Uganda safari Holidays
Hire a 4×4, 4wd for a self drive holiday in Uganda. Uganda safari holiday , Rent a 4×4 Toyota Rav4 or Toyota Land Cruiser with driver for a guided holiday in beautiful Uganda. We offer self drive 4×4 hire and with driver 4×4 rental in Entebbe , Kampala and all other major Uganda towns. A self drive holiday in Uganda is sure to leave you with fond memories of this beautiful part of Africa, with happy friendly people, abundant wildlife including the gorillas, chimps, the big 5, lakes, rivers, flora, fauna, birds, nature and so much more. Hire a 4×4 in Kampala or from Entebbe airport for a self drive or with driver adventure in the pearl of Africa-Uganda. Uganda safari holiday of a lifetime.
A great number of past visitors to Uganda, refer to it as “authentic” Africa, and when you visit you will know why. Beautiful landscapes, amazing greenery, and scenery, smiling faces, awesome culture and history, 54 tribes, gorillas, primates, lions, leopards, elephants, buffalos, zebras, lakes, rivers, abundant birdlife for avid birders, forests, boat cruises, game drives, you name it, Uganda has it all. There is something for everyone of all ages and travel interests, kayaking, surfing grade5 rapids on the Nile, bungee jumping, canoe rides, mountain climbing of the Rwenzori and Elgon, far flung off the beaten track game reserves like Kidepo, all the amazing holiday activities combine to make Uganda holiday tours an unmissable destination for adventure and intrepid travellers. A holiday to Uganda can also very easily be combined with a visit to Rwanda to track the endangered mountain gorillas or to the Maasai Mara in Kenya for a date with the great wildebeest migration.
One of the many visitor attractions to Uganda is its amazing and abundant game and wildlife. Uganda hosts various national parks teeming with wildlife, animals and birds including the less travelled Kidepo Game Reserve in the north east of the country, Murchison Falls with its amazing falls as water gushes through a narrow rock opening on its way to the Mediterranean, Bwindi Impenetrable national park where one can have close encounters with the endangered mountain gorillas, a once in a lifetime experience of meeting the gentle giants in their natural habitat. Visitors get a rare chance to spend one hour in the company of the gorillas, watching them play, feed and interact with the baby gorillas. Kibale national park is renowned for its large numbers of primates including the chimpanzees and the Bigodi swamp walk. Queen Elizabeth national park offers visitors plenty of game drive opportunities in search of the big 5, the tree climbing lions in the Ishasha sector of the park, a boat cruise along the Kazinga channel to watch hippos and crocodiles as they come to the banks of the lake to drink in the scorching African afternoon sun. Travel to Lake Mburo in South Western Uganda for encounters with giraffes, zebras, impala and a great number of bird species including the papyrus gonolek. Travel to Mabamba swamp for the shoebill, to Lake Bunyonyi for canoe rides on the serene lake. For adventure enthusiasts, climb mountains Elgon and Rwenzori, or travel to Jinja to surf the grade 5 rapids, bungee jumping on the Nile, kayaking and so much more. Have forest walks in Budongo, Kibale, Mabira and Bwindi forests. Uganda has something for everyone and should be on everybody’s travel bucket list.
Uganda elephants herd in Queen Elizabeth National Park
Suggested Uganda safari holiday itinerary- 11 days.
Hire a 4×4 with driver or self drive at Entebbe airport or in Kampala and have an 11 day holiday safari adventure in Uganda. We organise Uganda safari holiday and self drive 4×4 4wd camping holidays in Uganda with rooftop tents and camping gear including a fridge, camping tents, sleeping bags, camping tables, small mattresses, cooking equipment, gas canister etc.
On this 11 days Uganda safari holiday, Uganda self drive or guided safari holiday discover wild life in some of Uganda’s best national parks, including Bwindi, Queen Elizabeth and Kibale national parks. Uganda is a great safari holiday destination with unmatched abundance of wildlife, varying landscapes, savannah, forests, lakes, rivers and greenery you will not find anywhere. One of the biggest pluses of travelling to Uganda is the friendly people willing and eager to show you their beautiful country with many mammal species and well over 1000 bird species. Travel to Uganda and track chimpanzees in Kibale forest, see the rare tree climbing lions and the big five in Queen Elizabeth national park home to hippos, elephants, buffaloes, leopards and many other animal species and of course meet the endangered mountain gorillas in Bwindi.
