12 DAYS CLASSIC UGANDA SAFARI

Our representative will pick you up from the hotel and proceed to Murchison Falls National Park. 

Alternatively, fly on a scheduled (daily) flight to Chobe or Bugungu Airstrip. (1hr) upon arrival, you’ll be met by our representative and driven to the Lodge. 

Note: We can include Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary on the itinerary today for a guided walk to view the rhinos followed by a lunch. Continue up to the Park, check in to your accommodation of choice.

Journey: +6 hrs   

Meal Plan: Lunch & Dinner

Accommodation: Budget: Red Chilli Hideaway Midrange: Pakuba Safari Lodge Luxury: Paraa Safari Lodge 

Embark on a morning game drive in search of herds of buffaloes and elephants, Rothschild Giraffes, leopards, lions, Jackson’s hartebeest, bushbucks, Uganda kob, waterbucks, warthogs, and other wildlife. After lunch, embark on a launch trip to the base of the Falls. Cruise past huge hippo pods, crocodiles, bathing buffalo, and numerous aquatic birds adorning the north bank on the way to the mighty waterfall. The list includes the Shoebill Stork, the Goliath Heron – the largest heron in the world – and pairs of elegant Grey Crowned Cranes - Uganda’s national bird. Also seen along the banks of the Nile are the Blue-headed Coucal, Swamp Flycatcher, Squacco Heron, African Jacana, Sandpipers, Denham’s Bustard, Abyssinian Ground-Hornbill, Black-billed Barbet, Black-headed Gonolek, Eastern Grey Plantain-eater, We then hike to the top of the falls and back to lodge.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & dinner 

Accommodation: Budget: Red Chilli Rest Camp /Midrange: Pakuba Safari Lodge/ Midrange: Paraa Safari Lodge/

We head to Kibale forest in western Uganda for the ultimate chimpanzee trekking experience. Kibale forest is known as the primate capital of the world. Expect to see other primates like the black-and-white colobus, red-tailed monkey, grey-cheeked mangabey, l’Hoest’s and blue monkeys, and olive baboons

Journey: 4+ hrs

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & dinner 

Accommodation: Budget: Kibale Forest Camp/Midrange: Primate Lodge/Luxury: Turaco Treetops

After an early breakfast, your driver-guide will transfer you to the starting point where you will receive a briefing from the ranger guide concerning chimpanzee trekking. You will then be divided into groups and each given a ranger guide to take you on the chimpanzee trekking in the forest.

In the afternoon, you can choose an of these optional activities: birding the Bigodi swamp walk or taking a walk in the Bigodi community and interacting with the locals. Get a coffee experience, banana beer-making making experience, basketry, and so much more.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & dinner 

Accommodation: Budget: Kibale Forest Camp/Midrange: Primate Lodge/Luxury: Turaco Treetops

After breakfast, we head to Queen Elizabeth National Park passing through the Crater lakes region (depending on road conditions) and enjoying views of the mystical Rwenzori mountain ranges. The journey from Kibale national park to Queen Elizabeth national park is short and therefore you will arrive in time for lunch at your lodge.

After lunch, have a relaxed afternoon looking forward to the next day’s activities or have a short evening game drive.

Journey: 3+ hrs

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Accommodation: Budget: Bush Lodge / Midrange: Baboon Safari Resort / Luxury: Mweya Safari Lodge

Enjoy your early morning breakfast and after meet your guide who will drive you around the park. Pass via the Kasenyi trail where you will be in a position to observe game like warthogs, waterbucks, zebras, elephants, lions together will several species of birds. Head back to your lodge or hotel for lunch and relax before traveling back for the afternoon boat ride along the Kazinga Channel. Look out for Elephants, buffalos, hippos, and Nile crocodiles crammed at the banks, birds such as fish eagles, marabou storks, weaver birds, and lots of water birds. We hope you didn’t forget the pair of binoculars back at home. Afterward, we take a leisurely game drive en route to your lodge or hotel for dinner.

Meal Plan: Lunch & Dinner

Accommodation: Budget: Bush Lodge /Midrange:  Baboon Safari Resort /Luxury: Mweya Safari Lodge

Today we leave for Bwindi Impenetrable National Park – the home to half the world’s remaining mountain gorillas. The Bwindi impenetrable forest is also UNESCO World Heritage Site hosting numerous tree species, birdlife, primates, mammals, insects, etc. You will drive through the Ishasha sector of Queen Elizabeth national park and on a lucky day, you might notice the tree-climbing lions.  Please note that if we track Gorillas in Nkuringo or Rushaga, a different route will be used.

Journey: +4 hrs

Meal Plan: Lunch & Dinner

Accommodation: Budget: Bwindi Cultural Center /Midrange: Silverback Lodge/Luxury: Buhoma Lodge

After breakfast, in the company of an experienced park ranger, you will be tracking the whereabouts of one of the nine habituated family groups who live in the park. Depending on the location of the gorillas on any given day the walk can take anything from 2 to 7 hours. Once the family of gorillas has been located, settle into your surroundings and enjoy the hour you have to quietly observe these fascinating primates whose habits and mannerisms remind us so much of our own. It is real hiking and being physically fit is recommended.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & dinner

Accommodation: Budget: Bwindi Cultural Center /Midrange: Silverback Lodge/Luxury: Buhoma Lodge

This lake is located in Southwestern Uganda, 7 km west of Kabale Town. The name Bunyonyi means, “Place of many little birds.” Birds found here include herons, weaverbirds, grey-crowned cranes, and many more. The lake is dotted with 29 islands such as Akampene Island also known as the punishment island, Bushara, Kyahugye, to mention but a few. Optional activities available are Swimming, Boat rides, Canoeing, Sport Fishing, Birding, nature walks, hikes, Cycling, Cultural encounters with Bakiga and Batwa people.

 Journey: 2+ hrs

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Accommodation: Budget: Crater Bay Cottages /Midrange: Arcadia Cottage/Luxury: Birds Nest  

we transfer to Lake Mburo National Park located along the Masaka – Mbarara highway in western Uganda, 228km from Kampala. After lunch, we proceed for an afternoon boat ride. Look out for hippos and crocodiles found in the lake. You will also see the malachite kingfishers, African Fish eagles, blue-headed weavers, Rufuos, long-tailed starlings, the pied kingfishers, hamerkops, Herons, pelicans, the rare shoebill among others. On the evening game drive, look out for Buffaloes, Elands, Impalas, Zebras, warthogs, waterbucks, giraffes among other animals.  Proceed to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

Journey: 2+ hrs

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Accommodation: Budget: Eagles Nest /Midrange: Rwonyo Rest Camp/Luxury: Mihingo Lodge

The two-hour morning nature walk at Rwonyo will lead us to the salt lick where we find many animals that are attracted to the salty rocks. We then have a game drive as we head to Igongo Cultural Center for a brief Ankole Cultural Tour and a hike up the Biharwe Hill where the 1520 AD Eclipse Monument is located. Later, we proceed to Kampala or Entebbe.

Journey: 4+ hrs

Meal Plan: Breakfast & Lunch

Accommodation: Not Included