4 Days African Big Five Safari
When: This Safari can start any day.
Duration: 4 Days, 3 Nights
Tour Type: Private Fly-in Safari
Group Size: Minimum 2 Pax - Maximum 12
Language: The tour is originally in English.
Safari Overview:
This four days fly in safari will take you to visit Uganda’s largest conservation area and also the largest National Park, the Murchison Falls National Park. The park is home to the world’s most powerful waterfall, up to 85 mammal species, 450 bird species and a variety of moths. The Victoria Nile River bisects the park into two with the Murchison Falls as the prime point of attraction.
Predators and grazers call this park home. The safari will also take you to visit Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary for a walking safari to encounter the endangered white rhinos before embarking on your drive back to Entebbe.
Safari Highlights:
- Murchison Falls National Park is Uganda’s largest conservation area and also home to the world’s most powerful waterfall.
- You will go on a walking safari at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary to encounter the endangered white rhinos. This gives you a full African Big Five Safari experience.
- Embarking on early morning game drives in hopes of spotting The Big Five in Murchison Falls National Park with scenic boat cruise to the bottom of the Murchison Falls.
- Enjoy scenic domestic flights
Day |
Location |
Accommodation |
Meal Plan |
Activity |
1 | Entebbe | K Hotels | Bed and Breakfast | Arrival, Trsf |
2 | Murchison Falls National Park | Tilenga Safari Lodge | Full Board | Trsf, EGD |
3 | Murchison Falls National Park | Tilenga Safari Lodge | Full Board | MGM, BT, SND |
4 | Departure | Half Board | Trsf, WS Departure |
Glossary:
Full Board: Breakfast - Lunch- Dinner, Trsf – Transfer, EGD – Evening Game Drive, MGD – Morning Game Drive, BT – Boat Trip, SND – Sundowner Safari, WS – Walking Safari
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The Package Excludes:
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GENERAL PACKING:
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Detailed Safari Itinerary
DAY 1: ENTEBBE |
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Entebbe International Airport
You will arrive at Entebbe International Airport and will be met by our representative who will transfer you to your booked hotel at Entebbe. Spend the rest of the day at leisure. |
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Meal Plan: Bed and Breakfast | Overnight: K Hotels | |
DAY 2: ENTEBBE – MURCHISON FALLS NATIONAL PARK |
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Today morning, you will be picked by your guide at 08:30hrs for a short tour of Entebbe town including a visit to local markets, craft shops, the Entebbe Botanical gardens to see birds. 11:45hrs you will be taken for early lunch and at 12:30hrs transfer to Entebbe Airport for your 13:00hrs scheduled domestic flight to Murchison Falls National Park.
On arrival, you will be met by your guide who shall give you a detailed briefing about your safari and thereafter go visit the top of Murchison Falls for aerial views and a short game drive en-route to your lodge for dinner and overnight. Murchison Falls lies on the northern end of the albertine rift valley and is Uganda’s largest national park. The park is home to 76 mammals, 451 bird species and is bisected by the Victoria Nile which plunges down 15 meters through an 8 meter wide gorge to form the world’s most powerful water falls that is Murchison Falls, the main attraction of the park. |
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Meal Plan: Breakfast & Lunch: K Hotels Dinner: Tilenga Safari Lodge |
Overnight: Tilenga Safari Lodge | |
DAY 3: MURCHISON FALLS NATIONAL PARK |
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You shall wake up early and head out to the plains for your morning game drive carrying with you packed breakfast. Early mornings are superb times to catch up with the predators on their hunt for prey, a time to see the wild unfold its natural beauty to you. As the sun raises, the lions roar, birds sing, hippos gulp in the Nile, all these unfold in your eyes. Look out for animals like lions, elephants, giraffes, antelopes, jackals among others.
You shall have lunch at your lodge and there after transfer to Paraa for your launch cruise to the bottom of the falls. This 3 hours boat cruise on the Nile is prime for views of wildlife on the banks including elephants, antelopes, buffalos that come to the river to quench on the waters of the Nile. The Nile crocodile can as well be sighted, don’t mind it if you aren’t fan of reptiles. On lucky days, the big boys including the Lions, Leopards and Hyenas can as well be sighted along the river. The cruise ends at the point where you have a full view of the waterfalls, seeing thousands of tons of water squeeze through a 7 meter wide gorge to plunge 30 meters down forming the world’s strongest waterfall. Later on, return to your lodge for dinner and overnight. |
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Meal Plan: Full Board at Tilenga Safari Lodge | Overnight: Tilenga Safari Lodge | |
DAY 4: MURCHISON FALLS NATIONAL PARK TO ENTEBBE |
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You shall wake up for your morning breakfast, checkout of the lodge and start your road transfer journey to Entebbe. You will have a stopover at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary for a walking safari to the Rhinos. Your ranger guide shall give you detailed information about the sanctuary and the rhinos.
After here, you will have lunch at The Kabalega Dinners and there after set off for the transfer to Entebbe for your outbound flight plan reaching Entebbe in the late evening hours. Note: Please book flights that departs not earlier than 21:00hrs. |
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Meal Plan: Breakfast: Tilenga Safari Lodge Lunch: Kabalega Dinners |
Overnight:
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