Tour Overview
Experience the best of Uganda on an unforgettable 12-day safari through breathtaking landscapes, abundant wildlife, and vibrant local communities. Discover the iconic mountain gorillas, chimpanzees, lions, elephants, hippos, and more as you explore Uganda’s beautiful national parks.
Tour Highlights
Day-by-Day Itinerary
Arrival and transfer to your hotel in Entebbe .
On your arrival at Entebbe international airport (EBB) at any time of the day, you will be met by our professional safaris staff that will brief you and transfer you to your hotel for relaxation.
Transfer to Zziwa Rhino Sanctuary Rhino Tracking.
After breakfast at 8 AM, you will check out the guest house and transfer direct to Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary. Whilst Rhino trekking at Zziwa, you will enter the territory of the southern white rhinos on foot. This adventure will give you the opportunity to watch these endangered, magnificent creatures in their natural habitat. You will do the tracking on foot during this guided nature walk and get up close to these huge members of the African big five mammals so that you have a complete feel of the African Big five mammals.
Tour Top of Murchison Falls and Evening Game drive.
After having breakfast at 9:00 AM, check out of the Rhino sanctuary and continue to Murchison Falls national Park. Upon arrival in the park, have a drive to tour the top of Murchison falls and you will be amazed by the beautiful landscape the top of the falls whose views are breathe taking. It is such a beautiful sight with incredible picture moments here. En route to the lodge, you will have an evening game drive which will yield seeing wild animals such Giraffes, Elephants, Lions, Leopards, Hyenas, Jackals, that normally come around evening hours to have their catch.
Wildlife View and Boat cruise to the bottom of the Falls.
After your early morning breakfast at 6:00 AM, explore the major game trails for good game spotting including lots of Elephants, Lions, Giraffes, Antelopes, Jackals, Hyenas, Uganda Kobs, Waterbucks, Jackson's Hartebeests and hopefully the elusive Leopards among others. Later after lunch, we set out for the Boat Ride on the Victoria Nile up to the bottom of the World's most powerful water falls! On this slow boat cruise, you will have to spot lots of hippos, Nile crocodiles, Elephants, Buffaloes, and many other animals that come to drink water, refresh and cool themselves off.
Morning Game Drive |Transfer to Hoima City.
You will check out of the lodge with your picnic breakfast, as you go for a morning game drive to view more wild animals in Murchison Falls National Park. The climax of the game drive will be a bush breakfast. Enjoy more of the vast array of game animals like Giraffes, Elephants and Buffalo that roam the park. The drive will yield seeing grazers like Uganda Kobs, hartebeests and possibly carnivores if missed in the previous encounters such as leopards and Lions that normally come around in the morning hours to have their catch.
Transfer to Kibale Forest National Park-Bigodi Swamp Walk.
Start the safari with pick up from your hotel and transfer to Kibale Forest National Park -Punctuated stopovers in the far country side that offer us chances of viewing tea plantations along the drive. After lunch, you will proceed to the Bigodi Wetland Sanctuary walk which is a guided swamp/wetland walk that takes you closer to local people, seeing primates mostly monkeys such as the black-and-white colobus, greycheeked mangabey, red-tailed, l’Hoest’s and blue monkeys, and olive baboons and so many bird species.
Chimpanzee Trekking in Kibale Forest National Park.
The activity begins at 8.00 am with a briefing of the rule for trekking the chimpanzees after which you set off to search for them in the forest, to meet man’s closet cousins in the wild. You will be amazed to see these primates as they play, swing on tree branches, fight for food etc.! The Forest has over 414 tree species, 6 different primates including chimpanzees, blue monkeys, black and white colobus monkeys, red-tailed monkeys, approximately 380 bird species. You will have lunch at the lodge and later drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park. Along the way, you will have a stopover at the equator zone in Kikorongo Village before checking in at your lodge.
: African Big Five Safari drive in Queen Elizabeth National Park and afternoon boat cruise on Kazinga Channel
You have an early morning breakfast and then go for a morning game drive in Queen Elizabeth National Park. Anticipate to see members of the famous big five including Buffalos, Elephants, Lions and other mammals like Wart hog, Bush bucks, Uganda Kobs, Hyenas and water bucks among others. In the afternoon hours you will participate in a launch cruise along Kazinga channel. You will appreciate the high scores of Elephants, and the highest concentration of Hippos, Buffalos and crocodiles. A number of bird species will also be seen along including the Great Pelicans.
Tree Climbing Lions Tour in Southern Queen Elizabeth and Transfer to Bwindi.
After having breakfast at 6:00AM, check out of your lodge and head to the Ishasha sector in the Southern Queen Elizabeth National Park. The sector is small but has a bountiful of wildlife and is famous for the tree climbing lions. You will a game drive to see lots of big and small mammals that roam in this savanna such as Elephant, Topis, Hartebeests, Warthogs, Leopards, Uganda Kobs etc. and also to try your luck of getting a glimpse of some of these lions as they lazily rest in the fig trees. After the drive have lunch and continue to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park.
Gorilla Trekking and Transfer to Lake Bunyonyi.
After breakfast, your driver guide will take you to the headquarters in the park by 8 AM for beefing. The trek can last from 1-6 hours round trip. Depending on where the Gorillas are feeding from on that day. It's basically a walk of let's say 5-10 Km round trip depending on where the Gorillas are. The only challenging part is the fact the land scape is rugged. So there's instant slopes and hikes and the fact that the jungle is thick and has no clear path. The rangers sometimes use pangas to clear the way. After trekking, you will be escorted back to the starting point for Gorilla Trekking certificates, after which you will be transferred back to your lodge for a relaxed evening.
Walking Safari in Lake Mburo National Park .
After breakfast at 7:00AM, you will drive to Lake Mburo National Park for an morning walking safari. This Park is famous for walks inside and around the park on foot where you can see long horned cattle of Ankole community which can mix freely with Zebras, Topis, Warthogs, cape buffaloes and impalas. The birds to look out for include; African fish Eagle, little green bee-eater, Kori bustard, Pygmy falcon, Western Nicator, Saddle billed Stork, Little Greenbul, Sunbird, Hadada Ibis, Dusky Crimson wing, Purple-breasted Sunbird etc.
Transfer to Entebbe International Airport
After having breakfast or lunch depending on your scheduled flight, you will transfer to Entebbe International Airport to board your return flight.
What's Included & Excluded
Package Includes
- • Airport transfers
- • Full-time English-speaking driver guide
- • 4X4 Safari vehicle
- • Meals per day
- • Bottled drinking water
- • All National Park entry fees
- • Gorillas permits
- • Chimpanzee permits
Package Excludes
- • International flights
- • Personal travel Insurance
- • Tips
- • Beverages such as beers, wines, sodas, etc.
