Nile Safari Lodge was our first stop on our 10 day trip in Uganda. It is located in Murchison Falls National Park.
Entebbe – For 1 night May 10, 2023
Nile Safari Lodge – May 11, 2023 – May 13, 2023
Kyaninga Lodge – May 13, 2023 – May 15, 2023
Isasha Lodge  – May 15, 2023- May 17, 2023
Sanctuary Gorilla Forest Camp – May 17, 2023 – May 20, 2023
To get to all of these destinations we flew into many small airports.
Kajjansi Airfield then to Bungungu, Kasese, Kahihi, Kajjansi & then back to Entebbe.
If you would like to see what and where we ate while traveling around Uganda.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 2023 CAIRO / ENTEBBE, UGANDA
Today you are transferred to the airport to board your departure flight to Entebbe.Wednesday, May 10, 2023, 7:20 AM ADD Addis Ababa
(Bole International Airport) Ethiopian Airlines 332
ADD Addis Ababa (Bole International Airport) Ethiopia
Today you are transferred to the airport to board your departure flight to Entebbe.Wednesday, May 10, 2023, 7:20 AM ADD Addis Ababa
(Bole International Airport) Ethiopian Airlines 332
ADD Addis Ababa (Bole International Airport) Ethiopia
Wednesday, May 10, 2023, 10:55 AM EBB Entebbe (Entebbe Airport) Uganda
Accommodation: Hotel No. 5
THURSDAY, MAY 11, 2023 ENTEBBE / MURCHISON FALLS NATIONAL PARK | THE NILE’S JEWEL B L D
During included activities in Uganda, you are accompanied by local guides from your accommodation and may be joined by other guests and share vehicles. Ask about arranging a private guide and vehicle for exclusive use by your party at an additional cost. Rise for breakfast at your hotel before you are privately transferred to Entebbe International Airport for your shared flight to Murchison Falls National Park, one of the most scenic spots along the Nile and the location of the classic Humphrey Bogart film, The African Queen (flight schedule to be advised). After landing at Pakuba Airstrip, you are welcomed by your guide & transferred to your comfortable lodge, keeping an eye out for wildlife en route. Being the largest game park in Uganda, Murchison Falls contains a large concentration of animals. With its variety of vegetation ranging from riparian forests and swamp lands to broad savannah, Murchison Falls provides the opportunity of seeing animals and birdlife. A launch trip along the Victoria Nile is undoubtedly one of the great experiences of East Africa, culminating at
the awe-inspiring falls. You arrive in time to enjoy lunch and settle into your tent, and later today join your guide for a visit to Murchison Falls, where invigorating spray – the collective force of the majestic Nile – pours down on a narrow ravine, crowned by an almost permanent rainbow that has become a trademark of this extraordinary natural wonder. For the more adventurous, there is a steep pathway leading down to the froth and roar below. Back at your lodge, sit down to a delicious dinner and reflect on the events of the day.
Located in in northwest Uganda, Murchison Falls National Park is renowned for its diversity of habitat and species, as well as its namesake falls. The mighty Murchison Falls (also known as Kabalega Falls) cascade some 140 feet as the Victoria Nile rushes through a gap just 23 feet wide, tumbling downriver into Lake Albert. This spectacle serves as a dramatic centerpiece to the park’s broad savannas, swamplands and riparian forests, as well as the elephants, hippos, chimpanzees and abundant bird species that inhabit them. Accommodation: Nile Safari LodgeFRIDAY, MAY 12, 2023 MURCHISON FALLS NATIONAL PARK | NILE SAFARI
Today a game drive takes you along the northern banks of the Nile in the heart of Murchison Falls National Park. You may see giraffes, buffalo, elephants, warthogs, leopards, lions, and antelope. You are treated to stunning views as you make your way along the winding path of the Nile, which is laced with the adventures of history’s most ardent explorers.
