On this 15 Day Uganda Safari, get a chance to experience Uganda’s rich wildlife abundance, beautiful scenery, and remarkable cultural experiences. The key highlights of the safari include mountain gorilla trekking and chimpanzee tracking; however, there will also be great opportunities to spot other savanna animals, including Africa’s Big Five, as well as hyenas, various antelopes, giraffes, hippos, and several bird species. See the thunderous Murchison Falls, the crater lakes region, and meet the hospitable local people living in the ‘Pearl of Africa’ – Uganda!

An additional 15-day Uganda safari with trekking typically includes Murchison Falls National Park for wildlife viewing, Kibale Forest for chimpanzee tracking, Queen Elizabeth National Park for savanna wildlife and a Kazinga Channel boat trip, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park for mountain gorilla trekking, Mgahinga Gorilla National Park for golden monkey, and a visit to Lake Mburo National Park for zebras and other wildlife.

Day 1: Arrival at the Airport and Transfer to Hotel in Kampala or Entebbe Town

Day 2: Transfer to Murchison Falls National Park, En-route visit Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary to Track Rhinos

Day 3: Murchison Falls National Park – Morning game drive, afternoon boat cruise, and Evening game drive

Day 4: Travel from Murchison Falls National Park to Kibale Forest National Park

Day 5: Kibale Forest National Park – Chimpanzee Tracking and Bigodi Community Walk

Day 6: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park, visit Lake Katwe Experience, and Evening Game Drive

Day 7: Queen Elizabeth National Park – Morning Game Drive and Afternoon Boat Cruise Along Kazinga Channel

Day 8: Travel from Queen Elizabeth National Park to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park Via Ishasha Sector for Tree Climbing Lions

Day 9: Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park – Gorilla Tracking Experience with Evening Relaxation

Day 10: Travel to Mgahinga Gorilla National Park with Batwa Community Dance Demonstration Experience

 Day 11: Golden Monkey Trekking and Transfer to Lake Bunyonyi with Evening Relaxation

Day 12: Travel to Lake Mburo National Park with an Evening Night Game in the Park

Day 13: Morning Nature walk and Transfer to Jinja City and Boat Cruise to Visit the Source of the River Nile

Day 14: White Water Rafting Uganda and Travel to Kampala & Connect to Entebbe

Day 15: Shoebill Tracking at Mabamba Swamp and Transfer to Entebbe International Airport for your flight

On your arrival at Entebbe International Airport, you will be met by our company driver guide who will brief you and transfer you to your hotel for relaxation. Dinner and your overnight stay are at Entebbe Hotel, as you truly relax from the jet lag and prepare for the next day’s adventure.

Destination: Uganda, The Pearl of Africa

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Drinks: Drinking Water and Fruits Throughout the journey

Early in the morning, the driver will pick you up from your hotel and brief you before heading out to Murchison Falls, which is in the northern part of Uganda. Along the way, you will make a stop at the Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary in Nakasongola, where rhinos are being reintroduced to the wild in Uganda. This will help you have a complete feel of the African Big Five mammals, as it is the rhinos, out of the Big Five, that are missing in Murchison Falls National Park. You will go for a trek around the sanctuary on foot. You will have lunch at the sanctuary and some relaxation for an indefinite short time. You will then embark on an exciting road trip to Murchison Falls, arriving in the evening. After checking in at the lodge, your safari guide will lead you on the game drive in Murchison Falls National Park in search of nocturnal and night-grazing animals like lions, hyenas, and leopards, among others. Afterwards, proceed back to the lodge for relaxation and dinner.

Destination: Murchison Falls National Park

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Drinks: Drinking Water and Fruits Throughout the journey

On this day, take pleasure in a morning game drive towards the Albert and Victoria Nile and experience a great deal of wildlife and birds. Along the way, look out for herds of elephants, giraffes, antelopes, the Uganda Kobs, buffaloes, waterbucks, lions, and several bird species.  Later on in the day, after lunch, embark on a launch cruise to the base of the falls. This 3-hour cruise from Paraa is a rewarding trip that will expose you to many various wildlife species like hippos, crocodiles, elephants (though quite occasional along this side), and a variety of the bird life that may include the African fish eagles. You will then hike to the top of the falls and enjoy the aerial view of the falls as well as other flora and fauna. You will then return to the lodge for a wonderful dinner and rest.

Destination: Murchison Falls National Park

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Drinks: Drinking Water and Fruits Throughout the journey

After a healthy breakfast, you will be transferred to Kibale Forest National Park, the capital world of primates. Primates such as chimpanzees, baboons, and monkeys. With en-route lunch meals. Upon arrival, you will check in at your lodge for dinner and peaceful rest.

