Wild Uganda: Explore the Best of Uganda

Arrive Entebbe Airport. Meet and greet by your Uganda Safari Company driver guide and transfer to Entebbe to your accommodation (+/-15 mins) – a great boutique hotel with a swimming pool and lovely restaurant.

Overnight at the Boma Guest House (BB)

Pick up from your accommodation in Entebbe and transfer by road to Entebbe Airport (+/- 10 minutes) for a scheduled flight to Kisoro (07h45/08h55). In Kisoro our representative will transfer you to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park for 2 hours by road.

Enjoy an afternoon community walk.

Overnight Clouds Mountain Gorilla Lodge (FB + non-premium brand drinks).

About Clouds Mountain Gorilla Lodge

Clouds Mountain Gorilla Lodge is high up on Nteko Ridge, on the edge of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park where the views are breath taking. It lies in the shadow of three volcanoes, looking down into the thick treetop canopy of Bwindi and beyond to the golden grasses of the Western Rift Valley.

8 Stone cottages with fireplaces, soft armchairs, warm duvets, excellent meals made from local produce, good wine, a lush botanical garden, a cosy library and sheltered verandas with views to the volcanoes.

Clouds, with the ultimate goal of protecting the natural habitat of the mountain gorilla, directly benefit the community of Nkuringo who also have a significant stake in the venture.

Up relatively early for a hearty breakfast to give you the energy needed for your gorilla track. By 08h00, report to the ranger station for registration and a talk by one of the rangers; the guides will then take you through the bush pushing your way through the undergrowth, parting thick creepers, to track the gorillas. The track can take from half an hour to 7 hours –  a reasonable degree of fitness is required as well as a sturdy pair of walking shoes.

Overnight Clouds Mountain Gorilla Lodge (FB + non-premium brand drinks).

Today you will go up early again and get to visit another Gorilla family. This day we are going to the Rushaga area. This group is about a 40 min drive away from the lodge so we have to leave early. You will have a wake-up call around 05h30 as breakfast is served at 06h00. By 06h30 the driver will wait for you and transfers you to the Rushaga area. An area that has many different Gorilla families.

Around 08h00 during your briefing with the ranger you will hear which group you will track. This will be yet another day of adventure and activity.

The driver shall wait for you at the starting point and when you have finished your track, he will drive back with you to the lodge.

Overnight Clouds Mountain Gorilla Lodge (FB + non-premium brand drinks).

Transfer by road to the Kisoro airstrip for 2 hours for a scheduled flight to Semliki at (09h10/10h05) . Pick up from the Airstrip by lodge vehicle and transfer to the lodge.

Semliki Valley Wildlife Reserve, the oldest protected area in Uganda and home to a staggering array of flora and fauna. The reserve is situated in the basin of the Western Rift Valley. It is one of the most diverse habitats in Africa with wonderful examples of Riparian forest, gallery rain forest, borassus palm forest, and short and high grass savannas. Chimps exist next to elephant, lion and buffalo as well as the usual Western Uganda species.

Nestled on the crest of the beautiful Wassa River Valley is the small and luxurious Semliki Safari Lodge. The eight rooms are tented with large four-poster beds, Persian carpets and en-suite bathrooms. At night through the canvas you can hear the animals moving, the lions roaring and often the leopards harsh sawing as it hunts baboons.

We have a lovely swimming pool area, ideal for relaxing, while still feeling as though you are truly in the heart of Africa. The food prepared by our chefs could best be described as ‘fusion food’, and we endeavor to use as much local, fresh produce as possible.

Overnight Semliki Safari Lodge (FB + non-premium brand drinks)

An early morning rise, tea in your tent and a good breakfast before you depart on a boat trip on Lake Albert to try and see the incredible and rare shoebill, visually a cross between a dodo and a dinosaur.

The lake is superb: there are sand cliffs where brightly colored colonies of red-throated bee-eaters dart in and out of their burrows, there are several fishing villages along the way, virtually untouched by the ‘western world’. Then drive back to the Lodge through the borassus palm forest and the acacia savannah reveals different species of raptors and passerines.

