12 Days Savannah Experience Hiking & Primates Safaris

Day by day itinerary for our 12 days Uganda safari:

Day 1: Arrival at Entebbe Airport and Transferred to your Hotel

ON your arrival at Entebbe international Airport uganda, your safari guide at Entebbe international airport for the start your 12 days Uganda safari with savannah, Hikes & primates. This first day you are taken to the hotel in Kampala or Entebbe to relax after the flight and be ready for an early start tomorrow.

Overnight at; Kooki hotel kampala/ Via Via hotel / Blue Monkey hotel Entebbe

Day 2: Transfer to Kibale Forest National Park 

After your morning breakfast, leave Kampala in the early morning check out of the lodge by Kibale Forest. We target to have lunch in Fort portal the tourism city and after you will proceed to the park for evening nature walks in Bigodi wetland for some primate species like red colobus monkeys, red tailed monkey bush baby on your day but its rear to see them during day and 80% to see at night and bird species like Double toothed Barbet, Great Blue Turaco, Hairy-breasted Barbet, Spot-flanked Barbet Klaas’s Cuckoo, Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike, African Emerald Cuckoo among others in the swamp after you will continue to the lodge to check for your dinner and overnight

Overnight at; Kibale forest comp/ Kibale forest lodge/ Chimpanzee forest lodge bigodi/ Turaco Tree lodge bigodi

Day 3: Chimpanzee Trekking in Kibale and Transfer to Rwenzori Mountains

After your morning breakfast, you will head park headquarters for the briefing about DOs &DONTS when you’re in the forest after grouped you will enter into the forest of the Primate city of Kibale in the morning for chimpanzee trekking, the first great ape you will meet during this 12 days Uganda safari. Kibale Forest national park is a rainy forest and a home to over 1500 Chimpanzees. Here you have the chance to explore the chimps close up and capture shots of our closet friends in the jungle, building relationships, bringing up young ones, think and sharing food, plus rare bird species following them. there is also different species of monkeys in the jungle. After the trekking activity your guide picks you and takes you to the foothills of Rwenzori mountain to spend the night.

Overnight at; Trekkers Hostel

Day 4: Rwenzori Hiking Through the Mountain Forest Zone

After you breakfast you will go starting point for briefing and start the hike in the Rwenzori mountains in the morning. This days hike goes through the Afro mountain forest zone with a steady climb for about 6 kilometers. You then continue along a steep ridge towards Sine hut. Close to the hut the beautiful Enock waterfalls are found.

Overnight Sine Hut.

Day 5: Rwenzori Mountains Through Bamboo Zone to Small Labella Garden 

This day you enter the Bamboo zone and head to Kalalama camp. At the camp you stop for a short rest then climb high before crossing a thick forest covered with hanging mosses to a small Lobelia garden. You then descend through a mossy ridge to Samalira camp where the night is spent.

Overnight at;  Samalira camp.

Day 6: Rwenzori Slope Down  & Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park 

You  have reached the last day of the shortest hike of Rwenzori mountains hike and descend down through the Bamboo zone on to a heavily forest ridge. Continue down to the base camp as we have finished this part of the 12 days Uganda safari. Your guide picks you at the base camp and you make the journey to the lodge at the edge of Queen Elizabeth national park.

Overnight at; Pumba Safari Cottages/ Tembo safari lodge/ Engiri safari lodge/ Bush lodge /Elephant Hub safari lodge

Day 7: Relaxing in the Morning & Afternoon Boat Cruise on Kazinga Channel  

Enjoy a relaxed morning at the lodge taking in the view over Queen Elizabeth NP as you rest from the Rwenzori hike. Have lunch at the lodge and then get ready for the Classic highlights on the 2hrs Boat cruise on the famous Kazinga channel at 3pm, this is a 36kms channel linking Lake George – Lake Edward. Here you can see land and water Adapted Hippos and some slashing canines to each other and the Nile crocodile gaping along the Banks and Savannah version of Pigs the Warthog- Pumba of the award winning Lion King are a hallmark sign in this Animal home. With your Binoculars along the peninsula you have a magnificent view of Birds and animals like the ever playing African Elephants in Waters as we sigh and reset Fatigue and stress, to point zero.

