Uganda travel plan
Day 1. Entebbe
During our tour of Uganda you will experience exciting moments! First, after landing in Entebbe, there will be a meeting with the local representative CARTER®. After collecting your luggage, a driver will be waiting to take you to the hotel for the night. What to see in Uganda? Check out our travel plan, which includes all the most important attractions in Uganda.
Day 2. Entebbe – Murchison Falls National Park
After an early breakfast, there will be a cruise plane ride and a visit to Murchison Falls Park, the oldest and largest national park in Uganda. The flight itself will be an excellent opportunity to admire the Dark Continent from a bird's eye view. After landing, you will go to a luxurious lodge located in the Park. After lunch and a moment of rest, guests will go on their first safari, during which they will be able to see, among others: Rothschild's elephants, buffalos, lions and giraffes. The park is also one of the last habitats of the northern subspecies of white rhinoceros. Late afternoon return to the lodge. Time to relax surrounded by untouched nature.
Day 3. Qark Murchison Falls National
On this day, our guests can enjoy a safari in the Victoria Nile Delta, which flows into Lake Albert within the park. In the afternoon we planned a boat cruise on the Nile to Murchinson Falls. During the cruise you will be able to admire elephants, crocodiles and strange-looking shoebills approaching the river. After reaching the foot of the 120-meter-high "roaring" waterfall, you will start an hour-long trek to the place from where the water falls into the misty abyss. Late afternoon return to the lodge and time to rest.
Day 4 PKibale National Ark
Travel in Uganda must include a visit to Kibale National Park. After breakfast, a plane ride to Fort Portal, the city that is the "gate" to the park. Accommodation in a beautiful lodge, located in the hills, near the border of Kibale, inhabited by chimpanzees. Upon arrival, you will have a meal and free time to rest or explore the area around the lodge on your own. Afternoon safari in the national park.
Day 5 PKibale National Park – chimpanzee trekking
After breakfast, it's time for trekking in search of chimpanzees in the Kibale National Park. The park located in southern Uganda covers evergreen tropical forests and its area is 776 km2. It is in this park that the largest number of different varieties of primates can be found. You can meet here, among others: red-tailed gerese, black and white gerese, mountain vervet, olive baboon, red-tailed vervet and, of course, chimpanzees. You will most likely see at least several species of primates. Apart from them, there will also be an opportunity to admire many other forest animals, including antelopes, among others. bushboks or sitatungas. Just don't forget your cameras and camcorders!
Lunch will be served at the lodge located within the park. Then there will be a trip to the Bigodi Reserve, located in the Magombe Marshes, also part of Kibale National Park. This place is a refuge for nearly 140 species of birds, including almost 50 very rare ones. One of them is the common turaco, also called the giant turaco. In the evening, return to Kyaninga for dinner and overnight stay.
Day 6. Kyaninga Lodge – PQueen Elizabeth National Ark
After breakfast, it's time to relax or take a walk around the lodge, and then drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park, where guests will be accommodated in one of the luxurious lodges. After lunch, guests will go on a safari organized in the Kasenyi region, home to many endemic bird species, elephants, buffalos and Rothschild's giraffes. In the evening, we cordially invite you to the terrace with a glass of something stronger and admire the sunset over wild Africa.
Day 7 PQueen Elizabeth National Ark
Today you will discover the natural wealth of Queen Elizabeth National Park. During a 4×4 safari and a boat cruise on the Kazinga Canal, connecting Lake Gregory with Lake Edward, you will have the opportunity to see numerous herds of animals, including: elephants, hippos and antelopes.
After the cruise, there will be some time for lunch and then we will go to the Ishasha Reserve.
Day 8 PQueen Elizabeth National Ark
Another day devoted to discovering the natural wealth of Queen Elizabeth National Park. You will see the spectacular Kyambura Gorge - almost a hundred meters deep, covered with tropical forest. Guests will also go on a walking safari in search of wild chimpanzees. This is an ideal opportunity to admire the local fauna and flora. Thanks to the guide's extensive knowledge and a personally prepared travel plan, an individual tour of Africa is the best option for a luxurious trip to Uganda.
