Compare 18 Days Wildlife And Nature Adventure Safari by Simba Africa Expeditions

Day 1: Pick up from the airport - transfer to hotel

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation: Cassia lodge

Upon your arrival at Entebbe international airport, you will be warmly welcomed by your safari guide/ driver who will help you with your luggage and give you a short briefing into the safari before transferring you to your booked hotel in Entebbe or Kampala.

Day 2: Kampala – Sezibwa falls – Mabira forest walk – Source of the Nile Jinja

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation: Source of the smile hotel

Your driver/safari guide will be there to pick you up after your breakfast so you can begin your long 18 days adventure that will start off in the adventure capital of Uganda. First stop will be at Sezibwa Falls, a Buganda cultural heritage site, with beautiful waterfalls. Spend an hour here hiking, bird watching and learning about the different myths told about these falls and the ancient traditional worship that is still practiced here. Get back on the road and drive to Mabira Rainforest. Head out for a 2-hour nature walk that will give you an opportunity of viewing the habituated Grey-cheeked Mangabeys. Get to explore the different bird species in this forest as well as trees. Continue to your booked accommodation and check in for dinner and overnight.

Day 3: Transfer to Sipi falls- hike up to view the Sipi falls

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation: Sipi River lodge.

After breakfast, check out of your lodge and begin your journey to Sipi Falls in Kapchorwa District. The Sipi Falls are a series of three stunning waterfalls situated in the foothills of Mountain Elgon. Upon your arrival, check into your booked safari lodge and have lunch, refresh, and head out for a 3 - 4 hour hike to the beautiful waterfalls going through local community homes and coffee plantation while enjoying spectacular views from up Mountain Elgon. Return to your lodge for dinner and overnight.

Day 4: Transfer to Kidepo valley national Park

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation: Kidepo savannah lodge

After a heavy breakfast, you will embark on a long drive to Africa’s true wilderness, Kidepo valley national park. The drive is pretty long but rewarding as it offers some interesting sights along the way. You will have a stop for lunch and some time to stretch your feet before resuming with your journey to Kidepo Valley National Park where you will check into your safari lodge for dinner and overnight. Meal plan: F/B

Day 5:  Morning Game drive- cultural encounter- evening game drive.

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation: Kidepo savannah lodge

Wake up to an early morning breakfast or you can pack your breakfast and have it later during the game drive. Expect to see lots of wildlife including the largest herds of buffaloes. Return to the lodge for lunch and after set out for cultural encounter with the Karamajongs, a people that has kept their culture despite the influence of other cultures from the outside world. Learn about their way of life and get to support their economic activities. Return to an evening game drive to give you a chance to see the animals you might have missed in the morning game drive. Return to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

Day 6: Transfer to Murchison falls National Park.

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation: Pakuba safari lodge

After early breakfast, check out and depart for Murchison Falls National Park - Uganda's largest game park. You will have a lunch stop in Gulu and proceed with your drive to Murchison falls. Check into your safari lodge for dinner and overnight.

Day 7: Early morning game drive - afternoon boat ride

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation: Pakuba safari lodge

Wake up to an early morning breakfast or you can decide to have a packed breakfast to have during the game drive. The early morning game drive gives opportunity for great game viewings. Return to the lodge for lunch and later set out for the afternoon launch Cruise along the Victoria Nile to the bottom of the falls with great viewings of the aquatic wild including hippos, Nile crocodiles and aquatic birds. At bottom of falls, you will take pictures and get off the boat to begin your hike to the top, giving you a full view of the mighty Murchison falls together with Uhuru falls. You will meet the driver at the top of the falls who will transfer you back to the lodge for dinner and overnight after viewing and taking plenty of pictures of the world’s most powerful falls.

Day 8: Transfer to Lake Albert

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation: Pakuba safari lodge

After breakfast, check out of your safari lodge around 9:00am to begin your journey to Hoima. You will drive along the Rift Valley escarpments and enjoy lovely views of the volcanic landscape and verdant countryside. Lunch En-route. Upon your arrival in Hoima, you will check into your booked lodge for dinner and overnight.

