Uganda Wildlife Holiday – 8 Days

Our 7 Days Uganda Wildlife Safari Holiday driver/guide will be waiting at Entebbe International
Airport to pick you up and then transfer you to your accommodation for the night.
• Accommodation: Papyrus Guesthouse
• Meal plan: Dinner

After your breakfast, you will leave Kampala for Kibale National Park in western Uganda. The drive
takes around 8 hours including a stopover for lunch in Fort Portal town.
Along the way, you will pass many small towns, villages, tea farms, and roadside markets all of
which make the Ugandan countryside full of beauty. You will reach Kibale with enough time to
relax and unwind from a day of travel.
• Accommodation: Kibale Forest Camp
• Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

After early morning breakfast, your 8 Days Uganda Wildlife Safari Holiday driver/guide will drive
you to the Kibale National Park office where you will be briefed about the activity of tracking
chimpanzees in the wild.
You will then go on a guided primate walk in search of chimpanzees and 12 other primates
including l' Hoestes, Red colobus, blue, red-tailed monkeys, brown monkeys, and grey-cheeked
mangabey.
The park rangers will provide detailed explanations, not only on primates but on all the forest
fauna and flora, and will ensure that your walk is informative and enjoyable.
After finding the chimps, you will spend 1 hour with them before heading back to the park
offices. You will go back to the lodge for lunch & refreshments.
After lunch, you will visit the community and take a walk in Bigodi Swamp - which is the home of
the great blue Turaco bird. The swamp is home to around 200 bird species and 8 primate species.
Later, return to your accommodation for dinner & overnight stay.
• Accommodation: Kibale Forest Camp
• Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

After breakfast, you will start the day with a cultural tour of the 'Amabere Ga Nyina Mwiru' caves -
a great historic site located 10km out of Fort Portal town.
You will be accompanied by an informed 8-day Uganda Wildlife Safari Holiday guide who knows
more about this place. Remember to carry along a flashlight, hiking boots, long trousers, etc since
you are going to enter the caves. Thereafter, you will hike the explosion crater lakes surrounding
this area and then return to Fort Portal town for lunch and a visit to the Tooro Kingdom Palace.
In the evening, drive to Uganda's second-largest park, Queen Elizabeth National Park while
enjoying the changing views of the mystical Rwenzori Mountain ranges.
• Accommodation: Bush Lodge
• Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

After breakfast, you will go for an early morning wildlife safari game drive in this park. Queen
Elizabeth National Park's diverse ecosystem of grassy plains, tropical forests, rivers, swamps,
lakes, and volcanic craters is home to an incredible abundance of wildlife.
With the massive Rwenzori Mountains as a backdrop, you will have excellent opportunities to see
lions, leopards, giant forest hogs, cape buffalos, elephants, waterbuck, Uganda Kobs, Topi, and
bushbuck.
After lunch, you will go for a 2-3 hour boat cruise along the Kazinga Channel and into Lake
Edward. This take will take you through possibly the highest concentration of hippos. Many
animals may be seen drinking at the water's edge.
This launch cruise offers great opportunities for photography, bird watching, and game viewing.
The prolific bird life is colorful and stupendous with more than 600 different species.
• Accommodation: Bush Lodge
• Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

After an early breakfast, your 8 Days Uganda Wildlife Safari Holiday driver/guide will drive you
from Bwindi to Kampala. This is a long drive of approximately 9 hours that will take you from the
cooler mountainous altitude of the Kigezi Highlands to the lower undulating landscape of Ankole
and Buganda, with large farms and plantations dotted with villages and small towns.
You will have several stopovers along the way including the equator crossing in Kayabwe for some
pictures. Depending on the schedule of your next flight, a few more stopovers can be added by
your guide.
You should reach Kampala in the early evening hours with enough time to freshen up before your
flight out of Uganda.
• Accommodation: None (Last day)
• Meal plan: Breakfast & Lunch