Big 5, Mountain Gorillas & Nile River

Meet your Drive Into The Wild team at your Entebbe hotel. After completing our arrival in country procedures, we depart for Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary.

Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary is home of the only white rhinos in Uganda. Not only can you find rhinos, but other wildlife including leopard, giraffe, antelope, aardvark, warthogs, zebra, colobus monkeys, and 300+ bird species, including shoebill stork and golden crested crane, call Ziwa their home. There are a good selection of activities on offer, ranging from rhino trekking, birding tours and nature hikes, to night-time nature walks, shoebill treks and canoe rides.

Upon arrival at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary, transfer to your accommodation. Spend the rest of your day at leisure enjoying its facilities.

Driving Time: 4:30 hours.

Meals: Dinner included, breakfast and lunch at own arrangement.

Overnight: When we create your itinerary, you will receive complete descriptions of all your property choices. In the meantime, have a look at a sample of our popular accommodations.

After breakfast, it is time to pack your vehicle and depart for Murchison Falls National Park.

Murchison Falls National Park is Uganda’s largest National Park. Bisected by the Victoria Nile River, Murchison Falls National Park is where Ernest Hemingway's aircraft crashed in 1954 whilst on a sightseeing trip. The park is also the location where the 1951 Oscar nominated movie 'The African Queen', starring Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn, was filmed. The park is home to an abundance of wildlife and the famous Murchison Falls, known locally as Kabalega or Kabarega Falls.

Upon arrival at Murchison Falls National Park, transfer to your accommodation. Spend the rest of your day at leisure enjoying its facilities.

Driving Time: 3:30 hours.

Meals: Breakfast and dinner included, lunch at own arrangement.

Accommodations: When we create your itinerary, you will receive complete descriptions of all your property choices. In the meantime, have a look at a sample of our popular accommodations.

After breakfast, you can enjoy your accommodation’s facilities, or explore Murchison Falls National Park. Activities include game drives, boat cruises, bird watching, and hiking to the top of the falls.

Murchison Falls National Park is home to a range of wildlife including lion, leopard, hyena, elephant, hippo, buffalo, giraffe, hartebeest, chimpanzee and over 460 bird species. An alternative activity, is a scenic boat trip to the base of Murchison Falls, where the mighty Nile River thunders its way through a 6 meter gap forming a 45 meter high waterfall, before flowing into Lake Albert. The boat ride typically last for 3 - 4 hours and stops very close to the 'devil's cauldron', an ideal spot to take pictures of the majestic falls.

All meals are served at your accommodation. Spend the evening relaxing, enjoying its facilities.

Driving Time: 0:00 hours (unless you choose a vehicle based activity in Murchison Falls National Park).

Meals: Breakfast, lunch and dinner included.

Accommodations: When we create your itinerary, you will receive complete descriptions of all your property choices. In the meantime, have a look at a sample of our popular accommodations.

After breakfast, it is time to pack your vehicle and depart for Kibale National Park.

Kibale National Park is one of Africa's greatest rainforest reserves, famous for its variety of primates and bird populations. Located in one of Africa’s most breath-taking landscapes that forms the Albertine Western Rift Valley, the national park contains one of the most varied tracts of tropical forest in Uganda. Forest cover, interspersed with patches of grassland and swamp, dominates the northern and central parts of the park on an elevated plateau.

Upon arrival in Kibale National Park, transfer to your accommodation. Spend the rest of your day at leisure enjoying its facilities.

Driving Time: 5:00 hours.

Meals: Breakfast and dinner included, lunch at own arrangement.

Accommodations: When we create your itinerary, you will receive complete descriptions of all your property choices. In the meantime, have a look at a sample of our popular accommodations.

After breakfast, you can enjoy your accommodation’s facilities or explore Kibale National Park. Activities include chimpanzee tracking, primate walk, or a visit to Bigodi Wetland Sanctuary.

Transfer to the park headquarters for chimpanzee tracking. Home to 13 primate species, Kibale Forest contains one of Africa's largest concentrations of primates, including chimpanzees, colobus and vervet monkeys, and over 320 species of birds. Kibale’s most popular activity is the Kanyanchu Primate Walk, where 13 species of primates can be found. Kanyanchu’s chimps have been tracked since 1993 and the chances of locating them are excellent. Guided walks start at 8am and 2pm and typically last an average of 3 hours.

All meals are served at your accommodation. Spend the evening relaxing, enjoying its facilities.

Driving Time: 0:00 hours (unless you choose a vehicle based activity).

Meals: Breakfast, lunch and dinner included.

Accommodations: When we create your itinerary, you will receive complete descriptions of all your property choices. In the meantime, have a look at a sample of our popular accommodations.

