16-Day Uganda Safari with Gorilla Trekking and Big Five Wildlife

• Our tour guide will receive, greet, and brief you about your trip upon arrival at Entebbe Airport.
• Then, you will be transferred to your booked hotel in Entebbe for an overnight stay.

• After breakfast, you will be driven to Kidepo Valley National Park in the morning.

Overnight: Kidepo Savannah Lodge

Meal Plan: Dinner and breakfast

• After breakfast, your tour guide will pick you up for a game drive to the park's northwest through Narus Valley to Kidepo Valley. Narus Valley is a vast grassland rolling plain among distant mountains and hills. It is very rewarding, with permanent water supplies from the Narus River that attract large concentrations of animals such as savannah elephants, buffaloes, giraffes, Uganda kobs, waterbucks, lions, and more. Kidepo, unlike Narus, has fewer animals. However, driving through it is thrilling as you explore its white sand bed, while also looking out for the stunning ostriches, cheetahs, zebras, lions, leopards, warthogs, bush duikers, and the Kanangok hot springs.
• Have your packed lunch, and after that, hike the Morungole mountain range (2,750 m) northeast of Apoka.
• Go to your hotel, relax, have dinner, and enjoy an overnight stay.

Overnight: Kidepo Savannah Lodge

Meal Plan: Lunch, dinner, and breakfast

• At 6:30 am, after breakfast, you will be transferred to Murchison Falls National Park.
• Have lunch en route and participate in game drives.

Overnight: Fort Murchison Lodge

Meal Plan: Dinner and breakfast

• At 06:30 am, after your early morning breakfast, you will be ready for a game drive to catch a glimpse of the early risers and nocturnal animals returning to their hideouts. Wildlife you may encounter includes elephants, buffaloes, Jackson's hartebeest, oribi, reedbuck, hyenas, and exclusive species such as the elusive shoebill stork, yellow-fronted tinkerbirds, goliath heron, and malachite kingfisher.
• After lunch, you will go for a delta boat cruise, which launches from Paraa and sails gently on the flowing Nile waters, passing numerous floating papyrus islands.

Overnight: Fort Murchison Lodge

Meal Plan: Lunch, dinner, and breakfast

• Following breakfast at 06:30 am, you will set off to the primate capital of the world, Kibale Forest National Park.
• You shall have a packed lunch on the way and then proceed to your lodge in the late afternoon. If it is a clear day, you will enjoy the beautiful hot orange sunset.

Overnight: Kibale Forest Camp

Meal Plan: Dinner and breakfast

• After breakfast, drive to the Kanyanchu Visitor's Centre and get ready for the chimp trail. This is a fascinating jungle experience with your mesmerizing relatives, observing them swinging from one tree to another, feeding, playing about, or progressing speedily on the ground. Other primates to look out for include black-and-white colobus, red-tailed monkey, grey-cheeked mangabey, and forest birds.
• After trekking, you will be driven to Bigodi Wetland Sanctuary, another engaging site of the park with over 200 bird species, including purple-breasted sunbirds, Abyssinian ground thrush, crowned eagle, flycatchers, and various primates and mammals such as olive baboons, grey-cheeked monkeys, bush pigs, and vervet monkeys.

Overnight: Kibale Forest Camp

Meal Plan: Lunch, dinner, and breakfast

• After breakfast, you will be transferred to Queen Elizabeth National Park for an afternoon boat cruise along the Kazinga Channel. Before the cruise, you will do a 27 km crater drive, which will present distant sights of stunning crater lakes.
• Watch out for Lake Kitagata, a lake fed by a salty hot spring with no wildlife around, but more beautiful than words can describe.
• Enjoy rewarding sights of Mount Rwenzori - the Mountains of the Moon - the tremendous western Rift Valley with its associated features, and the Kazinga Channel.
• Reach Mweya and go for a boat cruise. This is a 20-mile-long natural channel running between Lake George and Lake Edward, with the highest concentration of water-submerged hippos and Nile crocodiles. There are over 550 species of migrant and resident birds spread along the water edges. The cruise offers excellent photography, birdwatching, and game-viewing opportunities.

