20 Days 19 Nights Best of Uganda Cultural Photo Safari Tour and Uganda Wildlife Photo Safari Tour

20 Days 19 Nights Best of Uganda Cultural Photo Safari Tour and Uganda Wildlife Photo Safari Tour.

Things to tour on this 20 days Trip: Pian Upe National Reserve( Visit the Pian tribal People) for IK tribal People photo tour, Bokora tribal People photo tour, Matheniko tribal People photo tour, Karamojong tribal people photo tour, Tepeth tribal people photo tour, Dodoth tribal People photo tour, Nakapelimoru community, Jie tribal People photo tour, Karamoja Region Tour, Bwindi Impenetrable forest park, Batwa tribal people, Bakiga tribal People, Sipi falls for Coffee experience, Lake Mburo National Park, Kidepo Valley National Park, and Murchison fall national park.

Is an expedition to experience an abundance of Uganda wildlife, scenery, and Uganda cultural experiences on these 20 Days 19 Nights Best of Uganda Cultural Photo Safari Tour and Uganda Wildlife Photo Safari Tour.

 

This Uganda Photo Tour takes you on a mountain gorilla trekking photo tour in Bwindi Impenetrable forest park, exploring Lake Bunyonyi and the tribes living here like the Batwa tribal people, and Bakiga tribal People, Transfer to Lake Mburo National Park for wildlife encounters, Visit Jinja city to the source of River Nile likely to be the longest river in the world for a photo tour, Sipi falls for Coffee experience, landscapes, and culture experience, and then drive for Far Eastern Uganda Via Pian Upe National Reserve( Visit the Pian tribal People) for IK tribal People photo tour, Bokora tribal People photo tour, Matheniko tribal People photo tour, Karamojong tribal people photo tour, Tepeth tribal people photo tour, Dodoth tribal People photo tour, expedition to search for the few Turkana migrants in Uganda and then The Nakapelimoru community that seats on the Nakipel Village, which is the largest group of rural housing in East Africa for the Jie tribal People photo tour.

 

Then proceed to have an amazing opportunity to see numerous exotic animals like lions, hippos, buffaloes, elephants, giraffes, leopards, Zebras, and several species of birds in Lake Mburo National Park, Kidepo Valley National Park, and Murchison Falls National Park for the boat trip and top of the Murchison falls.

This journey is going to bring you close to nature and culture in Central Uganda, western Uganda, eastern Uganda, far eastern Uganda, and the northern part of Uganda, and at the end of the tour, you will consent that Uganda is “the Pearl of Africa!”

Safari Expectations:

  • Gorilla tracking in Bwindi Impenetrable forest
  • Chimpanzee trekking in Budongo forest
  • Photo session at the Uganda Equator
  • Boat Ride on Lake Bunyonyi and Culture encounter
  • Jinja Source of River Nile Photo Tour
  • Sipi Falls coffee experience, sceneries, and Culture encounter
  • Pian tribal People
  • Dodoth tribal People
  • Bokora tribal People
  • IK tribal People
  • Matheniko tribal People
  • Karamojong tribal people
  • Tepeth tribal people
  • Wildlife encounters at Kidepo Valley National Park, Lake Mburo National Park, and Murchison falls National Park
  • Kampala City Tour

 

TOUR PROGRAM  DAY BY DAY:

Day 1. Arrival at Entebbe International Airport on 20 Days 19 Nights Best of Uganda Cultural Photo Safari Tour and Uganda Wildlife Photo Safari Tour

Arrive at Entebbe International Airport, the ultimate wild safaris team will welcome you and then transfer you to the booked hotel in Kampala for an overnight stay.

Day 2. Drive To Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park on 20 Days 19 Nights Best of Uganda Cultural Photo Safari Tour and Uganda Wildlife Photo Safari Tour

Well, you will start the day with an early breakfast and then embark on the Uganda gorilla photo safari southwards to Bwindi's impenetrable forest park. The journey will offer you several highway sights of rural and semi-urban Uganda with several fruit & vegetable markets along the roads, craft and drum makers, and a stop at Uganda’s Equator monument in Mpigi District where you will cross to the southern hemispheres.

After this experience at the Uganda Equator, you will embark on the road continuing with a stopover in Mbarara City at Agip Hotel for a lunch break before proceeding to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park with short bathroom stopovers and picture sessions of landscape and other attractions and finally welcomed with the beautiful landscapes of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park and finally an overnight at the booked hotel.

PHOTOGRAPHY FOCUS:

  • Landscapes
  • Portraits
  • Architecture
  • Sceneries

Day 3.  Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park Gorilla Trekking and Landscapes Photo tour on 20 Days 19 Nights Best of Uganda Cultural Photo Safari Tour and Uganda Wildlife Photo Safari Tour

Based on the weather of the day, you may welcome the day with a sunrise from this Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park and then be transferred to the Uganda gorilla trekking briefing point before starting your Uganda gorilla trek. On arrival for briefing, you will be allocated your Uganda gorilla family, and then go for your gorilla trek in the jungles of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park.

