Day 1: Arrival Entebbe Airport- Entebbe
Welcome to Uganda! On arrival, you will be met and greeted at the Airport by our driver guide who will be your Driver for the safari, and then transfer to your hotel for an overnight.
Approx. Distance: 4km, 10 Minutes
Meals:None
Accommodation: Boma Guest House
Day 2: Entebbe – Lake Mburo National Park
Pick up from your hotel and drive westward with a stopover en-route at the equator arriving in time for lunch at the lodge before heading to Lake Mburo Rwonyo peninsular for an afternoon boat cruise, Alternatively, you can opt for a guided safari walk in the park instead of aboat safari.
The park is the smallest of the Uganda’s protected savannah parks with lots of metamorphic rocks and a home to over 350 species of birdlife, zebras and buffaloes are the face of the game in this savannah land. Elands, Oribi Waterbucks, Hippos, Reedbucks, Topi and a Leopard can also be spotted on a lucky day. After a boat cruise time allowing you will go for an evening game drive in the park.
Approx. Distance: 250kms, 5hours’ Drive
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Rwakobo Rock Lodge
Day 3: Lake Mburo National Park – Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
A game drive early in the morning before starting the drive to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park with lunch en-route. The drive will take you along a tarmac route and then a reasonable distance on a murram road some parts of the road are bumpy and while on the drive you will enjoy a true massage of the African wilderness roads. After check in at the lodge you will have a well-earned rest contemplating on the gorilla trekking experience the following morning.
Approx. Distance: 260km, 5hours 30Minutes’ Drive
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Four Gorillas Lodge
Day 4: Bwindi National Park Gorilla Trek Experience
Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park is located in south-western Uganda edge at the edge of the great east African Rift Valley. It is a home to over 400 species of mountain gorillas about half of the world’s population. Many of these are habituated in families that are daily visited by tourists. The forest is also a home to over 350 species of birds and 400 flora species.
Gorilla trekking starts at 8am after a briefing at the park headquarters, you will trek through the dense steep forest searching for the gorillas depending on where they were seen making nests the previous evening. The trekking can last 2-7 hours depending on how soon you find the Gorillas, this is influenced by the location they stayed overnight. Trekking can be a tasking adventure, but coming to a facial close-up with these close relatives to human is a reward worthy to earn. After gorilla trekking, in the afternoon time permitting you will go for a community walk.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Four Gorilla Lodge
Day 5: Bwindi N.P – Queen Elizabeth National Park
Morning transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park for a game drive in Ishasha sector, searching for tree climbing lions and many more animal species to spot on the gamedrive. Ishasha sector is the most endowed with animal species including Impalas, Elands, Buffaloes, elephant, famous tree climbing lions and depending on how lucky you are; you may also find a Leopard.
Continue the drive to Mweya where you will have lunch before a boat safari on the kazinga Channel, this will give you great views of several game including Hippos, Buffaloes, elephants and birdlife that queen Elizabeth National Park has to offer. off the boat cruise and continue with and evening game drive in the park en-route to your lodge for an overnight.
Approx Distance: 170kms, 5hours’ Drive
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Buffalo Safari Lodge
Day 6: Queen Elizabeth National Park
A morning game drive in the Kasenyi plains through to Katwe Kob mating grounds. Most of the animals you are likely to find here include impalas, sitatungas and lions if lucky enough. You may get time to visit the katara women group who make paper products out of Elephant dung before transfering to Kibale Forest National Park with Lunch En-route.
Afternoon launch cruise on the Kazinga channel will give you great views of several game including Hippos, Buffaloes, elephants and birdlife that queen Elizabeth National Park has to offer. Kazinga channel connects lake edward to lake George in the park, off the boat cruise; continue with and evening game drive in the park if time permits before returning to your lodge for an overnight.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Buffalo Safari Lodge
Day 7: Queen Elizabeth National Park – Kibale National Park
A morning visit to the crater lakes region and transfer to Kibale Forest National Park with Lunch En-route. Afternoon visit to Bigodi for a swamp walk and community experience.
Bigodi swamp, is a community project aimed at improving the livelihoods of the local people, a local guide will lead you on a developed 4.5km trail through the swamp for approximately 3 hours where you can find several bird species including the great blue Turacos, Hornbills Kingfishers and also Black and White Colobus, Red Colobus, Red Tailed Monkey, Grey Cheeked Mangabey, Olive Baboon, L’hoest Monkey, Vervet Monkeys can be spotted.
Approx Distance: 130kms, 3hours’ Drive
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation: Turaco Tree tops
Day 8: Kibale Forest National Park – Entebbe
Morning Chimpanzee Tracking adventure; Kibale forest has over 1,450 individuals (Chimpanzees) protected within the park. At Kanyanchu, a community of chimpanzees has been habituated since 1991, allowing visitors an outstanding opportunity to Track these apes in their natural Habitat. Tracking starts at 7am with a briefing at Kanyanchu Park headquarter where you will be allocated rangers to take you to the forest. An advance team already in the forest keep tracking the chimps and communicates with your ranger on the radio call, tracking can last for 2 to 4 hours depending on how far the chimps could be feeding.
On returning from chimp tacking, have lunch at the lodge before starting a gentle drive through tea plantations and beautiful sceneries with a stopover en-route arriving at Entebbe late afternoon in time to check in for your flight back home.
Approx Distance: 350kms, 6hours’ Drive
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch En-route
Accommodation: None
| DEPARTURE/RETURN LOCATION | Entebbe, Uganda | ||||||||
| DEPARTURE TIME | Please arrive by 6:30 AM for a prompt departure at 7:00 AM. | ||||||||
| RETURN TIME | Approximately 4:30 PM. | ||||||||
| WEAR | Comfortable safari clothing, comfortable safari shoes , warm and light clothes | ||||||||
| INCLUDED |
|
||||||||
| NOT INCLUDED |
|
Additional information
| Location | Bwindi National Park, Kibale Forest, Lake Mburo, Murchison Falls, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda |
|---|---|
| Destination | Uganda |
| Groupsize | 2 |
| Month | 23rd Feb 2025, 26th Jan 2025, 26th Oct 2025, 27th Jul 2025, 28th Dec 2025, 28th Sep 2025, 29th Jun 2025, 30th Mar 2025, 31st Aug 2025 |
