Meet your designated company guide/driver at the lodge/hotel or Entebbe airport, and then proceed directly to Lake Mburo National Park.  Along the way, have a brief stopover at the Equator monument in Kayabwe to take photos and enjoy the remarkable experiments demonstrating how the gravitational pull at the Equator line varies from that at other latitudes. The experiments show how water swirls in opposite directions on either side of the equator line. Though not scientifically proven, these experiments will offer an entertaining and instructive experience while learning about the geographical importance of the equator line.

Upon arrival, you spend a few hours relaxing at the lodge in preparation for the evening walking safari through the park. Lake Mburo National Park is the only protected area in Uganda where you can conduct a guided walking safari.

In the evening, you enjoy 3 hours of a walking adventure where you encounter the animals and birds. During the walking safari, you can see antelopes (impalas, waterbucks, topis, elands, oribis, and bushbucks), giraffes, zebras, buffaloes, warthogs, and other animals up close.

In addition to walking safaris and traditional game drives, Lake Mburo National Park and its surrounding lodge areas offer a variety of optional activities. You can enjoy boat trips on the lake, birdwatching, fishing, horseback riding, cycling, or cultural encounters. If any of these activities interest you, please let us know so we can tailor your Lake Mburo National Park experience to your preferences.

After the day’s activities, you will have your relaxation moments at your pre-booked lodge.

Drive time from Entebbe to Lake Mburo National Park is about 6 hours.

Meal Plan: Lunch & Dinner

Early in the morning, you will visit a Bahima homestead to briefly participate in a cultural experience and learn about the Bahima people's habits, beliefs, and traditions. The Bahima have a long history of being pastoralists, and their prime source of income has always been maintaining many herds of long-horned cattle. In addition to learning about their conservation customs, you will participate in some of them, such as milking the cow, preparing cow ghee, and grazing the livestock.

After your cultural experiences at the Bahima homestead, you will embark on the drive (about 5 hours) to Kisoro town, where you should arrive in the evening. As you travel, you will make a few stopovers at roadside markets to taste the organic fruits grown in Uganda, observe and learn about the daily activities of various communities, and engage with the locals.

Upon arrival, you will have a relaxing evening at the reserved accommodation in Kisoro town.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Following an early morning breakfast, you will drive for about 15-20 minutes to the Uganda Wildlife Authority headquarters for briefing. During the briefing exercise, the trained park rangers provide guidelines and rules to the tracking participants. After briefing, you will journey through the verdant forest while being watchful of left-over bamboo leaves and shoots. Golden monkeys wander the jungle searching for food, so tracking them in Mgahinga National Park may take between 02 and 04 hours.

During the trekking adventure, you will likely encounter other primates, including L'Hoest's monkeys and numerous avian species. Just like chimpanzee and gorilla trekking, golden tracking also permits you to spend an hour near the primates after you've located them, taking photographs and observing their social interactions.

After exploring Mgahinga National Park, you will travel for around 2 hours to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, where you will check into the lodge and spend the rest of the day relaxing.

The drive time from Kisoro to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park -Rushaga tracking location is about 2 hours.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Following an early breakfast, you will take a short drive of about 10 minutes to the collection center for the briefing exercise that begins at 8:00 a.m. The experienced park rangers conduct the briefing sessions with the express intent of providing the tracking participants with trekking guidelines and procedures.

After briefing, you will be assigned to a specific habituated gorilla family with other 7 participants and set off on a thrilling trekking expedition through steep and heavily forested slopes until you eventually find the gorillas within the dense forest. Once you have located the gorillas, you will have a limited time of one hour close to them, during which time you can take photos and watch them go about their daily lives.

After the gorilla trekking experience, you will return to the lodge for relaxation and an overnight stay.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

After exploring the southwest region of Uganda, you will travel for about five (5) hours to Queen Elizabeth National Park, which is located on the Rift Valley floor in the Kasese district of western Uganda. Queen Elizabeth National Park boasts the most diverse ecosystem, including savannah grasslands, forests, and lakes- home to a variety of mammals, ten (10) primate species, including chimpanzees, and 600 avian species.

In the evening, you will enter the park and embark on a 27 km drive to explore the crater lakes. The park boasts several crater lakes, including the well-known Katwe explosion crater, where locals mine salt.

While the craters can be viewed from a distance, the drive provides breathtaking park views and opportunities to encounter several animals, such as elephants and buffalos.

After the Crater Lakes drive, you will return to your booked lodge for dinner and an overnight stay.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

You will spend the day exploring Queen Elizabeth National Park’s northern region- home to many wild animals and bird species. After breakfast, you will go on a thrilling adventure of game viewing in the Kasenyi Plains. During the game drive, you may spot diverse wildlife, including antelopes (water bucks, Uganda kobs), buffalos, hippos, warthogs, hyenas, and birds like ibis, vultures, and fish eagles.

