Luxury Primate Wildlife Honeymoon Safari
The Ultimate Luxury 14-Day Romantic Honeymoon Safari in Uganda
Your Luxury 14-Day Romantic Honeymoon Safari in Uganda is the ultimate African adventure you will long remember. There is not much that is left out on this romantic honeymoon safari.
Highlights of your14-Day Romantic Honeymoon Safari in Uganda
- Spend a while on the Nile Waildwaters Lodge in Jinja
- Gorilla Trekking with Permits- Porter Services – Walking Sticks – Bottled Water is provided.
- Chimpanzee Trekking – Bigodi Wetlands Sanctuary Jungle Swamp
- Rhino Trekking on Foot – Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary
- Top of the Falls Hike – Murchison Falls
- Rare Rothschild Giraffes in Large Numbers – Murchison Falls Park
- Hot Air Balloon Safari – Murchison Falls Park
- Lion Tracking Research- Queen Elizabeth Park
- Explosion Crater Drive in Queen Elizabeth Park
- Tree Climbing Lions of Ishasha
- Optional Batwa Experience can be worked in on the day of Trekking
- Nocturnal Game Drive – Lake Mburo National Park
- Horseback Riding Safari -Lake Mburo National Park – or Walking Safari – Bike Safari
Your Privat4Luxury 14-Day Romantic Honeymoon Safari in Uganda in Detail
Day -1 Entebbe to Jinja:
Your Luxury 14-Day Romantic Honeymoon Safari egins as your driver picks you up at your hotel at 8:00 at your hotel in Entebbe for the drive 2 1/2 hour drive to Jinja.
You cross by boat to your private rainforest-covered island in the wild-waters preserve portion of the river Nile. Your private and secluded cottage will wow you with its subdued elegance throughout. The deck will be one of the highlights with its soaking tub. It is here where you can take a tub bath while seeing and hearing the rushing Nile around you.
Take a midday dip in the natural swimming pool that is right along the River Nile, and cool off from the equatorial sun as you have the day of a lifetime experiencing the River Nile one of Africa’s Natural Wonders up close and personal.
The meals such as your lunch will be a memorable and festive occasion. Each Meal proves to be a culinary delight that will amaze you.
Walk off the lunch by taking a nature walk around the islands and enjoying the Trees, plants, flowers, birds, and monkeys and notice the quiet only broken by the sound of the River Nile.
Take a Sunset Boat Ride on the River Nile and enjoy a traditional
Dinner back at Wildwaters Lodge on Munyanja Island to the gurgling sound of the waters of the Nile while you enjoy one culinary delight after another.
Lodging: Wildwaters Lodge
Meal Plan: Lunch – Dinner
Day-2 -Wildwaters Lodge:
Awaken to the sounds of the ancient Nile and songbirds all around you – it is breakfast time and some superbUgandan coffee to get you going for the day.
Today you can choose to simply relax and be a human being instead of a human doing. You can go half day or full day white water rafting up to grade five. You can kayak, go horseback riding along the Nile. You can drive through the countryside and villages on an ATV Quad Vehicle, or do something extreme “Bungee Diving” into the Nile – along the lines of adrenaline-pumping experiences is the jet boat ride up the Nile across the rapids which is a most exhilarating experience for most.
Dinner
Lodging: Wildwaters Lodge
Meal Plan: Breakfast – Lunch – Dinner
Day 3 – Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary
Breakfast at Wildwaters Lodge and this is not merely a matter of eggs and toast but a full meal for you to enjoy as you experience one of the 7 Wonders of Africa – The River Nile around you.
Your Private 12-Day Highlights of Uganda Luxury Safari-Primates plus Big-5 begins. We pick you at your hotel in Entebbe or Kampala at 7 am. The drive to Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary is through Kampala and then the Ugandan countryside, which includes the Luweero area with its many farms and villages – the journey will take us about 3 1/2 hours.
Check into Amuka Lodge – Lunch
Rhino Trek on Foot: During the afternoon it is your up-close meet with the Rhinos – you have guides with, and you get as close as thirty feet of the Rhinos which is a thrilling adventure for you. There are some great photo opportunities during the Rhino Trek and of course personal enjoyment.
Dinner
Meal Plan: Lunch – Dinner
Lodge: Amuka Lodge
Day 2 – Murchison Falls Park:
Breakfast and a morning boat ride safari where you might see Africa’s most sought-after bird – the elusive and 
ancient looking Shoebill storks found in the swamps in Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary along with many other water birds.