Some sustainable travel highlights of this trip include:
People
Our 4×4 rentals and guided Uganda safari holidays help improve the lives of local communities as we employ local people in all our operations. If you choose a guide holiday with your 4×4 rental, your local driver guide will tell you plenty about the local history, local traditions, local culture and great stories about the Ugandan people. The local driver may not even follow the well known tarred roads but instead use the back roads so you get a chance to witness first-hand how the locals live and go about their daily lives.
This sample Uganda safari holiday itinerary and suggested accommodation options aim to improve incomes for the local communities by using local drivers, local mechanics, locally owned accommodation options, restaurants for lunch by use of locally sourced food and supply chain items wherever and whenever possible.
After chimpanzee tracking in Kibale, the trip suggests the locally guided Bigodi Swamp Walk which is organised by a local community based organisation.. The main purpose of the Bigodi Swamp walk is to raise awareness of protecting the local environment while advancing health, education and economic growth in the community around Kibale Forest and a very high percentage of the money paid for the walk is channelled back into supporting the local Bigodi community to support a women’s local group by providing opportunity for them to sell their locally made products at the wetlands visitor centre.
Uganda gorilla safari. Trek the gorillas in Bwindi Uganda
Holiday trip itinerary.
Day1 Uganda safari holiday
Arrival at Entebbe Airport.
You’ll arrive at Entebbe airport where you will be welcomed by our representative. For self drive 4×4 4wd rental clients, you will be escorted to a waiting 4×4 rental vehicle where you will complete all the vehicle rental formalities, sign rental agreement, inventory management as well as showing you the nitty gritty and spare equipment for the rental vehicle, before driving to your hotel in Entebbe for overnight.
For our guided holiday safari clients, our adventure starts with your arrival in Entebbe a beautiful city on the shores of Lake Victoria. Entebbe is a calm and serene town with a few visitor attractions including birding at Nabinoonya beach, a visit to Entebbe Wildlife Education Centre, The Entebbe botanical gardens, forest walks, as well as beach restaurants where you can unwind after a long-haul flight.
Accommodation: 2 Friends Guest House, Entebbe Airport Guest House or Boma Hotel
Day 2 Uganda safari holiday
Drive to Kibale National Park.
On day 2 of your holiday, you will be briefed about your safari by our holiday driver guide and after breakfast at the hotel it is time to depart Entebbe and drive via the Entebbe expressway to avoid the traffic gridlock in Kampala as you head out west through Mityana, Mubende, Kyenjojo and Fort Portal and finally Kibale Forest and our accommodation at Kibale Forest Camp..
Upon arrival, you’ll relax at the camp in the middle of the forest with a cup of freshly brewed Ugandan Robusta or Arabica coffee, or a fresh brew of some of Uganda’s finest trees grown locally in Fort Portal or with a glass of fresh juice made out of some of the most juicy pineapples, oranges or mangoes grown locally.
Kibale Forest is home to 13 primate species and host to 9 diurnal primates, including vervet, red-tailed, L’Hoest’s, red colobus, black-and-white colobus, blue monkeys, grey-cheeked mangabeys, olive baboons and of course the much sought after chimpanzees.
Accommodation: Kibale Forest Camp
Day 3 Uganda safari holiday
Chimpanzee tracking in Kibale; Bigodi Wetlands Swamp walk.
Today we start off the day with tracking the chimpanzees through Kibale Forest. On the forest walks we are certain to see a number of primates including the red-tailed monkeys, colobus monkeys and the grey cheeked mangabeys and of course the chimpanzees.
In the afternoon, we shall embark on the Bigodi swamp walk through the Bigodi wetlands sanctuary. The Bigodi swamp walk is run and managed by a local community based organisation. Birders will love the swamp walk as we encounter a number of bird species as well as sightings of a number of primates resident in this area. In the evening we return to our lodge for a relaxing evening over a campfire.
