12 Days Best of Uganda Adventure Safari

12 Days Best of Uganda Adventure Safari is a combined safari tour package packed with Gorilla trekking, Chimpanzee tracking, and Game viewing of Big five animals such as Lions, Leopard, Rhino, Elephants and Buffaloes, other wildlife to see include Giraffes, Hyena, Bushbuck, Hippos, Eland, bush pigs, Crocodiles among others.

12 Days Best of Uganda Adventure Safari 

The activities to be adventured in include white water rafting on the source of the Nile, boat cruise on river Nile in Murchison falls national park and Kazinga channel in Queen Elizabeth national park.

Safari Highlight of 12 Days Uganda Best Adventure Safari

  • Day 1: Pick up from the Entebbe Airport
  • Day2: Transfer to Jinja for whitewater rafting
  • Day3: Rhino tracking and transfer Murchison falls national park
  • Day4: Morning game drive and boat cruise in afternoon
  • Day 5: Morning game drive and transfer to Hoima
  • Day6: Depart to Kibale forest national park
  • Day 7: Chimpanzee tracking in Kibale
  • Day8: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth national park
  • Day 9: Morning game drive and boat cruise on the kazinga channel
  • Day 10: Tracking tree climbing lions and Drive to Bwindi Gorilla park
  • Day11: Gorilla trekking in Bwindi impenetrable national park
  • Day 12: From Bwindi back to Kampala /Entebbe Airport with a stopover at the Equator

Detailed Itinerary

Day 1: Pick up from Entebbe Airport

Pick up from Entebbe Airport: On arrival at Entebbe Airport, you will meet our drive guide to pick you and then drive you to your hotel either in Entebbe or Kampala a city of seven hills. Your drive guide will drive you while briefing you about the 12 Days Uganda best adventure safari. Arrive at the hotel check in rest the whole evening. Dinner and Overnight stay

Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Day 2: Transfer to Jinja –White water rafting

Transfer to Jinja: After morning breakfast, our drive guide will pick you from the hotel and then head to Jinja town the second developed town to Kampala city, where the world’s longest river ‘’Nile’’ originates from. Arrive at the Nile River.

Water rafting: You will go for exciting white water rafting on Itanda falls formerly known as Bujagali falls to enjoy the grade 7 rapids. Jinja offers very many activities which you can engage in and leave with quite remarkable experience in life time.

Day 3: Rhino tracking and transfer to Murchison falls national park

Rhino tracking: Wake up have breakfast say bye, bye to Jinja and head to Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary the only place in Uganda where you can find white Rhinos. On arrival, you will be led by ranger to start on the Rhino tracking experience on foot. After tracking, have your lunch there, and then head to Murchison falls national park. Arrive at the park and drive for evening game drive in search for wildlife such as Elephants, Giraffes, hyenas, leopards and lions many more.

Day 4: Morning Game drive and boat cruise 

Morning game drive: Wake up have breakfast, go for a game drive in search of big cats such as lions, leopards and also other wildlife to sightsee include; Jacksons heartbeats, giraffes, Uganda Kob, water buck, buffaloes, hyenas, Jackals, Elephants, Uganda Kob among others. After back to the lodge for lunch and relax.

Afternoon Boat cruise: Later on, we shall go for a boat cruise at the bottom of the falls where you will be able to cruise near aquatic wildlife and have great sights of hippopotamus, Nile crocodiles, King fishers, African fish eagles, bee eaters many more. You will get off at the boat and then hike to the top of the falls for a clear view of bubbling water falls, take photography. After you will go and meet your driver guide to drive you back to the lodge for dinner and Overnight stay.

Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Day 5: Morning Game drive and Transfer to Hoima

Morning Game drive: After morning game drive, our driver will drive you to the park in search for wildlife species which you missed out in the evening hours’ predators like lions, leopards, hyenas, other species like elephants, waterbucks, Jacksons heartbeats, giraffes, Oribs many more. 

After game drive, drive out of the park while crossing the Nile to the southern bank through Budongo forest where you will see some primates along the way to Masindi town for lunch.

After lunch, then proceed to Hoima for an overnight and a cultural performance of Banyoro people of Uganda. Dinner and Overnight stay

Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Day 6: Transfer to Kibale Forest National Park

Transfer to Kibale: Wake up have morning breakfast, drive to Kibale national park a home with 13 primate species marking it to be primate capital of the world and a best destination of Chimpanzee tracking in East Africa. This traveling journey rewards with farmlands of Coffee, Maize, Tobacco, Tea and Banana and advise you to carry camera for picture taking. You will have lunch in Fort-portal a beautiful town and later arrive in Kibale. Dinner and Overnight stay

Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Overnight stay

Day 7: Chimpanzee tracking in Kibale

Chimpanzee tracking: After breakfast, your driver guide will pick you up with your packed lunch box and drives you to Kanyanchu visitors center for briefing about rules of chimpanzees. Then you will meet the ranger in group of 8 people to led you in forest trail in search for chimpanzees. As you will be tracking for chimpanzees, you will have a chance of spotting other primates like vervet monkeys, black and white monkey, red tailed monkeys many more. Once the chimpanzees have been located, you will be given one hour to watch them on how they behave, play, feed as well as taking photos. Back to the lodge 

Swamp walk. In the evening, we can go for Bigondi swamp walk to encounter in birding watching and sightseeing of other primates like L’Hoest monkeys many more. Dinner and Overnight stay

Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Day 8: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National park

Transfer to Queen Elizabeth: After breakfast, you will be transferred to Queen Elizabeth national park passing through Kasese town which was known for Copper mining in the late century of colonial Era and then arrive at the lodge for lunch, check in.

Evening game drive: Later on, we shall go for game drive to look out for lions, buffaloes, leopards, Uganda kobs among others.

Day 9: Morning game drive and a boat cruise on the Kazinga channel

Morning game drive: After morning breakfast, drive to the park to spot for several wildlife and morning hours is the best time to watch predators like hyenas, lions, leopards returning to their dens. Back to the lodge for lunch as you get ready for afternoon boat cruise.

Boat cruise: Later on, go for boat cruise on the Kazinga channel where you will be able to sight see hippos, crocodile, elephants, buffaloes and many bird species such as king fish, African fish Eagle mentioned few. Return to the lodge for dinner and Overnight stay. 

Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Day 10: Lion Tracking and Transfer to Bwindi Gorilla park

Lion Tracking: After breakfast, drive in Ishasha sector a home to tree-climbing lions in search for lions, hyenas, leopards, elephants, buffaloes. You will also go visit the maramangambo forest. Back for lunch and then drive to Bwindi Impenetrable national park for Gorilla trekking. Arrive at the park, check in relax the entire evening. Dinner and Overnight stay

Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Overnight stay

Day 11: Gorilla Trekking

Gorilla Trekking: After breakfast, your driver will pick you at the lodge with packed lunch box and head to park headquarter for briefing about the rules of gorillas. You will meet other people whom you will trek with because you have to be 8 in number. After the ranger guide will lead you into the forest in search for gorillas. Gorilla trekking is unpredictable mostly on the duration of the hike. After finding the gorillas, you will be given one hour with them, take pictures as many as you wish for your feature remembrance. Back to the lodge Dinner and overnight stay

Day 12: Depart to Kampala /Entebbe Airport 

Depart to Kampala: Wake up have breakfast, check out of Bwindi and drive back to Kampala with a stopover at the Uganda Equator for Zero-line experiment ‘’Clockwise and Anti-clockwise displacement of water’’, buy souvenirs and a cup of Coffee. Then proceed to Kampala /Entebbe Airport.

End of 12 Days Uganda Best Adventure Safari.

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