19 Days Game and Cultural Tours.
This 19days (18 nights) safari will begin and end in Kampala. This safari will take you to different places like; Ndere Centre, Eastern Uganda, Murchison Falls National Park, Tororo Rock, Kibale Forest National Park, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Viewing and many other places.
You will have 2 nights at Mantana Tented camp/ Mihingo Lodge, 1 night at Imperial Botanical Beach, 5 nights at Grand Imperial Hotel / Cassia Lodge/ Basic Holiday Express Hotel, 2 nights at Tororo Rock Hotel (F/B),1 night at Mountains of the Moon Hotel (F/B), 2 nights at Paara safari Lodge (F/B), 4 nights at Mweya Safari lodge, 1 night at African Pearl Homestead, 1night at Engage Lodge/ Gorilla Resort camp/ Buhoma Community Bandas and 1 night at Imperial Botanical Beach Hotel.
 Tour Itinerary for 19days
Day 1: Arrival.
You will be picked by our safari guide/ driver. He will welcome you to the country at the air port and take you to your hotel. There he will brief you on the tour your about to take. Rest, have dinner and over night. Grand Imperial Hotel / Cassia Lodge/ Basic Holiday Express Hotel.
Day 2: Ndere Centre.
After your morning breakfast, you will drive back to the Ndere Cultural center and be part of various competitions. Because you trained the previous day, you will now be able to compete and of course the winner will be awarded with a certificate and other prizes. You will have an evening entertainment by the Ndere troupe and return for your overnight at Grand Imperial Hotel / Cassia Lodge/ Basic Holiday Express Hotel.
Day 3: Participate in cultural Activities.
Have your breakfast and then go to Ndere centre for a one day workshop. According to your cultural interest, you will be trained and among the activities, you will learn cooking traditional foods, traditional dancing, dressing in traditional attire and courtship the Ugandan style. Over night at Grand Imperial Hotel / Cassia Lodge/ Basic Holiday Express Hotel.
Day 4: Watch Cultural Dancing Competition and Koi Koi.
Have breakfast; go back to the Ndere Cultural center for various competitions amongst the entertainers. The winners are awarded prizes and certificates. Experience the passionate Sparks when Africa's Ancient bonfire (idiomatic) story telling and riddles collide with rap and jazz during the Koi Koi every starting at 7pm. Dinner and overnight at Grand Imperial Hotel / Cassia Lodge/ Basic Holiday Express Hotel.

Day 5: Eastern Uganda.
You are expected to wake up early, have breakfast and then drive to the East and visit the White Nile that is the longest river in Africa. You will visit the mighty Bujagali falls and get a chance to see the real sparkling white water of the Nile as it paves its way through the stones and also listen to the mysteries that surround the Bujagali falls. Have lunch at Sunset Hotel then drive to Tororo in the afternoon
Dinner and overnight at Tororo Rock Hotel (F/B)
Day 6: Tororo Rock.
You will wake up in the morning and then climb the Tororo Rock hill. You will visit the ancestral cave and the various Rock paintings. After that interesting activity, you will have lunch at the Hotel then have an afternoon entertainment by the local community group. In the evening, you will have dinner and overnight at Tororo Rock Hotel (F/B)
Day 7: Transfer to Kampala.
You are expected to wake up early in the morning for your breakfast, and then transfer back to Kampala. You will reach in the evening; you will have dinner and overnight at Grand Imperial Hotel / Cassia Lodge/ Basic Holiday Express Hotel. Those who want to sleep will go for that and those who are fascinated with night clubs will be driven to those respective places until they are tired.
Day 8: Transfer to Murchison Falls National Park.
You will have your breakfast in the morning and then drive to Murchison Falls National Park; you will have a stop over in Masindi Town for lunch then after proceed to the Park. When you reach, you will be tired so you will have dinner and overnight at Paara safari Lodge (F/B)
Day 9: Murchison Falls Tour.
Early in the morning, you will have breakfast then visit Murchison falls. These are the most exciting falls in East and Central Africa that’s why the park was named after these falls. You will be able to see how and where the world's longest river explodes violently through a narrow cleft in the Rift Valley escarpment to plunge into a frothing pool 43m below. Wildlife populations have greatly recovered; in the borassus grassland to the north of the Nile, elephant, buffalo, giraffe and a variety of antelope are regularly encountered on game drives, while the lions are seen with increasing frequency. After lunch, you will take a boat cruise to the bottom of the falls. This is an exciting cruise with lots of game to see such as hippos, the most feared Nile crocodiles, elephants and the lovely bird species along. You will have an evening relax and listen to the African evening stories told by the local guides.
Dinner and overnight at Paara safari Lodge (F/B)
Day 10: Transfer to Fort Portal.
You will wake up and have your breakfast such that you proceed to Hoima and visit the Kings Palace. You will reach a place called Kolping Hotel for your lunch. As you have your lunch, you will be entertained by the Entogoro cultural dancers then later head to Fort Portal. Dinner and overnight will be at Mountains of the Moon Hotel (F/B)
Day 11: Kibale Forest National Park.
 Start early for chimp tracking. Chimp tracking is done in the groups of 6. Kibale forest is the most accessible of Uganda's major rainforests. Kibale is home to a remarkable 13 primate species, including the very localized red colobus and L'Hoest's monkey. Kibale's major attraction, however, is the opportunity to track habituated chimps - these delightful apes, more closely related to humans than to any other living creature, are tremendous fun to watch as they squabble and play in fruiting trees. After Lunch at Mantana Luxury tented camp, we transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park. You will have dinner and over night at Mwea safari Lodge.
Day 12: Queen Elizabeth National Park.
Start at 6:00 am for a game drive in the park. Do not worry about break fast because you will find it. These early game drives are known to produce good sights of the members of the cat family. This park is known for its open savannah, rainforest, from dense papyrus swamps and brooding crater lakes to the vastness of Lake Edward, it is little wonder that QENP boasts one of the highest biodiversity ratings of any game reserve in the world. Almost 100 mammal species and a remarkable 606 bird species makes this superb safari territory, with elephant, a profusion of hippos, the elusive giant forest hog and handsome Uganda Kob all regularly sighted around the tourist village on the Mweya Peninsula - which also boasts a marvelous waterfront setting in the shadow of the Rwenzori Mountains. In the afternoon you will take a launch cruise on Kazinga channel. Dinner and overnight at Mweya safari lodge
 Day 13: Visit the Salt Lake.
Have breakfast and then a morning game drive which will reward you with chance to see Elephants, Buffaloes, antelopes like water bucks among others. In the afternoon visit the Katwe salt works. See the indigenous technology of extracting salt. Dinner and overnight at Mweya Safari lodge
Day 14: Traditional Activities.
Participating in the real African Wedding ceremony. After breakfast at the hotel, travel to Bunyaruguru to join the local women and men in the preparation of a rural wedding ceremony. Here the whole group will participate in the activities. These include peeling bananas, fetching fire wood, constructing sheds, fetching water from the streams, and any other activities that will be identified. The group shall be divided into small groups each undertaking different activities. The activities shall be announced and the group members are free to choose where they have interest. We go back to the Hotel in the evening. Dinner and overnight at Mweya Safari lodge.

