Day 1: Arrival Entebbe

Meet and greet at Entebbe International Airport where your Uganda Adventure Safari starts by our representative from Moonlight Tours Expedition who will warmly welcome you and facilitate seamless arrival formalities. You will then be transferred to your hotel where you will be briefed about your adventure safari.

Depending on the time of arrival you are advised to have money Changed on this day and time allowing you may go for a city tour with the help of our driver/guide, visit the shopping malls around town and craft villages to get items which you may need while in upcountry.

Hotel No.5

Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Day 2: Fly or Drive To Kibale National Park

After breakfast, you will meet with your guide and then drive/ fly to Kibale National Park. Kibale National Park is situated in the western part of Uganda and covers an area of about 795km it’s acknowledged to have one of Uganda’s most gorgeous tropical forests, and the park’s highest point is at 1590m above sea level. It is one of Uganda’s most rewarding destinations to explore. The park is home to a total of 70 mammal species, most famously 13 species of primate including the chimpanzee. It also contains over 375 species of birds. Along the way you will pass many tea plantations, you will arrive later in the afternoon, stopover in Fort Portal town, and then proceed to your accommodation for an overnight. Depending on the time you arrive, you may visit the nearby crater lakes, or visit the King's Palace in Fort Portal; otherwise, you will relax at the lodge.

Chimpundu Lodge

Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Day 3: Chimpanzee Trekking - Drive To Queen Elizabeth National Park

After an early breakfast, you will head to the park headquarters for briefing about the does and don’ts while trekking chimpanzees thereafter proceed for chimpanzee tracking. Led by an experienced ranger guide, trekking the chimpanzees might take about 2 to 6 hours depending on the location of chimpanzees. You will also be able to see different birds, monkeys like the black and white colobus, grey cheeked Mangabey, golden monkeys among others, and various trees species as you walk through the forest. After lunch you drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park, enjoy a game drive on your way in. Named after her Majesty the Queen of England, the park is Uganda’s most famous national park and traveler’s destination. The park’s sites include several beautiful crates lakes that winding through the rolling hills, the panoramic display of the Kazinga Channel. Arrive later at the lodge for an overnight.

Katara Lodge

Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Day 4: Game Drive, Boat Ride On The Kazinga Channel

Today you will head out for an early Morning Game Drive in the park, there are over 100 mammal species in the park that include Lions, Spotted Hyena, Elephants, Hippos, Buffaloes, the elusive Giant Forest Hog and Leopard. The Primates include Chimpanzees, Blue, Black faced Red Colobus, Black and White Colobus Monkeys, Red tailed monkeys and Olive Baboons. Thereafter you will visit Kasenyi fishing village, here life entirely depends on fishing, you will have a walk into the Fishing community and market, learn about the different fish types caught, fish preservation methods, boat making and the challenges fishermen face. In the afternoon, you shall have a boat ride on Kazinga Channel, you will enjoy the fresh river breeze whilst observing a large selection of animal’s and views of numerous flora and fauna while on the launch cruise. The boat cruise takes about 2-3 hours and is a spectacular experience along the channel, as you explore more about African wildlife like birds and animals.

Katara Lodge

Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Day 5: Game Drive in Ishahsa fly or Drive to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

After an early morning breakfast, you will depart for Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. Along the way, you will have an en-route game drive in the Ishasha sector, the southern part of Queen Elizabeth National Park, only here the lions have a habit of climbing trees and it is one of the few places in Africa where lions are found in Fig trees preying on other animals like the Uganda Kobs and Topi. Thereafter continue to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park the home to endangered mountain gorillas which lies in southwestern Uganda on the edge of the Rift Valley. Its mist-covered hillsides are blanketed by one of Uganda's oldest and most biologically diverse rainforests, which dates back over 25,000 years and contains almost 400 species of plants. More famously, this “impenetrable forest” also protects an estimated 400 mountain gorillas – roughly half of the world’s population, including several habituated groups, which can be tracked.

Buhoma Lodge

Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Day 6: Gorilla Trekking

After an early morning breakfast, you will head to the park headquarters and meet with excellent local ranger guides and trackers who will brief you about the etiquette of gorilla trekking. Thereafter head off to the forest for Gorilla trekking in the company of an experienced ranger who will tell you interesting facts about flora and fauna and the lifestyle of the Gorillas. Trekking the Mountain Gorilla is one of the most exciting wildlife experiences, although the hike is physically demanding the beauty of the forest and surrounding scenery makes the trekking worthwhile. The trek will take between 2 and 6 hours but is well worth the effort. As an alternative to gorilla trekking, you could choose to take a guided forest walk in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. A forest walk in Bwindi rewards the travelers with an exclusive feeling of a natural virgin forest, sweet melodies of birds singing up in the trees as well a close encounter with wild animals such as baboons.

Buhoma Lodge

Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Day 7: Drive to Lake Mburo National Park, Evening Game Drive

Today, drive to Lake Mburo National Park. You will have an evening game drive but also start your adventure in the wild as you enter the park. Lake Mburo National Park is a compact gem, located conveniently close to the highway that connects Kampala to the parks of western Uganda. It is the smallest of Uganda’s savannah national parks, and it is home to 350 bird species including flame head Barbet, Long-tailed Zitting Cisticola (Tabora), African Bins Rail, Collared Barbet, binding Bush singer among others, as well as Zebra, Impala, Eland, Buffalo, Orbi, Defassa waterbuck, Topi, Leopard, Hippo, Hyna, Reedbuck and many more. The park forms part of a 50 km-long wetland system linked by a swamp. Once covered by an open savanna, Lake Mburo National Park now contains much woodland as there are no elephants to tame the vegetation. In the western part of the park, the savanna is interspersed with rocky ridges. Retire to the lodge for an overnight.

Mihingo Lodge

Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Day 8: Nature Walk and Game Drive, fly or Drive to Entebbe And

You will get up early morning for a guided nature walk and game drive in the park, thereafter, return to the hotel for breakfast. In the afternoon you will proceed to Kampala crossing the equator along the way, you will have time to take photos and later drive to Entebbe to Airport to catch your flight back home.

None / On Request

Breakfast & Lunch