Day 1: Arrival and Mabamba wetland

Upon arrival in the country at Entebbe International Airport, our guide driver will greet and brief you about this 15-days Uganda safari. Later be transferred to Nakiwogo landing site after lunch in Entebbe town. At Nakiwogo, you will board a motor boat to Mabamba wetland. You will travel over 50 minutes on Lake Victoria before reaching the Mabamba wetland.

While in the wetland, expect to see the giant shoebill stock standing stealthily while hunting for fish. The shoebill stock is the face of birding and one of the highly sought-after birds in the country. Its distinctive look has gained it its name as the bird from hell with its dark sounds that add to this argument. Also spot several other bird species like the Kori bustard, Long-tailed hawk, black-throated cuckoo, piping hornbill, white-bellied kingfisher, Nkulengu rail, Grant’s bluebill, crested malimbe, etc. As the sun sets west, you will also embark on your journey back to the landing site where our guide driver will be waiting to drive you to your booked lodge for dinner and overnight.

Meals: Lunch and Dinner

Day 2: Transfer to Murchison Falls National Park via Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary.

As you wake up early in the morning, you will be served a hot, delicious breakfast. You will later check out of the lodge and hit the road to Murchison Falls National Park with lunch en route and a stopover at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary. While at Ziwa sanctuary, embark on a rhino tracking experience with a guide ranger to guide you through this adventure.

The sanctuary is the only place in the country to encounter black rhinos in their natural habitat. Also encounter other wildlife species like antelopes, zebras, waterbucks, warthogs, common duikers, etc. In the evening, proceed with your journey to your booked lodge for dinner and rest in Murchison Falls National Park.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Day 3: Game drive and boat cruise

The roars of the lions as they announce their rule will wake you up to a delicious breakfast. After here, our guide driver will take you on an exciting game drive experience in the park. The sun rising on the savannah plains of Murchison Falls National Park reveals several wildlife species such as elephants, buffaloes, waterbucks, reedbucks, antelopes, elands, and warthogs settling to graze after a long night of chase with the apex predators.

Further north, encounter the lions resting off their heavy bellies after a night of feast as others devour the last bits of the carcass. Ice your experience with a top view of Murchison Falls, the strongest waterfall in the world. This awe-inspiring experience will amaze you with the scenes of the water as it plunges over the rocks into the pool, creating a thunderous roar. The power of the waterfall is immense, that it shoots vapor into the atmosphere, raining it over the surroundings.

Thereafter, return to your lodge for lunch. A boat cruise experience in the afternoon will be organized where you will navigate the calm waters of the Victoria Nile before it encounters the falls. While here, expect to encounter several species like hippos and crocodiles as the main residents and also other species like elephants, buffaloes, and antelopes as they quench their thirst on the banks. Witness the sunset on the Victoria Nile, thus concluding your day’s experience as you return to your lodge for dinner and overnight.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Day 4: Transfer to Kibale Forest National Park

Wake up to the aroma of your delicious breakfast early in the morning and check out of your lodge. Henceforth, journey to Kibale Forest National Park for over 5 hours with a lunch en route as you interact with the locals to gain an insight into their cultures.

Proceed with a journey to the park with incredible scenes of the tropical forest. By evening, you will be checking into your lodge for dinner and overnight.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Day 5: Chimpanzee trekking and Bigodi Wetland Sanctuary

Enjoy an amazing chimpanzee trekking experience in Kibale Forest National Park immediately after your breakfast. Start with a pre-trekking briefing about the dos and don’ts of chimpanzee trekking. Thereafter, you will proceed into the forest in search of the chimpanzees while led by a ranger guide.

After traversing the forest for over 4-5 hours, the chants of the chimpanzees will grow closer and closer in the trees, thereafter spotting them. Upon reaching their location, you will be given an hour in their presence as they feed and play in the trees. If you are lucky, they will come down from the trees and here you can enjoy an up-close encounter with them.

After one hour, you will return to the lodge for lunch. In the afternoon, head to Bigodi Wetland Sanctuary. While in the sanctuary, expect to encounter several birds, and other primates like vervet monkeys, L’hoest’s monkeys, olive baboons, and colobus monkeys. The sanctuary will also allow you to interact with the locals and learn about their lifestyles and cultures since the sanctuary is managed by them. At dusk, return to the lodge for dinner and rest for the night ahead.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Day 6: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park

You will be served an early breakfast upon waking up, and then check out the lodge. Our guide driver will then drive you to Queen Elizabeth National Park with a stopover at Rest in Banana. While there, you will enjoy a local brewery making of wine and spirits or waragi as the locals call it. These drinks are made from banana, which is squeezed to a juice substance and fermented to wine and waragi after.

Experience this entire process first hand and taste the products with a local lunch cuisine before proceeding with your journey. As the sun sets west to give way for the night, you will be arriving at your lodge in Queen Elizabeth National Park in time for dinner and overnight.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Day 7: Game drive in Ishasha sector and boat cruise

Your first morning in the medley of wonders, Queen Elizabeth National Park, you will be served breakfast early for the activities ahead. Henceforth proceed to the park for a game drive in the Ishasha sector guided by our guide driver. You will be amazed by the scenes of lions resting on the tree branches.

