Uganda: Private tour • Luxury • 16 days • Bwindi Impenetrable National Park · Kibale National Park · Kidepo Valley National Park
Each day below shows where you go, what you experience, and where you can stay—luxury, mid-range, and budget lodge options included.
On arrival at Entebbe International Airport, meet your Adventure in the Wild Safaris driver-guide after immigration and luggage collection. Receive a short briefing on the journey before a 15–30 minute transfer to your selected Entebbe hotel.
Relax after your flight. Early arrivals may arrange an optional visit to Entebbe Botanical Gardens, the Uganda Wildlife Conservation Education Centre, Mabamba Bay, or a Lake Victoria sunset cruise.
After an early breakfast, drive north through Kampala and rural Uganda to Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary. Join an experienced ranger for guided southern white rhino tracking on foot and learn about the sanctuary’s conservation work.
After lunch, continue to Murchison Falls National Park and visit the Top of the Falls, where the Nile is forced through a narrow rocky gorge. Continue to the lodge for dinner and overnight.
Explore Murchison Falls National Park’s northern game-viewing area on an early morning drive through the Buligi tracks and savannah. Look for lions, elephants, buffaloes, Rothschild’s giraffes, Uganda kobs, hartebeests, waterbucks and, with luck, leopards.
After lunch at the lodge, take the Victoria Nile boat cruise from Paraa Jetty toward the base of the falls. Hippos, Nile crocodiles, elephants, buffaloes and riverine birdlife are commonly seen along the banks.
Leave Murchison Falls after breakfast and travel through northern Uganda toward the remote landscapes of Karamoja. Stop for lunch en route as the scenery opens into broad savannah plains, rocky outcrops and mountain views.
Arrive at your Kidepo lodge in the late afternoon or evening. Depending on arrival time, enjoy a short Narus Valley game drive or relax at the lodge.
Set out for a morning game drive in the Narus Valley, whose permanent water supports large concentrations of wildlife. Search for lions, leopards, cheetahs, elephants, buffaloes, giraffes, zebras, elands, hartebeests and antelope.
Return to the lodge for lunch and a rest during the warmest hours, then continue with an afternoon game drive through the valley and surrounding plains. Wildlife sightings are never guaranteed, but Kidepo offers one of Uganda’s most remote safari settings.
After breakfast, explore the open plains, seasonal riverbeds and rocky hills of the Kidepo Valley, with a possible visit to the Kanangorok area where conditions allow. Return to the lodge for lunch.
In the afternoon, choose another game drive or an optional Karamojong cultural visit conducted respectfully with recognised local guides. Learn about traditional homesteads, livestock keeping, dance and community life before returning to the lodge.
After breakfast, check out and drive from the Karamoja region through Kitgum toward Gulu. Stop for lunch along the route or after arrival.
This overnight stay breaks the long journey from Kidepo to Kibale into more comfortable transfer days. Relax at the hotel, with an optional guided town visit possible if time allows.
Begin the long scenic transfer south through Uganda’s western corridor. Stop for lunch in Hoima, Fort Portal or another suitable place, then continue through greener farming country, tea-growing landscapes and crater-lake scenery near Kibale.
Arrive at your lodge near Kibale Forest in the late afternoon or evening and prepare for the following day’s chimpanzee trekking.
Transfer to Kanyanchu Visitor Centre for registration and a ranger briefing before entering Kibale Forest with trackers. The chimpanzee trek may take two to five hours depending on the community’s location; once found, visitors normally spend up to one hour observing them.
After lunch and a rest, take a guided community nature walk in Bigodi Wetland Sanctuary. The walk passes wetland, forest, farmland and village environments with opportunities for monkeys, butterflies and diverse birdlife.
After breakfast, travel through the Fort Portal region and crater-lake landscapes toward Queen Elizabeth National Park. Stop at selected viewpoints or a crater lake if timing allows.
After lunch at the lodge, take an afternoon game drive through the Kasenyi Plains or another suitable wildlife-viewing area. Search for lions, elephants, buffaloes, Uganda kobs, waterbucks, warthogs, hyenas and leopards.
Take an early game drive through the Kasenyi Plains, when cooler temperatures can make it rewarding to search for predators and grazing wildlife. Return to the lodge for breakfast or enjoy it according to the lodge programme.
Later, board the Kazinga Channel cruise from Mweya Jetty. The channel between Lake George and Lake Edward attracts hippos, Nile crocodiles, elephants, buffaloes, waterbirds and monitor lizards.
Drive south through Queen Elizabeth National Park’s Ishasha Sector, searching for the famous tree-climbing lions that sometimes rest in large fig trees. Other possible sightings include topis, buffaloes, elephants, Uganda kobs and waterbucks.
Continue into the cultivated highlands and rainforest landscapes around Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. On arrival, your guide will help you prepare clothing, packed lunch and equipment for tomorrow’s gorilla trek.
Attend the Uganda Wildlife Authority briefing and join rangers and trackers for mountain gorilla trekking in Bwindi. The trek can take two to seven hours over steep, muddy forest trails; porters are strongly recommended.
After locating a habituated gorilla family, spend up to one hour observing them before returning to the trailhead. Meet your driver-guide and transfer to Lake Bunyonyi for a relaxed evening at the lodge.
Enjoy a relaxed breakfast overlooking Lake Bunyonyi, then join a guided canoe or motorboat experience among selected islands. Hear local stories and learn about community life while enjoying birdwatching and highland scenery.
Travel through Kabale, Ntungamo and Mbarara to Lake Mburo National Park. Arrive late afternoon, with time for a short evening game drive if conditions allow.
Meet an armed ranger for an early guided walking safari through Lake Mburo’s savannah and woodland. Learn about animal tracks, plants, insects and birds while looking for zebras, impalas, elands, giraffes, waterbucks, bushbucks, topis and buffaloes.
After breakfast and relaxation at the lodge, enjoy an afternoon game drive through woodland, plains, rocky outcrops and wetland habitats. Horseback riding, cycling, a boat cruise or night drive may be arranged at additional cost.
After breakfast, check out and leave Lake Mburo for Kampala or Entebbe. A short morning game drive may be possible while exiting the park, depending on your departure schedule.
Stop at the Uganda Equator in Kayabwe for photographs, souvenir shopping and an optional water demonstration before lunch en route. Continue to your Entebbe hotel, Kampala hotel or Entebbe International Airport; an evening flight is recommended for same-day departures.