Please note: During this excursion, you are accompanied by experienced Uganda Wildlife Authority ranger/guides who provide a necessary asset to ensure the best viewing and maximize the experience.
This afternoon, take a boat cruise up the Nile River to the base of the spectacular Murchison Falls. A boat trip to the bottom of Murchison Falls is a ‘must’ activity when visiting the national park. It is a leisurely two-hour adventure to see hippos, crocodiles, elephants, a variety of antelopes, and the rich birdlife inhabiting the river’s papyrus-lined banks.
Accommodation: Nile Safari Lodge
During included activities in Uganda, you are accompanied by local guides from your accommodation and may be joined by other guests and share vehicles. Ask about arranging a private guide and vehicle for exclusive use by your party at an additional cost. Rise for breakfast at your hotel before you are privately transferred to Entebbe International Airport for your shared flight to Murchison Falls National Park, one of the most scenic spots along the Nile and the location of the classic Humphrey Bogart film, The African Queen (flight schedule to be advised). After landing at Pakuba Airstrip, you are welcomed by your guide & transferred to your comfortable lodge, keeping an eye out for wildlife en route. Being the largest game park in Uganda, Murchison Falls contains a large concentration of animals. With its variety of vegetation ranging from riparian forests and swamp lands to broad savannah, Murchison Falls provides the opportunity of seeing animals and birdlife. A launch trip along the Victoria Nile is undoubtedly one of the great experiences of East Africa, culminating at
the awe-inspiring falls. You arrive in time to enjoy lunch and settle into your tent, and later today join your guide for a visit to Murchison Falls, where invigorating spray – the collective force of the majestic Nile – pours down on a narrow ravine, crowned by an almost permanent rainbow that has become a trademark of this extraordinary natural wonder. For the more adventurous, there is a steep pathway leading down to the froth and roar below. Back at your lodge, sit down to a delicious dinner and reflect on the events of the day.
Located in in northwest Uganda, Murchison Falls National Park is renowned for its diversity of habitat and species, as well as its namesake falls. The mighty Murchison Falls (also known as Kabalega Falls) cascade some 140 feet as the Victoria Nile rushes through a gap just 23 feet wide, tumbling downriver into Lake Albert. This spectacle serves as a dramatic centerpiece to the park’s broad savannas, swamplands and riparian forests, as well as the elephants, hippos, chimpanzees and abundant bird species that inhabit them. Accommodation: Nile Safari LodgeFRIDAY, MAY 12, 2023 MURCHISON FALLS NATIONAL PARK | NILE SAFARI
Today a game drive takes you along the northern banks of the Nile in the heart of Murchison Falls National Park. You may see giraffes, buffalo, elephants, warthogs, leopards, lions, and antelope. You are treated to stunning views as you make your way along the winding path of the Nile, which is laced with the adventures of history’s most ardent explorers.
Please note: During this excursion, you are accompanied by experienced Uganda Wildlife Authority ranger/guides who provide a necessary asset to ensure the best viewing and maximize the experience.
This afternoon, take a boat cruise up the Nile River to the base of the spectacular Murchison Falls. A boat trip to the bottom of Murchison Falls is a ‘must’ activity when visiting the national park. It is a leisurely two-hour adventure to see hippos, crocodiles, elephants, a variety of antelopes, and the rich birdlife inhabiting the river’s papyrus-lined banks.
Accommodation: Nile Safari Lodge
SATURDAY, MAY 13, 2023 MURCHISON FALLS / KIBALE FOREST NATIONAL PARK | BUNYARUGURU CRATER WALK
As your day begins, you are returned to Pakuba Airstrip, where your shared flight to Kibale National Park awaits (flight schedule to be advised).
On arrival to Kasese Airstrip, you are met by your guide who transports you to your lodge amid Lake Kyaninga and the Mountains of the Moon, arriving in time for lunch.
