★ Tailor-Made Safari Expedition
14 Days Epic Journey in the Green Heart of Africa (Uganda Grand Tour)
15+Years guiding
4×4Private vehicle
100%Tailor-made
★4.9TripAdvisor
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Overview
Fourteen days to see it all – the epic journey through the green heart of Africa. Track reintroduced white rhinos on foot at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary, cruise the Victoria Nile to the thundering Murchison Falls and down to the bird-rich delta (shoebill territory!), walk with wild chimpanzees in Kibale Forest and again in the sunken Kyambura Gorge, and search the Ishasha figs for Uganda's famous tree-climbing lions. The crescendo: a face-to-face hour with a mountain gorilla family in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, followed by a flexible activity day in Kisoro beneath the Virunga volcanoes and final game drives among the zebras of Lake Mburo.
Stay at the storied Travellers Rest Hotel in Kisoro – Dian Fossey's “second home” in the 1960s – and travel in our 4WD Land Cruisers with pop-up roofs and a window seat for everyone. Available as a budget tour (lazy camping and simple rooms) or comfortable tour (the best accommodation available), and genuinely single-friendly: solo travellers pay the pair price and always get their own room or tent.
Explore more of our Uganda safaris or see the related 17 Days Virunga Circuit Safari.
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Day-by-Day Itinerary
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Arrival in Entebbe
Airport pick-up, briefing with your driver/guide, and overnight at a guesthouse in Entebbe.
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Ziwa rhino tracking – Murchison Falls National Park
Head north via Masindi (±7.5 hours) with an on-foot rhino tracking stop and lunch at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary – the only place to see wild rhinos in Uganda – arriving at your lodge above the Nile as the African night comes alive.
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Game drive and boat cruise to the Falls
An early game drive on the northern bank – lions and Rothschild's giraffes are the specials here – then the classic afternoon launch trip upriver to the base of Murchison Falls, past pods of hippos, huge crocodiles, elephants, and buffaloes.
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Nile delta cruise and Top of the Falls
A 5–6 hour morning boat safari downstream to the papyrus delta where the Nile enters Lake Albert – prime shoebill country – then an afternoon visit to the Top of the Falls, where the world's longest river explodes through a seven-metre gap.
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To Kibale Forest National Park
A scenic travel day (±8 hours) along the Albertine Rift escarpment with spectacular views over Lake Albert, arriving at Kibale Forest Camp to sleep amid rainforest sounds.
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Chimpanzee walk and Bigodi Swamp
The four-hour morning chimp walk in the primate capital of the world – up to ten other primate species possible – followed by the community-run Bigodi Wetland walk in the afternoon.
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Queen Elizabeth National Park
Via Fort Portal to a lodge overlooking the Kazinga Channel (±5.5 hours), with a late-afternoon game drive on the kob-studded plains.
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Game drive and Kazinga Channel cruise
A full morning among thousands of Uganda kob, elephants, and lions, then the famous two-hour Kazinga Channel launch trip – one of Africa's great wildlife concentrations seen from the water.
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Kyambura Gorge chimps and Ishasha tree-climbing lions
An early descent into the “Valley of Apes” for a 3–4 hour chimpanzee trek in the sunken Kyambura Gorge, then south to the Ishasha sector for an evening game drive beneath the fig trees where lions famously lounge on the branches.
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Through the Switzerland of Africa to Kisoro
Travel the beautiful terraced highlands (±6–7 hours) with lunch in Kabale, cresting the final hill to see the Virunga volcanoes rise over Uganda, Rwanda, and Congo. Three nights at the famous Travellers Rest Hotel – Dian Fossey's old haunt.
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Gorilla trekking in Bwindi
An hour's drive to southern Bwindi for the 7:45 am briefing, then trek with ranger guides to the Nshongi or Nkuringo gorilla family. Treks run 3–9 hours for one unforgettable hour with the gorillas – reasonable fitness recommended.
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Choose-your-own Kisoro adventure
A flexible day of optional activities: golden-monkey or second gorilla treks, climbing Muhavura (4,127 m), Gahinga, or Sabinyo volcanoes, the Batwa Trail with its Garama Cave performance, canoeing to Python Island on Lake Mutanda, a Bufumbira village walk, birding in Mgahinga – or simply reading in the Travellers Rest garden.
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Lake Mburo National Park
Drive to compact, beautiful Lake Mburo (±5.5 hours) – the only western park with impala and zebra – for an evening game drive.
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Morning game walk and return to Entebbe
An early game drive or walk, late breakfast, lunch in Mbarara, and the Equator stop for photos and coffee before your evening arrival in Entebbe (±5.5 hours) for your flight or an extra guesthouse night.
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What's Included
✓ Included
- ✓ Experienced English-speaking driver/guide
- ✓ 4WD Land Cruiser with pop-up roof, fuel included
- ✓ All park entrance fees
- ✓ Rhino tracking at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary
- ✓ Chimpanzee permits for Kibale and Kyambura Gorge
- ✓ Nile launch trip, delta cruise and Kazinga Channel cruise
- ✓ Accommodation on bed & breakfast (budget or comfortable option)
- ✓ Airport transfers
- ✓ Bottled water in the vehicle
✗ Excluded
- ✗ Gorilla permit (US$800 per person in Uganda, US$1,500 in Rwanda – we secure permits for you, with free cancellation and full refund if none are available)
- ✗ Optional Kisoro activities (volcano climbs, Batwa Trail, second treks)
- ✗ Lunches and dinners (approx. US$30 per day)
- ✗ Uganda visa
- ✗ Drinks, tips, porters and laundry
- ✗ Items of a personal nature
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