This exceptional behaviour of these lions makes Queen Elizabeth National Park very popular. The tree-climbing lions of Ishasha can easily be sighted chilling high up in the tree branches after a night of hunting activity. Spot other species like elephants, leopards, buffaloes, warthogs, hyenas, antelopes, etc. The game drive experience in the park will take you until noon when you return to the lodge for lunch.

An exclusive boat cruise on the Kazinga Channel will be next after your lunch. Expect to witness the largest population of hippos in the country cooling in the water in large schools. You will also spot the Nile crocodiles busking in the sun on the shores in the company of elephants, buffaloes, antelopes, etc. Return to the lodge by evening for dinner and rest.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Day 8: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

When you wake up early in the morning, you will be served a delicious breakfast. Thereafter check out of your lodge and travel to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. This 5-6 hours journey will take you through the tea plantations and tea factory as you enjoy the landscape scenery with a lunch en route. In the evening, arrive at the lodge in the park for dinner.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Day 9: Gorilla trekking and Batwa cultural experience

Gorilla trekking will be next on the agenda with an early breakfast before going for a pre-trekking briefing. Get organised into groups of 8 people and given a guide range after the rules and regulations are recited. You will trek through the forest canopies for over 5-6 hours before encountering the mountain gorillas. Be given an hour with these primates watching them feed, play, and groom their young.

Return to the lodge afterwards for lunch and head to the Batwa cultural experience in the afternoon. The Batwa people are the forest keepers of Bwindi as they dwelled in the forest for many years before it was gazetted. Learn their cultures, such as beliefs, norms, and values. The Batwa will take you through the survival skills they used when they lived in the forest. They will also entertain you with their traditional songs and dances as you return to the lodge for dinner.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Day 10: Transfer to Mgahinga Gorilla National Park and golden monkey trekking

Proceed to Mgahinga Gorilla National Park immediately after your early breakfast and check out from your lodge in Bwindi. Within about 4 hours, you will be arriving at your booked lodge in the park for lunch. In the afternoon, you will embark on a golden monkey trekking experience, where, after the briefing about the rules and regulations, search for the primates.

Later on encounter the golden monkeys in the bamboo trees playing as they rest on the ground after a heavy feast. Spend an hour with these primates as you enjoy this incredible moment taking photos and videos. Head back to the lodge in the evening for dinner and rest.

Day 11: Transfer to Lake Bunyonyi and canoeing

Travel to Lake Bunyonyi in the morning after your delicious breakfast. This journey of about 4-5 hours will bless you with incredible scenes of the landscape of the surrounding areas. The meandering roads rotating around the hills of Kigezi offer incredible views.

Within a few hours, you will be checking into your lodge for lunch. In the afternoon, you will head to the lake for a canoeing adventure on the deepest lake in the country. Enjoy the scenic views of the lake and its surroundings, and in the evening watch the beautiful rays of the sun setting as it reflects on the lake. Return to your lodge for dinner and rest.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Day 12: Boat cruise and drive to Lake Mburo National Park

Early in the morning, enjoy a boat cruise experience on Lake Bunyonyi after your breakfast. Witness and explore the 29 islands of this lake, and visit some of the islands. Also interact with the local fishermen for an insight into the lake and its history.

By noon, have lunch at your lodge and drive to Lake Mburo National Park. Hit the road to Lake Mburo National Park for about 5 hours. In the evening, you will arrive in the park in Lake Mburo National Park for dinner and overnight.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Day 13: Game drive and cycling experience

Explore Lake Mburo National Park on a game drive experience immediately after your breakfast. This experience will take you through the plains of the park, where you encounter animals like buffaloes, antelopes, impalas, zebras, and warthogs. Return to the lodge for lunch after your game drive.

In the afternoon, head out for a cycling experience along the designated trails in the park with a guide ranger. This is the best activity to get closer to the wildlife species while enjoying the scenery. The cycling experience is a healthy activity where you can burn the extra calories, thus keeping you healthy. Ride back to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Day 14: Boat cruise and guided nature walk

In the morning, have breakfast and head to Lake Mburo for a boat cruise. Lake Mburo National Park hosts over 5 lakes, however, a boat cruise takes place on the biggest lake in the park, Lake Mburo. The lake harbors aquatic species like hippos and crocodiles and can easily be spotted on the boat cruise. Return to the lodge for lunch at noon and head out for a guided nature walk around the park.

Encounter wildlife species like zebras, buffaloes, and impalas, and also visit the neighbouring communities. Experience the different cultures of the locals and learn their practices like cattle herding, involving milking and others. Return to the lodge for dinner and rest.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Day 15: Departure

Prepare for your departure early in the morning after your breakfast on the last day of your 15 days Uganda safari. Embark on the long journey to Entebbe International Airport for about 5-6 hours with a lunch stopover at Kayabwe.

Also have a photo moment after lunch and proceed with your journey to the airport where you will arrive by evening for your departure flight.

Meals: Breakfast and Lunch