Luxury Safari: 11 Days Unveiling the Wonders of Uganda

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Duration

11 Days

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Tour Departure

Daily

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Group Size

Unlimited

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Languages

  • English
  • German
  • French
  • Spanish
  • Italian
  • Chinese

Overview

Uganda is a country of many surprises with rolling hills, sparkling crater lakes, abundant wildlife with numerous animals, and countless breathtaking views and cultural experiences. Within 11 days, this tour gives you an opportunity to explore the virtually untouched and spectacular 4 major National Parks in Uganda. You will enjoy game dr…
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Uganda is a country of many surprises with rolling hills, sparkling crater lakes, abundant wildlife with numerous animals, and countless breathtaking views and cultural experiences. Within 11 days, this tour gives you an opportunity to explore the virtually untouched and spectacular 4 major National Parks in Uganda. You will enjoy game drives, cultural encounters, come across beautiful landscapes, boat rides, chimpanzee trekking, and the highlight of the tour – trekking of the gentle giants.

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Itinerary (Day by Day)

  • Day 1: Arrival in Entebbe
  • Upon arrival at Entebbe International Airport in Uganda and after all the formalities, you shall be welcomed by our safari guide, who will then drive you to your hotel to relax or for an overnight. Depending on the time of arrival, you may choose to go visit the shopping malls.

    Hotel No.5

    Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

  • Day 2: Fly To Kidepo National Park
  • Today you will be transferred to Kajjansi Airstrip and then fly to Kidepo National Park. Kidepo Valley National Park is a 1,442 square kilometers national park in the Karamoja region in northeast Uganda and lies in the rugged, semi-arid valleys between Uganda’s borders with Sudan and Kenya, some 700km from Kampala. The park consists of the two major valley systems of the Kidepo and Narus Rivers. Most of the park is open tree savannah. Because of differences in rainfall, vegetation and animal populations vary between the two valleys. Gazetted as a national park in 1962, it has a profusion of big game and hosts over 77 mammal species as well as around 475 bird species. It is said to be Uganda’s most isolated national park, but the few who make the long journey north through Karamoja would agree that it is also the most magnificent, for Kidepo ranks among Africa’s finest wildernesses. You will have a game drive in the park, y be sitting on the valley’s various rocks.

    Apoka Safari Lodge

    Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

  • Day 3: Nature Walk, Game Drive, and Community Visit
  • After your breakfast, you will have a nature walk in the park. With the help of the guide, you will be able to spot some lions, elephants, leopards, bush duikers, jackals, bushbuck, buffalo, and much more. After lunch you will have another game drive in the park, to see some of the animals you did not see on previous game drives. Kidepo National Park is a savannah landscape that extends in all directions, it is home to various wild animals such as herds of buffalo, warthog, duiker, Jackson’s Hartebeest, lion, leopard, cheetah and hundreds of bird species, other animals that may be seen roaming around include Jackal Roan, Antelope, Klipspringer and Lions. The park also boasts of being the highest concentration of birds endemic to Uganda like Ostrich, Kori bustard, vultures, pygmy, and more. There After will return to your lodge and rest. Time allows you may visit the Karimojong community that lives in the northeast part of Uganda and shares the same roots as the Maasai of Kenya.

    Apoka Safari Lodge

    Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

  • Day 4: Drive to Murchison Falls National Park
  • After Breakfast, you will drive to Murchison Falls National Park in the north-western part of Uganda. Murchison Falls National Park sits on the shore of Lake Albert, in northwest Uganda. It’s known for the famous Murchison Falls, where the Victoria Nile River surges through a narrow gap over a massive drop. Park wildlife includes elephants and hippos, and there are chimpanzees in the Kaniyo Pabidi mahogany forest. The Lake Albert Delta is home to rare shoebill storks. The park is also bisected by the renowned River Nile into two parts such as the Northern bank and the Southern bank. Game drives are best done in the Northern bank since that’s where you can find a large concentration of wildlife in the Savannah plains whereas the Southern bank a lesser number of antelope herds and other few animals. Upon arrival, you will embark on your first game drive through the beautiful Murchison Falls National Park. Retire to your lodge for an overnight.

