Highlights: Chimps trekking, Game-drives, Boat-cruises, Safari walk and Rhino sanctuary

Accommodation level: Mix of budget and mid-range

National Parks included: Murchison Falls NP, Queen Elizabeth NP, and Lake Mburo NP

 

Day 1 - Transfer and Rhino sanctuary

Meet your safari guide and leave Entebbe/Kampala in the morning for you Tour Uganda safari. The target for the day is Ziwa Rhino sanctuary. We arrive for lunch in the sanctuary before having a walk to see the rhinos up-close.

Overnight Ziwa Rhino sanctuary

 

Day 2 - To Murchison Falls National Park

After breakfast you set off for the drive to Murchison Falls national park. Be there around lunch time. When you have finished your lunch it is time to experience the top of the falls. It is an amazing feeling to stand their enjoying the view and hearing the water roar. Have a relaxed evening at the lodge.

Overnight Parkside safari lodge

 

Day 3 - Game-drive and boat-cruise

Get up early in the morning to meet the animals of the savanna. During this morning game-drive you can see giraffes, elephants, lions and more. In the afternoon it is time for a boat-cruise on the mighty Nile spotting for example hippos, crocodiles and birds on the shores

Overnight Red Chilli rest camp

 

Day 4 - Transfer to Hoima

Have a relaxed breakfast and soak in the surroundings. After breakfast your guides take you to the town of Hoima. Spend the afternoon and evening relaxing at the hotel.

Overnight Hotel Kontiki Hoima

 

Day 5 - Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park

Be prepared for a long day in the car made easier by making a stop in a village to stretch your legs, taking a look at a tea plantation and studying the Ugandan countryside passing by the window.

Overnight Parkview safari lodge

 

Day 6 - boat-cruise and Crater Lake Experience in Queen Elizabeth National Park

In the morning your guide takes you to the boat-cruise on Kazinga channel. This two hour boat ride is a great highlight were you for example can look for hippos, crocodiles, elephants and warthogs along the shores of the channel. In the afternoon you will have a crater experience, while there you will enjoy fascinating nature of inselbergs, plateaus and fold like landscapes

Overnight Parkview safari lodge

 

Day 7 - Game-drive in Queen Elizabeth National Park and transfer to Lake Bunyonyi

Wake up early in the morning for a game-drive in the Kasenyi part of Queen Elizabeth national park. Here you have the chance of seeing lions, elephants, buffaloes, an abundance of birds and more. Directly after the game-drive you set off towards Lake Bunyonyi having lunch on the way. Reach the beautiful Lake Bunyonyi after going through an area of rolling green hills.

Overnight Bunyonyi safari lodge

 

Day 8 - Relax by Lake Bunyonyi

Have a free day by Lake Bunyonyi. Here you can rent a canoe to explore the islands, take a swim (the lake is free of hippos, crocodiles and bilharzia), go for a hike or just relax with a book.

Overnight Bunyonyi safari lodge

 

Day 9 - Transfer to Lake Mburo National Park

After breakfast you start off with your guide towards Lake Mburo national park. A landscape of rolling green hills will pass by the windows before you reach the town of Mbarara for lunch and then continue in to Lake Mburo national park for a game-drive on the way to the lodge.

Overnight Rwakobo Rock

 

Day 10 - Safari-walk in Lake Mburo National Park and transfer to Kampala/Entebbe

Start the day early with a safari-walk in Lake Mburo national park. Get the experience of being one with nature as you see the animals close by during the walk. Have breakfast at the lodge before setting off for the drive back to Kampala /Entebbe. Along the way you make a stop for lunch by the Equator and take the chance to stand with one foot on either side of the southern and northern hemisphere.

Overnight cassia lodge Kampala

 

Day 11 - City tour and flight

Go for a city tour of Kampala before heading to Entebbe for your flight. The city tour can be adapted to your interests of crafts shopping, cultural sights or community tourism. The length of the city tour depends on your flight time and your guide will transfer you to Entebbe in time for check-in.