Yes! It is a good idea to hire Uganda porters to carry your day pack because the gorillas are likely to be at a distance far from the start of your trek, and they can help you with push and pull along the steep slippery paths in the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park, you will find the African Mountain Gorillas and spent some time watching them feed, groom and interact with each other. You can also get to hear the gorillas communicating with one another and marvel at the sheer size of the dominant adult male gorillas, called Silverbacks. Encountering these giant apes is amazing and most likely to be the highlight of this 20 Days 19 Nights Best of Uganda Cultural Photo Safari Tour and Uganda Wildlife Photo Safari Tour.

Thereafter you be transferred back to the previous lodge for a lunch break, and will be narrated a story about the Origin Bwindi impenetrable forest national park as written below:

"Bwindi impenetrable forest national park; The popular name Bwindi derives from a local phrase called "mubwindi Bwa nyinamuraki", which most originally referred to as the mubwindi swamp in the southeast of the park rather than the forest itself. A century ago, the name goes back when a family migrating from the Kisoro area found them standing at the southern end of a seemingly impenetrable swamp.

The parents asked the swamp spirits for guidance and they were told if only they sacrificed their most beautiful daughter nyinamuraki the family would cross without any mishap.

After two days of deliberation, the family decided that they could not turn back south and so they threw the girl into the water to drown and went on their way safely to the other side. When news of the sacrifice spread, people began to avoid the swamp calling it mubwindi Bwa nyinamukari – a dark place of nyinamuraki, and that gave the birth of the name Bwindi for this impenetrable forest park. In the afternoon you will have a photo tour of the landscapes of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park for a photo tour as you transfer to Lake Bunyonyi for an overnight stay at a booked lodge as you warm up to explore the Lake Bunyonyi Islands and tribes on a boat."

ABOUT BWINDI IMPENETRABLE FOREST PARK :

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is located in southwestern Uganda in East Africa. Situated along the Democratic Republic of Congo border next to the Virunga National Park and on the edge of the western Rift Valley. It comprises 331 square kilometers of jungle forests and contains both montane and lowland forest and is accessible only on foot.

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is regarded to be one of the most biological forests in Africa, largely due to its antiquity and an altitude range of between 1,160 and 2,607m above sea level. Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is a true rainforest, spread over a series of steep ridges and valleys that form the eastern edge of the Albertine Rift Valley. The Bwindi Impenetrable National Park has an average rainfall of 1,500mm, and it is a vital catchment area, the source of five major rivers, which flow into Lake Albert.
Tourism to Bwindi focuses on Gorilla tracking at two locations, Buhoma and the Nkuringo. More than half of the World’s mountain Gorilla population is resident in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. An estimated 320 individuals live in 15 troops.

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park harbors at least 120 mammal species more than any national park in Uganda. The list consists mainly of small mammals such as Rodents and Bats, to over 11 primates, including the healthy chimpanzee population, Red-tailed and blue monkeys, black and white colobus monkeys, and Olive baboons.
A total of 350 bird species have been recorded in Bwindi. Of particular interest to birders are 23 species endemic to the Albertine Rift, and at least 14 species recorded nowhere else in Uganda, among them the African green broadbill, white-tailed blue flycatcher, brown-necked parrot, and freezers eagle owl. In addition to its extensive bird checklist, Bwindi is also home to at least 200 butterfly species, including eight Albertine Rift Endemics.

Gorilla tracking is the major tourist activity in Bwindi.  There are four gorilla groups in Bwindi available daily for tourists. Mubare Group (10 gorillas, 1 silverback) was opened for tourism in 1993, Habinyanja group (18 gorillas, 1 Silverback) opened in July 1998; Rushegura group (10 gorillas, 1 Silverback) was opened in July 2004, while Nkuringo group (19 gorillas, 2 silverbacks) was opened for tourism in April 2004. Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is widely thought to support the greatest diversity of any East African forest, and the Buhoma area has more to offer than Gorilla tracking. Five different trails, ranging from 30 minutes to eight hours lead from Buhoma offering the opportunity to enjoy the humility of the forest and several different monkey species. For birders, over 190 bird species have been recorded in the Buhoma area.

