6 Days Uganda Safari

Drive north via Masindi (approx. 5–6 hours) to Murchison Falls National Park. Visit the top of the falls where the Nile squeezes through a 7-metre gorge. Check in at your Paraa-area lodge.

Rothschild's giraffe and olive baboons are common on the southern approach. Evening at leisure overlooking the Victoria Nile.

Murchison Falls National Park is Uganda's largest protected area at 3,840 km². The top of falls viewpoint is 15 minutes from Paraa by vehicle plus a short walk to the spray point.

Pre-dawn game drive on the northern bank Buligi circuit — elephant, buffalo, Jackson's hartebeest, oribi and Uganda kob; lion and leopard at first light. Return for breakfast.

Safari activity | Nile boat cruise to Murchison Falls

Afternoon launch on the Victoria Nile toward the base of the falls — hippos, crocodiles, elephant at the water's edge, and classic birdlife along the papyrus banks.

Afternoon launch cruise on the Victoria Nile. Goliath herons and African fish eagles patrol the papyrus edges.

Murchison game drives use open-roof 4×4 vehicles — dawn departures at 06:30 maximise predator activity. Afternoon launch boards at Paraa jetty 15 minutes before departure.

After breakfast, drive southwest (approx. 7–8 hours) via Masindi, Hoima and Fort Portal to Kibale National Park. Lunch en route — often in Fort Portal with Rwenzori views.

Arrive by late afternoon. Optional Bigodi Wetland Sanctuary walk if time allows — red colobus and great blue turaco.

Kibale Forest (795 km²) protects the highest primate density in East Africa — 13 species including chimpanzee, red colobus and L'Hoest's monkey. Bigodi Wetland is a community-run swamp walk at the park edge.

Morning chimpanzee trekking at Kanyanchu — track a habituated community through mature rainforest, typically 2–4 hours with one hour on contact.

Safari activity | Chimpanzee trekking in Kibale

Track a habituated chimp community through mature rainforest with UWA rangers — one hour with the group once located.

After the trek, transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park (approx. 2–3 hours). Afternoon Kazinga Channel boat safari — hippo pods, elephant and buffalo at the banks.

Chimp trekking at Kanyanchu is followed by a 2–3 hour drive to Queen Elizabeth. Kazinga boat is best in afternoon light for photography of hippo and elephant at the banks.

Pre-dawn game drive on the Kasenyi Plains — lion, leopard, elephant and Uganda kob. After breakfast, drive south to Lake Mburo National Park (approx. 3–4 hours).

Afternoon game drive — Burchell's zebra, impala, eland and Rothschild's giraffe. Check in at your Mburo lodge.

The Queen Elizabeth–Mburo transfer (approx. 3–4 hours) passes through Ishasha optionally — tree-climbing lions add 2 hours if included. Mburo's acacia woodland holds leopard on rocky kopjes at dusk.

Kasenyi to Mburo via Ishasha is the scenic route — tree-climbing lions justify the detour. Direct via Mbarara saves 2 hours but skips Ishasha wildlife.

Morning boat cruise on Lake Mburo — hippos, crocodiles and waterbirds at close range along the papyrus fringe.

Safari activity | Lake Mburo boat cruise

Morning launch on the lake — hippos and crocodiles at close range, African fish eagles on the papyrus fringe, excellent waterbird photography.

After the cruise, return to Kampala/Entebbe (approx. 4–5 hours). Lunch en route; airport drop-off for evening flights.

Mburo morning boat is followed by 4–5 hour drive to Kampala. The Masaka highway passes the Equator at Kayabwe — photo stop and craft shops at the landmark.

Equator stop at Kayabwe includes a water-flow demonstration on the northern and southern hemispheres — a standard photo break on the return to Kampala.