12-Day Uganda Adventure Safari

Welcome to Uganda, the Pearl of Africa.

Meet your professional Zamunda Travels safari guide at Entebbe International Airport or your hotel and begin your journey to Jinja, Uganda’s adventure capital.

Enjoy the changing scenery as you travel through towns, villages and lush countryside.

On arrival in Jinja, check into your lodge and relax. Depending on your arrival time, you may enjoy an optional visit to the Nile for sunset views.

Overnight: Jinja
Meal Plan: Dinner

After breakfast, prepare for one of the most exciting experiences of the safari: white-water rafting on the River Nile.

With professional guides and safety equipment, take on the river’s exhilarating rapids while enjoying beautiful scenery along the Nile. Calmer sections provide time to relax and appreciate the surrounding landscape.

After rafting and lunch, travel north towards Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary.

Overnight: Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary area
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Begin the day with an unforgettable rhino tracking experience at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary.

Accompanied by a ranger, walk through the sanctuary in search of white rhinos while learning about Uganda’s rhino conservation efforts.

Continue to Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda’s largest national park.

Visit the Top of Murchison Falls, where the Nile squeezes through a narrow gorge before plunging downstream.

Overnight: Murchison Falls National Park
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Rise early for a game drive across the park’s savannah plains.

Look for lions, elephants, buffaloes, giraffes, Uganda kob, hartebeest and other wildlife. With luck, you may also spot a leopard.

Later, enjoy a boat safari along the Victoria Nile towards the base of Murchison Falls.

Watch for hippos, crocodiles, elephants and numerous waterbirds along the riverbanks.

Overnight: Murchison Falls National Park
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Travel south towards Kibale National Park, passing through changing landscapes, villages, tea plantations and rolling countryside.

Later, visit Bigodi Wetland Sanctuary with a local guide.

The community-managed wetland offers opportunities to see monkeys, birds and other wildlife while learning about community-based conservation.

Overnight: Kibale Forest area
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

After breakfast, head to Kibale for your chimpanzee trekking experience.

Enter the forest with experienced rangers and guides and search for habituated chimpanzee communities.

Listen for their calls and watch their fascinating social interactions when you locate them.

After the trek, continue to Queen Elizabeth National Park.

Depending on arrival time, enjoy an optional evening game drive.

Overnight: Queen Elizabeth National Park
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Start with an early morning game drive through the Kasenyi Plains.

Search for lions, elephants, buffaloes, Uganda kob, warthogs and other wildlife.

In the afternoon, enjoy a boat safari on the famous Kazinga Channel, which connects Lakes Edward and George.

The channel is known for its impressive concentrations of hippos, crocodiles, elephants, buffaloes and waterbirds.

Overnight: Queen Elizabeth National Park
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Travel through the spectacular Ishasha sector of Queen Elizabeth National Park.

The area is famous for its tree-climbing lions, which are sometimes seen resting in large fig trees.

Enjoy a game drive while searching for lions, elephants, buffaloes, topi and other wildlife.

Continue towards Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, with spectacular views of southwestern Uganda’s hills and valleys.

Overnight: Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Today brings one of the greatest highlights of your Uganda safari: mountain gorilla trekking.

After an early breakfast, head to the park headquarters for a ranger briefing before entering Bwindi Forest in search of a habituated gorilla family.

Once you find the gorillas, observe their natural behaviour while following ranger instructions and maintaining the required distance.

After the trek, transfer to beautiful Lake Bunyonyi.

Relax beside the lake, surrounded by terraced hills and scenic islands.

Overnight: Lake Bunyonyi
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Enjoy a relaxed morning before travelling towards Lake Mburo National Park.

After arrival, embark on a guided walking safari with an armed ranger.

Experience Uganda’s wildlife from ground level while looking for zebras, impalas, giraffes, eland, topi, buffaloes and birds.

Overnight: Lake Mburo National Park
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

After breakfast, experience the cultural importance of Ankole long-horned cattle in southwestern Uganda.

Learn about traditional cattle keeping and interact with local communities where the experience is available.

Continue towards Entebbe, with a stop at the Equator for photographs and local crafts.

Proceed to your Entebbe hotel for your final evening.

Overnight: Entebbe
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Begin your final morning with a boat excursion through Mabamba Swamp, one of Uganda’s renowned shoebill habitats.

With a local guide, navigate through the papyrus channels while searching for the prehistoric-looking shoebill stork.

After the experience, return towards Entebbe for your onward flight.

Meal Plan: Breakfast & Lunch, depending on departure time