• Day 1

  Arrival in Uganda

  You arrive at Entebbe International Airport, located on a peninsula that juts out into the largest fresh water lake in Africa, where a representative or your driver/guide from Uzuri Uganda Safaris will welcome you and transfer you to Eureka Place Hotel for overnight.

• Day 2

  Drive to Murchison Falls National Park

  This morning, two drivers/guides from Africa Uzuri Safaris will pick you from your hotel/accommodation in Kampala (or wherever you will be departing from) to begin your transfer to Murchison Falls National Park with a refreshment break at Migyera on the Kampala-Gulu road. The drive to Murchison should take you some 4-5 hours. On arrival, you will check-in at Red Chilli Rest Camp and enjoy lunch. After lunch, at 2.00pm, you will head out for the boat launch to the bottom of the powerful Murchison Falls.

  This three-hour boat cruise climaxes at the edge of the rift valley escarpment at which point you will get off the boat and trek to the top of the falls (wear sports shoes while on the boat for ease of trekking to the top). Having worked up a sweat, once at the top, get bathed in the misty spray that the Nile create as it forces itself into the 7-metre cleft to create the famous Murchison Falls. Your guides will transfer you back to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay.

• Day 3

  Morning and Evening game drives

  You are up at 6.00 am and enjoy your breakfast. At 6.30 am after your breakfast, you will drive out for a game drive for a chance to view the glorious day-break from across the open savannah, birds and dotted woodland as well as riverine vegetation along the Nile. Wildlife on the northern bank where you explore this morning has game that includes Rothschild Giraffe, elephant, lions, oribis, waterbucks etc and a variety of savannah woodland birds.

  At between 10-11 am, you will return to the lodge for relaxation and lunch. After lunch, relax at the lodge. Later in the evening, you will go out for an evening game drive to view this beautiful park and its inhabitants from a totally different perspective when the sun has gone down. If there is game you missed out on the morning game drive, you might be lucky in the evening. After your drive, return to your chosen accommodation for dinner and overnight stay.

• Day 4

  Chimpanzee trekking in Budongo forest

  After your breakfast this morning, head to Budongo Forest, part of the Murchison Falls National Park conservation area, for chimpanzee tracking/trekking. Wear your light hiking shoes/boots and long trousers/shirts/blouses.

  You will be taken on a guided walk in search of the habituated chimpanzee family. Carry your binoculars and also look out for some birds as Budongo is a critical birding place for the Uganda birding safaris. After your chimpanzee trek, you will return to the lodge for lunch and relaxation. Dinner and overnight at your chosen accommodation.

• Day 5

  Drive to Jinja & visit Source of the Nile

  Today, wake up at leisure and enjoy your breakfast. At 8.00 am after breakfast, you check-out and commence your transfer to Jinja - the Source of the Nile. You will have lunch in Kampala en-route before completing your transfer to Jinja 80 kilometres east of Kampala.

  You arrive Jinja in the mid-afternoon and head to the Source of the Nile for a chance to see the Nile start its 6,000+ kilometres to the Mediterranean. After your visit to the Source of the Nile, you check-in at Signature Hotel and Apartments Jinja for dinner and overnight stay.

• Day 6

  Half-day rafting expedition

  You will head out for a half-day rafting expedition. Alternatively, if white water rafting does not appeal to your adventure spirit, you can choose to go on a Quad bike safari (not included in price) along trails that have been developed beside the young Nile in Jinja.

  At the end of this exciting day, you return to your chosen accommodation to rest your tired muscles. Later, you can go out on the Jinja Nightlife for a chance to interact with the locals and also enjoy a Nile Beer.

• Day 7

  Transfer to Entebbe via Kampala

  You wake up at leisure and enjoy your breakfast. After breakfast, you leave Jinja headed to Kampala. In Uganda’s capital, you can visit the Crafts Village along BUganda Road to buy your Uganda souvenir. Check-out the 1000 Cups coffee shop for you to buy some Uganda Arabica coffee.

  After your shopping trip, you will continue to Entebbe. In Entebbe, you can visit the botanical gardens or one of the numerous beaches where you can enjoy lunch of a whole tilapia fish with French fries. Later you are dropped off at Entebbe International Airport in time for you to check-in for your departure flight home.

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