This 8 day Uganda Safari begins in Kampala and will take you to Murchison Falls National Park for a thrilling game viewing experience and launched cruise on the River Nile, to Queen Elizabeth National Park where you will have a Kazinga Channel boat Trip before transferring to Bwindi Impenetrable national park where you will trek the endangered mountain gorillas in their natural habitat. Lastly, visit Lake Bunyonyi one of the hidden gems in Uganda for a relaxing and refreshing Safari experience.
Cost Of 8 Days Uganda Gorilla Trekking, Wildlife and Chimpanzee Safari
The average cost of an 8‑day Uganda Gorilla Trekking, Wildlife and Chimpanzee Safari, which links Murchison Falls, Queen Elizabeth, Bwindi Impenetrable Forest and Lake Bunyonyi, ranges from about US $3,400 to US $3,800 per person for a mid‑range private tour with two travelers. For example, several operators quote US $3,460–3,575 per person for couples on a classic drive circuit, while deluxe fly‑in packages start around US $3,395 per traveler
. When four to six people share the vehicle, prices typically fall to roughly US $2,600–3,000 per person thanks to split transport and guide costs.
. This bracket already covers the US $800 gorilla trekking permit, park entry fees, mid‑range lodge accommodation, full‑board meals, a 4×4 with driver‑guide, scheduled game drives, Nile and Kazinga Channel boat cruises, and a Lake Bunyonyi boat ride, but it excludes international flights, visas, tips, drinks and other personal expenses.
Activities: game drives, River Nile launch Cruise, kazinga channel boat ride, gorilla trekking, boat ride on Lake bunyonyi
Optional activities: Rhino tracking at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary, chimpanzee tracking in Murchison Falls National Park and batwa culture experience in bwindi
Day 1: Transfer to Murchison Falls NP, visit top of the Falls
Day 2: Game Drive and lunch Cruise
Day 3: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park
Day 4: Game drive and launch Cruise
Day 5: Transfer to Bwindi National Park
Day 6: Gorilla Trekking
Day7: Transfer to Lake Bunyonyi
Day 8: Transfer to Kampala
Day 1: Transfer to Murchison Falls NP, visit top of the Falls
After breakfast at your hotel, your Safari driver-guide will meet you at your hotel in Kampala, brief you about the Safari and then begin the Journey to Murchison Falls National Park where you will arrive later in the afternoon. This drive will take you to the beautiful countryside with an en-route stopover for lunch in masindi before proceeding to the park. There will be an optional visit to the Ziwa rhino sanctuary where you will get an opportunity to track rhinos on foot. On arrival you will visit the top of the waterfalls where you will observe the Waters of the great River Nile (the longest river in the world) force their way through a narrow gorge 7 meters wide and then drop several feet below with a thunderous roar. You will proceed to your accommodation and depending on where you will be staying you will need to ferry crossing
Travel time: 5 to 6 hours
Meal Plan: Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation:
- Luxury: Baker’s Lodge / Paraa Safari Lodge
- Mid-range: Fort Murchison or Murchison River Lodge
- Budget Heritage Safari Lodge
Day 2: Game Drive and lunch Cruise
After breakfast you will have a game drive early morning to see various animals such as buffaloes, elephants, topi, warthogs, waterbucks and many others. After lunch you will go for a boat cruise on the river Nile for 2 hours during which you will see several birds including a shoebill stork, and animals like Buffaloes, giant Nile crocodiles and many others. This Cruise will take you to the bottom of the falls where you will enjoy uninterrupted views of the magnificence and power of these waterfalls.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Accommodation:
- Luxury: Baker’s Lodge / Paraa Safari Lodge
- Mid-range: Fort Murchison or Murchison River Lodge
- Budget Heritage Safari Lodge
Day 3: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park
Today morning after breakfast you will transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park Uganda’s most renowned game park which prides in a very diverse profusion of wild animals that live in its numerous habitats. Some of the animals you will see include: fight which ranks as one of the most bio diverse fight wave life habitat in the world with several wildlife habitats it support different animals such as prime it’s like Buffalo’s chimpanzees animals like hyenas, cape Buffaloes, elephants, different antelopes and lions
Meal plan: breakfast lunch and dinner
Accommodation
- Luxury: Kyambura Gorge Lodge, Elephant Plains Lodge Mweya Safari Lodge Kasenyi Safari Lodge
- Mid-Range: Twin Lakes Safari Lodge, Ihamba Lakeside Safari Lodge, Bush Lodge
- Budget: Pumba Cottages, Simba Safari Camp
Day 4: Game drive and launch Cruise
Starting the day with an early breakfast you will head out to the Kasenyi plains for a game drive experience in this area which is very popular among tourists as it is home to a very large number of different animals such as lions, hyenas, buffaloes. You will have lunch later in the afternoon take a launch cruise on the kazinga channel a natural waterway that connects lakes George and Edward.
