10 days Lion safari Uganda Africa

Day 1 Travel by road to Kidepo valley national park.

10 days lion safari Uganda take off in Kampala at 5:00 am, you start the long journey 558 km (347 miles) going through the Rhino sanctuary to see the southern white rhinoceros. Have breakfast at the Kabalega dinner restaurant on the way to Gulu where you will have lunch. After lunch in Gulu, we continue through Kitgum and up to Kidepo valley national park. Check into your accommodation based on the budget that you opt for. The lodges are not very far from each other, they are within a radius of 24 km (15miles). Dinner will be served from 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm and then you retire early to bed or stay up for a few drinks if you partake.

Travel time: +/- 9hours
Accommodation: Nga Moru Lodge (Mid-range) Apoka Lodge (Luxury) Savannah Lodge (Budget)
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner From

Day 2 full day game drive searching for Lions 

We start at 6:00 am with a cup of coffee and carrying with you packed breakfast, you will be headed for the open savannah in search of the game which includes five Primate Species, predators are particularly well represented with 22 species resident of these, the black-backed jackal, African hunting dog, bat-eared fox, striped hyena, aardwolf, cheetah, and caracal are found in no other Ugandan national park. Other predators recorded are a side-stripped jackal, spotted hyena, leopard, lion, and a variety of mustelids, genets, mongooses, and small cats. A remarkable 17 species of antelopes occur in this national park. 7 of these are found nowhere else in Uganda: namely Grant’s gazelle, greater kudu, lesser kudu, roan antelope, Beira oryx, Guenther’s dik-dik, and mountain reedbuck. These are among the species we will be seeing while we focus on searching for lions. We return for lunch at the lodge and at 3:00 pm we head back for another game drive return in the evening at around 6:30 pm. Have dinner and reflect on the day's game drive activity.

Day 3 Morning walking safari and afternoon/night game drive. 

7:00 am you will head out on a walking safari before the heat of the day is upon us. You will return for breakfast, rest, and have lunch. 3:00 pm we head back out for another game drive into an early night game drive which we stop at 8:00 pm, returning for dinner at the lodge and overnight.

Day 4 10 days Lion safari Uganda Africa move to Murchison falls national park 

At 6:00 am we have our breakfast before departing for Murchison falls national park which is 407 km (253 miles). Our lunch will be had in Gulu town before we continue to Anaka, and then to Murchison falls national park. Arrival will be around 4:00 pm, heading straight to your overnight accommodation for a cold drink stroll around the lodge to release the stress of long sitting in the vehicle.

Travel time: +/- 5hours
Accommodation: Pakuba Safari Lodge (Mid-range) Paraa Safari Lodge (Luxury) Fort Murchison Lodge (Budget)
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Day 5 Sunrise safari drive and afternoon boat ride 

The game drive starts at 6:00 am with breakfast before we go lion searching in Murchison falls national park. The lion here is not very easy to see although the park has got a healthy 106 lions within an area covering 3,843sqkm. We will try to search for the lions both in the morning and in the night hopeful we get a chance to spot them. Return to your lodge for lunch from 11:00 am by the time you get to the lodge it will be 12:00 pm in time for lunch. After lunch, you travel to the Paraa area (meaning a place of hippopotamus in the Luo language) for a boat safari on the Victoria Nile. Your boat safari will give you a chance to see the iconic Murchison Falls with its raw power as well as seeing several animals and birds.

Day 6 Lazy morning and night game drive 

The morning is given to resting for clients to enjoy the lodge, personal time, swimming. After dinner, we prepare for departure to enjoy a night game drive with chances of spotting leopards, hyenas, lions. After we head back to the lodge overnight.

Day 7 Queen Elizabeth national park 3 nights

Today we shall be departing for Queen Elizabeth national park, we start the day at 5:00 am, breakfast at 5:30 am with packed lunch. We will drive south towards the Rwenzori mountains from Murchison falls national park 400 km (248 miles).
We will stop in Fort portal for a break and have a late lunch before we continue for another 2 hours to your overnight accommodation.

Travel time: +/- 9hours
Accommodation: Ihamba Safari Lodge (Mid-range) Mweya Lodge (Luxury) Bush Lodge (Budget)
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Day 8 Lion safari Uganda, Africa game drive

At 6:00 am we go to the park gate to make payment for lion tracking, from this point on we will be with a tracker from the Lion Project in Uganda. He uses a radio tracker receiver to pinpoint the location of the lions that we are to see. Often the lions are off track which requires driving off-road to reach the lions of Queen Elizabeth national park. When and if the lions are found, you get to spend 20 – 40 minutes observing them. 95 mammals were recorded in this park the highest of any national park in Uganda. Ten primates including chimpanzee, vervet, blue, L’Hoest’s monkey, black-and-white colobus, and olive baboon. There are 20 predators are found in the Queen Elizabeth national park, including side-striped jackal, spotted hyena, lion, and leopard. The most common antelope species is the Uganda Kob, bushbuck, Defassa waterbuck, topi. 12:30 pm will find us at the Mweya safari lodge on the Mweya peninsular where you will have a filling lunch and gaze at the extensive Kazinga Channel. Here you will take a 2 hours boat safari to see several animal species including the hippopotamus. Kazinga channel hosts the highest concentration of hippopotamus in the world. We head for another game drive before heading back to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

Day 9-morning travel south Ishasha for tree-climbing lions

In Africa, you can only find tree-climbing lions in Ishasha and Tanzania’s Lake Manyara. While searching for tree-climbing lions we take a game drive to see other animals. We spend a night in the Ishasha sector tonight.

Day 10 Optional Morning game drive and travel back to Entebbe for departure.

We have breakfast and thereafter enjoy another short game drive on your way to Ishasha. Heading back to towards and the drive back to Entebbe Airport for departure back home.