After settling in, you may choose to take an optional nature walk along the top of the Bunyaruguru Crater. Set in the dense tropical rainforest of eastern Uganda, Kibale National Park affords an excellent opportunity to spot chimpanzees swinging in the lush canopy high above. In addition to 11 primate species, the park also shelters mangabeys, exotic butterflies and some 300 species of birds. The park’s wildlife-rich Bigodi Forest swamp teems with sitatunga, mongooses, bush pigs, otters and bushbucks.
Accommodation: Kyaninga Lodge
As your day begins, you are returned to Pakuba Airstrip, where your shared flight to Kibale National Park awaits (flight schedule to be advised).
On arrival to Kasese Airstrip, you are met by your guide who transports you to your lodge amid Lake Kyaninga and the Mountains of the Moon, arriving in time for lunch.
After settling in, you may choose to take an optional nature walk along the top of the Bunyaruguru Crater. Set in the dense tropical rainforest of eastern Uganda, Kibale National Park affords an excellent opportunity to spot chimpanzees swinging in the lush canopy high above. In addition to 11 primate species, the park also shelters mangabeys, exotic butterflies and some 300 species of birds. The park’s wildlife-rich Bigodi Forest swamp teems with sitatunga, mongooses, bush pigs, otters and bushbucks.
Accommodation: Kyaninga Lodge
SUNDAY, MAY 14, 2023 KIBALE FOREST NATIONAL PARK | FOREST OF CHIMPANZEES
Early this morning, you depart and make the short drive to the Kanyanchu Research Center where you begin a three-hour chimpanzee trekking excursion. Kibale Forest is home to 11 species of primates, including chimpanzees and mangabeys. The chimpanzees feed high in the trees, so binoculars are a must. Barks of baboons occasionally pierce the forest silence as you make your way along the trail.
In addition to primates, Kibale is renowned for its population of birds (well over 300 species) and its brilliant array of colorful butterflies. For those who appreciate the finer details of the flora, animals, insects and birds, the rewards here are many and varied.This afternoon, there is an opportunity to take a guided walk in the Bigodi Forest swamp, excellent for viewing more primates, birds, and other forest animals. Accommodation: Kyaninga Lodge
Early this morning, you depart and make the short drive to the Kanyanchu Research Center where you begin a three-hour chimpanzee trekking excursion. Kibale Forest is home to 11 species of primates, including chimpanzees and mangabeys. The chimpanzees feed high in the trees, so binoculars are a must. Barks of baboons occasionally pierce the forest silence as you make your way along the trail.
In addition to primates, Kibale is renowned for its population of birds (well over 300 species) and its brilliant array of colorful butterflies. For those who appreciate the finer details of the flora, animals, insects and birds, the rewards here are many and varied.This afternoon, there is an opportunity to take a guided walk in the Bigodi Forest swamp, excellent for viewing more primates, birds, and other forest animals. Accommodation: Kyaninga Lodge
MONDAY, MAY 15, 2023 KIBALE / QUEEN ELIZABETH NATIONAL PARK | NATURE ANEW B L D
After breakfast, your journey continues when you travel by road (approximately 4-5 hours) to Queen Elizabeth National Park and on to your camp. After settling in, set off on your first game drive. Queen Elizabeth National Park hosts nearly 100 mammal species and a remarkable bird population of over 600 species, making it a superb safari destination. Resident wildlife includes elephants, hippos, the elusive giant forest hog, and the unique Uganda kob.
Renowned for its photogenic, tree-climbing lions, southwestern Uganda’s Queen Elizabeth National Park also shelters large populations of hippos, elephants, lions and leopards among its savannas, bushlands, wetlands, and forests. Accommodation: Ishasha Wilderness Camp
Renowned for its photogenic, tree-climbing lions, southwestern Uganda’s Queen Elizabeth National Park also shelters large populations of hippos, elephants, lions and leopards among its savannas, bushlands, wetlands, and forests. Accommodation: Ishasha Wilderness Camp
TUESDAY, MAY 16, 2023 QUEEN ELIZABETH NATIONAL PARK | SPECTACULAR SIGHTINGS
Enjoy another day of game drives in Queen Elizabeth National Park. While exploring, watch above for tree-climbing lions, a sight rarely to be seen anywhere else in Africa. You may also encounter some of Uganda’s largest elephant herds. Smaller plains game also thrives here, as do a number of primate species, and this means that predators are in attendance. Sightings of spotted hyenas are common, and leopards are occasionally seen.
