7-Day Uganda Safari to Murchison Falls, Kibale and Queen Elizabeth

• After breakfast at your hotel in Kampala, meet our company representative and your Uganda safari guide, who will transfer you to Murchison Falls National Park via Masindi.

• En route, visit Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary for a guided nature walk to see the rhinos. Proceed for lunch in Masindi town.

• Enter the park through the Kichumbanyobo Gate, and upon arrival, visit the Top of the Falls, where the park derives its name.

• At the top of the falls, you will see water exploding through a narrow gorge and flowing down to become a placid river whose banks are thronged with various animals and bird species. Dinner and overnight stay at Red Chilli Campsite/Paraa Safari Lodge/Sambiya River Lodge/Nile Safari Camp.

• After breakfast, set out for a morning game drive in the northern sector of the park with your local tour guide. Look out for some of the Big Five animals, such as lions, elephants, and buffaloes, and if you are lucky, you may also see leopards. You may also spot Rothschild giraffes, warthogs, waterbucks, bushbucks, and other antelopes.

• Return for lunch, and in the afternoon, experience a 3-hour lunch cruise along the Nile. Get close to the bottom of the falls and, en route, see a variety of hippos, crocodiles, and many other animals along the riverbanks. If you are lucky, you can also spot the rare shoebill stork and a variety of other bird species in the area.

Dinner and overnight stay at Red Chilli Campsite/Paraa Safari Lodge/Sambiya River Lodge/Nile Safari Camp.

• After breakfast, set out on your long drive from Murchison Falls to Kibale Forest National Park. En route, stop for lunch in Hoima and reach Fort Portal town in the afternoon.

• The journey offers stunning scenic views of the Rift Valley, as well as local homesteads of the Bunyoro and Batooro Kingdoms.

• Dinner and overnight stay at Chimpanzee Guest House/Chimp Nest/CVK/Kibale Forest Camp/Primates Lodge/Ndali Lodge.

• After breakfast, head to the park headquarters at Kanyachu for a chimpanzee trekking briefing by the park rangers. After this, you will be accompanied by a ranger guide into the forest to search for the chimpanzees, which are man's closest friends and cousins. Kibale Forest is not only home to the chimps but also to 12 other species of primates, including the red colobus, L'hoest's monkeys, vervet monkeys, red-tailed monkeys, baboons, and more. You will experience how the chimps feed and interact with each other.

• Return to your lodge for lunch, and in the afternoon set out for a nature walk in Bigodi Swamp. Here, you will enjoy various bird species as well as other primates. Bigodi is considered a birdwatcher's paradise because of the very many bird species that can be viewed from the swamp.

• Return to your lodge for dinner and overnight stay at Chimpanzee Guest House/Chimp Nest/CVK/Kibale Forest Camp/Primates Lodge/Ndali Lodge.

• After breakfast, drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park. The journey will take you through the historical Kasese town, with a clear view of the Mountains of the Moon, or the Rwenzori Mountains. As you enter the park, you will enjoy an en-route game drive.

• Proceed with your journey to Mweya for a guided nature walk in the Maramagambo Forest for primate watching and visits to the bat cave and the Blue Lake.

• Dinner and overnight stay at Mweya Safari Lodge/Simba Safari Camp/Ihamba Safari Lodge.

• After a fully served breakfast, set out for a morning game drive in the Kasenyi area. Here, look out for animals such as lions, buffaloes, leopards, elephants, kobs, antelopes, spotted hyenas, and the elusive giant forest hog.

• Return to your lodge for lunch and, in the afternoon, set out for a lunch cruise along the Kazinga Channel. This will give you the opportunity to view wildlife up close, such as hippos huffing and spraying mere feet away from the boat, while buffaloes linger in the shallows. The shores of the channel are also home to an array of birds, including pink-backed pelicans, pied and malachite kingfishers, saddle-billed storks, and many others.

• After this wonderful afternoon, enjoy a slow drive back to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay at Mweya Safari Lodge/Simba Safari Camp/Ihamba Safari Lodge.

• After breakfast, go for a chimp trekking activity in Kyambura Gorge. The primate walk will give you a breathtaking experience as you slope down the steep escarpment while also enjoying other wildlife.

• After this, return to your lodge for a mid lunch and then transfer back to Kampala. Drop-off will be at your hotel in Kampala.