Day 9: Transfer to Kibale forest national Park

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation: Kibale forest camp

Check out of the lodge after breakfast and leave for Kibale National Park, home to man’s closest relative. You will have a stop in Fort Portal town for lunch before proceeding to Kibale Forest National Park. Upon your arrival, you will check into your booked safari lodge for dinner and overnight.

Day 10: Chimpanzee tracking – Bigodi walk.

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation: Kibale forest camp

Wake up to an early morning breakfast and transfer to the park offices for briefing into your chimpanzee tracking experience. Return from your adventure with man’s closest relative for lunch at your lodge. After lunch you will set out to Bigodi for an awesome nature walk. Return to lodge for dinner and overnight.

Day 11: Transfer to Semliki national park- Sempaya hot spring.

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation: Ntoroko game lodge

After breakfast check out of your safari lodge to begin your journey to Semliki national park, situated about two and half hours drive from Kibale Forest national park. Upon your arrival, you will check into your safari lodge and set out to the Sempaya hot springs for an awesome viewing of the male and female hot springs that attract a lot of colorful bird life here to create the most beautiful sight. Return to your lodge for lunch and an evening of relaxation. Dinner and overnight.

Day 12: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation: Bush lodge

After breakfast, you will check out of the safari lodge and transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park. You will have a lunch stop in Fort Portal. After lunch, proceed to Queen Elizabeth National Park. Check into your booked safari lodge for dinner and overnight upon arrival.

Day 13: Early morning Game drive – Afternoon boat ride on Kazinga channel

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation: Bush lodge

Wake up to an early morning breakfast or you can decide to pack yours and have it during the game drive. This time of the day gives one opportunity for a great game viewing as animals tend to be more active during this time, the cats normally hunting and the other animals get up to graze. After your 2-3 hours game viewing, return to the lodge for some time of relaxation and later have lunch. Set out for an exciting boat cruise on the Kazinga Channel that joins Lake Edward and Lake George. The channel attracts a plethora of wildlife including: Hippos, Buffaloes, Elephant, Crocodiles and lots of water birds that align the shores of Kazinga channel with the most breathtaking sight. Return to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

Day 14: Ishasha– Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable forest

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation: Rushaga gorilla camp

After breakfast, you will check out of the safari lodge and transfer to Bwindi impenetrable national park, driving through the Ishasha sector for a chance to see the tree climbing lions. After Lunch, continue with your drive to Bwindi and upon arrival, you will check into your booked safari lodge for dinner and overnight.

Day 15: Gorilla trekking – Batwa community

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation: Rushaga gorilla camp

After your breakfast, you will transfer to the park offices for briefing into what to expect during your Gorilla tracking/trekking activity. With your packed lunch you will set out into the forest to look for the gentle giants, you will be allowed one hour of viewing and taking pictures and your great achievement of trekking/tracking Mountain Gorillas will be rewarded by a signed Gorilla tracking/trekking certificate with your name on it to show to family and friends. Return to the lodge for refreshments and a few minutes of relaxation before you get into the Batwa community walk, a people indigenous to the Ituri forest of Congo. Return to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

Day 16: Transfer to Lake Bunyonyi – canoe ride and community walk

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation: Bunyonyi Overland resort.

Transfer to Lake Bunyonyi after breakfast for an evening of relaxation. You will check into your booked safari lodge and have lunch. Later after lunch, set out for a canoeing adventure on Uganda’s deepest lake. Return to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

Day 17:  Transfer to Lake Mburo national Park- evening game drive.

Meals: Breakfast

Accommodation: Rwakobo rock

We will set off to Lake Mburo, Uganda’s smallest savannah park after your breakfast and checking out of the lodge. Upon your arrival in Lake Mburo, you will check into the lodge, have lunch and later head out for an evening game drive. Return to your lodge for dinner and overnight.

Day 18: Nature walk – transfer to Kampala /Entebbe for drop off

Meals: Breakfast

After breakfast, set out for an early morning nature walk in the park for a chance to view some nocturnal wildlife at close encounter. Return to the lodge to refresh and check out to begin your journey back to Kampala/Entebbe with one stop at the Equator for lunch and a chance for you to get some souvenirs from the craft markets. Proceed to your drop off location in Kampala/Entebbe.