The Munyanga River trails; lie outside the Bwindi Impenetrable National Park so no guide is needed. It is an ideal short walk for visitors with little time. Here you can see birds and primates on the forest edge.
The waterfall trail; provides an attractive feature of the forest with a profusion of tree ferns, epiphytic ferns, orchids, and Bwindi’s colorful array of butterflies. This trail, which leads to 3 delightful crystal waterfalls, typifies your impression of a tropical rainforest.
Muzubijiro Loop Trail offers breathtaking views of Bwindi Forest, Western Rift Valley, and Virungas. On the way, you witness hundreds of prehistoric tree ferns. The top of this trail is a great place for a picnic lunch.
The Rushura Trail takes about 3 hours and offers good views across the western rift valley floor. Congo’s Parc Nationale des Virungas provides a spectacular backdrop and on clear days like Lake Edward and the Rwenzori Mountains to the West.
Ivo River Trail; the longest trail in the park and will occupy you for a full day. It is highly recommended for bird watchers.
Buhoma Village Tourist walks; a recent introduction is a three-hour stroll through Buhoma and its margins to see the customs and practices of the Bakiga and Batwa people. The tour takes on varied activities such as farming, brewing local beer, and dispensing traditional medicines, and concludes with dancing displays by members of the Batwa community.
Hit the Trail in your car; Visitors with their own 4 -4-wheel drive transport should consider crossing the rugged center of the park through Ruhija. This transect affords the visitor Uganda’s finest vistas of deep undisturbed forests. Watch out for duikers, primates, and both forest and grassland bird species. In Ruhija, visitors can take the three-hour scenery-packed hike to the Mubwindi swamp. You may also walk to the Bamboo zone (the only such area in the park).

The Bamboo Trail; The Bamboo trail offers 14 vegetation types and is one of the areas of highest diversity in the park. At the top of this trail, you witness panoramic views encompassing L. Bunyonyi and Mafuga forest.

Cultural Performance; in the evenings, participate in captivating traditional performances presented by Women’s groups. Proceeds from these go directly to improve the welfare of families around the park.

PHOTOGRAPHY FOCUS:

  • Landscapes
  • Portraits
  • Architecture
  • Sceneries
  • Wildlife

Please note; it is very possible to do a gorilla tour in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Three Days 2 Nights:

Day 4.  Explore Batwa and Bakiga Tribal People at Lake Bunyonyi and Lake Bunyonyi Landscapes Photo tour on 20 Days 19 Nights Best of Uganda Cultural Photo Safari Tour and Uganda Wildlife Photo Safari Tour

Have a Morning breakfast while enjoying the beautiful views of Lake Bunyonyi, and then go for a Lake Bunyonyi boat ride to explore the Batwa people living on the islands of Lake Bunyonyi, for more information about Batwa people please click here.

Thereafter we drive to Lake Mburo National Park. Have lunch at Igongo Culture Center in Mbarara City and then an overnight stay at a booked lodge in Lake Mburo National Park.

PHOTOGRAPHY FOCUS:

  • Landscapes
  • Portraits
  • Architecture
  • Sceneries
  • Wildlife

Day 5.  Morning Game Drive and then Leave Lake Mburo National Park for Jinja on 20 Days 19 Nights Best of Uganda Cultural Photo Safari Tour and Uganda Wildlife Photo Safari Tour

Have breakfast at your lodge in Lake Mburo National Park, and then drive to Jinja town via Kampala Capital City, for a boat ride to the starting point of the river Nile in Jinja which is a perfect way to enjoy a few relaxing hours on the River Nile. This will introduce to you detailed information about the name river Nile and its birth from Lake Victoria and overnight stay at a booked lodge in Jinja.

PHOTOGRAPHY FOCUS:

  • Landscapes
  • Portraits
  • Architecture
  • Sceneries
  • Wildlife

Day 6.  Leave Jinja City For Sipi Falls on 20 Days 19 Nights Best of Uganda Cultural Photo Safari Tour and Uganda Wildlife Photo Safari Tour on 20 Days 19 Nights Best of Uganda Cultural Photo Safari Tour and Uganda Wildlife Photo Safari Tour

Have a quick visit to the source of the River Nile, case you were unable to visit it the previous day, have a Jinja landscape photography session at the source of the River Nile and thereafter we will proceed to Sipi Falls through Jinja city, Reaching Sipi falls in the late afternoon, and check-in at booked Sipi Safari Lodge and overnight stay.

PHOTOGRAPHY FOCUS:

  • Landscapes
  • Portraits
  • Architecture
  • Sceneries

Day 7. Full-Day Sipi Falls Hike And Sipi Falls Coffee Photo Tour on 20 Days 19 Nights Best of Uganda Cultural Photo Safari Tour and Uganda Wildlife Photo Safari Tour

Today’s Sipi tour starts with a delicious breakfast from the booked Lodge and then sets off to Winding trails that will lead to a hike through local communities to roaring waterfalls, lush farms and forests, and the magnificent views of the Karamoja plains.

Sipi Falls is a hiker's paradise just waiting to be explored. From the Sipi waterfalls, you will then continue with the trace story of Sipi coffee from seed to cup. Sipi Falls Arabica Coffee is some of the finest in the world.
Meeting the local farmers to tour their plantation and learn about the coffee and even have a cup of coffee with them, “the local farmer will explain to you the origin of this coffee, and it is believed that this coffee is from Ethiopia when a goat ate the coffee and then started jumping up and down for several days, and forced the owner to transport it to Saudi Arabic for a checkup, where they realized that the problem was coffee, and from there they nicknamed the coffee as “Arabic Coffee “
From here you will be transferred to a coffee shop to have a pack of coffee for your loved ones back home and then another overnight stay at the booked lodge.

