Trip includes Murchison Falls, Royal Mile, Semuliki, Lake Mburo National Park, and Mpanga Forest.
Overview
Trip includes Murchison Falls, Royal Mile, Semuliki, Lake Mburo National Park, and Mpanga Forest.
Itinerary
Arrive at Entebbe International Airport, meet and greet by your driver guide, and proceed to the accommodation.
Overnight Jet Villas (Bed and Breakfast).
After breakfast, start the drive to Murchison, birding and butterfly watching en route. After lunch, continue with the drive to the accommodation via the top of the falls.
Dinner and Overnight at Pakuba Safari Lodge (Full Board).
After an early breakfast, we will proceed for an all morning game drive; look out for butterflies like Yellow Spendour Tip, Diverse White, Grizzled Bush Brown, Clover Blue, etc. Lunch, then head for a magical boat trip up to the bottom of the Falls, and it is possible to view hundreds of hippos, crocodiles, and a variety of bird life. Look out for birds like Abyssinian Ground Hornbill, Black-headed Plover, Swallow-tailed Bee-Eater, Red-throated Bee-eater, Black-billed Barbet, Spotted Morning Thrush, White-browed Sparrow Weaver, and more.
Look out for mammals like the Graceful Roth child Giraffe, Lelwel Hartebeest, Uganda Kob, Bushbuck, Defassa Waterbuck, Lake Chad Buffaloes, Elephants, Warthog, Hippos, Oribi, and, when lucky, a leopard and Lion among others.
Dinner and overnight at Pakuba Safari lodge( Full Board).
After an early breakfast and with our lunches, we will proceed for an all morning game drive to fill in the gaps and then drive head to Masindi.
Dinner and overnight at Masindi Hotel (Full Board).
After breakfast, we will proceed for the drive to the Royal Mile, where we will spend as much time as we want playing with our toys. Lots of butterflies to be seen like Bush Bronze, White Barred Charaxes, Western Red Charaxes, Forest Mother Of Pearl, Blue Spot Pansy, Soldier Commodore, etc.
Dinner and overnight at Masindi Hotel (Full Board).
After breakfast, we will proceed for the drive to the Royal Mile, where we will spend as much time as we want playing with our toys (gadgets) for a second day. Look out for more butterflies and birds.
Dinner and overnight at Masindi Hotel( Full Board).
After breakfast, we will proceed for a long drive to Fort Portal, stopping at every photographic opportunity that will present itself.
Dinner and overnight at Chimpanzee Guest House( Full Board).
After breakfast, we will start descending to the rift valley as we drive alongside the Rwenzori Mountain ranges on a winding road as we slope down to Semuliki.
Dinner and overnight at UWA bandas ( Full Board)
Breakfast at leisure as we wait for the magical time to come, and then we enter the forest to look for the flying creatures, coming back in time for lunch. Semuliki is a Hornbill city, so expect to see lots of different species plus butterflies like Forest Glade Nymph, Variable Diadem, Common Yellow Glider, Shining Green Forester, etc.
Dinner and overnight at UWA bandas (Full Board ).
Another day at Semuliki to fill in the gaps.
Dinner and overnight at UWA bandas ( Full Board).
After breakfast, we will proceed for the drive to Lake Mburo with a lunch stop along the way.
Dinner and overnight at Rwakobo Rock (Full Board).
After breakfast, we will proceed for a morning walk looking out for butterflies like Small Flame-Bordered Emperor, Pearl Charaxes, Dark Banded Scarlet, etc. Note that the wildlife here includes Zebra, Giraffe, Impala, Eland, Defassa Waterbuck, and Bushbuck, among others. Lunch, then head for a boat trip and see who gets the best African Finfoot photograph.
Dinner and overnight at Rwakobo Rock ( Full Board).
Today, we head to Mpanga Forest for an opportunity to photograph more butterflies.
Dinner and overnight at Mpanga Forest( Full Board).
After breakfast, we head for our walk in Mpanga again, lunch, then transfer to Entebbe.
Overnight at Jet Villas (Full board).
Breakfast at leisure, clean the machines, pack the bags, early lunch and then transfer to Entebbe International Airport in time for your return flight