12 Days Uganda Adventure Safaris – 12 Days

With your stronger and equipped 4×4, explore Uganda – The Pearl of Africa as you take on this 12 days Uganda adventure Safaris. This trip is very possible to do on a Self drive adventure holiday as well and will enable you a chance to encounter the big five, track chimpanzees, world’s most powerful Waterfall, trek mt gorillas, game drives and boat cruises, wild horse riding among several experiences. It’s a one way round circuit that starts from Kampala to Murchison Falls National Park to western Uganda to in Kibale National Park, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, lake Bunyonyi, Lake Mburo and cruise back to Kampala.

Trip summary

Day 1: Arrive at Entebbe and transfer to Kampala
Day 2: Transfer to Murchison Falls Via Ziwa R.S
Day 3: Explore Murchison Falls National Park
Day 4: Transfer to Kibale National Park
Day 5: Track chimpanzee and community visits
Day 6: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park
Day 7: Explore Queen Elizabeth National Park
Day 8: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Day 9: Trek gorillas and Community tour
Day 10: Transfer to lake Bunyonyi and Boat ride
Day 11: Transfer to Lake Mburo & Night Game drive
Day 12: Transfer back with lunch at Equator line

Detailed Itinerary

Day 1: Arrive at Entebbe and transfer to Kampala

On your arrival to Entebbe for our 12 days Uganda adventure Safaris, meet your driver guide ready to pick up and transfer you to your hotel in entebbe or Kampala. The guide will brief or guide through on how the trip will look, and will let you rest. Dinner and overnight at your hotel.

Day 2: Transfer to Murchison Falls National Park

Breakfast, embark on a drive to Murchison Falls National Park, will en-route to Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary to track the only wild rhinos in Uganda. Ziwa sanctuary is located in Nakasongola two hour’s drive from Kampala along Kampala-Gulu road. Rhino tracking is accompanied with a lot of encounters including several bird species, antelope species if lucky Zebras, warthogs among others. The track can last for about 2 hours. Afterwards, with a lunch en-route will continue to Murchison Falls National Park also about 2 hours of driving. When reached at the park, will take a drive to the top of the falls and watch how these thunderous roars of the mighty Murchison falls.

Check-in at your lodge for dinner and overnight; Sambya River Lodge/pakuba Safari Lodge

Day 3: Explore Murchison Falls National Park

Breakfast, will do a morning game drive of wild viewing and on a good day you watch both leopards and lions around the Pakuba tracks, elephants, buffalos and rhinos which were watched previously will mark it a Big-Five game drive. Expect more other animals like towers of giraffes, Jackson hartebeest, Uganda Kobs, Hippos, bushbuck, waterbucks, duikers and many more of the species, many bird species can be encountered up to the animals centers the Delta point.

After, will have to return and refresh with lunch and wait for the afternoon Boat cruise. The Victoria Nile boat cruise leads to the bottom of the Murchison Falls. The cruise leads you to watching huge rapid do force into a gorge of 7m wider and pour at 45m down to form a thunderous roar. The cruise is amazing with a lot of sights among which include; cliff, varies of vegetation, several animals seen at the bank of the river among others The boat cruise lasts for about three hours and return to your lodge for dinner and overnight.

Day 4: Transfer to Kibale National Park

Breakfast, Continue with our 12 days Uganda adventure safari with a transfer to Kibale National Park in western Uganda via Hoima and Fort Portal. This journey covers about 5/6hours, with lunch en-route, will drive direct to our lodge near Kibale forest for dinner and overnight.

Midrange: Kyaninga Lodge/Isunga Lodge

Day 5: Track chimpanzee and community visits

Breakfast, will drive to Kanyachu center to briefing about tracking etiquette, be grouped 8 people to track a single habituated chimpanzee community, then with an armed ranger guide will roll into the forest to start a search for the apes. The track can last between 30 minutes to 3 hours to find the tracked community. Finding the apes, you are limited for an hour in their presence. Then, will walk back to the starting point, and drive back to your lodge to relax and refresh. In the afternoon hours will visit the Bigodi community and see how people around the chimpanzee forest are benefiting from the tracking initiatives, they have variety of souvenirs among which you can also buy. Return to your lodge for dinner and overnight.

Midrange: Kyaninga Lodge/Isunga Lodge

Day 6: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park

After Breakfast, this 12 days Uganda adventure safari will drive to lake banana plantations with the beautiful views of Mountain Rwenzori also known as mountains of the Moon, visit the traditional Amabere caves, and hike the crater lakes. Afterwards will forward your drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park. Just drive straight to your lodge for dinner and overnight

Midrange: Park View Safari Lodge/Tembo Safari Lodge

Day 7: Explore Queen Elizabeth National Park

With packed breakfast, drive to Kasenyi section of Queen Elizabeth National Park for an incredible game viewing, and it will be an incredible experience to have your breakfast under the arrays of sunrise. It’s one of the rewarding game experiences accompanied by variety of wildlife species including; elephants, Uganda kobs, bushbucks, buffalos, lions, warthogs among so many species to watch accompanied by several bird species. During the afternoon hours, drive to Mweya peninsular for a boat cruise on Kazinga channel. The wild boat cruise is an opening of watching more animals. Several animals are seen coming to the channel banks to draw water and the aquatic life seen either socked in water or lousily relaxed at water banks. Then, after will drive back to your lodge for dinner and overnight.

Midrange: Park View Safari Lodge

Day 8: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

Breakfast, with our packed lunchbox the 12 days Uganda adventure safari will take us south of the park on a drive through Ishasha savannahs, watching some of the rare tree climbing lions alongside numerous animals. Afterwards transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park with lunch en-route reach the park in the evening hours via Buhoma gate.

Relax, enjoy your dinner and overnight at your lodge; Midrange: Bwindi Forest Lodge

Day 9: Trek the Rare Mt Gorillas

Wake up to your big day, have Breakfast, at 7:30am be at the starting point, be briefed, and get grouped in the limits of 8 per group. Under the company of an armed ranger guide will embark for a search for the gentle giants. The trek lasts for about 30 minutes to about 4 hours to find your assigned habituated gorilla family. Gorilla trekking is about walking through the unmade paths, moist thick jungle, hikes and slopes through hills and valleys and on finding the gorillas it’s a tiresome moment, a moment with the apes, the tiresomeness is forgotten and you have a full hour before them. If time allows, you will visit the Batwa community around the Buhoma community to have a feel of their real life. Then return to your lodge relax, have dinner and rest for the next day.

Midrange: Bwindi Forest Lodge/ Buhoma haven Lodge

Day 10: Head to Lake Bunyonyi and Boat Ride

Today have your leisurely breakfast, drive to the beautiful lake bunyonyi on reaching you will witness some of the 29 islands on a rewarding boat ride including the Purnishment Island where in the region girls who got pregnant before Marriage were dumped. Swim or relax at the lodge terracy in the evening.

Dinner and Overnight at Bird Nest Lodge

Day 11: Transfer to L. Mburo and Night Game Drive

Today we will drive through the kigezi rolling hills as we head to lake mburo national park, Have lunch in Mbarara – Igongo Cultural centre. head to the park check-in at your lodge as you prepare for your night game drive

Day 10: Transfer back to Kampala

Breakfast, have a scenic and breathtaking drive from Lake Mburo National Park back to Kampala. Consider en-route for lunch at the Eqautor line in Kayabwe depending on the time. You reach Kampala in the evening hours, then your driver guide will drive you to your hotel or Entebbe Airport for your next flight back home. That marks the end of our 12 days Uganda adventure safari.