11-day Uganda Safari Program
11-day Uganda Safari Program
Safari Overview
This 11-day Uganda safari program is an excellent African safari for seeing animals in both the forest and the plains. You can’t ignore Gorilla tracking in Bwindi on this safari, while you can easily see chimpanzees in Kibale Forest. Queen Elizabeth, Kidepo Valley, and Murchison Falls National Parks provide great savannah safaris with exceptional wildlife viewing. This safari mixes primate watching with a traditional Savannah safari. Hence, it provides a fair combination of vehicle, boat, and walking activities. Again, it does not overlook the outstanding birding experience and visual splendor.
Safari Highlights of the 11-day Uganda safari program
- Day 1: Arrival Entebbe International Airport
- Day 2: Transfer from Entebbe to Mabamba Swamp
- Day 3: Transfer from Entebbe to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
- Day 4: Gorilla Trekking Experience in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
- Day 5: Hike Across Bwindi Impenetrable Forest for a nature walk
- Day 6: Explore Queen Elizabeth National Park Savanna
- Day 7: Transfer from Queen Elizabeth National Park to Kibale Forest National Park
- Day 8: Chimpanzee Habituation Experience in Kibale
- Day 9: Transfer from Kibale to Murchison Falls National Park
- Day 10: Murchison Falls NP Game Drive & Boat Safari
- Day 11: Transfer back to Entebbe to end the tour
11-day Uganda Safari Program in Details
Day 1: Arrival At Entebbe International Airport
As you land on the pearl of Africa, a professional tour guide from Safari Vacations and Travel Services and the tour will be happily waiting for you. He will then transfer you you your hotel as he briefs you briefs you about your tour. You will then relax, have dinner, and have an overnight stay.
Day 2: Transfer from Entebbe to Mabamba Swamp
After an early breakfast, begin your Uganda Safari program by heading to the Mabamba wetland on the banks of Lake Victoria for a brief birding excursion.
This is one of the country’s few surviving wetlands, which local communities preserve. It is a vast papyrus swamp with a maze of canals and lagoons. Hence, it is home to numerous pairs of Uganda’s most popular avian residents, the Shoebills. This spectacular genus species is undoubtedly one of Africa’s birds that tourists seek for the most. Paddle your boat across the waterways. View an excellent collection of classic East African water birds to view on your journey.
This requires a supply of four hours on the road between locations. Take an evening wildlife drive to see zebras, elephants, buffaloes, impalas, and topis, as well as bird your way around the property. After, head back to the hotel for dinner and overnight as you prepare for the day after.
Dinner and Overnight: 2Friends Beach Hotel
Day 3: Transfer from Entebbe to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
After an early breakfast, meet your guide and head to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. Drive via Mbarara, Kabale, and Kisoro towns before arriving at your lodge. This requires 8 to 9 hours on the road between places. En route, you will have a stopover at the Equator in Kayabwe for photography and experiments.
Advance to one of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park’s sections for a gorilla experience. This large reserve is home to 23 of Uganda’s 24 Albertine Rift unique bird species. This thus makes it possibly the most prolific montane forest birding destination in Africa.
Dinner and Overnight: Gorilla Heights Lodge/Four Gorillas/Rushaga Havens Gorilla Lodge
Day 4: Gorilla Trekking Experience In Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
After breakfast, along with a packed lunch and drinking water in your backpack, the Uganda Safari program gets more interesting as you head into the African jungle to find the elusive mountain gorilla. Your driver will transfer you to the trailhead for a briefing on the dos and don’ts while tracking and spending time with the gorillas
The trekking can continue anywhere from a few hours to a whole day. The time largely depends on where the gorillas are in the dense jungle. To keep you safe and the gorillas in their natural state, you must follow rigorous restrictions.
Dinner and Overnight: Gorilla Heights Lodge/Four Gorillas/Rushaga Havens Gorilla Lodge
Day 5: Hike Across Bwindi Impenetrable Forest
After an early breakfast, travel down the Nteko Ridge till the Ivy River Trail meets the forest (7 km). Then begin the wonderful journey into the forest (13 km–4-5 hours). You’ll come across Monkeys, duikers, bush pigs, and several of Bwindi’s globe bird species.
