9-Day Jinja, Sipi Falls, Kidepo and Murchison Falls Safari

Welcome to Uganda! Upon arrival at the Entebbe International Airport, you will be picked up by our friendly Dial-Us Tours team, who will drive you to your hotel for dinner and overnight in Kampala. Drive through Entebbe to Kampala — chaotic, crazy, beautiful, mysterious and pulsating Kampala. The drive will be interesting, the experience is simply fantastic! Stay alert at all times — there's always something to see out of the corner of your eye.

Meals: Dinner

Accommodation: Hotel in Kampala

After Breakfast, drive northwards via the famous Luwero Triangle for about 5–6 hrs heading to Murchison Falls National Park with a stopover at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary for lunch and rhino tracking before reaching the Park. In the afternoon head straight to the park and check in at your hotel. Dinner and overnight at Pakuba Safari Lodge / Red Chilli Rest Camp on Full Board. Optional: hike to the top of the falls for breathtaking views.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Accommodation: Pakuba Safari Lodge / Red Chilli Rest Camp

After an early morning breakfast, you will drive to the bridge and cross the Nile to the northern sector of the park and start your game drive towards the Delta area. You will have a chance to see wildlife including giraffe, elephant, hartebeest, lion, warthog, kob, jackal, oribi, waterbuck, monkey and leopard among others. There are also a variety of savannah woodland birds to be seen. In the early afternoon, you will go back to the lodge, relax, have lunch and later go for a boat cruise on the Nile. Game viewing on this cruise will be in close quarters where you get a chance to see hippo, crocodile, buffalo, elephant and a variety of water birds. Later in the evening you will return to the lodge for dinner and your overnight stay.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Accommodation: Pakuba Safari Lodge / Red Chilli Rest Camp

After an early breakfast you will check-out and hit the road for the most beautiful protected area in Uganda — Kidepo Valley National Park. You will make a stopover in Gulu Town for lunch and then continue on to the park, entering through the Tangi Gate. You will visit the magnificent falls where you will enjoy and marvel at the mighty Nile River being forced through a seven-metre crevice, thundering 45 metres below in a series of cascades that can be viewed at different viewpoints. Later in the evening you will check in at the Heritage Safari Lodge for dinner and your overnight stay.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Accommodation: Heritage Safari Lodge, Kidepo

You will rise very early for a sunrise game drive where you will catch the wildlife at their most active. You will return to the lodge for breakfast and then embark on a long game drive where you will spot tree-climbing lion, cheetah, ostrich, zebra, giraffe, elephant, and buffalo. You will also have the chance to take a short hike that will give you a magnificent view of the flat, unending landscape. Birding is also another activity available since the park has hundreds of bird species. After your hike, you will return to the lodge for lunch. After lunch, you will visit the local tribes of the Dodoth and Karamojong — nomadic pastoralists who are almost unaffected by civilisation and who live in their traditional lifestyles. You will experience their lifestyle firsthand and also watch some traditional dancing. Later in the evening, you will return to the lodge for dinner.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Accommodation: Heritage Safari Lodge, Kidepo

After breakfast you will check out and head to Sipi Falls on the slopes of Mount Elgon. There will be a brief stopover to enjoy the scenery along the winding road. You will stop for a hot lunch and then continue on to Sipi Falls, passing through Soroti Town and Kaabong. The landscape is bordered on both sides by dramatic scenery as you approach the falls.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Accommodation: Lodge near Sipi Falls

After an early breakfast you will take off on an early morning hike to Sipi Falls where there are 3 main waterfalls you will visit. This hike is well worth the effort as it provides a great visit of beautiful scenery. After the hike you will come back to the hotel for lunch and then visit the local coffee farms and households. You will learn about the entire process of how coffee moves from the farm to the cup. You will have the chance to take part in several scheduled charity activities and then transfer to Mbale for dinner and your overnight stay.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Accommodation: Hotel in Mbale

After breakfast you will check out and embark on an exciting road drive to Jinja City where you will do a white water rafting trip. You will choose from the different levels of experience to go rafting at one of the finest places for water rafting. You may also choose to go kayaking. After your morning rafting trip you will grab a quick lunch and then take off on an afternoon boat cruise. After the cruise, upon arrival you will check in at the Nile Resort Hotel.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Accommodation: Nile Resort Hotel, Jinja

After your breakfast you will be briefed about your journey by our guide before setting off to Kampala. On the northern shore of Lake Victoria just above the impressive Ripon Falls it is here that you will find the source of the Nile River and the Bujagali Falls where you will go for a relaxing boat cruise on the beautiful Nile. After the boat ride you will visit a scenic and cultural site for the Baganda people — the Ssezibwa Falls — and also stop by the Mabira Forest to see various primates including the mangabey and the red-tailed monkey. You will also see a variety of butterflies and birds. You will get a chance to go zip-lining in the forest as well as a short nature walk before proceeding to Kampala. Later in the evening you will transfer to Kampala or Entebbe and check in at the lodge for dinner and your overnight stay. End of the Safari.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Accommodation: Lodge in Kampala / Entebbe