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12 Days Uganda Highlights Safari
Experience the top destinations in Uganda as you have close encounters with exotic wildlife, variety of birds and primates - Gorillas and Chimps in some of Uganda's iconic destinations.
12 Days Uganda Highlights Safari | Full Safari Itinerary
Day 1 | Arrival Entebbe - Kampala
On arrival at the Entebbe Airport, you will be met by our team outside the customs and immigration halls and then transferred to your hotel for check-in and overnight.
Day 2 | Murchison Falls
Pick up from your Arusha hotel and depart for a scenic drive to Murchison Falls National Park passing traditional farms and villages. Enroute visit Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary for a guided Rhino walk and a lunch break in Masindi Town. Continue onto Murchison Falls and proceed to the top of the falls with amazing scenic viewpoints. Dinner and overnight at camp/lodge.
Day 3 | Murchison Falls
After breakfast cross the Nile by ferry and set off on an early morning game drive with picnic lunch boxes. Afternoon enjoy a launch cruise to the base of the majestic Murchison Falls offering a change to see water birds and numerous wild animals along the banks. Dinner and overnight at camp/lodge.
Day 4 | Kibale Forest
After early breakfast, depart from Murchison Falls and drive all day through verdant countryside southwest to Kibale Forest and past traditional homesteads and farms along Albertine Rift escarpments. Lunch enroute. Dinner and overnight at camp/lodge.
Day 5 | Kibale Forest and Bigodi Swamp
Early in the morning set off for the morning game drive through the Kasenyi sector and the queens’ mile in the park where you have an opportunity to spot lions, cape buffaloes, topi, kobs, elephants, waterbucks, hyenas, giant forest hogs, bush bucks, warthogs, hyenas, civets, aardvarks, leopards, and many more. Lunch at the camp/lodge. Afternoon enjoy a launch cruise on Kazinga channel, which joins Lake George and Lake Edward. Elephants and other wild game including hippopotamus, crocodiles and water birds can be seen along the banks. Dinner and overnight at camp/lodge.
Day 6 | Queen Elizabeth National Park
After morning breakfast depart for Queen Elizabeth National Park arriving in good time for lunch and rest. Later proceed for afternoon game drive. Dinner and overnight at camp/lodge.
Day 7 | Queen Elizabeth National Park
Early in the morning set off for the morning game drive through the Kasenyi sector and the queens’ mile in the park where you have an opportunity to spot lions, cape buffaloes, topi, kobs, elephants, waterbucks, hyenas, giant forest hogs, bush bucks, warthogs, hyenas, civets, aardvarks, leopards, and many more. Lunch at the camp/lodge. Afternoon enjoy a launch cruise on Kazinga channel, which joins Lake George and Lake Edward. Elephants and other wild game including hippopotamus, crocodiles and water birds can be seen along the banks. Dinner and overnight at camp/lodge.
Day 8 | Bwindi National Park
After breakfast, depart to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park via the Ishasha sector on the southern part of Queen Elizabeth National Park, game drive in search of the rare tree climbing lions that can be spotted lying up on the large fig tree branches and other wild life such as elephants, Uganda kobs, topis, buffaloes, warthogs, different birds spices among others and later continue to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park home of the endangered mountain gorillas and also a UNESCO world heritage site. Dinner and overnight at camp/lodge.
NB: - Your accommodation will depend on which Sector the Gorilla permit will be available for purchase from Uganda Wildlife Authority.
Day 9 | Gorilla Tracking
After an early morning breakfast and briefing, embark on the lifetime memorable experience with packed lunch box heading towards the dense forest on your search for gorillas and an intimate interaction with these gentle and endangered animals. Expect to walk between 2 and 8 hours in steep and sometimes muddy conditions with rain overhead, which can be tough and require a degree of (average) fitness. After finding the gorillas, you will be allowed to spend one hour with gorillas in their natural habitat where you will be able to learn about their behaviors, habits, watch them feed, play, breastfeed, rest, take photos and record videos with a flash less camera before trekking back to the Park headquarter where you will be award a certificate for participating in gorilla trekking. The forest also affords viewing other primates including blue monkey, L’oehst monkeys, red tailed monkeys and chimpanzee along with a variety of birdlife. The time spent trekking in this unspoiled tropical forest and watching the gorillas is certainly worth the effort. Dinner and overnight at camp/lodge.
Please remember to bring your passport for registration, appropriate, water proof hiking boots, a light rain coat and gloves. To protect from stinging nettles, we recommend long pants and long sleeved tops. A small waterproof backpack is an excellent idea to carry a light snack, bottled water as well as protection for your camera in case of rain.
Nature Walk
If your trek was relatively short, you may have a guided nature walk around the lodge and the surrounding communities in the evening.
Gorilla Habituation Experience
Alternatively you may pay an extra charge of $900 per person for Gorilla Habituation. This needs prior arrangements and bookings. Gorilla Habituation grants you more hours with the gorillas as you learn more about their behavior.
Day 10 | Lake Mburo
After breakfast set off to Lake Mburo National park driving past the intensely terraced Kigezi hill slopes with lunch en-route at Mbarara town and finally to Lake Mburo arriving for afternoon (evening) game drives to see giraffes, buffaloes, bush babies, zebras, elands, antelopes, topis, impalas, warthogs, Uganda kob and many of the park animals along the Kigambira loop trail. Dinner and overnight at camp/lodge.
Day 11 | Lake Mburo
After an early morning breakfast you will enjoy guided nature walk in the park accompanied by armed ranger and guide, followed by a boat ride to see the hippos, crocodiles and birds including the African Fish Eagle, African Fin foot and perhaps the sought after Shining Blue Kingfisher. Later, you’ll enjoy an evening game drive in search of elusive animals such as the aardvark, pangolin, honey badger and more. Dinner and overnight at camp/lodge.
Day 12 | Departure - Kampala
After breakfast drive back to Kampala or Entebbe Airport with lunch en-route and a stop at the equator for photos or souvenir shopping. Arrival late in the afternoon.