After the boat ride, it is off to Murchison Falls Park. This is a 3-hour drive to the Nile Ferry Crossing
There is an array of luxury lodges found here. However, there is only one upmarket lodge that is in the right location on the wildlife side of the River Nile and the Park, and that is Paraa Lodge. If you do not mind a more extended trip to your game drives, there is Baker’s Lodge and Nile Safari Lodge.
Late Lunch
A midafternoon Game drive that takes in a 3-hour Game Drive Track. The vehicle is equipped with a pop-up Roof for better game viewing. The park is home to over 1000 Rothschild Giraffes, the most significant number of this endangered Giraffe also called the Baringo and Uganda Giraffe. You can see them in herds of over 50, even large Buffalo herds and Elephant Herds, thousands of Ugandan Kob Antelopes and other. Lions and Leopards, Serval Cats on occasions, Savannah Birds, all on this Borassus Palm Tree Studded Savannah.
Dinner
Meal Plan: Breakfast – Lunch – Dinner
Lodge: Paraa Lodge
Day 3 – Murchison Falls Park:
Breakfast – you can have it before or after the morning game drive – there is nothing like a sunrise game drive over the savanna – at times as the sun rises it burns off the morning mist and things become clear once again. Hopefully, we will run into a pride of lions, leopards, elephant herds, giraffes, antelopes, savannah birds. The vehicle has a pop-up roof for you to look out from and enjoy the scenery, view the wildlife, and take better pictures. A Uganda Wildlife Authority Ranger is on board of vehicle during game drives to point out the wildlife we otherwise might miss. Between your Safari Guide and Ranger, you will not miss much.
A game drive is about 3 hours in length – and each game drive a different game track is followed for the variety of wildlife and birds.
Option – Hot Air Balloon Safari: Instead of the Game Drive- see the park from above – 1 1/2- Hot Air Balloon Ride with traditional Champagne Breakfast (Sparkling Wine) in the Bush. Cost Per Person $380.
Lunch at Paraa Lodge and some relaxation.
Afternoon Boat Safari up the River Nile, moving closer to the bank of the river to get some up-close shots of elephant herds, buffaloes, antelopes, the enormous Nile Crocodiles found here, pods, of hippos, water birds, monitor lizards and much more.
At the bottom of the falls disembark and enjoy the guided walk along the most powerful waterfall in the world – Murchison Falls – you will be cooled off by the spray that comes across the path at times from the waterfall.
Winston Churchill took this path in 1907 on his visit to Uganda.
At the top of the falls be greeted by your driver guide and after a walk around it is back to your lodge for the evening and dinner after an enjoyable day in the savannah and on the River Nile.
Option while at Murchison Falls Park: You can go on a Hot Air Balloon Safari with Champagne Bush Breakfast following. This is the only park where you can do a Hot Air Balloon Safari. Cost is 380 USD a person.
Dinner
Meal Plan: Breakfast – Lunch – Dinner
Lodge: Paraa Lodge
Day 4 – Kibale Forest Park:
Early breakfast and the longest drive on our safari (journey) thus far. We cross the Nile by ferry at 7 am and head for the Kibale Rainforest where the West African Rainforest meets East Africa and the Primate Capital of East Africa.
Fortunately, this is a scenic drive, and we will break it up with lunch along the way, and today’s destination is well worth the somewhat long trip.
Note: This is the one long drive time during the Safari – we can add one day to your safari and reduce the drive time by doing the following. Taking the scenic drive from Murchison Falls to the town of Hoima – This drive is along Lake Albert and the Western Rift Escarpment with many photo Opportunities along the way.
Dinner
Meal Plan: Breakfast – Lunch – Dinner
Lodge: Crater Lake Safari Lodge
Day 5 – Kibale Forest-Chimpanzee Trekking:
Breakfast and it is off for an encounter with our closest relatives the chimpanzees. It is best to take a light 
daypack, one liter of water, your camera equipment and a good set of binoculars, wear some jeans or long trousers, long-sleeved shirt, light hiking boots, a hat.
Chimpanzee Tracking usually is about 3 1/2 hours in length and a most memorable time for you.
You do have the choice here to either track chimpanzees or to participate in all day chimpanzee habituation experience where you are with researchers and others who are in the process of habituating the chimpanzees. Both chimpanzee habituation or chimpanzee tracking must be well planned. (if you co the all-day Chimpanzee Habituation Experience, then we will eliminate the Bigodi Wetlands Walk-Hike.
There are many other primates that you might see during chimp tracking, generally between 5 to 7 other species, plus a wide variety – one thing you will find quite striking is the vegetation of the park, striking different from other areas of Uganda and East Africa.
Lunch -and then an afternoon guided walk at Bigodi Wetlands, which is a fascinating place for birders where 
you can see the large blue Turaco and Brown Parrots.
