5 Days Tour to Murchison and Queen Elizabeth National Parks
ITINERARY
Day 1: Drive to Murchison Falls National Park
After break fast, you will drive through the famous Luwero triangle, Budongo forest on the western arm of the Great Rift Valley to Murchison Falls National Park. The journey will offer you with beautiful sceneries that are picturesque, reach the park in time for lunch. You will drive to the top of the falls where the Nile River perfects its beauty. Here you will see it forcing its self through a narrow gorge to fall a distance of about 150 ft down producing a thunderous roar of white water- incredible scenery! This is a photographer’s paradise. Dinner and overnight at Paraa Safari lodge/Sambiya river lodge/Red chilli Rest Camp.
Day 2: Murchison Falls National Park - Game viewing Drives & Launch cruise
Early this morning after a cup of tea or coffee, go for a game drive to search for the early risers and the predators in the northern circuit of the park. This drive will reward you with game like Hyenas, Giraffe, Lion, Elephant, Hartebeest, Uganda Kob, Oribi and a variety of savannah and woodland birds. Return to your lodge for full breakfast and lunch. Later in the afternoon you will go for the launch cruise on the Victoria Nile to the bottom of the falls. This boat trip will reward you with game like hippos, crocodiles, buffaloes having a drink on the river, and plenty of water birds. Dinner and overnight at Paraa Safari lodge/Sambiya river lodge/Red chilli Rest Camp.
Day 3: Murchison Falls / Queen Elizabeth National Park
Connect to Queen Elizabeth National Park after breakfast. The journey will take you through Hoima to Fort portal where you will have Lunch, proceed through the rift valley and reach in the late afternoon. You may go for an evening game drive in the Mweya peninsula or rest at your Lodge to prepare for the next day. Dinner and overnight at Mweya Safari Lodge / Institute of ecology/Simba Safari Camp.
Day 4: Queen Elizabeth National Park - Game drive and Launch Cruise
Take a cup of Tea / Coffee and go for a game viewing drive and catch up with the early risers, and
predators trying to get back to their hide outs. This drive will reward you with game like Lions, hyenas, leopard, warthogs, water bucks, bush babies, buffaloes, elephants, many antelopes and others. You will return for full breakfast and lunch at your Lodge. Thereafter you proceed for launch cruise on the Kazinga channel that links Lake Edward to Lake George. It will reward you with game like Buffaloes, hippos, crocodiles and birds. Dinner and overnight at Mweya Safari Lodge/ Institute of ecology/Simba Safari Camp.
Day: Drive Back to Kampala
Have breakfast and drive back to Kampala via Mbarara and stop at the Equator for photography. You will have a lunch enroute, reach Kampala in the late afternoon.
END OF THE UGANDA JUNGLE SAFARI TO MURCHISON AND QUEEN ELIZABETH PARKS
The tour quotation Includes:
- Ground transport in a comfortable 4WD safari van equipped for game viewing, photography and touring
- Full board accommodation
- Game drives and Boat trips
- All park entrance fees to include government taxes
- Full time English speaking professional driver/guide
- All tour activities as detailed in the itinerary
- Bottled water while on safari
- Airport transfers
The tour quotation excludes:
- Tips
- Laundry services
- Beverages/Drinks
- International flights
- Visas
- Items of a personal nature
-Optional activities and any other extras not detailed in the above itinerary