    Nile Safari Lodge

    Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

  • Day 5: Game Drive and Boat Ride
  • Today you will go for a morning game drive in the park. Murchison Falls is a home to different wildlife species; over 76 mammals and 451 bird species including the Buffaloes, Jackson hartebeests, Antelopes, Lions, Kobs, Giraffes, Hyenas, Bushbucks, and Warthogs among others. In the afternoon, you will go for an exciting boat ride on the Nile to the bottom of the falls where the park derives its name. You will see several hippos, crocodiles basking by the riverbanks, other animals like Elephants, Waterbucks, Buffaloes, kobs, and rarely the Giraffe gathering by the banks of the river to drink water, you will also spot several bird species like; the Heron, African fish eagle, pied and Malachite kingfishers and the African skimmer among others. Thereafter you will hike to the Top of the falls where the Nile squeezes through a 7-meter gap and at the bottom of the Nile. Enjoy these spectacular views. Return to the lodge for an overnight.

    Nile Safari Lodge

    Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

  • Day 6: Drive to Kibale National Park
  • After breakfast, you will drive to Kibale National Park. Kibale National Park is located in the western part of Uganda and covers an area of about 795km it’s acknowledged to have one of Uganda’s most gorgeous tropical forests, and the park’s highest point is at 1590m above sea level. It is one of Uganda’s most rewarding destinations to explore. The park is home to a total of 70 mammal species, most famously 13 species of primate including the chimpanzee. It also contains over 375 species of birds. Along the way you will pass many tea plantations, you will arrive later in the afternoon, stopover in Fort Portal town, and then proceed to your accommodation for an overnight. Depending on the time you arrive, you may visit the nearby crater lakes, or visit the King's Palace in Fort Portal; otherwise, you will relax at the lodge.

    Chimpundu Lodge

    Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

  • Day 7: Chimpanzee Trekking Drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park
  • Briefing about the does and don’ts while trekking chimpanzees thereafter proceed for chimpanzee tracking. Led by an experienced ranger guide, trekking the chimpanzees might take about 2 to 6 hours depending on the location of chimpanzees. You will also be able to see different birds, monkeys like the black and white colobus, grey cheeked Mangabey, golden monkeys among others, and various trees species as you walk through the forest. After lunch you drive to Queen Elisabeth National Park, enjoy a game drive on your way in. Named after her Majesty the Queen of England, the park is Uganda’s most famous national park and traveler’s destination. The park stretches from the crater-dotted foothills of the Rwenzori range in the north, along the shores of Lake Edward to the remote Ishasha River in the south, incorporating a wide variety of habitats that range from savanna and wetlands and lowland forest. Arrive later at the lodge for an overnight.

    Katara Lodge

    Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

  • Day 8: Game Drive, Boat Ride on the Kazinga Channel
  • Today you will head out for an early Morning Game Drive in the park, there are over 100 mammal species in the park that include Lions, Spotted Hyenas, Elephants, Hippos, Buffaloes, the elusive Giant Forest Hog, and Leopard. The Primates include Chimpanzees, Blue, Black faced Red Colobus, Black and White Colobus Monkeys, Red tailed monkeys, and Olive Baboons. In the afternoon, you shall have a boat ride on the Kazinga Channel, you will enjoy the fresh river breeze whilst observing a large selection of animals and views of numerous flora and fauna while on the launch cruise. The shores of this channel attract a great number of wild animals like hippos, elephants, crocodiles, antelopes, and others which makes the channel a marvelous place that draws many visitors on a wildlife safari in Uganda. The boat cruise takes about 2-3 hours and is a spectacular experience along the channel as you explore more about African wildlife like birds, animals, and reptiles among others.

    Katara Lodge

    Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

  • Day 9: Game Drive in Ishahsa to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
  • After an early morning breakfast, you will depart for Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. Along the way, you will have an en-route game drive in the Ishasha sector, the southern part of Queen Elizabeth National Park, only here the lions have a habit of climbing trees and it is one of the few places in Africa where lions are found in Fig trees preying on other animals like the Uganda Kobs and Topi. Thereafter continue to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park the home to endangered mountain gorillas which lies in southwestern Uganda on the edge of the Rift Valley. Its mist-covered hillsides are blanketed by one of Uganda's oldest and most biologically diverse rainforests, which dates back over 25,000 years and contains almost 400 species of plants. More famously, this “impenetrable forest” also protects an estimated 400 mountain gorillas – roughly half of the world’s population, including several habituated groups, which can be tracked.