Destination: Kibale Forest National Park

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Drinks: Drinking Water and Fruits Throughout the journey

On this day, you will rise quite early and enjoy a quick breakfast. You will head to the park headquarters for a briefing session regarding the chimpanzee tracking code of conduct. Thereafter, you will be guided to the forest and experience tracking of the chimps and other primates in their natural habitat (this is the primate capital of the world). The park’s site guide will take you through this adventurous experience where you may be blessed with enormous encounters of various forest primates like the L’hoest, black faced colobus monkeys, baboons, and other forest species. The chief highlight of this day will be the chimps. You will enjoy them as they play, sing, communicate, and eat. 1 hour is usually allowed with the Chimps. You may also be rewarded with wonderful sightings of forest bird species like the African broadbill, Ross’s and great blue turaco, butterflies, and flora. After your lunch at the park (you can either enjoy a picnic lunch in the park or return to your lodge for lunch), the driver/guide will reward you with the Bigodi evening tour. This wetland sanctuary near Kibale Forest is famed for the colobus monkeys, blue monkeys, and a wealth of bird life like the African Broad-bill and the great blue turaco.

Destination: Kibale Forest National Park

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Drinks: Drinking Water and Fruits Throughout the journey

Immediately after breakfast, set off for a 4-hour drive to Queen Elizabeth, which is one of Uganda’s outstanding wildlife National parks, with over 600 bird species, and mammals like elephants, buffalo, among others. During the journey, you will enjoy great views, including the Rwenzori ranges. On reaching the park, go for a game drive in the evening, where you will see a number of animals. Dine and sleep at the lodge.

Destination: Queen Elizabeth National Park

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Drinks: Drinking Water and Fruits Throughout the journey

Early in the morning, set off for the morning game drive in the Northern crater area, where there are a lot of dark holes called the black craters with no water. You may be able to see a lot of animal species such as the Elephants, lions, buffalo, Leopards, monkeys such as the black and white colobus, vervet, patus, red-tailed, and the blue monkeys. Other animals that can be seen are the bush pigs, the warthogs, and the antelopes. This side of the park provides a good view of numerous craters. The activity takes 3-4 hours. Return for lunch at the lodge and in the afternoon, go. Later, after lunch, you will embark on a boat cruise on the Kaziga channel. This is very rewarding with the aquatic animals like crocodiles, hippos, and many bird species like black bee carmine bee eaters, Lesser Swamp-Warbler, Striated Heron, among others. This takes 2-3 hours.

Destination: Queen Elizabeth National Park

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Drinks: Drinking Water and Fruits Throughout the journey

After having breakfast at the lodge, your driver will drive you to the Ishasha sector. You will embark on the game drive that will give you a chance to see tree-climbing lions. Then, you will be transferred to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park for dinner and overnight

Destination: Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Drinks: Drinking Water and Fruits Throughout the journey

You are now in Bwindi, and this is the moment you have been waiting for! After a very early breakfast, you will be guided to the park headquarters for the briefing session about the gorilla trackers’ code of conduct from the park’s guides. Thereafter, you will get ready, along with your packed lunches, to embark on a lifetime memorable experience in this magnificent forest for gorilla tracking. The trail you use may reward you with exciting moments with the giant mountain gorillas. This will be a reward of the ultimate gorilla experience, as well as other primates that inhabit the forest. The trek may be tough and slippery at some points, but it all supersedes the excitement of viewing the gorillas at the end of the forest tour (This may probably be the highlight of the whole safari for you!). If you are a Keen birder, look out for various species of forest birds.

Destination: Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Drinks: Drinking Water and Fruits Throughout the journey

Early morning breakfast and transfer from Bwindi Impenetrable National Park to Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, you’ll embark on a scenic 2 to 4-hour drive, covering approximately 80 to 100 km mostly along winding mountain roads through beautiful terrain. A 4×4 vehicle is recommended due to the mountainous landscape and possible muddy conditions, especially during the rainy season. The route is shorter and more direct from Bwindi’s southern sectors (Rushaga or Nkuringo) but longer from the northern/eastern sectors (Buhoma or Ruhija), potentially passing through Kisoro town. Afterwards, a Batwa community dance demonstration involves a guided walk with Batwa people, during which you’ll witness a traditional dance performance that shares stories of their history and connection to the forest, along with other demonstrations of their traditional hunting, fire-making, and foraging skills. These cultural experiences provide a meaningful way to support the local Batwa community, who were once forest-dwellers in regions like Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and Mgahinga Gorilla National Park.