Afternoon game drive or forest walk and sundowners.

Overnight Semliki Safari Lodge (FB + non-premium brand drinks).

Scheduled flight from Semliki to Entebbe (10h20/11h25) and then connect for the Entebbe to Kidepo Valley National Park scheduled flight (12h30/14h45). Evening game drive / walk.

It is just a short drive from the airstrip to the lodge. From the pool, carved into the rocks, you can observe animals at the below waterhole. Meals are served from a set menu but please do speak with the chef should you have special wishes.

Overnight Apoka Safari Lodge (FB including non-premium brand drinks).

Morning game drive or walk and afternoon visit to Karamojong community. Evening sundowner with snacks and drinks.

Take a walking safari or drive in an open Land cruiser along a sandy dry river bed fringed with palm trees, climb to the top of a rocky outcrop and take in the views. Guides move slowly along isolated tracks to fully appreciate all around you, looking for tracks and signs of the animals movements we can stop at any point to investigate further.

Perhaps track the lions, or even cheetah, often surrounded by Zebra, Waterbuck, Jackson’s Hartebeest, Warthogs, Patas monkeys and big herds of Buffalo. Then in the afternoon go to visit the Karamojong community with a game drive on the way.

Overnight Apoka Safari Lodge (FB including non-premium brand drinks).

Take a walking safari or drive in an open Land cruiser along a sandy dry river bed fringed with palm trees, climb to the top of a rocky outcrop and take in the views. Guides move slowly along isolated tracks to fully appreciate all around you, looking for tracks and signs of the animals movements we can stop at any point to investigate further. Perhaps track the lions, or even cheetah, often surrounded by Zebra, Waterbuck, Jackson’s Hartebeest, Warthogs, Patas monkeys and big herds of Buffalo.

Overnight Apoka Safari Lodge (FB including non-premium brand drinks).

Take another game drive in the morning. Return to the lodge late morning and enjoy brunch. Depart Kidepo for Entebbe

Airport on scheduled flight (15h00/16h30) . Pick up from Entebbe to Entebbe Jetty for a boat transfer to Pineapple Bay, Bulago Island.

Bulago Island: Relax after your hectic Uganda safari

Take off your shoes, wrap yourself up in a nice soft kikoy and heed the wise words of the Jungle Book’s King Louie: ‘Unwind yourself’. Pineapple Bay. Where you can lounge on a Lamu bed, looking out to the sparkling waters of Lake Victoria.

Where you can charter a fishing-boat and head off with rod and tackle to fish for the legendary Nile Perch. Where you can arm yourself with binoculars and roam for kilometers over this unspoiled island paradise in search of hundreds of birds who make this their home. And then come back and plunge into the dark blue pool or go with the chef to the organic gardens and choose your own pineapple, your own avocado, and your own greens to have for lunch.

Overnight Pineapple Bay Resort (FB)

Visit Ngamba Chimp Sanctuary where chimps rescued from captivity are cared for. You will watch the morning feeding of the chimps.

Overnight Pineapple Bay Resort (FB)

Transfer to Entebbe via boat (approximately 45 minutes) and then onwards road transfer (15 minutes) to Entebbe Airport for your outbound flight. This, unfortunately, is the end of your Uganda safari tour. 

Gorilla Tours in Bwindi National Park

This rainforest is said to be 25 000 years old, making it one of Africa’s most biodiverse habitat s. The altitude of this mountain park ranges from 1200 –  2600 meters. Five rivers and a high annual rainfall make it a little humid. Besides its major attraction, the mountain gorillas (gorilla gorilla berengeri) the National Park is also home to an amazing 120 mammal species, 350 species of birds, 202 species of butterflies and over 200 species of trees.

There are 23 of the 24 Albertine rift endemics including the African green broadbill, bar tailed trogan and other beautiful forest species.

This Uganda safari is perfect for: Those seeking Luxury Safaris Uganda, Uganda Safari Holidays & Gorilla Safaris Uganda