Discover marvellous Uganda, Africa, on a unique tailormade safari tour, trip and vacation!

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Discover marvellous Uganda, Africa, on a unique tailormade safari tour, trip and vacation!

These 15 days best of Uganda tour will give you an overview of the Pearl of Africa. Your journey will start with Murchison falls NP after a stopover at the Rhino sanctuary. It will give you great opportunities trekking both chimps and gorillas, the two great apes. You will have time for boat cruises on Victoria Nile and Kazinga channel. Visit a local home and spend two nights experiencing a typical homestead. You safari will end with visit of Lake Mburo before transferring back to Entebbe international airport for your flight back home.

Safari Highlights

  • Rhino tracking at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary
  • Game drives in Murchison Falls, Queen Elizabeth and Lake Mburo National Parks
  • Boat cruises in Murchison Falls and Queen Elizabeth National Parks
  • Chimpanzee tracking in Kibale National Park
  • Nature walk in Bigodi Swamp
  • Crater Lakes
  • Tree Climbing Lions of Ishasha
  • Gorilla tracking in Bwindi Impenetrable forest
  • Boat ride in Lake Mburo National Park
  • Photo session at the Equator

Trip summary

  • Travel style Tailor-made travel
  • Departure Entebbe
  • End Entebbe
  • Countries
    • Uganda
  • City
    • Kampala
    • Murchison Falls
    • Hoima
    • Kibale
    • Queen Elizabeth National Park
    • Bwindi
    • Bunyonyi
    • Entebbe
  • Theme Safari and Natural Parks
  • Accommodation Standard
  • Flight Excluded
  • Guide Included
  • The tour has met our standards

Detailed itinerary

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  • 1
    Arrival in Kampala
    Day 1

    On arrival at Entebbe international airport, your friendly guide will welcome you and transfer you to your hotel in Kampala.

    Visited places:
    • Entebbe
    • Kampala
    Accommodation offered:
  • 2
    Rhino Tracking at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary
    Day 2

    After breakfast, we leave for Murchison falls national park with a stopover at Ziwa rhino sanctuary. You have an opportunity to watch the rhinos as they graze. Thereafter we have lunch and proceed to the lodge for overnight.

    Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.

    Visited places:
    • Kampala
    • Murchison Falls
    Accommodation offered:
  • 3
    Game drive and Nile Boat Safari
    Day 3

    This day you will venture in the wild right after your breakfast. We go for a game drive near the delta in search of the animals remaining on the Big 5 list after ticking off the rhino. The afternoon we take a boat cruise on Victoria Nile for plenty of Hippos, Crocodiles, Buffaloes and several bird species.

    Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.

    Visited places:
    • Murchison Falls
    Accommodation offered:
  • 4
    Bunyoro Kingdom Experience
    Day 4

    This kingdom is one of the oldest monarchies in East Africa. Breaking the journey in Hoima will allow you to visit the palace and explore the life of Kabalega – the king who resisted the British colonial rule.

    Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.

    Visited places:
    • Murchison Falls
    • Hoima
    Accommodation offered:
  • 5
    Drive to the Chimps in Kibale Forest NP
    Day 5

    Today we embark on the journey to Kibale national park where we will track chimpanzees. The drive will take you through the countryside offering beautiful landscapes and sights of Uganda. We arrive at the lodge later that evening.

    Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.

    Visited places:
    • Hoima
    • Kibale
    Accommodation offered:
  • 6
    Chimpanzee tracking in their natural habitat
    Day 6

    The day for tracking is today, we leave for briefing at the starting point of tracking right after breakfast. The tracking experience is a unique experience that brings you close to the chimps offering great opportunities for photography. You stay 1 hour with chimps once you locate them.

    The afternoon will be spent exploring Bigodi wetland, an initiative by the local community on conservation of chimps and other primates. Your visit gives back to this community and provides the much-needed supplementary income.

    Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.

