Day 1: Pick up from Masindi and transfer to Murchison Falls National Park.

On this day, you will meet our safari guide in Masindi and transfer to Murchison Falls National Park via Kichumbanyobo gate. Drive northwest through budongo forest with encounters of primates including chimpanzee, Aves like the Abyssinian ground hornbills, reptiles including monitor lizard, chameleon; Butterflies including Papillion, African queen and many more. Head to the top of falls for an iconic view of the Nile plunging on ancient rocks through a 7metre narrow gorge and later concentrates flowing westwards to join lake Albert at the delta. While at the top of falls, freedom falls that merged due to the floods of 1962 will also be viewed. Drive to your prebooked lodge and Check-in for refreshment, dinner and overnight.

Day 2: Morning game drive and Boat cruise.

Wake up early and pick your breakfast, meet your safari guide at 6:30am and board the car then drive to the north bank in the open plains of the savannah with expectations of sightings of small and big mammals like African elephants, cape buffaloes, Jacksons hartebeest, Uganda Kobs, oribis, giraffes, warthogs, waterbucks, bushbucks. Reptiles like alligators, monitor lizard, red headed agma, olive-bush snake, chameleon. Aves like booted eagle, lesser spotted eagle, African crowned eagle, the white-browed coucal, the broad billed roller, cinnamon bee-eater, blue naped mousebird. Following different game tracks gives you different encounters and thus a lifetime experience. Have a short moment of stretch and picnic at hippo pool with an overview of the blue hills of the Democratic Republic of Congo and the fishing activities carried out on the Albert Nile by the local communities. Embark on the car and drive towards the lodge for lunch break with some stops in case of any sighting.
At 1:45pm, drive and descend to the Nile for the 2:00pm boat launch to the bottom of the falls. The Nile is very healthy and plays a very significant role in inhabiting aquatic life. Permanent residents like Nile Crocodiles, Hippos, will be seen whereas regular visitors like elephants, warthogs, waterbucks, Giraffes, Buffalos will be seen at the riverbank quenching and regulating their body temperature by wallowing. Keep focused for giant kingfishers, African fish eagle, pied kingfishers, Goliath Herons, crested cranes, whistling ducks, saddle Bill stork, and many more. Continue sailing upriver to the spectacular powerful waterfalls for a view of the violent falls dropping downriver. This entire activity lasts for three hours.
Catch up with your safari guide at dock and drive off again to the North for a precise sunset game drive until 7pm. This drive gives you more chances of sighting of carnivores like lions, leopards, side stripped jackal, spotted hyenas. Herbivores like buffaloes, Roth’s giraffes, the elephants, bushbucks, waterbucks, Kobs, oribis, Jackson hartebeest and many more. Return to your lodge for relaxation, dinner and overnight.

Day 3: Chimpanzee trekking and Transfer to Masindi.
Check out from your lodge with packed breakfast, well dressed in your trekking gears and meet your guide at 6:30am, embark on the car and drive to Budongo forest for the morning trekking. Meet the site guide, be briefed on the rules and regulations while in the forest. Budongo forest is a home to 9 primate species with over 500 chimpanzees, out of which a community of 120 individuals are habituated. Take a walk in the forest on a grid system in search for these apes. The daily activities will determine how fast you encounter them. An hour of photography and videography is granted upon sighting. However, mammals like the forest hogs, blue duikers, bushbucks, red tailed monkeys, tree squirrels, birds like great-blue turaco, Puvel’s illadopsis, Cardinal woodpecker, red-tailed bristlebill and many more will also be seen. Thereafter, you will walk back to the site, meet your safari guide and hit the road for Masindi with a drop off at your agreed point.

End of the trip, Thank you for entrusting Kfir Adventures with your trip!