The 7 Days Uganda wildlife safari tour takes you to Semuliki National Park and Murchison Falls National Park. The two national parks are very popular for wildlife safari tours in Uganda. This Uganda wildlife safari tour has attracted many international tourists seeking an exclusive Uganda safari, full of wildlife encounters and pure photography.
Explore and take deep adventure in Semuliki, while visiting Lake Albert, the famous Sempaya hot springs, and getting into shoebill hunt along both Lake Albert and the Nile delta in Murchison Falls National Park. The Uganda wildlife safari tour ranks among the most exciting Uganda safari tours for visitors seeking for pure wildlife experience in Africa.
Uganda Wildlife Safari Itinerary:
Day 1: Kampala – Semuliki National Park
Leave Kampala after breakfast for the fascinating drive through papyrus swamps and thick jungle of the Nile Delta to Semuliki National Park just above the mighty Rwenzori Mountain ranges. Get your afternoon lunch in Fort Portal and get ready to take on a guided walk through the crater lakes area and a visit to ‘Amabeere Ga Nyinamwiru‘ caves.
Proceed to Semuliki National Park. This is a home to 53 mammals of which 27 are large mammals. 11 species are endemic to the park, including the pygmy antelopes and the two flying squirrel species. It is also home to the peculiar water chevrotain, known as the ‘fanged deer’.
Night Game drive for the Big Cats is a must for an outstanding safari encounter in Africa.
Dinner and overnight stay at Semuliki Safari Lodge (high-end facility). Meal Plan: Lunch and Dinner.
Day 2: Wildlife Tour in Semuliki National Park
Morning after your breakfast is dedicated for a game drive, a park that is home to forest elephants and buffaloes which are smaller versions of their savannah-dwelling relatives. It is also a home to over 53 mammals of which 27 are large mammals. 11 species are endemic to the park including the pygmy antelopes and two flying squirrel species. It is also home to the peculiar water chevrotain, known as the ‘fanged deer’.
Afternoon will be for a boat ride along Lake Albert for an amazing birding opportunity. Look out for the Abyssinian Ground-Thrush, Oberlaender’s Ground-Thrush, Grey Ground-Thrush, Little Grey Greenbul, Toro Olive Greenbul, Mountain Greenbul, Yellow-throated Nicator and Western Nicator among others.
Dinner and overnight stay at Semuliki Safari Lodge (high-end facility). Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.
Day 3: Full Day Semuliki – Part of Uganda Wildlife Safari
Get on a morning search for the rare shoebill stock in the wildlife reserve and then a visit to the Sempaya hot springs. Sempaya Hot Springs are Semuliki’s most famous attraction. The male spring, known as ‘Bintente’, measures 12m in diameter and is set in a lush swampy clearing.
The female spring ‘Nyasimbi‘, meaning ‘the female ancestors’, is a boiling geyser (103°C) which spurts bubbling water and steam up to two meters high. The steam cloud can be seen from as far as 2km away. Local people used to cook their food in these boiling pools.
The afternoon is spent on relaxation and sightseeing around your lodge.
Dinner and overnight stay at Semuliki Safari Lodge (high-end facility). Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.
Day 4: Semuliki – Murchison Falls
Begin the panoramic drive northwards through Hoima and the verdant countryside passing through traditional homesteads and farmlands along the Albertine Rift escarpments. After lunch, you will then drive to Murchison Falls National Park.
Dinner and overnight stay at Paraa Safari Lodge (luxury facility). Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.
Day 5: Murchison Falls National Park – Part of Uganda Wildlife Safari
After your cup of coffee, cross the Nile by ferry to the northern bank of the park. Your guide will help you spot giant African Elephants, lions, cape buffaloes, Rothschild’s giraffe, hartebeests, waterbucks, oribi, bushbucks, bohor reedbuck and hyenas. If you are lucky, you will also see some leopards.
You will then return to the hotel for breakfast and lunch. After lunch, go for a boat safari upstream the calm Victoria Nile to the base of Murchison Falls, stopping just tens of meters from the ‘Devil’s Cauldron’. While en-route, you will marvel at the toothsome hippos, Nile crocodiles, elephants, waterbucks and Uganda Kob, over this 17km stretch.
This is also a zone of many bird species like the Goliath heron, Egyptian goose, pelican bee-eater, kingfisher, hornbill, cormorant and the rare shoebill stork. Here, you will leave the boat and start and embark on a quite heavy hike to the top of the falls (approx. 1 hour). You will see 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. Your driver/guide will be waiting for you at this point to bring you back to the lodge.
Dinner and overnight stay at Paraa Safari Lodge (luxury facility). Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.
Day 6: Murchison Falls National Park
After your morning breakfast get ready for a boat trip to the Nile Delta, taking you between 4-5hrs. This is one of the most interesting experiences in Murchison Falls National Park because it takes you through the extensive papyrus delta, through which the Victoria Nile flows into Lake Albert. Here again, there are plenty of animals and birds to see with an excellent chance of seeing the rare shoebill stork. The afternoon is spent relaxing at your lodge.
Dinner and overnight stay at Paraa Safari Lodge (luxury facility). Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.
Day 7: Murchison Falls – Kampala
Wake up at 6:00am prepared to take photographs of the rising African sun in the morning and enjoy your breakfast. You will drive back to Kampala with a visit to Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary and an option of a canoe ride on a swamp in search for the rare shoebill bird. Get your picnic lunch and later return to Kampala and Entebbe International Airport for your outbound flight back home or to your next destination.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch.
Uganda Wildlife Safari Inclusions and Exclusions
Includes
- Airport transfer- drop
- Transportation by a 4wd safari Land Cruiser
- Accommodation and meals as per the itinerary
- Park fees
- Services of English speaking Driver/guide.
- Enroute lunches
- Hot springs visit
- Shoebill hunt in Semuliki
- Boat ride along the Nile Delta
- Night game safari drive
- Ferry crossing
- Hike to the top of the falls
- Rhino trekking at Ziwa
- A boat ride along Lake Albert
- Park fees
Excludes
- Night game drive in Semuliki,
Expenses of personal nature like; visa fees, drinks, laundry, tips to local guides, telephone, porter fee while trekking, personal insurance, and tobacco.