    Visited places:
    • Kibale
    Accommodation offered:
  • 7
    Transfer to Rubirizi Community
    Day 7

    After a relaxed breakfast, we leave for Nyanzibiri, an eco-lodge in Rubirizi community. We overnight here and take walk to the transparent Crater Lake and several other lakes in the area. Staying in a community lodge brings the much-needed incomes into the community hence contributing more to conservation and development of homes.

    Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.
     

    Visited places:
    • Kibale
    • Queen Elizabeth National Park
    Accommodation offered:
  • 8
    Boat Safari - Kazinga Channel
    Day 8

    In the morning after breakfast, we leave for a coffee experience with one of the farmers we are supporting. We have an early lunch in the same home and leave for the boat cruise on Kazinga channel. Kazinga channel has a high concentration of hippos, several animals on the shore and a bird sanctuary.

    Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.

    Visited places:
    • Queen Elizabeth National Park
    Accommodation offered:
  • 9
    Transfer to Ishasha for the tree climbing Lions
    Day 9

    Ishasha is found in southern Queen Elizabeth national park and has several prides of lions that often climb the acacia trees. We leave for the sector and search for these with a picnic lunch or have lunch at the lodge depending on how fast we locate them.

    Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.

    Visited places:
    • Queen Elizabeth National Park
    Accommodation offered:
  • 10
    Expedition to the Gorillas in Bwindi Forest
    Day 10

    Today we start the journey to meet the gentle giants of Bwindi. These wild animals are huge yet very gentle unless overly provoked. Depending on the sector of Bwindi we will visit, we arrive in the evening.

    Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.
     

    Visited places:
    • Queen Elizabeth National Park
    • Bwindi
  • 11
    Mountain Gorilla trekking
    Day 11

    Gorilla tracking is a unique experience that we highly recommend for everyone in position to take it. After a briefing from your ranger guide, you will start this memorable experience deep in the jungle. Once you locate the gorillas, you stay 1 hour in their presence, remember flash photography is prohibited.

    Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.

    Visited places:
    • Bwindi
  • 12
    Transfer to Lake Bunyonyi
    Day 12

    Lake Bunyonyi is tucked away in southwestern Uganda surrounded with terraced hills with 29 small islands with some developed for tourism and others not. The drive to Lake Bunyonyi is rewarding with great scenery. We arrive at the lodge later that afternoon.

    Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.

    Visited places:
    • Bwindi
    • Bunyonyi
    Accommodation offered:
  • 13
    Lake Bunyonyi Islands Tour
    Day 13

    After a relaxed afternoon, we explore some of the islands of lake Bunyonyi learning from the local guide the stories connected to each of them. Lunch will be at one of the Islands. You also have an opportunity to hike up the hill or take a walk in the surrounding communities.

    Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.

    Visited places:
    • Bunyonyi
    Accommodation offered:
  • 14
    Transfer to Entebbe
    Day 14

    After a restful night and breakfast, we start journey to Kampala, the capital. We will have several stopovers taking photos of the great scenery with lunch enroute. We will also have a stopover at the equator monument for more pictures and souvenir shopping.

    Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.

    Visited places:
    • Bunyonyi
    • Kampala
    Accommodation offered:
  • 15
    Departure
    Day 15

    Indeed all good things end. Transfer to the airport for your flight back home.

    Visited places:
    • Kampala
    • Entebbe
  • Prices and conditions

    Price includes
    • Gorilla permit
    • Chimpanzee permit
    • Park entrance
    • Ground transport per 4WD custom made for safari
    • Community activities
    • Boat trips
    • Bottled water in the safari vehicle
    • Full board accommodation as mentioned in the itinerary
    • Service of an English-speaking driver guide
    • Driver allowances and park fees for vehicle and driver
    • All mentioned activities except for the optional ones
       
    Price does not include
    • Extras at the accommodation i.e. drinks, telephone, laundry etc.
    • Tips to porters and driver/ guide
    • Insurance
    • Flights

    Availability of accommodation, permits and activities is not guaranteed until confirmation.