Day 15: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest.
On this day, you will wake up in the morning, have breakfast and then transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable forest, the home of gorillas. When you look deep into brown eyes of these gentle apes. The park has 90 mammal species, including 11 primates, of which the black-and-white colobus, with its lovely flowing white tail is prominent. The forest birding ranks with the best in Uganda, with 23 highly localized Albertine Rift endemics present. This will be one of the most exciting activities you will experience. Dinner and overnight will be at Engage Lodge/ Gorilla Resort camp/ Buhoma Community Bandas.
Day 16: Gorilla Tracking.
You will have a whole day gorilla trekking which is a very captivating activity though challenging activity therefore ensures physical fitness. It involves walking in the wilderness in search of these great apes. There are three groups found in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Mubare, Habinyanja, and Rushegura). You will have an evening entertainment by the Batwa people. These people were once recognized as the owners of the high montane forest. Evening entertainment by the Pygmies (Batwa). The Batwa were once recognized as the owners of the high montane forest. The men used to hunt, and collect honey and other forest products, which were exchanged for village goods, while the women gathered vegetables, mushrooms and fruits as well as working for local farming people. At the end of the 19th century, when what is now southwest Uganda was part of the Kingdom of Rwanda, the Batwa, like their counterparts in Rwanda, Kivu and Burundi, were valued as court entertainers and soldiers. At the beginning of the 20th century some Batwa leaders became powerful enough to claim tribute from their neighbors. Since then however, as the forest has been cut down by local farmers, the Batwa have become destitute and despised. Most are entirely landless; they live as tenants or squatters on other peoples land', church or state land, and pay the landlord with their labour in exchange for food: collecting firewood and water and doing farm work. Those who do manage to get a little land are liable to be evicted by more powerful neighbors, and find it almost impossible to get redress.   Dinner and overnight at African Pearl Homestead
Day 17: Transfer to Lake Mburo National Park.
You will be transferred to Lake Mburo national park. Have lunch. Take a canoe Ride as you wait for dinner and over night at Mantana Tented camp/ Mihingo Lodge.
Day 18: Lake Mburo National park.
You will drive to Lake Mburo National Park for a game drive after your breakfast and then proceed to Kampala. You will have a lunch stop at Hotel Brovad Masaka and also do some shopping at the Cultural Center handcrafts. In the evening, you will have dinner and overnight stay at Imperial Botanical Beach Hotel.
 Day 19: Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Viewing.
The boat takes about 45 minutes across to Ngamba Island, crossing the Equator en-route. On arrival at the island, home to 39 chimpanzees, you will be given a short introduction and briefing on the sanctuary. After which, its feeding time! It is interesting to watch the chimpanzees interact with each other and with their keepers. Such as savannah, wetlands and tropical forest. If you have not managed to see the shoebill in the wild you are certain a sighting here, as well as rhino. You will then be transferred to the airport for your flight back home.

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