8-Day Uganda Game & Hiking Safari

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This morning, your driver will pick you up to begin the long drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park. The 7-hour drive takes you through Uganda’s leafy central plains, driving through tea plantations and Fort Portal town. You will enjoy lunch in Fort Portal before heading down the rift valley, with the Rwenzori Mountain ranges in the distance on your right and the Rift Valley on the left. In the evening, you'll head to the Katwe Crater Lake to meet the Ugandans who mine for salt in the lake.

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Today, you'll drive to Trekkers’ Hostel, meet your guides and have a briefing on the trek to Sine Hut. You'll start by walking up the valley floor through tall forest trees of the Afro Montane Forest Zone. At Sine Camp at 2,596 metres, there are wooden huts set between tall forest trees on a narrow ridge where you may sit and enjoy the beautiful forest. You'll sleep at Sine Camp before continuing to Kalalama Camp at 3,134 metres in the morning.

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After a good breakfast and depending on which camp you slept at, the day’s hike will be determined. If you slept at Sine Camp, you may decide to walk straight down the forest walk or you may climb up to Kalalama Camp to experience the views before passing back down to the park entrance and the hostel. At the hostel, your driver will be waiting to transfer you back to Queen Elizabeth National Park where you'll return to the bush lodge for dinner.

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Your day begins early today as you head along the Kasenyi plains in search of lions in their natural habitat, elephants, buffaloes and more. After an exciting morning, you'll return to your bush lodge for lunch. In the afternoon, you will embark on a boat cruise along the Kazinga channel – a major highlight of the safari to Queen Elizabeth National Park. You will have the opportunity to spot elephants, crocodiles, hippos, buffaloes and large numbers of birds like eagles, kingfishers and more.

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You'll be up early this morning to head off on an adventure exploring the Ishasha Sector. At 8.00am, with an armed ranger on board, you'll head south to the Ishasha sector of the park. The drive, which will serve as your morning game drive will last between 2-3 hours. On arrival in the Ishasha sector, you'll search for the famous and unique tree-climbing lions. If it is a hot day, be sure to find them atop the sycamore fig trees or the acacia trees that dominate this part of the park.

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At 8.00am, you'll depart Lake Bunyonyi and head to Lake Mburo National Park. This small park is the only park in Uganda with Eland, Impala antelopes and Burchell Zebras. The scenery of rolling hills, lakes, swamps make Africa real, it is where the Tanzanian Savannah meets Uganda in a most scenic fashion. After a delicious hot lunch, you'll go out on a game drive to really explore this underrated game park. There are giraffe, buffalo, lots of antelopes, zebra, hippos and a lot more to see.