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Pader District

Day 1 : Drive to Murchison Falls National Park - Hike to the Top of the Falls After your early morning breakfast, meet your driver/guide at 7:00 AM and listen to a brief on your 3 days Murchison Falls wildlife safari Uganda package. Begin the 6-hour drive to Uganda's biggest national park, Murchison falls National Park. Take a stopover in Luwero District to pick fruits like oranges, pineapples, passion fruits, and jackfruits. Then proceed to lunch at the Kabalega Dinners or Masindi town for lunch at Masindi Hotel. Afterward, drive out of Masindi town to a dirt road for about 20 minutes and arrive at  Murchison falls National Park where the fun begins. You'll immediately be ushered into a wildlife park by a number of stubborn baboons lining up along the road. They'll grapple for goodies, so ensure the windscreens are up else they will snatch anything inviting from the car. Day 2: Morning Game Drive through the park and Boat Ride on the Victoria Nile After your early morning breakfast at around 6:30 AM, your driver-guide together with the game ranger will pick you up at exactly 7:00 AM for the early morning game drive. This is the best time to catch sight of the nocturnal animals and hunters before they return to their hideouts, as well as seeing the early risers. Take a ferry from the South section of the National Park across the Nile that bisects the park. Once on the northern side, you'll be in the area where the most game can be found.  Explore the major game trails especially around the area of Paraa for good game spotting including elephants, lions, giraffes, antelopes, jackals, hyenas, Uganda kobs, waterbucks, Jackson's Hartebeests and hopefully the elusive leopards among others. At around 11:30 AM, return to the lodge for your lunch and some relaxation. Shortly after, set out for the afternoon boat ride on the Victoria Nile which is the highest spot of any Murchison Falls Safari. Spot lots of hippos, Nile crocodiles, elephants, buffaloes, and many other animals that come to drink water, refresh and cool themselves off the scorching sun and some animals to eat the fresh grass along the river banks. The Nile is also a birds' magnet. You will also be shown the crush point of Ernest Hemingway. The ride takes you close to the base of the Murchison Falls where you are met with yet another view of the lovely falls. Take a hike to the top of the falls before the return ride, then return back to the lodge for your dinner. Day 3: Early Morning Game Drive through the park and return to Kampala to get dropped off at your lodging Wake up early in the morning and get prepared for another game drive through the park. Expect to increase your game count and spot more wildlife on the final day of this trip. At around 11:00 AM, check out of the hotel and drive to Masindi town for a tasty lunch. Then, embark on the return journey back to Kampala where you will be dropped off at your preferred destination.

2 Days Murchison Falls National Park Tour Overview Explore Uganda’s largest national park - Murchison Falls National Park in just 2 days. This is one of the most astonishing and memorable safaris in Uganda. It will take you to the only national park in Uganda that has all the Big Five, which includes lions, buffaloes, rhinos, leopards, and elephants. Sighting the king of the jungle resting and relaxing up in a tree can be very thrilling. Fun: Big 5 African game encounter, Murchison Falls hike to top the falls. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Summarised itinerary Day 1: Transfer to Murchison Falls National Park and do a Ziwa White rhino tracking en route Day 2: Early morning game drive and transfer to Kampala or to the Airport Day-by-day itinerary -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day 1: Transfer to Murchison Falls National Park and do a Ziwa White rhino tracking en route On this trip, Friendly Gorillas’ professional guide will pick you up from the lodge at 6:30 am after your delicious breakfast. You will set off to Murchison Falls NP with a stopover at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary for a very exhilarating experience of getting to interact with the magnificent rhinos. Upon arrival to this unique place, you will be briefed about your short tour, specifically about how to behave while trekking these rhinos. You need to carefully adhere to the ranger’s instructions because if you act otherwise, the rhinos may get aggressive. While on this nature walk to track the endangered white rhinos, you will also get the opportunity to view other animals like waterbucks, bushbucks, kobs, duikers, and many others. After this amazing experience, you will drive to Masindi, where you will have lunch before proceeding to Murchison Falls, depending on the time of your arrival, you will start by hiking to the top of the falls. Enjoy this exciting point of seeing the Nile forcing its way through the rock and forming a very attractive scenery. Overnight: Hornbill Safari Lodge Meals: All meals -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day 2: Early morning game drive, boat ride and transfer back to Kampala. Early in the morning, after your breakfast, your driver will drive you to the Northern part of the park for yet another astonishing activity. This game drive will be early in the morning at 7:00 am so you may be able to catch up with world life before they depart to hunt for food. You will have an opportunity to view animals from around the world, like Cape Elephants, Kobs, Buffaloes, Rothschild Giraffes, Lions, Leopards, Orbis, and many others. From here, you will retreat and embark on your journey back to Kampala. Drinking water (Other drinks not included) End of safari!

