10-Day Uganda wildlife safari– Experience Fort Portal

  • 10 Days
  • Adult

From $ 2,500 Per Adult

Description

Duration

10 Days

Group Size

1-8

Language

English

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Highlights

  • Explore the beautiful city of Fort Portal and its stunning surroundings
  • Visit the scenic crater lakes around Fort Portal
  • Enjoy spectacular views of the legendary Rwenzori Mountains National Park
  • Scenic drives through tea plantations and rolling hills
  • Exciting wildlife game drives in Queen Elizabeth National Park
  • Opportunity to spot elephants, lions, buffaloes, leopards, hippos, and antelopes
  • Boat cruise on the famous Kazinga Channel
  • Wildlife viewing in Uganda's diverse national parks
  • Optional chimpanzee trekking in Kibale National Park
  • Birdwatching opportunities with hundreds of bird species
  • Visit local communities and experience Ugandan culture
  • Explore crater lakes, forests, and scenic countryside landscapes
  • Professional English-speaking safari guide throughout the journey
  • Comfortable accommodation in carefully selected safari lodges and hotels
  • Ideal combination of wildlife, nature, scenery, and cultural experiences

Included

  • 9 nights accommodation
  • Full-board meals during the safari
  • Private 4x4 safari vehicle with pop-up roof
  • Professional English-speaking driver-guide
  • Park entrance fees
  • Kazinga Channel boat cruise
  • Crater lakes tour in Fort PortalCrater lakes tour in Fort Portal
  • All scheduled game drives

Excluded

  • International and domestic flights
  • Uganda visa fees
  • Chimpanzee trekking permit (unless stated)
  • Travel insurance
  • Personal expenses

Travel Itinerary

Day 1 - Arrival at Entebbe International Airport – Transfer to Kampala

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Upon arrival at Entebbe International Airport, you will be warmly welcomed by
your safari guide and transferred to hotel for relaxation after your flight.
Depending on your arrival time, you may enjoy a short evening city tour, local
markets, or Ugandan cuisine at a local restaurant.
Meals: Lunch & Dinner
Accommodation: Viavia hotel / No5 Boutique hotel

Day 2 - Kampala – Transfer to Fort Portal

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After breakfast, begin your scenic drive to Fort Portal, one of Uganda’s most
beautiful tourism cities located near the Rwenzori Mountains. Along the journey,
enjoy views of tea plantations, traditional homesteads, and rolling hills.
Arrive in afternoon opt for relaxation at your lodge or have a community walk in the tea plantations.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Accommodation: Nyaika Hotel/ KoiKoi cultural village hotel.

Day 3 - Crater Lakes Tour and Amabere Caves

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Spend the day exploring the beautiful crater lakes around Fort Portal. Visit the
famous Amabere ga Nyina Mwiru Caves and learn about the cultural legends
connected to the caves. Continue with a nature walk to waterfalls and viewpoints
overlooking the crater lakes.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Accommodation: Nyaika Hotel/ KoiKoi cultural village hotel.

Day 4 - Transfer to Kibale -Bigodi Wetland Sanctuary and Community Experience

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After breakfast, transfer to Kibale national park the capital of chimpanzees visit
Bigodi Wetland Sanctuary for bird watching and a guided swamp walk. The

sanctuary is rich in birdlife and primates. Later enjoy a cultural community tour
where you interact with local people, coffee farmers, and traditional healers.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.
Accommodation: Turaco treetops/ Primate lodge.

Day 5 - Chimpanzee Trekking – Transfer to Semuliki national park.

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Wake up early morning have breakfast head to the park headquarters for a
briefing with professional tour guides, later head to the park for an unforgettable
chimpanzee trekking experience. Walk through the tropical rainforest while
searching for chimpanzees and other primates such as red colobus monkeys and
black-and-white colobus monkeys after discovering the chimpanzees spend one
hour observing them playing, communicating to each other, feeding and
grooming themselves in their natural habitat. Procced to Semliki national park
Meals Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.
Accommodation: Stay at Semliki safari lodge.

Day 6 - Game Drive and Sepaya Hot Springs

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Wake up in the morning have breakfast head to the park for a famous game drive. The parks open grasslands and woodland areas are home of a variety of wildlife offering excellent opportunities of sightseeing and photography to African elephants, waterbucks, bushbucks, and primates like baboons and vervet monkeys. They are numerous birds in Semliki national park that is the hornbills, Kingfishers and bee-eaters.

After lunch, continue to  Sempaya Hot Springs, most popular attractions. A short, guided walk through the rainforest leads you to view the two hot springs:

a). Male Hot Spring: Known for its bubbling hot water surrounded by lush vegetation.

b). Female Hot Spring: Famous for its powerful steam and water temperatures that reach nearly 100°C, hot enough to boil eggs and bananas in just few minutes.

During the guided walk visitors may spot colorful butterflies, forest birds, monkeys, and a variety of tropical plants.

Return to lodge for dinner and night.

Day 7 - Transfer to Queen Elizabeth national park- Boat cruise.

The boat cruise in Queen Elizabeth National Park is one of the most exciting
wildlife experiences in Uganda. The cruise takes place along the famous Kazinga
Channel, a natural water channel connecting Lake George and Lake Edward. It is
among the best places in Africa to see large concentrations of hippos, crocodiles,
elephants, buffaloes, and water birds at close range.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.
Accommodation: Buffalo safari lodge/ Engazi Game lodge

Day 8 - Game drive (Ishasha) proceed to Bwindi Impenetrable

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Have early morning breakfast, head to the park for a morning drive through the Ishasha sector most popular attraction for tree climbing lions. You will have chances to spot different animal species and lions resting in trees after their night hunt.   Proceed to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest national park reach in evening head to the lodge for dinner and night stay.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & dinner.

Accommodation: Engagi lodge

Day 9 - Gorilla trekking and Batwa Experience

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After an early breakfast at your lodge, drive to the park headquarters for a briefing by the rangers you will learn the rules for gorilla trekking and you are assigned a gorilla family to visit.

After the briefing, begin on your guided trek through the dense rainforest. The trek can take you 2 to 8 hours, depending on the location of the gorilla family. Along the way, your guide will point out interesting plants, birds, butterflies, and other wildlife found in the forest.

Once you find the mountain gorillas, you will spend one unforgettable hour observing them in their natural habitat feeding, grooming themselves, interacting and playing take photographs. After that one magical hour return to headquarters receive your trekking certificate head to the lodge.

In the afternoon, procced for Batwa Cultural Experience. Meet the original forest dwellers of Bwindi and learn about their traditional way of life. Experience their music, dances, storytelling, hunting techniques, medicinal plant knowledge and fire making skills. This cultural visit offers a meaningful insight into the Batwa's rich heritage and their deep connection to the forest.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & dinner.

Accommodation: Engagi lodge.

Day 10 - Return to Entebbe International Airport and Departure

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After your memorable wildlife experience in Queen Elizabeth National Park, Kibale, Bwindi Forest plus the unforgettable experience in Fort Portal you will embark on a scenic transfer
back to Entebbe for your departure flight.
Meals Breakfast & Lunch
No accommodation.
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