Day 1: Travel to Murchison Falls National Park

We will pick you from the airport, hotel, of your choice and drive to Murchison Falls National Park. We will stop for lunch in Masindi and then drive through the park, aiming for Paraa. On the way we will visit the Top of the Falls, with a wonderful view over Murchison Falls NP and the Nile. We will reach Paraa late in the afternoon, We will stop at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary for tracking the Rhinos and also have Lunch here before contuiing via Karuma Bridge to reach later in the afternoon at Fort Murchison just outside the park boundaries. The day will close with a cool drink and a fabulous view over the river Nile, and the evening coming with all the noise of an African night.

Day 2: Game Drive and Nile Boat Cruise

This is the day will wake up early in the morning for a game drive around the park and along the Nile. We will spend 5hrs spotting different animals like lions, buffaloes, giraffes. Elephants before the impressive launch trip on the Nile, up to the Falls, giving you a chance to see hippos, crocodiles, buffaloes, elephants and many many different birds!

Day 3: Delta Boat Cruise and Relaxation

We take an early boat cruise to the delta, where the two Niles meet and enter Lake Albert. This trip takes 5-6 hours and it show us all the beauty of this national park especially the delta with all the different birds. This is a good chance to see the elusive Shoebill Stork! In the afternoon you can relax, and if you are on the Luxury Tour you can swim at your respective Lodges.

Day 4: Transfer to Kibale Forest National Park

Drive towards Kibale Forest National Park, passing near Lake Albert and enjoying spectacular views from the Albertine Rift Valley. Arrive at Kibale Forest Camp in the afternoon, where you'll sleep amidst the sounds of the tropical rainforest.

Day 5: Chimpanzee Trekking and Bigodi Swamp Walk

Embark on a 4-hour chimpanzee tracking experience, with opportunities to see up to 10 other primate species. In the afternoon, explore Bigodi Swamp, a community-based project home to diverse birdlife and primates.

Day 6: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park

Drive through Fort Portal to Queen Elizabeth National Park, arriving around midday to a stunning view over the Kazinga Channel. After checking in and having lunch, enjoy an afternoon game drive.

Day 7: Game Drive and Kazinga Channel Boat Cruise

Morning game drive on the plains to see Ugandan kobs, lions, elephants, and more. After lunch, take a two-hour boat trip on the Kazinga Channel to observe wildlife from the water.

Day 8: Kyambura Gorge Walk and Transfer to Ishasha

In the morning, take a 3-4 hour walk into Kyambura Gorge to track chimpanzees. After lunch, drive to the Ishasha sector of Queen Elizabeth National Park to see the famous tree-climbing lions.

Day 9: Travel to Lake Bunyonyi

Depart to lake bunyonyi after breakfast. This place is beautiful and surrounded by the hills of Western Uganda. The road takes us through a beautiful landscape called the Switzerland of Africa. This lake is famous for birds, otters and delicious crayfish. We spend the rest of the day here and swim if you want, try a canoe, or relax looking at the over 300 birds species you can sometimes see from the veranda (carry your binoculars)

Day 10: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

Drive to the southern part of Bwindi, enjoying stunning views of mountains, hills, lakes, and forests along the way.

Day 11: Gorilla Trekking Experience

Your guide will make sure you are at the Offices of Bwindi Impenetrable NP for pre-briefing by 7:45am and at 8:30am you will leave to the forest to trek these giants. After finding the Gorillas you will spend a maximum of 1 hour. Then you will start walking back to the starting point.

Day 12: Transfer to Kisoro

We will leave for Kisoro very early in the morning driving through the stunning and beautiful landscape. Mountains, lakes, hills with cultivated terraces, bambo forest and tropical rainforest. The landscape unfolds beneath us on the last hill and it takes in the vast planes between Uganda, Rwanda and Congo, with the Virunga volcanoes dominating the view. Kisoro is at the bottom of the valley and sometimes we can stay at the famous Travellers Rest Hotel which was visited by Dian Fossey the American gorilla-woman. She Visited it in the sixties and many other times to do paperwork, relax and meet people.

Day 13: Activities in Kisoro

We will spend this day in and around Kisoro at our lodge as the home base and there some activities in kisoro which you can undertake and they are very interesting activities. These activities can be done individually or in groups.

They include:

1. Climbing Muhavura Volcano (8 hrs; distance 12km; height 4127m; elevation gain 1700m).

2. Climbing Gahinga Volcano (6 hrs; distance 8km; height 3474m; elevation gain 1100m).

3. Visit to Sabinyo Gorge (4 hrs; distance 6km, no elevation gain).

4. Climbing Sabinyo Volcano (Sabinyo has three peaks, you can climb all three in the same walk, but you need to be fit!! 8 hrs; distance 14 km; height 3669m, elevation gain 1300 m).

5. Hiking in Mgahinga to the viewpoint and Garama Cave (pygmy cave) (4 hrs; distance 1 and 4 km).

6. Bird walk in Mgahinga (start at 10am, it can last until 4-5pm).

7. Cultural village walk (with a local guide walking through the land of the Bufumbira tribe)

8. Walk to Lake Mutanda. Visit Python island and go canoeing on this beautiful lake

9. Or just sit and relax or read a book in the garden of your lodge.

Day 14: Transfer to Lake Mburo National Park

We will drive to Lake Mburo National Park through mbarara town and sometimes we can have lunch here before we continue to Lake Mburo, a smaller but unique park, and the only one in the Western part of Uganda with impalas, zebras, elands. and topi. We will go for a village/cultural walk in the afternoon.

Day 15: Game Drive and Boat Cruise

Enjoy a morning game drive or go for a game walk in the park. We will take an afternoon boat trip on the Lake Mburo and another game drive in evening. This Small park has variety of animals, that is to say 68 mammal species, including a large number of Impalas (the antelope from which Kampala is named after), plain zebras, Uganda kobs, duikers, bushbucks, topis, buffaloes, leopards, spotted hyenas, Defassa waterbucks, warthogs and 315 bird species. The vegetation is mainly open savannah of acacia trees, olea and boscia. This park is a natural haven for fauna and flora. Crocodiles and hippos will be easily seen when you take the boat trip.

Day 16: Return to Entebbe/Kampala

This is the day you will be reflecting of stories to tell after your 16 days of adventure and how it felt to be in nature, close to lions, Elephants, hippos and Golliras. We will have a lazy morning at our lodge in lake Mburo and drive to Kampala after breakfast. This is the last part of the safari that will bring us back to Kampala doing lazy activities like water experiment at the equator and photo shooting.