5 Days Uganda wildlife Safari
Explore Uganda in 5 Days: Wildlife Safari Guide.
The 5 Days Uganda wildlife safari tour leads travellers to Uganda’s most visited destination on Uganda wildlife tours. Visit Murchison Falls National Park in northwestern Uganda, home to 76 mammals and over 450 bird species. Combined with a visit to Queen Elizabeth National Park in southwestern Uganda, a rich home to a diversity of wildlife species, with more than 95 mammals and around 600 bird species recorded.
Trip Highlight
Day 1: Transfer to Murchison Falls National Park
Day 2: Game drive and boat cruise on the River Nile
Day 3: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park
Day 4: Game drive and Kazinga channel boat Cruise
Day 5: Return to Kampala / Entebbe Airport.
Detailed Itinerary
Day 1: Transfer to Murchison Falls National Park
Our driver or guide will pick you up, depending on your location, and brief you about this Uganda safari. Thereafter, you will transfer to Murchison Falls National Park with a stop at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary for rhino tracking. Proceed to Masindi town with a stop for picnic lunch. Arrive at the park with an en route evening game drive where you will be able to spot animals like elephants, buffaloes, giraffes, bushbucks, waterbucks, warthogs and many more and spot bird species around them. After, you will connect to your booked lodge for dinner and an overnight stay.
Accommodation Option
- Nile Safari Lodge – Luxury
- Pakuba Safari Lodge – Midrange
- Red Chill Lodge – Budget
Day 2: Morning game drive and afternoon Boat cruise
Wake up early and then drive to the park for a morning game drive where you will spot the morning risers on the hunt, such as lions, leopards, and spotted hyenas, among others. Enjoy lunch at the lodge.
Later, go on the boat cruise along the Victoria Nile to the bottom of the falls, sail near the Devil’s Cauldron and have a chance to cruise near water animals like crocodiles and hippos and other animals like buffaloes, elephants, and bushbucks on the water banks. If time allows, you will drive to the top of the falls to enjoy memorable photography and a rewarding view of thunderous waterfalls. Back to the lodge for dinner and an overnight stay.
Day 3: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park
After morning breakfast at the lodge, you will be transferred to Queen Elizabeth National Park with a picnic lunch. Continue to the park through the rolling hills. Arrive at the park, depending on the time. You might go on the night game drive expecting to see nocturnal species. Have dinner and an overnight stay.
Accommodation options
- Mweya Safari Lodge – luxury
- Park View Lodge – Mid-range
- Enganzi Lodge – Mid-range.
Day 4: Game drive and Kazinga Channel boat cruise
Wake up, have morning breakfast with delicious snacks, and embark on a morning game drive in the Ishasha sector, where you will be able to view the unique tree-climbing lions and other animals like buffaloes, elephants, and antelopes, among others.
Later on, head on the afternoon boat cruise on the Kazinga Channel with a chance to view various water species like hippos and crocodiles and bird species. Dinner and an overnight stay as above.
Day 5: Transfer to Kampala/Entebbe Airport.
After a morning breakfast at the lodge, we set off back to Kampala with an en route lunch at the Equator, also for an impressive photo shoot. Proceed to Kampala, arriving in the evening, where you will be dropped off at your hotel or at any convenient place. End of the 5 days Uganda wildlife safari.
Safari includes;
- Park fees
- Activities on the itinerary
- Full Board Accommodation and all meals
- English-speaking driver-guide
- Enough water bottles on the safari
Exclusions.
- International flights
- Visas
- Laundry service
- Tips
