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9 Days Uganda Great Adventure Safari

Overview

The 9-Day Uganda Great Adventure Safari blends dramatic landscapes, abundant wildlife, and rich cultural encounters across Uganda. Starting from Entebbe, you’ll travel through lush countryside to reach Murchison Falls, where you’ll explore with game drives and a boat cruise. Then move to Kibale Forest to track chimpanzees deep in rainforest habitat, and continue to Queen Elizabeth National Park for game drives, launch on the Kazinga Channel, and visit the crater lakes. The journey includes time in Bwindi Forest for gorilla trekking, and finishes with return travel via scenic roads and wildlife stopovers. Accommodations, meals, guided activities, and transfers are included throughout.

Highlights

Visit Murchison Falls: game drives, riverboat cruise to the base of the falls, and views of the Nile squeezing through the gorge.

Chimpanzee tracking in Kibale: trek forest trails discovering primates such as chimps, colobus monkeys, and forest birdlife.

Queen Elizabeth’s wildlife & waters: game drives, Kazinga Channel launch, crater lakes, buffalo, elephants, and diverse bird species.

Gorilla trekking in Bwindi: guided hike into dense forest to observe mountain gorillas in their natural habitat and surroundings.

Day by Day Itinerary

Day 1: Kampala Serena Hotel

On arrival at Entebbe International Airport, we will welcome you and transfer you to the Kampala Serena Hotel for the night. The rest of the day is yours to enjoy, either relaxing at the guesthouse or exploring this vibrant East African city.

Check out from your Kampala Hotel after breakfast and travel through the central part of the country, passing the rural towns of Mityana, Mubende and Kwenjojo on the way. Arrive at the town of Fort Portal, situated at the base of the sweeping Ruwenzori Mountains. After lunch, continue along the rolling hillside past scenic Crater Lakes to the Kibale Forest Camp in the Kibale Forest National Park. Early the next morning, embark with Kibale’s researchers into these tropical forests to track the local chimpanzee population. You’ll get to see the chimps in their natural environment, and marvel at how similar they are to humans.

Check out from the Lodge after breakfast and drive south through rich farmland, travelling on the slopes of the Ruwenzori Mountains – one of Africa’s largest mountain ranges. Cross the equator before reaching the renowned Queen Elizabeth National Park. After enjoying lunch at the Queen Elizabeth Bush Lodge, set off on a game drive in Uganda’s prime game viewing region and be on the lookout for elephant and buffalo. As these are the breeding grounds of the Uganda kob, you’ll be sure to see them grazing in the grass. Continue your game viewing in the park the following day as you explore the network of tracks in search of the animals you haven’t yet seen. In the evening, embark on a cruise of the Kazinga Channel, home to the largest concentration of hippo.

Head south through the national park to the Ishasha Plains and enjoy a short game drive to spot the plains’ well known tree-climbing lions. After seeing these brilliantly adapted creatures you’ll exit the park and travel through the rolling hills of central Africa as you make your way to the Engagi Lodge in the great Bwindi Impenetrable Forest. An early morning will see you off on a chance-of-a-lifetime experience of tracking the mountain gorillas of Uganda. A professional guide will lead you along, searching for these gentle giants, but be prepared for a long trek as they aren’t always easy to find. The trek will prove well worth it when you see these marvellous creatures in their natural habitat.

Heading out this morning with a packed lunch, make your way to the Lake Mburo National Park via the town of Mbarara – the largest urban centre in western Uganda. Continue to the park and look out for the herds of Ankole cattle on the way to the entrance. After checking in at your lodge, you can enjoy a relaxed boat trip on the lake to admire the abundant bird life of the region.

Start your last morning with a guided bush walk to a nearby natural salt lick, frequented by the local wildlife. After the walk you will drive back to Entebbe International Airport where your tour will come to an end.

Entrance Fees for National Parks as specified in the itinerary

Flying Doctors evacuation

Airport transfers

Bush/game walk in Lake Mburo National Park

1 night at Airport Guesthouse Entebbe on bed and breakfast basis

2 nights at Kibale Forest Camp on full board basis

2 nights at Queen Elizabeth Bush Lodge on full board basis

2 nights at Engagi Lodge on full board basis

1 night at Lake Mburo Mnatana Camp on full board basis

Private 4WD vehicle with experienced naturalist Driver-Guide

Gorilla permit, per person, for Bwindi Forest

Chimp tracking permit, per person, for Kibale Forest

Gorilla tracking in the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest

Game viewing in Queen Elizabeth National Park

Chimpanzee Tracking Kibale Forest National Park

International Flights

Airport taxes

All meals and drinks not specified

Tips and gratuities

Items of a personal nature

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