10 days Safari in Uganda (Entebbe, Kibale forest, Mount. Rwenzori, Queen Elizabeth NP, and Lake Mburo NP)

The driver guide will pick you up from Entebbe International Airport on your arrival and immediately transfer you to Kibale National Park. This is the primate capital of the world with 13 primates including chimpanzees our close relatives. The journey is amazing as you pass in the greenish environment covered with tea plantations, forests and many more others. Arrive after a 6-hour drive for a leisurely dinner and night stay.

Midrange Lodge – Guereza Canopy Lodge

Wake up and have breakfast which will be followed by a short drive to the park offices for briefing before tracking. During this time, know about the rules and regulations to follow such as don't feed wild animals, keep a distance from the chimpanzees, don't mimic, don't make noise while trekking and more.

The search will begin with the help of the park ranger guide and park escorts in the jungle while spotting birds and wild animals such as vervet monkeys, red-tailed monkeys, L'Hoest monkeys, Grey cheeked mangabeys and many more others. Meeting a community or group of chimpanzees will reward you with a great experience as you spend an hour following their movements and behaviours. Some of the members will be playing, searching for food, breastfeeding young ones and more.

After the trek, head back to the lodge with a certificate of trekking and enjoy your lunch. Take a community walk through Isunga village where you get a chance to visit 3 crater lakes, tea plantations, coffee gardens and banana plantations. The walk will last for about 3 hours but of great adventure and memory.

Midrange Lodge – Guereza Canopy Lodge

Transfer to Rwenzori Mountains National Park as you pass through the Land of Craters (Ndali-Kasenda) crater belt. Make a stopover at the twin lakes of Nyinambuga and Kifuruka. Rwenzori Mountains National Park is a world UNESCO heritage site known to have the highest peak in Uganda, Margherita Peak.

Arrive and be briefed about hiking, register and be assigned with a park ranger, a porter and a chef. Begin the hike as you pass through the Bakonzo homesteads and then through the montane forest. Here, spot some primates such as black and white colobus monkeys, red-tailed monkeys, vervet monkeys, olive baboons and not forgetting different birds such as strange weaver bird, Rwenzori batis, white starred Robin, long-tailed cuckoo and many more others. Spend a night in the mountains.

Stay at Nyabitaba Hut

These days will be spent in the mountains as you explore the beautiful plants, birds, and primates and if you are lucky enough, spot the rare three-horned chameleon. Also, water bodies like crater lakes and rivers will be seen on this trek.

Stay at John Maate camp and Bujuku camp

Descend further to the starting point and sign out at the park gate where you will meet the driver guide ready to take you to Queen Elizabeth National Park. This park was formerly known as Kazinga Channel National Park and after the visit of Queen Elizabeth, the name changed.

This park is known for diverse wildlife including elephants, hippos, crocodiles, buffalos, warthogs, Uganda kobs, lions and more. Arrive and head to the lodge booked for your overnight stay.

Midrange Lodge – Twins lakes Safari Lodge

Wake up in the morning and take a game drive where you get to spot the beauty of this savannah-protected area. The game drive will take you to Kasenyi plains where you expect to meet animals like elephants, leopards, lions, cape buffalos, Uganda kob, hey as, warthogs and many more others. Birds are also spotted such as vultures, hawks, ibises, hornbills and more.

Take an afternoon boat cruise on Kazinga Channel where you get to spot aquatic animals like crocodiles, hippos, elephants, crocodiles, buffalos, birds like pelicans, fish eagles, egrets, hamerkops, kingfishers and many others. The boat cruise will last for 2 hours but is of great adventure and worth to take it. Head back to the lodge with a route game drive.

Midrange Lodge – Twins lakes safari Lodge

Leave Queen Elizabeth National Park in the morning and transfer to Lake Mburo National Park a home to mpalas and zebras. The drive will take about 3 hours as you pass through farmlands, Crater Lake, cattle farms and many more others. Arrive and take any optional activity like a cultural tour or horseback riding.

Midrange Lodge – Rwakobo Rock Lodge

Have a morning game drive in the park and then an afternoon boat cruise on Lake Mburo to search for animals like impalas, zebras, elands, buffalos, oribis, hyenas, topi, waterbucks, leopards, warthogs crocodiles, hippos and more. Each experience takes about 2 to 3 hours depending on the location of wild animals.

Midrange Lodge – Rwakobo Rock Lodge

Head back to Entebbe after breakfast a journey that will last about 3 hours drive. This journey will involve a stopover at the Uganda equator and here, take photos and buy some handmade crafts. Proceed with a journey and be dropped at the airport and this marks the end of the Safari.