5-Day Shoebill & Murchison Falls Thrilling Tour

<p>On arrival in Uganda, you will be welcomed and picked up by our Kubwa Five Safaris guide, who will be holding an A4 paper with your name printed on it at Entebbe International Airport.</p><p>You will then be transferred to your hotel where you will check in and do some relaxing for the rest of the day to wear off the jet lag.</p><p>Meals and overnight at <strong>Jet Villas Entebbe/ Cycad Entebbe Guest House/ ViaVia Uganda Entebbe<em>.</em></strong></p>

<p>After breakfast, you will check out and take to Mabamba Island for shoebill watching.</p><p>A marshy bay on the northern shore of Lake Victoria, Mabamba Swamp provides refuge to more than 300 bird species, most famously a rare population of the enigmatic shoebill.</p><p>The only way to explore this Ramsar wetland is on a guided boat trip offered by the well organized community project based on its edge.</p><p>After shoebill watching, you will be driven back to your hotel.</p><p>Meals and overnight at <strong>Jet Villas Entebbe/ Cycad Entebbe Guest House/ ViaVia Uganda Entebbe<em>.</em></strong></p>

<p>After breakfast, you will be picked up from the hotel by our Kubwa Five Safaris guide and transferred to Murchison Falls National Park.</p><p>On your way to Murchison Falls National Park, you will branch off to Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary for rhino tracking; this activity is truly one of a kind in Uganda, the pearl of Africa.</p><p>After the rhino tracking, you will be driven to Murchison Falls National Park.</p><p>Your first tourist attraction in the park is the top of the falls, which are the most powerful waterfalls in the whole world . It is a breathtaking experience that brings you very close to these magnificent falls, where the Nile forces its way through a gorge in the rocks and tumbles 43m below flowing westwards into Lake Albert.&nbsp; The resulting mist from the turbulence often produces rainbows.</p><p>After seeing the top of the falls, if time allows, you will enjoy a hiking experience from the top to the bottom of the falls and thereafter en-route to your lodge, go for a short evening game drive.</p><p>Meals and overnight at <strong>Parkside Safari Lodge/</strong> <strong>Wild Palace Safari Lodge / Murchison River Lodge.</strong></p>

<p>After breakfast, you will set off very early in the morning for a morning game drive. You will be able to see various animals like lions, leopards, giraffes, hippos, elephants among others.</p><p><br>Other activities in this game drive include bird watching and sightseeing across the open savannah, dotted woodland, and riverine vegetation along the Nile and Albert deltas.</p><p>After the morning game drive, you will go to the lodge to relax and have lunch.</p><p>After lunch, you will embark (between 2pm and 4pm) on a three-hour boat cruise on the Nile. This boat cruise offers an amazing view of the falls from the bottom. Hippos, crocodiles, antelopes, and aquatic birds can be seen along the shores of the river.</p><p>In the evening, you will head out for an evening game drive.</p><p>Meals and overnight at <strong>Parkside Safari Lodge/</strong> <strong>Wild Palace Safari Lodge / Murchison River Lodge.</strong></p>

<p>After having a delightful breakfast, you will be transferred to Entebbe International Airport for your scheduled flight back home.</p><p>All good things must come to an end, and your time with us on safari in Uganda will now draw to a close. We're sure that you've had a wonderful time.</p>