Day 1: Arrival and transfer to Murchison Falls National Park via Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary.

At the point of arrival in the country at Entebbe International Airport, our guide driver will be there to usher you in. A brief insight into your 8 days Uganda gorilla and wildlife safari will be provided to prepare you on what you should expect. Far across the distance, you will journey to Murchison Falls National Park with a stopover at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary.

This sanctuary will bring into the spirit of adventure as you encounter the rhinos at Ziwa. This special place stands as an island in hosting the endangered black rhinos. After a walk with the rhinos, since vehicles are not allowed in the sanctuary, you will have lunch. Later as the sun dims, you will journey to Murchison Falls National Park. Arrive at your booked lodge in the evening in time for dinner and overnight.

Meals: Lunch and Dinner

Day 2: Game drive and boat cruise experience

Continuing with your wildlife safari, you will be served breakfast early when you wake up. Our guide driver thereafter will transfer you to the park for a game drive experience. You will witness the thrilling moment of the wildlife species like buffaloes, antelopes, elephants, warthogs, waterbucks, reedbucks, and giraffes as they graze and play in the savannah plains at sunset, all under a watchful eye of the apex predators. While in the park, you will complete your Big Five encounter that started with the rhinos at Ziwa. Before heading to your lodge for lunch, you will be amazed by the strength of Murchison Falls upon visiting the waterfall. Murchison Falls is the strongest waterfall in the world. This breathtaking sight will be the icing on your wildlife safari.

In the afternoon, after concluding your lunch, you will head downstream for a boat cruise experience. The water shores are the perfect theatres for the afternoon wildlife shows. This is because most of the wildlife make their journey to the banks of the river to quench their thirst and cool off their bodies from the hot sun.

Expect to encounter hippos, crocodiles, waterbucks, antelopes, and warthogs among others. This boat cruise experience will take you until evening when you head back to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Day 3: Transfer to Kibale National Park

In the morning, you will be served an early breakfast. After you check out and hit the road to Kibale Forest National Park. Enjoy the road trip as you journey through the countryside witnessing the thrills of the villages. You will have a stopover for lunch where you will enjoy a local cuisine as you immerse yourself in culture. In the evening, you will arrive at your lodge in the park, dinner, and rest.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Day 4: Chimpanzee trekking and transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park

Midway into your 8 days Uganda gorillas and wildlife safari, you will be served breakfast as you enjoy the chills of nature. Our driver guide will take you to the briefing center to prepare you for the chimpanzee trekking adventure. From there you will receive a briefing from the game rangers and park officials about the required code of conduct, which involves the rules and regulations of chimpanzee trekking.

The rangers will then lead you on the trekking trails into the Kibale jungles in search of the chimpanzees. In a short time in the forests of Kibale, you will encounter the chimpanzees in their natural habitat. You will spend an hour with these primates and observe them go about their daily chores. After your encounter with the chimpanzees, you will return to the lodge for lunch. In the afternoon, you will check out and hit the road to Queen Elizabeth National Park. The journey will be a memorable one since you will see the scenic views of the landscape and green tea plantations, and also tour the local tea-making factory. You will arrive at your lodge in the park by evening just in time for dinner and rest.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 5: Game drive and boat cruise

Queen Elizabeth National Park offers an incredible encounter with the wildlife on a game drive experience, and you will experience this immediately after your delicious breakfast. This game drive will take place in the Ishasha plains of the park where you will encounter several species like elephants, buffaloes, antelopes, warthogs, and hyenas among others. However, the most notable and highlight of the game drive will be the tree-climbing lions. These agile apex predators are the face of the park.

What an amazing experience will be encountering these species chilling on the fig tree and acacia tree branches. This game drive will bring you until noon when you return for lunch at your lodge. A boat cruise experience at the Kazinga Channel will later entertain you after your lunch. This adventure experience will offer you a chance to explore the aquatic side of the park. Be sure to witness the large schools of hippos as they chill in the water, cooling off the heavy bodies.

The shores of the channel will be decorated by the various wildlife species that come for a drink like elephants, buffaloes, waterbucks, antelopes, and giraffes, among others. You will also come across large Nile crocodiles busking in the hot sun before diving in the channel. As the sun goes down, you will head back to the lodge for dinner.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Day 6: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and Batwa cultural experience

At Cockcrow amid the vast landscape of the medley of wonders, a sharp, delicious aroma of your breakfast will wake you up. After devouring your delicious meal, you will check and journey to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park for an ultimate encounter with the gentle giants. The journey is quite distinctive as the landscape changes from the lowland plains of Queen Elizabeth National Park to the highland areas closing to Bwindi.

The vegetation too announces a new look from the savannah grasslands and woodlands to dense tropical forests. By noon you will be arriving at the lodge for lunch, and later head out for a cultural experience with the Batwa people. This group of people is one of the remaining oldest groups in the whole of Africa. Though they were removed from the forests of Bwindi, they still practice their cultures and maintain their names as the forest keepers.

Their cultures and survival skills are worthwhile checking out to witness how they put them at work in a quest for survival. At the end of your engagement with the Batwa people, you will be entertained by their traditional songs and dances before going to your lodge for dinner.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Day 7: Gorilla trekking and transfer to Lake Mburo National Park

At the peak of your 8 days Uganda gorillas and wildlife safaris, you will embark on a gorilla trekking experience after your breakfast. As usual, the experience begins with a pre-trekking briefing about the rules and regulations. This will be followed by a grouping process with other visitors into groups of 8 people. You will be allocated a gorilla family to trek in the specific sector you had chosen while purchasing the gorilla trekking permit. A ranger guide will be assigned to your group and then head to the forest of Bwindi.

After a short while in the forest you will encounter the mountain gorillas. Immediately your hour will start ticking as you enjoy the awe-inspiring moment with nature’s most gentle giants, the mountain gorillas. The trekking process will take you approximately 4-6 hours, including the hour you will spend with the primates. As the sun is overhead, you will return to the lodge for lunch and check out. Later in the afternoon, you will embark on a journey to Lake Mburo National Park. This 3-4 hour journey will take until evening when you arrive at your lodge for dinner and overnight.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Day 8: Guided nature walk and departure

A wildlife safari without an insight and close encounter with the wildlife may deem the safari unfinished, and this is where Lake Mburo National Park comes in with a guided nature walk experience. You will embark on this guided nature walk experience in the morning after your delicious breakfast as the sun rises.

Enjoy an up-close encounter with various wildlife species like buffaloes, zebras, antelopes, giraffes, warthogs, impalas, etc. This experience is done under the guidance of a professional armed guide ranger who ensures your safety as you journey through the designated walking trails. This activity will take you until noon when you head back to the lodge for lunch. In the afternoon, you will check out and embark on a journey to Entebbe International Airport for your departure flight back home.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner