15 Days Detailed Uganda Safari

Detailed Itinerary of 15 Days Tour in Uganda

Day 1: Country of Origin: Entebbe

This day, you will be picked up from the airport by our driver guide and taken to a hotel in Entebbe town, a quiet town with a serene setting situated on Lake Victoria’s shoreline.

The guide will give you an overview of the entire trip, and if you need to pick up any supplies for the journey, you can ask to be dropped off at the mall or one of the neighborhood craft stores. 

(Accommodation in Entebbe town)

Day 2: Entebbe – Ziwa – Gulu 

The guide will pick you up in the morning following breakfast at the hotel, and you will begin your journey towards the northern part of the country with a stopover at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary. 

The Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary offers the unique opportunity to witness Uganda’s endangered white rhino population up close on foot during rhino trekking. After rhino trekking, we shall continue to Gulu town, where we shall spend a night. 

(Accommodation in Gulu town)

Day 3: Gulu – Kidepo Valley National Park  

We will have breakfast at the hotel this morning before leaving for the Kidepo wilderness. Despite being the least frequented national park, Kidepo offers visitors an amazing African wilderness experience away from the masses. You’re going to get to the park in the afternoon. 

Upon arrival, you will have lunch and then embark on an evening game drive. Kidepo Valley National Park is home to over 400 species of birds and over 77 species of animals. Buffalos, Jackson’s hartebeests, elephants, lions, waterbucks, zebras, reedbucks, Klipspringers, dik-dik, oryx, roan antelopes, and many more can be seen during the game drive.

Among the bird species you might see are pygmy falcon, Abyssinian ground hornbill, black-breasted barbet, crimson-rumped waxbill, Karamoja Apalis, ostriches, yellow-billed shrike, Kori bustard, Egyptian vulture, little green bee-eater, white crested turaco, and black coucal, to mention a few.

(Accommodation at Kidepo Valley)

Day 4: Kidepo Valley National Park

This day will involve an early morning breakfast, a morning game drive, and a journey beyond the park to the rarely visited Mount Morungole Mountains, which are home to the smallest ethnic group in Uganda.

The Ik were driven away when Kidepo was designated as a national park. They were the first people to live in Kidepo Valley and managed to survive as hunter-gatherers. They relocated to the parks outside the plains, but they were forced to go even farther—to the Mount Morungole ranges—after becoming victims of rogue raids by the Karamojong and Turkana people. 

Discover more about the Ik history and culture by visiting them while enjoying the breathtaking scenery. We shall return to the park after visiting the IK.

Day 5: Kidepo Valley—Murchison Falls

You must get up early, eat breakfast, and travel to Murchison Falls via Gulu Town, where we will have lunch since we have a lengthy journey to the Murchison Falls National Park on this day.

After lunch in Gulu, we continue to Murchison and arrive late evening. We’ll check into the hotel, have dinner, and then rest. 

(Accommodation at Murchison Falls)

Day 6: Murchison Falls National Park 

Get up early, eat breakfast at the lodge, and then get on a game drive at Murchison Falls. With an abundance of species, including elephants, lions, leopards, giraffes, buffalos, defassa waterbucks, bushbucks, grey duikers, Jackson’s hartebeests, and many more, this is one of Uganda’s oldest and most well-known national parks.

(Accommodation at Murchison Falls) 

Following lunch at the lodge in the afternoon, we’ll head out on one of the most thrilling boat cruises at Victoria Nile, which splits the national park and serves as a constant water source for thousands of animals. You can see hippos, crocodiles, aquatic birds, and other animals during the boat cruise.

As you draw close to the powerful Murchison Falls, you will disembark and trek to the top of the falls to get a better look at the plains below and the falls falling into Lake Albert in a calm stream. The guide will pick you up at the top of the falls, take you through a fame drive, and then back to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

(Accommodation at Murchison Falls) 

Day 7: Murchison Falls National Park—Kibale National Park

We will drive to Kibale Forest National Park in the early morning after breakfast at the hotel, through the beautiful scenery of the Rift Valley, Lake Albert, communities, and agricultural plantations.

We shall be enjoying a picnic lunch along the route as we continue traveling, amazed by the dramatic shift in terrain as we approach Kibale Forest National Park, home to endangered chimpanzees. Check-in at the lodge in Kibale. 

(Accommodations in National Park Kibale)

Day 8: Kibale National Park

We shall leave the lodge after breakfast and get to Kibale National Park headquarters for an overview and briefing of the entire chimpanzee tracking process. We will then set out to the wet montane forests in search of chimpanzees. 

