Ultimate Uganda Luxury Safari - 14 Days

Embark on the adventure of a lifetime with the Ultimate Uganda luxury safari. This safari features all the wonderful attractions that attract travelers for their own Ugandan experience.

You will visit places like Murchison Falls, Kibale, Queen Elizabeth, Bwindi, Bunyonyi, and lake Mburo among others. You will get to see animals like giraffes, hippos, elephants, lions, leopards, zebras, chimpanzees, and gorillas among others.

This safari offers great opportunities to experience the African wilderness, but with a balance of luxury to make your trip truly memorable.

Take a closer look at the detailed itinerary and get a better idea of how this safari package would out for you. Keep in mind that all our safaris can be customized to fit your specific needs.

Itinerary

Day 1: Airport pickup

Pass By: Entebbe International Airport, Kampala Road, Entebbe, Uganda
Our driver/guide will be waiting at Entebbe International Airport to pick you up and then transfer you to your accommodation for the night.

Meals included:
• Dinner: Depending on your time of arrival, we organize additional meals at your accommodation facility
Accommodation included: Hotel Number 5

Day 2: Drive to Murchison Falls National Park

Stop At: Murchison Falls National Park, Murchison Falls National Park, Western Region
Your day will begin with a scenic drive to Murchison Falls National Park. The journey will take approximately 8 to 9 hrs with a stopover at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary for Rhino Tracking. From Ziwa, you will stop for lunch in Masindi Town.

After your lunch, you will continue to Murchison Falls National Park, and have a chance to stop by the ‘top of the falls’ where you can see the Nile’s beauty perfected. This is where the Nile compresses from a width of 50 meters into a 7-meter canyon that forms the waterfall after which the park is named.

From here, you will continue to your accommodation where you will rest for the night.
Duration: 9 hours

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Accommodation included: Nile Safari Lodge

Day 3: Wildlife game drives in Murchison Falls National Park

Stop At: Murchison Falls National Park, Murchison Falls National Park, Western Region
Early morning, your guide will take you for a wildlife safari game drive on the northern bank of the River Nile. Here, you will spot Elephants, Lions, Cape buffalo, Rothschild’s giraffe, hartebeest, Waterbuck, Oribi, Bushbuck, Bohor reedbuck, hyena, and if you are lucky, the leopard.

You will return to your lodge for breakfast, rest, and lunch before heading out for the afternoon boat cruise.

The boat cruise takes you upstream on the calm Victoria Nile to the base of the falls stopping just a few meters from the “Devil’s Cauldron”.

While on the boat cruise, you will have a chance to marvel at the hippos floating in the water, and crocodiles as well as elephants, waterbuck, Uganda kob, and many other animals over this 19 km stretch of the Nile.

For bird-watching enthusiasts, there are many chances of seeing bird species like the Goliath heron, Egyptian goose, Brown pelican, cormorant, and the rare shoebill stork.

After the boat cruise, you will return to your accommodation.
Duration: 7 hours

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Accommodation included: Nile Safari Lodge

Day 4: Drive to Kibale National Park

Stop At: Kibale National Park, Kibale National Park, Western Region
Today, you will begin your Uganda wildlife safari with a panoramic drive northwest through the famous Luwero Triangle. Stopover at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary for Rhino Tracking and later have lunch in Masindi Town.

In the afternoon continue to Murchison Falls National Park. You will have a chance to stop by the ‘top of the falls’ where you can see the Nile’s beauty perfected.

The Nile compresses from 50 meters to a 7-meter canyon – the devil’s cauldron, with a beautiful rainbow, displayed near the water. Transfer to your accommodation where you will get to enjoy the sunset.
Duration: 8 hours

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Accommodation included: Papaya Lake Lodge

Day 5: Chimpanzee Tracking in Kibale National Park

Stop At: Kibale National Park, Kibale National Park, Western Region
After early morning breakfast, your driver/guide will drive you to Kibale National Park office where you will be briefed about the activity of tracking chimpanzees in the wild.

