20 Days Uganda Gorilla and Wildlife Safari

Our 20 Days Uganda Gorilla and Wildlife Safari. This immersive journey will lead you to the most breathtaking destinations in the heart of the pearl of Africa. Prepare to be captivated by the sheer beauty of its protected areas and the mesmerizing features they hold. Witness the pinnacle of wildlife encounters as you come face to face with majestic mountain gorillas, a heartwarming experience that will stay with you forever. Traverse the wonders of Murchison Falls National Park, where the power of nature is on full display. Be enchanted by the ethereal Sipi Falls, a cascade of pure beauty that will leave you awestruck.

But that’s not all. The heart of this Uganda safari lies in encountering the Big 5 mammals, a testament to the remarkable diversity of this land. From the regal lion to the massive elephant, from the elusive leopard to the mighty buffalo and the stately rhino – you’ll have the chance to witness these magnificent creatures in their natural habitats. Join us on this 20-day expedition and allow the magic of Uganda to unfold before your eyes. Every step of the way, our experienced guides will lead you through an adventure of a lifetime. Prepare to be amazed, inspired, and moved by the sheer wonder of Africa’s beauty. Book your 20 Days Uganda Gorilla and Wildlife Safari now and let the journey of discovery begin.

Itinerary

Day 1: Airport pickup and Transfer to Hotel

Day 2: Transfer to Jinja

Day 3: Transfer to Sipi falls

Day 4: Hike to Sipi falls and Transfer to Moroto

Day 5: Community Visit in Moroto

Day 6: Transfer to Kidepo Valley National park

Day 7: Game drive in Kidepo Valley National park

Day 8: Transfer from Kidepo to Murchison Falls National Park

Day 9: Game Drive and Boat Cruise to the Bottom of Falls

Day 10: Transfer to Kibale forest National park

Day 11: Chimpanzee Tracking and Bigodi Swamp

Day 12: Visit the tea Plantation

Day 13: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park

Day 14: Game Drive and Boat Cruise

Day 15: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park

Day 16: Gorilla Tracking and Batwa Community Encounter

Day 17: Transfer from Bwindi to Mgahinga Gorilla National Park

Day 18: Golden Monkey Trekking & Departure to Lake Bunyonyi

Day 19: Lake Bunyonyi to Lake Mburo National Park

Day 20: Morning nature walk and Departure

 

Detailed Day-by-Day Itinerary

Day 1: Airport pickup and Transfer to Hotel.

You will be picked by our driver on arrival at the airport who will be your safari guide at the same time. Then be transferred to the hotel where you will spend your first night. You will then be briefed about your 20 Days Explore Uganda Safari Tours & Holiday.

Location: Entebbe 

Accommodations

Silver: Latitude 0 Degrees

Gold: Latitude 0 Degrees

Platinum: Latitude 0 Degrees

Meals Plan: Breakfast and Lunch as well as Dinner

Drinking Water and Fruits Throughout the journey

 

Day 2: Transfer to Jinja

After the morning breakfast you will set off and head to the Eastern side of Uganda for a very adventurous day. Jinja is well known for the source of the Nile and sits just at the shores of Lake Victoria. You will engage in a variety of breathtaking activities like kayaking, white water rafting. The day will end with a relaxation at your Hotel to watch the beautiful sunset at the source of the longest river in the world.

Location: Jinja 

Accommodation Options:

Silver: The Haven – Eco River Lodge

Gold: The Haven – Eco River Lodge

Platinum: Wild water Lodge

Meals Plan: Breakfast and Lunch as well as Dinner

Drinking Water and Fruits Throughout the journey

Day 3: Transfer to Sipi falls

After the morning breakfast at the lodge, you will set off for a 3-hour drive to the North East side of Uganda towards Sipi falls in the foothills of Mt. Elgon. There are three water falls separated by steep hills as you will see them covered by beautiful coffee plantations which is the major cash crop in this area. There will be a short lunch break in Mbale town and then proceed to the Sipi falls. An adventurous coffee tour and a community visit are some of the activities for this day before retiring at the Hotel/lodge for the night.

