After breakfast, head into the park for a morning game drive, where you will encounter giraffes, warthogs, buffaloes, elephants, lions, and numerous antelopes. After a picnic lunch, take a boat cruise upstream to the bottom of the falls, meeting Nile crocodiles, big pools of hippos, elephants, and other animals that come to the river to drink. Your onboard tour guide will help you spot and identify numerous birds along the Nile. Return to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

Accommodation: Nile Safari Lodge on full board basis. Alternatives include Paraa Safari Lodge and Chobe Safari Lodge.

After breakfast, check out from Murchison Falls National Park for a transfer to Kibale Forest National Park, known as the capital of primates due to its highest concentration of primate species. The journey will lead you through the Ugandan countryside with local homesteads and numerous tea plantations. You may stop for landscape photography at the Great Rift Valley escarpment. After a stop for lunch in Fort Portal town, arrive in Kibale in the evening and check in to your accommodation.

Accommodation: Ndali Lodge on full board basis. Alternatives include Kyaninga Lodge and Primates Lodge.

After breakfast, transfer to Kanyanchu Tourist Center for a briefing before proceeding for chimpanzee tracking. Led by armed ranger guides, you will follow trails until you reach the chimpanzees. Aside from the chimpanzees, the forest is home to over 13 primate species, including the rare L’Hoest, red Colobus monkey, blue monkey, black-faced vervet monkeys, grey mangabey, pottos, baboons, and bush babies. The forest also offers delights for botanists, butterfly lovers, and birders, with about 335 bird species recorded. Spend an hour photographing and recording the chimpanzees before returning to the information center. After a local cuisine lunch at Tinka’s place, enjoy an afternoon swamp walk and birding experience at Bigodi wetlands. Return to your lodge in the evening.

Accommodation: Ndali Lodge on full board basis. Alternatives include Kyaninga Lodge and Primates Lodge.

Check out of your accommodation in the morning and transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park, one of Uganda’s premier wildlife destinations. The journey offers views of the Rwenzori Mountain ranges and possibly a visit to one of the crater lakes in the Tooro region. Arrive at Mweya Lodge in time for a hot lunch. At 2:30 pm, enjoy a boat cruise on the Kazinga Channel, with a chance to see hippos, crocodiles, bird species, elephants, and buffaloes drinking from the water’s edge. Return to the lodge for overnight.

Accommodation: Mweya Safari Lodge on full board basis. Alternatives include Ishasha Wilderness Camp and Kyambura Gorge Lodge.

After an early breakfast, check out of Mweya Lodge and cross to Kasenyi plains for a 3-hour game drive. Spot large herds of antelopes, buffaloes, elephants, and possibly lions, hyenas, and leopards. Near Lake Edward, encounter hippos returning from overnight grazing. With a picnic lunch, drive to the Ishasha sector of Queen Elizabeth National Park. Check in to your riverside tented camp and relax for the night.

Accommodation: Ishasha Wilderness Camp on full board basis. Alternative: Kyambura Gorge Lodge.

Enjoy a whole day of game drives in the Ishasha sector, famous for tree-climbing lions and conspicuous wildlife viewing. Your first game drive starts at 7:00 am to 11:00 am, followed by lunch at the camp, then a second game drive from 3:00 pm, ending with a sundowner drink in the park.

Accommodation: Ishasha Wilderness Camp on full board basis. Alternative: Kyambura Gorge Lodge.

Check out of your accommodation in mid-morning and transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. The park is home to roughly half the world’s remaining mountain gorillas, along with chimpanzees, monkeys, elephants, and various small antelope. Bwindi is also a key birding destination, with 23 of Uganda’s 24 Albertine Rift endemics. Upon arrival, check in to your accommodation and rest for the next day’s activities.

Accommodation: Sanctuary Gorilla Forest Camp. Alternatives: Buhoma Lodge, Ruhija Gorilla Lodge, and Clouds Mountain Gorilla Lodge.

After breakfast, head to the park headquarters for a briefing at 8:00 am. Divided into groups, depart on a trek through the dense rainforest to locate one of the habituated gorilla family groups. Spend an hour observing, photographing, and recording the gorillas. After the trek, visit Conservation Coffee, a local co-op of farmers who grow, process, and roast beans to benefit gorilla conservation. Return to your lodge for the night.

At 10:00 am, transfer to Kihihi airstrip for your flight to Entebbe, departing at 12:00 pm and landing at 2:40 pm. Upon arrival, you will be received by another guide and transferred to your accommodation. You will have samples taken for COVID-19 testing.