Safari Tour: 14 Days Uganda Midrange Safari – Gorilla, Chimpanzee and more - Uganda Safari Tour

Upon your arrival at Entebbe International Airport, you will be met by our professional safari guide, who will serve as your expert storyteller and navigator throughout your journey. A short transfer brings you to a charming lakeside midrange hotel, strategically chosen for its serene atmosphere and views of Lake Victoria. After you have refreshed from your flight, your guide will conduct a comprehensive evening briefing. This session covers the full safari route, wildlife expectations, and the vital trekking rules for primates, ensuring you are fully prepared for the adventure ahead while you enjoy a quiet dinner overlooking the water

Main Destination: Entebbe

Accommodation: 2 Friends Beach Hotel

Meals & Drinks: Lunch, Dinner Included

After an early breakfast, your overland expedition begins, driving through the vibrant heart of central Uganda. This is not just a transfer; it is an immersion into local life as you pass through bustling roadside markets, lush farms, and sprawling plantations. The morning’s highlight is a visit to the Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary, the only place in Uganda where you can track wild rhinos on foot. Led by expert armed rangers, you will learn about the delicate conservation efforts required to restore these prehistoric giants to the wild. In the afternoon, you continue to Murchison Falls National Park, where the savannah begins to unfold and sightings of baboons or elegant antelope often greet you before you even reach your lodge.

Main Destination: Murchison Falls National Park

Accommodation: Pakuba Safari Lodge

Meals & Drinks: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Included

After an early breakfast, witness the savannah stir to life during a sunrise game drive, a time when the air is cool and the park’s predators are at their most active. Under the guidance of your expert, you will search the open plains for lions, leopards, towering giraffes, and massive herds of buffalo. In the afternoon, the safari takes to the water with a private boat cruise toward the base of Murchison Falls. You will float past enormous pods of hippos, sunbathing Nile crocodiles, and elephants cooling off at the river’s edge. The journey concludes with a spectacular view of the Nile exploding through a narrow rock gap, sending a plume of mist and rainbows into the air

Main Destination: Murchison Falls National Park

Accommodation: Pakuba Safari Lodge

Meals & Drinks: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Included

Following breakfast, you will visit the "Top of the Falls," a sensory experience where you can feel the ground vibrate beneath your feet as the Nile forces itself through a narrow seven-meter gorge. From this thunderous display, the landscape shifts dramatically as you begin a scenic transfer through the Albertine Rift escarpments. You will pass through endless emerald-green tea estates and the spectacular Crater Lakes region near Fort Portal. As you arrive at your lodge near Kibale National Park, you will notice the transition to cooler highland air and the dense, ancient greenery of the rainforest

Main Destination: Kibale National Park

Accommodation: Turaco Treetops

Meals & Drinks: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Included

After breakfast, you will head into the tropical rainforest of Kibale with professional trackers, listening for the distinctive pant-hoots of our closest biological relatives. Once located, you will spend a regulated hour observing their fascinating social lives from feeding and grooming to their lightning-fast acrobatics in the trees. In the afternoon, the focus shifts to community conservation at the Bigodi Wetland Sanctuary. On a guided swamp walk, you will spot rare primates and birds, ending with a visit to local community groups who demonstrate traditional crafts and conservation projects

Main Destination: Kibale National Park

Accommodation: Turaco Treetops

Meals & Drinks: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Included

After breakfast, the drive today takes you through the dramatic "Explosion Craters," a landscape of ancient volcanic basins and panoramic viewpoints. As you descend toward the floor of the Rift Valley, you will enter Queen Elizabeth National Park, a biosphere of incredible diversity. Keep your binoculars ready; the transition from forest to savannah often brings immediate sightings of elephants, buffalo, or waterbuck along the very roads leading to your midrange lodge.