It is also home to the semi-aquatic Sitatunga Antelope, and it is a most exciting place, a jungle swamp where you can see primates scurrying through the trees, hundreds of different species of colorful butterflies and more.
Bigodi Wetlands Sanctuary is a UNESCO Sustainable Ec-Site where the local community has done an excellent job maintaining the balance between people and nature.
Bigodi Wetland is a shining example of what can be done in maintaining a balance between nature and human development.
Dinner
Meal Plan: Breakfast – Lunch – Dinner
Lodge: Crater Lake Safari Lodge
Day 6-Queen Elizabeth Park
Breakfast and we are off for Queen Elizabeth Park and its tapestry of Natural wonders – a short drive of 2 1/2 hours
, and before checking in, we take the scenic 27 kilometer Explosion Crater Drive where you will see various explosion craters, some as lakes, others covered by Savanna Grass or woodland. It is the highest point of the park from where you have expansive views of the Western Rift Escarpment – Lake George and Lake Edwards and the savanna. One of the craters was recently featured by National Geographic online.
For the drive, we have a Uganda Wildlife Authority Ranger on board to give you detailed background information that will enhance this drive. In regards to wildlife, often elephants and buffaloes are seen along this route, but one takes it primarily for the scenery, and the view is simply stunning.
Check into the Lodge that you have chosen in the Mweya Area of Queen Elizabeth Park.
Relax for a while, and we take the game drive here where instead of Borassus Palm Trees you will find Candelabra Euphoria Trees that were planted by the pastoralists many years ago to fence in their cattle.
Lions, Leopards, Elephants, Warthogs, Bush pigs, Giant Forest Hogs, Buffaloes, antelopes are seen here on game drives – the vehicle allows you to stand and take great photos, you can even use a bean bag for better support of your camera.
A game drive usually is about three hours in length – however, it all depends on you and your wishes – some like to stay longer and take in more, others like to take their time when they are watching a pride of lions for example – you are in charge.
Dinner
Options you have while at Queen Elizabeth Park:
The most popular choice is the Lion Tracking Research with the Uganda Carnivore Project, which studies the carnivores here, and you would be tracking collared lions and leopards. They also work with local communities and teaches them as to how to live in harmony with the Lions and Leopards.
The Banded Mongoose Research Project is another option you have here. The Research project takes place on the Mweya Peninsula and involves a guided hike where you will see the Kazinga Channel, wildlife, and water-birds along the walk in and out.
Meal Plan: Breakfast – Lunch – Dinner
Lodge: Kyambura Gorge Lodge
Kyambura Gorge Lodge – Luxury:Day 7 – Queen Elizabeth Park:
Breakfast or morning game drive first – the choice is yours. Eac
h game drive is quite different, and a different track is taken for each one.
A choice: Chimpanzee Tracking in the Kyambura Gorge. This would be the second time that you track Chimpanzees, and Kyambura Gorge is a fantastic valley to do so in.
There is time to relax and be – do some journaling, bask in the sun or swim in the pool.
3 pm: Boat Safari on the Kazinga Channel – the boat moves rather slowly from the Mweya area toward Lake Edward, and you can see Elephant, Buffalo Herds, Antelopes, Monitor Lizards, Crocodiles,
There are also hundreds of water birds from Pelicans to Cormorants. It is merely a fantastic boat safari and one of the highlights of any visit to Queen Elizabeth Park in Uganda.
Dinner
Meal Plan: Breakfast – Lunch – Dinner
Meal Plan: Breakfast – Lunch – Dinner
Lodge: Kyambura Gorge Lodge
Day 8 – Ishasha – Tree Climbing Lions:
Breakfast and at 7 am we move to the unvisited part of Queen Elizabeth Park called Ishasha – it is a 2 1/2 hour drive.
At Ishasha, we take a game drive, and our focus is the tree climbing lions of Ishasha. Ishasha is the best place in East Africa to watch the lions sleep the day way up in the fig trees. Whether this is a cultural habit or an avoidance the insect has never been shown, the main thing remains that Ishasha is the best place for the tree – climbing lions in East Africa.
Not only will we see tree-climbing lions but leopards, elephant herds, buffalo herds, Topi antelopes along with other species and often you will not find many other vehicles in the Ishasha area of Queen Elizabeth Park.
Check into the exclusive Ishasha Wilderness Camp along the Ntungwe River where wildlife congregates to drink water or to bathe such as the elephants that you will see here.
After Lunch a game drive in search of the tree-climbing lions, you might also see leopards up in trees, usually with their prey — vast herds of elephants, buffaloes, antelopes. Ishasha is part of a wildlife corridor that extends from Virunga National Park in the Congo to Kibale Fore.
