Uganda Highlights – 8 days

After landing in Entebbe, you will be met by our driver at the airport and driven to your hotel. Depending on your arrival time, you can visit the Entebbe Botanical Gardens or take a boat trip to the Mabamba Swamp.

The journey today takes you along winding roads through small villages and towns with a lively atmosphere towards Lake Mburo National Park. After your arrival at the lodge, you can enjoy the view of the park from the swimming pool.

-Travel time about 4-5 hours

In Lake Mburo National Park, you have the opportunity to take part in a walking safari. In the early morning, you start your exploration tour into the national park together with an experienced ranger, who will show you footprints and animal droppings and explain which animals are nearby. It is particularly exciting to see the wild animals up close. After lunch, the tour continues towards Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, where you will reach your lodge in the late afternoon.

Bwindi Impenatrable NP is home to around 500 mountain gorillas, half of the world’s remaining population.  The primates belong to the endangered animal species despite the number of 1,100 that have now been recorded. Tourism has contributed significantly to the fact that the animals are no longer persecuted by the local population but are protected. After a short briefing, you hike into the densely forested jungle with an experienced guide, a ranger and a few porters. Your guide will show you the  tracks of the animals, answer your questions about the vegetation and soon you will be up close to the mighty animals. You have one hour to follow the primates, observe them and take photos. In the afternoon you are back at your lodge and have time to relax and reflect on the day’s experiences.

From Bwindi, the journey continues today to Queen Elisabeth National Park. The roads are not asphalted, so you should allow a little more time here too. The landscape with its many mountains and views of the valleys will inspire you. In the southern part of the park, the Ishasha area, you may be lucky enough to spot tree lions before continuing into the northern part of Queen Elisabeth National Park.

Distance: 150 km Travel time: approx. 3.5 hours

Today you have the choice between various activities. You can go on a boat safari on the Kazinga Channel (optional) or chimpanzee tracking (optional), and there is also the option of taking part in another game drive in Queen Elisabeth National Park or simply relaxing at the lodge.

After breakfast, you will depart for the return journey to Entebbe, from where you will fly back or depart for your connecting stay. Of course we stop at the equator for a souvenir photo.
 

The last Depending on the departure time, day one of your Uganda trip offers the opportunity to take a city tour in Kampala or to visit the Botanical Gardens in Entebbe. Your driver will take you to Entebbe Airport or to your connecting program in time for your departure flight.