12 Days: Primates
Africa Awaits
Arrive at Entebbe International Airport
Meet your guide and transfer to hotel
Optional visit to Entebbe Botanical Gardens or Uganda Wildlife Education Centre
Overnight: Hotel in Entebbe
Meals: Dinner
Scenic drive through tea plantations and crater lakes
Stopover at Fort Portal town
Overnight: Lodge near Kibale
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Morning chimpanzee tracking with UWA guides
Afternoon: Nature walk in Bigodi Wetlands Sanctuary (great for birdwatching)
Overnight: Same lodge
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park
Game drive en route (expect elephants, antelopes, warthogs)
Overnight: Safari lodge in the park
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Morning game drive in Kasenyi plains (look for lions, buffaloes, leopards)
Afternoon boat cruise on Kazinga Channel (hippos, crocs, elephants, birds)
Overnight: Same lodge
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Drive to southern part of QENP: Ishasha
Game drive in search of rare tree-climbing lions
Overnight: Tented camp in Ishasha
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Drive to Bwindi through scenic rolling hills
Optional village walk or Batwa cultural experience
Overnight: Lodge near gorilla trekking trailhead
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Early breakfast, then trek into the forest to meet a mountain gorilla family
1-hour encounter (permits required in advance)
Overnight: Same lodge
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Short transfer to Lake Bunyonyi (the Switzerland of Africa)
Canoeing, birding, island exploration, or just relax
Overnight: Lakeside lodge
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Drive to Uganda’s smallest savanna park
Evening game drive or night safari (zebras, impalas, bush babies)
Overnight: Lodge inside or near the park
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Morning walking safari with armed ranger
Stopover at the Equator for photos and souvenirs
Continue to Entebbe
Overnight: Hotel in Entebbe
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.
Optional visit to craft markets or Mabamba Swamp (shoebill stork spotting)
Transfer to airport for your departure flight
Meals: Breakfast
Add-On Options:
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White-water rafting or bungee jumping on the Nile in Jinja
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Sipi Falls hiking (east Uganda)
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Golden monkey trekking in Mgahinga
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Hot air balloon safari in Murchison Falls