This 14 Days Best of Uganda Wildlife Adventure takes you to explore the best tourist destinations in Uganda. You will get a chance to encounter Uganda wildlife in Murchison Falls National Park and Queen Elizabeth National Park as well as track chimpanzees in Kibale Forest National Park and Mountain Gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. REQUEST A QUOTE You will also enjoy spotting vast bird species and visit the picturesque Lake Bunyonyi in the Southwestern part of the country. Contact us today to book this 14 Days Best of Uganda Wildlife Adventure.
Detailed Itinerary.
Day 1: Arrival at Entebbe Airport
Upon your arrival at Entebbe airport, you will be welcomed by a Heritage Safaris tour guide who will brief you about the 2 week safari in Uganda and later transfer you to Kampala to a hotel already reserved for you.
Accommodation options: Latitude 0 Degrees, Speke Resort Munyonyo, Mestil Hotel, Dolphine Suites.
Day 2: Visit the Source of River Nile
After early morning breakfast, you will be headed to Jinja with a stopover at Sezibwa Falls with a culture connected with Buganda Kingdom for a directed nature walk. Continue for zip lining at Mabira Forest. Visit the source of River Nile by boat, have lunch and proceed to Mbale arriving at the hotel in the evening in time for dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation options: Mbale Resort Hotel, Mt. Elgon Hotel.
Day 3: Sipi Falls Hike – Return to Kampala
After breakfast, you will be moved to Sipi falls which is a progression of three cascades in Eastern Uganda in the locale of Kapchorwa, upper east of Sironko and Mbale lying on the slants of Mount Elgon National Park. Abseiling is an experience where you slide down the inclines of the precarious rocks with a contact gadget and ropes. It will take you around 3 hours to climb and incline, bring a camera and it will be brimming with the dazzling Sipi Falls. You will return to Mbale for lunch and later be driven back to Kampala.
Accommodation options: Latitude 0 Degrees, Speke Resort Munyonyo, Mestil Hotel, Dolphine Suites.
Day 4: Transfer to Murchison Falls National Park
Drive to Murchison Falls National Park with a stopover at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary for rhino tracking. It is strategically placed north of Kampala covering 176km on the Gulu highway towards Murchison Falls National Park. Here you can see the rhinos in Uganda in nature. Later after lunch start your all encompassing drive to Murchison Falls National Park known for its Murchison Falls, where the Victoria Nile River floods through a small gap, making one of the most powerful waterfalls in the world. This is additionally where you can site 76 types of creatures and 451 types of birds.
Accommodation options: Paraa Safari Lodge, Bakers Lodge, Pakuba Lodge, Nile Safari Lodge, Red Chili Rest Camp.
Day 5: Morning Game Drive – Afternoon Boat Cruise
Have your morning meal in the midst of singing birds as your driver guide is sitting tight for you to begin your morning game drive. Savannah in northern bank of River Nile is extremely broad and lopsided. Looking through creatures and birds in such an environment is very energizing. The ranger guide will spot for you elephants, lions, cape buffalos, Rothschild’s giraffes, hartebeest, waterbucks, oribi, bushbuck, hyenas and in the event that you are fortunate, leopards. After lunch, you will go on a boat cruise to the base of the falls and witness large volumes of River Nile water squeeze through a 7 meter ravine before dropping down 43 meters to form a truly spectacular sighting. It is additionally home of many water birds, hippos and Nile Crocodiles, likewise high possibility seeing elephants, buffaloes, and more. Pass on your boat and climb to the highest point of falls for more exploration and photography.
Accommodation options: Paraa Safari Lodge, Bakers Lodge, Pakuba Lodge, Nile Safari Lodge, Red Chili Rest Camp.
Day 6: Transfer to Kibale National Park
After your tasty breakfast, you will be headed to Kibale National Park through the Albertine Escapement with the exceptional perspectives on Lake Albert and Kyoga. On the off chance that time permits your next stop will be at Fort Portal city for lunch simply on the inclines of the Rwenzori Mountains as you continue to Kibale National Park.
Accommodation options: Kyaninga Lodge, Primate Lodge Kibale, Chimpanzee Guest House.
Day 7: Chimpanzee Tracking – Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park.
You will be headed to Kyanyanchu base camp for instructions before you are doled out a ranger guide to start your Chimpanzee trekking at 8:00am. It is additionally a chance of seeing different primates like gray cheeked mangabeys, colobus monkeys and butterflies. Later you will be headed to Queen Elizabeth National Park with the in transit game drive. Queen Elizabeth National Park is the second biggest national park in Uganda with 95 types of vertebrates and 600 types of birds.
