Wildlife Safari to Murchison Falls & Queen Elizabeth
Duration
Overview
This 6 days Murchison Falls and Queen Elizabeth National Park Wildlife Safari in Uganda sights you to the most exciting mammals in Africa including the Big Five, Jackson’s heart beasts, warthogs, Elephants, Leopards, and Lions. Giraffes and also gives a chance to glance at the great Murchison Falls. You will then visit Queen Elizabeth for a guided chimpanzee trekking in Kyambura and also participate in an unforgettable boat ride experience along the famous Kazinga Channel with a game safari for unique wildlife encounters
Included/Exclude
- 4 x 4Sasfari
- Accommodation
- Meals as per the itinerary
- All activities mentioned in the itinerary
- Park Entrance fees
- Gorilla Permits
- Drinking bottled water
- Professional English Speaking Driver Guide
- International flights
- Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
- Tips
- Personal items
- Souvenirs
- Visa fees
- Government imposed increase of taxes and/or park fees
Tour Itinerary
Meet and greet our guide who will give you a short brief about your safari. Transfer by raod +/-7hrs to North-west through famous Luwero Triangle and Masindi Town. En route visit to Ziwa Rhino sanctuary for a guided Rhino walk and picnic lunch. Proceed to Murchison falls National Park. Check in into your hotel and later go for an evening game drive.
Morning game drive for possible sights of animals like; Elephants, Lions, Cape buffaloes, Rothschild’s giraffes, hartebeest, Waterbuck, Oribi, Bushbuck, Bohor reedbuck, hyena and if you are lucky you might be able to see the leopard. Return to the hotel for breakfast and lunch. Afternoon boat cruise upstream the calm Victoria Nile to the bottom of the falls stopping just tens of meters from the “Devil’s Cauldron”.
En-route, marvel at the toothsome hippos, crocodiles and over this 17km stretch you may see elephants, waterbucks, Uganda Kobs and crocodiles. There you leave the boat and start your – quite heavy – hike to the Top of the Falls (approx. 1 hour). See where the world’s longest river explodes violently through a narrow cleft in the Rift Valley escarpment to plunge into a frothing pool 43m below.
Depart Murchison Falls and proceed to Fort Portal. You will traverse through the luxuriant countryside with lunch enroute.
Have breakfast at leisure and later visit the various crater lake in the region. Start with Lake Nyabikele & Lake Nkuruba. Lake Nkuruba Nature Reserve is well known as the best place to photograph colobus monkeys in Uganda. The dense tropical forest is home to four species of monkeys including vervet monkeys, red-tailed monkeys, black & white colobus and the endangered Uganda red colobus. Afternoon game drive at Queen Elizabeth National Park. Return to your lodge for relaxation.
Early morning game drive along Kasenyi and Queens Mile. You will encounter elephants, buffalo, water bucks, warthogs, lions, Uganda Kobs lakes and a variety of birds. Return to the lodge for breakfast and lunch. Afternoon, boat trip along the famous Kazinga channel. This is a worthwhile opportunity to see Hippos, Buffaloes, Kobs, Elephants, warthogs etc. This trip also gives visitors chance to see spectacular birds
In the morning, you will be transferred to Kampala. You will also stop at the equator for photos, gift, and craft shopping. You will reach Kampala in the evening hours. End of the safari.
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