Day 1. Kampala to Murchison Falls National Park
Beginning with a panoramic drive northwest through the famous Luwero Triangle and Masindi Town, Stopover at Masindi hotel for lunch. Proceed to Murchison Falls NP via Budongo forest, drive to the top of the spectacular falls where you can see the Nile's perfected beauty, and marvel as it compresses and squeezes itself from over 1 kilometer wide down through a 7-meter canyon. The 150-meter drop of the falls creates a thunderous roar and a beautiful rainbow in a plume of spray - the best thing to ever happen to the Nile. Finally, you can enjoy the sunset as you return to the superb comfort and service of Paraa Safari Lodge / Pakuba safari lodge Red Chilli river camp /sambiya river lodge.
Day 2. Morning Game Drive and Boat Cruise
After breakfast, embark on an early morning game drive on the northern bank where your guide will help you spot elephants, lions, Cape buffalo, rothchild's giraffes, hartebeasts, waterbucks, oribi, bushbucks, bohor reed bucks, hyenas, and on rare cases leopards.
Return to the lodge for breakfast. Relax at the swimming pool side.
After lunch, you will go for a tour upstream by boat to the calm Victoria Nile and the base of the falls just 10 meters from the "Devil's Cauldron." There you can marvel at toothsome hippos, crocodiles and over the 17-kilometer stretch you may also see elephants, waterbucks and Uganda kobs.
This is also the habitat of many bird species including goliath herons, Egyptian geese, pelican bee-eaters, kingfishers, Hombills, cormorants and the rare shoebill stork. After taking shots of the photogenic Murchison Falls you will return for dinner and an overnight stay at Hotel of your choice.
Day 3. Transfer to Kibale Forest Natioanal Park
Early morning after breakfast, you will drive via the Albertaine Escarpment of the western Rift valley on the Masindi-Hoima-Fort portal road. This will be a long drive south via Hoima to Fort Portal, passing though verdant countryside and traditional homesteads and farms. Fort Portal rests in the shadow of the Fabled Rwenzori mountains. The Journey is at least five hours of driving.
Dinner and overnight at hotel of your choice.
Day 4: Chimpanzee Tracking
After breakfast, we shall drive to Kibale Forest National Park, for primate viewing. The activity starts at 8.00 am in the morning in search for chimpanzees and other primates including phoestes, Red-Colobuses, Blues, Red-tailed and grey cheeked Mangabeys swinging through the dense forest and birds, butterflies and many small insects. This trek is excellent for viewing bird life and primates in close range. A visit to Bigodi swamp eco-tourism site is amazing, as we shall encounter rare and beautiful flora and fauna. Lunch, Dinner and overnight.
Day 5: Return Trip to Kampala
After breakfast, drive to Kampala/Entebbe.
End of the tour.