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Uganda Lodge Safaris
STSU 01 8 Days Queen Elizabeth National park / Murchison Falls
Day 1 Entebbe – Kampala
On arrival at Entebbe, you will be met and transferred to Kampala
for the night. Dinner and overnight at Sheraton hotel.
Day 2 Kampala – Queen Elizabeth national park
Take a drive across the Equator to Mombasa where you have your
lunch. After lunch continue on to queen Elizabeth national Park for
the night. Overnight at Mweya Safari Lodge.
Day 3 Queen Elizabeth National Park
Before the Queen Elizabeth’s II visit in 1954 this national park was
originally named Lake George Game reserve in 1925. it has over 540
bird species and bird watchers will be delighted. In the morning
take a visit to the bird hide on Mweya peninsula and if lucky you
may spot Coromorants, Goliath herous, Sacred Ibis and fisheagles.In
the afternoon take a boat canoe to Kazinga channel and give a close
angle photo view of the abundant Hippos found in this channel.
Dinner and overnight at Safari Lodge.
Day 4 Queen Elizabeth National Park / Murchison Falls
Full day drive in the shadows of the mountains of the moon. Take you
to the Murchison Falls National Park. Dinner and overnight at Sarova
Paraa Lodge.
Day 5 Murchison Falls
It comes almost 4,000sq Kms and it’s the largest and perhaps the
most beautiful park in Uganda. The waters of river Nile from 2
cascading falls about 50 meters. The morning drive gives you a
choice of seeing the Elephant, Buffalo and possibly Lion. In the
afternoon, enjoy a Nile like cruise for Hippos and crocodiles.
Day 6 Murchison Falls
View the game from the water and this gives you a different
perspective. As you cruise from Paraa to the base of the falls you
will see the Elephant, waterbuck and Buffalo along the banks. The
idea here is to search for the shoebill, this is a large grey bird
and known for it’s bizarre appearance, crapped with a desire cat
like grin. Spend the afternoon at leisure. Dinner and overnight at
the lodge.
Day 7 Murchison Falls / Enetebbe
Drive to the top of the Murchison falls and experience the full
power of the force. Then return to Entebbe where you silent rest of
the day at leisure.
Day 8 Entebbe – Depart
Transfer to the airport for your departure flight having conquered
Uganda as a whole.
STSU 02 8 Days Best of Uganda Safaris
The best of Uganda's famous national parks and including exciting
chimpanzee treking. A mix of luxury lodges and adventure camping
(where no lodges exist) to optimize the game viewing experience.
Queen Elizabeth National Park Chimpanzee tracking Kibale National
Park Lake Bunyonyi Semliki National Park Start: Entebbe
Day 1 Kampala
You'll be personally met when you arrive Entebbe airport, and
transferred to the newly renovated Nile Serena Hotel in Kampala. For
those arriving earlier, an afternoon excursion can be planned to the
famous tombs of the Kabaka kings.
Day 2 Kibale National Park
Leave Kampala after breakfast for the fascinating drive through
papyrus swamps and thick jungle of the Nile Delta to Kibale National
Park just under the Ruwenzori Mountains. Afternoon guided walk in
the lakes area of the park for outstanding birds and primates. Meals
and overnight at Mantana's Camp.
Day 3 Kibale National Park, Semliki Reserve
Early morning trek for chimpanzees. Kibale is the best reserve in
Africa to view chimps, a thick jungle with a towering canopy. In the
afternoon, drive to the Congo border right under the Ruwenzori
Mountains, into the Semuliki National Park jungles. Dinner and
overnight at Semuliki Safari Lodge.
Day 4 Semliki Reserve
Two full days in the closest habitat available in East Africa to
true central African jungle. The new Semuliki National Park is a
lowland, dense forest, with exotic primates, hundreds of bird
species and good mammals as well. Its location on the shore of Lake
Albert provide excellent shoreline game viewing. Meals and
accommodations at the luxurious Semuliki Safari Lodge. Few tourists
get into this incredibly beautiful area!
Day 5 Semliki Reserve,
Queen Elizabeth National Park This morning drive south into Queen
Elizabeth National Park, sightseeing and game viewing enroute.
Dinner and overnight at spectacular Mweya Lodge perched right on the
edge of the escarpment overlooking the Ugandan Great Lakes.
Day 6 Queen Elizabeth National Park
Dawn game drive in Uganda's best park, where all the big game can be
seen in abundance. Famous for elephant and kob, expect to see some
rarer animals like giant forest hog. There are 638 recorded bird
species in the park! After lunch, enjoy a boat cruise on the Kazinga
Channel which connects Lakes Albert and George, for large numbers of
buffalo and hippo. Meals and overnight at Mweya Lodge.
Day 7 Lake Bunyoni
Today's drive is through what is probably East Africa's most
spectacular scenery, the highland rain forests which reach to the
volcanoes in which live the mountain gorillas. This is the lushest
highland rain forest on earth, filled with primates and exotic
birds. The afternoon is spent on a foot safari around the
magnificent crater lake, Bunyonyi. Meals and overnight in our
Bushara Island Camp.
Day 8
Return to Kampala, then Entebbe, today, with private rooms at the
Lake Victoria Hotel before your evening departures home.
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