Location: Sipi Falls

Accommodation Options:

Silver: Sipi Heritage Lodge

Gold: Sipi Heritage Lodge

Platinum: Sipi Heritage Lodge

Meals Plan: Breakfast and Lunch as well as Dinner

Drinking Water and Fruits Throughout the journey

Day 4: Hike to Sipi falls and Transfer to Moroto

Hiking through the beautiful green hills towards Sipi falls is a great highlight for this day, River sipi flows to the bottom of Mount Elgon forming separate beautiful water falls that have become a great attraction to the traveler’s world over. There are 3 waterfalls and we will go for a closer one to catch up with the day’s program and to spare some energy for the remaining days of the trip. You will enjoy the trails leading you through caves, plantations and also different villages as you meet the locals. You will then return in time and have your lunch and proceed to Moroto.

Location: Moroto

Accommodation Options:

Silver: Kara-Tunga Safari Camp

Gold: Kara-Tunga Safari Camp

Platinum: Kara-Tunga Safari Camp

Meals Plan: Breakfast and Lunch as well as Dinner

Drinking Water and Fruits Throughout the journey

 

Day 5: Community Visit in Moroto

The day begins with a delicious breakfast at the lodge and head out for an exciting to the Karamojong area in Moroto. Karamojong is one of the most well-known tribes in Uganda for its unwavering cultural values that relates to the Masai in Kenya. You will start your day with a community visit as you watch the beautiful Moroto Mountain which is the highest in Moroto. An interaction with the local people is an opportunity for you to learn about some of their culture and how they go about their daily live.

You will later visit the Kraal to learn about how they protect their families and cows. A Kraal is a village of small huts in a wooden and thorny fence. The fences may be permanent or temporally but the main purpose is to protect their cattle from intruders.

Location: Moroto

Accommodation Options:

Silver: Kara-Tunga Safari Camp

Gold: Kara-Tunga Safari Camp

Platinum: Kara-Tunga Safari Camp

Meals Plan: Breakfast and Lunch as well as Dinner

Drinking Water and Fruits Throughout the journey

 

Day 6: Transfer to Kidepo Valley National park

After your breakfast on this day, you will embark on another 5 hours’ journey in the Karamoja region towards Kidepo Valley National Park. this is probably one of the furthest protected areas located at Uganda’s border with South Sudan. You will enjoy the beautiful views of this dry side of Uganda yet people survive here and are healthy. Kidepo valley offers the best game viewing opportunity as it harbors the rarest species of wildlife in Uganda like Elands, Zebras, Ostriches and the Cheetah.

You will have an evening game drive after lunch and have an opportunity to watch the elephants, buffaloes and giraffes in the wild. Return to the lodge later.

Location: Kidepo Valley National Park

Accommodation Options:

Silver: Kidepo Savannah Lodge

Gold: Kidepo Savannah Lodge

Platinum: Apoka Safari Lodge

Meals Plan: Breakfast and Lunch as well as Dinner

Drinking Water and Fruits Throughout the journey

 

Day 7: Game drive in Kidepo Valley National park

The wide variety of health wildlife at Kidepo is one like no other! You will begin your morning with a tasty breakfast and drive off to the park for an exciting morning game drive to catchup with the early risers. The hunting cuts ae seen devouring the weak animals as others feed. The guides will take you to the best game viewing spots for the big 5. You will break off for a lunch break and have an afternoon game drive to catchup with some of the animals you missed in the morning. Return to the lodge for relaxation.

Location: Kidepo Valley National Park

Accommodation Options:

Silver: Kidepo Savannah Lodge

Gold: Kidepo Savannah Lodge

Platinum: Apoka Safari Lodge

Meals Plan: Breakfast and Lunch as well as Dinner

Drinking Water and Fruits Throughout the journey

 

Day 8: Transfer from Kidepo to Murchison Falls National Park

After the morning breakfast you will drive off to the north west of Uganda towards Murchison falls National Park arriving early enough to avoid driving at night. Murchison falls is one of Uganda’s largest and oldest parks with the widest variety of wildlife like no other! Giraffes, lions, elephants, hippos, waterbucks, baboons, warthogs and crocodiles among others.

Location: Murchison Falls National Park

Accommodation Options:

Silver: Pakuba Safari Lodge

Gold: Pakuba Safari Lodge

Platinum: Paraa Safari Lodge

Meals Plan: Breakfast and Lunch as well as Dinner

Drinking Water and Fruits Throughout the journey

Day 9: Game Drive and Boat Cruise to the Bottom of Falls

After an early breakfast at the lodge, you will be taken out for an exclusive game viewing experience in the vast savanna of the park to watch your favorite animals like the lions, leopards, antelopes and many bird species among others. Return to the lodge for lunch and rest preparing for the afternoon boat cruise to the bottom of the falls to watch the mighty waters of the Nile as it plunges its way through the rocks before exploding into the overflow to make a sailable water body. Enjoy watching the crocodiles, hippos as well as the thirsty animals coming to quench their thirst on the river banks.

