21 Days Luxury Uganda Safari

For those who want to spend more time exploring Uganda during their honeymoon, our 21 Days Uganda Luxury Safari is a fantastic 3-week adventure. You will get the chance to see all of Uganda’s major primates and the Big Five species on this journey, which will start in central Uganda and travel to southwestern, western, and northern Uganda before returning to central.

You will also have time to see the local people. This all-inclusive 21-day Uganda Luxury Safari will begin and finish in Entebbe/Kampala. Additionally, it can be tailored to your interests. You will receive a Luxury Safari package with all accommodations, and if you would like, you can also enjoy private dinners. This trip will let you to enjoy your honeymoon while taking in the incredible adventure.

Day by day

DAY 01:  Arrival at Entebbe International Airport and transfer to the Hotel in Kampala for overnight

You will be taken to your Kampala hotel for the night after arriving and checking out of Entebbe International Airport on this first day of your incredible luxury safari in Uganda.

DAY 02: Drive to Jinja for a Full Day Adventure in Jinja and overnight

Some of the best grade 5 white water rafting and other adventure sports in the world can be found in Jinja, which is known as East Africa’s Adventure Capital. You can find the ideal white water adventure here, regardless of your level of adventure, family, or first-timer status. Get soaked! Go crazy! Go rafting! Savor the journey! A dedication to quality, safety, and affordability will ensure that you enjoy your raft on the rough white waters. After driving back to Kampala for the night, you will take a boat tour to the Nile’s source and experience white water rafting while in Jinja.

DAY 03: Transfer to Lake Mburo National Park for an evening game drive via a stop at the Equator

Following breakfast this morning, you will travel to Lake Mburo National Park for an overnight stay and an evening game drive. After arriving at your lodge late in the afternoon for check-in, you will have a stop at the Equator for an Equator experience, coffee, and photos. After that, you will return to your lodge for supper and overnight, and then you will embark on an evening wildlife drive.

DAY 04: Morning Game drive and transfer to Lake Bunyonyi for overnight

Following breakfast at your lodge, you will check out and head out for a morning wildlife drive. From there, you will travel to Lake Bunyonyi in southern Uganda, arriving in the late afternoon to unwind while taking in the view of the lake before supper and overnight. Lake Bunyonyi is well-known for its several stunning historical islands and a variety of bird species that you can witness while canoeing.

DAY 05: Morning canoe boat ride on the lake and transfer to Mgahinga Gorilla National Park

You will take a private canoe boat ride on Lake Bunyonyi to see the historical islands, enjoy sightseeing, and observe birds after breakfast at the lodge. Following any extra activities, you will go to Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, where you will spend the night and have dinner. Since Mgahinga Gorilla National Park is the only national park in East Africa where you can see mountain gorillas and golden monkeys, it has earned the moniker “Where Gold Meets Silver.” Since it is situated inside the three volcano mountains of Gahinga, Muhavura, and Sabinyo, you can also go hiking there. This makes it a unique destination for most adventure travelers and tourists.

DAY 06: Golden Monkey tracking and Batwa cultural trail experience

Following breakfast at the Lodge, you will drive to the park headquarters for a briefing. From there, you will begin your hike through the forest in search of the Golden Monkeys. Park rangers will walk and hike with you along designated trails, guiding you the entire time. Once you locate the Golden Monkeys, you will have an hour-long encounter with them before walking back to meet your driver guide. Depending on when you finish the hike and your level of fitness, you will have the opportunity to participate in the Batwa cultural trail experience.

DAY 07: Gorilla tracking in Mgahinga Gorilla National Park

Following breakfast at the lodge, you will go to the park headquarters to receive a briefing from ranger guides from the Uganda Wildlife Authority. They will then assign you to a gorilla family group for the day’s trekking. You will begin your quest for the endangered rare species of mountain gorillas in the dense, impenetrable forest with a group of eight visitors, researchers, and ranger guides. Every gorilla hunt starts at the location where they were last spotted the day before. You will only be permitted to spend an hour interacting with these well-known creatures once you get at their location, and you should always maintain the utmost silence when around gorillas. You are permitted to take pictures and so forth.

DAY 08: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park for overnight

If you would like, you can stay at the lodge for a longer period of time so that you can drive to Bwindi after lunch or visit the local community, including the schools, where you can inspire the students and offer them gifts.

DAY 09: Gorilla Habituation/tracking Experience in Bwindi Forest

You will drive to the park headquarters after breakfast at the accommodation for a briefing from Uganda Wildlife Authority ranger guides who will assign you a gorilla family group to walk. In a party of four tourists, researchers, and ranger guides, you will hunt the deep jungle for endangered Mountain Gorillas. Gorillas are always searched from the previous day’s location. The famous gorillas can only be interacted with for four hours, and you must keep silence. You can capture photos, etc. Evening community walks in the local Batwa community will delight and teach you about their culture.

Gorilla habituation involves hiking/walking through Bwindi Forest in search of mountain gorillas. The trek can be strenuous depending on weather and gorilla movement, but it is well organized, so you have 99% chances of seeing them. Advanced trackers track mountain gorillas all day in the jungle to determine where they nested the night before, which is when you start hunting for them. Two ranger guides will conduct you through the walk, clearing and building pathways and imparting mountain gorilla and Bwindi forest information. After the trip, you’ll return to the start to get your mountain gorilla tracking credentials in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park.