Accommodation options: Mweya Safari Lodge, Elephant Plains Lodge, Kyambura Lodge, Enganzi Lodge, Bush Lodge.
Day 8: Morning Game Drive – Boat Cruise on Kazinga Channel
Leave your lodge early morning and pass through the immense savannah, and search for different wild animals with assistance of an experienced park ranger guide. Appreciate noticing the animals in tremendous savannah at the foot of Rwenzori Mountains. You will actually want to spot leopards, elephants, lions, kobs, topi, hyenas, and enormous groups of buffaloes, huge groups of joined mongoose, warthogs, bushbucks and waterbucks. The afternoon will be spent on a boat safari along the Kazinga Channel which interfaces the water stream from Lake George to Lake Edward. The channel draws in a differed scope of creatures and birds, with one of the world’s biggest convergence of hippos and various Nile crocodiles, It is likewise a chance of seeing the elephants, buffaloes on the shores extinguishing their thirst and cooling their bodies.
Accommodation options: Mweya Safari Lodge, Elephant Plains Lodge, Kyambura Lodge, Enganzi Lodge, Bush Lodge.
Day 9: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Have early morning breakfast, check out of the lodge and go on a game drive as you exit Queen Elizabeth National Park on your way to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. Drive through Ishasha sector as you keep your eyes on acacia trees for tree climbing lions. Later you continue to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park which is popular for its Mountain Gorillas. It has rich environment, 95 types of well evolved creature and 345 types of birds.
Accommodation options: Buhoma Lodge, Gorilla Safari Lodge, Chameleon Hill Lodge
Day 10: Bwindi Gorilla Trekking Experience
Have an early morning breakfast at the lodge in Bwindi and head out to the park headquarters for briefing from Uganda Wildlife Authority officials. Gorilla Trekking takes between 2 to 6 hours relying upon the movement of the Gorillas from the earlier day. This is a lifetime experience and unique with some other East African experiences. Later drive to Lake Bunyonyi arriving in the evening in time for dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation options: Buhoma Lodge, Gorilla Safari Lodge, Chameleon Hill Lodge
Day 11: Relaxation at Lake Bunyonyi
Spend the day unwinding and relaxing at Lake Bunyonyi. Activities you can do include; boat cruise on the lake, bird watching, zip lining and a stroll in the neighborhood.
Accommodation options: Bird Nest Resort, Bunyonyi Safari Resort, Arcadia Cottages, Overland Camp.
Day 12: Transfer to Lake Mburo National Park
Drive to Lake Mburo National Park with lunch stop at Mbarara. Visit the Igongo Cultural Centre for the exceptional Ankole social history. Continue to Lake Mburo National Park for an afternoon boat cruise and you will see numerous hippos, crocodile and water birds.
Accommodation options: Mihingo Lodge, Arcadia Cottages, Mantana Tented Camp, Eagles Nest Lodge.
Day 13: Morning Game Drive – Return to Kampala
You will have an early morning breakfast, check out of the lodge and go on a morning game drive as you exit the park. Moving with a spring up rooftop safari vehicle, search for animals and birds in ragged savannah. A few herbivores like zebra, giraffes, buffalo, waterbuck, impala and eland among others possess here, and some shouldn’t be visible in other National parks in Uganda. Afterward, you will be driven back to Kampala with a photography stopover at the Equator in Kayabwe. Proceed to Kampala arriving at the hotel in time for dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation options: Latitude 0 Degrees, Speke Resort Munyonyo, Mestil Hotel, Dolphine Suites.
Day 14: Kampala City Tour – Entebbe Airport
Your tour guide will take you around Kampala City for some sightseeing and to buy some souvenirs to take with you back home. You will then leave Kampala and head to the airport in time for your outward flight back home.
End of the 14 Days Best of Uganda Wildlife Adventure.
The 14 Days Best of Uganda Wildlife Adventure safari package includes;
- Airport transfers.
- Transportation by a safari vehicle .
- Accommodation while on safari.
- Services of an English-speaking tour guide.
- Meals while on safari.
- Park entrance fees.
- Game drives.
- Boat cruise on Kazinga Channel.
- Ranger fees.
- Kibale Chimpanzee permit.
- One gorilla permit per person.
Excluded in the 14 Days Best of Uganda Wildlife Adventure Safari are; International flights, Personal Travel insurance, covid-19 test fee, Visa Fees, drinks, cigarettes, tips, souvenirs and any other items of personal nature.