Location: Murchison Falls National Park

Accommodation Options:

Silver: Pakuba Safari Lodge

Gold: Pakuba Safari Lodge

Platinum: Paraa Safari Lodge

Meals Plan: Breakfast and Lunch as well as Dinner

Drinking Water and Fruits Throughout the journey

Day 10: Transfer to Kibale forest National park

Have breakfast and start on the journey to the primate capital of East Africa Kibale National Park in the western parts of Uganda. The park is home to a large population of Chimpanzees that have been habituated for tracking by visitors. You will arrive in the evening and check-in at the lodge.

Location: Kibale Forest National Park

Accommodation Options:

Silver: Chimpanzee Forest Lodge

Gold: Turraco Treetops

Platinum: Chimpundu Lodge

Meals Plan: Breakfast and Lunch as well as Dinner

Drinking Water and Fruits Throughout the journey

Day 11: Chimpanzee Tracking and Bigodi Swamp

The day begins with a tasty breakfast at the guesthouse and head straight to the park headquarters to have briefing on how tracking the chimps will be conducted. You will then hit the jungle with guides to search for the habituated chimpanzees in their natural habitat. It will take you about an hour to meet the chimps as thy play and jumping from tree to tree feeding as a group.

You will have a full hour of an encounter with them after which you will return to the lodge for lunch. Embark on the Bigodi swamp tour in the afternoon and catchup with the various primates, birds and many plant species in this park.

Location: Kibale Forest National Park

Accommodation Options:

Silver: Chimpanzee Forest Lodge

Gold: Turraco Treetops

Platinum: Chimpundu Lodge

Meals Plan: Breakfast and Lunch as well as Dinner

Drinking Water and Fruits Throughout the journey

 

Day 12: Visit the tea Plantation

You will have a special visit to the tea plantations in this area and learn about how this cash crop has transformed this region. The beautiful green plantation of tea gives the best beauty for pictures especially to you the guests. Then return to the lodge for lunch and continue with locals show how to prepare african meal using firewood. dinner and overnight to the some lodge.

Location: Kibale Forest National Park

Accommodation Options:

Silver: Chimpanzee Forest Lodge

Gold: Turraco Treetops

Platinum: Chimpundu Lodge

Meals Plan: Breakfast and Lunch as well as Dinner

Drinking Water and Fruits Throughout the journey

Day 13: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park

After breakfast at the Hotel, you will set off for another exciting journey to the famous Queen Elizabeth National Park another key tour destination in Uganda. Enjoy the beautiful views of this countryside as you head towards the Kasese District where the Park is located. You will arrive in the afternoon, have lunch and take on an evening game drive to catchup with a few animals before the close of the day.

Location: Queen Elizabeth National Park

Accommodation Options:

Silver: Twin Lake Safari Lodge

Gold: Buffalo Safari Lodge

Platinum: Mweya Safari Lodge

Meals Plan: Breakfast and Lunch as well as Dinner

Drinking Water and Fruits Throughout the journey

Day 14: Game Drive and Boat Cruise

You will take on a morning game drive to the open savanna to catchup with the big five including the Elephants, buffaloes, lions, giraffes, waterbucks, Impalas, warthogs, wild dogs, leopards, hyenas etc. Our professional guide will lead you to the best spots for game viewing to exceed your expectations.

Return for lunch and prepare to launch boat cruise at the famous Kazinga channel that connects Lakes George and Kyoga. You will enjoy watching schools of hippos and crocodiles as they swim in the waters and as they devour their prey.

Location: Queen Elizabeth National Park

Accommodation Options:

Silver: Twin Lake Safari Lodge

Gold: Buffalo Safari Lodge

Platinum: Mweya Safari Lodge

Meals Plan: Breakfast and Lunch as well as Dinner

Drinking Water and Fruits Throughout the journey

Day 15: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park

After the morning breakfast, you will check out of the lodge and set off to bwindi via Ishasha tree climbing Lions then you will have your lunch from this part of Queen Elizabeth. You will then proceed to Bwindi Forest National Park where the mountain Gorillas live in the hills of Kigezi. The great views of the rolling hills of this part of Uganda will leave you startled at the scenic views.

