Day 1: Arrival
On arrival at the airport you will be received by our delegate who will drive you to hotel in Kampala. If time allows, you will have a city tour to visit the fascinating places such as the Rubaga cathedral, Uganda Museum, Makerere University and the Bahai temple. Dine and sleep at your hotel.
Day 2: Kampala – Jinja (full day rafting)
After breakfast you will drive to Jinja where you will spend the entire day rafting beginning at the Nile for approximately 31km. dine and slumber at Kadogo Camp or Hotel Triangle or Nile Resort Hotel.
Day 3: Another day rafting
Today you will have another opportunity of rafting beginning at Kadogo Camp up to Malulu Camp, and there you will have your lunch and later dine and the overnight.
Day 4: leave for Kampala
After having breakfast you will head to the drift site where you will bungee jump, quads as well as kayak. It is very interesting! Dine and slumber in Kampala.
Day 5: Kampala – Queen Elizabeth National Park
Following an early breakfast, head to Queen Elizabeth national park. The drive takes you through the verdant countryside, traditional homesteads and cultivated farmlands; the scenery is breathtaking! You will arrive in the park in the afternoon and then have a game drive on the Mweya peninsula. Some of the animals you will encounter are: various antelope species, Bushpigs, warthogs, buffaloes, elephants plus a profusion of birds among many others. Dine and slumber at simba safari lodge or Mweya Safari Lodge
Day 6: Game viewing drive and Launch cruise
On today’s early morning game drive you will see various early risers plus predators returning from their nights hunt. Among the animals to see are: hyenas, Uganda Kob, leopards, elephants, jackals, buffaloes and Lions among others. You will later return to the lodge for a late breakfast and later enjoy lunch. In the afternoon enjoy a launch cruise (boat trip) along the Kazinga channel to look for water animals such as crocodiles, hippos and buffaloes, in addition to various birds like the uncommon shoebill Stock. This cruise offers a great platform for photography. Dine and slumber at simba safari lodge or Mweya Safari Lodge
Day 7: Queen Elizabeth – Kibale Forest National Park
After an early breakfast head to Kibale Forest, where you will have lunch either in Ndali lodge or the primates lodge. In the afternoon you will have a nature walk in the Bigodi swamp to see various primates such as the Chimpanzees, red tailed monkeys, colobus, baboons, grey cheeked mangabeys, Otter Mongoose, Sitatunga, Bushbuck, bush pigs and Civet Cat plus more than 200 species of birds such as the Great blue Turaco. Dine and sleep at Primates Lodge or Ndali Lodge.
Day 8: Primate tracking in Kibale Forest
Before going into the forest to track chimpanzees, you will gather at the park headquarters for a briefing about this activity. Head back for lunch at the lodge and connect continue to Kampala through Mubende, to arrive in the evening. Dine and slumber at Holiday Express Hotel Kampala, or Sheraton Hotel, or Grand Imperial Hotel.
Day 9: UWEC and Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary
fter breakfast you will visit the Uganda Wildlife Education Center and later proceed to the Ngamba Island home to the chimpanzees after lunch. From here you will return to your hotel, pack your bags and then be transferred to the airport for your departure flight. This will be the end of our fascinating 9 Days safari.