PHOTOGRAPHY FOCUS:

  • Landscapes
  • Portraits
  • Architecture
  • Sceneries
  • Wildlife

Day 8- Leave Sipi Falls For Moroto Town Via Pian Upe Wildlife Reserve 20 Days 19 Nights Best of Uganda Cultural Photo Safari Tour and Uganda Wildlife Photo Safari Tour

Have breakfast at your booked Sipi lodge and thereafter drive from Sipi Falls to Moroto Town via the beautiful landscapes of Pian Upe Wildlife Reserve it will be inevitable to pass through Pian Upe wildlife reserve without a shortstop for a photo session of either the beautiful landscapes of Pian Upe wildlife reserve or the Pian Tribal People Portrait and architecture designs, then proceed to Moroto Town for an overnight stay!! Here is our YouTube interview with A Karamojong explaining why they are not as alleged.

PHOTOGRAPHY FOCUS:

  • Landscapes
  • Portraits
  • Architecture
  • Sceneries
  • Wildlife

Day 9: Explore The Tepeth tribal People and Their Cattle Camp on 20 Days 19 Nights Best of Uganda Cultural Photo Safari Tour and Uganda Wildlife Photo Safari Tour

Today after breakfast at your lodge in Moroto town, we drive to visit the Tempth Tribal People in Mount Moroto, Mount Moroto is where you can find the Tepeth tribe and is the highest mountain in the Karamoja region of northeast Uganda and located against the border of Kenya’s Turkana region. The mountain is an extinct volcano and home to one of Uganda’s smallest tribes, the Tepeth people.

The Tepeth people are thought to be the original inhabitants of the Karamoja planes. They were hunters and gatherers by tradition but were forced to abound this way of life in exchange for agro-pastoralism due to the declining wildlife population in the 1970s and 1980s. Mount Moroto is well known for its wide variety of minerals but most famous for many Limestone and Marble shipped to countries such as Italy. Here is our youtube interview with A Karamojong explaining why they are not as alleged.

PHOTOGRAPHY FOCUS:

  • Landscapes
  • Portraits
  • Architecture
  • Sceneries
  • Wildlife

Day 10: Transfer to Kotido Town from Moroto Town on 20 Days 19 Nights Best of Uganda Cultural Photo Safari Tour and Uganda Wildlife Photo Safari Tour

Have the last breakfast at your lodge in Moroto Town and then drive to Kotido Town from Moroto Town via Matheniko Wildlife Reserve and Bokora Wildlife Reserve, have numerous stopovers for Bokora tribal people photo tour, and Matheniko tribal People photo tour, and then proceed to Kotido Town for lunch and overnight stay. Here is our youtube interview with A Karamojong explaining why they are not as alleged.

PHOTOGRAPHY FOCUS:

  • Landscapes
  • Portraits
  • Architecture
  • Sceneries
  • Wildlife

Day 11: Full Day Exploring the Nakapelimoru Village in Kotido on the 20 Days 19 Nights Best of Uganda Cultural Photo Safari Tour and Uganda Wildlife Photo Safari Tour

The Nakapelimoru community seats on the Nakipel, which is the largest group of rural housing in East Africa, will give you an insight into the Jie tribal people under the Karamojong umbrella, and it will be a great opportunity to know the backward culture and their way of life and it’s a mountain hike with an astonishing view of the Karamoja savannah. Here is our youtube interview with A Karamojong explaining why they are not as alleged.

PHOTOGRAPHY FOCUS:

  • Landscapes
  • Portraits
  • Architecture

Day 12: Drive To Kaabongo from Kotido Town on 20 Days 19 Nights Best of Uganda Cultural Photo Safari Tour and Uganda Wildlife Photo Safari Tour

Today you will be transferred from Kotido town to Kaabongo town to visit the Dodoth tribal people for a late afternoon photo tour of their cattle camps for landscapes, and portraits. Thereafter drive back to Kaabongo Resort for an overnight stay as your warm-up for the following day mountain murungole hike to the Ik tribal People. Here is our YouTube interview with A Karamojong explaining why they are not as alleged.

PHOTOGRAPHY FOCUS:

  • Landscapes
  • Portraits
  • Architecture

Day 13: Hiking Mountain Murungole To Explore the Ik Tribal People Villages on 20 Days 19 Nights Best of Uganda Cultural Photo Safari Tour and Uganda Wildlife Photo Safari Tour

Have breakfast at your lodge and then leave for a 3 to 4 hours mountain murungole hike to the Ik tribal people crossing via usake river for landscape, portrait, and architecture photography, The Ik tribal people are also under the Karamojong umbrella and sometimes called Teuso are ethnos numbering about 10,000 people living high within the mountains of Morungole northeastern Uganda near the border with Kenya, next to the Turkana peoples and within the Kidepo Valley Park Region of Northeastern Uganda.