Accommodation: Ishasha Wilderness Camp
Enjoy another day of game drives in Queen Elizabeth National Park. While exploring, watch above for tree-climbing lions, a sight rarely to be seen anywhere else in Africa. You may also encounter some of Uganda’s largest elephant herds. Smaller plains game also thrives here, as do a number of primate species, and this means that predators are in attendance. Sightings of spotted hyenas are common, and leopards are occasionally seen.
Accommodation: Ishasha Wilderness Camp
WEDNESDAY, MAY 17, 2023 QUEEN ELIZABETH / BWINDI IMPENETRABLE NATIONAL PARK | MIST- SHROUDED MOUNTAINS
Set out for a morning game drive through Queen Elizabeth National Park. Then continue on a leisurely 2 to 3-hour drive that takes you out of the Rift Valley and through the Kigezi Highlands of southwestern Uganda. The scenery is increasingly breathtaking as you switch back up and down the hills. Your journey culminates at your camp, located in the mist-swathed mountains of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.
Later today, embark on a guided forest walk and explore your breathtaking surrounds.
This evening, you find yourself lulled to sleep by the sounds of one of Africa’s most incredible natural environments. A UNESCO World Heritage Site set in southwestern Uganda’s steep, mountainous rainforest, Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park is home to just over half of the world’s last surviving mountain gorilla population – a mere 700 or so remaining individuals. The Park also boasts over 360 species of birds, 200 species of butterfly and 324 different tree species within its exotic rainforest canopy.
Accommodation: Sanctuary Gorilla Forest Camp
Set out for a morning game drive through Queen Elizabeth National Park. Then continue on a leisurely 2 to 3-hour drive that takes you out of the Rift Valley and through the Kigezi Highlands of southwestern Uganda. The scenery is increasingly breathtaking as you switch back up and down the hills. Your journey culminates at your camp, located in the mist-swathed mountains of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.
Later today, embark on a guided forest walk and explore your breathtaking surrounds.
This evening, you find yourself lulled to sleep by the sounds of one of Africa’s most incredible natural environments. A UNESCO World Heritage Site set in southwestern Uganda’s steep, mountainous rainforest, Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park is home to just over half of the world’s last surviving mountain gorilla population – a mere 700 or so remaining individuals. The Park also boasts over 360 species of birds, 200 species of butterfly and 324 different tree species within its exotic rainforest canopy.
Accommodation: Sanctuary Gorilla Forest Camp
THURSDAY, MAY 18, 2023 BWINDI IMPENETRABLE NATIONAL PARK | GORILLA TRACKING IN THE WILD
Today should prove to be both challenging and exciting. You set out early this morning to begin your trek through the park’s dense vegetation, travelling up and down its steep slopes in search of groups of endangered mountain gorillas.
The mountain gorillas in Bwindi have undergone an extremely delicate process that has gradually brought them to tolerate the presence of humans for a brief period every day and allowed a few privileged visitors to interact with them in the wild. Once the gorillas are located, you are permitted to observe them for a maximum of an hour. See mothers keeping infants close as they knucklewalk on three limbs. Toddlers scamper around and get reined in by an attentive father, whose job is to protect his family. When you encounter a mountain gorilla in the wild, there is no mistaking the bond that exists between primate and man – they share 97.7% of our DNA – and no escaping the poignant reminder that these creatures lie on the brink of extinction. However, your presence on a gorilla trek funds conservation efforts that contribute to the gorillas’ continued survival in the wild.
