9-Day Ugandan Wildlife Safari with Gorilla and Chimp Tracking

• Pick up from the airport by our company's driver-guide, who will then transfer you to the Entebbe Botanical Beach Hotel for dinner and an overnight stay.
• If time allows, take a city tour around Entebbe and visit various attractions in the area, such as the reptile village and craft shops.

Accommodation: Imperial Botanical Beach Hotel

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

• After breakfast, drive northwards to Murchison Falls National Park, with a stop for lunch in Masindi and another at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary to track the rare rhinos protected there.
• Later, arrive in Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda's largest well-protected wildlife area, covering 3,840 sq. km.
• Continue to the top of the falls to admire their natural beauty. Here, the river squeezes itself through a narrow 7-meter gorge from a width of more than 1 km, then plunges below with a thunderous roar, creating water spray and a stunning rainbow - one of the wonders of the Nile River.

Accommodation: Paraa Safari Lodge (Luxury)

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

• Have an early morning breakfast and explore the northern part of the park, which hosts a high number of savannah wildlife. This game drive offers great opportunities to spot elephants, lions, Uganda kobs, buffaloes, giraffes, waterbucks, and several bird species.
• Following lunch, go for a 2-hour boat cruise to the bottom of Murchison Falls, where great volumes of water escape through the small gorge with an immense thunderous roar. See several water birds, as well as mammals in large numbers, including hippos and crocodiles, during this boat ride.

Head back to the lodge for dinner and an overnight stay.

Accommodation Options: Paraa Safari Lodge (Luxury)

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

• Have a hearty breakfast and depart from Murchison Falls National Park. Head to Queen Elizabeth National Park as you drive southwest through Fort Portal and the Albertine Escarpment of the Western Rift Valley. Savour lunch on the way to the Mountains of the Moon Hotel in Fort Portal town.
• From here, continue to the Mweya Peninsula in Queen Elizabeth National Park. Arrive in the park in the evening, have dinner, and rest at your lodge.

Accommodation: Mweya Safari Lodge

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

• Following an early breakfast, enjoy a morning game drive to see nocturnal predators and early morning risers such as lions, buffaloes, antelope species, leopards, waterbucks, elephants, hippos, and warthogs. For birders, Queen Elizabeth is a paradise, hosting a diversity of migratory birds and Albertine Rift endemics.

Dine and slumber at your lodge.

Accommodation: Mweya Safari Lodge

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

• Have breakfast and set out for a boat cruise along the Kazinga Channel for wonderful game viewing and birdwatching.
• Head back to the lodge for lunch, then continue to Kyambura Gorge to track chimpanzees. If time allows, you can also go for a forest walk in Maramagambo Forest to explore the bat cave while looking for pythons that feed on these bats. Dine and slumber at the lodge.

Accommodation: Mweya Safari Lodge

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

• Have an early breakfast and drive to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest via the Ishasha region in the southern part of Queen Elizabeth National Park. See the tree-climbing lions that are prevalent in this area.
• Continue and have lunch along the way. In the evening, enjoy a community walk featuring the Batwa-Pygmy cultural experience and entertainment.

Enjoy dinner and an overnight stay at the lodge of your choice.

Accommodation: Buhoma Lodge (Luxury)

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

• After breakfast, proceed to the park headquarters for a briefing about gorilla tracking before entering the verdant forest led by the rangers. It takes about 2 hours, or even less, to see the amazing Bwindi giants if you are fortunate. The experience of coming face to face with these peaceful primates is truly overwhelming.

Head back to the lodge, where you will have lunch after tracking the gorillas. Relax at the lodge for the rest of the evening.

Accommodation: Buhoma Lodge (Luxury)

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

• Have breakfast and later return to Kampala, with lunch along the way in Mbarara.
• Reach Kampala late in the afternoon, where you will have a city tour.
• Proceed to the airport for your outbound flight back home, or transfer back to your accommodation if you do not have a flight that evening.

Note: The city tour is optional.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch