21 Days Around Uganda Safari Holiday

The 21 Days around Uganda Safari Holiday takes you to the best destinations in the pearl of Africa as you watch some of the most eye-catching features in the protected areas. Watching the mountain gorillas, Murchison Falls National Park, Sipi Falls and the Big 5 mammals is the highlight of this Uganda safari.

Detailed 21 Days around Uganda Safari Holiday

Day 1: Arrival and Transfer to Hotel

You will be picked by our driver on arrival at the airport who will be your 21 Days around Uganda Safari Holiday guide at the same time. You will then be transferred to the hotel where you will spend your first night. You will then be briefed about your 21 Days around Uganda Safari Holiday.

• Journey time – 1 hour
• Destination: Entebbe Airport
• Accommodation: Check-in at Haylo Hotel in Lubowa
• Meals: Breakfast and Dinner

Day 2 of 21 Days around Uganda Safari Holiday: Drive to Jinja

After the morning breakfast you will set off and head to the Eastern side of Uganda for a very adventurous day. Jinja is well known for the source of the Nile and sits just at the shores of Lake Victoria. You will engage in a variety of breathtaking activities like kayaking, white water rafting, Zip-lining and quad biking. The day will end with a relaxation at your Hotel to watch the beautiful sunset at the source of the longest river in the world.

• Journey time – 3 hours
• Destination: Jinja City
• Activities: Scenic Drive to Jinja, Jinja Source of the Nile
• Accommodation: Check-in at 2 Friends Hotel Jinja
• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Day 3: Transfer to Sipi falls

After the morning breakfast at the lodge, you will set off for a 3-hour drive to the North East side of Uganda towards Sipi falls in the foothills of Mt. Elgon. There are three water falls separated by steep hills as you will see them covered by beautiful coffee plantations which is the major cash crop in this area. There will be a short lunch break in Mbale town and then proceed to the Sipi falls. An adventurous coffee tour and a community visit are some of the activities for this21 Days around Uganda Safari Holiday day before retiring at the Hotel/lodge for the night.

• Journey time – 3 hours
• Destination: Sipi Falls
• Activities: Scenic Drive to Sipi Falls in Sipi
• Accommodation: Check-in at Rafiki Safari Lodge in Sipi
• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Day 4: Hike to Sipi falls and Transfer to Moroto

Hiking through the beautiful green hills towards Sipi falls is a great highlight for this 21 Days around Uganda Safari Holidayday, River sipi flows to the bottom of Mount Elgon forming separate beautiful water falls that have become a great attraction to the traveler’s world over.

There are 3 waterfalls and we will go for a closer one to catch up with the day’s program and to spare some energy for the remaining days of the trip. You will enjoy the trails leading you through caves, plantations and also different villages as you meet the locals. You will then return in time and have your lunch and proceed to Moroto.

• Journey time – 3 hours
• Destination: Moroto Town
• Activities: Scenic Drive to Moroto Town, and Kalamonja Cultural Tour
• Accommodation: Check-in at Mt Moroto Hotel in Moroto Town
• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Day 5 of 21 Days around Uganda Safari Holiday: Community Visit

The 21 Days around Uganda Safari Holiday begins with a delicious breakfast at the lodge and head out for an exciting to the Karamojong area in Moroto. Karamojong is one of the most well-known tribes in Uganda for its unwavering cultural values that relates to the Masai in Kenya. You will start your around Uganda Safari with a community visit as you watch the beautiful Moroto Mountain which is the highest in Moroto. An interaction with the local people is an opportunity for you to learn about some of their culture and how they go about their daily live.

You will later visit the Kraal to learn about how they protect their families and cows. A Kraal is a village of small huts in a wooden and thorny fence. The fences may be permanent or temporally but the main purpose is to protect their cattle from intruders.

• Destination: Moroto Town
• Activities: Scenic Drive to Moroto Town, and Kalamonja Cultural Tour
• Accommodation: Check-in at Mt Moroto Hotel in Moroto Town
• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Day 6: Transfer to Kidepo Valley N/park

After your breakfast on this around Uganda Safari day, you will embark on another 5 hours’ journey in the Karamoja region towards Kidepo Valley National Park. this is probably one of the furthest protected areas located at Uganda’s border with South Sudan. You will enjoy the beautiful views of this dry side of Uganda yet people survive here and are healthy. Kidepo valley offers the best game viewing opportunity as it harbors the rarest species of wildlife in Uganda like Elands, Zebras, Ostriches and the Cheetah.

You will have an evening game drive after lunch and have an opportunity to watch the elephants, buffaloes and giraffes in the wild. Return to the lodge later.

• Journey time – 6 hours
• Destination: Kidepo Valley National Park
• Activities: Scenic Drive to Kidepo Valley National Park
• Accommodation: Check-in at Kidepo Savannah Safari Lodge
• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Day 7: Game drive in Kidepo Valley N/park

The wide variety of health wildlife at Kidepo is one like no other! You will begin your morning with a tasty breakfast and drive off to the park for an exciting morning game drive to catchup with the early risers. The hunting cuts ae seen devouring the weak animals as others feed.