Get up close to the threatened primates for an hour and capture pictures of them in their natural environment. After trekking chimpanzees, you will have lunch and then go for a nature walk at Bigodi Wetland Sanctuary after checking in at the lodge. 

(Accommodations in National Park Kibale Forest)

Day 9: Kibale National Park – Queen Elizabeth National Park

We will leave Kibale Forest National Park on this day after early breakfast at the lodge and a stop at the Ndali-Kasenda Crater Lake area to see some of the 50 explosive crater lakes that are located around Kibale Park. 

The crater lakes were created thousands of years ago due to volcanic activity and are scattered throughout Kibale’s undulating green hills in a variety of sizes, hues, and beauties, generating some of the most spectacular views in Uganda. 

Upon arrival at Queen Elizabeth, we shall check in at the lodge and then go for an afternoon game drive. 

(Accommodation at Queen Elizabeth National Park) 

Day 10: Queen Elizabeth National Park

After early morning breakfast, we shall head out to Mweya Peninsula and Kasenyi Plains in Queen Elizabeth National Park for a game drive. Many wildlife species are supported by the different ecosystems found in Queen Elizabeth National Park. 

Among the animals found in the park are spotted hyenas, Topis, waterbucks, hippos, elephants, buffalos, lions, Ugandan kobs, and numerous others. Following the early-morning game drive, we will have lunch at the lodge.

In the afternoon we shall be taking a boat ride through the gorgeous Kazinga Channel, which connects Lake Edward and Lake George. The channel is home to a variety of wildlife in Queen Elizabeth National Park, and on the boat trip, you can expect to see numerous hippos and crocodiles.

Bird enthusiasts can see a variety of bird species in Queen Elizabeth National Park, which is home to over 600 species of recorded birds. Some of the birds that can be seen in Queen Elizabeth include the African black duck, scaly francolin, blue-spotted wood dove, plain nightjar, red-chested cuckoo, black crake, black-bellied bustard, long-tailed cormorant, African jacana, and African full-faced duck.

(Accommodation in Queen Elizabeth)

Day 11: Queen Elizabeth National Park—Ishasha

We’ll get up early, eat breakfast at the lodge, and then head to the Ishasha area of Queen Elizabeth, which is well-known for its enormous herds of elephants and lions the tree-climbing lions. After our game drive in the Ishasha region, we check into the lodge.

(Accommodation in the Ishasha sector of Queen) 

Day 12: Ishasha – Bwindi Impenetrable Forest Park or Mgahinga Gorilla Park

Before traveling to the gorilla parks, we shall have a short game drive at the Ishasha sector of Queen and then proceed to Bwindi or Mgahinga. 

Situated in the southwest of Uganda, the amazing gorilla national parks offer visitors once-in-a-lifetime encounters. Your gorilla trekking permit, which is issued by the Ugandan Wildlife Authority, will determine where you will sleep and the gorilla trekking area.

Accommodation reservations will be based on the sector the permit is obtained from and should be close to the trekking spot. 

 Accommodation in Bwindi National Park Or Bwindi Gorilla Park 

Day 13: Mgahinga Gorilla Park/Bwindi Impenetrable Park

After a very early breakfast at the lodge, we will head to the park headquarters for a briefing and the introduction of the mountain gorilla family you will be trekking. Only eight people will be permitted to trek with a habituated gorilla family.

Tourists are accompanied by ranger guides for gorilla trekking after allocation. Once a tourist finds the gorilla family allocated to them, they have one hour to observe and take pictures. Respecting the park’s rules and regulations is crucial for the duration of the activity. The amount of time needed for trekking will depend on the hikers’ pace and the location of the family.

After trekking, you can opt for an activity with the local Batwa people or simply relax and rest from gorilla trekking. (Optional activity not included in the package)

(Accommodation in Mgahinga national park or /Bwindi national park)

Day 14: Bwindi National Park/Mgahinga Gorilla Park —Entebbe

We will travel from Bwindi or Mgahinga National Park to Entebbe on this day, stopping along the way for lunch at the equator. You will be rewarded with expansive scenery of Uganda’s countryside homes and landscapes despite the lengthy journey.

Depending on your trip, you can spend the night in Entebbe town or have day use and fly back home, but arrival to Entebbe will be late evening. 

Day 15: Arrive back to the country of origin. 

 On this day you will be picked up from the lodge and dropped off at the airport for an international flight back home.