10 Days Uganda Safari : Explore Uganda – The Pearl of Africa and its amazing destinations, this package is tailored for visitors seeking for a long adventure in Uganda. Trek Uganda’s primates, mountain gorillas and chimpanzees in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and Kibale Forest National Park respectively and enjoy incredible sightings of wildlife in Queen Elizabeth National Park and Murchison Falls National Park.
Highlights of 10 Days Uganda Safari
Day 1: Airport Pick up –Transfer to Kampala
Day 2: Kampala – Visit the Top of the Falls
Day 3: Murchison Falls Game drive – Boat cruise along the Mighty Nile
Day 4: Transfer to Kibale National Park
Day 5: Chimpanzee tracking in Kibale Forest
Day 6: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park
Day 7: Morning Game drive, afternoon boat cruise
Day 8: The Ishasha Sector transfer to Bwindi
Day 9: Gorilla Tracking in Bwindi Gorilla Park
Day 10 – Bunyonyi cruise and Transfer to Kampala
Detailed itinerary of 10 Days Uganda Safari
Day 1: Airport Pick up –Transfer to Kampala
On arrival at Entebbe International Airport, you will be warmly welcomed by our representative and be driven to your hotel in Kampala or Entebbe for overnight stay.
Accommodation: Best Western Hotel (Luxury), Cassia Lodge / Papyrus Guest House (mid-range) or Forest Cottages (budget)
Meal Plan: Dinner
Day 2: Kampala – Visit the Top of the Falls
After amazing breakfast, you will meet your guide and drive to Murchison Falls National Park through the famous Luwero Triangle. Have another stop in Masindi for lunch and continue to Murchison Falls National Park, enter into the park and head to the top of Murchison Falls where you will watch the River Nile as it squeezes through a narrow gorge before ferociously plunging down 43 meters down. Continue to your lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation: Paraa Safari Lodge (Luxury), Pakuba Safari Lodge (mid-range) or Heritage Safari Lodge (budget)
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 3: Murchison Falls Game drive – Boat cruise along the Mighty Nile
Enjoy breakfast and head to the park for an early morning game drive in the northern region of Murchison Falls National Park led by a tour a guide, the game drive is very rewarding with encounters of wildlife like leopards, jackals, lions, buffaloes, Uganda Kobs, elephants and many more.
In the afternoon, you will head out for a boat cruise along the Victoria Nile. The boat trip allows you to see rare and prehistoric shoebill, brightly colored kingfishers and bee-waters among others along the riverbanks. You will also see hippos and crocodiles in the waters, the cruise takes you to the base of the falls which only adds to their impressiveness and beauty.
Accommodation: Paraa Safari Lodge (Luxury), Pakuba Safari Lodge (mid-range) or Heritage Safari Lodge (budget)
Day 4: Transfer to Kibale National Park
After breakfast, you will be picked up by your guide and transfer to Kibale National Park – the primate capital of Africa, drive to Fort Portal via Mityana – Mubende road. Have a stopover in Mubende and visit the Nakayima Tree, have lunch en-route and continue to the park arriving in the afternoon, check in and spend the rest of the day at rest.
Dinner and overnight at Chimpundu Safari Lodge (Luxury), Chimpanzee Forest Guest House (Midrange), Kibale Guest Cottages (Budget).
Day 5: Chimpanzee tracking in Kibale Forest
After early breakfast, head to the park headquarters at Kanyanchu for briefing about chimpanzee trekking dos and don’ts by a park ranger. Head into the forest and spend half of the day in the rainforests of Kibale looking for chimpanzees.
The trek takes approximately 2 to 4 hours of looking for chimpanzees and enjoying sights of other primates in the forests like grey cheeked Mangabey, red-tailed monkeys and several bird species among others. After the experience, trek back to the park headquarters to pick your certificates and head back to your lodge for lunch. In the afternoon you will head to the Bigodi Swamp for a walk, expect to see various bird species and monkeys like olive baboons, black and white colobus monkeys among others.
Dinner and overnight at Chimpundu Safari Lodge (Luxury), Chimpanzee Forest Guest House (Midrange), Kibale Guest Cottages (Budget).
Day 6: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park
After breakfast, depart for Queen Elizabeth National Park with a drive on the foothills of the Mountains of the moon. Queen Elizabeth National Park is the most popular wildlife safari destination in Uganda and the second largest park situated on the base of the majestic Rwenzori Mountain range, adjacent to Lake Edward and Lake George.
You will arrive in the park in time for lunch and later in the afternoon, you will go for a game drive exploring the park’s savannah. Lookout for various animals as well as birds. Return to the lodge for dinner and overnight.
Accommodation: Mweya Safari Lodge (Luxury), Park View Safari Lodge, Marafiki Safari Lodge (mid-range) or Simba Safari Camp (budget)
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 7: Morning Game drive, afternoon boat cruise
Have early breakfast and go for a game drive in the Kasenyi Sector of Queen Elizabeth National Park where you will spot various animals such as elephants, Uganda Kobs, bushbucks, leopards among others which will make your safari one of the best Uganda Safari Experience.
In the afternoon you will go for a launch cruise on Kazinga Channel where you will spot various water bird species such as herons, crested cranes and water animals like hippos and crocodiles among others.
Accommodation: Mweya Safari Lodge (Luxury), Park View Safari Lodge, Marafiki Safari Lodge (mid-range) or Simba Safari Camp (budget)
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 8: The Ishasha Sector transfer to Bwindi
After breakfast, you will embark on a journey to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park with en-route game drive in Ishasha Sector where you may see the tree climbing lions.
After an early breakfast, you will embark on a journey to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park – a gorilla trekking haven with en-route through the Ishasa Sector where you will see tree climbing lions resting on tree branches.
You will have en-route lunch, expect to arrive in the late afternoon. Spend the rest of day relaxing at your lodge. Have dinner and overnight at.
Accommodation: Ichumbi Gorilla Lodge or Gorilla Mist Camp(mid-range) or Rushaga Gorilla Haven, Trekkers Tarvarn cottages(budget)
Meal Plan: Lunch, Dinner
Day 9: Gorilla Tracking in Bwindi Gorilla Park
Wake up early for breakfast and head to the park headquarters for briefing by UWA Ranger guides about the dos and don’ts. In groups of 8 people, you will be assigned a gorilla family to trek, then head into the forests looking for mountain gorillas, the trek takes approximately 2 to 6 hours depending on the movement of the gorillas and where they spent their previous night. When you locate the gorillas, you will spend one hour in their presence watching them play from one tree to another, watch female gorillas cater for their babies among others.
Trek back to the park headquarters, meet your guide and head to Lake Bunyonyo – the deepest lake in Uganda and the second deepests in the whole of Africa. Dinner and overnight at your lodge.
Accommodation: Birdnest Lodge overseas or Bunyonyi Overland, Or Crater bay Bunyonyi (budget) or Bunyonyi Rock Resort (mid-range)
Day 10 – Bunyonyi cruise and Transfer to Kampala
Enjoy breakfast and go for an exciting boat cruise on Lake Bunyonyi. Enjoy the serenity of the lake and visit its numerous islands which have fascinating history.
Later, checkout of your lodge and embark on a journey to Kampala, with a stopover at Kayabwe Equator Crossing for pictures. Your guide will drop you off either at your hotel or at the airport to catch your flight back home.
End of 10 Days Uganda Safari
10 Days Uganda Safari includes:
- Park entry fees and all activities included on the itinerary,
- chimp trekking permits
- Boat Cruise
- 4X4 Safari vehicle
- Accommodation and meals
- A professional guide
- Drinking water during the trip