The around Uganda Safari guides will take you to the best game viewing spots for the big 5. You will break off for a lunch break and have an afternoon game drive to catchup with some of the animals you missed in the morning. Return to the lodge for relaxation.

• Destination: Kidepo Valley National Park
• Activities: Scenic Game Drives to Kidepo Valley National Park, Culture and Wildlife
• Accommodation: Check-in at Kidepo Savannah Safari Lodge
• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Day 8 of 21 Days around Uganda Safari Holiday: Kidepo to Murchison Falls N/park

After the morning breakfast you will drive off to the north west of Uganda towards Murchison falls National Park arriving early enough to avoid driving at night. Murchison falls is one of Uganda’s largest and oldest parks with the widest variety of wildlife like no other! Giraffes, lions, elephants, hippos, waterbucks, baboons, warthogs and crocodiles among others.

• Journey time – 6 hours
• Destination: Murchison Falls National Park
• Activities: Scenic Drive to Murchison Falls National Park
• Accommodation: Check-in at Pakuba Safari Lodge
• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Day 9: Game drive and Boat Cruise

After an early breakfast at the lodge, you will be taken out for an exclusive game viewing experience in the vast savanna of the park to watch your favorite animals like the lions, leopards, antelopes and many bird species among others. Return to the lodge for lunch and rest preparing for the afternoon boat cruise to the bottom of the falls to watch the mighty waters of the Nile as it plunges its way through the rocks before exploding into the overflow to make a sailable water body.

Enjoy watching the crocodiles, hippos as well as the thirsty animals coming to quench their thirst on the river banks.

• Destination: Murchison Falls National Park
• Activities: Enjoy around Uganda Safari Game Drives to Murchison Falls National Park, Boat Cruise, and Murchison Falls Hikie.
• Accommodation: Check-in at Pakuba Safari Lodge
• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Day 10: Murchison to Kibale forest N/park

Have breakfast and start on the around Uganda Safari journey to the primate capital of East Africa Kibale National Park in the western parts of Uganda. The park is home to a large population of Chimpanzees that have been habituated for tracking by visitors. You will arrive in the evening and check-in at the lodge.

• Journey time – 7 hours
• Destination: Kibale Forest National Park
• Activities: Scenic Long Drive to Kibale Forest National Park
• Accommodation: Check-in at Chimpanzee Forest Lodge
• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Day 11: Chimpanzee tracking and Bigodi swamp

The around Uganda Safari day begins with a tasty breakfast at the guesthouse and head straight to the park headquarters to have briefing on how tracking the chimps will be conducted. You will then hit the jungle with guides to search for the habituated chimpanzees in their natural habitat. It will take you about an hour to meet the chimps as thy play and jumping from tree to tree feeding as a group.

You will have a full hour of an encounter with them after which you will return to the lodge for lunch. Embark on the Bigodi swamp tour in the afternoon and catchup with the various primates, birds and many plant species in this park.

• Destination: Kibale Forest National Park
• Activities: Enjoy around Uganda Chimpanzee Tracking Safari to Kibale Forest National Park, Birding, and Bigodi Walk.
• Accommodation: Check-in at Chimpanzee Forest Lodge
• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Day 12 of 21 Days around Uganda Safari Holiday: Visit the tea Plantation

You will have a special visit to the tea plantations in this area and learn about how this cash crop has transformed this region. The beautiful green plantation of tea gives the best beauty for pictures especially to you the guests. Then return to the hotel for lunch and chat the evening away relaxing to spare some energy for the remaining days of the trip.

• Destination: Fort Portal City
• Activities: Enjoy around Uganda Safari Adventure in the Tea Plantations in Fort Portal
• Accommodation: Check-in at Lodges in Fort Portal
• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Day 13: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth NP

After breakfast at the Hotel, you will set off for another exciting journey to the famous Queen Elizabeth National Park another key tour destination in Uganda. Enjoy the beautiful views of this countryside as you head towards the Kasese District where the Park is located. You will arrive in the afternoon, have lunch and take on an evening game drive to catchup with a few animals before the close of the day.

• Journey time – 2 hours
• Destination: Queen Elizabeth National Park
• Activities: Scenic around Uganda Safari Drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park
• Accommodation: Check-in at Twin Lakes Safari Lodge
• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Day 14 of 21 Days around Uganda Safari Holiday: Game drive and boat cruise

You will take on a morning game drive to the open savanna to catchup with the big five including the Elephants, buffaloes, lions, giraffes, waterbucks, Impalas, warthogs, wild dogs, leopards, hyenas etc. Our professional around Uganda Safari guide will lead you to the best spots for game viewing to exceed your expectations.

