9 Days Uganda Adventure Safari: Highlights

Day 1: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

Day 2: Mountain Gorilla Tracking

Day 3: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park, Game Drives

Day 4: Morning game drive and transfer to Kibale and Chimpanzee tracking

Day 5: Bigodi Swamp Walk and transfer to Masindi

Day 6: Morning Game drive, boat safari, Hike to the top of the falls

Day 7: Rhino tracking and transfer to Jinja

Day 8: White water rafting on R. Nile

Day 9: Kampala city tour and departure

Safari Details of the 9 Days Uganda Adventure Safari

Day 1: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

You will be picked from your hotel by our representative and will be transferred to Bwindi National Park in Uganda by road, the home of mountain gorillas. You will arrive at the lodge late in the evening for dinner and overnight stay at Mahogany Springs (Luxury), Buhoma Community Haven (Midrange)

Day 2: Mountain Gorilla Tracking

After breakfast, transfer to the Park Headquarters in which you will be briefed about gorilla trekking. Bwindi National Park is renowned for its impressive mountain gorillas, although it is unpredictable for how long you will track before finding them since it all depends on their movement.

You will be availed with Walking sticks by the park rangers. Visitors are allowed to spend only one hour with the gorillas for the purpose of conservation. The ranger guide will brief you on how to conduct yourself while in the presence of the gentle giants.

In the afternoon, proceed to the village for a cultural walk to interact with the local people and participate in captivating traditional performances. You will return to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay at Mahogany Springs (Luxury), Buhoma Community Haven (Midrange)

Day 3: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park, Game Drives for a wildlife adventure tour in Uganda

In the morning, you will be transferred to Queen Elizabeth National Park Ishasha sector, where you will have game drives to see tree climbing lions and other animals including bird species.

You will have lunch at the lodge and will be taken for a boat cruise in the afternoon along the Kazinga channel, where you will have an opportunity to see a variety of birds such as the kingfisher, herons, blue Turaco and many more. You will also see hippos, crocodiles, buffaloes and elephants.

You will be taken to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay at Mweya Safari Lodge (Luxury), Park View Safari Lodge (Midrange)

Day 4: Morning game drive and transfer to Kibale and Chimpanzee tracking adventure tour in Uganda

After an early breakfast, embark on an early morning game drive along Kasenyi track in search for Africa Lions, Leopards, herds of Elephants and Buffaloes among others and proceed to Kibale National Park.

On arrival, you will have lunch at the lodge and will be taken to the park headquarters for a briefing ahead of the chimpanzee tracking.

You will then embark on primates viewing in the forest spending half a day searching for chimpanzees and other primates including Phoestes, Red-Colobus, Blue, Red-tailed and Grey-cheeked Mangabeys swinging through the dense forest and birds, butterflies and many small insects.

You will return to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay at Crater Safari Lodge (Luxury), Kibale Forest Camp (Midrange)

Day 5: Bigodi Swamp Walk and transfer to Masindi

After breakfast, you will have a visit to Bigodi swamp eco-tourism site in which you will also encounter beautiful flora and fauna. This walk is excellent for viewing different bird species like the Great blue Turaco, Rwenzori Turaco, Narina Trogon, and little Bulbul.

After you will be transferred to Masindi town with lunch en-route arriving in the evening. You will have dinner and overnight stay at Kabalega Resort (Midrange),

Day 6: Morning Game drive, boat safari, Hike to the top of the falls

Embark on a game drive early morning on the northern bank of the river Nile after breakfast. You will spot elephants, giraffes, buffaloes, lions, leopards, different species of antelope and many tropical birds during the game drive.

After lunch, go for a boat ride upstream the calm Victoria Nile to the base of the falls where you will see the river Nile said to be the 2nd longest river in the world, crushing through a narrow gorge and forming the magnificent Murchison falls.

You will also view the hippos and crocodiles. You may also spot many birds like goliath heron, Egyptian goose, pelican bee-eater, kingfisher, hornbill, cormorant and the rare shoe-bill stork.

After the boat safari, you will hike to the top of the falls. From here you will have a wonderful view and fantastic photo opportunities.

You will return to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay at Chobe Safari Lodge (Luxury), Pakuba Safari Lodge (Midrange)

Day 7: Rhino tracking and transfer to Jinja

After breakfast, you will be driven to Ziwa rhino sanctuary for tracking the rhinos. The sanctuary houses Uganda’s Rhino reintroduction project. Tracking is done on foot and takes about 1 hour. You will have lunch and proceed to Jinja reaching in the evening. You will have dinner and Overnight stay at King Fisher Safaris Resort (midrange), Jinja Nile Resort (Luxury)

Day 8: White water rafting on R. Nile

After breakfast, you will be taken to the briefing point ahead of water rafting. You will choose to either raft in the paddle-powered boats for one of the wildest raft rides on the planet or opt to be rowed downstream by our professional guides in the safety raft.

After a buffet lunch, you will hit a series of more wild rapids and wind the evening with BBQ snacks after rafting. You will be transferred to Kampala in the evening for overnight and dinner at Munyonyo Common Wealth Resort (Luxury), Cassia Lodge (Midrange)

Day 9: Kampala city tour and departure

After breakfast, you will be picked from your hotel and will be taken around for a city tour and a visit to the crafts shop. You will have lunch and will be transferred to the airport for departure after.

End of the 9 Days Uganda Adventure Safari