Destination: Mgahinga Gorilla National Park

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Drinks: Drinking Water and Fruits Throughout the journey

Have breakfast, later transfer to the park headquarters to be briefed about the dos and don’ts during golden monkey tracking, and then enter the forest to look for the beautiful golden monkeys. Looking at other monkey species, golden monkeys are the most good-looking ones in appearance with their bright color of fur, which is gold mixed with orange. Once you meet them, you will spend one hour watching them and capturing as many photos as you want, then return to the park headquarters to relax, enjoy your packed lunch and refreshments, then drive to Lake Bunyonyi to spend your evening relaxing, canoeing, and bird watching.  Lake Bunyonyi is known as “a place of many little birds” by local communities and is absolutely the best place to visit because of its beautiful view. Later have dinner and an overnight

Destination: Lake Bunyonyi

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Drinks: Drinking Water and Fruits Throughout the journey

Today, wake up early and be ready to transfer to Lake Mburo National Park in the Mbarara district. Lake Mburo National Park is Uganda’s smallest savannah park, painted with ancient metamorphic rocks dating back more than 500 million years. The park is home to over home to 3oo bird species and a variety of wildlife, including zebra, eland, Defassa waterbuck, impala, buffalo, oribi, hippo, topi, leopard, and hyena, can be spotted and so much more.

Upon arrival, you will check into your lodge, have lunch, and relax as you prepare for the night Game drive. Later in the evening, prepare and move out for the night game drive. Night Game drives in Lake Mburo National Park in Uganda are ideal for you. Notably known as the only park where you can spot an exceptional number of impalas compared to any of the other Savannah parks. These game drives will also give you a wonderful experience for extraordinary sightseeing, viewing of diverse wildlife species. Through a network of game tracks, tourists are able to see animals ranging from Zebras, Impalas, giraffes, warthogs, buffalo, and hyenas. Waterbucks, elands, oribi, hippos, crocodiles, reedbuck, and many others. Then, after, you will be transferred to your lodge for dinner and overnight.

Destination: Lake Mburo National Park

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Drinks: Drinking Water and Fruits Throughout the journey

After Breakfast, you will head out for a Nature walk within the park with an armed Uganda Wildlife Authority ranger guide which will take about 2 to 3 hours, this experience in Lake Mburo national park will take you off the main paths and you will go deep into the bush trails to enjoy the park and see herds of zebras, giraffes, Elands, impalas, buffalos, Defassa waterbucks, oribis, leopards, hippos, hyenas, Topis and reedbuck among others.

After this unique experience, you will then drive to Kampala and connect to Jinja for a boat cruise to visit the source of the River Nile, and then, you will be transferred to your lodge for dinner and overnight.

Destination: Jinja City

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Drinks: Drinking Water and Fruits Throughout the journey

You will have a morning breakfast at your hotel and head out for white water rafting along the River Nile. The River Nile in Jinja provides some of the best spots for kayaking and water rafting in Africa. The stretch with rapids used to be over 10km long until a power dam was constructed recently.

One can choose to go for a full day of white-water rafting, but you will only go for the morning shift. The morning session starts at 9 am. You will join your fellow rafters for registration and the briefing. After the briefing, you will be supplied with life jackets, helmets, and other rafting gear.

The activity will go on for about 4 hours, after which you will be taken for lunch. After lunch, after completing the activities, you will be transferred to Kampala and connect to Entebbe for dinner and overnight.

Destination: Entebbe City

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Drinks: Drinking Water and Fruits Throughout the journey

Start your day with an early breakfast and hotel pickup in Entebbe and transfer to Nakiwogo Ferry Station. Join a professional birdwatching guide on a canoe for a birdwatching excursion through Mabamba Swamp, a prime spot to see the rare shoebill stork and many other species. Upon arrival at Mabamba, you’ll transfer into a traditional motorized canoe steered by an experienced local guide. You’ll silently navigate the winding channels of the swamp, which are surrounded by tall papyrus and floating vegetation. Your guide will help you spot the elusive Shoebill, often seen standing motionless while hunting lungfish, its primary prey.

Patience pays off, and the early morning hours offer the best opportunity for a successful sighting. During the excursion, you’ll also encounter a wide variety of other bird species, and if lucky, witness some unique wetland behavior. The Shoebill tracking usually lasts between 1 and 3 hours, depending on weather conditions and bird activity. The serene boat ride also allows for excellent photography opportunities, especially when the lighting is soft and natural. After that, you will be transferred to Entebbe International Airport.

Location: Entebbe, Uganda

Accommodation: No

Meals Plan: Breakfast and Lunch

Drinks: Drinking Water and Fruits Throughout the journey