Return for lunch and prepare to launch boat cruise at the famous Kazinga channel that connects Lakes George and Kyoga. You will enjoy watching schools of hippos and crocodiles as they swim in the waters and as they devour their prey.

• Destination: Queen Elizabeth National Park
• Activities: Enjoy Scenic Game Drives in Queen Elizabeth National Park, Boat Cruise, and Wildlife
• Accommodation: Check-in at Twin Lakes Safari Lodge
• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Day 15: Lion tracking & transfer to Bwindi NP

After the morning breakfast, you will check out of the lodge and set off for lion tracking to watch them in their pride as they rest on the fig trees to watch their prey and also to rest. The lions are sometimes seen hunting which makes very scenic moments of the trip that you can’t miss. You will have your lunch from this part of Queen Elizabeth.

You will then proceed to Bwindi Forest National Park where the mountain Gorillas live in the hills of Kigezi. The great views of the rolling hills of this part of Uganda will leave you startled at the scenic views. Your next destination offers the highlight of your 21 Days around Uganda Safari Holiday

• Journey time – 3 hours
• Destination: Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park
• Activities: Scenic Short Drive to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park
• Accommodation: Check-in at Gorilla Mist Camp
• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Day 16 of 21 Days around Uganda Safari Holiday: Gorilla tracking

Around Uganda Safari Tracking the Gorillas is everyone’s dream of a lifetime, you will transfer to the park headquarters for a briefing before hitting the jungle to meet the mountain Gorillas in their natural habitat. The exercise takes you from 2 hours or more as you search for the habituated Gorilla families and once they are found you will be allowed to have a full hour with them as you take memorable pictures. You will later return to the lodge and have your lunch and rest for the rest of the day at the lodge.

• Destination: Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park
• Activities: Enjoy Mountain Gorilla Trekking in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park.
• Accommodation: Check-in at Gorilla Mist Camp
• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Day 17: Transfer to Lake Bunyonyi

After the morning breakfast, you will set off to Lake Bunyonyi which is just an hour’s drive to reach. It is situated in the middle of Kigezi hills with Unique 29 Islands that have different activities taking place there including having homesteads on these islands. You will arrive in the midmorning hours and have some rest and lunch and then get to explore the fresh crocodile-free waters swimming this afternoon and chilling on the shores.

• Journey time – 2 hours
• Destination: Lake Bunyonyi
• Activities: Scenic around Uganda Safari Drive to Lake Bunyonyi from Bwindi Forest
• Accommodation: Check-In at Birds Nest Bunyonyi
• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Day 18: Bicycle riding and Canoe experience

You will start with breakfast and get on an amazing bicycle riding experience through the known rails up the hills and return later for lunch. Launch a boat ride on the lake to explore the different Islands to watch birds and to interact with the locals sharing with them in how they manage to live on the water. Return later and have Dinner and night stay.

• Activities: Scenic around Uganda Safari Drive to Lake Bunyonyi, Boat Ride, and Culture.
• Accommodation: Check-In at Birds Nest Bunyonyi
• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Day 19: Lake Bunyonyi to Lake Mburo National Park

After breakfast at Lake Bunyonyi Rock Resort on this day, you will leave Bunyonyi and head to Mbarara where Lake Mburo National park is located. You will arrive in the midmorning hours and have your lunch with in the park. Embark on an evening game drive here to explore the beauty of one of Uganda’s smallest parks.

Large herds of Uganda kobs, zebras, Giraffes and Buffaloes are seen feeding in the park. Other wildlife in this park include, leopards, hyenas, forest hogs, mongoose, birds, and hippos.

• Journey time – 4 hours
• Destination: Lake Mburo National Park
• Accommodation: Check-in at Mpogo Safari Lodge
• Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Day 20 of 21 Days around Uganda Safari Holiday: Departure

You will set off after breakfast and head back to Kampala to end your trip. You will have a stopover at the Equator for memorable pictures and proceed to Kampala marking the end of your 21 Days around Uganda Safari Holiday.

• Journey time – 4 hours
• Destination: Entebbe Airport
• Activities: Scenic Drive to Entebbe Airport, Stopover at Equator Crossing in Kayabwe.
• Accommodation: No Accommodation
• Meals: Breakfast and Lunch.

End of 21 Days around Uganda Safari Holiday

21 Days around Uganda Safari Holiday Inclusions and Exclusions

This cycling adventure includes

• Transport to/from airport
• Support vehicle
• Accommodation
• Other transportation that is not optional
• Meals as indicated in itinerary
• Bicycle cleaning and maintenance
• English speaking guide and driver
• AMREF emergency evacuation insurance
• Snacks and water during the trip

21 Days around Uganda Safari Holiday Exclusions

• Tips for staff (optional)
• Personal health/third party/travel insurance
• Drinks during and after meals
• Costs for optional activities
• Corona test
• Rental of bike, helmet and/or GPS device
• Flight tickets
• Visa costs
• Upgraded accommodation (single or self-contained)

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