11-Day Best of Uganda Safari

Arrive at the airport where your driver guide shall be waiting to warmly receive and welcome you to this beautiful country, Uganda. After a brief from the driver you will then set off and transfer to your reserved accommodation in Kampala. The drive from Entebbe to Kampala would take between 40 minutes to 1 hour depending on traffic conditions. Check in for your meals and overnight at the accommodation.

Accommodation

Protea Hotel Entebbe Hotel Mid-range

Outside Park Entebbe International Airport (ebb)

+7 +6

Have an early breakfast and leave for Lake Mburo National Park by 7.00 am. The park is situated about 240 km along the Kampala-Mbarara highway and will take 3 to 4 hours of drive to get there. Lake Mburo is a pretty small game park covering only about 260 square kilometers, yet it harbors so much natural beauty. Its scenery is really beautiful and offers the best sightings for a number of herbivores including Zebra, Impala, Topi, Eland, and Buffalo. 68 Mammals have been recorded and birdlife is quite impressive with about 350 species. Get to the park with great views of the grassy rolling hills, check in at your accommodation, have lunch and refresh. Later you'll head out for an afternoon Boat Ride on Lake Mburo. A relaxing ride of about 2 hours, expect sighting hippos, crocodiles, lots of birds and some game along the shores.

Accommodation

Rwakobo Rock Lodge Lodge Mid-range

+7 +6

After an early breakfast check out and continue to Lake Bunyonyi, Africa's second deepest lake. Set among the enormous Kigezi Highlands, Lake Bunyonyi is iconic for its serene and cool atmosphere, abundant birdlife, and surrounding green scenery of the terraced Kigezi Highlands. Its waters are believed to be Bilharzia Free hence safe for swimming. The drive to Lake Bunyonyi would take 3 to 4 hours. Check in at your accommodation for lunch, relaxation and overnight.

Accommodation

Itambira Island Camp Tented Camp Budget

Inside Park Lake Bunyonyi

+7 +6

After an early cup of tea, set out for a canoe ride on the lake. It is quite cold by this time and the area is engulfed in mist making the sight across the lake to the highlands a mystic one! Return to the accommodation for breakfast, check out and depart for Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, home of half of the world's endangered Mountain Gorillas. Check in at your accommodation for your meals and overnight.

Accommodation

Buhoma Community Rest Camp Camp Mid-range

+7 +6

Wake up to an early breakfast, get your trekking attire on, pick your packed lunch and transfer to the ranger station by 7:30 am. You'll gather with the rest of the trekkers for assigning of gorilla families and briefing on safe gorilla trekking from the rangers. After briefing you'll transfer to the trail head and head into the awe-inspiring thick forest to find your gorilla family. Depending on the location of the gorillas, you'll take from a few hours to several hours before you find the group. You'll be allowed up to 1 hour with the gorillas, an hour you shall forever cherish. Return to find your driver and transfer to your lodge for relaxation, dinner and overnight.

Accommodation

Buhoma Community Rest Camp Camp Mid-range

+7 +6

After breakfast check out and depart for Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda's most popular savanna reserve. With sprawling grassy hills dotted with sparkling lakes set deep into the crater valley, Queen Elizabeth offers one of the most breathtaking scenery in Uganda. The park hosts a wide variety and volume of wildlife. Driving to the park takes between 3 to 4 hours, transfer to your lodge for relaxation, meals and overnight.

Accommodation

Simba Camp Campsite Mid-range

Inside Park Kilimanjaro National Park

+6 +5

Wake up to an early cup of coffee and by 7:00 am you set off for the early game drive in Queen Elizabeth National Park. An early start offers a good chance of catching the elusive nocturnal and predators before retreating to their hideouts. Expect to view Lions, Leopards, Hyenas, Buffaloes, Elephants, Uganda Kob, Warthogs, Baboons, Jackals, Waterbucks, Bushbucks, and grazing Hippos. Game viewing shall go on for about four hours before returning to your lodge for relaxation and lunch. Later set out for the afternoon boat ride on the Kazinga Channel for an opportunity of viewing lots of wildlife up close: Hippos, Crocodiles, Monitor Lizards, and Buffalos are common along the channel. The Channel is literally a bird magnet with species like Pied and Malachite Kingfisher, African Fish Eagle, Cormorants, Skimmers, Saddle-billed Stork, and Pelicans.

Accommodation

Simba Camp Campsite Mid-range

Inside Park Kilimanjaro National Park

+6 +5

After early breakfast check out and depart for Kibale National Park. Expect to arrive at your lodge in time for early lunch. You'll transfer to the ranger station by 1.30 pm for the afternoon chimpanzee tracking experience. You'll get briefing from the rangers and by 2 pm you head into Kibale National Park to track habituated Chimpanzees. The chimp trekking experience isn't as strenuous as the gorilla trek since the terrain is relatively flat and not very rough. You are allowed up to 1 hour to watch these delightful apes as they play and squabble in the fruiting trees. Return and transfer to your lodge for dinner and overnight.

Accommodation

Kibale Forest Camp Camp Mid-range

+7 +6

After early breakfast embark on your journey to Murchison Falls National Park. You'll have lunch en-route. Dinner and overnight is at your reserved lodge. The drive offers scenic views of the Ugandan countryside as you travel north, passing through traditional villages and agricultural lands before entering the park, known for its powerful waterfall where the Nile River explodes through a narrow gorge.

Accommodation

Red Chill Rest Camp Camp Mid-range

+7 +6

After an early cup of tea set off for an early morning game drive in Murchison Falls National Park. Expect to see Lions, Elephants, Buffalos, Jackson's Hartebeest, Uganda Kob, Oribi, Bushbuck, Waterbuck, Leopard, Hyena, Giraffe, and Hippos. After four hours of wonderful game viewing return to the lodge for relaxation and lunch. Later set out for the afternoon boat cruise on the Nile to the base of the Murchison Falls. Expect to see lots of Hippos and Nile Crocodiles, Buffalos, and other wildlife congregate along the shores. When you get to the base of the falls, you could leave the boat and take a 45-minute hike around these explosive waterfalls. The hike offers the best experience of the Murchison Falls and incredible picture moments.

Accommodation

Red Chill Rest Camp Camp Mid-range

+7 +6

We have our breakfast, check out of the park, visit the Top of the Falls, lunch at the Kabalega Dinners, then continue for Rhino tracking and drive back to Kampala/Entebbe Airport for your onward journey. The Sanctuary is the only place harboring rhinos in the wild in Uganda. It is a Rhino breeding program aimed at reintroducing the Rhinos back in Uganda. You'll set out along with an armed ranger on a trek to track these graceful animals. A number of other wildlife inhabits the sanctuary including bushbucks, leopards, hippos, crocodiles and several birds. After successful Rhino tracking you'll have surely completed the "Big Five" and thereafter proceed to Kampala and transfer to the airport for your evening flight back home.