7 DAYS UGANDA CULTURE, GAME AND JEWISH SAFARI
Day 1: -Arrival.
We propose that you stay at Golf Course Hotel Entebbe for two nights and the hotel will be picking you as well.
Day 2: CITY TOUR
Today you will be met by our guide who will take you on a city tour after breakfast within the greenest city in Africa. Some of the highlights for the day are:
• After a morning breakfast have a tour around Kampala visiting the different cultural sites starting from Naggalabi Corronation Site which has the real history and origin of the Buganda Kingdom.
The Kasubi tombs – a traditional feature and the largest crypt in Africa, a special burial place for Buganda kings. Our guide will be jubilant to give you a brief and interesting narration of the site.
• The Uganda Museum – a historical feature with lots of colonial, cultural and traditional collections.
• Namugongo Shrines – a historical and traditional feature. The place where the Ugandan Christians were murdered under the orders of king Mwanga in 1886.
• Makerere University – visit the first and the oldest university in East Africa.
• Namirembe Cathedral - the first and oldest religious feature that was constructed by the European missionaries.
• Bahai temple – visit the biggest and only religious temple building of its kind on the African continent.
• The craft village – place to buy African art, carvings, masks of your desire.
With a lunch break in the middle of the day you may not be able to visit all the spots mentioned. At least the best will be given. Late in the afternoon retire to your hotel. Dinner and overnight at Golf Course Hotel Entebbe
Day 3: TRANSFER TO MURCHISONFALLS NATIONAL PARK
After breakfast, transfer to Murchison Falls National Park with a stop over in Masindi for lunch. Proceed to the top of the dramatic falls that are crashing through a narrow gorge. Enjoy the sunset as you return to the lodge. Excellent services of Sambiya River Lodge for two nights. FB
Day 4: GAME SAFARI
After an early morning breakfast, cross the Nile to the Northern bank. You will be able to see cape buffalo, African elephant, roth child’s giraffe, lion, hartebeest, oribi, waterbuck, bohor reed buck, bushbuck, hyena and lucky enough will be able to see the leopard. After a packed lunch, go for a boat safari from Paraa to the bottom of the mighty exciting falls. You will view the largest crocodiles in Africa, hippos, more African elephant from a distance, Uganda kob, water bucks and birds like the Shoebill a globally threatened species found in Uganda. FB
Day 5: TRANSFER TO MBALE
After an early morning breakfast, cross the Nile to the Northern bank for a game drive as we transfer to Mbale via Soroti . You will be able to spot cape buffalo, elephant, roth child’s giraffe, lion, hartebeest, oribi, waterbuck, bohor reed buck, bushbuck, hyena and lucky enough will be able to see the leopard then drive to Mbale where we shall spend our night with the Jews at and Community Guest House.
Day 6: INTERACTING WITH THE JEWS OF UGANDA
Today after breakfast, we shall take a tour of the Abayudaya schools then the Namanyonyi synagogue, back to the hotel for lunch, then later in the afternoon we shall meet the Mirembe Kawomera coffee farmers in Nangolo and learn more about coffee farming and processing.
Later in the evening we get back to the guest house and prepare for the Shabbat eve service at Nabugoye Hill
Day 7: SHABBAT AND DEPARTURE
After early morning breakfast, we shall join the Abayudaya Jews at Nabugoye Hill for the Shabbat service, we shall have an early lunch as we prepare to get back to the airport to catch your flight back home. End of service