The Ik Tribal People are believed to have migrated from Ethiopia and first settled in Kenya and migrated to what’s now Kidepo Valley National Park. “Ik” means “head of migration” or the primary ones to migrate here. Thanks to government interference beginning within the 1960s, the Ik’s traditional hunting, and gathering arwasere made into a Wildlife Reserve, the Ik people were displaced from their land to make the Kidepo Valley National Park and consequently suffered extreme famine. They were regularly raided due to their relative weakness to other tribes neighboring them. They, therefore, began to migrate up to the Morungole Mountains where they will be found and visited today and sleep in relative peace.

The Ik people were hunters and gatherers however thanks to cattle raids from other tribes like the Turkana and Pokot of Kenya, Karamojong umbrella tribes of Uganda, and therefore the Toposa of South Sudan they gave up cattle herding for farming, goat/sheep keeping, and honey production. Their language may be a member of the highly divergent Kuliak sub-group of the Nilo-Saharan languages.

The Ik and the Ik people sleep in several small villages arranged in clusters, which comprise the entire “community”. The tiny villages are surrounded by an outer wall and then sectioned off into friend-based “neighborhoods” called Odoks. Each Odok is sectioned into walled-off households called asks, with front yards and in some cases, granaries. There’s no mattress or mat, but a trough scooped out of the world floor to mark the bounds of a bed.

The Ik people are polygamous and men can marry as many wives as they need to depend upon the number of beehives one has. A good man owns as many as 50 beehives and may give about five to 10 hives as a gift. The primary wife features a ‘husband’ status over other wives and wife inheritance after divorce or widowhood is practiced. Virginity isn’t a problem before marriage, adolescents do engage in premarital sex far away from the community eye.

The proximity of boys and girls within the community affords many opportunities. However, sex and marriage within an equivalent clan are taboo, and adultery (of the woman) is punished by death. Every woman features a hut and therefore the men make rounds among their wives within the neighborhood. Children move out after five years of age, to remain with a grandmother until they’re about 11 to 13. The women marry and therefore the boys’ team in groups of 5 or six, and build one hut to remain in till they get a wife and leave.

The age band groups consist of; The ‘Junior Group’ that is formed from children from the ages of three to eight and therefore the ‘Senior Group’ consists of those between eight and thirteen. No adults take care of the youngsters, who teach one another the fundamentals of survival. However, it’s not certain whether this practice is typical Ik tradition or merely triggered by unusual famine conditions. The raising of youngsters is sort of different here, polygamy is a component of family life and there’s not much of a proper education besides learning to defend them.

A day with the Ik People high on Morungole Mountain which has a number of the most stunning scenery altogether of Uganda is just a tremendous adventure this gives you a rare insight into an endangered tribe of Africa with but 10.000 members which renders it as endangered for its future existence as they plan to eke out a living high within the mountains with a number of the foremost fantastic scenery altogether of Uganda.

The experience with this very special Ik tribe in Uganda helps you to find out more about their cultural habits like paying for gifts with 5 to 10 beehives, chickens, goats, and money rather than cattle, and childbirth. Learn more about what percentage of children at a young age accept each other or their grandmother. How polygamy is practiced here and about lifestyle in an Ik community.

The Ik people are warm-hearted, once you reach their villages you’ll be greeted warmly with traditional dancing often in Ik finery, they need therefore welcome tourism since it adds a touch of income to their community and more so tourism has helped to make awareness within the Ik tribe.

Getting to the Ik people is such a tremendous experience since it involves an all-day venture up and down the steep mountains with a guide who speaks the Ik Language. You’ve got to be physically fit to climb the mountains – the height of Mount Morungole is 2,749 meters above water level and a hike over here is torture for those that aren’t fit.  

You’ll find simply stunning, breathtaking scenery the upper your climb takes you, into the valleys below you and the valley of Kenya. Your hike up the mountains visiting the Ik tribe is going to be one of the highlights of sometime in Uganda, a memorable experience! Enjoy the various cultural ways of the Ik people, learn from them, and luxuriate in a number of their local beers with them, it’ll be quite different from what you’re wont to. Clients on the road to the Ik community are welcome to offer donations in any form.

Kidepo Valley National Park is one of Uganda’s most spectacular parks and it is located in Uganda’s remote northeastern corner. It is 1,442 square kilometers and harbors scenery unsurpassed in any other park in East Africa. Kidepo Valley National Park consists of a semi-arid climate with one rainy season per year that’s April- September. It receives 890mm of rainfall in the southern part while 635 is received in the north. Tucked into the corner of Uganda’s border with Sudan and Kenya, the park offers breathtaking Savannah landscapes, which end on rugged horizons. A huge latitudinal range and correspondingly wide climatic conditions have evolved into an extremely diverse flora. The park has got a variety of animal species that are equally abundant including many, that are found nowhere else in Uganda.

PLEASE NOTE:

Today after spending a good time with Ik People you will be transferred to Kidepo Valley National Park where you will spend an overnight night, The Kidepo Valley National Park's vegetation is described as an open tree Savannah that varies in structure and composition. Mountain forest dominates some of the high places, while areas along the Lorupei River support dense Acacia geradi forests. The flora and fauna of the Kidepo Valley National Park are more typical of Kenya than the rest of Uganda. The landscape of the park is studded with small hills, rocky outcrops, and inselbergs from which one can obtain stunning views in all directions. Here is our youtube interview with A Karamojong explaining why they are not as alleged.

