16-Day Safari Adventure in Uganda | Primates, Game, and Cultural Experience

16-Day Safari Adventure in Uganda | Primates, Game, and Cultural Experience: a 16-day private safari with Afrisites, starting from Entebbe. The route is Entebbe / Kampala, Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary, Murchison Falls National Park, Kidepo Valley National Park, Kibale National Park, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Ishasha, Queen Elizabeth National Park. Built around mountain gorilla trekking in Bwindi, chimpanzee tracking in Kibale and the Nile boat to Murchison Falls. Road days are the real west-Uganda or Rwanda distances, not padded shopping stops. Lodge class is mid-range unless you ask us to go simpler or higher. Gorilla and chimpanzee permits are collected in your name before you fly.

From US$5,450 per person sharing

16 days · Uganda · private safari

Indicative for two people sharing, mid-range lodges (or the luxury tier if this trip is sold as luxury), current gorilla and chimpanzee permit rates. Your invoice names the lodges, the permit numbers and the season. Permit tariffs are set by the parks and can change.

At a glance

Uganda gorilla permit held in your name; sector matched to the lodge, not a two-hour transfer
Kibale chimpanzee tracking and Bigodi wetland
Murchison game drives plus the Nile boat to the Falls
On-foot rhino tracking at Ziwa on the road north
Ishasha woodland for tree-climbing lions — habitat, not a guarantee
Kidepo Narus Valley — usually a fly-in

Day by day

Day 1 — Entebbe / Kampala

Meet at Entebbe International Airport. Depending on your landing time we transfer to a lakeside lodge in Entebbe or continue toward the first park. Briefing on permits, packing and the next morning’s start. Overnight: Protea or Lake Victoria View in Entebbe.

Day 2 — Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary

Track southern white rhinos on foot with ranch rangers — the only place in Uganda you can do this. Continue north toward Murchison Falls the same afternoon. Overnight: Packed lunch; overnight is in Murchison the same night.

Day 3 — Murchison Falls National Park

Game drive the northern savannah for elephant, Rothschild’s giraffe, lion and Uganda kob. Afternoon boat on the Nile to the base of the Falls, then the short hike to the top if the group wants it. Overnight: Nile safari lodge on the north or south bank, packed lunch on boat days.

Day 4 — Murchison Falls National Park

Second game-drive window in Murchison: dawn in the delta grasslands, or a Nile bank walk where permitted. Optional sport fishing or a longer boat if the first afternoon was cut short. Overnight: Same Murchison lodge.

Day 5 — Kidepo Valley National Park

Remote north-east Uganda. Ostrich, cheetah, large buffalo herds and night skies with almost no light pollution. Game drives in the Narus Valley. Cultural visit arranged with the group that is paid, not an unscheduled village stop. Overnight: Apoka or a Narus Valley camp — this is a fly-in for most guests.

Day 6 — Kidepo Valley National Park

Stay on in Kidepo Valley National Park. We change the track and the vehicle loop rather than pad the day with a souvenir stop. Ostrich, cheetah, large buffalo herds and night skies with almost no light pollution. Game drives in the Narus Valley. Cultural visit arranged with the group that is paid, not an unscheduled village stop. Overnight: Apoka or a Narus Valley camp — this is a fly-in for most guests.

Day 7 — Kibale National Park

Chimpanzee tracking in Uganda’s primate capital. Afternoon Bigodi wetland walk for colobus, turacos and village birding, or crater-lake views around Fort Portal. Cultural visit arranged with the group that is paid, not an unscheduled village stop. Overnight: Primate Lodge Kibale or a Fort Portal crater-lake lodge.

Day 8 — Kibale National Park

A second loop in Kibale National Park — different sector and a later or earlier start, so this is not yesterday copied. Afternoon Bigodi wetland walk for colobus, turacos and village birding, or crater-lake views around Fort Portal. Cultural visit arranged with the group that is paid, not an unscheduled village stop. Overnight: Primate Lodge Kibale or a Fort Portal crater-lake lodge.

Day 9 — Queen Elizabeth National Park

Game drives on the Kasenyi plains and a Kazinga Channel boat safari: hippo, buffalo, elephant and one of East Africa’s densest water-bird lists. Overnight: Mweya or Kasenyi savannah lodge; Ishasha Wilderness Camp when we use the south.

Day 10 — Queen Elizabeth National Park

Extra night at Queen Elizabeth National Park so the main activity is not rushed against a transfer. Game drives on the Kasenyi plains and a Kazinga Channel boat safari: hippo, buffalo, elephant and one of East Africa’s densest water-bird lists. Overnight: Mweya or Kasenyi savannah lodge; Ishasha Wilderness Camp when we use the south.

Day 11 — Ishasha, Queen Elizabeth National Park

Southern Queen for the tree-climbing lions of Ishasha. Fig trees, open woodland and a quieter game-drive than the northern circuit. This sector sits on the road to Bwindi. Overnight: Ishasha Wilderness Camp or similar, on the Bwindi road.

Day 12 — Ishasha, Queen Elizabeth National Park

Stay on in Ishasha, Queen Elizabeth National Park. We change the track and the vehicle loop rather than pad the day with a souvenir stop. Fig trees, open woodland and a quieter game-drive than the northern circuit. This sector sits on the road to Bwindi. Overnight: Ishasha Wilderness Camp or similar, on the Bwindi road.

Day 13 — Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

Mountain gorilla trekking. Briefing at the sector headquarters (Buhoma, Ruhija, Rushaga or Nkuringo — whichever permit we hold). Up to a several-hour hike, then one hour with the family. Porter recommended. Overnight: Buhoma Lodge, Rushaga Gorilla Camp or similar (we match the sector of your permit).

Day 14 — Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

A second loop in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park — different sector and a later or earlier start, so this is not yesterday copied. Briefing at the sector headquarters (Buhoma, Ruhija, Rushaga or Nkuringo — whichever permit we hold). Up to a several-hour hike, then one hour with the family. Porter recommended. Overnight: Buhoma Lodge, Rushaga Gorilla Camp or similar (we match the sector of your permit).

Day 15 — Lake Bunyonyi

Recovery on the lake after the forest: canoeing between islands, a slow lodge lunch, and views back toward the Bwindi escarpment. Overnight: Island or hillside lodge on Lake Bunyonyi.

Day 16 — Return to Entebbe

Drive or fly back to Entebbe. Airport drop timed to your outgoing flight. If you fly after 8 p.m. we keep a day-room option so you are not sitting at the terminal all afternoon.

Included

Private 4×4 safari vehicle and English-speaking driver-guide (or light aircraft plus transfers on fly-in days)
Lodge or camp as named in the day-by-day, full board except on arrival/departure city nights (bed and breakfast)
Park fees for the reserves in this itinerary
Bottled water in the vehicle
Airport meet-and-greet

Not included

International flights
Uganda or Rwanda visa
Drinks, laundry and tips
Travel insurance (mandatory — you buy this yourself)
Optional activities not named in the day-by-day (second gorilla permit, golden monkeys, extra boat)

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