Meal plan: breakfast lunch and dinner
Accommodation
- Luxury: Kyambura Gorge Lodge, Elephant Plains Lodge Mweya Safari Lodge Kasenyi Safari Lodge
- Mid-Range: Twin Lakes Safari Lodge, Ihamba Lakeside Safari Lodge, Bush Lodge
- Budget: Pumba Cottages, Simba Safari Camp
Day 5: Transfer to Bwindi National Park
After breakfast you will transfer to Bwindi National Park home of the mountain gorillas and the best place to enjoy a gorilla trekking Safari in the world. Furthermore the Park is home to a diversity of birds and animals including primates like baboons, monkeys; different butterflies, moths, Forest elephants and buffaloes. On arrival, check into your accommodation for dinner and overnight
Meal plan: breakfast lunch and dinner
Accommodation
- Luxury: Gorilla Forest Camp Clouds Mountain Gorilla Lodge Chameleon Hill Lodge Bwindi Lodge
- Mid-Range: Gorilla Mist Camp, Engagi Lodge
- Budget: Ruhija Gorilla Friends Camp
Day 6: Gorilla Trekking
By 8 a.m. you will be at the park headquarters where you will be briefed by the ranger guide about the do’s and don’ts of gorilla trekking and how to behave while in the natural habitat of gorillas. The trek takes between two to four hours during which you will see a diversity of flora and fauna. Once you find the Gorillas you will maintain a 6 to 7 distance from them as you observe and take photos of for a duration of one hour
Following a lunch break you will either return to your accommodation to spend the rest of the day at leisure or have an optional cultural visit to the Batwa pygmies to be entertained with vibrant dances, songs and drama, and also learn about the traditional lifestyle of these people who for years survived off the forest. Return to accommodation for dinner and the overnight rest
Meal plan: breakfast lunch and dinner
Accommodation
- Luxury: Gorilla Forest Camp Clouds Mountain Gorilla Lodge Chameleon Hill Lodge Bwindi Lodge
- Mid-Range: Gorilla Mist Camp, Engagi Lodge
- Budget: Ruhija Gorilla Friends Camp
Day 7: Transfer to Lake Bunyonyi
Early morning breakfast then drive to Lake Bunyonyi going through the beautiful countryside of what is known as the ‘Switzerland of Africa’ where you will marvel at the rolling hills covered with plantations and small villages. The word ‘bunyonyi’ in the local language means a place with many birds and indeed this is what you will find there. On arrival check into your accommodation and later in the afternoon enjoy a relaxing 2 hours boat ride on this Lake which is the deepest in Uganda.
Meal plan: Breakfast lunch and dinner
Accommodation
- Luxury: Birds Nest@Bunyonyi
- Mid-range: Arcadia cottages
- Budget: Crater Bay cottages
Day 8: Transfer to Kampala
After breakfast you will begin the drive back to Kampala with an en-route lunch in Mbarara City. if time allows you will make a stopover at the Mpambire drum makers to observe the traditional way of making drums and also buy some souvenirs. a photographic moment will be enjoyed at the equator before proceeding to Kampala where you will be dropped at the hotel of your choice or at the Entebbe international airport for departure flight. This will be the end of our Safari
Meal Plan: breakfast and lunch
Safari includes:
Game drives, gorilla and chimpanzee tracking, lunch cruises, transportation in a four-wheel Safari vehicle, all accommodation as stated in itinerary, all meals as listed in itinerary, service of a full-time English-speaking driver guide, all Park entrance fee, bottled water in the car
Safari excludes:
Visa and flights tickets tips, personal expenses such as laundry snacks, drinks and purchase of souvenirs.