PHOTOGRAPHY FOCUS:

  • Landscapes
  • Portraits
  • Architecture
  • Sceneries
  • Wildlife

Day 14: Game drive and wildlife Photo tour in Kidepo valley national park on 20 Days 19 Nights Best of Uganda Cultural Photo Safari Tour and Uganda Wildlife Photo Safari Tour

Have early morning breakfast, and then go for a game drive. You will most likely be able to view those animals that are unique to the African Savannah like giraffe, antelope, lion, elephant, hyena, buffalo, and the Uganda Kob. The splendid Kidepo river valley is dominated by Borassus palm forest, startling savannah landscape, and the stunning view of the Narus valley situated in the southwest of the park.

To the north of Sudan at the Lotukei Mountains and the Morongole range which marks the southern boundary of the Kidepo Valley National Park and ending the trail at the Kanangorok hot spring with a view of several faunas that can be seen wandering around like the tall Ostrich.

After lunch will take on another game drive in the evening exploring different wildlife in the area. Seeing heard of buffaloes, elephants, and a variety of birds like ostrich herons, OR visits the Kanangorok Hot Springs. Return to the lodge for dinner and overnight at your facility. Here is our youtube interview with A Karamojong explaining why they are not as alleged.

PHOTOGRAPHY FOCUS:

  • Landscapes
  • Sceneries
  • Wildlife

Day 15: Early Game drives In Kidepo valley national park, and then Transfer to Murchison falls, National Park on 20 Days 19 Nights Best of Uganda Cultural Photo Safari Tour and Uganda Wildlife Photo Safari Tour

Today’s morning you will go for an early game drive in Kidepo valley national park, thereafter come back for breakfast at your Kidepo valley national park lodge, and then embark on the drive to Murchison falls national park, Check-in at Murchison falls national park safari Lodge, and then go for late afternoon Murchison falls national park game drive.

Murchison fall nation park is the largest and oldest national park and it is followed by Queen Elizabeth national park. The Murchison fall nation park is one of the top tourism destinations in Uganda beside Bwindi impenetrable forest that is famous for the grill trekking adventure activity in Africa.

Murchison fall national park is covered by the savannah and tropical forest vegetation that is home to a wide range of wildlife animals that live together in harmony in the natural environment of the park.

The Murchison fall nation park is one of the best destinations to spot the big five wildlife animals, which were named by the African game hunters.

Such as the lions, the beautiful and gentle elephants, the African cape buffaloes, the canning leopard as well as the rhino that will be seen in the Ziwa rhino sanctuary on your way from or to Murchison fall Nation Park.  The Murchison fall nation park is uniquely blessed with a wide range of extremely interesting features that contribute greatly to the scenic beauty of the pearl of Africa wonders.

Murchison fall national park has been divided into two sections by the might Albertine Nile. Such as the northern section as well as the southern sections, which can be explored on Murchison fall nation park game, drive safari, or on Murchison fall nation park hot air balloon saris enjoying its great beauty and wonderful features of the Murchison fall nation park. The northern section of Murchison fall Nation Park is highly blessed with a lot of exciting activities and attractions since it has a high concentration of wildlife animals and it offers the best experience and memories about the Murchison fall nation park. The section has got a lot of nature walk trails and game trails that are taken to enhance the traveler’s exploration of the park and the trails lead to mostly exiting attractions in the Murchison fall nation park. Here is our youtube interview with A Karamojong explaining why they are not as alleged.

PHOTOGRAPHY FOCUS:

  • Landscapes
  • Portraits
  • Architecture
  • Sceneries
  • Wildlife

Day 16: Full Day Exploring Murchison Falls National Park on 20 Days 19 Nights Best of Uganda Cultural Photo Safari Tour and Uganda Wildlife Photo Safari Tour

Today early morning after your breakfast, your Murchison falls national park driver guide will pick you from the hotel and start your game drive exploring Murchison falls national park. The Murchison falls national park has different tracks where you can drive and enjoy both the vegetation and the variety of animals.

The highlight of this Murchison falls national park trip is Murchison falls national park game viewing in our custom made vehicles where you can capture your favorite moments in pictures of Giraffes as they move through the grasslands, buffaloes, Jacksons Hartebeest, Uganda Kobs, Lions, herds of Buffaloes, fishermen on Lake Albert, Waterbucks, etc. You will be looking for the big4 as you warm up to see the remaining member of Big4 the Rhinos at the Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary on your drive back to Kampala the following day.

Thereafter your Murchison falls National Park driver guide will transfer you to Hike to the top of Murchison Falls, Hiking the top of the falls is one of the exciting and extremely interesting activities in Murchison fall national park.