Option: The lodge offers a sundowner in the bush with drinks and snacks; this can be arranged at the time of booking the Safari.
Meal Plan: Breakfast – Lunch – Dinner
Lodge: Ishasha Wilderness Camp
Ishasha Wilderness Camp:Day 9 – Bwindi Impenetrable Forest – Buhoma Area
Morning game Drive in Ishasha and a lost look at the Tree-Climbing Lions afterward we take a short drive to the Buhoma area of Bwindi Forest and check into the exclusive Bwindi Lodge where your home is a Banda – Cottage named after one of the Gorillas in the Area.
In the Afternoon you explore the forest with the Batwa People, the first people of the woods. The Batwa Experience is an interactive hike with the Batwa who are pygmies and were evicted from their home in the Forest in 1991. They will show you how they lived in harmony with nature and Gorillas.
They will also show you how they gathered and hunted, the items that they used for medicine and other things for food. The huts that they used as a shelter will also be part of them showing you their ways.
This is the only opportunity that they have to show you how they used to live.
Meal Plan: Breakfast – Lunch – Dinner
Lodge: Bwindi Lodge
Day 10 – Gorilla Trekking:
Breakfast and your long-awaited day of the gorilla visit begins. You will need a day-pack, take the packed lunch provided by the lodge, 2 liters of bottled water, for clothing you will need jeans, long-sleeved shirt, rain-jacket, light hiking boots, hat, gardening gloves to pull yourself up on vines or branches, hat. We give you a porter to make your load lighter on the trek, and we suggest you purchase a walking stick – buy a carved one and keep it as a memory of this day.
The trek takes about 5 hours, and you spend one hour with the gorillas – certainly a fantastic experience that you will never forget.
Do you always see the gorillas? The answer is 99% yes, there is a lot that takes place behind the scenes to make the gorilla trek a success, and that is a team of early trackers that goes ahead and finds the group.
After the trek, you might want to relax, a cold drink, and reflect on your adventure today in the ancient forest of Bwindi.
An option instead of Gorilla Trekking: Gorilla Habituation Experience in Southern Bwindi Impenetrable Forest you have the option of spending 4-hours with a Gorilla Family on an All-Day Trek on the where the permit cost is 1,500 USD. It means different lodging in either Nkuringo or Rushaga and a long drive there from Queen Elizabeth Park, and it is an experience that is well worth it. The
Dinner
Meal Plan: Breakfast – Lunch – Dinner
Lodge: Bwindi Lodge
Day 11 – Lake Mburo Park:
Breakfast and we head to Lake Mburo Park at 7:30 am which is half-way to Kampala and Entebbe. There is only one upmarket Lodge found in this the smallest of the Savannah Parks in Uganda. Here you have rolling hills, five lakes within the park and you can hike anywhere in the park guided by rangers.
Lake Mburo National Park is home to Zebras, Giraffes, the large Eland Antelopes, and other antelopes. There are quite a few leopards in the park and a few lions whose roar you might hear at night but not often see.e
We check into Mihingo Safari Lodge and enjoy your tented cottage where even the bathroom has a splendid view- your cottage is a tasteful blend of the things one enjoys with an African touch. The pictures before you are simply incredible, and this tent is a far cry from going camping in the days of your youth, it is the luxury, class, and ultimate comfort.
Lunch at Mihingo Lodge where you can see wildlife below at the watering hole.
Mihingo Lodge is simply a classy place in the African Wild of Uganda, from your tented cottage in a private setting to the swimming pool overlooking the park below – you will enjoy your last day in the African Wild.
During the afternoon we take a boat safari on Lake Mburo where we might see some otters, crocodiles, hippos, mammals such as Zebras, Giraffes, Antelopes, Buffaloes coming to water.
We Continue on a Game drive to see more wildlife before returning to the lodge
Dinner
Meal Plan: Breakfast – Lunch – Dinner
Day 12 Kampala -Entebbe:
Breakfast and three-hour horseback safari that is guided across the rolling savannah, zebras, buffaloes, antelopes including the large Eland Antelope.
Lunch at Mihingo Lodge
Depart for Entebbe – but we first stop at the equator – we reach Entebbe in the late afternoon as your 12-Day Luxury-Gorilla-Chimpanzee-Trekking Wildlife Safari comes to an end
Meal Plan: Breakfast – Lunch
Lodging depending on your departure time can be arranged such as a day-room, also at the beginning of the Safari lodging can be arranged at Entebbe if you arrive in the evening or night.
Lodging can be changed to fit your wishes during this 12-Day Highlights of Uganda Luxury Great Apes and Big-5 Wildlife Safari.
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