9 Days Pearl of Uganda Safari

Our representative meets you at Entebbe International Airport and transfers you to your hotel for dinner and overnight (Imperial Royale, Metropole or Tristar Hotel, bed and breakfast).

Drive northwest through the Luwero Triangle, with the option of visiting the Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary if you start early. After lunch in Masindi, continue to Murchison Falls, Uganda's largest protected area, and stand at the top of the falls where the Nile squeezes through a seven-metre gorge and drops 43 metres. Dinner and overnight at Paraa Lodge or Pakuba Safari Lodge (full board).

An early game drive across the northern sector looking for elephants, buffaloes, giraffes, Uganda kobs, lions and, with luck, leopards. After lunch, take a two-hour boat cruise to the foot of Murchison Falls past hippos and crocodiles. Dinner and overnight at your lodge (full board).

Drive southwest along the Albertine escarpment of the Western Rift Valley, via Hoima, to Fort Portal, capital of the Tooro kingdom, in the shadow of the Rwenzori Mountains. Overnight at Primate Lodge, Mountains of the Moon Hotel or Ataco Country Resort (full board).

Game drive into Queen Elizabeth National Park. After lunch, take a two-hour launch trip on the Kazinga Channel for superb birdlife, hippos and elephants, followed by an evening drive to the crater lakes. Dinner and overnight at Mweya Safari Lodge, Ihamba Lodge or Bush Lodge (full board).

An early game drive along the Kasenyi track and Queen's Mile for lions, elephants, buffaloes and warthogs. After lunch, walk into the 16-km-long, 100-metre-deep Kyambura Gorge in search of habituated chimpanzees and other primates. Dinner and overnight at your lodge (full board).

Drive to the Ishasha sector with a packed lunch, searching for the lions that rest in the fig trees here, then continue to Bwindi. Dinner and overnight at Mahogany Springs, Silverback Lodge or Buhoma Community Rest Camp (full board).

After a briefing, trek into Bwindi Impenetrable Forest to find and spend time with a habituated gorilla family. Bring drinking water, a rain jacket and sturdy boots; walking sticks are provided. In the afternoon, drive to Kabale through the terraced hills known as the 'Switzerland of Africa'. Dinner and overnight at Birdnest, Heritage Lodge or Overland Bunyonyi (full board).

Take a two-hour boat trip to the islands of Lake Bunyonyi for birdwatching and Bakiga culture, then drive back to Entebbe with lunch in Mbarara and a photo stop at the Equator.