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11 DAYS I-CENT SAFARIS UGANDA

 Day 1
ARRIVAL AND TRANSFER TO KAMPALA
You will be welcomed by our safaris guide who will be waiting to receive you. Thereafter, transfer to Kampala City of Uganda. It's about 45 minutes' drive without traffic. Depending on your time of arrival,you may enjoy a minimal City tour visit Gadaffi mosque, St Balikudembe market, craft market before you connect to your hotel. Check in and rest from the long day. In the evening, dinner and spend a comfortable night at your hotel.
Day 2
TRANSFER TO MURCHISON FALLS NATIONAL PARK
Check out of the hotel and set off for your 10 days Safari in Uganda with your Journey to Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary home to the only existing rhinos in Uganda. It's about 3 hours from Kampala to Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary. On arrival at the sanctuary, check in an proceed to meet the rangers for a briefing before you proceed to trek rhino on foot. This experience will take 2-3 hours depending on the location of the rhinos, you will be allowed to stay in there presence for an hour before you return. Have lunch then continue to travel to Murchison Falls National Park which is 3 hour drive. Enter the park via Kichumbanyobo gate to connect to your booked accommodation for check in, dinner and overnight.
Day 3
GAME DRIVE AND LAUCH CRUISE
Wake up early, enjoy your breakfast then connect to the Northern bank which is the best area of game viewing like Elephants, Giraffes, Uganda kobs Jackson hartebeest, Waterbucks, buffalloes and luckily also may find lions, leopard, hyenas and many more. Have lunch and inthe afternoon, depart at 2:00pm on the Boat cruise to the bottom of the falls which is the most tourist attraction in the park. Water animals like crocodiles, hippos, lying at the sand banks and some bird species after viewing the bottom of the falls, go for Dinner and overnight at the lodge
Day 4
DELTA BOAT TRIP AND VISIT THE TOP OF THE FALLS
After your breakfast you will go for your morning boat trip to the Delta where there are high chances of viewing shoebill stork. It's 3-4 hour experience . Lunch and later in the afternoon drive to the top of the Murchison Falls the biggest and the strongest water fall along the Nile in Uganda. Dinner and overnight.
Day 5
TRANSFER TO KIBALE NATIONAL PARK
  After early morning breakfast, check out and meet the guide to embark on your journey to Kibale Forest National Park. It's 7-8hour drive via pabidi due to the nature of the route. Lunch in Fort portal and proceed to the accommodation near the park ,Dinner and overnight stay.
Day 6