DAY 10: Visit Lake Mutanda for relaxing and do various optional activities

After breakfast at the Lodge, you’ll head to Lake Mutanda for a canoe excursion to see birds. We’ll board traditional dugout canoes for the Mutanda portion from Sheba’s campground pontoon to Rwajenge landing place. Lake Mutanda is home to Hadada Ibis, Crested Cranes, and Black-headed Herons. The countryside is scattered with modest homesteads where residents farm and raise livestock. In black volcanic soils, cabbages, green beans, and peas are grown on steep gradients. Potatoes are abundant. Lunch and relaxation at the campsite follow the paddle boat excursion. Drive back to your lodge to sleep.

DAY 11: Hike Nkuringo to Buhoma trail

Today after breakfast, you will check out of your lodge and place your belongings in the car, keeping only a small backpack for your walk. After driving you to the Nkuringo-Buhoma trailhead, your guide will wait for you in Buhoma to transport you to your lodge. A national park ranger will lead you to Buhoma, the park headquarters, on the hike.
Nkuringo to Buhoma trail includes Ivy River and Kashasha River trekking trails. Both routes allow tourists to see Bwindi Forest’s birds, primates, rivers, waterfalls, and trees. The Ivy River Trail takes 2 and 1/2 hours, whereas the Kashasha River Trail takes 4–5 hours or 6–7 hours between Nkuringo and Buhoma. Walking through the forest from the Ivy River to Buhoma takes 4 hours. Travel time: 6 1/2 hours. Let us know the trail you like and we’ll book it.

DAY 12: Drive to Ishasha sector southern part of Queen Elizabeth National Park for an evening game drive/sundowner and overnight

Driving to Queen Elizabeth National Park in the afternoon after breakfast includes a game drive and viewing stops. After being welcomed and checking in, you will proceed on an evening game drive to find late grazers and return to the Lodge for the night.

DAY 13: Morning and afternoon game drives to see the Tree climbing lions and other wildlife

After breakfast you will go for game drives in the Ishasha wildernesses to search for tree climbing lions and other wildlife, but spotting them depends on your luck and weather of the day, as we cannot make any appointments with nature.

DAY 14: Visit the Ishasha local community project and later drive to the northern part of Queen Elizabeth National Park Mweya sector for dinner and overnight

Lunch and an afternoon game drive will follow a visit to the Ishasha Local Community project in the north of the park. Queen Elizabeth National Park is the most popular and diverse conservation area, with grassland, acacia woodland, forests, wetlands, and open water habitats that support the Big 4 mammals and over 604 bird species.

DAY 15: Morning sunrise game drive and afternoon Boat safari on Kazinga Channel

Drive to Kasenyi plains for a morning game drive to see early birds after breakfast. You’ll see elephants, enormous buffalo herds, leopards, lions, bushbucks, kobs, antelopes, and more.
After a 2-3-hour morning game drive, you’ll drive to Mweya peninsula for a hot lunch, relax, and take an afternoon boat cruise safari on Kazinga Channel, which is a highlight of your Queen Elizabeth National Park safari. You’ll see hippos swimming and bird species. Relax, eat, and sleep at the lodge after the cruise.

DAY 16: Visit Katwe salt mines and crater lakes after Drive to Kibale Forest National park

After break you will visit Katwe Salt Lakes after you will drive to Kibale National Park with a stopover for lunch enroute on your way to the National Park. On influx you will have a nature walk through the Bigodi Swamp awesome sightseeing of the resident monkeys and birds.
Kibale Forest National park is home to 13 species of primates and over 335 bird species making it a popular destination for birders and primates lovers.

DAY 17: Chimpanzee Tracking in Kibale Forest National Park

After breakfast at your accommodation, go to Kibale National Park Headquarters to meet your guides and begin chimpanzee tracking. Your group will hike into the jungle early in the morning to see wild chimpanzees and other primates. Experienced guides, researchers, and trackers will join you. You’ll spend four hours with these funny, social apes as they walk you through the tracking procedure. Only about 5000 chimpanzees live in Uganda, our closest relatives.

DAY 18: Transfer to Murchison Falls National Park via a visit to the top of the falls and an en-route evening game drive

Following breakfast, you will travel north to Pakuba Safari Lodge in Murchison Falls National Park, where you will spend the night. Along the way, you will visit the top of the falls and go on an evening wildlife drive to look for late grazers. After dinner, you will head back to your lodge for the night.

DAY 19: Morning sunrise game drive and afternoon Boat trip to the bottom of the falls

Following breakfast, you will embark on your morning game drive, which will give you the chance to see antelopes, hippos, buffaloes, giraffes, and, if you’re lucky, cats like lions and leopards. After lunch, head back to the lodge before continuing to the pier for your two-hour boat ride to the base of the falls, where you will see the Nile River squeeze itself into a narrow gorge before exploding out, creating a once-in-a-lifetime experience. During your cruise, you will also see a variety of wild animals, including elephants, hippos, birds, and reptiles.

DAY 20: Morning game drive and transfer to Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary arriving in the afternoon to visit the local community/local school and later overnight

You will travel to Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary today for an optional community tour that includes a school where you can give different items. Dinner and lodging will be provided after the visit.

DAY 21: Morning Rhino tracking on foot and drive back to Entebbe to end your 21 Days Uganda Luxury Safari

Following breakfast, you will have a brief drive to the sanctuary before beginning an on-foot rhino tracking adventure. Finally, you will drive back to Kampala or Entebbe to conclude your 21-day Uganda Luxury Safari.

End of your safari