25 Days Ultimate Uganda Safari – Gorilla Trekking, Wildlife, Chimpanzees & Cultural Experiences

Upon arrival at Entebbe International Airport, you will be welcomed by your professional safari guide from Memorable Gorilla Safari Uganda.

After immigration, baggage collection, and a safari briefing, transfer to your hotel in Entebbe.

Depending on your arrival time, you can enjoy a relaxed walk around the town or visit the shores of Lake Victoria.

Entebbe is located on the northern shores of Lake Victoria and provides a peaceful introduction to Uganda before beginning the long safari journey.

Accommodation: Entebbe
Meals: Dinner

After breakfast, begin your Entebbe city experience.

Visit important attractions around Entebbe and enjoy the relaxed atmosphere of the lakeside town. Later, travel to Mabamba Swamp for a guided canoe excursion.

Mabamba is one of Uganda's best places to search for the rare shoebill stork. Cruise through channels surrounded by papyrus vegetation while searching for shoebills and other wetland birds.

The excursion also provides opportunities to see kingfishers, herons, egrets, African jacanas, cormorants, and other bird species.

Return to Entebbe in the afternoon and relax.

Accommodation: Entebbe
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinne

After breakfast, depart Entebbe and drive east towards Jinja.

Make a stop at Ssezibwa Falls, a culturally significant site in Buganda. Enjoy a guided walk around the waterfalls and learn about the traditional beliefs and history associated with the site.

Continue to Jinja, Uganda's famous adventure destination.

Check into your lodge and relax for the evening.

Driving Time: Approximately 3–4 hours
Accommodation: Jinja
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinne

After breakfast, visit the spectacular Itanda Falls on the Nile.

Enjoy the powerful scenery of the rapids and learn about the importance of the Nile to the local community and Uganda's tourism industry.

Later, enjoy a boat cruise on the Nile. Depending on the selected boat route, you can experience beautiful river scenery, birdlife, islands, and local riverside communities.

Return to Jinja for an evening at leisure.

Accommodation: Jinja
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

After breakfast, depart Jinja for the eastern highlands around Mount Elgon.

Continue to Sipi Falls, a spectacular series of waterfalls overlooking the surrounding countryside and Karamoja plains.

In the afternoon, enjoy a guided Arabica coffee tour. Learn how coffee is planted, harvested, processed, roasted, and prepared using traditional methods.

Later, visit a local community and interact with residents while learning about their culture and traditional way of life.

Driving Time: Approximately 4–5 hours
Accommodation: Sipi Falls
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

After breakfast, begin your journey towards Moroto in the Karamoja region.

The drive takes you through a fascinating landscape of open plains, mountains, traditional homesteads, and rural communities.

Arrive in Moroto in the afternoon or evening and check into your accommodation.

Spend the evening relaxing and preparing for your journey to Kidepo Valley National Park.

Driving Time: Approximately 5–7 hours
Accommodation: Moroto
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

After breakfast, depart Moroto and continue towards the remote wilderness of Kidepo Valley National Park.

The journey provides an opportunity to experience the dramatic landscapes of northeastern Uganda and traditional Karamoja settlements.

Arrive at Kidepo and check into your lodge.

Depending on your arrival time, enjoy a short evening nature experience or relax at the lodge.

Driving Time: Approximately 5–7 hours
Accommodation: Kidepo Valley National Park
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Rise early for a full-day wildlife adventure in Kidepo Valley National Park.

Explore the Narus Valley and other wildlife-rich areas of the park.

Look for:

• Lions
• Elephants
• Buffaloes
• Giraffes
• Zebras
• Jackson's hartebeests
• Uganda kobs
• Ostriches
• Cheetahs, occasionally
• Hyenas
• Jackals
• Various antelope speciesEnjoy a packed lunch in the wilderness before continuing your game drive.
• Return to the lodge in the evening.
• Accommodation: Kidepo Valley National Park
• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

After breakfast, enjoy another half-day game drive in Kidepo.

This provides another opportunity to search for wildlife and explore different areas of the park.

In the afternoon, visit a traditional Karamojong community/Manyatta.

Learn about the Karamojong pastoral lifestyle, traditional houses, livestock, dances, songs, clothing, customs, and crafts.

Return to the lodge for dinner.

Accommodation: Kidepo Valley National Park
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

After breakfast, depart Kidepo and begin the long journey towards Murchison Falls National Park.

Travel through northern Uganda, passing villages, farms, open savannah, and changing landscapes.

Arrive at your lodge in the evening.

Driving Time: Approximately 7–9 hours
Accommodation: Murchison Falls National Park
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Morning Game Drive & Victoria Nile Boat Cruise

After lunch, take a boat cruise along the Victoria Nile towards the base of Murchison Falls.

The riverbanks are excellent for spotting hippos, crocodiles, elephants, buffaloes, waterbucks, and numerous bird species.

Accommodation: Murchison Falls National Park
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

After breakfast, enjoy another game drive to explore more of the park.

Later, visit the top of Murchison Falls, where the powerful Nile is forced through a narrow gorge before plunging dramatically downstream.

Enjoy spectacular views and photography opportunities.

Return to your lodge for relaxation.

Accommodation: Murchison Falls National Park
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

After breakfast, leave Murchison Falls National Park and travel towards Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary.

