African safari tours in 6 Days Uganda
Our African safari tours at Murchison falls National Park will offer a unique opportunity to see the big 4 while on the game drive and on the boat cruise including prowling lions on the open plains in the morning While in Budongo forest this safari gives you an opportunity to track the chimpanzees and the thunderous waters of the Nile that are forced through a Gorge will create lifetime memories.
Day 1: Arrival in Entebbe
Arrive Entebbe International Airport where you will be picked up by Njia driver and check into your accommodation for rest. Relax and chill by the beach or swimming pool in Entebbe as you wait for tomorrow’s adventure.
Location: Kampala/Entebbe
Accommodation options:
Luxury: Latitude 0 Degrees Serena Hotel Kigo
Mid-range: Cassia Lodge, Boma Guest House
Budget: Via Via hotel
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 2: Entebbe to Murchison Falls National Park
Early morning breakfast then drive straightaway to Murchison Falls National Park. Murchison Falls National Park is Uganda’s largest and oldest national park, the park covers an area of approximately 3,840 square kilometers (1,480 square miles). Located in the northern part of the country, the park is named after the spectacular Murchison Falls, where the mighty Nile River is forced through a narrow gorge, creating a thunderous waterfall. Check into your lodge. Have lunch and later enjoy an afternoon game drive in the park. Finally have dinner and rest for tomorrows Adventure.
Location: Murchison Falls National park
Luxury: Paraa Safari Lodge | Chobe Safari Lodge
Mid-Range: Murchison River Lodge | Pakuba Safari Lodge
Budget: Hornbill Safari Lodge | Heritage Safari Lodge |Red Chilli Rest Camp
Meals Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Drinking Water Throughout
Day 3: Game Drive and Murchison Falls National Park Boat cruise
Take an early morning game drive to spot the park’s early risers such as lions, elephants, giraffes, and more. Head back to the lodge and have breakfast and rest.
In the afternoon after lunch, take a boat cruise on the Nile to the base of Murchison Falls. As the boat sets off along the Nile River, you’ll be surrounded by the stunning scenery of the park. The lush riverbanks are teeming with wildlife, including elephants, giraffes, buffalos, hippos, crocodiles, and numerous bird species. Overnight in or near the park
Location: Murchison Falls National park
Luxury: Paraa Safari Lodge | Chobe Safari Lodge
Mid-Range: Murchison River Lodge | Pakuba Safari Lodge
Budget: Hornbill Safari Lodge | Heritage Safari Lodge|Red Chilli Rest Camp
Meals Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Drinking Water Throughout
Day 4: Top of Murchison Falls to Budongo Echo Lodge
Early morning passing via Top of the Falls and drive to Budongo Echo Lodge through Budongo forest which a home to more than 360 bird species (such as Nahan’s Partridge Ptilopachus nahani), plant species such as Senna spectabilis (white barked senna) tree, 20 species of amphibians, The forest also has some unique and beautiful 292 butterfly species , 130 moths species, 465 tree Species, the most impressive being, large buttressed giant mahoganies that have been left unfelled and now stand up to 60m tall and 24 mammals (of which 9 are primates and others include: buffaloes, bush elephants, Uganda kobs, jackals). However, about 600 chimpanzees are estimated to stay in the forest. Classified as a moist semi-deciduous medium-altitude forest, Forest is famous for its remarkable population of chimpanzees and other primates, making it a top destination for primate trekking and wildlife enthusiasts. Rest and relax at your lodge in the evening.
Location: Budongo Forest
Accommodation Option:
Budongo Echo Lodge
Day 5: Chimpanzee Trekking at Budongo Echo Lodge
Early Breakfast at the lodge, after your Njia African adventure guide will take you to the tracking offices for briefing about the dos and don’ts while with chimps and after set out for Chimpanzee tracking through the forest. During the trek, you stand a big chance to spot more species of primates that live in the forest plus various species of birds.
Once with the chimps, the time to spend with the chimps of Budongo forest is 1 to 2 hour with the chimpanzees, observe how they are feeding, breast feeding, making nests for the following night, playing among etc., among other primates that can be spotted while at on the primate tracking are Black & White colobus Monkeys among others.
After this breathtaking experience, your Driver will drive out of the Park for Entebbe with a stopover En-Route for a lunch arriving back to Kampala
Accommodation Option:
Budget: Self-contained Airbnb | The Bush Pig
Midrange: Forest Cottages | Hotel Africana
Luxury: Mestil Hotel | Hilton Hotel
Meals Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Drinking Water throughout
Day 6: Kampala City Tour and Drop-off to Entebbe Airport
Our Kampala City Tours begin shortly after your breakfast and you will start off with a visit to Uganda Independence Monument, A walk along Parliamentary Avenue to see the Ugandan Parliament, through the city area, our local guide will lead you through the Taxi Park and a local market where you will find your driver.
The driver will lead you to the Famous Gadhafi mosque that will give you great views for Kampala City and eventually making your way to the Buganda Kingdom or Kabala’s Palace and a visit to the Amin Torture Chambers which is a must visit on your Kampala City Tour. The Chambers were used by the late president Iddi Amin. To date hand prints, names and notes-written in blood or dirt-speckled the concrete walls of the chambers. The sliding steel gate, which trapped thousands of prisoners’ underground, was gone, and the ceiling had tumbled in chunks to the floor. The only way in was by boat; a dark line, covered in fuzzy mold, still marked where a deadly river, electrified by the flick of a switch, once ran. You will have chance to get first-hand information from the Palace guides and you will carry the stories forever.
Our City tour will end at the Kasubi Tombs, a great world Cultural Heritage site where Kings of Buganda Kingdom are laid to rest. Will proceed to Entebbe to catch Lunch and Relaxation at the Beach and drop-off to the Airport. Thus the end of the trip.