    Buhoma Lodge

    Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

  • Day 10: Gorilla Trekking
  • After an early morning breakfast, you will head to the park headquarters and meet with excellent local ranger guides and trackers who will brief you about the etiquette of gorilla trekking. Thereafter head off to the forest for Gorilla trekking in the company of an experienced ranger who will tell you interesting facts about flora and fauna and the lifestyle of the Gorillas. Trekking the Mountain Gorilla is one of the most exciting wildlife experiences, although the hike is physically demanding the beauty of the forest and surrounding scenery makes the trekking worthwhile. The trek will take between 2 and 6 hours but is well worth the effort and such an amazing experience. As an alternative to gorilla trekking, you could choose to take a guided forest walk in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. A forest walk in Bwindi rewards the travelers with an exclusive feeling of a natural virgin forest, sweet melodies of birds singing up in the trees as well a close encounter with wild animals.

    Buhoma Lodge

    Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

  • Day 11: Fly Back To Entebbe and Depart
  • After breakfast, you will be transferred to the Airstrip and then fly back to Entebbe. Along the way, you will enjoy the beautiful aerial view of southwestern Uganda, the hills and thick vegetation as well as the terraces. Later on, you will arrive at the Airport and take your flight back home.

    None / On Request

    Breakfast & Lunch

Accommodation & Meals
Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour can be arranged for an extra cost
  1. Type: lodge
    Facilities
    • Free WiFi
    • Airport shuttle
    • Free parking
    • Non smoking rooms
    • The Grill Room
    • Restaurant
    • Family rooms
    • Bar
    • Room service
    • Fabulous breakfast
  2. Facilities
    • Family rooms
    • Fabulous breakfast
    • Bar
    • Room service
    • Free WiFi
    • Airport shuttle
    • Free parking
    • Non smoking rooms
    • The Grill Room
    • Restaurant
  3. Facilities
    • Outdoor swimming pool
    • Free WiFi
    • Airport shuttle
    • Free parking
    • Non smoking rooms
    • The Grill Room
    • Room service
    • Bar
    • Fabulous breakfast
    • Family rooms
    • Restaurant
  4. Type: lodge
    Facilities
    • Free WiFi
    • Airport shuttle
    • Family rooms
    • Fabulous breakfast
    • Bar
    • Restaurant
    • Free parking
    • Non smoking rooms
    • Room service
    • The Grill Room
  5. Type: lodge
    Facilities
    • Outdoor swimming pool
    • Free WiFi
    • Airport shuttle
    • Free parking
    • Non smoking rooms
    • The Grill Room
    • Room service
    • Bar
    • Fabulous breakfast
    • Restaurant
    • Family rooms
  6. Facilities
    • Outdoor swimming pool
    • Free WiFi
    • Airport shuttle
    • Free parking
    • Non smoking rooms
    • The Grill Room
    • Room service
    • Bar
    • Fabulous breakfast
    • Restaurant
    • Family rooms

Included

  • Park fees (for non residents)
  • All activities mentioned (unless clearly labeled as optional)
  • Meals (as specified in the day by day description)
  • All accommodation mentioned (unless clearly labeled as optional upgrade)
  • Roundtrip airport transfer
  • A professional driver/guide
  • All transportation mentioned (unless clearly labeled as optional)
  • All taxes/vat
  • Gorilla permits(One per person non-resident),
  • Chimp permits(One per person non-resident),
  • All flights during the tour

Excluded

  • International flights (from/to the client's home country)
  • Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
  • Personal items (souvenirs travel insurance visa fees and other personal items)
  • Government imposed increase of taxes and/or park fees
  • Tips and gratuities

Tour Policy

CANCELLATION

·40% Deposit payable upfront. The remaining balance is payable 45 days prior to trip departure. Free cancellation up to 30 days prior to departure, but the 40% deposit paid is non-refundable. No refund applicable within 20 days of departure.

PAYMENT

A deposit of 40% is required when booking this tour. The remaining balance will be charged 45 days prior to departure. For any bookings within 30 days of departure, the full tour amount will be charged upon booking.

TRAVEL INSURANCE

We advise you to take out Travel Insurance to cover for any unforeseen circumstances. Moonlight Tours Expedition recommends World Nomads' travel insurance.

Tour disclaimer

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  • If an accommodation is fully booked we will suggest a comparable alternative.
  • We reserve the right to change the rates advertised on moonlight tours expedition company without prior notice.
  • Rates include a fixed budget for flights during this tour.
  • If flights cost more your quote will reflect this tour.
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