Murchison fall national park is also known as Kabalega national park. The Murchison fall national park is so famous due to fact that it is a home to the great might beautiful Murchison fall.

This Murchison falls is one of the key attractions in the Murchison fall national park that bring a lot of travelers all over the world.

What is expected during the top of the falls hike?

When you take a Nile boat cruise ride at the Victoria Nile, based on the water level the boat ride will drop you at the starting point of the hike which is known as the bakers’ point/trail. It is historically believed that this is the point where Sir Samuel baker a European explorer stood and declared Uganda as ‘The Pearl of Africa’ and it is this spot that he named ‘Murchison fall’. Although the story will not give you clear imagination about how these explorers managed to go through the virgin environment of the place will not give you a clear picture of how they did it as you experience the hike by yourself, it is really fascinating.

Hiking at top of the falls is escorted and accompanied by a professional Murchison fall nation park ranger guide who will dig into the historical stories of sir Samuel baker’s discoveries and achievements during his exploration of the Murchison fall nation park. The guides will as well as tell you about the wildlife animals expected to be seen while hiking the top of the falls, the bird species and trees that you will encounter on your way to the top of the fall, during the hiking experience travelers have a lot of question wondering the natural beauty they are seeing and how the people of Uganda have managed to keep it green, natural and a virgin area which really gives an authentic experience of the jungle on safari.

The great might Murchison falls is one of the key attractions that will give travelers first sight as they start hiking the top of the falls. The great massive and pressure of waters from the Victoria Nile force its ways through the narrow gorge that has got beautiful rocks that formed rippling around to form the white foam as the water goes through. Due to the high forces of the water from the Victoria Nile, travelers on a hike will hear the great sound of the waterfall squeezing itself through the narrow gorge as well as the trembling grounds as continue with the hiking.

The hiking experience takes about 45 minutes from the point where the Nile boat drops you and you start the guided walk at the top of the falls, going through the early explorers' footmarks where the route is full of waterlogged areas, you will be an imposition to spot a lot of flying bird species, butterflies among another wildlife offering you great images of the pearl of Africa.

As you reach the top of the falls you will have an insight into a lot of pictures of the waterfall, videos as you also enjoy viewing the sister falls to Murchison falls, which is known as Murchison fall nation park Uhuru falls. The Murchison fall nation park Uhuru falls can only be viewed when travelers hike at the top of the falls.

If the water level is low you can do the hike to the top of Murchison falls if its high your Murchison fall nation park driver guide will have to drive you to the top of the Murchison Falls and then late in the afternoon have a boat Safari on River Nile from where you shall watch different animals along the shore and continue to about ten meters from the bottom of Murchison falls – also known as ‘Devils cauldron”. This 2-hour boat journey is a great way to spend the afternoon enjoying the Victoria Nile and the several.

Please Note:

You can as well Visit Budongo Forest Uganda while here. Budongo Forest is situated approximately 3 hours drive northwest of the capital city Kampala on the way to the prominent Murchison Falls National Park. This is the biggest Mahogany forest found in the whole of East Africa as well as habitat to the largest number of chimpanzees throughout Uganda. 

The major tourist sites within this forest are the Kaniyo Pabidi Ecotourism site, Busingiro Ecotourism site, and Kaniyo Pabidi Ecotourism site which are located at boundaries to Murchison Falls National Park and dominated by Mahogany and Iron-wood trees. The 115-kilometer expanse is a remote chunk of the Budongo forest. Its isolation once in a while offers a haven for the Lions, Leopards as well as Buffaloes. Early in the morning is the ideal time to set out touring because then you will have an opportunity to find a number of the forest inhabitants licking salt by the forest glades. River Waiga offers refreshment to the various Uganda safaris wildlife species within this forest.

Some of the Activities to Enjoy within this forest include: 

1). Birding: The forest is among the most ideal places in Uganda to have a guided bird watching tour by the Royal Mile that extends from Nyabyeya Forestry College to the research station.

2). The Chimpanzee Tracking experience: Is the number one priority here. Starting in October up to January, the time when the fruits are shorter in supply, the chimps move a lot covering a wider area so the success of seeing them drops to about 50% rate. Fortunately, there is a diversity of Accommodation facilities available from where you can base to enjoy Uganda tours; Chimpanzee trekking as well as exciting forest walks.

3). Birding in Budongo Forest: Among the various bird species that have been recorded in this forest are more than 360 species that will certainly reward you with a very amazing Budongo Forest birding safari experience in this great forest in Uganda. In addition, there are 290 butterflies species, 130 Moths species, 465 tree species, as well as 24 mammals nine of which are actually primates.

The Budongo Forest reserve is among the most significant birding destinations in Uganda and is located on the escarpment northeast of the stunning Lake Albert. The forest is characterized by a medium-altitude damp semi-deciduous verdant forest that covers 42 800 hectares, with patches of Savanna as well as woodland. This Budongo Forest sits on a gently rolling landscape, with a wide-ranging slope north-northwest towards the Great Rift Valley.

