13 Day - Uganda Classic Family Safari

Have a classical experience in Uganda with top rated parks and with best excursions in Uganda without doing gorilla and Chimpanzee tracking. This safari is good for families with children from 0 to 15 years along with other groups. Experience different activities such as rhino tracking, hot springs, big five animals among others.

Day 1: Arrival at Entebbe International Airport
You will be picked by our english speaking guide along with driver who will transfer you to hotel for overnight stay. He will brief you about the tour and what time to pick you on day 2. Depending on time of arrival, a short tour around Entebbe will be conducted. You will spend the rest of evening at the guesthouse.

Day 2: To Kidepo Valley National Park via Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary
After an early morning breakfast, your will set off to kidepo valley National Park. Along Masindi Road You will stop at Ziwa Rhino sanctuary for tracking the rhinos. Then have lunch here before proceeding. Kidepo ranks among africa’s finest wildernesses. We Will have a short game drive depending on the arrival time. The rest of evening will be enjoyed at the lodge.

Day 3: In Kidepo Valley National Park
After an early breakfast, you will head inside the Kidepo Valley National Park on program are 2 game drives. From Apoka, in the heart of the national park, a savannah landscape extends in all directions far beyond the gazetted area of 1442Km2, towards horizons outlined by distant mountain ranges. The park inhabits one of the most exciting faunas of any Ugandan parks, with over 80 species of mammals several of which are endermic to kidepo national park like the cheetah, the striped hyena, the caracal and over 465 bird species including ostriches. You will spend the evening at the lodge relaxing.

Day 4: To Murchison Falls National Park
Early morning, we will leave for Murchison falls national park the northern sector with lunch along the way. The park is bisected by the Victoria Nile, which plunges 45M over the remnant rift valley wall, creating the dramatic Murchison falls, the centrepiece of the park and final event in an 80km stretch of rapids. A short game drive will be conducted upon arrival. And you will spend the rest of the evening relaxing at the lodge.

Day 5: In Murchison Falls National Park
We will leave early morning and go on a game drive from 8am to 12noon, seeing several animals including lions and giraffes. In the afternoon (2pm to 5pm) we will go on the impressive launch trip on the Nile, up to the falls, giving you a chance to see hippos, crocodiles, buffaloes, elephants and many different birds. You will enjoy the rest of the evening at the lodge.

Day 6: To Semliki National Park
After breakfast, we will make another game drive before heading out for Fort portal where we will have lunch before heading out for Semliki National park and we will arrive in the Evening. A short game drive will be conducted before reaching the lodge. And you will spend the rest of the evening relaxing at the lodge.

Day 7: In Semliki National Park
On this day we will have many activities that’s is nature walks, forest walks, hot spring experience, butterfly viewing and birdwatching especially hornbill. Another evening game drive will be conducted later within the park. You will spend the rest of the evening at the lodge relaxing.

Day 8: To Queen Elizabeth National Park
Early morning we will leave for Queen Elizabeth National Park. We will travel through Fort Portal and reach Mweya in Queen Elizabeth National Park, with a stunningly beautiful view over Kazinga Channel. In the late afternoon(4pm to 7pm) we will go on a game drive. And after you will enjoy the rest of the evening at the lodge.

Day 9: In Queen Elizabeth National Park
This day is for a game drive on the plains of Queen Elizabeth NP, with thousands of Uganda Kobs, Lions, Elephants etc. Also on the programme is a two hours launch trip on the kazinga channel where we will see all the animals from the waterside. And you will enjoy the rest of the evening at the lodge.

Day 10: In Queen Elizabeth National Park
Our second day in this beautiful park, very early in the morning after breakfast we go to Kyambura Gorge. Here you can go for 3-4 hour walk in to the gorge for meeting the chimpanzees. After the gorge will drive to ishasha sector and have an evening game drive in search of the tree climbing lions. And you will be brought back to the lodge to enjoy the rest of the evening.

Day 11: To Lake Mburo National Park
Early in the morning we will leave for Lake Mburo National Park. You will have lunch in Mbarara before you continue to Lake Mburo National Park, a smaller but unique park, and the only one in the western part of Uganda with impalas and zebras. A short game drive will be conducted upon arrival. The rest of the evening will be enjoyed at the lodge.

Day 12: In Lake Mburo National Park
Early morning we will go for a game walk. In the afternoon a boat trip on lake mburo followed by another game drive in the afternoon/early evening. This little park hosts a variety of mammal species, including large number of impalas (the antelope from which “Kampala” is named after), zebras, Uganda kobs, duikers, bushbucks, buffaloes, leopards, spotted hyenas, waterbucks, warthogs, oribi. There are 315 bird species including; shoebill stork, red faced barbet, crested crane, papyrus yellow warbler. Lake Mburo is a natural haven for fauna and flora. The bank teems with animals and birds. Crocodiles and hippopotami are permanent residents, and buffaloes come to drink during the dry season. The wide variety of resident birds includes malachite kingfishers, pied kingfishers, African fish eagles, rufous long-tailed starlings, blue-headed weavers, green-necked doves, hammerkops, pelicans, herons, cormorants and even rare shoebills. The rest of the evening will be enjoyed at the lodge.

Day 13: To Entebbe Airport
Early morning the last part of the journey will bring us to Entebbe Airport. On the way back after Masaka there will be an opportunity to stop at the equator for photo shoots, buying souvenirs and have lunch. We will bring you directly to Entebbe airport or hotel depending on your schedule.

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