14 Days Uganda Safari

Be part of this customized 14 Days Uganda safari with Silverback Gorilla Tour. The 14 Days Uganda gorillas and wildlife safari offers you the best of Uganda the Pearl of Africa. The safari combines adventure mountain gorilla trekking, game viewing, bird watching, cultural tours and water sports activities among others which together offer you a complete Uganda safaris package.

You will explore the top tourism destinations in the country such as Murchison falls Park   which is the oldest and largest Park, Bwindi Forest home to half of the worlds total gorilla population, Kibale Forest, the Primates Capital of Africa, Queen Elizabeth and many others

Tour Itinerary – 14 Days Uganda Safari

DAY 1: Pick Up from Airport

On arrival at the Entebbe International Airport, our company tour guide will welcome you and transfer you to your hotel in Kampala. Depending on your arrival time – early arrivals, you will have a grand Kampala city tour and later drop off at the hotel for

dinner and overnight stay at Kampala Serene Hotel / Sheraton Hotel / Cassia Lodge

DAY 2: Transfer from Kampala – Murchison Falls National Park

You will be picked up from your hotel in Kampala by your driver-guide after your breakfast. Make your journey through the famous Luweero triangle – this zone was a serious battle ground in the early 1980’s. Have a lunch stopover in Masindi town. Proceed to the beautiful Murchison falls thereafter, hiking to the top of the falls. Enjoy the breathtaking view, complete with a rainbow scene.

Dinner and overnight at Paraa Safari Lodge/ Sambiya River Lodge/ Red Chili Rest Camp

DAY 3: Game drive and Launch Cruise

Today you will enjoy an early breakfast and head out for a morning game drive in the Northern sector of the Park. Look out for some of the big Five animals such as Lions, Elephants, Buffaloes and if you are Lucky, you will be able to see Leopards. You will also be able to see animals such as Rothschild giraffe, Warthogs, Waterbucks, Bushbucks and also other Antelopes. Return back for lunch and in the afternoon, experience the 3 hours launch cruise along the Nile. This will get you close to the bottom of the falls and en route, you will be able to see a variety of Hippos, Crocodiles, and a lot of other animals alongside the river banks taking water. If you are lucky, you can also spot the rare shoe bill stork and other variety of bird species in the area.

Dinner and overnight at Paraa Safari Lodge/ Sambiya River Lodge/ Red Chili Rest Camp

DAY 4: Transfer to Kibale National Park

After your morning breakfast drive south via Hoima to Fort Portal which rests in the shadow of the fabled Mountains of the Moon. The drive takes approximately 8 hours. Arrive late evening and check into your hotel.

Dinner and overnight stay at Chimpanzee Guest House/Chimp Nest/CVK/Kibale Forest Camp/Primates lodge/Ndali lodge

Day 5: Kibale National Park – Semliki National Park

Have an early breakfast and set out to tour the Semliki hot springs and crown the day in the pygmy villages located near the Ituri Rainforest. The visit to the villages has proven to be an interesting cultural experience. The guide will have lunch arranged for you to be served as a picnic while you experience the “real Africa”.

Dinner and overnight stay at Chimpanzee Guest House/Chimp Nest/CVK/Kibale Forest Camp/Primates lodge/Ndali lodge.

DAY 6: Chimpanzee Tracking in Kibale National Park & Bigodi swamp Tour

After breakfast, we visit Kibale Forest National Park, home to the highest concentration of primates in East Africa. The most famous of its 13 species is the Chimpanzee, our closest relative. Kibale 1450 Chimpanzee represent Uganda’s largest population of this endangered primate. Kibale is also home to the rare I’Hoest’s monkey. Return back to your lodge for lunch and in the afternoon set out for the Nature walk in Bigodi Swamp. Here you will enjoy various bird species and also other primates. Bigodi is considered a bird watcher’s paradise because of the very many bird species that can be viewed from the swamp.

Dinner and overnight stay at Chimpanzee guest House/Chimp Nest/CVK/Kibale Forest Camp/Primates lodge/Ndali lodge.

