Enjoy 8 Days of Uganda’s ultimate wildlife and cultural experience with your first night spent in the airport town of Entebbe. Watch wildlife on game drives and a boat cruise, search for tree-climbing lions, and track Mountain Gorillas in Bwindi Forest.
Visit the Batwa community – a hunter-gatherer forest tribe in Bwindi Forest – and experience their culture, songs, dances, and history. Dine on local food as you get first-hand contact with local people. Visit the Biharwe Eclipse and the Equator monuments, and the royal drum makers of the Buganda Kingdom. Spend your last night in Entebbe.
On arrival at Entebbe Airport, you will be welcomed by our representative and transferred to your hotel in Entebbe. Check in and relax.
After resting, you may opt for a beach experience or spend the rest of the day at your hotel.
If your safari starts in Kampala, you will enjoy a Kampala City Tour visiting the Uganda Museum, National Theatre, religious sites, cultural centres, and downtown Kampala.
Dinner & Overnight: Entebbe
Luxury: Lake Victoria Hotel
Midrange: Papyrus Guest House
Budget: Migingo Suites Entebbe
Meals: Full Board
After an early breakfast, check out and drive to Lake Mburo National Park.
Stop at the Equator at Kayabwe for an Equator experience.
Lake Mburo is a small but beautiful national park known for its lakes, rock outcrops, and large zebra population. It is the only park in Uganda where wildlife can be viewed on a bicycle or horseback.
Upon arrival, check in at your lodge and relax.
Dinner & Overnight: Lake Mburo National Park
Luxury: Mihingo Safari Lodge
Midrange: Rwakobo Rock Lodge
Budget: Rwonyo Rest Camp
Meals: Full Board
After breakfast, go for a game drive to see zebras, giraffes, buffaloes, elands, impalas, and other wildlife. You may also choose to explore the park by bicycle or on horseback.
Return to the lodge for lunch.
In the afternoon, opt for a boat cruise on Lake Mburo to see hippos, crocodiles, and water birds.
Dinner & Overnight: Lake Mburo National Park
Meals: Full Board
After an early breakfast, begin your journey to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and home to Mountain Gorillas.
Stop in Mbarara City for lunch before continuing to Bwindi.
Upon arrival, check in at Nshongi Camp and relax.
Dinner & Overnight: Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Accommodation: Nshongi Camp
Meals: Full Board
Wake up early for breakfast and drive to the park headquarters for a 7:00 AM gorilla tracking briefing.
After the briefing, enter the forest with your ranger guide to track a gorilla family. Tracking can take at least 3 hours and requires moderate physical fitness.
You will spend one unforgettable hour with the gorillas and have time to take photos. After receiving your gorilla tracking certificate, return to your lodge and relax.
Dinner & Overnight: Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Meals: Full Board
After breakfast, visit the Batwa community, a pygmy tribe that once lived in Bwindi Forest before relocation for conservation.
Experience traditional hunting demonstrations, fire-making, honey gathering, bamboo cup making, and identification of medicinal plants. Visit the sacred Ngarama Cave and enjoy traditional Batwa music and dance.
Return to your lodge and relax.
Dinner & Overnight: Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Meals: Full Board
After an early breakfast, drive to the Ishasha Sector of Queen Elizabeth National Park.
Check in at your lodge and relax. In the evening, go for a game drive in search of the famous tree-climbing lions, along with topis and other wildlife.
Dinner & Overnight: Queen Elizabeth National Park – Ishasha
Luxury: Ishasha Wilderness Camp
Midrange: Ishasha Jungle Lodge
Budget: Enjojo Lodge Campsite
Meals: Full Board
By Domestic Flight:
After breakfast, drive to the airfield and board your flight to Entebbe Airport. The flight takes 1–3 hours depending on the airfield.
By Road:
After breakfast, drive to Mbarara City for lunch and a visit to Igongo Cultural Centre. Continue to Biharwe Hill to visit the Biharwe Eclipse Monument.
Proceed to Masaka City and stop at the Equator Monument for photos and souvenirs. Visit Mpambire Village to see the Royal Drum Makers of the Buganda Kingdom before continuing to Entebbe or Kampala.
Arrival will be in the evening for your onward flight or hotel check-in.
Full board accommodation
Transportation
English-speaking driver guide
Entrance fees
Gorilla tracking permit
Activities mentioned
Bottled drinking water
Government taxes and levies
Flights
Visas
Insurance
Laundry services
Alcoholic drinks
Optional tours and activities
Hiking gear
Gratuities (tips)
Items not mentioned
Commercial filming and photography
Requires average physical fitness
Carry a rain jacket
Porter available at USD 20
Special arrangements should be raised before arrival
Price is per person based on 2 pax
Price applies to foreign non-residents
Price based on budget option