6-Days Murchison Falls & Queen Elizabeth Safari with Big 5 Sightseeing

As you start your safari, early morning, Friendly Gorillas’ professional guide will pick you up from the lodge at 6:30am after your delicious breakfast. And you will set off to Murchison Falls NP with a stopover at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary for a very exhilarating experience of getting to interact with the magnificent Rhinos. Upon arrival at Ziwa Rhino sanctuary, you will be briefed about your short tour specifically about how to behave while trekking these Rhinos. You need to carefully adhere to the ranger’s instructions because if you act otherwise, the rhinos may get aggressive. While on this nature walk to track the endangered White rhinos, you will also get an opportunity to view other animals like water bucks, bushbuck, kobs, duikers and many others.

After this amazing experience, you will drive to Masindi where you will have your lunch before proceeding to Murchison Falls and depending on the time of arrival, you will start by hiking to the top of the falls. Enjoy this exciting point of seeing the Nile forcing its way through the rock and forming a very attractive scenery.

Early in the morning after your breakfast, your driver will drive you to the Northern part of the park for yet another astonishing activity. This game drive will be early in the morning at 7:00am so you may be able to catch up with incredible wildlife before they depart to hunt for food. You will have an opportunity to view some games including the cape elephants, antelopes, buffaloes, Rothschild giraffes, Lions, Leopards, Orbis and many others. From here you will proceed to have lunch as you prepare for the mighty enjoyment at the boat cruise in the afternoon. After a simple relaxation, you will connect to Paraa Jetty to catch up with the Nile launch cruise to the bottom of the falls at 2pm. Here you will have impressive views of some aquatics like hippos, crocodiles, the shoebill stork and many more. The boat stops at the bottom of the world’s most powerful Waterfall-Murchison Falls. Here after you will connect to your lodge for relaxation, dinner and overnight.

Unfortunately, you need to depart Murchison falls national park and embark on a long whole- day drive south via Hoima to Fort Portal through verdant countryside and past traditional homesteads and farms along Albertine Rift escarpments. Fort-Portal rests in the shadow of the fabled Mountains of the Moon Meals and overnight at your safari lodge here in Kibale. Your driver guide shall make several stopovers, feel free to let him know in case you need to stretch your legs or relax a little bit. It’s your adventure, don’t shy out!

Have an early morning breakfast then set off to the parks chimpanzee tracking starting point where you shall be briefed about the chimp trekking dos and don’ts. Immediately after that, you shall embark on adventure to find these clever giant apes. After locating the chimpanzees, you have 60 minutes to learn about them as they play, relate and mate. Retire from the activity and proceed to your lodge for a short relaxation and lunch before embarking on an afternoon Bigodi nature walk. The Bigodi wetlands harbor an array of wildlife, including several types of monkeys and some of which that you see include: Vervet monkeys, Black-and-white Colobus, baboons, red-tailed monkeys, etc. After the swamp walk you will continue and visit the communities near the wetlands for a chance to learn about their traditions and cultures. Retire from this exciting adventure and transfer to Queen Elizabeth national park.

Wake up early, have breakfast, and proceed to the most visited National park for the early morning game drive at the Mweya peninsula around the Kazinga Channel. The safari is for about 3 hours and you will follow different trails to spot Jackals, buffaloes, forest hogs, warthogs, the Uganda Kob, Elephants, lions and the elusive leopard. You will be taken back to the lodge to relax or stay at the poolside as you wait for lunch. The two-hour afternoon launch cruise at the Kazinga channel will give you opportunities to spot several bird (Kingfishers, pelicans etc) species, elephants, buffaloes, hippos, crocodiles and other water animals.

Have an early morning breakfast and embark on a drive to Kampala or Entebbe where you get to drive through the amazing grassland savannah of the Kigezi as you proceed to the Uganda equator through Mbarara. When you arrive at the Equator, you shall stop for great photos at 00 . There are one or two new things you shall learn here before making your way to the airport where you shall be dropped off.
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