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A 3 Days Uganda Safari combining game viewing and chimpanzee tracking in the Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda’s largest national park. The trip starts with a drive to the Top of the Murchison Falls, one of the most beautiful falls on the Nile River. Enjoy classic game drives in the northern sector of the Murchison Falls National Park, the region teeming with great wildlife. Go for an amazing launch trip to the bottom of the Murchison Falls. Go for chimpanzee tracking in Budongo Forest and get to see some of our last remaining cousins that live in the tropical rain forest.
Trip Itinerary
Day 1: Kampala to Murchison Falls National Park
After an early morning breakfast, you will begin your journey to North West Uganda via the famous Luwero triangle and Masindi Town. You will have your lunch at Masindi Hotel and thereafter, proceed to Murchison Falls National Park. The en route game and panoramic views make your trip fascinating and you are likely to see hippos, elephant, buffaloes, Giraffes among others before you reach your hotel. A nature walk to the top of the falls enables you to get a first-hand experience of seeing a calm and peaceful River Nile turning into an aggressive and terribly dangerous fall at a point where this Africa’s longest river is forced deep down about 45m through a narrow gap in the rock (only 7 meters wide).
Later in the evening, go for dinner and superb overnight treats at Paraa Safari Lodge or Sambiya River lodge or Red Chili Camp.
Day 2: Game Drive and Launch trip:
You will start your day by enjoying an early morning cup of coffee or African tea and then go for a morning game drive on the Northern bank of the Mighty River Nile. This life experience tour offers you fantastic views of Elephants, Buffaloes, Giraffes, Hartebeests, Bushbucks, lions and a variety of bird species.
You will return to your Hotel for lunch and in the afternoon, proceed for a boat trip on the serene Victoria Nile, upstream, to the base of the falls. This launch offers views of lots of hippos, crocodiles, elephants, Giraffes, leopards, hyenas, Oribis, lions, Bushbucks and varieties of birds. Generally the trip blesses you with abundant bird life, beautiful sceneries and photographic opportunities. Return to your lodge for dinner and overnight.
Day 3: Budongo Forest Chimpanzee Primate Watch and Return to Kampala:
A morning drive to Budongo Forest for chimpanzee tracking and nature appreciation. You will explore Rabongo forest on a guided forest trek to see different primates such as Baboons, Red-tailed monkeys, Black & White Colobus monkeys, Chimpanzees as well as birds, medicinal plants and trees. You can also track man’s closest relatives – the Chimpanzee in Kaniyo Pabidi, an unadulterated natural forest within Budongo Forest Reserve as you get exposure and pleasure in other attractive features of the forest including mature Mahogany and ironwood trees. You will automatically be entertained by the sights and sounds of varieties of forest birds, such as the White-thigh Hornbill, Chocolate backed Kingfisher, and Puvel’s Illadopsis found nowhere else in East Africa! You will depart to Kampala having lunch en route and arriving in the evening.
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