Upon arrival, enjoy a guided rhino tracking experience on foot with trained rangers.

Observe southern white rhinos in their protected natural environment while learning about Uganda's rhino conservation efforts.

After the activity, continue to your accommodation around the sanctuary.

Accommodation: Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

After breakfast, depart Ziwa and travel towards Fort Portal through Hoima.

Enjoy views of western Uganda's countryside, plantations, villages, and changing landscapes.

Continue towards Fort Portal and check into your accommodation.

Spend the evening relaxing.

Driving Time: Approximately 6–8 hours
Accommodation: Fort Portal
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

After breakfast, continue towards Kibale Forest National Park.

In the afternoon, visit Bigodi for a community and wetland experience.

Walk through the community-managed wetland area while looking for monkeys, birds, butterflies, and other wildlife.

Interact with local people and learn about community conservation, agriculture, traditional medicine, crafts, and local livelihoods.

Accommodation: Kibale Forest National Park
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

After an early breakfast, report to the park headquarters for a chimpanzee trekking briefing.

Enter Kibale Forest with experienced ranger guides and search for habituated chimpanzee communities.

You may also encounter red-tailed monkeys, black-and-white colobus monkeys, L'Hoest's monkeys, olive baboons, and many forest bird species.

After lunch and relaxation, visit some of the beautiful crater lakes around Fort Portal/Kibale.

Enjoy spectacular views of the green hills, tea plantations, crater lakes, and surrounding countryside.

Accommodation: Kibale Forest National Park
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

After breakfast, depart Kibale and drive towards Queen Elizabeth National Park.

Arrive in time for an evening game drive.

Explore the savannah as wildlife becomes more active in the cooler hours.

Look for elephants, buffaloes, Uganda kobs, waterbucks, warthogs, lions, and other wildlife.

Driving Time: Approximately 2–3 hours
Accommodation: Queen Elizabeth National Park
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Wake up early for a morning game drive in Queen Elizabeth National Park.

Explore the Kasenyi Plains and search for lions, elephants, buffaloes, Uganda kobs, hyenas, warthogs, waterbucks, and other wildlife.

After lunch, enjoy a boat cruise along the famous Kazinga Channel.

The channel is famous for its large concentration of hippos and offers excellent views of Nile crocodiles, elephants, buffaloes, and numerous water birds.

Return to your lodge in the evening.

Accommodation: Queen Elizabeth National Park
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

After breakfast, depart Queen Elizabeth National Park and travel towards Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.

If conditions and your route permit, you may travel through the Ishasha area, famous for its tree-climbing lions.

Continue towards Bwindi through the scenic Kigezi Highlands.

Arrive at your lodge and prepare for the next day's gorilla trekking experience.

Driving Time: Approximately 4–6 hours
Accommodation: Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

After an early breakfast, report to the Uganda Wildlife Authority briefing point.

Your ranger guides will explain gorilla trekking rules before you enter the forest.

The trek can take several hours depending on the movement and location of the gorilla family.

Once you find the gorillas, spend the permitted viewing time observing them in their natural habitat.

After returning to the lodge and having lunch, visit a local community or Batwa cultural experience.

Learn about traditional forest life, music, dance, crafts, and community conservation.

Accommodation: Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

After breakfast, depart Bwindi and travel towards Lake Mburo National Park.

Enjoy beautiful views of southwestern Uganda and the rolling hills along the journey.

Arrive at Lake Mburo in the afternoon and, after lunch, prepare for a guided evening walking safari.

Accompanied by a qualified ranger, explore the park on foot while looking for zebras, impalas, giraffes, elands, topis, warthogs, buffaloes, and birds.

Driving Time: Approximately 5–6 hours
Accommodation: Lake Mburo National Park
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Wake up early for a morning game drive.

Lake Mburo is famous for species that are not commonly encountered in many other Ugandan parks.

Look for:

• Zebras
• Impalas
• Elands
• Giraffes
• Topis
• Buffaloes
• Warthogs
• Waterbucks
• Hippos
• Numerous bird species

Return to the lodge for lunch.Spend the afternoon relaxing at the lodge or enjoying the surrounding scenery.

Accommodation: Lake Mburo National Park
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

After breakfast, enjoy a relaxed day around Lake Mburo.

Depending on your interests, optional activities can include another nature walk, cycling safari, horseback riding, birdwatching, or a boat cruise, subject to availability and additional fees.

Alternatively, simply relax at your lodge and enjoy the views of the surrounding savannah.

This slower day provides a welcome break after the extensive travel and activities of the previous days.

Accommodation: Lake Mburo National Park
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

After breakfast, depart Lake Mburo for Entebbe.

Drive through the Ugandan countryside and make a stop at the Uganda Equator for photographs, shopping, and refreshments.

Continue towards Entebbe.

Arrive in the evening and check into your hotel.

Driving Time: Approximately 4–5 hours
Accommodation: Entebbe
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Enjoy breakfast at your hotel before your final airport transfer.

Depending on your flight schedule, you may have free time for shopping, relaxing, or visiting additional attractions around Entebbe.

Your guide will transfer you to Entebbe International Airport in time for your departure flight.

This marks the end of your 25 Days Ultimate Uganda Safari.

Meals: Breakfast