March - November

6 Days Uganda Excursion

Highlights

Tour Fee

$1920

About This Trip

Experience the highlights of Uganda on an immersive 6-day safari designed for travelers seeking authentic wildlife encounters, breathtaking landscapes, and rich cultural experiences. This journey blends adventure, comfort, and discovery as it takes you through some of the country’s most iconic national parks and natural attractions.

The adventure begins with a scenic drive to Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda’s largest and one of its most spectacular conservation areas. En route, you will visit Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary, the only place in the country where wild rhinos can be seen, and enjoy a guided rhino tracking experience on foot. At the park, witness the dramatic power of Murchison Falls, where the Nile River squeezes through a narrow gorge before plunging 43 meters in a thunderous cascade. Game drives across the savannah provide opportunities to spot elephants, lions, giraffes, buffaloes, leopards, hippos, and an impressive variety of bird species along the Nile valley.

The journey then continues south through picturesque countryside filled with tea plantations and rolling farmland toward Kibale National Park, one of Africa’s richest biodiversity areas and a renowned primate sanctuary. Surrounded by the dramatic peaks of the Rwenzori Mountains—often called the “Mountains of the Moon”—the region offers some of Uganda’s most beautiful scenery. Along the way, a visit to the historic Amabere Ga Nyina Mwiru Caves introduces travelers to local legends and cultural heritage.

What's Included?

Accommodation

5 Nights Hotel Accommodation

Meals

Full board during the trek (breakfast, lunch, and dinner).

Transportation

Private safari vehicle with driver-guide

Wildlife Experiences

Game Drives and Chimpanzee Tracking

Boat Cruise

A boat cruise on the Victoria Nile

Tour Guide

Experienced, English-speaking, government-licensed tour guide.

What's NOT Included?

International Flights

VISA

Private Expenses


TOUR ITINERARY

6 Days Uganda Excursion

Tour Details

This tour package includes guided ground transportation, accommodation, park entry coordination, professional guiding services, wildlife game drives, boat safari experiences, and selected trekking activities as specified in the itinerary. Key attractions covered include Murchison Falls National Park, Murchison Falls, the Victoria Nile, Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary, and Budongo Forest.

All activities are conducted in accordance with Uganda Wildlife Authority regulations. Wildlife sightings are subject to natural conditions and cannot be guaranteed. Accommodations and experiences may be adjusted due to availability, weather, or safety considerations to ensure the best possible travel experience.

Day 1 Drive to Murchison Falls National Park

On the road, after a drive of 3 hours, along the way, you will visit the Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary which was set up to reintroduce rhinoceros to Uganda following extinction in 1982. This 70 square kilometre sanctuary in an immaculate bush country is currently home to the only wild rhinos in Uganda.

Now, it’s time to enjoy lunch in Masindi town. Before checking in at your hotel, you will be driven to the top of the falls where the Nile River perfects its beauty: see the calm Nile forcing itself through a narrow gorge to fall a distance of about 43 meters down producing a thunderous roar of white water.

After you will transfer to your lodge: for dinner and overnight at Nile Safari Lodge

/Pakuba Lodge / Murchison River Lodge /Budongo Eco Lodge.

NILE SAFARI LODGE

Probably, the most exceptional luxury safari lodge in Uganda. Every little detail is just perfect and doing one with the environment. If you want to treat yourself to just one exceptional night, you are at the right place

Murchison River Lodge

Exceptional location overlooking the Nile. Different levels of comfort: riverside safari tents, large cottages, or basic tents offer a range of price options.

Budongo Eco Resort

 This lodge is ideally located in the forest of Budongo for those who want to seek out the chimpanzee or to enjoy the calm and contact with nature.

A short tour of 8 km west of FortPortal will drive you in a hilly area dotted with crater lakes, this is a must see.

Today we head south to Kibale via Hoima. The landscapes are breathtaking and varied fields of tea, cotton, coffee, lush countryside, the Rwenzori Massif, also called Mountain Of The Moon, with peaks exceeding 4500 meters, some covered with eternal snow…seen!

In the same area, let’s visit the Amabere Ga Nyina mwiru Caves and listen to her Legend before checking in to our hotel: Kyaninga Lodge/ Chipundu Lodge/ Turaco Treetops/Chimpanzee Forest Guesthouse.

Kyaninga Lodge

A masterpiece of imagination and engineering. This eco-lodge perch on the rim of the Kyaninga Crater Lake, face a phenomenal panorama. Kyaninga is about 1 hour’s drive from the chimp trailhead in Kibale.

Chipundu Lodge

Composed of 18 luxury cottages, scattered in the forest close to the departure for the chimpanzee tracking. Calm, luxury, nature, and exceptional meals.

 

Turaco Tree Tops

 Nicely Decorated lodge in total harmony with the surrounding forest Warm Lounge with pen Fire and with a panoramic view of the Rwenzori and the Kibale Forest.

St Guest House

This lovely guest house lies on a hillside near the Kibale NP in the middle of the tea plantations Simple and comfortable

Be ready for a sensational experience today! Kibale Forest National Park is home to the highest number of primate species in the world, including chimpanzees. After a pre-tracking briefing at 08.00, you will go to meet the chimpanzees in the company of an experienced ranger. Once the chimpanzees are located, you will have a full unforgettable hour with them.

You will return to the lodge for lunch after which you will head out to Queen Elizabeth National Park. As usual in Uganda, the scenery along the way will be breathtaking and as you approach the Queen Elizabeth NP, don’t be surprised to cross wild animals like the elephants!

You will arrive in the evening (+/-100 km – 2hours) and have an overnight stay at your hotel: Elephant Plains Lodge or Elephant Hab.

 

Wake up before sunrise to a cup of tea or a glass of juice and then set off to the park tracks for a game drive to be able to see predators as they return to their hideouts and the early risers.

During the drive watch out for games like leopards, lions, giant forest hogs, hyenas, Uganda kobs, warthogs, and others. After the game drive, you will drive back to the lodge for heavy breakfast and then later have lunch to transfer to the Park headquarters for the boat ride.

The launch that takes you along the Kazinga Channel that connects Lakes George and Edward will reward you with games like hippos, elephants, Nile crocodiles, and buffaloes at the shores not forgetting plenty of birds. Dinner and overnight at

 Elephant Plains Lodge

This luxury lodge ideally situated above a crater lake with a bird’s eye view of Lake Georges is virtually located on the equator and a short drive from the park gate.

Elephant Plains Lodge or Elephant Hab.

After the adventurous experience, head to Kampala. We will make a short stop on the way after a 2:30-hour journey at the Igongo Cultural Center for a small snack.

Crossing the equator, 2:30 hours later, we will stop for the required snapshot, a late lunch, and some souvenir shopping. Arrival in the evening and overnight at your hotel: Le Petit Village. Along the road, you will see many herds of superb Ankole cows, the pride of this region.

LE PETIT VILLAGE – KAMPALA

We have a big crush on this hotel, the reason why we use to spend a lot of time there. It is really a small village with its bakery, its restaurant (yum my!), its hotel, its luxury grocery store, its gym, its massage room, its swimming pool…

A haven of peace nestled in Kampala alongside its great nightlife

The Trip at a glance

Start Location

Kampala

Finish Location

Kampala

Total Elevation

4500m

Total Distance

800km

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