Accommodation: Kibale Forest Camp
Day 4 Uganda safari holiday
Departure to Queen Elizabeth National Park
Today after breakfast, we depart Kibale Forest and drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park. The drive offers you great views of the Rwenzori mountains as the backdrop. We cross the equator and slowly descend into the Great Rift Valley and Queen Elizabeth NP. The park is home to the big five, plenty of bird species, volcanic crater lakes, a salt lake, local fishing communities in Kasenyi, chimpanzees in Kyambura Gorge, the tree climbing lions in the southern sector of the park in Ishasha, the Kazinga channel that connects Lakes George and Edward onto which one can have launch cruises to see game as it comes out to drink on the banks in the hot afternoon sun.
Queen Elizabeth NP one has one of the highest biodiversity ratings of any game reserve in Africa if not the world with an enviable recorded mammal species of 95 and more than 610 bird species.
Accommodation: The Bush Lodge.
Day 5 Uganda safari holiday
Game drives and boat cruise along the Kazinga Channel.
The morning is spent on a game drive in the park in search of the big five, birds and other wildlife. You’ll see elephants, lions, leopards, hyenas, giraffes, buffaloes, topis, kobs, bush bucks and many other smaller animals.
You’ll return to the lodge for lunch before heading out again in the afternoon at around 2pm for a boat cruise along the Kazinga channel where you will have the opportunity to sigh large herds of hippos and crocodiles and other wildlife as they come out on the banks to drink. Birders will also have a good sighting afternoon as plenty of bird species call Queen Elizabeth NP home.
Accommodation: The Bush Lodge.
Day 6 Uganda safari holiday
Game drive in the Ishasha Sector of Queen Elizabeth National Parkas you drive to Buhoma in Bwindi.
After breakfast we drive to the southern sector of Queen Elizabeth park in Ishasha in search of the tree climbing lions. On the game drive we shall see more game and birds. We continue driving towards Bwindi and through great scenic landscapes sometimes referred to as the Switzerland of Africa before we arrive at our lodge for the next 2 nights in Bwindi.
The driving duration is about 5hr 30min (not including game drives).
Accommodation: Buhoma Community Rest Camp/Gorilla Valley Lodge
Day 7 Uganda safari holiday
Mountain gorilla tracking.
Today is when you get to meet the endangered mountain gorillas in their natural habitat in Bwindi Forest. To most visitors, tracking the gorillas in the forest is one of the best moments in their life. Spending one hour with the gentle giants, observing the silverbacks and the kid gorillas going about their daily lives feeding and playing is a memorable experience. Gorilla permits are very limited, we recommend that you purchase them well in advance especially during the peak holiday season months of June, July, August and September.
Accommodation: Buhoma Community Rest Camp/Gorilla Valley Lodge
Day 8 Uganda safari holiday
Optional second mountain gorilla trek or nature walks in Bwindi.
Today is an opportunity for a 2nd gorilla trek or a visit to the Batwa Pygmies to find out how the live, their traditions and way of life. You may also have a nature walk in Bwindi forest in the afternoon or a canoe ride on Lake Mutanda.
Accommodation : Buhoma Community Rest Camp/Gorilla Valley Lodge
Day 9 Uganda safari holiday
Depart to Lake Mburo National Park.
Today after breakfast, we depart from Bwindi and drive to Lake Mburo National Park. It is about a 5 hours drive. We anticipate to arrive at our lodge in time for lunch after which we have game drives in the park. Lake Mburo hosts large herds of zebras, giraffes and impala as well as some leopards. The park has a lake where you can have a canoe ride and is home to very many bird species. You have a choice of safari walks, canoe rides and game drives in Lake Mburo.
Accommodation: Rwakobo Rock Lodge.
Day 10 Uganda safari holiday
Game drive; optional game walk or boat safari
Another day of game drives, canoe rides or walking safaris in Lake Mburo National Park.
Accommodation: Rwakobo Rock
Day 11 Uganda safari holiday
Drive to Entebbe; holiday trip ends.
Today is the end of our holiday in Uganda as we depart from Lake Mburo and drive through Masaka with a stop over at the equator in Kayabwe for photo-ops and purchase of souvenirs. Time permitting we drive to Mabamba enroute to Entebbe for a glimpse of the shoebill. Late check into the hotel in Entebbe for refreshments before final transfer to the airport for your departure flight.
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