DAY 7: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park

After breakfast, you will drive to Queen Elizabeth National park. The journey will take you through the historical Kasese town with a clear view of the mountains of the Moon or the Rwenzori Mountain. As you enter the Park, you will have a game drive en-route. Proceed with your journey to Mweya for a guided nature walk in the Maramagambo forest for primate watching and visits to the bat cave and the blue lake.

Dinner and overnight stay at Mweya Safari Lodge/Simba Safari Camp/Ihamba Safari Lodge

DAY 8: Game Drive and Launch Cruise

After a fully served breakfast, you will set out for the morning game drive in the Kasenyi area. Here lookout for animals such as the Lions, Buffaloes, Leopard, Elephants, Kobs, Antelopes, Spotted Hyena, and the elusive giant forest hog. Return to your lodge for lunch and in the afternoon, set out for the launch cruise along the Kazinga Channel. This will give you the opportunity to view wildlife up close such as hippo’s huff and spray mere feet away from the boat, buffalo linger in the shallows. The shores of the channel are also home to an array of birds including pink backed pelicans, pied and malachite kingfishers, saddle-billed stork, and many others. After this wonderful afternoon, a slow drive back to the lodge for

dinner and overnight stay at Mweya Safari Lodge/Simba Safari Camp/Ihamba Safari Lodge

DAY 9: Transfer to Bwindi National Park

Drive through the Switzerland of Africa area known as the Kigezi Highlands with its terraced hillside and winding roads to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park through the Ishasha sector where you will have an opportunity to see the tree-climbing lions, arriving in the evening.

Dinner and Overnight at Gorilla Safari Lodge / Mahogany Springs

DAY 10: Gorilla trekking

Before 8:00am, you will have breakfast and then transfer to the Ranger station for a briefing and guidance of the activity. After this, you will be accompanied by armed ranger guides in the forest to search for the Mountain Gorillas. You will pass through the forest, slashing at the undergrowth, parting thick creepers, to track gorillas. The time taken to track the Gorillas is unpredictable since it depends on their movements in search of food and shelter. However, it can take from 2 to 9 hours. Upon reaching the Gorillas, you will have one hour with them and this will enable you to sit down and watch them as they interact with each other, communicate and you are also free to take photographs and videos.

Return back to your lodge for dinner and overnight stay at Gorilla Resort/Gorilla Mist Camp/Nkuringo Gorilla Camp/

DAY 11: Transfer to Lake Bunyonyi

We will drive to Lake Bunyonyi, spending the night overlooking Uganda deepest lake, where you may try your hand at paddling a dugout canoe, or eating freshwater crayfish. Dinner and Overnight at either White Horse Inn or Heritage Lodge Habuharo or Bunyonyi Overland Camp

DAY 12: Transfer to Lake Mburo National Park

Early in the morning embark on a 3 hours drive to Lake Mburo National Park. The scenic drive will take you through the Kabale region which is known as the Switzerland of Africa because of its topography full of hills and highlands. You will have lunch en route in Mbarara town and then later enter the Park through the Nshara gate. Upon arriving in the Park you will go for the boat ride on Lake Mburo. Look out for animals like Hippos, crocodiles, and so on.

Dinner and overnight stay at Mihingo Lodge/Mantana Luxury tented Camp/Arcadia Cottages. (FB)

Day 13: Transfer to Jinja

After breakfast embark on a journey to Kampala reaching by 3:00pm in the evening and transfer to to Jinja source of the Nile River transfer back to Kampala with lunch en-route at the equator.

Dinner and overnight in Jinja at Nile Anchors Palace/Jinja Nile Resort/Haven Lodge Resort/Haven Lodge

Day 14, Water Rafting in Jinja and transfer to Kampala

After breakfast, you will go for the whole day rafting trip along the River Nile. You will be provided with all the necessary equipment and training needed for the activity. All white water rafting activity is open to people aged 16 and above. After the raft, transfer back to Kampala where drop off will be at your Hotel in Kampala or at the airport for your flight back home

End of 14 Days Uganda Safari