In the afternoon, you will take a two-hour (shared) boat excursion on the spectacular Kazinga channel, which connects Lake George and Lake Edward. Throughout the boat excursion, you will encounter sunbathing crocodiles, yawning hippos, herds of black-and-white spiral-horned Uganda kob, and elephants submerging themselves in the water and splattering water over their bodies to cool off.

After the day’s adventure, you will return to the lodge (or similar) for relaxation, dinner, and an overnight stay.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

After breakfast, you will depart for Kibale National Park to track chimpanzees in the afternoon. If time permits before the activity begins, we highly recommend a 2–3 hour guided community walk (optional) through the Bigodi community to experience local culture and wildlife. The Bigodi community is an actual village set-up that generally represents the daily lifestyles of most Ugandans who reside in the countryside. During the community walk, you will learn how to make the local brew, meet a traditional doctor (healer) who will gladly share traditional knowledge about spirits and herbs, and visit one of the homesteads to observe the preparation of some local meals.

This insightful expedition provides guests an exclusive opportunity to connect with the community's core values, fostering an in-depth appreciation of their unique social lifestyle.

In the afternoon, you will head to the forest (by walking) to embark on the thrilling experience of tracking the habituated chimpanzees. Chimpanzees are humans' closest cousins, sharing a DNA composition that is 98.7% similar to that of humans. During the tracking experience, you will have the opportunity to observe chimpanzees' fascinating characteristics. They can gather water from empty pods, crush nuts with stones, and catch termites in their tunnels with sticks. In addition to chimpanzees, the forest is home to several bird species and other primate species, such as Mangabey and Colobus monkeys, which you may observe during the tracking experience.

After a fruitful chimpanzee tracking experience, you will return to the lodge for relaxation and an overnight stay.

The drive time from Queen Elizabeth National Park to Kibale Forest is about 2 hours.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Early in the morning, you will have breakfast before embarking on a 7-8 hour road trip to Murchison Falls National Park, the largest protected area in Uganda. The diverse ecosystem of Murchison Falls National Park is home to over 140 species of mammals, 556 bird species, and reptiles, including African elephants, giraffes, buffalo, and various species of antelopes such as Uganda kobs, waterbucks, and bushbucks. 

Upon arrival, you will visit the top of the falls, where the park derives its name. It is a breathtaking moment to be at the top of the falls as you witness the might of the Nile River water cascading into the small gap of 7 meters, creating the strongest falls in the world.

Following your visit to the top of the falls, you will head to the lodge for relaxation and an overnight stay.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

After breakfast, you will enter the park and take a game drive on the northern sector's plains. While on the game drive, you can witness an astounding diversity of wildlife, such as warthogs, giraffes, elephants, buffaloes, patas monkeys, and many antelope species, including Uganda kobs, bushbucks, Jackson's Hartebeests, Oribi, and waterbucks. On a lucky day, there is a chance of spotting lions, hyenas, and leopards in the park. For those interested in birds, Murchison Falls National Park is home to numerous bird species, including the Secretary Bird and Black-chested Snake, for bird-watching enthusiasts.

At 2:00 PM, you'll depart on a three-hour shared boat cruise along the Victoria Nile, sailing to the dramatic base of Murchison Falls. As you sail along the river, you'll spot abundant wildlife—from sunbathing crocodiles and submerged hippos to other mammals gathering along the banks to drink and escape the afternoon heat. The river's edges also teem with diverse birdlife, offering excellent viewing opportunities.

Following the boat cruise, you'll return by vehicle to your lodge for evening relaxation and an overnight stay. The drive back presents additional game viewing chances, with frequent sightings of elephants, giraffes, buffalo herds, and various antelope species along the way.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Your day begins with an early morning departure from Murchison Falls National Park to Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary in the Nakasongola district, central Uganda. Upon arrival, you'll embark on a thrilling 1-2 hour walking safari to track white rhinos in their natural habitat. The sanctuary protects over 30 magnificent endangered creatures, with other wildlife species and more than 300 bird species.

Following your rhino tracking experience, you will enjoy lunch and conclude your wildlife viewing experience in Uganda by embarking on the 3-4 hour drive to Entebbe Airport for your departure flight.

Note: For optimal travel convenience and to manage unforeseen delays, we advise scheduling your departing flight from Entebbe International Airport between 9:00 PM and 10:00 PM. This carefully selected timeframe provides a comfortable buffer that ensures a smooth conclusion of your safari.

The drive time from Murchison Falls National Park to Entebbe Airport is about 7 hours.

Meal Plan: Breakfast & Lunch