Overnight at;  Pumba safari cottages/ Tembo safari lodge/ Engiri safari lodge/ Bush lodge /Elephant Hub safari lodge

Day 8: Morning Game Drive in Kasenyi plain & Transfer to Ishasha Sector for Tree Climbing Lions 

After morning breakfast you go for morning game drive where you will have a chance to see wildlife like herds of buffaloes, elephants, hippos, uganda kobs, lions, leopards, waterbucks, hyenas among others after you will procced to Ishasha sector for lunch as you start the adventurous journey through the park to the southern Ishasha sector of Queen Elizabeth NP. If we are lucky we can see again elephants, monkeys, beautiful birds and even big cats along the road side.  You will arrive at the lodge for lunch and then in the afternoon head out for a game-drive to search for tree-climbing lions during our 12 days Uganda safari. The Ishasha sector is one of only two locations in Africa where the lions have the habit of regularly climbing the trees to rest. During the game-drive we also have chance to see topis, buffaloes and lovely scenery.

Overnight at; Topi Safari Lodge

Day 9: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park & Visit Batwa Local People 

After your breakfast you will start the journey to the mountains of Bwindi forest . This journey offers stunning views as we transfer from a landscape of savanna, via cultivated hills to the forest covered mountains of Bwindi. Have lunch and continue the journey to the lodge in the evening and get ready for tomorrows gorilla trekking.

Overnight at; Ride for woman Buhoma/KFC Mist Buhoma/ Bakiga gorilla Lodge / Broadbill Ruhija/ Haven Gorilla Lodge Rushaga / Bweza gorilla lodge Rushaga.

Day 10: Gorilla Trekking Bwindi Impenetrable Forest & Transfer to Lake Bunyonyi

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is the home to the forest giants that are friendly to human beings, the mountain gorillas, and here you will have one of the highlight of this 12 days Uganda safari; the gorilla trekking. In the morning you head into the jungle in a group with a specialized guide and trek up to the point where the gorillas are. You then get to spend one hour with these gentle giants. This Impenetrable Forest is as well full of birds, butterfly and plant species plus forest hog, forest elephants. After the trekking your guide picks you and make the drive to Lake Bunyonyi, which is offers beautiful scenic nature and a chance for a swim

Overnight at;  Lake Bunyonyi Eco resort /Keije resort Bunyonyi/Bunyonyi safari lodge Bunyonyi overland .

Day 11: After Boat ride on Lake Bunyonyi you will Transferred to lake Mburo National Park

Enjoy your breakfast you will go for boat to visit some island of like the smallest one called punishment island where the Bakiga tribe dump unmarried pregnant girls and other island after back to the lodge and then set off to continue driving through the hilly areas on to the vast savannah dotted with acacia and shrubs in Lake Mburo national park. The target is to have lunch at the lodge and then head out for a game-drive to discover Lake Mburo national park, the ‘Zebra magnet’ of Uganda. We game-drive for view of Zebras, Topis, Warthogs, cape buffaloes and impalas.

Overnight at; Rwakobo rock / Eagle nest safari lodge/ Hyena safari lodge/ Acadia cottages

Day 12: : Early Morning safari walk and Transfer to Entebbe Airport for your Flight

On the last day of your family safari in Uganda get up early for a safari walk with armed ranger to come closer to the wildlife like the giraffe, zebras, waterbucks, birds and buffaloes in their day break jungle life! Get back for breakfast and then drive back to Entebbe. Stop over at equator for photo poses and lunch. Continue on to Entebbe for your flight. Plan for an evening/night flight.