For those that are in Uganda for meetings and conferences, Jinja source of the Nile is another way of spending their spare time as they enjoy the beauty of Uganda the Pearl of Africa. Jinja source of the Nile is a point where River Nile starts its long journey to Mediterranean Sea. By just a visit to the source of the Nile, you would have seen the source of the longest river on planet earth and also the largest fresh water lake in Africa. from Lake Victoria in Jinja, we get to see River Nile separating from Lake Victoria to start its long journey Northwards. - Jinja source of the Nile excursion requires driving from Kampala via Mabira forest, roadside markets, tea and sugar plantations. - You may have lunch before taking you boat ride to the exact point of the source. This boat excursion takes you along the river like and you will have an opportunity to bird on the source of the Nile.

THREE DAYS MURCHISON FALLS N P SAFARI WIRLDLIFE Day 1: Kampala-Murchison Falls National Park Enjoy breakfast at your hotel early in the morning before hitting the road for the most beautiful protected area in Uganda: Murchison Falls National Park. This park is located about 300 kilometers north of Kampala, passing through the famous Lucero triangle and have a stopover at dinners. We later proceed on entering the park through gate and visit the magnificent falls where you will enjoy and marvel at the mighty Nile, being forced into a seven meter crevice to thunder 45 meters below in a series of cascades that can be viewed at different points. Dinner and overnight. Day 2: Game drive – Boat cruise After an early morning breakfast, we drive down to the ferry and cross the Nile to the northern sector of the park and start our game drive towards the Delta area, in search for wildlife that includes; the Rothschild Giraffe, elephant, Jackson’s Heartbeats, Lions, Warthogs, Cobs, Jackals, Oribis, Waterbucks, Pates monkeys and Leopards among others. Here also a variety of Savannah woodland birds can be seen. We go back to the lodge, relax around, have lunch and later in the afternoon, at 02:00pm go for the boat cruise on the Nile, for game viewing at close quarters as they come to cool off on the shores of the mighty Nile. Here you get a chance of seeing many schools of Hippos, Crocodiles, Buffaloes, Elephants and a variety of water birds. We come back to the lodge after about 3 hours, for dinner and overnight. Day 3: Murchison falls – Kampala Start our day with breakfast and set off for Kampala or airport, and that will be the end of our three days safari and we thank you for supporting Bright safaris Uganda

Day 1: Kampala to Murchison Falls National Park, Boat Trip (Lunch and Dinner) Your tour begins as you set off from your accommodation at 6:30AM on your 2-day safari to Uganda’s biggest national park. Driving along the Kampala-Gulu Highway, you'll briefly stop over in the Luwero District for refreshments such as fruit and water. Once at at the Murchison Falls National Park, drive to the top of the falls where you receive views of the magnificent Nile as it squeezes through a narrow gorge roughly 7 meters wide. Following the falls, set off for lunch before proceeding to a 2:30PM wildlife cruise on the River Nile. This will see you take a relaxing ride of about 3.5 hours throughout which you get to enjoy up-close sightings of a number of wildlife that lie along the banks of River Nile. This wildlife includes hippos, crocodiles, buffalo, elephants, monitor lizards, warthogs, and a cocktail of birds such as African fish eagles, red-throated bee eaters, skimmers, cattle egrets, the rare shoebill stork, and more. The boat ride takes you to the bottom of the Murchison Falls for another quite remarkable sight of these wild falls, and at the conclusion of your cruise you'll return to your lodge for dinner and to rest. Day 2: Game Drive, Travel to Kampala (Breakfast and Lunch) Wake up for an early morning breakfast at around 6:00AM before setting out for an early game drive by 6:30AM. This timing is appropriate for catching the nocturnal and hunters before they retire to their hideouts for the day. Explore the major game tracks of Queen and Albert for spectacular sightings of wildlife such as elephants, lions, giraffes, antelopes, jackals, hyenas, Uganda kobs, oribis, buffalo, waterbucks, Jackson's Hartebeests, bushbucks, and hopefully the elusive leopard, among others. Four hours after the unforgettable wildlife experience, check-out of the park and start your return journey to Kampala. On your return journey you may choose to stop over at the Kabalega Diner on the Kampala/Gulu highway for lunch.