Main Destination: Queen Elizabeth National Park

Accommodation: Enganzi Game Lodge

Meals & Drinks: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Included

After an early breakfast, start your day with an intensive morning game drive across predator-rich plains, searching for lions and large herbivore herds. Your guide will decode animal tracks and behaviors, offering a masterclass in African ecology. The afternoon provides arguably the most relaxed yet productive wildlife viewing of the trip: a boat safari on the Kazinga Channel. Here, the wildlife comes to you. You will cruise within meters of hippos, while elephants and buffalo gather at the shoreline to drink, and an incredible array of water birds fills the sky and banks

Main Destination: Queen Elizabeth National Park

Accommodation: Enganzi Game Lodge

Meals & Drinks: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Included

Have breakfast, you embark on the journey toward the southern sector of the park through Ishasha, a region famous for its tree-climbing lions. You will search the expansive limbs of ancient fig trees for these majestic cats, a rare behavior found in only a few places on the continent. Leaving the savannah behind, you begin the climb into the rising highlands. The air grows crisp and the hills become steeper and more terraced as you approach the misty borders of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, the ancient home of the mountain gorillas

Main Destination: Queen Elizabeth National Park

Accommodation: Engagi Lodge

Meals & Drinks: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Included

After a hearty breakfast, you will enter the dense, prehistoric rainforest with expert rangers in search of a mountain gorilla family. The trek can be physically demanding, through thick vegetation and across steep ridges, but all effort vanishes the moment you find them. You will spend one quiet, profound hour just meters away from the family, watching the Silverback protect his troop while mothers nurture their young and juveniles play. Most travelers describe this emotional and powerful encounter as life-changing

Main Destination: Bwindi Impenetrable NP

Accommodation: Engagi Lodge

Meals & Drinks: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Included

After breakfast, we have intentionally designed this day for recovery and deeper connection. You may choose to spend a slow morning at the lodge, soaking in the views of the forest canopy. Later, participate in a guided village walk, where you can visit local craft groups or join a cultural performance. These interactions provide vital context, showing how the local communities live alongside the gorilla habitat and the importance of conservation to their daily lives

Main Destination: Bwindi Impenetrable NP

Accommodation: Engagi Lodge

Meals & Drinks: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Included

After breakfast, a scenic drive takes you to Lake Bunyonyi, a highland lake surrounded by 29 islands and steep terraced hills. This is your time to unwind. You can explore the lake by traditional dugout canoe, take photographs of the mist-covered hills, or simply enjoy a book on the lakeside. For those seeking more activity, the lake is bilharzia-free and safe for swimming.

Main Destination: Bwindi Impenetrable NP

Accommodation: Bunyonyi Eco Resort

Meals & Drinks: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner Included

After breakfast, the safari continues to Lake Mburo National Park, a unique ecosystem characterized by acacia woodlands and shimmering lakes. This park is the best place in Uganda to see zebras, impalas, and the massive Eland antelope. You will arrive in time for an evening game drive as the sun begins to set, casting a golden glow over the savannah and providing excellent lighting for photography as the wildlife becomes active

Main Destination: Lake Mburo National Park

Accommodation: Arcadia Lodges (Bunyonyi)

Meals & Drinks: Lunch, Dinner Included

After breakfast, experience the African bush on its own terms with a morning walking safari. Accompanied by an armed ranger, you will leave the vehicle behind to learn the subtle language of the wild identifying tracks, plants, and animal behavior at ground level. In the afternoon, a final relaxed boat ride on Lake Mburo offers a peaceful conclusion to your wildlife viewing, with opportunities to see hippos, crocodiles, and water birds from the waterline.

Main Destination: Lake Mburo National Park

Accommodation: Arcadia Lodges (Bunyonyi)

Meals & Drinks: Lunch, Dinner Included

You drive back toward Entebbe with a stop at the Equator line for photos and demonstrations, enjoy lunch en route, and continue to the airport or hotel dropAfter breakfast, your final day includes a scenic drive back toward the capital, with a significant stop at the Equator line. Here, you can participate in water demonstrations that illustrate the hemispheres, take iconic photos, and enjoy lunch en route. Finally, your guide will transfer you to Entebbe International Airport or your hotel, concluding a comprehensive and deeply rewarding 14-day odyssey through the Pearl of Africaoff, closing a complete, well-paced midrange Uganda safari.

Main Destination: Entebbe

Accommodation: 2 Friends Beach Hotel

Meals & Drinks: Breakfast, Lunch Included