The 7 days tour will lead you to Queen Elizabeth and Lake Mburo National Parks where you will be able to see different animals in their natural habitats. It will also leave you with a very interesting experience from the white water rafting activity.
Highlights
- Game drives
- Boat cruise
- Nature walk
- White water rafting
Itinerary
Day 1: pick up and transfer to the hotel for overnight.
Day 2: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park via Mbarara.
Day 3: Morning game drive and afternoon boat cruise in Queen Elizabeth National Park.
Day 4:Nature walk in Maramagambo Forest and thereafter transfer to Lake Mburo National Park.
Day 5: Morning game drive, in the afternoon transfer to Jinja.
Day 6: Full day White Water Rafting on River Nile.
Day 7: Return to Kampala.
Day 1: Arrival in Entebbe.
You will be picked up by our representative who will transfer you to a Hotel for Dinner and Overnight. Depending on your time of arrival, you may have some activities to explore sights in and around Kampala.
Day 2: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park.
Pick up from your hotel and transfer to Queen Elizabeth Park stopping en route at the local drum shops at Mpambire to see the local fruit market, cross the equator line at Nabusanke. Proceeding en route, expect to see the long curving horned cattle of Ankole.
Lunch in Mbarara town. Less than 10km on our way to the park, there are chances to see elephants, lions, teaming with buffaloes, kobs, hyenas, warthogs, and birds.
We may pass by the Queen Elizabeth scenic craters and the baboon cliffs before checking in at the lodge.
Dinner and overnight at Mweya Safari Lodge/Buffalo Lodge/Marafiki Safari Lodge.
Day 3: Game Drive and Boat Cruise.
After early morning breakfast at 6.30am we shall depart for our morning game drive to the northern shore of Kazinga channel. The most common mammals we are likely to see are Warthog, bushbuck and water bucks while elephants can be seen crossing the tracks .There is the Leopard track which may give us opportunity to see leopards and the kasenyi plains will give us higher chances of encountering lions.
Return by Mid-day at the lodge for lunch.
In the afternoon shall take a 2 hour and 34km long Kazinga channel boat cruise, one of the most rewarding tour experiences in Queen Elizabeth Park giving you the opportunity to approach within a few meters a multitude of yawning hippos, elephants teaming with egrets, yellow billed storks, Goliath heron, crocodiles buffaloes and the occasional leopards. The bird life on the water is fascinating. Expect to see dozens of water birds such as pied kingfisher and many bee-eaters.
Return for dinner and overnight in the evening
Day 4: Maramagambo Forest and Lake Mburo National Park.
After early breakfast, we shall take a walk in the Maramagambo forest in search for monkeys and also visit the bat caves. We shall thereafter proceed to Lake Mburo national Park. On our way to the park headquarters keep your eyes peeled as you may see zebras, waterbuck, buffaloes.
Day 5: Game Drive.
After breakfast we shall go for the early morning game drive expecting to see Impala,Zebra,Topi,Oribi,Eland,Klipsspringer,buffalo,waterback,reedbuck,warthogs,baboons and vervets .Leopards may be seen but the rare Interesting birds which you may see include Ugandas Crested crane, Saddle billed stork and Abyssinian ground hornbills among others. In the afternoon we shall transfer to Jinja for overnight
Day 6: Jinja City Tour/ white water Rafting.
After Breakfast you may have one full day white water rafting/ Jinja city tour which includes a visit to the Bujagali falls and source of the River Nile.
Return for lunch and have evning relaxation.
Dinner and overnight in Jinja.
Day 7: Departure.
Depending on your flight schedule, your may have a morning Kampala City Tour,after proceed to the airport.
This is a 4-WD mini bus.
Quoted prices are for 4-WD customized Safari Van with fuel and a driver guide with a capacity of seven (7) people per vehicle.
Option of 4-WD customized Land cruiser with fuel and a driver guide with a capacity of seven (7) people per vehicle is available at an additional fee of $100 per day.