The objective of this Vintage Primate Safari excursion is for your walking guide to share his expertise in the forest with you. Hence, it is not just a stroll from point A to point B. The track is also a popular route for locals, especially on market days. It connects Nkuringo and Ntebeko to Buhoma, on the park’s northern edge. Because there is no road through Bwindi.
Join the car at the park offices in Buhoma and leave for Queen Elizabeth National Park. You’ll look forward to seeing its resident ‘tree-climbing lions.
Dinner and overnight: Mweya Safari Lodge/Buffalo Lodge/Engiri Game Lodge
Day 6: Explore Queen Elizabeth National Park
You’ll spend your mornings partaking in a game drive. Meanwhile, boat rides on the Kazinga Channel are better during the afternoon. The park is one of Uganda’s oldest, having been founded in 1952. The park was originally titled ‘Kazinga National Park. However, the government renamed it in 1954 to mark a visit by Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom. Queen Elizabeth National Park is home to 95 species of animals. That is more than any other park in Uganda, and 619 bird species.
Return to the accommodation for lunch before embarking on an afternoon launch sail down the Kazinga waterway. When going west towards Lake Edward, look for the spectacular sight of hundreds of hippos. You’ll see them along the banks as well as other bird species.
Dinner and overnight: Mweya Safari Lodge/Buffalo Lodge/Engiri Game Lodge
Day 7: Transfer from Queen Elizabeth National Park to Kibale Forest National Park
After an early breakfast, continue your Uganda Safari program savanna wildlife drive. View more African safari wildlife as they go for their hunting adventures.
Your private driver will enter the highway with elegance and head to Kibale Forest National Park. Enjoy the scenery as you drive along the Kaseses-Fort Portal route on Uganda’s southwestern border. Kibale Forest National Park honors a high number of primates. The driving time from Kasese to Kibale is around 3 to 4 hours.
Dinner and overnight: Chimpundu Lodge/Turaco Tree Tops/Chimpanzee Forest Lodge
Day 8: Chimpanzee Habituation Experience In Kibale
This is your second Uganda Safari Highlights rainforest jungle challenge. You’ll seek to identify the chimp troop and follow up with their daily natural behaviors. Can you handle it? It’s thrilling and exhausting, but it’s well worth it.
Wake up at 6:30 a.m. and travel to the trailhead (5-minute walk). Here, you will get information on the chimp habituation process. Then, go into the forest with a ranger guide, conservationists, and researchers. Henceforth, you will spend the entire day tracking chimps. While tracking, you may see several animal species. These include the Red Colobus, Black and White Colobus, Grey-cheeked Mangabey, and other bird species.
Day 9: Kibale-Murchison Falls National Park
Own an early breakfast, drive over the hillside, and take in the scenery as you depart for Murchison Falls National Park. This will be a long driving day of 7-8 hours.
Dinner and overnight: Paraa Safari Lodge/Pakuba Safari Lodge/Fort Murchison
Day 10: Murchison Falls National Park Game Drive & Boat Safari
After breakfast, head out for a savanna game drive in the Murchison Plains. Animals you will spot include Giraffes, elephants, lions, hartebeests, and several bird species. Look for the beautiful Rothchild Giraffe, Jackson’s Hartebeest, Uganda Kob, Defassa Waterbuck, buffaloes, Elephants, Warthogs, Hippos, Oribi, and, if you’re lucky, a leopard and lions. After that thrilling wildlife drive, you’ll go on a morning delta boat safari to the base of the Murchison Falls. Keep an eye out for Nile crocodiles, hippos, waterbucks, and a variety of bird species. You will dismount at the foot of the waterfalls and climb up to the top of the falls.
Day 11: Transfer Back to Entebbe
After breakfast, depart Murchison Falls National Park for Entebbe, with an en-route visit to Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary. this place will allow you to encounter the rhinos by tracking them. Then, keep going on to Entebbe for your flight or hotel stay in case the flight is the next day or during the night.
End Of Tour
