A 10-day Uganda safari offers an exciting adventure combining gorilla and chimpanzee tracking with wildlife viewing. The itinerary typically includes visits to Murchison Falls, Kibale Forest, Queen Elizabeth, and Bwindi Impenetrable National Parks. Travelers can expect game drives, boat cruises, and primate tracking experiences, including gorilla trekking and chimpanzee tracking.
Day 1: Transfer from Entebbe International Airport to Kampala
Our driver/ guide will receive and welcome you to Uganda from Entebbe International Airport. He will transport you to Kampala, the capital city of Uganda, where he will drop you to the hotel and brief you on the history of Uganda and brief on safari. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.
Day 2: Transfer to Murchison Falls National Park
Our driver will transfer you to Murchison Falls, driving northwest, passing by the famous Luwero Triangle, and then proceed to Masindi via Ziwa Rhino Project. Our driver will drive you to ziwa Rhino Sanctuary for Rhino trekking. You will have a lunch stop and then proceed to Murchison falls.
Day 3: Morning Game Drive and Boat Ride
Early in the morning, you will have a game drive around the northern banks of the River Nile. You have great chances of spotting elephants, lions, giraffes, hartebeest, to list the and bird species. Head for lunch, and afternoon you will go for a boat ride. You will take a boat ride to the bottom of the falls, and you will see how the water forces itself out of the rocks. You will view hippos and other animals drinking water from the riverbank. Dinner and overnight at the lodge.
Day 4: Transfer to Kibale National Park
Enjoy an African cup of coffee, and the driver will transfer you to Kibale National Park. You will be view local homesteads, green countryside, and local farms along the Albertine Rift escarpment. The journey takes 7-8 hours by car and you will check in at the hotel on arrival.
Day 5: Chimpanzee Trekking and visiting the Bigodi Swamp
Take breakfast, report to headquarters for briefing. Enter the jungle to search for chimpanzees. Game rangers know where to find the chimpanzees easily, after find the chimpanzee spend one hour with them. Return for lunch, after lunch head to Bigodi swamp which is well known for best destination for birds. Dinner and overnight at the lodge.
Day 6: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park
Transfer to Queen Elizabeth national park will start off after your morning breakfast. The driver will drive through the south passing the Crater Lake area, you will be viewing beautiful landscape and rolling hills. You might have a chance of viewing animals from the road from queen elizbeth national park. Check-in to the lodge for dinner and overnight.
Day 7: Morning Game Drive and Boat Cruise
Take African cup of coffee and head to park for game drive, expect to see to see buffaloes, lions to list the few and variety of bird species. Head back to the lodge for lunch, after you go for an exciting boat cruise along the kazinga channel. You will spot a lot of animals during boat ride like hippos, buffalos, and elephant’s drinking water. End of the day back to the lodge.
Day 8: Transfer to Bwindi Forest National Park
Take African coffee and then the driver will transfer you to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park for gorilla trekking. You will pass via the Ishaha area where you will see tree-climbing lions and other wildlife. Dinner and overnight at the lodge
Day 9: Gorilla Trekking
Take cup of coffee and report to the headquarters for a briefing from the game rangers. You should carry packed lunch from lodge, enough drinking water and trekking equipment. Enter the jungle and the trekking will start. After finding the gorillas family will spend one hour with the gorillas and then return to the lodge.
Day 10: Transfer to Kampala
You will have breakfast and after breakfast our driver will be waiting to transfer back to Kampala. You will have stopover from mbarara town for lunch and then proceed to Uganda equator for photo shots. You will arrival to Kampala; the driver will either drop you to the hotel or to Entebbe international airport to catch-up with your flight. End Of Tour