7 Days Murchison Falls Tour, Semuliki Birding Tour & Kibale Forest Safari Uganda

7 Days Murchison Falls Tour: Details

Day 1: Arrive/Entebbe – Meet – Greet – transfer to the Hotel – briefing – overnight

Arrive at the airport/our team will meet you, greet and transfer to the hotel for a briefing a communication introduction to the itinerary, have a free evening dinner and overnight. (Meal Plan on BD)

• Accommodation options: Laico Hotel (Up market-Standard), Karibu Guest House/Cassia lodge (Mid range)

Day 2: Entebbe/Kampala – Zziwa Rhinos – Murchison Falls National Park

Drive to Murchison Falls National Park from Kampala it will take an approximate 8 hours including a stopover at Nakitomi for the Rhino visit and a canoe ride for a search of the shoebill stock.

Along the way you will see the well-known Luwero triangle, which currently has developed into a small township famous for its painful history of the Baganda mass murder during the 1981 – 1985 war.

A stopover at Zziwa Rhino sanctuary for the Rhinos and the Shoebill, lunch and later proceed to drive through Budongo forest and Kaniyo Pabidi down to Paraa. Arrive on time to check in your hotel relax, have dinner and overnight. (Meal Plan on F/B)

Accommodation options: Paraa Safari Lodge (Up market-Standard), Pakuba Lodge (Mid range)

Day 3 of the 7 Days Murchison Falls Tour: Murchison Falls National Park – game drive – boat cruise – Hike to the Top of the fall

This day, set out on a game drive through the park to look for elephants, Uganda kobs, giraffes, lions, water bucks, hippos and buffaloes, and a diversity of bird species.

Return to the lodge for lunch and later enjoy a boat cruise in the afternoon to the bottom of the falls to see a diversity of wildlife on the river banks drinking water.

You will see various antelope species, crocodiles, water bucks, hippos, elephants plus buffaloes among many others in addition to a diversity of water bird species that make this a renowned bird paradise.

The waterfalls display a natural beauty unmatched to no other place in the whole world. The 7 meter gorge together with a 43m drop of the falls results into a thunderous roar and a gorgeous rainbow in a cloud of water spray which leaves several tourists yearning!

Out of the boat to start a famous Top of the Falls hike that gives you a climax beautiful views of this mighty Falls, your driver will pick up form the Top of the Falls to drive back to your lodge for dinner and overnight. (Meal Plan on F/B)

Accommodation options: Paraa Safari Lodge (Up market-Standard), Pakuba Lodge (Mid range)

Day 4: Murchision Falls NP – Fort Portal – Semliki National Park – sight seeing

Drive to Semliki and head to Bundibugyo, enjoy this spectacular drive with views of Lake Albert and the legendary Mountain Rwenzori ranges. This park is situated in Bundibugyo district along the western border of Uganda with the Democratic Republic of Congo near Lake Albert.

The park has a great location within western Albertine Rift valley region and occupies the eastern section of Ituri forest connecting Uganda with Congo River separated by river Semliki. Semliki is a site for ornithologists with approximately 400 species of bird mainly forest birds.

Approximately 300 species of trees have been recorded here and more than 52 mammal species including 11 diurnal species. In the night you will have a spot-lit game drive.

The night, only one of this nature in the whole of Uganda and see the thin white tailed mongoose, very small night-jars plus several cats, dinner and overnight: (Meal Plan on F/B)

Accommodation options: Semuliki Safari Lodge (Up market-Standard), Ntoroko Game Lodge/Kirimia Lodge (Moderate)

Day 5 of the 7 Days Murchison Falls Tour: Semuliki NP – Game drive – Sempaya hot springs – Board/nature walk – Kibale NP

Visit the highlight in Semliki, referred to as the Sempaya hot springs. These natural springs have a geyser shooting high from an 8 meter wide hole at a very high temperature.

Of its kind, this is the largest in the whole of Uganda. On this very trail, you may identify a couple of bird types such as the blue breasted kingfisher plus Frasier’s ant-thrush in addition to primates such as the grey checked mangabey plus the red-tailed monkey.

Proceed to Mungilo waterfall to see some other fascinating birds; particularly ideal for birders. In the Late afternoon, take a boat ride on Lake Albert, a wonderful lake. See the various water animals and later head back to the lodge for dinner and overnight: (Meal Plan on Full Board)

Accommodation options: Kyaninga/Ndali Lodge (Up market-Standard), Chimpanzee Forest Camp/ Rweetera Safari Park (Mid range)

 Day 6: Kibale Forest NP – Chimpanzee trekking – Bigodi Forest walk – community experience 

Following breakfast, wake up early to track chimps near Kanyanchu. This can take you half a day. There are primates in the area like the golden monkeys, L’Hoest’s monkeys, baboons, white and black Colobus monkeys, grey checked mangabeys, red Colobus, blue monkeys and pottos. Other animals involve forest elephants unique from the common type, giant forest hogs and a striking tree species

This national park has the biggest number of primates in the whole of East Africa such as chimpanzees, black & white Colobus monkeys, the blue monkeys plus baboons. After lunch, take a guided nature walk in the Bigodi swamp sanctuary, a place ideal for birders.

The Papyrus Gonolek plus the Blue Turaco can easily be seen among other 137 bird types. In addition there is a great array of colorful butterflies. It highlights an assortment of plants and animals in the forest, dinner and overnight:

Only 1 hour is permitted to you to view the chimpanzee. Trekking takes about 1 hour to 6 hours basing on the location of these relatives of Man.  We will return for lunch and thereafter depart to Queen Elizabeth National Park. Chimpanzee tracking fee USD $200.00 Net in Kibale National Park,

PRICE IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE QUOTATION (price/pax)

(Meal Plan on F/B)

Accommodation options: Kyaninga/Ndali Lodge (Up market-Standard), Chimpanzee Forest Camp/Rweetera Safari Park (Moderate)

Day 7 of the 7 Days Murchison Falls Tour: Kibale Forest NP – departure to Entebbe for departure

Breakfast and transfer to Kampala/Entebbe with lunch stop along the way. (Meal Plan on B/L)

End of Mountain Rwenzori African Safaris –Services- 7 Day Uganda Safari.