Day 9 PBwindi National ark
After breakfast, transfer to the famous Clouds Mountain Gorilla Lodge one of the best lodges in all of Uganda and located in the southern part Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park. This rainforest is estimated to be 25 years old. The height of the park's mountain ranges ranges from 000 to 1200 meters. Five rivers flow here, there is high annual rainfall, so the climate is humid. Apart from the main attraction – mountain gorillas, Bwindi National Park is home to 120 species of mammals, 350 species of birds, 202 species of butterflies, and over 200 species of trees. It is estimated that about 350 gorillas live here in dozens of groups. The great care of the park management and strict protection over recent years have contributed to the steady growth of their population.
Today's trek will be along the Ivy River route, which rises and gently descends through areas of rainforest. The trail is also important to local people who use it when visiting the local village of Nteko. Dinner at the lodge and overnight stay.
day 10 Bwindi National Park – gorilla trekking
After an early breakfast, transfer to the park gate, where the exciting trek to the mountain gorillas will begin. Crossing the jungle can take up to several hours, but an hour-long encounter with gorillas is worth every effort. Members of a trekking group of up to 10 people will come face to face with the mighty monkeys. For the safety of the monkeys, participants cannot get closer than 7-10 meters to them (to avoid the risk of contracting human diseases), but the gorillas do not always follow these rules and sometimes, out of curiosity, they come much closer, or even affect trekking participants! In the afternoon, return to the lodge and time to rest.
Day 11. Mgahinga National Park
After breakfast, we will drive to Mgahinga National Park, located in the very south of Uganda, "high in the clouds", because at an altitude of 2227 m above sea level, it was created to protect rare mountain gorillas and the endangered golden monkeys.
Time to relax in a lodge located at the foot of three extinct volcanoes, which are the symbol of the national park. Guests will feel comfortable in one of the cottages with a sundeck with stunning views of the Kisoro Valley.
Day 12. Mgahinga National Park – gorilla trekking
After breakfast, we invite you to... mountain gorilla trekking, the largest population of which lives on the border between Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda.
In the afternoon, it's time to rest after the hardships of the hiking trip.
Day 13. Volcanoes National Park – Rwanda
Today you will go on a trip to Rwanda to the Volcanoes National Park bordering the Mgahinga National Park. Similarly to Uganda, this park protects endangered mountain gorillas, golden vervet monkeys, cave hyenas and black-fronted duikiers.
On this afternoon, we optionally recommend a visit to a local village, where you can see the house of the local village king or the hut of a shaman preparing herbal potions.
Day 14. Volcanoes National Park – trekking to the golden vervets
After breakfast we propose trekking in search of golden vervets, which live only and exclusively in the local volcano region of Rwanda and Uganda. Monkeys are very playful and curious, so tracking them down won't be too difficult. Since there are about 80-100 of them living in the park and this is the largest concentration of them in the world, issuing trekking permits is rationed.
Day 15. Nyungwe National Park
Today you will go to Nyungwe National Park, which protects the oldest rainforest in the world and is home to 12 species of primates. Botanists will admire over a thousand different species of plants, including 140 different species of orchids. It is also a paradise for ornithologists with 322 species of birds, including the endemic ring-necked frog.
Board: 3 meals a day
Day 16. Nyungwe National Park
We recommend spending the last day trekking to see chimpanzees who live in numerous herds and take care of their young. Chimpanzees are not afraid of people, so meeting them will certainly be a real attraction.
Day 17. Rwanda – South Africa
After breakfast, free time to rest or engage in activities at the hotel. A private transfer to Kigali Airport will take place in the late afternoon. Accommodation in a luxury hotel or return flight to Poland.
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The price does not include:
LUGGAGE: the maximum weight of luggage on plane flights is 15 kg per person, for each additional kilogram a fee of USD 3 is charged
License No. 756 for tour operators issued by the Voivode of Masovia
Signal Iduna Certificate – M 525404 (DOWNLOAD PDF)
