This safari, gives you the opportunity to discover the beauty of western Uganda on this exciting safari as it takes you to visit the legendary Amabere ga Nyina Mwiru Caves and hot springs in Nyakasura area, experience the thrilling game drives in Queen Elizabeth National Park, and a scenic boat ride journey on the Kazinga Channel. You’ll continue to Lake Mburo National Park to experience its unique wildlife – the whispers of the wild. On your return journey you’ll stop at the Uganda Equator as you proceed to Kampala. This journey offers the perfect blend of wildlife, culture, scenic landscapes, and memorable safari experiences.
Day 1: Transfer to Murchison Falls National Park.
Early morning your safari guide will pick you up from the hotel in Kampala or Entebbe, and drive straight to Murchison Falls national park. The journey takes about 6-7 hrs to reach this Uganda’s finest and largest park with a gem. It has a a lot to offer, for example, it has a record of 76 mammal species and 451 birds. Along the way you will stop and branch off at Nakitoma, to visit Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary. After briefing, track Rhinos, and this experience will take about two hours it will be a guided activity. After the track you will have lunch and proceed to Murchison falls, reaching in evening. You can proceed on an evening game drive in search of big cats, (lions &leopards), giraffes, buffaloes, Jackson hartebeests, antelopes, duikers, hyenas, warthogs; all can be spotted in the savannah open grassland. After check-in at the lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
Day: Morning Boat Cruise in Murchison Falls NP & Transfer to Fort Portal
Get up early and have breakfast after head out for morning boat cruise, makes sure to carry your camera for the best shots go for a boat cruise to the bottom of the falls where you will have a close look to the thrilling white-water falls.
Along you will also be able to spot schools of hippos, Nile crocodiles, elephants at the bank of the lake, water bird species such as storks, fish eagles among others.
You also have a chance to hike to the top falls and meet your driver guide at the top and drive you throughout the journey to fort portal tourism city which is approximately 6 hours’ drive. Throughout your journey, make a stopover for lunch and refreshments in Hoima oil city and then proceed to fort portal where you will have your dinner and overnight.
Day 3: Amabere ga Nyina Mwiru & Hot Springs Transfer to QENP
After breakfast, you will spend a day exploring the scenic attractions around Fort Portal, known for its beautiful landscapes and cultural sites. Begin your morning with morning explore of tooro with beautiful of the Rwenzori Mountain,
You head to visit Sempaya hot springs just one and half hours from fort portal town, this is famous in Semuliki national park. Visit both male and female hot springs viewing both springs via raised boardwalks, boiling eggs in hot water and spotting the primates such as monkeys. Later you will have lunch before you head back to Fort Portal. You’ll branch off at Ibonde visit Amabere ga Nyina Mwiru, explore a fascinating cultural and historical site.
A local guide will share the legendary story behind the site, making the experience both educational and culturally enriching. Later in the early evening, you will drive to Queen Elizabeth national park for your dinner and night stay.
Day 4: Game drive in QENP and transfer to L. Mburo NP
Get up early morning at 5:30 am, and proceed on a game drive in Kasenyi plains. Expect to spot animals such as: Lions, Uganda Kobs, leopards, buffaloes, elephants, hyenas and possibly lions you will go back to your lodge for a full breakfast and relaxation as your viewing beautiful sight along the Kazinga channel
After you will board a boat along the Kazinga Channel, one of the highlights of the park. This natural channel connects Lake George and Lake Edward. During the cruise, you may see large numbers of hippos, crocodiles, elephants, buffaloes just near your eyes and a variety of bird species along the shores. Return to your lodge for lunch. After lunch, you’ll check out and head to Lake Mburo NP for another wildlife encounter. You will have a scenic drive to Mbarara (Lake Mburo) arrival in the evening where you will have your dinner and overnight stay.
Day 5: Morning Game drive & transfer to Kampala- Entebbe
After an early breakfast, enjoy morning game drive to explore the park’s acacia woodlands, open savannah, and wetlands, where you may encounter zebras, impalas, elands, buffaloes, Topis, waterbucks, warthogs, giraffes, and a variety of bird species. Lake Mburo is the only national park in Uganda where impalas occur naturally and is one of the few parks where zebras are commonly seen. Thereafter, checkout of your lodge and begin your scenic journey back to Kampala, passing through the beautiful landscapes of southwestern Uganda.
En route, stop at the Uganda Equator for photographs, souvenir shopping, and the unique opportunity to stand in both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Enjoy lunch at a local restaurant before continuing to Kampala.
Arrive in Kampala in the evening, where you will be dropped off at your hotel or preferred location, marking the end of your memorable safari.