SAFARI OVERVIEW
This 10-day Uganda wildlife and gorilla trekking safari includes chimpanzee tracking in Kibale Forest, a Big Five safari in Queen Elizabeth National Park, and gorilla trekking in Bwindi. You’ll drive through Ishasha, home to tree-climbing lions, finally shoebill tour before concluding your journey at Entebbe Airport.
Detailed itinerary
Day 1: Arrival and Transfer to your Hotel
On your arrival at Entebbe International Airport in Uganda, you will be picked by our company representative from Salt Holidays who will transfer you to the hotel. Check inn, freshen up and prepare for dinner and overnight
Accommodation: Protea Entebbe
Day 2: Transfer to Murchison Falls National Park en route Rhino tracking
After breakfast at the hotel, you will have a drive to Murchison Falls National Park with an en-route stopover at the Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary for rhino tracking. You will then proceed to Masindi for a lunch break and then continue to Murchison Falls National Park. You’ll visit the top of the falls for photography. Later, you’ll proceed to your lodge
Accommodation at paraa safari lodge
Day 3: morning game drive and afternoon boat cruise
You’ll go out for early morning game drives in the northern sector of the park with the highest animal concentration. After seeing a variety of wildlife there, you’ll return to your lodge for a break. In the evening, you’ll go for a boat cruise to the bottom of Murchison Falls
Accommodation at paraa safari lodge
Day 4: Transfer to Kibale National Park and Nature Walk (7 hours drive)
You’ll start the day with an early pick-up from your Entebbe Hotel or airport for a transfer to Kibale National Park, located in western Uganda. It takes a 6 to 7-hour drive to get there with en route stopovers for photography at places of interest. You will arrive in time for a lunch break. Later, you can go for a nature walk or relax at your lodge
Accommodation at turaco tree tops or papaya lake lodge
Day5: chimp tracking and transfer to queen Elizabeth national park
You will have breakfast and be taken for a briefing about chimpanzee tracking, and then proceed to the forest. The forest is the primate capital with many other primates, including monkeys and several birds, most of which you will see while on the hike. On return, you will transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park, arriving in the evening for a game drive.
Accommodation at mweya safari lodge
Day 6: morning game drive and boat cruise along kazing channel
After breakfast, you will go for a game drive in the Kasenyi Sector. You will see various wildlife species here, including buffalo, antelopes, hippos, birds, and many others. You will return to your lodge for a lunch break. Later, you can go for a boat cruise along the Kazinga Channel, where you will see several wildlife, including hippos and crocodiles.
Accommodation at mweya safari lodge
Day 7: transfer to Bwindi impenetrable forest through ishasha sector
You will have this game drive in the Ishasha sector of the park, most famous for the tree-climbing lions, the topi, elephants, and buffalo, among other wildlife species. If lucky, you will spot the lions and other predators in the sector. You will have a lunch break and later proceed to Bwindi, arriving in the evening
Accommodation at mahogany springs
Day 8: gorilla tracking in Bwindi impenetrable forest
On this most anticipated day, head to the park for a briefing about the dos and don’ts of the gorilla trek. You will be led to the forest amidst sightings of the different wildlife in the forest. Once you get to the gorillas, you will be allowed in their presence for an hour, taking photos and getting to know more about them. You’ll return and go for a community visit where you will get to know more about the local people’s culture.
Accommodation at mahogany springs lodge
Day 9: transfer to Entebbe with enroute at equator line crossing in masaka
You will start your journey back to Entebbe after breakfast, have a stopover at the Equator so you can have a quick picnic lunch, take memorable pictures, and buy souvenirs. After which, you will proceed to Entebbe for evening relaxation
Overnight at protea Entebbe
Day 10: Morning Shoebill tracking – Mabamba & airport transfer
After an early breakfast, you’ll depart for Mabamba Swamp, Uganda’s most famous birding site and the best place in East Africa to search for the legendary shoebill stork. A short drive brings you to the landing site, where you board a motorized canoe with experienced local bird guides.
Gliding quietly through papyrus channels, you scan the swamp for a wide range of wetland species, including African jacana, papyrus gonolek, blue-breasted bee-eater, malachite kingfisher, saddle-billed stork, and lesser jacana. The main highlight is patiently searching for the shoebill, often seen standing motionless as it hunts lungfish. Encounters are usually unhurried, allowing excellent viewing and photography while maintaining minimal disturbance.
After several rewarding hours in the swamp, you’ll return to Entebbe for lunch and later airport transfer for your departure flight
End of the safari
Safari budget in us dollars
Charges per person $7196.8
Note: This safari budget is based on 2 pacs travelling together and staying luxury safari accommodation
Includes Excludes
• Gorilla tracking permits
• Chimp tracking permits
• All Park entry fees
• Game drive fees
• All boat cruise fees
• Top falls fee
• Private transportation
• Experienced guide fee
• All meals and accommodations
• Bottled drinking water
• Fuel
• Shoebill tour
• Airport pick up and transfer
• All Activities mentioned in the itinerary unless mentioned as optional
• Ziwa rhino tracking
• Enroute lunches 1. Items of personal nature like laundry, buying souvenirs, tipping among others
2. Visa charges and airfares
3. Drinking like alcohol, bears, wines and spirits other than bottled water on safari
