9-DAY GORILLA & WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHIC SAFARI

A Company representative from Ibis Adventure Safaris will pick you up from the Airport and transfer you to your hotel either in Entebbe or Kampala Town. Depending on the time of your arrival, our guide will take you on a city tour for an exciting introduction of the Capital City Kampala. You will choose to either enjoy your city tour on the Back of a Motorbike ‘Boda Boda’, on foot or in a car. Visit interesting and historical sites and Monuments such as the Namugongo Martyrs Shrine, the Uganda Museum, Bahai Temple, King’s Palace, the City’s main local Markets, Religious Sites and the African Craft Village. You will later be transferred to your Hotel for Dinner and overnight. Travel time 1hr

Our driver guide will pick you up from your hotel, you will depart by Road for Murchison Falls National Park with a stop at the Rhino Sanctuary in Nakasongola to trek Rhinos. This trek takes between a few minutes to an hour depending on where the Rhinos are located within the Sanctuary. After the trek enjoy your lunch and after proceed to Murchison Falls National Park where you will arrive to your Lodge on time for your dinner and overnight. ravel time 6hrs

Wake up very early in the morning to a cup of tea before rising to go for your game drive in search of predators and early risers on the northern bank of the Nile. You may have a chance to see game like hyenas, giraffes, lions, birds, hartebeests, buffalos, elephants, primates, and others, as well as different species of birds, as you explore the Murchison Falls National Park with magical photographic moments of wildlife, nature, and landscape. After the game drive, return to the lodge/camp for lunch.

In the afternoon, go for a 2-hour launch cruise on the great Victoria Nile to the bottom of the falls. The boat ride will reward you with water games like several hippos and crocodiles, as well as elephants and plenty of birds dashing and walking along the banks. Capture moments in photos of the magnificent scenery, wildlife, and nature. After the boat ride to the bottom of the falls, you will hike to the top of the falls, where 1 km wide Nile is forced through a 7-metre narrow gorge forming the Murchison Falls, known as the most powerful falls, with a thunderous roar and breath-taking appearances of natural waterfalls. After this great moment, we transfer back to the lodge for dinner and overnight as above.

An early start departing from Murchison Falls National Park to Kibale Forest National Park. The park is best known for Chimpanzee tracking. You will arrive in the park late in the evening with a stop enroute for your lunch. You will be transferred to the lodge for dinner and overnight. Travel time 7hrs

An early morning report to the park Headquarters ranger station for a short briefing to go for your chimpanzee trekking. You will be briefed about the whole process of tracking and then you will head along the tracks in the forest to search for chimpanzees. The walk through the park will be guided providing information about not only on chimpanzees but also on flora and fauna. You will then meet the chimpanzees and spend some time watching them feed and making their calls. If you are lucky to find them hunting this is the best time, as you watch them share the meat amongst themselves. After tracking you will have Lunch and later drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park to reach in the evening. Dinner and overnight. Travel time 3hrs

Wake up before sunrise to a cup of tea or a glass of water and then set off to the park tracks for a game drive to be able to see predators as they return to their hide outs and the early risers. During the drive watch out for game like the Leopards, Lions, giant forest hogs, hyenas, Uganda kobs, warthogs and others. After the game drive you will drive back to the lodge for heavy breakfast and then later have lunch and later transfer for your afternoon Boat Cruise on the Kazinga Channel. The launch that takes you along the Kazinga channel that connects Lakes George and Edward will reward you with game like Hippos, elephants and buffaloes at the shores not forgetting plenty of birds. Dinner and overnight as above.

After breakfast, proceed through the Ishasha sector of Queen Elizabeth National Park famous for tree climbing lions and depart to Bwindi National Park. Enjoy lunch enroute. Arrive at the lodge on time for your dinner and overnight. (Travel Time 5hrs)

In the morning you will have heavy breakfast and with packed lunch, transfer to the park headquarters for briefing and then later on at 8:00 am, set off along the tracks to penetrate the impenetrable forest in search for these great apes. Depending on the movement of these humble giants the walk might take between 2-9 hours before you encounter the Gorillas. The walk is tiresome. However, meeting these great apes and spending some time with them while looking deep into their expressive brown eyes, is an exhilarating and a breathtaking experience. Later depending on the time of completion of the Gorilla trek, you will later transfer to Lake Bunyonyi in Kabale. If time allows, take a boat ride on the lake to visit neighboring pygmy tribes with their unique culture. Enjoy dinner and overnight. Travel time 3hrs

You will have an early breakfast, depart Lake Bunyonyi, Passing through Mbarara Town for Kampala with a Lunch Stopover at either in Mbarara or Masaka. We will also stop at the equator for your souvenir shopping, photo shooting and possibly for tea/coffee break. On arrival in Kampala, you will be transferred to your Hotel in Entebbe or to the airport for your flight back home. (Travel time 9hrs)