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14 Days Uganda Cultural Tour Book a Gorilla Safari online

Day 1, Arrival at Entebbe international Airport,
Upon arrival at Entebbe International Airport, you will meet by our company representative/ your Tour guide who will transfer you to your hotel of stay in Entebbe/Kampala

Day 2, Kampala City Tour
Have breakfast early in the morning and depart to have a city tour. Visit places like the famous Kasubi Tombs of the Kabaka (kings), Uganda museum, Bahai temple and Namugongo Martyrs shrine where 22 Christian convicts were killed during the reign of Kabaka Mwanga in 1886 (King of Buganda).Dinner and overnight at Serena Kampala Hotel, Emin Pasha Hotel or Sheraton Kampala/ Cassia Lodge/Hotel Africana, Mamba Point, Shangri- La Hotel or Tourist Hotel, Holiday Express Hotel.

Day 3, Transfer to Lake Mburo National Park
Have breakfast at your Hotel in the morning and after drive to Lake Mburo National Park. Stop over at Mpambire drum village for souvenirs and at the Equator for some water experiment and experience standing at the two hemispheres at the same time. Visit some Bahima Homesteads and get to know how they earn their living. Dinner and overnight at Mantana Luxury Lodge / Rwonyo Camp/Mihingo lodge.

Day 4, Game drive, Boat ride and transfer to Lake Bunyonyi
In the morning have breakfast then go for an early morning game drive. The park is a home of huge herds of impala as well as uncommon topi, eland, klipspringer and other antelope. Zebra and buffalo also graze these peaceful acres. After go for the short boat ride on the lake an animals that can be seen are hippo and crocodile, and a wonderful diversity of birds. After, proceed to Mbarara, make a stop over and have a look at the Ankole long-horned traditional cattle enroute. You will have another lunch stop on the way for lunch and continue to Kabale. Drive past beautiful hills, ridges and valleys in Ntungamo area plus the long-flat stretch of savannah before reaching Kigezi Hills (Switzerland of Africa). Visit Bakiga cultural cites. You will arrive in Kabale in the evening and proceed to Lake Bunyonyi. Dinner and overnight at Lake Bunyonyi Overland Camp/Bunyonyi Safari Resort/ Arcadia cottages.

Day 5, Boat ride and transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National park
After breakfast, you will go for a boat ride on Lake Bunyonyi and tour around the beautiful Islands on the Lake. The lake is a home to many different species of birds and other migrating birds from Europe. Learn about the Bakiga culture and have a look at their cultural activities Too. Enjoy sight seeing of Kigezi terraced hills. Have lunch and after depart for Bwindi Impenetrable Forest passing through Mafuga forest. On a clear day, you will view the Virunga's from a distance and the Western Rift Valley stretch as it disappears to border of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Dinner and overnight at Gorilla resort/Buhoma community bandas/Lake Kitandara Lodge

Day 6, Gorilla Tracking
Gorilla tracking activity begins very early in the morning. After an early morning breakfast you will go for gorilla tracking. During tracking you will be able to see other primates like lhoest monkey, black and white colobus monkey, red tailed monkey and many others. In the evening you will go for a guided forest walk. Dinner and overnight at Gorilla resort/Buhoma community bandas/Lake Kitandara lodge

Day 7, Community walk and Transfer to Queen ElizabetLion Kingh National Park
After breakfast, visit the Buhoma surrounding communities by taking one of the village trails seeing the traditiational herbalists, brewing of local gin, community projects and how the people earn their leaving. Later you will depart for Ishasha which is located in the southern sector of Queen Elizabeth National Park and you may have a chance to see the tree climbing lions in the game drive at Ishasha. Dinner and overnight at Mweya Safari Lodge/ Jacana safari Lodge /Institute of Ecology /Simba safari camp

Day 8, Game drive and Launch cruise
Early morning have breakfast and then go for a game drive. This guided drive may last about three hours. Return to the lodge and have lunch and take an afternoon boat cruise along the Kazinga channel that connects Lakes Edward and George. The place is rich with animals like hippos, buffaloes, and elephants, which can be seen at the banks. There are also a rich variety of birds on the channel. Return for dinner and overnight at lodge or Hostel.

Day 9, Game drive and transfer to Kibale Forest National Park
Have an early morning breakfast followed by a game drive and explore different tracks exploiting all chances of viewing game that inhabit this beautiful part of the world. You may also decide to track chimpanzees in Kyambura gorge. Have lunch and then depart to Kibale Forest National Park which is a home of chimpanzees. Dinner and overnight at Ndali Lodge/ Primates Lodge/ Toro Resort.

Day 10, Chimp Tracking and Nature/Forest Walk
Go for an early morning chimpanzee tracking in the forest and expect to see a lot of chimpanzees and other animals like the forest elephants, buffaloes, leopards, bush pig and duiker, lions, warthogs, reptiles and amphibians as well as a colorful variety of butterflies. Return to the guest house for lunch. After lunch go for a nature walk in the Bigodi swamp area. Return to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay

Day 11, Transfer to Murchison Falls Park
Depart for Murchison Falls National Park after breakfast and with your packed lunch. Enter through Bugungu gate. Arrive in the evening dinner and overnight at Sambiya River Lodge / Paraa safari lodge / Red Chili Camp.

Day 12, Game drive and Launch cruise
After an early breakfast, you will go for a game drive. The Wildlife in the Murchison Falls National Park includes elephants, giraffes, buffaloes, lions, Uganda Kobs, oribis and waterbucks. After the drive you will return to the lodge for lunch and in the afternoon you will go for a boat cruise which gives an exciting panoramic view at the bottom of the mighty Murchison falls. It enables you to see crocodiles, hippos, and birds on the river banks like kingfisher, cormorants, bee-eater and the rare shoebill stork. Dinner and overnight at Paraa safari lodge//Sambiya river lodge/Nile Safari Lodge

Day 13, Visit the top of the falls and transfer back to Kampala
Have breakfast and visit the top of the falls, have a spectacular sight where water squeezes in 6-meter gorge before it explodes into thunderous explosion of Murchison Falls. Proceed to Kampala passing through Bundongo Forest for nature walk. Make a stop and view different species of flora seeing particular species of trees like mahogany, muvule that are characteristic of an African rainy forest dinner and overnight at your Hotel in Kampala

Day 14, Departure
You will have breakfast and after transfer to the Airport for your flight back home