This 10-Days Uganda Wildlife Adventure Safari will lead you on an unrivaled adventure to some of the most interesting destinations in Uganda. Get ready for the memorable journey to come, from the edge of Bwindi Forest to the depths of the breathtaking crater lakes. Enjoy the experience of a lifetime!
Your 10-Days Uganda Wildlife Adventure Safari with Gorillas, Chimpanzees and Nature safari unleashes the best you should expect on a Ugandan safari. You will begin your trip as you reach Uganda’s capital city “Kampala” and may have a short city tour for the day. You will then leave the city the following day and drive to the 2nd top safari national park called Murchison Falls national park, then continue to other remarkable destinations including Kibale Forest National Park, Queen Elizabeth national Park, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park .
You’ll then drive back to Kampala via the Equator line that separates the earth into two different parts i.e, the North and Southern hemisphere. You will then have a city tour in Kampala to visit various cultural and historical sites as you sum up your 10 days safari in Uganda. You will finally transfer to Entebbe International Airport for your flight back home or to your next destination.
Expect to see a lot of wildlife, the big five animals, Mountain Gorillas, chimpanzees and amazing sceneries within your 10-Days Uganda Wildlife Adventure Safari with Gorillas, Chimpanzees and Nature safari.
Day 1: Airport pick up and transfer to the Hotel.
On this day, you will be warmly welcomed at the airport by one of our professional tour guides. From the airport, you will be transferred to your hotel for check in.
Depending on your arrival time, you may go for a short city tour to see how Entebbe looks like and also buy some few locally made items like Ugandan branded Jerseys, huts and other items that you may love at the Entebbe craft market. You will later head back to the hotel in the evening to have dinner and overnight stay.
You may opt to have a night out in one of the clubs in Kampala to explore the night life in Entebbe town.
Accommodation: 2 Friends Beach Hotel Entebbe
Meals: Lunch and Dinner
Day 2: Transfer to Murchison falls National Park and Ziwa rhino sanctuary.
You will be picked up from the hotel early in the morning after your breakfast and set off for Murchison Falls National Park. On your way to the park, you will branch off to Ziwa rhino sanctuary. In Nakasongola District, near Nakitoma Village is where you will get a moment to track these beautiful animals.
Lunch will be at the sanctuary before proceeding to the Murchison falls national park. Later when you reach your lodge, check in and relax at the lodge as your enjoy the wildlife views from the pool side of the lodge, Dinner and overnight at the lodge.
Accommodation: Pakuba Safari Lodge
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 3: Morning Game Drive and Boat Cruise, plus evening game drive.
After an early morning breakfast, you will leave for an early morning game drive looking for the early morning riser. As you head out for the game drive, you will be in position to spot animals like the buffaloes, elephants, lions, leopards, hyenas, Rothschild giraffes, Oribi, Kobs and waterbucks together with some bird species along the way with some feeding together with the big animals.
Later you will then head to Paara cruise point for a boat cruise along the Victoria Nile. You will have a private boat to cruise to the bottom of the falls. This Boat ride on Victoria Nile goes for 3 hours and you will be able to see some Nile crocodiles, numerous hippos, as well as various bird species. After you will return to the lodge for lunch and relax at the pool as you wait for the evening game drive.
The evening game drive will take you to see the animals as they walk back to their resting habitats and caves. You will have more opportunity to see them resting under trees and others hiding out. You will also have beautiful picture moments of the sunset and later after your evening adventure drive back to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation: Pakuba Safari Lodge
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 4: Top of the falls and transfer to Kibale national park
On this day, you have breakfast and head to the top of the falls where you will view it from above. At the top of Murchison Falls “also known as Kabalega Falls”, the Nile forces its way through a gap in the rocks that is only 8 meters wide, and tumbles 43 meters before flowing westward into Lake Albert.
Later you will drive out of the park through the southern gate heading to Kibale national park via Hoima and Fort Portal where you will have lunch before heading to the park.
On arrival at your lodge in the park, you may opt for an evening nature walk with a guide in the forest or relax at the lodge.
Accommodation: Kibale Forest Camp
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 5: Chimpanzee tracking and Bigodi swamp walk
We shall have early morning breakfast and head straight to the headquarters for the briefing from the guides as you start on the chimpanzee tracking expedition by 7:30 am. You will head into the forest and look for these intelligent creatures that share over 98.8% DNA with humans, which makes them very intelligent and behave almost like humans. Meeting these animals will depend on the last nesting location of the previous night, and when you reach them, you will be limited to one hour with them and continue with the adventure as you discover more of the secrets of the park. You will also view other primates especially monkeys floating in the trees and several bird species.
You may have packed lunch or transfer back to the lodge to have lunch and relax a bit as you wait for the evening activity.