Location: Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park

Accommodation Options:

Silver: Agandi Lodge

Gold: Buhoma Lodge

Platinum: Buhoma Lodge

Meals Plan: Breakfast and Lunch as well as Dinner

Drinking Water and Fruits Throughout the journey

Day 16: Gorilla Tracking and Batwa Community Encounter

Tracking the Gorillas is everyone’s dream of a lifetime, you will transfer to the park headquarters for a briefing before hitting the jungle to meet the mountain Gorillas in their natural habitat. The exercise takes you from 2 hours or more as you search for the habituated Gorilla families and once they are found you will be allowed to have a full hour with them as you take memorable pictures. You will later return to the lodge and have your lunch and rest for the rest of the day at the lodge.

Location: Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park

Accommodation Options:

Silver: Agandi Lodge

Gold: Buhoma Lodge

Platinum: Buhoma Lodge

Meals Plan: Breakfast and Lunch as well as Dinner

Drinking Water and Fruits Throughout the journey

 

Day 17: Transfer from Bwindi to Mgahinga Gorilla National Park

After an early breakfast at your lodge in Bwindi, you will check out and begin your scenic transfer to Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, located in the southwestern corner of Uganda near the borders of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The journey takes approximately 3–4 hours, depending on which sector of Bwindi you are coming from (Rushaga and Nkuringo sectors are closest). Along the way, you will enjoy breathtaking views of the Virunga Volcanoes, rolling hills, terraced farmlands, and rural communities—perfect opportunities for photography.

Location: Mgahinga Gorilla National Park

Accommodation Options:

Silver: Travellers Rest Hotel

Gold: Travellers Rest Hotel

Platinum: Chameleon Hill Lodge

Meals Plan: Breakfast and Lunch as well as Dinner

Drinking Water and Fruits Throughout the journey

 

Day 18: Golden Monkey Trekking & Departure to Lake Bunyonyi

After an early breakfast, you will head to the park headquarters for a briefing by Uganda Wildlife Authority rangers about the golden monkey trekking experience.

You will then enter the forest for your golden monkey trek, which typically lasts 4–5 hours depending on the location of the monkeys. The trek takes you through the beautiful bamboo forests at the foothills of the Virunga Volcanoes. Once you locate the golden monkeys, you will spend one magical hour observing them as they:

Jump playfully between bamboo branches, Feed on shoots, fruits, and insects: Interact within their lively social groups. Golden monkeys are known for their bright golden-orange fur and energetic behavior, making them one of the most photogenic primates in Africa. After the trek, you will return to the lodge for lunch (depending on your travel plans), then proceed with your departure to Lake Bunyonyi.

Location: Lake Bunyonyi

Accommodation Options:

Silver: Birdnest @ Bunyonyi Resort

Gold: Birdnest @ Bunyonyi Resort

Platinum: Birdnest @ Bunyonyi Resort

Meals Plan: Breakfast and Lunch as well as Dinner

Drinking Water and Fruits Throughout the journey

 

Day 19: Lake Bunyonyi to Lake Mburo National Park.

After breakfast at Lake Bunyonyi Rock Resort on this day, you will leave Bunyonyi and head to Mbarara where Lake Mburo National park is located. You will arrive in the midmorning hours and have your lunch with in the park. Embark on an evening game drive here to explore the beauty of one of Uganda’s smallest parks. Large herds of Uganda kobs, zebras, Giraffes and Buffaloes are seen feeding in the park. Other wildlife in this park include, leopards, hyenas, forest hogs, mongoose, birds, and hippos.

Location: Lake Mburo National Park

Accommodation Options:

Silver: Rwakobo Rock

Gold: Rwakobo Rock

Platinum: Mihingo Lodge

Meals Plan: Breakfast and Lunch as well as Dinner

Drinking Water and Fruits Throughout the journey

Day 20: Morning nature walk and Departure 

You will set off after breakfast and head back to Kampala to end your trip. You will have a stopover at the Equator for memorable pictures and proceed to Kampala marking the end of your 20 Days Explore Uganda Safari Tours & Holiday.

Location: Entebbe Airport

Accommodation Option: No

Meals Plan: Breakfast and Lunch as well as Dinner

Drinking Water and Fruits Throughout the journey

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