Uganda Cultural Tour - 11 Days Cultural Tour in Uganda

Tour Name: Uganda Cultural Tour

Tour Duration: 11 days, 10 Nights

Kampala City : Kampala City, Lake Mburo, Lake Bunyonyi, Bwindi Forest, Queen Elizabth and Kibale Forest.

Tour activities: Birding, Game drives, Boat trips, Gorilla Tracking, Primates Trekking, cultural tours, city tours, photographying and Nature walks among others.

Day 1: Airport Transfer
On arrival at Entebbe International Airport you will meet your driver guide and transfer to Kampala; the Capital City of Uganda. Check in at Cassia lodge or Holiday Express Hotel in the city centre dinner and overnight.

Day 2: Kampala - city tour
Morning breakfast and head for Kampala City tour highlights including the the mysterious Kasubi tombs – a burial ground for Buganda Kings. Visit Uganda Museum a display of all Uganda cultures, Bahai temples. Back to your Hotel in evening for dinner and overnight stay.

Day 3: Lake Mburo National Park
Have an early morning game drive through the park in seach for antelopes, zebras,
After game drive, you will have lunch and afternoon go for a boat. Overnight at Mantana Tented Camp or Rwonyo Camp.

Day 4: Lake Mburo- Kabale - Lake Bunyonyi
Morning cup of tea and drive to Kabale with a stop over at the Ankole long-horned traditional cattle sighting enroute. Lunch stop on the way and continue to Kabale. Drive past beautiful hills, ridges and valleys in Ntungamo area plus the long-flat stretch of savannah before reaching Kigezi Hills. Visit Bakyiga cultural cites.
Arrive in Kabale and proceed to Lake Bunyonyi dinner and overnight at Lake Bunyonyi Overland Camp or Arcadia cottages.

Day 5: Lake Bunyonyi – Bwindi Impenetrable Forest Camp
After breakfast go for a boat ride on Lake Bunyonyi for a tour around the beautiful Islands. The lake is a sanctuary to many different species of birds and migrating birds from Europe. Learn about the Bakyiga culture through their cultural performances .Lake Bunyonyi provides living and is the only fresh lake in the country you can find otters. Enjoy sight seeing of Kigezi terraced hills, lunch and depart for Bwindi Impenetrable Forest passing through Mafuga forest. On clear day, view the Virunga's from a distance and the Western Rift Valley stretch as it disappears to border of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Check in Buhoma Community Bandas or Gorilla Resort for overnight.

Day 6: Gorilla trekking
Destination guides will brief you before you go for your gorilla trekking and then it’s off on the adventure. The time taken and the terrain vary according to the movements of these great primates. The thrill of meeting them face-to-face takes away the pain of the long and arduous trek. Back to the camp to recount your experiences in the forest. Evening will be entertained with local dances by a local troupe.

Day 7: Bwindi – Queen Elizabeth National Park
Today a second will visit the communities by taking one of the village trails seeing the traditional herbalist, brewing of local gin, community projects and how the people live. A short interaction with the pygmies that used to share the Bwindi forest with gorillas and resettled among the local communities.

Another option or you may take a look at some of the creatures that share this forest with our Gorillas (forest walk). There is also unique game like the giant forest hog, the bushbuck and wealth of bird life while you enjoy the forest flora. Or Depart for Ishasha in to look for climbing lions in morning game drive in Queen Elizabeth National Park, and proceed to check in at Mweya Safari Lodge or Institute of Ecology.

Day 8: Queen Elizabeth National Park
Wake up before the sun rise and take a game drive. This may last for three hours. Return to the lodge for lunch and take an afternoon boat cruise on the Kazinga channel that joins Lakes Edward and George. This waterway is filled with schools of hippos, buffaloes, and elephants, which can be seen at the banks. There are also a rich variety of birds on the channel. Return for dinner and overnight at Mweya safari lodge or Mweya Hostel.

Day 9: Queen National Park- Kibale Forest National Park
Game drive to explore different tracks exploiting all chances of viewing game that inhabit this beautiful part of the world. Or Track himps in Kyambura gorge. After lunch depart for Kibale Forest National Park – home of chimpanzees. Check in at Ndali Lodge or Primates Lodge.

Day 10: Chimp tracking
After breakfast set off to track chimps in their natural habitat. Kibale Forest National Park is known for its concentration of primates in the world. Over 10 different species of primates including chimps in this park have been recorded in this park including the localized red colobus and L'Hoest's monkeys. Tracking the chimpanzee our 'cousin' is a very interesting experience. The way they feed, climb trees, respond to humans, caring for their young ones, is just phenomenal.

A network of shady forest trails provides much to delight botanists and butterfly lovers, while birders have record over 300 species including the endemic Prirogrine's ground thrush.
The elusive forest elephant, smaller and hairier than its savannah counterpart, moves seasonally into the developed part of the park, while other terrestrial mammals include buffalo, giant forest hog and a half dozen antelope species.

Return to your camp and afternoon visit communities and local markets if the day falls on market day and other activities that take place here and overnight.

Day 11: Kibale – Kampala
Depart for Kampala en route arriving late in the afternoon

Prices to be quoted include
1 Ground Transportation
2 Safari driver/guide allowance
3 Destination guiding allowance
4 Agreed upon accommodation and meals stated
5 Park entry and vehicle entrance fees
6 Game Drives and all other itinerary related activities

Prices exclude
1 Airfares to Uganda
2 Entry visas and airport taxes.
3 All personal expenditure such as laundry and drinks are excluded.

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