You will then go on a guided primate walk in search of chimpanzees and 12 other primates including l’ Hoestes, Red colobus, blue, red-tailed monkeys and grey-cheeked mangabey.

After finding the chimps, you will spend 1 hour with them before heading back to the park offices.

You will go back to the lodge for lunch & refreshments.

After lunch, you will visit the community and take a walk in Bigodi Swamp – which is the home of the great blue Turaco bird. The swamp is home to around 200 bird species and 8 primate species.

Have an evening tour of the crater region, and visit the “top of the world’’, the natural bridge. On a clear day, you will be able to have a view of the snow cap on the Rwenzori.
Duration: 7 hours

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Accommodation included: Papaya Lake Lodge

Day 6: Drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park

Stop At: Queen Elizabeth National Park, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Western Region
After breakfast, drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park (approx. 3-4 hrs) viewing the mystical Rwenzori Mountain range for much of the journey. Check in at your accommodation facility as you wait for your lunch.

After lunch, you will go for an afternoon boat cruise along Kazinga Channel and into Lake Edward. This take will take you through possibly the highest concentration of hippos. Many animals may be seen drinking at the water’s edge.

This launch cruise offers a great opportunities for photography, bird watching, and game viewing. The prolific bird life is colorful and stupendous with more than 600 different species.
Duration: 5 hours

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Accommodation included: Kyambura Gorge Lodge

Day 7: Wildlife viewing in Queen Elizabeth National Park

Stop At: Queen Elizabeth National Park, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Western Region
Rise very early with your packed lunch and take on a morning wildlife game drive to catch up with the early risers and predators returning to their hideouts.

You will most likely meet grazing Hippos, Elephants, Lions, spotted Hyenas, bushbuck, waterbuck, stripped jackal, comical warthogs, and the elusive leopard.

Later, you will proceed to Maramagambo forest where many surprises await you. These include pythons which are often observed in the cracks of the bat cave floor and using the bats as a source of food. You may also see forest birds such as bat hawks, brown-eared woodpeckers, and other primates.
Duration: 8 hours

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Accommodation included: Kyambura Gorge Lodge

Day 8: Kyambura Gorge. Drive to Bwindi Impenetrable NP

Stop At: Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Western Region
With the previous day’s memories, enjoy your breakfast ready for a guided Chimpanzee/primate walk along Kyambura Gorge to look for habituated chimps.

After the primate walk, you will proceed to the Ishasha sector of the park. You will drive along the deep and wide dry craters that are occupied by savanna grasses and acacia.

The drive takes you through the unique western rift valley escarpment and into the Ishasha sector where you will take on yet another game drive in search of the tree-climbing lions before proceeding to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.

This is a 6 hours journey passing through the Kigezi Highlands an area known as the “Switzerland of Africa”. The journey takes you through terraced hills and winding roads to the Bwindi forest. You will have a stop-over along the way for lunch.
Duration: 8 hours

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Accommodation included: Nkuringo Bwindi Gorilla Lodge

Day 9: Gorilla Trekking in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

Stop At: Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Western Region
Today is the big day! Prepare yourself for an encounter with the gentle giants; the rare mountain gorillas.

For most people, this is the absolute highlight of their tour. You will go into the forest in groups of not more than 8 in search of mountain gorillas. Enroute, your guide will point out previous signs of gorilla activity such as dung, nests and chewed bamboo shoots.

Your trek will be an exciting journey along forested slopes, entwined vines, bushes and bamboo. Upon finding the gorillas, you will spend a maximum of 1 hour with them after which you will be led back to the starting point.

Each encounter with gorillas is different and has its rewards, but you are likely to enjoy the close view of adults feeding, grooming, and resting as the young gorillas frolic and swing from vines delightfully and playfully.