At day’s end, you return to camp where there is time to relax and freshen up before enjoying another delicious meal. After dinner, you sit around the campfire, recounting the day’s activities. Accommodation: Sanctuary Gorilla Forest Camp
Today should prove to be both challenging and exciting. You set out early this morning to begin your trek through the park’s dense vegetation, travelling up and down its steep slopes in search of groups of endangered mountain gorillas.
The mountain gorillas in Bwindi have undergone an extremely delicate process that has gradually brought them to tolerate the presence of humans for a brief period every day and allowed a few privileged visitors to interact with them in the wild. Once the gorillas are located, you are permitted to observe them for a maximum of an hour. See mothers keeping infants close as they knucklewalk on three limbs. Toddlers scamper around and get reined in by an attentive father, whose job is to protect his family. When you encounter a mountain gorilla in the wild, there is no mistaking the bond that exists between primate and man – they share 97.7% of our DNA – and no escaping the poignant reminder that these creatures lie on the brink of extinction. However, your presence on a gorilla trek funds conservation efforts that contribute to the gorillas’ continued survival in the wild.
At day’s end, you return to camp where there is time to relax and freshen up before enjoying another delicious meal. After dinner, you sit around the campfire, recounting the day’s activities. Accommodation: Sanctuary Gorilla Forest Camp
FRIDAY, MAY 19, 2023 BWINDI IMPENETRABLE NATIONAL PARK / ENTEBBE | MORE GORILLA ENCOUNTERS
Enjoy another day of gorilla tracking. Multi-colored forest birds fly through the canopy as you walk amid the brush, occasionally forging your own path and always hoping for an encounter. Many of the experienced guides who accompany you on your tracking excursions have been involved in the habituation process themselves. These guides use their experience, knowledge of the gorillas’ habits and information from the previous day to locate the group’s whereabouts. However, the gorillas are by no means tame. They are completely wild and unpredictable
animals. Because of this, the time taken to track the gorillas varies enormously, from as little as half an hour to as long as 9 hours.
The number of gorilla families in the park that have been habituated to human visitation can vary from time to time as the families occasionally relocate to areas of the national park not normally open to tourists. Each family, ranging in size from 6 to 22 members, is headed up by an adult
male silverback gorilla and may be comprised of a collection of black backs, sub adults, juveniles, and infants of both sexes.
Accommodation: Sanctuary Gorilla Forest CampSATURDAY, MAY 20, 2023 ENTEBBE | DEPART
This morning you are transferred (approximately 1.5 hours) to Kihihi Airstrip for your shared return flight to Entebbe (flight schedule to be advised). transferred to the airport to board your departure flight.
Brussels Airlines 465Â EBB Entebbe (Entebbe Airport) Uganda
Enjoy another day of gorilla tracking. Multi-colored forest birds fly through the canopy as you walk amid the brush, occasionally forging your own path and always hoping for an encounter. Many of the experienced guides who accompany you on your tracking excursions have been involved in the habituation process themselves. These guides use their experience, knowledge of the gorillas’ habits and information from the previous day to locate the group’s whereabouts. However, the gorillas are by no means tame. They are completely wild and unpredictable
animals. Because of this, the time taken to track the gorillas varies enormously, from as little as half an hour to as long as 9 hours.
The number of gorilla families in the park that have been habituated to human visitation can vary from time to time as the families occasionally relocate to areas of the national park not normally open to tourists. Each family, ranging in size from 6 to 22 members, is headed up by an adult
male silverback gorilla and may be comprised of a collection of black backs, sub adults, juveniles, and infants of both sexes.
Accommodation: Sanctuary Gorilla Forest CampSATURDAY, MAY 20, 2023 ENTEBBE | DEPART
This morning you are transferred (approximately 1.5 hours) to Kihihi Airstrip for your shared return flight to Entebbe (flight schedule to be advised). transferred to the airport to board your departure flight.
Brussels Airlines 465Â EBB Entebbe (Entebbe Airport) Uganda
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