12 Days Uganda Safari | Gorilla Trekking, Chimpanzee Tracking, Wildlife & Culture
This 12 days Uganda Safari takes you to explore the national parks of Murchison Falls National Park , Queen Elizabeth National Park, Kibale National Park, Lake Mburo National Park, and Bwindi National Park.
Day 1: Arrival & Hotel Transfer.
On arrival, you will be met by our company representative at Entebbe Airport and transferred to your hotel in Kampala. Depending on your arrival time, either go for a city tour visiting the Namugongo martyrs shrine, Kasubi royal tombs, Kabaka’s lake, the Bahai temple and the Uganda Museum. Visit the local markets and craft villages and later return to your lodge OR relax at your hotel for the day. Dinner and overnight at you booked hotel
 Day2:; Transfer to Murchison Falls National Park. (5 Hours)
You will enjoy an early breakfast and start on the long drive to Murchison Falls National Park with a stopover at Zziwa Rhino Sanctuary for rhino tracking and lunch in Masindi town. Proceed to Murchison Falls, arriving in the afternoon.
This is the largest park in Uganda, covering almost 4000 km², and is one of the most spectacular parks in all of Africa. There are the incredible falls from which the park takes its name, rugged savannah, dense woodland and spectacular wildlife. Check in to your hotel, relax, have dinner and overnight stay at your booked hotel
Day 3: Murchison Falls National Park
A full day of game viewing at Murchison: begin with a morning game drive, on the lookout for elephant, buffalo, giraffe, antelope, lion, leopard and jackal. If luck is really on our side, we may encounter one of Murchison’s few cheetahs.
In the afternoon, you will take a boat trip to the base of the 43 m high falls. This is also a good opportunity to spot a few of Murchison’s 460 bird species, including the shoebill stork and goliath heron. You will also see one of Africa’s densest hippo and crocodile populations. Dinner and overnight at the above.
Day 4: Transfer to Kibale National Park
You will have breakfast and then drive to Kibale. En route, you will visit the Amabere ganyinamwiru stalagmites and waterfalls site in Fort Portal and the crater lakes. Have lunch and proceed to Kibale, arriving late afternoon. Dinner and overnight stay at Kibale tourist safari lodgeÂ
Day 5: Chimpanzee tracking – Kibale forest
Take early morning breakfast and go for a briefing and start chimpanzee trekking. Kibale Forest National Park is one of the best safari destinations in Africa for chimpanzee tracking. Kibale’s 795 km² National Park contains one of the most beautiful and most varied tracts of tropical forest in the whole of Uganda. This is the place to a number of forest wildlife, most especially 13 species of primate coupled with chimpanzees.
After trekking, you will have lunch and then visit Bigodi wetland, where you will experience a lot of bird life and unspoiled nature! Later transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park. Dinner and an overnight stay at above lodge
Day 6: Queen Elizabeth National Park
Enjoy breakfast and go for a morning game drive through the Kasenyi area, where you will encounter African elephants, herds of buffaloes, eland, bushbuck topis, and warthogs, among others. Visit Katwe salt pans and witness salt mining in Uganda and return to your hotel for lunch.
In the afternoon, you will go for a boat cruise down the Kazinga Channel for some more incredible game viewing. You will see countless hippos and buffalos and a vast array of birds, perhaps including the African fish eagle and shoebill stork. Return to the hotel for dinner and overnight at the booked lodge.
Day 7: Ishasha Sector, Queen Elizabeth National Park
You will transfer to Queen Elizabeth’s southern Ishasha sector in the morning. This is a dry and wild savannah region, much less developed than the Mweya Peninsula. The game viewing is very good and in particular the region is famed for its tree-climbing lions. Stay overnight the above
 Day8: Lion experience and transfer to Bwindi National Park (4 Hours)
You will have the quintessential experience of the Ishasha sector seeing more lions and the elusive leopard. Then say goodbye to Queen Elizabeth and head down to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park, arriving in the afternoon. Check in, unwind, dinner and an overnight stay at your lodge
Day 9: Gorilla Trekking in Bwindi
After an early morning breakfast, you will depart with your packed lunch and proceed to the park headquarters for briefing and take to the forest for gorilla trekking! Your child can spend that time at the hotel or in the company of a guide as they visit around. Gorilla trekking can take an hour or four depending on the movement of the gorillas.
The time remaining after visiting the gorillas can either be spent relaxing and remembering the trek or hiking in the foothills and visiting local communities. Dinner and overnight  as above
Day 10: Transfer to Lake Mburo National Park (8 Hours)
After breakfast, embark on your journey to Lake Mburo National Park, arriving late afternoon. Rest for the evening and enjoy dinner.
You will then embark on the night game drive that promises sights of the hyena and leopard. Stay overnight at the booked lodge
Day 11: Walking Safari & Transfer to Entebbe (6 hours)
Have breakfast and go for a guided walking safari, where you will see animals at a close range with a ranger guide. Later exit the park and transfer back to Entebbe with lunch en route. Dinner and overnight stay at booked lodge in Kampala /Entebbe
 Day12:; Botanical Gardens and Departure.
Enjoy breakfast and go for a guided tour of the Botanical Gardens with lots of birds, among other wildlife. Later transfer to the airport for your onward flight.
Includes:
- All activities as indicated in the itinerary
- All accommodation as per itinerary
- 4X4 dust-proof safari vehicle (with popup roof) & Fuel
- Full-time English-speaking driver/guide
- All meals as indicated
- Park entrance fees
- Boat cruise
- Vehicle entrance fees
- Bottled drinking water while on safari
- All activities as indicated
Excludes.
- Tips
- Visa fees
- Air tickets
- All items of personal nature like laundry, phone calls, beer, etc.
- Anything else not included in the itinerary.