10 DAYS UGANDA, WILDLIFE, CHIMPANZEE AND GORILLA SAFARI

DAY 1: ARRIVAL
Following your arrival, a representative from Divine African Holidays will meet and welcome you. Being in a country where you are ignorant of almost everything excites great sense of childlike wonder. But with our cheerful, professional, experienced safari guides be sure to experience a true definition of Ugandan Hospitality. You will later be transferred to your hotel.
Destination: Kampala
Accommodation Option:
Luxury: Kampala Serena Hotel | Sheraton Hotel
Mid-range: Protea Hotel | Cassia lodge
Budget: Hotel Africana | Speke Hotel
Meals Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Journey time: 2- 3 hours

After an early breakfast, our driver guide will pick you up from your hotel at 7:00 am, he will also brief you about your safari to Murchison falls and you will start your 6 hours journey to Murchison Falls National park. You will go through the Luwero, and later have a stopover at Zziwa Rhino Sanctuary for Rhino tracking; here you will find both black and white rhinos.
After tracking have another stop in Masindi where you will have lunch, after lunch proceed to the park, after making payments for park entry drive towards the top of the falls, here along the way you will see various animals such as warthogs, baboons among others. Being at the top of the falls is an amazing experience as you will watch the magnificent falls squeezing through the rocks in an 8m gorge.
Accommodation Option:

Luxury: Paraa Safari Lodge | Chobe Safari Lodge
Mid-Range: Murchison River Lodge | Pakuba Safari Lodge
Budget: Horn bill Safari Lodge | Heritage Safari Lodge

Meals Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

On this day wake up early and have breakfast at 6:30 am, after your driver and the ranger guide will pick you up from the lodge to start your Game drive at 7:00 am. You may spot lions, Rothschild’s giraffe, and herds of elephants, buffaloes warthog, Cape buffalo and many more
After the game drive at around 11:40 am, drive back to the lodge, relax/freshen up and have lunch so as to prepare for the afternoon boat cruise. On the boat you will be able to see various Nile crocodiles, hippos, buffaloes, elephants along the banks of the Nile as well as different beautiful birds some singing in the trees such as the bee eaters, the colored kingfishers, the shoe billed stork and many others. The boat ride will take you to the base/bottom of the Murchison Falls, when you reach here you will be able to see clearly the mighty waterfalls. You could opt to go for hiking to the top where you will meet your driver guide who will drive you back to the lodge.
Accommodation Option:
Luxury: Paraa Safari Lodge | Chobe Safari Lodge
Mid-Range: Murchison River Lodge | Pakuba Safari Lodge
Budget: Hornbill Safari Lodge | Heritage Safari Lodge

Meals Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Breakfast will be served early and embark on your journey to Kibale Forest National Park with lunch en-route in Hoima or Kagadi. This is a full day drive. You will arrive in Kibale in the evening and proceed to your lodge
Destination: Kibale forest National Park

Accommodation Option:

Luxury: Kyaninga Lodge | Papaya Lake Lodge
Mid-range: Chimpanzee Forest Guesthouse | Irunga Lodge
Budget: Rwetera Safari Park | Lake Nkuruba Nature Reserve
Meals Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Journey time: 7-8 hours

Early in the morning after taking breakfast, you will go to the park headquarters where you will be briefed about chimpanzee trekking. By 8:00am, you will be starting your search for the chimpanzees within the park. These primates are the closest relatives to the human being and they share 98% of their DNA with that of the human beings.
There are also many other primate species which will be seen along with the chimpanzees and these include; the L’Hoest’s monkeys, golden monkeys, Black and white colobus monkeys, grey checked Mangabey, red tailed monkeys, the bush babies, and many bird species which include; green breasted pitta, rumped tinker bird, yellow spotted nicator, and the green breasted pitta, this park is one of the great rain forest in Africa and it has the largest community of chimpanzees where by each community has 1 -100 individuals and each community has a complicated social structure. The other primate species to view here include; the baboons, mongoose, otters, bush pigs as well as the bush bucks. For Dinner and Overnight
Destination: Queen Elizabeth National Park
Accommodation Option:

Luxury: Mweya Safari Lodge | Elephant Plains Game Lodge
Mid-range: Irungu Forest Safari Lodge | Elephant Hub Lodge
Budget: Pumba Safari Cottages | Bush Lodge
Meals Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Drinking Water throughout

We shall wake up so early in the morning, proceed to the park to engage in an early morning game drive to view the early morning risers in Kasenyi track, get chance to view many animals including; lions, elephants, solitary buffaloes, kobs, antelopes, etc. Return to the lodge for breakfast and lunch as you prepare to enjoy a boat cruise along the channel that joins Lake Edward and Lake George, the Kazinga Channel. Here your eyes will be fed with variety of water animals and birds. The wildlife species include; the crocodiles, hippos, buffaloes, pink backed pelicans, saddle billed stork, the malachite kingfishers. After, return to the lodge for your dinner and overnight.
Destination: Queen Elizabeth National Park
Accommodation Option:

Luxury: Mweya Safari Lodge | Elephant Plains Game Lodge
Mid-range: Irungu Forest Safari Lodge | Elephant Hub Lodge
Budget: Pumba Safari Cottages | Bush Lodge
Meals Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Drinking Water throughout

Early in the morning after breakfast, drive to towards the south of the park through the great shinning Savannah vegetation and transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park via the Ishasha sector which is famous for the tree climbing lions. On your arrival at the park, check in at the lodge; relax in preparation for a strenuous day ahead.
Accommodation Option:
Luxury: Buhoma Lodge | Gorilla Safari Lodge
Mid-range: Silverback Safari Lodge | Gorilla Mist Camp
Budget: Bakiga Lodge | Broad bill Forest Camp
Meals Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Drinking Water throughout

Journey time: 3 – 4 hours

Have an early morning breakfast, and after proceed to the park headquarters to have a briefing about the dos and don’ts about Gorilla trekking. The rangers will then accompany you to the rainforest to start your search for the gentle giants. This walk can sometimes be tough but when you encounter the gentle giants it will be a memorable and a rewarding experience.
Trekkers are always advised to carry their rain coats and boots because the weather there is always unpredictable. There are also some potters who always help with the carrying of the luggage on behalf of the visitors but at a small cost. On sighting the gorillas, the rangers will guide you on how to handle them, especially by giving them a 6 meter distance as you enjoy them play around. It’s always not easy to predict how long gorilla tracking will take and this also depends on the location of some families since some of them are far from the park headquarters.
However, it always takes 2 to 8 hours to come into contact with them and the rangers will always be there to guide you. Trackers are also advisable to be physically fit before going for tracking. After your trek, return to the lodge for your lunch and in the afternoon, you may opt to visit the Batwa community to enjoy some cultural performances before retiring at your lodge.
Accommodation Option:
Luxury: Buhoma Lodge | Gorilla Safari Lodge
Mid-range: Silverback Safari Lodge | Gorilla Mist Camp
Budget: Bakiga Lodge | Broadbill Forest Camp
Meals Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Drinking Water throughout

Transfer back to Kampala. You will have a stopover at the Equator. While here you will be able to stand in both the southern and Northern hemisphere at the same time. Photographs can be taken and souvenirs also be bought.
Destination: Kampala
Accommodation Option:
Luxury: Kampala Serena Hotel | Sheraton Hotel
Mid-range: Protea Hotel | Cassia lodge
Budget: Hotel Africana | Speke Hotel
Meals Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Drinking water throughout
Journey time: 8- 11 hours

You will be dropped at the airport in time to catch your flight back home