JUNE 14th-23rd DM FOR WAITLIST
1 Space Available
Uganda – Yoga, Culture & Wildlife Adventure Retreat
Everything Included:
9 Nights Accommodation – shared in eco-lodges & glamping tents
Most meals – All breakfasts and dinners, some lunches
Yoga, Breathwork and Meditation classes
All transport in 4×4 Safari Jeep
All activities listed below:
Itinerary Highlights:
-Game drives (safari) in Uganda’s Largest National Park.
-Boat cruise Safari on the Nile River.
-Kampala City Culture & Markets Tour.
-Hiking a waterfall (with optional Abseiling at extra cost.)
-Cooking Class for Local Ugandan Dishes.
-Coffee making experience.
-Spend the night in a Rhino Sanctuary.
-Beads Jewellery/Basket weaving workshop.
-Chimpanzee Tracking.
-Yoga Classes.
-All Breakfasts and Dinners included.
Day 1: Arrival to Uganda.
Arrival to Uganda with airport pickup and transfer to your guesthouse in Entebbe, a short 20 minute drive from the airport.
It has an onsite restaurant, bar and even a pool. Surrounded by nature with Monkeysand exotic birds being regular visitors.
OPENING CIRCLE + YOGA
Day 2: Kampala City Tour & Transfer to Jinja.
After early Breakfast your drivers/guide will pick you up and transfer to Kampala, the capital city ~ 1 hours drive. Here you can embark on an exciting city tour by Boda boda (local motorcycle taxi), to explore the city like the locals do. Here you will get to explore the hustle and bustle of
downtown Kampala, visit the markets, climb the steps of the mosque tower for a 360° view of the city and try some Ugandan street food as a lunch snack. After you will get on the road again and transfer to Jinja, another city ~2-3 hours drive. Jinja is known as home to the source of the Nile.
Your accommodation tonight is overlooking the river and even has a pool. You will be here for two nights.
SUNSET YOGA OVERLOOKING THE NILE
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch Snack & Dinner.
Day 3: Today is for Exploring Jinja.
MORNING YOGA
There are many OPTIONAL activities to do this day
Optional activities include: tubing on the Nile, white water rafting, horseback safari along the Nile, quadbike tour through the communities. Or relax in nature by the pool.
Optional activities range from $30-$70.
In the evening we will go for a sunset boat cruise to visit the source of the Nile (included).
Meals: Breakfast and Dinner.
Day 4: Transfer to Sipi Falls.
Today you will drive from Jinja to Sipi falls ~3 hours.
Arrive and check in to your lodge overlooking the waterfalls.
In the evening you will go for an exciting Coffee making experience.
EVENING YOGA OVERLOOKING WATERFALLS
Meals: Breakfast and Dinner.
Day 5: Full Day Sipi Falls.
Today you will explore Sipi falls by foot- by Hiking to all the 3 water falls.
*Optional abseiling the waterfall @$50 per person*
After your hike you will visit a locals house for a cooking class on Ugandan Dishes and after you will get to enjoy the food you just helped prepare.
EVENING SUNSET YOGA AT LODGE
Meals: Breakfast, lunch And Dinner.
Day 6: Transfer to Murchison Falls.
Its a long day today to transfer to Murchison falls National Park ~ 8 hours drive. Our Camp tonight is located within the park so we will enjoy a game drive as we make our way to the Camp. Once at camp we expect to see some animals roaming around such as warthogs and at night time Hippos often come feeding around the camp. Roast some marshmallows by the campfire.
Early to bed for an exciting safari day tomorrow.
Meals: Breakfast and Dinner.
Day 7: Murchison Falls Safari.
Full day to Explore Murchison falls National Park. This is Ugandas Largest National Park well known for its Giraffes, elephants and high population of leopards and lions. Have an early morning game drive and return to the camp for lunch. After lunch we will do a boat cruise on the Nile and this includes a hike to the top of the waterfalls for spectacular views.
After return to the lodge for dinner and overnight.
Meals: Breakfast, lunch and Dinner.
Day 8: Another game drive and transfer to Masindi.
This morning we will enjoy a last morning game drive and exit the park late morning to drive to Masindi ~ 3 hours.
In the afternoon we will meet with a local womens project and learn basket weaving or beads jewellery making (depending on interest of the group).
Meals: Breakfast and Dinner.
Day 9: Chimp Tracking.
Early this morning we will go for an exciting Chimpanzee tracking experience. We will make a short drive to the forest and go with a local ranger/tracker in search of the Chimps. Return to our lodge for an early lunch.
After we will transfer to Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary.
EVENING YOGA AND CLOSING CIRCLE
Meals: Breakfast, lunch and Dinner.
Day 10: Rhino Tracking and Hometime.
This morning after breakfast we will go for one last exciting activity, on foot Rhino tracking. Here we will go out on foot with a Ranger in search of the reserves 40+ southern white Rhinos, you will get to spend time with them (at a safe distance). After we will transfer to Entebbe. Here we can stop at a souvenir market to get some last minute souvenirs. Then depending on your flight times we can drop you directly to the airport or to day one accom if
you have a late night flight/spending more time in Uganda.
Meals: Breakfast.
The Accommodation:
BOOKING FOR SECOND DATES GOES ON SALE THURSDAY 29th of AUGUST AT 3pm IRISH TIME
EARLY BIRD – FIRST 24 HOURS €1995 – ONLY FOR THOSE ON PRESALE LIST
AFTER THAT TRIP TOTAL COST €2195
SECURE YOUR SPOT WITH A DEPOSIT OF €250
OPTIONAL ADD ON
BUCKETLIST – 4 DAY GORRILLA TRACKING
This is a HUGE bucketlist activity and is not included in the itinerary because it can be quite expensive. If people are interested in joining it will be approx €1200 extra for the 4 days, during the 4 days between the two dates. If this is in your budget it is highly highly recommended, and is a huge reason why people come to Uganda.
You can decide about this after booking onto the trip, please let me know if you’re interested.