CHIMPANZEE TRACKING
After early morning breakfast at the lodge, link to Kibale Forest National Park for your chimpanzee trekking experience with your packed snacks and water. You will first report to the park headquarters for briefing from the park officials where you will be divided into 12 groups then proceed to enter the forest with the guidance of your park rangers. Trekking takes about 2-5 hours in search of chimpanzee groups depending on their location. You will also enjoy your encounter of other primates and animals like the forest elephants, buffalloes, bush pigs and duiker, and warthog. On finding them, you will enjoy an hour moment with chimpanzee while taking pictures and videos of the life time moment. Return to meet your guide and drive back lodge as above.
Day 7 
VISIT BIGODI WETLAND-QUEEN ELIZABETH NATIONAL PARK
After your breakfast, drive to Bigodi wetland for a nature walk experience. The swamp is blessed with other primates like the black and white colobus monkeys, Vervet monkeys and many others.Bigodi is also one of the best destinations in bird watching in Africa, enjoy the sounds of birds an spot a variety of birds in this unspoilt nature. This will take about 2 hours' depending on your interest. Drive to Fort portal town for lunch before you proceed to Queen Elizabeth national Park. It's about 3 hours' drive with great views of the Rwenzori mountain ranges. Upon arrival, enter the park and visit the exploration crater lakes before you connect to your booked accommodation where you will check in have dinner and overnight stay.
Day 8 
LION TRACKING/ GAME DRIVE - BOAT CRUISE ON KAZINGA CHANNEL
Wake up early have your breakfast, meet your guide and drive to Kasenyi area where you will be handed to the research team  for Lion tracking experience. This experience is only carried out in Queen Elizabeth national Park  where you are guaranteed to view lions. You will get an opportunity to come close to a pride o lions. You will also connect to a game drive for chances of finding some of the park's habitats like the Buffalloes, elephants, Waterbuck, Uganda kobs and other types of Antelopes.Return for lunch at your lodge before you return to the park for a boat cruise that will take you along the Kazinga channel. The lakes have the highest concentration of hippos and other animals drinking at the waters edge, also a good bird watching. The cruise also offers good platform for photography, bird watching and games. Return to your lodge for dinner and overnight stay at the lodge.
Day 9
TRANSFER TO BWINDI IMPENETRABLE NATIONAL PARK
After enjoying your breakfast, check out of the lodge and transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. It's a 6-7 hours drive. Drive via the Ishasha sector and have a chance of spotting the tree climbing lions if it's your lucky day. Have en- route lunch as you connect to  Bwindi forest, arriving late afternoon for your booked accommodation for relaxation, dinner and overnight stay.
Day 10
GORILLA TREKKING EXPERIENCE
Have breakfast and drive to the head offices where you will meet with other trekkers for briefing about Mountain Gorilla trekking by the park officials. After briefing, you will be allocated a gorilla family to visit in groups of 8 people. Thereafter, connect to the trekking starting point for supervision of your armed ranger guides. The time taken trekking is usually btn 2-8 hours depending on the movement of the gorillas. Meeting the gorillas unexpectedly is one of the most captivating lifetime experiences. You will have a chance to observe and take pictures at very close range. You will have a chance to observe adults feeding and groaning among themselves. After an hour with the gorillas, your guide and rangers will lead you back to the starting point where your driver will readily be waiting for you.After trekking, transfer to kisoro close to Mgahinga national Park. It's about 2-3 hours from Bwindi Impenetrable national Park depending on which of the sectors. Arrive in Kisoro late afternoon and proceed to booked lodge for relaxation dinner and overnight stay at the lodge.
Day 11
TRANSFER BACK TO KAMPALA/ENTEBBE AND DEPARTURE
After breakfast, depart the lodge to embark on your journey back to Kampala or Entebbe. It's a quite along journey of about 8-9 hours drive with en-route lunch and a stop at Equator. Arrive in Entebbe Late afternoon and depending on your schedule, you will either be dropped at your own booked hotel or off to Entebbe Airport for your onward flight.

3DAYS MURCHISON FALLS NATIONAL PARK

 Day1
MURCHISON FALLS NATIONAL PARK
Drive to Murchison Falls National Park have lunch stop at Masindi. After lunch visit the top of the falls and then proceed to your booked hotel.
Day2
GAME DRIVE AND LAUCH CRUISE
After an early breakfast, you shall head for your Game drive.This is a beautiful drive across the Savannah, Borassus palm forests and grasslands down to Lake Albert where the Albert Nile heads north. Drive inhe open Savannah in search for Lions, Leopards Hyenas, Buffalloes, Elephants, Jackson hartebeest, Oribi, Waterbucks, Uganda kobs and enjoy spotting various bird species such as the Secretary Bird, Black Chested Snake Eagle, Tawny and Marshal Eagles, Carmine and shallow Tacked Bee-eaters. In the Afternoon, you shall have a boat ride up to the Nile, to the legendary Murchison Falls, where the park derives its name. Enjoy spectacular falls and crocodiles that bask at the bottom of the falls. Return to the booked lodge or hotel for dinner and overnight stay.
Day3
TRANSFER TO KAMPALA
Drive to Kampala. You may choose to have a stop by the Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary (optional) a wildlife project with re-introduction of the Rhinos in Uganda, that were declared extinct in the 1980's. Then proceed to Entebbe International Airport for departure.