This Budongo Forest is drained by 4 tinny rivers, which are Waisoke, Sonso, Bubwa, plus Wake that empty into Lake Albert.  The Budongo has 5 major forest types that include: swamp-forest, mixed, Cynometra-mixed, colonizing plus the Cynometra. The greater part of this forest reserve is sheltered by tropical high-forest communities.

The Mid altitude semi-deciduous Cynometra-Celtis forest occupies close to half of the total site whereas the Combretum savanna is extensive within the drier regions. There are several Eco-tourism sites found at Kaniyo Pabidi plus Busingiro. Because of Murchison falls national park’s biodiversity, the park stands out as the best place for Uganda safaris and short weekend breaks for wildlife and nature lovers.

There are 2 endemic bird species within the Budongo forest, which cannot be seen in other parts of East Africa. This forest comes second after the Semuliki National Park as the most important forest in Uganda with species of the Guinea Congo forest-Biome. The Yellow-footed Flycatcher, simply known in Budongo within Uganda, was common within the mature forest, however today it is extremely rare to see.

Illadopsis puveli, a new addition, isn’t seen in another place in East Africa. Additional species that rank Budongo as one of the finest bird-watching destinations in East Africa include the Zoothers camaronensis, Ceratogymna fistulation, Neafrapus Cassini, Batis ituriensis, Smithornis rufolateralis, Sylvietta denti as well as Ixonotus guttatus. These different species are as well seen in just a few additional forests within Uganda. Rare forest birds have recently several times been recorded within the forest and among these are the Pitta reichenowi as well as Parmoptila woodhouse. Within this forest, Bird watching is properly facilitated with a widespread maintained 115-kilometer track system.

PHOTOGRAPHY FOCUS:

  • Landscapes
  • Sceneries
  • Wildlife

Day 17: Early Morning Game drive in Murchison falls National Park, and then drive to Kampala Via Zia Rhino Sanctuary on 20 Days 19 Nights Best of Uganda Cultural Photo Safari Tour and Uganda Wildlife Photo Safari Tour

Have breakfast and checkout from your Murchison falls national park lodge for a short morning Murchison falls national park game drive and then embark on your drive to Kampala Capital city Via Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary to make to stamp your Uganda Big5 photo safari tour.

PHOTOGRAPHY FOCUS:

  • Landscapes
  • Sceneries
  • Wildlife

Day 18: Kampala Capital city Tour on 20 Days 19 Nights Best of Uganda Cultural Photo Safari Tour and Uganda Wildlife Photo Safari Tour

Today our team will take you for a Kampala city tour, visiting top Kampala Capital city tourist attractions in the city center, and then be transferred to your hotel in Entebbe City for evening relaxation at Lake Victoria.

PHOTOGRAPHY FOCUS:

  • Portraits
  • Architecture

Day 19:Full day Relaxation at Lake Victoria on 20 Days 19 Nights Best of Uganda Cultural Photo Safari Tour and Uganda Wildlife Photo Safari Tour

Relaxation at your hotel in Entebbe city juts at the shores of Lake Victoria, and then late afternoon visit to Uganda Wildlife conservation education center.

PHOTOGRAPHY FOCUS:

  • Sceneries
  • Wildlife
  • Landscape

Day 20. Reserved For Departure on 20 Days 19 Nights Best of Uganda Cultural Photo Safari Tour and Uganda Wildlife Photo Safari Tour

Based on your flight schedule you will be transferred to Entebbe International airport for your international flight back home and hence calling the end of Uganda photo safari tour.

End of tour 

PROPOSED SHORT TOUR

12 DAYS 11 NIGHTS EXPLORING TRIBES OF KARAMOJA REGION & KIDEPO VALLEY NATIONAL PARK IN UGANDA

DAY 1. ARRIVAL

DAY2. DRIVE TO SIPI FALLS VIA SOURCE OF RIVER NILE JINJA

DAY3. EXPLORE SIPI FALLS & COFFE EXPERIENCE

DAY4. DRIVE TO MOOTO DISTRICT VAI PAIN UPE NATIONAL RESERVE & PIAN TRIBAL PEOPLE

DAY5. EXPLORE THE TEPETH TRIBAL PEOPLE

DAY6. DRIVE TO KOTIDO VAI BOKORA TRIBE PEOPLE & MATHENIKO TRIBAL PEOPLE

DAY7. EXPLORE NAKAPELIMORU VILLAGE (JIE TRIBAL PEOPLE)

DAY8.  DRIVE TO KAABONG VIS BOKORA TRIBAL PEOPLE & JIE AND EVENING TOUR TO DODOTH TRIBAL PEOPLE

DAY9. HIKE MOUNTAIN MUROGOLE TO EXPLORE THE IK TRIBAL PEOPLE & TRANSFER TO KIDEPO VALLEY NATIONAL PEOPLE

DAY10. EXPLORE KIDEPO VALLEY NATIONAL PARK

DAY11. TRANSFER TO KAMPALA CAPITAL CITY 

DAY12. DEPARTURE

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