6 Days Safari to Murchison Falls and Queen Elizabeth National Park
6 Days Safari to Murchison Falls and Queen Elizabeth National Park unveils the diverse wildlife including the Big 5 game animals. You will see the magical Murchison Falls with a stopover at Ziwa rhino sanctuary for Rhino tracking. You will continue to Queen Elizabeth National Park, home to the big 4 game animals of the savannah. Explore the rich Kazinga Channel with a large population of the hippos, and other animals like Elephants, buffaloes and crocodiles.
Detailed Itinerary:
Arrive the day before the trip and check-in to your accommodation in Entebbe or Kampala
Accommodation: Via Via Hotel Entebbe or Onomo Hotel Kampala
Day 1: Transfer to Ziwa rhino sanctuary and Murchison falls National Park.
Get up early in the morning, have your breakfast and set off to Ziwa rhino sanctuary in Nakasongola District, near Nakitoma Village. The white Rhinos became extinct in Uganda’s national parks in 1980, but conservationists and the government through Uganda wildlife authority took the few that had remained and transferred them to the sanctuary for better protection. There are about 33 rhinos in the sanctuary at the moment and there is a plan to reintroduce them in Uganda’s game parks in the future.
Lunch will be at the sanctuary before proceeding to the Murchison falls National Park. Later when you reach your lodge, freshen up, and head for an evening game drive. Then come back for dinner and relaxation till overnight.
Accommodation: Pakuba Safari Lodge
Meals: Breakfast Lunch and Dinner
Day 2: Early morning Game Drive and Boat safari
Wake up very early in the morning for a cup of hot tea / coffee, then leave for an early morning game drive looking for the early morning riser. As you head out for the game drive, you will be in position to spot animals like the buffaloes, elephants, lions, leopards, hyenas, Rothschild giraffes, Oribi, Kobs and waterbucks together with some bird species along the way with some feeding together with the big animals.
After you will head back for breakfast and rest at the lodge till lunch is served. In the afternoon you head for a Boat ride along the Victoria Nile to the bottom of the falls. This Boat ride on River Nile goes for 3 hours and you will be able to see some Nile crocodiles, numerous hippos, as well as various bird species. You will then return for dinner and the overnight at the lodge.
Accommodation: Pakuba Safari Lodge
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 3: Visit the Top of the falls and transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park
Wake up early for breakfast and head to the top of the falls where you will view it from above. At the top of Murchison Falls “also known as Kabalega Falls”, the Nile forces its way through a gap in the rocks that is only 8 meters wide, and tumbles 43 meters before flowing westward into Lake Albert. Later you will drive out of the park through the southern gate and drive through the western route of fort portal where you will have lunch. You will then continue to the park via Kasese town, reaching the park in the evening. On arrival, you will check in at your lodge, rest as you wait for your dinner.
Briefly, Queen Elizabeth National Park is Uganda’s most visited game reserve and arguably the most scenic. The national park protects the vast savannah plains, bushland, wetlands, and forests that lie at the base of the Rwenzori Mountain ranges. Kazinga Channel, which flows through the park and connects Lake George in the East to Lake Edward in the West, attracts a rich array of birds and animals, including the infamous Nile crocodile and one of the world’s largest concentrations of hippos. On your first game drive, you will explore the park along with a 200-kilometer network of well-maintained game viewing tracks. Dinner and overnight
Accommodation: Buffalo Safari Lodge
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 4: Morning game drive and afternoon boat Safari.
Wake up early for your breakfast, and head to “Kasenyi planes” where you will interface with the wildlife. On your morning game drive, expect to see a good number of animals since you will be in the Kasenyi sector which is a breeding ground for the antelopes. This makes predator come around this area to hunt down food and feed on these antelopes. Expect to see other animals like Buffaloes, Elephants, Ugandan Kob, hippopotamus, Topis, waterbucks, warthogs, giant forest hogs, spotted hyenas and leopards on a lucky day.
You will have lunch, and after you will head to Mweya peninsular at Kazinga channel for a boat cruise. A boat cruise along the Kazinga Channel will offer you one of the greatest wildlife experiences in Africa and Uganda in particular. Prepare to see countless hippos, crocodiles, buffaloes, elephants, water birds and many of the other park animals drinking from the channel. You will return to the lodge with a short evening game drive as you end your day with a sunset view while resting at your accommodation.
Accommodation: Buffalo Safari Lodge
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 5: Transfer to Lake Katwe for salt exploration experience and crater drive.
On this day, you will wake up with a warm meal and drive to Lake Katwe for the salt mining experience. Lake Katwe is a customary lake on which salt mining is done, formed through long ago volcanic eruption close to 10,000 years back. There are two activities that take place there, Rock salt activity and salt winning. Rock salt activity is carried out in the main lake by only men whereas salt winning is carried out in the salt pans by both sexes.
Thereafter you will head for a visit to the crater lakes in the park and enjoy a game drive as you appreciate the beauty of the nature formations. You may also go for a plantation tour and an evening game drive as this will conclude you day at the lodge.
Alternatively, you can go for chimpanzee tracking in Kalinzu Forest which to interface the chimpanzees. This is also an amazing experience where you get to see the chimpanzee in the forest and have to learn about their way of life.
Accommodation: Buffalo Safari Lodge
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 6: Transfer to back to Kampala via Fort Portal.
After breakfast, you will head to Kampala with a stopover in Fort Portal for lunch and the continue with the journey. You will reach in the evening in Kampala, and be dropped at the Hotel or go to the Airport for your evening flight back home or your next destination.