After breakfast, it is time to pack your vehicle and depart for Queen Elizabeth National Park.

As Uganda's second largest and most popular savannah parks, Queen Elizabeth National Park is the best place to see lions in the country. The park has one of the highest biodiversity ratings of any game park in Africa. Its ecosystems, which includes lakes and wetlands, sprawling savanna and forests, make it the ideal habitat for lion, leopard, elephant, buffalo, 10 primate species including chimpanzees, and over 600 species of birds.

Upon arrival at Queen Elizabeth National Park, transfer to your accommodation. Spend the rest of your day at leisure enjoying its facilities.

Driving Time: 2:00 hours.

Meals: Breakfast and dinner included, lunch at own arrangement.

Accommodations: When we create your itinerary, you will receive complete descriptions of all your property choices. In the meantime, have a look at a sample of our popular accommodations.

After breakfast, you can enjoy your accommodation’s facilities, or explore Queen Elizabeth National Park. Activities include game drives, boat cruises and bird watching.

Queen Elizabeth National Park is home to the Ishasha sector’s famous tree climbing lions, where when your guide shouts ‘lion’, you should definitely look up! It is also possible to see leopard, elephant, buffalo, jackal and various antelope species. Whilst on a Kazinga Channel boat cruise it is possible to spot elephant, hippo, buffalo, crocodile and water birds, along with storks, caimans, monitor lizards, fish eagles and weaver birds on a Kazinga Channel boat cruise.

All meals are served at your accommodation. Spend the evening relaxing, enjoying its facilities.

Driving Time: 0:00 hours (unless you choose a vehicle based activity in Queen Elizabeth National Park).

Meals: Breakfast, lunch and dinner included.

Accommodations: When we create your itinerary, you will receive complete descriptions of all your property choices. In the meantime, have a look at a sample of our popular accommodations.

After breakfast, it is time to pack your vehicle and depart for Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.

Declared a UNESCO’s world heritage site in 1994, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is home to one of Uganda's oldest and most biologically diverse rainforests, protecting roughly half of the world’s population of mountain gorillas, with 23 habituated groups for tourists to visit. The park also provides shelter to a further 120 mammals, including elephants, antelopes and primates such as chimps and baboons. Bwindi offers some of the finest montane forest birding in Africa, including 23 Albertine Rift endemics.

Upon arrival in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, transfer to your accommodation. Spend the rest of your day at leisure enjoying its facilities.

Driving Time: 2:30 hours.

Meals: Breakfast and dinner included, lunch at own arrangement.

Accommodations: When we create your itinerary, you will receive complete descriptions of all your property choices. In the meantime, have a look at a sample of our popular accommodations.

After breakfast, you can enjoy your accommodation’s facilities, or go mountain gorilla tracking in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park.

Mountain Gorilla tracking starts with a briefing at 8am at the park headquarters. After the briefing you depart with the guide and rangers to find the mountain gorillas. The time spent tracking gorillas in Uganda depends and varies from half an hour to eight hours depending on the gorilla movements. Although the hike can be physically demanding, the beauty of the forest and its inhabitants is a fascinating and very rewarding experience. Once the gorilla families have been found, your visit with these great apes lasts for one magical hour.

All meals are served at your accommodation. Spend the evening relaxing, enjoying its facilities.

Driving Time: 0:00 hours (unless you choose a vehicle based activity).

Meals: Breakfast, lunch and dinner included.

Accommodations: When we create your itinerary, you will receive complete descriptions of all your property choices. In the meantime, have a look at a sample of our popular accommodations.

After breakfast, it is time to pack your vehicle and depart for Lake Mburo National Park.

Lake Mburo is Uganda’s smallest savannah park, but it is definitely worth a visit. Whether exploring on foot, by boat, or on a game drive, Lake Mburo National Park offers an up-close safari experience, where visitors can enjoy stunning wildlife encounters without the crowds. The park is home to a multitude of wildlife including zebra, impala, buffalo, leopard, hyena, jackal, hippos, crocodiles and a variety of birds, including papyrus gonoleks, warblers and the blue-headed coucal.

Upon arrival in Lake Mburo, transfer to your accommodation. Spend the rest of your day at leisure enjoying its facilities.

Driving Time: 6:00 hours.

Meals: Breakfast and dinner included, lunch at own arrangement.

Accommodations: When we create your itinerary, you will receive complete descriptions of all your property choices. In the meantime, have a look at a sample of our popular accommodations.

After breakfast, pack your vehicle and depart for Entebbe International Airport, for your onward travel arrangements.

Alternatively, consider extending this trip by adding one of our Extension Ideas (enquire for details) to this program.

Driving Time: 6:00 hours.

Meals: Breakfast included, lunch and dinner at own arrangement.