many Warthogs.

A well-deserved brunch will be served back at the lodge in the late morning.

In the afternoon you will take a boat safari along the Kazinga Channel which joins Lake George and Lake Edward.

Here, you will see a lot of hippos (more than you can possibly imagine, as well as a variety of other animals which come to the waterhole to drink or bathe.

Meals: All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Included Activity: Game Drive and Boat Safari

Overnight: Irungu Forest Safari Lodge

This is an excellent base for your safari activities in western Uganda. The lodge adheres to eco-tourism principles & is designed to maximise privacy with an authentic safari ambience. Surrounded by the Queen Elizabeth National Park and bordering the Kazinga channel, the lodge has a truly unique setting; draped with sounds of Uganda’s unmatched wildlife. Part of the earnings support & facilitate Katunguru Community School for poor children & orphans of Katunguru fishing village to access education, develop sports talents, nutrition & awareness on moral values. They currently support talent development in football by providing sports equipment & coaching. Also, together with Rukarairwe Rural Development Initiative funded by friends from Germany especially Hartmut & Netter, started a Bee keeping project.