Later in the evening you will head to the southern part of Kibale national park for an amazing birding experience. Bigodi swamp is located just 6km from Kanyanchu visitors centre and it is such a fascinating area where you can find over 200 bird species including the famous shoebill which may be seen during guided walks along the boardwalk trail and viewing other various primates. Bigodi Swamp Walk is a 5-km, three-hour tour through this protected forest on the outskirts of Bigodi Trading Centre. Later you’ll head back to the lodge for relaxation and overnight stay.
Accommodation: Kibale Forest Camp
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 6: Transfer to Queen Elizabath National Park and afternoon game drive.
Today you will wake up on early breakfast and depart Kibale Forest National Park heading to Queen Elizabeth National Park. It is located at the base of the majestic Rwenzori Mountain range, adjacent to Lake Edward and Lake George. The park’s diverse ecosystem which includes sprawling Savannah makes it the ideal habitat for classic big game, ten primate species including chimpanzees and over 600 species of birds.
Here you will reach earlier enough to relax, have lunch and in the afternoon, you will go for the afternoon game drive in search for wildlife along the Kasenyi plains. The Kasenyi plains are well known for hosting a good number of wildlife like the Cape buffalos, herds of elephants, Bush bucks, warthogs, lions, and leopards (though hard to spot) among others.
Queen Elizabeth National Park is the most visited national park in Uganda with thousands of hippos that populate shorelines of Kazinga Channel. The open savannah dotted with Acacia and Euphorbia trees provide a habitat for elephants, lions, leopards, Uganda Kobs and big herds of buffaloes. Later you will return to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation: Irungu Forest Safari Lodge
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 7: Morning game drive and afternoon boat cruise.
After an early morning breakfast, you will head for a morning game drive in search for wildlife along the Kasenyi plains. Be on the look for Cape buffalos, herds of elephants, Bush bucks, warthogs, lions, and leopards (though hard to spot) among others. The Kasenyi plains are well known for game drives in Queen Elizabeth National Park and are perfect grounds for spotting the predators (Lions and Leopards). These are big breeding grounds for the antelopes, which attracts predators to hunt down prey in these areas.
Later you will head back to the lodge and have lunch, relax a bit as you prepare for the afternoon boat cruise on the Kazinga channel. In the afternoon, you will go for the boat safari along Kazinga channel where you expect to view water loving animals such as the water buffaloes, Elephants, hippos, crocodiles and bird species on the shores of the channel such as fish Eagle among others. Then after come back for dinner and an overnight stay.
Accommodation: Irungu Forest Safari Lodge
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 8: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park with a game drive in Ishasha sector for tree-climbing lions
After your breakfast, you will check out of the lodge and head for a morning game drive to see the tree-climbing lions. The chance of spotting these lions is about 70% though sometimes they are hard to spot (most especially when they are down in the grassland looking for prey). Should you get to spot them, the sight is picturesque and memorable.
Ishasha is one of only two places in the world where you can see tree-climbing lions together with Lake Manyara in Tanzania and they spend almost the whole day in tree branches resting from a day hunt and also escaping from the hot ground during the dry season.
Upon arrival in Bwindi, you will check in at your lodge for relaxation and overnight stay as you wait for Gorilla tracking the following day. ( Ruhiija Sector )
Accommodation: Gorilla Mist Camp
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 9: Gorilla trekking and Batwa cultural experience
On this adventurous day, you wake up on an early morning breakfast and report to Bwindi Park headquarters for a short briefing with the leader tracker/ ranger guide before you start on your day activity. From here you will head into the montane forest for an encounter with the mountain gorillas.
Always watch out for their voices and listen to them grumble and the young as they swing from tree to tree, and marvel at the sheer size of the dominant male; the silverback.
It is an extraordinary feeling sitting in the dense rain forest knowing you are with a few of the last remaining mountain gorillas. The beauty of this rainforest is spectacular and it offers a dramatic steeply forested landscape which is incredibly dense, but crisscrossed by numerous animal trails allowing access to tourists.
You will look for these endangered species and finding them will depending on the last nesting location of the previous night. The time taken to track the gorillas can be range from 4 to 7 hours or beyond. Once you locate a gorilla group, you will be allowed only one hour in their presence. The thrill of spending time observing these gentle and endangered giants is an awesome, exciting and one in a life experience to be long savoured.
Later, you will have a community visit to the Batwa group that are the first people to live in this forest and still reside there regardless of the many years of civilization. You will be amazed by their traditional dance, homes, dress-code and way of life. You will then return back to the lodge for dinner and rest till the following day.
Accommodation: Gorilla Mist Camp
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 10: Transfer back to Entebbe to catch flight
Enjoy your early morning breakfast at the lodge, check out and head to Kampala with a stopover in Mbarara for Lunch, and another stop-over at the Equator line that separates the earth into two different parts i.e., the North and Southern hemisphere. You will take some pictures and buy some souvenirs, then finally drive straight to Entebbe International Airport for your flight back home.
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch.
End of Safari.