12 Days Uganda Primates & Game Safari

Meet and greet with Alba Wonders Africa tour guide, and after, you will transfer to a booked hotel in Entebbe, about 10 10-minute drive. Check in time and have a long evening relaxation in your finest hotel.

Accommodation options

• Standard/Midrange: The Entebbe Boma Hotel
• Luxury/Upmarket: Protea Hotel in Entebbe/Hotel No. 5

After breakfast, you will have a short briefing introducing you to the itinerary. Later, board a 4x4 safari vehicle and proceed to Murchison Falls National Park, accessing it on the Kampala-Gulu Highway. En route, there will be a chance to branch off to the Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary to track rhinos. Spend about 2 hours just exploring the rhinos and other wildlife plus birds. From Ziwa, head out to Masindi to enjoy lunch. Have some refreshments and relaxation, then transfer to Murchison Falls National Park to visit the waterfalls –observe this natural wonder as it forces itself in a narrow rock measuring about 7-8m.

Accommodation options

• Budget: Red Chili Rest Camp/Murchison River Lodge
• Midrange: Sambiya River Lodge/Pakuba Safari Lodge
• Luxury: Paraa Safari Lodge/Nile Safari Camp (Lodge)

Embark on a journey to enjoy a 2-3-hour guided game drive. Today, be set for a wildlife expedition in the Northern circuit and expect to encounter different wildlife. The list of animals to find in Murchison includes Uganda Kobs, buffalo, oribis, hartebeests, giraffes, waterbucks, bushbucks, lions, leopards, and multiple birds. After an exclusive game viewing experience in the Northern circuit, you will settle for a leisurely lunch in the camp/lodge.

Continue with your day programme, and the afternoon session includes a guided boat cruise excursion. The boat cruise will be enjoyed along the Victoria Nile for 2-3 hours and comes with amazing views of the mostly the aquatic species, including hippos, crocodiles, and birds.

Accommodation options

• Budget: Red Chili Rest Camp/Murchison River Lodge
• Midrange: Sambiya River Lodge/Pakuba Safari Lodge
• Luxury: Paraa Safari Lodge/Nile Safari Camp (Lodge)

After the early morning breakfast, you will be picked up by an Alba Wonders Africa guide. Start driving to Fort Portal, navigating via Hoima City, and lunch will be had en route. Get an incredible welcome to cool Fort Portal and access Kibale via the Kamwenge route.

Accommodation options

• Budget: Kibale Chimpanzee Guesthouse
• Midrange/Standard: Chimpundu Lodge/Primate Lodge Kibale
• Luxury: Ndali Lodge Kibale/Kyaninga Lodge

Kibale offers one of the best chimpanzee trekking adventures, and as the leading destinations, it features 4 habituated chimpanzee communities. Today’s morning chimpanzee tracking session starts at around 8:00 after the briefing. You will spend between 2 and 4 hours in the Kibale Forest, but this covers an hour for up close with a troop of chimpanzees. Kibale is a vibrant primate destination and you won’t run out of what to see besides chimpanzees.

Kibale National Park protects additional 12 primates, plus 375 species of birds, many colorful butterflies, and floral species. After tracking chimpanzees from Kibale, you will be transferred to the lodge for lunch break. In the afternoon, join others on the Bigodi Wetland guided walks.

Accommodation options

• Budget: Kibale Chimpanzee Guesthouse
• Midrange/Standard: Chimpundu Lodge/Primate Lodge Kibale
• Luxury: Ndali Lodge Kibale/Kyaninga Lodge

You have only breakfast to enjoy in the lodge in Kibale and then check out. Next, consider traveling to Queen Elizabeth National Park through Kasese and have en route Kikorongo crossing. Continue from Kikorongo to the Park to check in time at the lodge and lunch will be offered. The afternoon will be best spent on a game drive through the Kasenyi and takes you till evening while you catch up with unique wildlife including big cats, and other mammals.

Accommodation Options

• Budget: Kazinga Channel Resort/Simba Safari Camp
• Midrange/Standard: Buffalo Safari Lodge/Enganzi/Bulbul Lodge
• Luxury: Mweya Safari Lodge/Elephant Plains Lodge

Embark on the Kasenyi game drive tour which is expected to run for 2-3 hours. Explore the different wildlife along the Kasenyi plains including elephants, buffaloes, leopards, warthogs, lions, and many antelopes. Return to enjoy breakfast and end the day with a boat cruise excursion exploring the Kazinga channels.

Accommodation Options

• Budget: Kazinga Channel Resort/Simba Safari Camp
• Midrange/Standard: Buffalo Safari Lodge/Enganzi/Bulbul Lodge
• Luxury: Mweya Safari Lodge/Elephant Plains Lodge

At leisure, you have breakfast and after, head towards the southern section. Visit Ishasha for a short game viewing targeting the tree climbing lions and other animals. Continue to Bwindi National Park where you will check in early.

Accommodation options

• Budget: Ride 4 A Woman
• Midrange/Standard: Engagi/Silverback/Mahogany Springs
• Luxury/Upmarket option: Buhoma Lodge/Bwindi Lodge

Ensure that you have breakfast and leave the lodge for briefing by the official. The actual trekking will begin at around 8:00 am and enjoy the lush forest of Bwindi. You have 1 hour to observe gorillas behave in the rainforest and your driver will transfer you back to the lodge.

Afternoon schedule include transfer to Lake Bunyonyi (this is a scenic lake with about 29 islands) and is the deepest Lake in Uganda. Arrive early to check in time at the resort and have a leisurely time.

Accommodation Options

• Bunyonyi Rock Resort

After an early morning breakfast, leave the resort for Lake Bunyonyi for a morning canoe ride. The Bunyonyi canoe ride won’t only take you to the island but also comes with amazing views of the terraced hillside and bird sightings. After exploring Lake Bunyonyi, return to check out and proceed to Lake Mburo National Park.

Accommodation Options

• Budget: Rwonyo Rest Camp or Mburo Eagles Nest
• Midrange: Rwakobo Rock Lodge/Arcadia Cottages Mburo
• Luxury: Mihingo/Kigambira Wilderness Lodge

Enjoy a delicious breakfast and later, proceed with a morning game drive. Lake Mburo National Park guided game safari allows you to look out for abundant animals that reside in the park’s savanna plains. They include lots of impalas, elands, the Burchell’s zebras, the Rothschild giraffes, bushbucks, hyenas, buffaloes, and jackalsAfter the game drive session, you will get back to have lunch and return to explore more of Lake Mburo’s wildlife. The afternoon will mainly focus on the launch cruise, about 2-3 hours, which comes with sightings of hippos, crocodiles, and birds.

Accommodation Options

• Budget: Rwonyo Rest Camp or Mburo Eagles Nest
• Midrange: Rwakobo Rock Lodge/Arcadia Cottages Mburo
• Luxury: Mihingo/Kigambira Wilderness Lodge

After breakfast and checkout, leave Lake Mburo National Park for Entebbe. Enjoy lunch en route and don’t forget to have a photography moment at the Equator crossing in Kayabwe.

End of the 12 Days Uganda Primates and Game Safari