| Full Itinerary
DAY 1
KAMPALA
You'll be personally met when you
arrive Entebbe airport, and transferred to the newly
renovated Nile Serena Hotel in Kampala. For those arriving
earlier, an afternoon excursion can be planned to the
famous tombs of the Kabaka kings.
DAY 2
KIBALE NATIONAL PARK
Leave Kampala after breakfast for
the fascinating drive through papyrus swamps and thick
jungle of the Nile Delta to Kibale National Park just
under the Ruwenzori Mountains. Afternoon guided walk
in the lakes area of the park for outstanding birds
and primates. Meals and overnight at Mantana's Camp.
DAY 3
KIBALE/SEMULIKI NATIONAL PARK
Early morning trek for chimpanzees.
Kibale is the best reserve in Africa to view chimps,
a thick jungle with a towering canopy. In the afternoon,
drive to the Congo border right under the Ruwenzori
Mountains, into the Semuliki National Park jungles.
Dinner and overnight at Semuliki Safari Lodge.
DAYS 4
SEMULIKI NATIONAL PARK
Two full days in the closest habitat
available in East Africa to true central African jungle.
The new Semuliki National Park is a lowland, dense forest,
with exotic primates, hundreds of bird species and good
mammals as well. Its location on the shore of Lake Albert
provide excellent shoreline game viewing. Meals and
accommodations at the luxurious Semuliki Safari Lodge.
Few tourists get into this incredibly beautiful area!
DAY 5
SEMULIKI/QUEEN ELIZABETH NATIONAL PARK
This morning drive south into Queen
Elizabeth National Park, sightseeing and game viewing
enroute. Dinner and overnight at spectacular Mweya Lodge
perched right on the edge of the escarpment overlooking
the Ugandan Great Lakes.
DAY 6
QUEEN ELIZABETH NATIONAL PARK
IDawn game drive in Uganda's best
park, where all the big game can be seen in abundance.
Famous for elephant and kob, expect to see some rarer
animals like giant forest hog. There are 638 recorded
bird species in the park! After lunch, enjoy a boat
cruise on the Kazinga Channel which connects Lakes Albert
and George, for large numbers of buffalo and hippo.
Meals and overnight at Mweya Lodge.
DAY 7
LAKE BUNYONYI
Today's drive is through what is
probably East Africa's most spectacular scenery, the
highland rain forests which reach to the volcanoes in
which live the mountain gorillas. This is the lushest
highland rain forest on earth, filled with primates
and exotic birds. The afternoon is spent on a foot safari
around the magnificent crater lake, Bunyonyi. Meals
and overnight in our Bushara Island Camp.
DAY 8
ENTEBBE/Depart
Return to Kampala, then Entebbe,
today, with private rooms at the Lake Victoria Hotel
before your evening departures home.
Special Note:
Continue on Day 8 onto Gorilla Trek for the exciting
mountain gorilla trekking. Arrive three days early for
the Murchison Falls Add-on to explore this northern
national park with its famous falls.
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