Arrive Entebbe Airport. You will be met by our representative and transferred to Serena Lake Victoria Resort about 40 minutes’ drive.
Styled to replicate the lines of a classically rustic Roman villa, which might just as easily stand amid the sunflowers of the Tuscan Hills, as on the shores of Africa's largest lake, Lake Victoria Serena Resort is the latest addition to the Serena East Africa Portfolio.
Rising above white-terraced rose gardens, which descend through water cascades and fountains almost to the shores of Lake Victoria, this tranquil resort has been positioned so as to offer both a contrast and an extension to the 5-star profile of the flagship Kampala Serena Hotel, thus ensuring that the Serena portfolio embraces all aspects of Uganda's social and corporate life.
A gracious terracotta and cream palace, the central citadel is encircled by broad café and cocktail terraces, where cushioned sofas invite relaxation. Above the marble reception, where a Roman fountain plays, white-arched galleries rise to a clear glass atrium, through which shafts of light illuminate the fountained courtyard below.
Beyond the mosaic frescoes of the main restaurant, a clock tower rises above the pool-deck where colonnades of white arches offer the perfect frame for the hazy blue of the lake and the encircling green of the Lweza Hills.
This morning, go for a game drive. Located in Northwest Uganda, the Murchison Falls National Park is Uganda's largest national park. The park is the only one in Uganda to host all of the "Big 5". It also protects intense populations of the Uganda Kob, Rothschild's giraffe and Patas monkey as well as massive concentrations of hippos and birds.
In the afternoon, go on a boat cruise along the River Nile. You will see teeming populations of hippo and crocodiles, plenty of wildlife and a variety of wildlife on the river banks.
This morning, go for a game drive. Located in Northwest Uganda, the Murchison Falls National Park is Uganda's largest national park. The park is the only one in Uganda to host all of the "Big 5". It also protects intense populations of the Uganda Kob, Rothschild's giraffe and Patas monkey as well as massive concentrations of hippos and birds.
In the afternoon, go on a boat cruise along the River Nile. You will see teeming populations of hippo and crocodiles, plenty of wildlife and a variety of wildlife on the river banks.
After breakfast, meet your driver guide at the lodge reception and transfer to the airstrip for your flight to Kidepo Valley National Park. On arrival at Kidepo airstrip, you will be met by a Apoka Safari Lodge driver guide and transferred to the lodge.
Apoka Safari Lodge: The only lodge found within this pristine park and offers an exclusive experience second to none. Overlooking the Narus river, this luxury lodge comprises ten expansive rooms with sitting areas, private balconies and even outdoor baths from where guests can view game at a distance. The swimming pool has been carved out of a big rock and is a great place to relax after a day in the bush.
After breakfast meet your driver guide at the hotel reception and go on a full day exploration of the park.
Kidepo Valley National Park is in the rugged, dry country between Uganda's borders with Kenya and the Sudan. Located in the northeast of Uganda, the park is sprawling savannah, dominated by the impressive massif of Mount Morungole and traversed by the Kidepo and Narus rivers.
Identified as a national park in 1962, Kidepo Valley is Uganda's most remote and least explored national park, but those who take the trouble, wrote one travel editor, 'are rewarded with phenomenal wildlife sightings and a level of exclusivity that can rarely be got at any cost in neighboring countries'.
Kidepo is home to almost 90 mammal species, 28 of which are not found in any other park in Uganda: striped hyena, aardwolf, caracal, cheetah, greater and lesser kudu, klipspringer, Bright’s gazelle and Chandler’s mountain reedbuck to name a few. The park is rich in birdlife - 475 species - and considered to have an outstanding population of birds of prey.
This morning, venture out to meet the local community.
The original inhabitants of the park are the lk community, a small hunter-gatherer ethnic group that has closely guarded its unique culture and language so much so, that neighbouring communities don’t understand it too! Spend some time with an elder who will let you in on all the tribe's secrets!
Also found at the outskirts of the park are the Karamoja people, a pastoralist community similar to the Maasai in Kenya. Kidepo offers a perfect serving of an exclusive safari experience with amazing wildlife and fantastic cultural interaction.
Enjoy a late breakfast. You have the rest of the morning at leisure. After lunch, your lodge driver guide will transfer you to the airstrip for your flight to Entebbe. You will be met and transferred to Boma Hotel. Dinner under your own arrangements.
After breakfast meet your driver guide at the hotel reception and take the scenic drive to Jinja.
Jinja Town is best known as the source of the mighty Nile, the world’s longest river, which winds its way through Uganda, Sudan and Egypt before disgorging its waters into the Mediterranean Sea. In recent times however the town has come to be recognized as one of the best white water rafting locations in the world. Apart from rafting, guests can also go bungee jumping, horse riding and quad biking.
Jinja is all about adventure! You have the day to engage in the activities offered in at the lodge.
After breakfast, your driver will drive you back to Entebbe. A day room has been reserved for you at The Boma. Later you will be transferred to Entebbe Airport for your departure flight.
After breakfast, your driver will drive you back to Entebbe. A day room has been reserved for you at The Boma. Later you will be transferred to Entebbe Airport for your departure flight.