Time permitting, spend the afternoon on a community tour to explore the lifestyle of the people living around the park.
Duration: 8 hours

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Accommodation included: Nkuringo Bwindi Gorilla Lodge

Day 10: Drive from Bwindi to Lake Bunyonyi

Stop At: Lake Bunyonyi, Kabale Uganda
After your breakfast, you will be driven leisurely to Lake Bunyonyi in the Kabale. You will have a stopover in Kabale Town for Lunch before continuing to Bunyonyi. Lake Bunyonyi is located in the Kigezi region and is also the deepest lake in Uganda with more than 20 small islands.

Here you will get to enjoy swimming, dug-out canoeing, sunbathing, hill climbing or mountain bike riding, and cray fishing.

The afternoon is spent on relaxation and sightseeing around Uganda’s deepest lake.
Duration: 8 hours

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Accommodation included: Birdnest Resort

Day 11: Relaxing day at Lake Bunyonyi

Stop At: Lake Bunyonyi, Kabale Uganda
The whole day is dedicated to relaxation and an afternoon boat ride to some of the islands on the lake.

Lake Bunyonyi is perfect for relaxing after more than a week of back-to-back safari activities.
Duration: 8 hours

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Accommodation included: Birdnest Resort

Day 12: Drive to Lake Mburo National Park

Stop At: Lake Mburo National Park, Lake Mburo National Park, Western Region
After breakfast, you will drive to Lake Mburo National Park. The journey will take approximately 5 hours including a stopover in Mbarara for lunch and a visit to the Igongo Cultural Center. Here you will learn and experience the culture of the Banyankole people and thereafter proceed to Lake Mburo.
Duration: 8 hours

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Accommodation included: Mihingo Lodge

Day 13: Wildlife game drives in Lake Mburo

Stop At: Lake Mburo National Park, Lake Mburo National Park, Western Region
In the morning, you will go for a game drive in the park where you will see many animals and birds. The park is renowned for zebras, impalas, buffaloes, hippos, topi, and elands.

The birdlife is abundant and more than 250 species of birds are found in Lake Mburo including Papyrus Gonolek, Brown-faced Lapwing, Carruthers Cisticola, the extraordinary White-winged Warbler, and Bare-Faced-Go-Away bird, and many water birds.

In the afternoon, you will enjoy a boat cruise on the lake amidst hippos.
Duration: 5 hours

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Accommodation included: Mihingo Lodge

Day 14: Wildlife bushwalk. Drive to Kampala

Stop At: Kampala, Kampala, Central Region
After breakfast, proceed for a wildlife safari walk in Lake Mburo National park. An armed ranger will escort you to make sure you are protected. You may also come across a herd of zebras peacefuly grazing alongside the long-horned Ankole cattle.

For those willing to get up a bit earlier, you may be able to see Lake Mburo’s hyenas in their cave.

You will return to the lodge for lunch after which you will be driven back to Kampala.

You will have a stopover at the Mpigi Royal Drum Makers where you will witness the making of ceremonial drums using methods passed down for many generations. There will also be time to stop at the equator for photographs.

We will reach Kampala in the early evening.
Duration: 8 hours

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No accommodation included on this day.

Informacion Adicional
"Not wheelchair accessible"
"Near public transportation"
"Infant seats available"
"Not recommended for travelers with back problems"
"Not recommended for pregnant travelers"
"No heart problems or other serious medical conditions"
"Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level"
"This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate"
"Confirmation will be received at time of booking"



Start Time: 08:00 AM
Duration: 14 Days
Start location: Traveler pickup is offered
We can pick you up from any location around Kampala or Entebbe

Airports

• Entebbe Airport, Entebbe Uganda

Cancellations and refunds: For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start time of the experience.

Included

• 1 Gorilla tracking permit per person
• 1 Chimpanzee tracking permit per person
• 13x Breakfast
• 13x Dinner
• 13x Lunch
• Accommodation included: 13 nights
• Entry/Admission - Lake Bunyonyi

Not Included

• Personal (medical/travel) insurance
• International airfares
• Entry visa Uganda
• Expenses of personal nature (e.g. drinks, laundry, optional activities.)

Facilities