Best of Uganda

Gorillas! After breakfast, enjoy a full-day gorilla trek which gives you a once-in-a-lifetime encounter with Uganda’s endangered mountain gorillas.

Additional activities include the Batwa tribe experience, birding walk, forest walk or shopping in town.

After breakfast, we transfer approximately 3 hours to the southern side of Queen Elizabeth National Park. Located in southwestern Uganda, the Queen Elizabeth National Park is one of the county’s most popular parks.

Queen Elizabeth National Park is understandably Uganda’s most popular tourist destination. The park’s diverse ecosystems which include sprawling savanna, shady, humid forests, sparkling lakes and fertile wetlands, make it the ideal habitat for classic big game, ten primate species including chimpanzees and over 600 species of birds.

We will stay at Ishasha Jungle Lodge which is located near the Katokye Gate of Queen Elizabeth National Park along River Ntungwe. This is the perfect location for photographic safaris in the Ishasha sector and to see the infamous tree-climbing lions and volcanic features, like volcanic cones and deep craters.

In the afternoon, safari!

Safari! Today our group will explore the magnificent wildlife of Queen Elizabeth National Park on a morning and afternoon game drive.

After breakfast, we transfer approximately 3 hours to the northern side of Queen Elizabeth National Park to the Mweya Safari Lodge where we will enjoy an afternoon game drive.

Mweya Safari Lodge offers visitors an unforgettable experience. Located on a peninsula within the heart of the Queen Elizabeth National Park, the lodge is surrounded by the magical Rwenzori Mountains aptly described as the ‘Mountains of the Moon’ and overlooks the Kazinga Channel which links two of the Nile’s great lakes – Lake George and Lake Edward.

Day seven, safari! We will game drive in the morning and after lunch, we will take a boat cruise on the Kazinga Channel which is a wide, 32-kilometre long natural channel that links Lake Edward and Lake George, and a dominant feature of Queen Elizabeth National Park. The channel attracts a varied range of animals and birds, with one of the world’s largest concentration of hippos and numerous Nile crocodiles.

After breakfast, we transfer approximately 3 hours to Kibale Forest where we’ll stay at Ndali Lodge.

Ndali Lodge is set stunningly amidst the Bunyaruguru crater lake region of Western Uganda, 26 kilometres south of Fort Portal lies at the centre of 1000 acres of privately owned fertile farmland still cultivated in a traditional style. A visit to Uganda would not be complete without experiencing the wonders Ndali has to offer.

In the afternoon you can either go for a guided community walk or visit a vanilla plantation.

Located in southern Uganda, Kibale Forest National Park is said to be home to the highest density of primates in Africa. Although the highlight of the park is the habituated chimpanzees, the treetops are alive with all manner of monkey including: red-tailed monkey, L’Hoest’s monkey, grey-cheeked mangabey, red colobus and black and white colobus monkeys are all spotted here.

When you’re not searching for monkeys there are over 300 bird species and an incredible 250 species of butterfly to keep you busy. You will look forward to chimpanzee tracking, birding tours and guided nature walks.

The next day we’ll safari on foot through the forest, following the well-marked trails in search of Chimpanzees.

Today we transfer approximately 2 hours 30 minutes to Kasese airstrip for our scheduled flight to Bugungu airstrip. Our private guides will drive us to Wild Frontiers Bakers Lodge where we’ll enjoy lunch.

In the afternoon, safari!

Stretching from the shores of Lake Albert, Murchison Falls National Park is Uganda’s largest National Park. The Nile River flows through the middle of the park creating the impressive Murchison Falls which is the park’s major attraction.

Named after the 1800s English explorer Samuel Baker, Baker’s Lodge is located on the southern bank of the mighty Nile River that transects Murchison Falls National Park. This intimate and upmarket safari lodge set on the water’s edge overlooks a clearing with beautifully trimmed grass, large shady trees and wetland areas that are abundant in bird life.

Safari in the morning!

In the afternoon, we embark on a three-hour boat cruise from park headquarters to the head of Fajao Gorge at the base of Murchison Falls. The park’s most popular attraction since the 1950s, here is where the force of the mighty Nile River narrows to flow through a seven meter gap, cascading down a forty meter cliff to the vast gorge below. The power of the falls and the scenic views from their base are breath taking. Large resident populations of hippos float in the water along the way, groups of crocodiles bask on the shore, and herds of elephant, buffalos and other antelope can be seen moving along the riverbanks searching for food. The river offers a spectacular opportunity for bird watchers.