Murchison Falls and Kibale Forest Tented Camp Safari

Day 1:  Depart your hotel or lodging in Kampala at 6:30 beating the Kampala traffic jams as we headfor Murchison Falls National Park.  The drive will be through the evergreen Ugandan countryside.  Small villages and towns along the way, gardens, small farms will come into view along with villages

Drive through the town of Masindi and onward to Murchison Falls.  We reach up market Nile Safari Lodge and check in at Lunch time.  A furnished Tent has been reserved you with a view of the Nile, a veranda where you can see the hippos below and en-suite.  There is a lovely swimming pool for you to take a dip after lunch or just sit with a cold drink in hand taking in the African wild.

Enjoy a delightful lunch at this beautiful up-market Tented camp that gives you the real feel of times gone by. 

Late afternoon Game Drive but first we have to cross the Nile in order to access the Game Drive tracks.  A game drive is about 2 1/2 hours to 3 hours in length and we coordinate with the last ferry crossing at 7 pm. 

On the game drives we use Uganda Wildlife Authority Wildlife experts who can point out animals, birds, trees, plants that you might otherwise miss along the way.  This evening you have a great opportunity to see lions, at times leopards, elephants, buffaloes, giraffe, monitor lizards, antelopes such as the Uganda Kob and others and savannah and water birds of all kinds.  Enjoy your drive and you will be able to take pictures by standing up on the seat and looking out over the roof where we have a sliding roof or pop up roof.  Dinner at Nile Safari Lodge overlooking the NIle, lovely presentation and tastefully prepared, certainly a lovely treat in the African Wilderness. 

Day 2:  Sorry, an early morning breakfast in as the sun rises over the Nile.  An early morning game drive after we cross the river Nile by Ferry and for the next few hours enjoy another fabulous wildlife game drive across  the open and rolling savannah of Murchison Falls Park in search of lions, elephants, buffaloes, leopards, warthogs, monkeys and whatever else crosses our path.

Lunch at Nile Safari Lodge - Afternoon Nile River Wildlife Cruise up the Nile to the falls. This  is one of the favorite activities of visitors to Uganda, it is certainly most rewarding.  Elephants, at times Lions, Buffaloes, hippos frolicking the in the water, crocodiles awaiting a tasty dish waiting on the shore, especially just below the falls where they are on a sandbank waiting for some morsel to tumble down the falls.

At the bottom of the falls, an experience in itself.  You disembark and take a guided hike up the side of the falls.  You will feel the spray of the powerful falls on you and it was quite an exciting climb up.  On top, take a breather and look around.  Take a walk  toward the where you can see the front of the falls and get pictures of the rainbow that is always there.

Your driver will meet you on top of the falls for the return to your tent at Nile Safari Lodge and another lovely dinner in the wilderness.

Day 3:  Breakfast and we depart for Kibale Forest.  A tropical forest that is a jungle and has so many great surprises in store for you.  The jouney is a pleasant one through various regions of Uganda.  We will take the scenic route to Kibale so you get to see Lake Albert and the scenic Rift Valley

Lunch along the way

Check into Kibale Forest Camp which gives you the unique experience of  a Tented Camp in the Jungle.  7 African Safari Style Tents, all self contained are in this small camp, where you will not be a mere room number, but a person with a name.

Get situated in your tent and settled in.

Enjoy the late afternoon on the veranda of your tent, take a walk around the camp and discover some of the 300 plus species of birds found here at Kibale Forest.

Dinner in the jungle of Kibale Forest - the food here is delightful and thoughtfully prepared, the presentation is simply lovely.

Day 4:  Breakfast at Kibale Forest Camp and off to Kibale Forest Headquarters for Chimpanzee Tracking.  This is a guided walk and with 13 primates in the park, one usually finds at least 5 or six different types of primates.  Then there is the forest itself with its beauty and ruggedness.  Butterflies and exotic birds abound in this park and the tracking experience takes in a lot more than Chimpanzee tracking, there is the beautiful and inspiring natural setting that is haven for wildlife, birds, plants and trees.

The chimpanzees you will encounter are habituated meaning that they are used to human beings.  Not all chimpanzees in the park are habituated.  The process takes up to two years.

Lunch at Kibale Forest Tented Camp.

Afternoon Walk at Bigodi Swamp Wetlands which is next to Kibale Forest and you just might see chimpanzees again and of course lots of birds are found there including the Shoebill Stork.  Kibale Forest is also home to Forest Elephants who are hairier and smaller than their savannah cousins.  They also have smaller tusks  which allows  them to roam the forests.  You can also find Forest Buffaloes which are redder in color than the ones on the savannah. 

Bigodi Wetlands Sanctuary is a community project that has been put together quite well and entrance and guide fees benefit the local community.

Dinner at the Kibale Forest Tented Camp

Nocturnal Walk in the Jungle - This is simply an awesome experience.  You are guided through Kibale Forest by Uganda Wildlife Authority Guides and there are spotlights.  Bushbabies and Pottos are often found with their big eyes and other nocturnal animals.

Day 5: Breakfast in the jungle at Kibale Forest Tented Camp.  Then off for a village walk, where you get to meet school children, a village elder and story teller, someone we call mzee here.  A traditional healer, local women preparing food in traditional ways including the making of local brews and local waragi, which is gin and comes from the word war gin.  You might also see some coffee spirit being made, a unique alcoholic drink that most tourists never discover.  You can only find it in little shops, it is 70 percent proof, tastes sweet and like coffee.  Near Kibale a lot of coffee is grown.  Coffee of the Robusta type grows naturally in the jungles here.  Robusta is used in caffeine drinks, instant coffee and also in the local Coffee Spirit.

Enjoy the morning.

Lunch at Kibale Forest Camp.

Depart for Kampala and arrive around the early evening hours.

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