
🦁 8-Day Best of Uganda Safari Itinerary
Your Ultimate Wildlife, Primate & Scenic Adventure in Uganda
📌 Overview – Best of Uganda Safari
This 8-day Best of Uganda Safari combines Uganda’s most iconic highlights—gorilla trekking, chimpanzee tracking, Big Five wildlife encounters, breathtaking landscapes, and rich cultural experiences. It’s designed for travelers who want the most rewarding wildlife adventure in a limited timeframe.
🦁 8-Day Best of Uganda Safari Itinerary – Day-by-Day Itinerary
Your Ultimate Wildlife, Primate & Scenic Adventure in Uganda
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Day 1. Arrival in Entebbe – Transfer to Hotel in Entebbe.
Welcome to Uganda! Upon landing at Entebbe International Airport, your guide will meet and transfer you to your hotel in Entebbe.
Relax and prepare for your Best of Uganda Safari adventure.Meal Plan: Dinner
Accommodation: Airport Guest house -
Day 2. Entebbe – Murchison Falls National Park
- After breakfast, begin your journey north to Murchison Falls National Park, home to four of the Big Five.
- Stop over at Ziwa rhino sanctuary where you can walk with the rhinos.
- have lunch en route as you continue to murchison falls
- Visit the top of Murchison Falls, where the Nile forces itself through a narrow gorge—one of Africa’s most powerful waterfalls.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: Pakuba Safari lodge -
Day 3. Game Drive & Nile Boat Safari – Murchison Falls
Start your morning with a classic African game drive. Look out for elephants, lions, giraffes, buffalo, antelopes, and more.
In the afternoon, enjoy a boat cruise on the Nile to spot hippos, crocodiles, and abundant birdlife.This is one of the most unforgettable highlights of the Best of Uganda Safari experience.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: Pakuba Safari lodge
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Day 4. Murchison Falls – Queen Elizabeth National Park
- After breakfast, transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park.
- The landscape shifts as you enter Uganda’s most diverse protected area.
- This scenic drive reveals Uganda’s countryside, crater lakes, and tea plantations.
- Have lunch in fort portal town.
- Stop at the equator point for pictures.
- Evening community interaction and village walk
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: Lights kazinga homestay. -
Day 5. Chimpanzee Trekking – Kazinga Channel Boat Cruise - Game Drive
- Today, embark on an exciting chimpanzee trekking adventure in Kyambura gorge. Enjoy up-close moments as chimps feed, play, and swing through the trees.
- In the afternoon, enjoy a famous Kazinga Channel boat cruise, renowned for its high concentration of hippos and water birds.
- End your day with a sunset game drive across Kasenyi plains—home to lions, elephants, buffalo, hyenas, and antelopes.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: Lights kazinga homestay. -
Day 6. Queen Elizabeth – Bwindi Impenetrable Forest
- Drive south to the mystical Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, home of the mountain gorillas.
Pass through the Ishasha sector, known for tree-climbing lions. - Arrive at your lodge nestled in the Bwindi rainforest.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: Buhoma Community camp. - Drive south to the mystical Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, home of the mountain gorillas.
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Day 7. Gorilla Trekking – Transfer to Lake Bunyonyi
- The most thrilling moment of your Best of Uganda Safari—gorilla trekking in Bwindi!
Hike through the dense jungle with experienced rangers until you meet a mountain gorilla family. - Spend one unforgettable hour in their presence.
- After trekking, transfer to lake Bunyonyi for evening relaxation by the lake.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation: Bunyonyi Eco resort. - The most thrilling moment of your Best of Uganda Safari—gorilla trekking in Bwindi!
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Day 8. Transfer to Entebbe for evening flight.
This day marks the end of our amazing 8 days best of Uganda safari. we get up early for a delicious breakfast while enjoying the endless views of lake Bunyonyi. start your journey back to Entebbe for departure.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch
✔️ What’s Included
- All transportation in a 4×4 safari vehicle
- Professional English-speaking guide
- Accommodation & meals as per itinerary
- Gorilla trekking permit
- Chimpanzee trekking permit
- Boat cruises & game drives
- Park entry fees & bottled water
❌ What’s Excluded
- International flights
- Visa fees
- Alcoholic beverages
- Tips & personal expenses
- Travel insurance
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WELCOME TO LIGHT OF KAZINGA ORPHANAGE UGANDA
- Every trip a client confirms with us, he or she has directly supported an orphan since we take 10$ from our sales directly to the orphanage we support.
- we support LIGHTS OF KAZINGA ORPHANAGE. Its an orphanage deep in kyambura village just at the edge of Queen Elizabeth national park and we normally take our clients to the orphanage to have an interaction with these disadvantaged children, you could even participate to take part in some activities such as pedal sew, weave baskets, dance, sing and drum.
- You can support an orphan more if you buy some of crafts these kids produce them selves, Tshirts and other things.
- you can also decide to sponsor a child to go to school and by doing this, you will have given a good life to the the child for the rest of his/her life.
- The money that we get is used to directly support these orphans by paying school fees, buying scholastic materials, food, building a home for them.