Overnight: Enganzi Lodge

Meal Plan: Lunch, dinner, and breakfast

• At 06:30 am, after breakfast, you will go for a morning game drive in the Kasenyi Plains, a perfect place for a classic African safari experience. You will encounter vast herds of kobs that attract prides of lions, Cape buffaloes, leopards, topis, elephants, waterbucks, warthogs, hyenas, and side-striped jackals.
• Have lunch, and then head to Kyambura Forest, where you will have a chance to see chimpanzees, red-tailed monkeys, olive baboons, white colobus monkeys, and bird species ranging from beautiful flamingos and African skimmers to white-tailed lark, papyrus gonolek, Verreaux's eagle, and owl lesser shoebills.

Overnight: Kyangabi Safari Lodge

Meal Plan: Lunch, dinner, and breakfast

• After breakfast, you will be driven to Bwindi National Park through the Ishasha sector, located on the southern rim of the park. The sector is characterized by a magnificent landscape dominated by savannah woodland tree species such as fig trees, cactus, and acacia trees, with big branches that allow lions to hang up and look down at the delicious kobs grazing in the fields.
• Have a packed lunch and then proceed to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.

Overnight: Gorilla Mist Camp

Meal Plan: Dinner and breakfast

• At exactly 06:30 am, after breakfast, you will be ready at the information centre for instructions to follow when tracking through the dense montane and lowland forest trail. You will encounter different primates such as chimpanzees, baboons, colobus monkeys, L'Hoest's monkeys, red-tailed monkeys, vervet monkeys, forest elephants, as well as the giant mountain gorillas - the most impressive endangered species of the wild. You will also encounter 346 birdlife species, including Albertine Rift endemics, 200 butterflies, flowering plants, and 324 tree species.

Overnight: Gorilla Mist Camp

Meal Plan: Lunch, dinner, and breakfast

• At exactly 06:30 am, after having a hot cup of coffee, you will be ready at the information centre for the 5.2 km Muzabajiro Loop Trail, which will offer you a breathtaking view of Bwindi Forest, the western Rift Valley, and the Virungas.
• On the way, you will witness hundreds of prehistoric tree ferns. The top is an excellent place for a picnic lunch.

Overnight: Lake Bunyonyi Eco-Resort

Meal Plan: Dinner and breakfast

• At precisely 06:30 am, after breakfast, you will have a chance to tour Lake Bunyonyi. This lake is believed to be the second deepest in Africa and the third deepest in the world, with an approximate depth of 900 m. The lake is blessed with over 28 islands, and the most prominent of these include Akampene Island.
• Do a highland hike to witness the skilful techniques applied in controlling soil erosion, see how crops are grown, and admire the alluring highland terrain.
• Return for dinner and an overnight stay.

Overnight: Lake Bunyonyi Eco-Resort

Meal Plan: Lunch, dinner, and breakfast

• At exactly 06:30 am, after your hot coffee, you will drive to Lake Mburo National Park for an afternoon boat cruise, another rewarding activity to look forward to. The cruise guarantees views of the amazing flora and fauna in the park, such as crocodiles, hippos, antelopes, buffaloes, and birds such as kingfishers, African fish eagles, pelicans, and hammerkops.
• Afterwards, you will head for a guided nature walk to find many animals enjoying the environment of the salty rocks.

Overnight: Rwakobo Rock

Meal Plan: Lunch, dinner, and breakfast

• At 06:30 am, after breakfast, you will transfer to Rubanga Forest, another relevant feature worth a visit, located within Lake Mburo National Park. It is home to over 40 bird species commonly referred to as forest birds, suitable enough to attract tourists, such as green pigeon, harrier hawk, double-toothed barbet, shoebill, and grey-backed camaroptera. The forest also contains several tree species, including figs, platycalyx, markhamia, palm, and acacia, as well as mammals such as topis, impalas, warthogs, buffaloes, and zebras, to mention but a few.
• Have your packed lunch and head for an afternoon game drive. This will offer you a fantastic opportunity to see the park's bird and wildlife species, including eland, antelopes, giraffes, topis, warthogs, zebras, and impalas. Besides those, other features in the park to glance at include the alluring beautiful scenery comprising parent rocks and open savannah vegetation.

Overnight: Rwakobo Rock

Meal Plan: Lunch, dinner, and breakfast

• After breakfast at 06:30 am, you will be transferred back to Entebbe International Airport for your return flight.

Meal Plan: Breakfast and lunch