This 1-day best Jinja & Source of river Nile Tour is by far the best Uganda short tour from Kampala or Entebbe as it includes visiting a number of places and doing several activities. This 1-day best & Jinja Source of river Nile Tour is a little wonder Uganda short tour which takes you to Eastern region, the adventure capital of Uganda. Jinja is a land of perfect scenery, beautiful landscapes and endless treasures. This 1-day best Jinja & Source of river Nile Tour takes you through the best of them for an experience of your lifetime. This 1-day best Jinja & Source of river Nile Tour starts from Kampala, taking you through the spectacles of tea plantations, sugarcanes and African markets. You will behold and experience the rapids of rivers, the beauty of forests, the sound of waters and the falling of them, right at the source of the Nile and the Sezibwa falls. Sezibwa falls will be the first point to stop over to behold the uniqueness of this unstoppable waterflow of sorts; Sezibwa derives its name from the phrase, “sizibwa kkubo” in the Luganda language which is translated “my way cannot be blocked or hindered” in English. From Sezibwa, the 1-day best Jinja & Source of river Nile Tour will lead you to the exciting Mabira Forest. The forest adventure offers hiking opportunities through which birds, mammals and reptiles among other species can be spotted. After this, you will visit the source of the River Nile to finalize the 1-day best Jinja Source of river Nile Tour The popular activities on this 1-day best Jinja Source of river Nile Tour in effect include: visiting the Sezibwa Falls Cultural Heritage Site to see the beautiful waterfalls and learn about preserved African traditional cultures, a visit to the Mabira rainforest for a trek that brings you close to nature and wildlife such as monkeys and birds, and finally you will take a boat ride on the might River Nile in Jinja and visit the famous Source of the Nile. This a family friendly tour, kids will enjoy themselves very much as the adults discover the eastern outdoors. This tour can also be extended to white-water rafting, Kayaking and Sunset cruise along the river Nile to experience Uganda's most authentic and unique activities on the mighty Nile during your Jinja safari but an additional cost

The 3 day Murchison Falls National Park Safari gives you a great time in the wild with great sights of the magnificent Murchison falls that falls from a 45m wall through an 8m wide gorge hence giving it a very scenic look and a thunderous roar of the waters before it continues with its course on the Victoria Nile, amazing vegetation types especially Savannah and amazing wildlife species such as lions, warthogs, elephants, antelopes, Nile crocodiles and birds like Goliath heron, kingfishers, rare shoebill, the storks among others. The park was established in 1926 as a game reserve hence is Uganda’s oldest and largest, situated in Northwestern Uganda, on an area of 3,80sqkm and home to over 460 bird and 76 mammal species. We shall get a chance to visit Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary, in this sanctuary you will have a great time tracking rhinos(among the big five), they had gone extinct in Uganda by 1982 but revived again by 2005 after the establishment sanctuary. You will go on the boat you will be able to see different bird species, animals like the Nile crocodiles, hippos, monitor lizards, elephants that quench their thirst from the waters. The boat will lead you to the base of these falls, where you will get out and start off on a 45minute hike (basing on the speed of the person) to the top of the Murchison waterfalls, you will see amazing sceneries; right from the falls, vegetation among others.

This 3 days tour is a beautiful introduction to Uganda’s most famous Game-park where you can see wild animals such as lions, leopards, giraffes , elephants, hippo’s, crocodiles and many more wild life living the Savannah. In additions you’ll also visit the impressive Murchison falls floating into the River Nile and finalise the trip with visiting the Rhinos in the Ziwa Rhinos sanctuary. ITINERARY DAY 1 - 7 AM Start the trip from pick-up point to Murchison Falls. - 2 PM visit the top of the Falls. - 3 PM set off to the accommodation. - 4 PM check-in and have a rest. - 5 PM Sunset watching in the park. - 7:30 PM come back to the accommodation for dinner and enjoy the campfire. DAY 2 - 6 AM wake up, breakfast - 7:30 AM start the morning game-drive to search for the big 5 and all other types of animals and bird species in the park. - 12:00 PM rest at the at the accommodation. - 1 PM Lunch. - 2 PM boat-cruise for more animal watching and viewing the bottom of Murchison Falls. - 5 PM evening game drive to search for more animals. - 8 PM Dinner. DAY 3 - 7 AM wake up, breakfast. - 8.30 AM set off to Ziwa Rhino Wildlife Ranch. - 11:00 AM arriving at the Sanctuary. - 11:30 AM start our tour. - 1:30 PM Lunch - 2:30 PM Set off back to our pick-up point The guide will allways make shure that the progamm is followed in time and that everything needed like water and snacks will be there. Special needs or request can allways be discussed.

