8-Day Uganda Wildlife, Chimpanzee & Gorilla Safari

Transfer to Murchison Falls National Park

Your guide will collect you from your lodge or Entebbe International Airport and drive north to Murchison Falls National Park. Enjoy Uganda’s changing countryside along the way, with lunch in Masindi town en route.

On arrival, take an evening game drive across the park’s savannah plains. Look out for Uganda kob, elephants, buffalo, lions, and—if you are fortunate—leopards.

Morning Game Drive, Nile Boat Cruise & Top of the Falls

After breakfast, set out on an early morning game drive, when wildlife is most active. Your guide will help you look for lions, elephants, buffalo, giraffes, leopards, and a wide variety of birdlife.

Following lunch, enjoy a boat cruise along the Nile toward the base of Murchison Falls. Watch for hippos, crocodiles, waterbirds, and animals coming to the riverbank to drink. Later, take a short hike to the Top of the Falls for dramatic views of the Nile forcing itself through a narrow rocky gorge.

Transfer to Kibale Forest National Park

Enjoy breakfast before departing for Kibale Forest National Park, stopping for lunch in Fort Portal. En route, visit the Amabeere Caves and nearby crater lakes, where you can appreciate the region’s volcanic scenery and waterfalls.

Continue to Kibale for dinner and an overnight stay.

Chimpanzee Trekking & Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park

After an early breakfast, report to the Kibale Forest National Park headquarters for a briefing before beginning your chimpanzee trek. Accompanied by experienced rangers, walk through lush tropical forest in search of a habituated chimpanzee community.

Once located, spend time observing the chimpanzees as they feed, groom, move through the trees, and interact. Kibale is also home to L’Hoest’s monkeys, colobus monkeys, blue monkeys, red-tailed monkeys, grey-cheeked mangabeys, birds, butterflies, and other forest wildlife.

After trekking, return to your lodge for lunch, then transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park via the Rwenzori Mountains and Kasese town.

Queen Elizabeth Game Drives, Katwe Salt Lake & Boat Cruise

Begin with an early morning game drive in Queen Elizabeth National Park, searching for Uganda kob, antelopes, elephants, buffalo, lions, and abundant birdlife.

After a packed lunch, visit Lake Katwe to learn about the traditional salt-mining practices that have shaped the local community for generations. In the afternoon, take a boat cruise on the Kazinga Channel, one of Africa’s best places to see hippos, crocodiles, elephants, buffalo, and waterbirds at close range.

Return to your lodge with an evening game drive en route.

Ishasha Tree-Climbing Lions & Transfer to Bwindi

After breakfast, travel south through Queen Elizabeth National Park’s Ishasha sector, renowned for its tree-climbing lions. Your guide will search the fig trees for these remarkable lions, along with oribi, topi, waterbuck, monkeys, and other wildlife.

Enjoy a packed lunch during the journey, then continue to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park for dinner and overnight.

Gorilla Trekking & Lake Bunyonyi

Today is one of Africa’s most extraordinary wildlife experiences: mountain gorilla trekking in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. After breakfast, gather at the park headquarters for a briefing from Uganda Wildlife Authority rangers on trekking guidelines and gorilla etiquette.

Trek through the forest with your ranger guide. The trek can take between two and six hours, depending on the location and movement of the gorilla family. Once you find them, spend up to one unforgettable hour observing these gentle giants in their natural habitat.

After the trek, return to your lodge for lunch and a rest. In the afternoon, transfer to Lake Bunyonyi for a peaceful canoe ride across one of Uganda’s most beautiful lakes.

Return to Entebbe & Departure

After breakfast, begin the journey back to Kampala or Entebbe. Stop for lunch at the Igongo Cultural Centre, then pause at the Equator for photographs and a demonstration of the equatorial experiment.

Continue to Entebbe for your evening flight, or arrange an additional overnight stay if preferred.