Uganda has lifted the Covid-19 restrictions of testing upon arrival at Entebbe Airport and any other border entry into Uganda. Therefore, it is the high time you re-plan for an amazing self drive car rental with 4×4 rooftop tent jeep to explore Uganda’s tourist attractions starting with the Murchison Falls National Park and since your safari highlight is the wildlife, we shall stay at the northern side of the park where all game drives take place in various tracks and camp at the Fort Murchison Camp and then access the park through the Tangi gate and early morning hit the track looking for the early riser wildlife like leopards and lions.
After the early morning game drive, we shall proceed to the shores of River Nile and here you can take boat cruise towards the bottom of the River Nile and with your lens camera take interesting images of the River flowing through the rock gorge.
More so with enough time on your next day take a second boat cruise still along River Nile and today take that one that goes towards the delta and here the Nile is flowing towards Lake Albert and Kyoga and this is so interesting boat cruise as with chance you will spot more wildlife and the rare stork shore bill and other birds.
This park before used to be accessed from South – North by the ferry and always activities needed advanced planning but today with the modernization is the park though not much respected option of tarmacking the route and bridge development it is much easy to take game drives and boat rides.
This park has got other conservancy sector which also offers tourism products and among them include the Budongo Forest Reserve and the Royal Mile and each offering unique activity “Chimp’s trek and bird watching” respectively. Then at the far southern part of the park you will find the Bugungu wildlife reserve and this offers wildlife and nature walks in the rain tropical forest.
Thereafter, visit the Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary and here experience the Rhino tracking experience and take an overnight stay and also you can go an overnight nature walk and then morning you can search for the rare shoe bill on the canoeing experience.
With the scenic view though the undulating village landscapes drive to the fort portal and before you arrive in your side view the fabled ranges of mountain Rwenzori. Here the spot to visit is the Kibale Forest National Park offering the best and amazing chimpanzee trekking and habituation experiences in East Africa.
Take the interesting community walks at the Bigodi wetland that are conducted by the community associations like the Tinka home and BICOWA projects.
Then after the primate experience this region has got much more to offer to tourists which include the crater lakes and the historical caves. Thereafter, continue to the Queen Elizabeth National Park and here the evening photographic game drive is so awesome and you can take this after the boat ride along the Kazinga channel that connects the Ramsar Lake George to Lake Edward.
The Queen Elizabeth National Park has got other touristic highlights and among them include the Kyambura gorge that is offering the awesome grounds of the chimpanzee walk and the birding trail. The undulating nature view of this gorge is so wonderful. The Maramagambo forest is so interesting and offering the informative bio-diversity nature walks offering the wildlife and bird watching to the international and local birders.
The Katwe salt mining area and other interesting places makes the park to be so much thought by the tourists that always taking tours in Uganda. After the Queen Elizabeth National Park travelers always proceeds to Bwindi or Mgahinga Gorilla National Parks and via the Ishasha Southern Sector where sometimes tourists break up their trips and either spend either an overnight or early travel from the Mweya Peninsula and search for the rare African tree climbing lions in the branches of the fig trees.
The Ishasha Southern Sector is taken to be known as the Kigezi Game Reserve and it is a corridor to the Virunga National Park and during high season you find that the population of wildlife like elephants is high and that is when they migrate from the Virunga massifs.
The sector is so much undulating and if you want to take much game drives in this park don’t miss the sector as it has much more to offer and with accommodation it has got limited safari lodges and those on mid-range safaris in Uganda you can either stay at Ishasha Jungle Lodge or Enjojo Lodge. Then with the luxury tourists it is the Ishasha Wilderness Camp suitably set with the eco – tourism concepts at the shores of the River Ntungwe and suitably blends with nature!
Bwindi Forest National Park is a home of almost half of the mountain gorillas in the world. This park has got 04 sectors from where the gorilla trekking safaris take place and it is through your arrangement with your safari operator to do gorilla trek any sector of your wish. Among these sectors include the Buhoma, Ruhija, Nkuringo and the Rushaga and each has got the unique gorilla families and specific gorilla safari lodges and camps offering the luxury, mid-range and budget accommodation services.
Buhoma and Nkuringo sectors are said to be the one offering the luxury gorilla safari and this from the luxury lodges and camps set in both sectors and these includes the Sanctuary Gorilla Forest Camp, Bwindi Lodge, Mahogany Springs Lodge, Buhoma Lodge and Clouds Mountain Gorilla Lodge respectively. Bwindi Forest National Park though it is thick and with high level of undulating landscapes it is amazing to go gorilla trekking experience in the mist.
Uganda being blessed with more than one park habituating the mountain gorillas it receives high number of travelers every year coming to see gorillas and for those looking for gorilla photography with our travel experts we always help you to arrange for you this experience in the Mgahinga Gorilla National Park as the park is so much lighter compared to Bwindi.
After this great ape’s adventure in the mist take a holiday relax at the shores of Lake Bunyonyi or Mutanda. Lake Mutanda is a volcanic formation water body at the footsteps of Bwindi and Mgahinga and it offers million view of the scenic land forms and there are two eco-friendly safari lodges (Mutanda Lake Resort and Chameleon Hill Lodge) to stay and you enjoy the beauty and cool breeze of the Lake.
Lake Bunyonyi is the deepest volcanic crater Lake in Uganda and it is worth to stay here after all your adventures and the Lake has got beautiful dotted islands which are usually visited with the canoeing or motor engine boats by tourists and then an overnight stay at Arcadia Cottages is paramount.
Later, with the relaxing drive you will return your journey back to Kampala or Entebbe with the en-route visit to the Lake Mburo National Park where you can spot more wildlife and birds. Experience the Equator and then again Kampala or Entebbe here we come back. Kampala city tour offers the religions, cultural and historical land marks and then the local African craft shops and don’t miss to acquire yourself some good African souvenirs.
Lastly, but not least before your departure take a half day visit to the Ngamba Islands Chimpanzee Sanctuary a home to the orphaned chimps that are rescued from some of the deforested forests in Uganda like Bugoma Forest Reserve.