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Uganda Epic 8/9 Days Scenic & Wildlife Safari

Safari Highlights

  • Kidepo National Park rolling grasslands and wildlife
  • Murchison Falls
  • Ndali Fort Portal, western Uganda
  • Kibale National Park and Chimpanzee trekking
  • Scenic flight over the snowy peaks of the Rwenzoris - ‘Mountains of the Moon’
  • Kazinga Channel boat cruise Nile crocodile and swimming elephant
  • Bwindi Impenetrable Forest endangered Mountain Gorilla
  • Lake Mburo National Park landscapes, wildlife and birds

Itinerary

Day 1 & 2:

Meet your Heli and pilot at Entebbe Airport and fly to the north eastern corner of Uganda. Enjoy the wildlife and landscapes of Kidepo. Apoka Lodge

Day 3 & 4:

Fly south west to the Murchison Falls. Boat cruise and wildlife experience. Bakers Lodge

Day 5:

Continue south to the Great Lakes Region of western Uganda. Afternoon Kibale Forest Chimpanzee Trek. Evening flight over the Rwenzori Mountains. Ndali Lodge

Day 6:

Kazinga Channel boat cruise. Fly south to the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, via the ‘salt gardens’ of Lake Katwa. Clouds is our lodge for the next 2 nights - perfectly positioned on ‘Nteko Ridge’, high above the afro-montane forest on the south side of Bwindi. Clouds Gorilla Mountain Lodge

Day 7:

Gorilla Trekking. Clouds Gorilla Mountain Lodge

Day 8:

Fly west to Lake Mburo National Park. Mihingo Lodge

Day 9:

Early departure back to Entebbe Airport. Safari ends!

Pictures and sample Itineraries by courtesy of Tropic Air

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As a guide, the cost of our extraordinary and utterly bespoke journeys tends to start from $1200 per person per day excluding international flights.

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