6 Days Uganda Adventure Safari
6 Days Uganda Adventure Safari to Murchison Falls National Park and Lake Mburo National Park will take you to 2 amazing wildlife destinations. Murchison Falls National Park has a very diverse profile of wildlife and is the only national park that gives you access to all the big 5 game animals in Uganda. In the park we find the world’s strongest water fall called Murchison falls or Kabalega falls that flows on Victoria Nile dividing the park into two parts and it flows into lake Albert. You will continue to Lake Mburo National Park, in the south-western part of Uganda along Masaka-Mbarara Highway. It is home to the giraffes, zebras, birds and so much to give you a memorable wildlife experience.
Day 1: Welcome to Uganda and transfer to the Hotel
On arrive at the airport, you will by picked up transfer to your hotel for check in, have lunch and relax. You may go for a city tour of Entebbe town in case you arrive early and visit some places like Entebbe Botanical Gardens, Entebbe Zoo, sandy beaches on Lake Victoria, for relaxation among many others.
Accommodation: Via Via Hotel Entebbe
Meal Plan: Lunch and Dinner.
Day 2: Transfer to Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary, then Murchison falls National Park
Wake up early for breakfast and set off to Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary for Rhino tracking in Northern Uganda enroute to Murchison Falls National Park. Nakasongola District, near Nakitoma Village is where you will get a moment to track these beautiful rhinos. 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. You will have lunch at the sanctuary then proceed to Murchison Falls National Park via Masindi town. You will drive straight to the lodge, check in and rest as you watch the sunset. Later after the endless videos and pictures of the day, you will have your dinner and rest till the next day.
Accommodation: Pakuba Safari Lodge
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.
Day 3: Morning Game Drive and afternoon Boat Safari.
Wake up very early leave for a morning game drive looking for the early morning risers (lions and leopards). As you head out for the game drive, you will be in position to spot animals like the buffaloes, elephants, hyenas, Rothschild giraffes, Oribi, Kobs and waterbucks together with some bird species along the way with some feeding together with the big animals.
Later you will return to your lodge for breakfast and relax for the afternoon. You will have early lunch and head for an afternoon boat safari on Victoria Nile. This Boat ride on Victoria Nile goes for around 3 hours to the bottom of the falls. Expect to see some Nile crocodiles, numerous hippos, as well as various bird species while on the boat cruise. After you’ll return to the lodge for relaxation and dinner.
Accommodation: Pakuba Safari Lodge
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.
6 Days Uganda Adventure Safari
Day 4: Top of the falls visit and transfer to back to Kampala.
Today you will wake up to a heavy breakfast at the lodge, and head to the top of Murchison falls. 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 with a stopover in Masindi town for lunch. You will then continue with your journey to Kampala reaching in the evening at the hotel for dinner.
Accommodation: Onomo Hotel Kampala
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.
Day 5: Transfer to Lake Mburo National Park and an evening game drive.
Wake up very early for breakfast and drive to the southwestern part of Uganda, through various towns like Masaka. You will have a stopover at the Equator before you proceed to the park.
You will reach the park around midday, you will check into your lodge, relax a bit and then begin on your afternoon game drive. While on your afternoon game drive, expect to see a number of animals like zebras, Giraffes, impalas, elands, Topi, antelopes among many others. The park is also known to have soon nocturnal animals, and if you have a night game drive, you may have a chance to even see the rare leopard in the park.
You will also see some bird species since during the game drive for example: Papyrus gonolek, Grey crowned crane, Saddle-billed stork, African fish eagle, Black-bellied bustard, Greater painted-snipe, Yellow-rumped tinker bird, African finfoot among others. You will later return to your hotel or lodge for dinner and overnight.
Accommodation: Rwakobo Rock Safari Lodge or Kigarama Safari Lodge
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.
Day 6: Morning walking safari and transfer back to Kampala/ Entebbe.
Today, you will wake up early morning for breakfast at the lodge, then go for a morning walking safari in the park. You will have an armed ranger guide with you to see some animals at a closer range. You’ll have an opportunity to see the Zebras, giraffes, antelopes, hippos, buffaloes, Topis, elands, waterbucks and bushbucks among others. At very rare cases, you may witness a leopard while on a game drive, though many have never seen them there.
On addition to this you will see a good number of bird species since the park is home to over 350 bird species including African wattled lapwing, Bare-faced go-away bird, Black-bellied bustard, Greater painted-snipe, Saddle-billed stork, African finfoot, Papyrus gonolek, Grey crowned crane, African fish eagle, Yellow-rumped tinker bird, among many others.
After words, you will then live this beautiful part of the world as you check out of the park and head to Kampala with a stopover at the Equator line that separates the earth into two different parts i.e. the North and Southern hemisphere. You will have your lunch here, take some pictures and buy some souvenirs, then finally drive straight to Entebbe International Airport for your flight back home.
Meal Plan: Breakfast and Lunch.