The 10 days Uganda Safari Tour & Holiday unleashes the best Uganda has to offer. The safari starts in Murchison Falls National Park. It is located in North Western part of Uganda covering areas like Masindi, Buliisa, Kiryandongo, Nwoya, Amuru, and Pakwach. The park is the largest National park in Uganda with an area of 3840sq.kms. Through a game drive and a boat cruise on the Nile River, you will encounter the Big 5 mammal species like elephants, leopards, lions, buffaloes and the rhinos, you will also get an opportunity to view the Nile crocodiles, Hippos, bush bucks Giraffes, Uganda kobs, Bushbucks, Elephants, Hartebeests, Oribis, waterbucks, warthogs, hyenas and various bird species like black bee eater, rare shoebill stork, weavers, grey crowned cranes, Abyssinian ground hornbill, Black-headed lapwing, Senegal thick-knee among others. From Murchison Falls National Park, you will visit Kibale Forest National Park found in Kabarole district which is known for Chimpanzee trekking. After Kibale, you will then visit Queen Elizabeth National Park which is one of Uganda’s most visited national parks. Queen Elizabeth National Park owns unmatched beautiful features such as crater lakes, the famous Kazinga channel, forested Gorges and Savannah plains. It is also home to 95 mammal species including the 4 members of the big 5 such as Lions, Leopards, Elephants and Buffaloes, however other species include warthogs, Hippos, hyenas, Ugandan kobs, oribis, Topis, bush bucks, waterbucks, giant forest hogs, chimpanzees, Nile crocodiles among others. The park boosts of various Bird species like grey crowned cranes, Martial eagle, shoebill, African green pigeon, handsome francolin, Nubian wood pecker, swamp flycatcher, grey crowned heron, black bee eater, African skimmer Here you will go for a game drive and Boat cruise on Kazinga Chanel to see wildlife and birdlife. You will then proceed to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park which is one of Uganda’s oldest rainforests aged more than 25000 years with about 400 plant species. The park is known for having almost half of the World’s remaining population of Mountain Gorillas. The park has about 459 Mountain Gorillas with 21 habituated families living in all the sectors of the park which are Buhoma, Rushaga, Nkuringo, and Ruhija. You will spend a day tracking mountain gorillas, taking their pictures and enjoying their behavior however, you will also visit the Batwa community and know their way of living.

Day 1: Transfer to Murchison Falls National Park and do a Ziwa White rhino tracking en route On this trip, Friendly Gorillas’ professional guide will pick you up from the lodge at 6:30 am after your delicious breakfast. And you will set off to Murchison Falls NP with a stopover at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary for a very exhilarating experience of getting to interact with the magnificent rhinos. Upon arrival at this unique place, you will be briefed about your short tour, specifically about how to behave while trekking these rhinos. You need to carefully adhere to the ranger’s instructions because if you act otherwise, the rhinos may get aggressive. While on this nature walk to track the endangered white rhinos, you will also get the opportunity to view other animals like waterbucks, bushbucks, kobs, duikers, and many others. After this amazing experience, you will drive to Masindi, where you will have lunch before proceeding to Murchison Falls, and depending on the time of arrival, you will start by hiking to the top of the falls. Enjoy this exciting point of seeing the Nile forcing its way through the rock and forming a very attractive scenery. Overnight: Heritage Safari Lodge Meals: All meals -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day 2: An early morning game drive and a boat cruise in the afternoon Early in the morning, after your breakfast, your driver will drive you to the northern part of the park for yet another astonishing activity. This game drive will be early in the morning at 7:00 am so you may be able to catch up with world life before they depart to hunt for food. You will have an opportunity to view animals from around the world, like elephants, Kobs, Buffbuffaloesthschild Giraffes, Lions, Leopards, Orbis, and many others. From here, you shall retreat to your lodge for relaxation and lunch as you prepare for the mighty enjoyment of a boat cruise in the afternoon. After relaxing, you will connect to Paraa Jetty to catch up with the Nile launch cruise to the bottom of the falls at 2 p.m. Here you will have impressive views of some aquatics like hippos, crocodiles, the shoebill stork, and many more. The boat stops at the bottom of the world’s most powerful waterfall-Murchison Falls. Hereafter, you will connect to your lodge for relaxation, dinner, and overnight. Overnight: Heritage Safari Lodge Meals: All meals --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Day 3: Transfer to Kampala Early in the morning, after your breakfast, our friendly and professional driver will pick you up and you will begin your journey to Kampala. You will have a stopover in Masindi to relax and have lunch at Kolping Hotel. After that, you will proceed before arriving in Kampala in the early afternoon. Drinking water (Other drinks not included) End of safari!