9 Days Uganda Adventure Safari

Visit Murchison Falls National Park, Jinja and track Bwindi Mountain Gorillas on this 9 Days Uganda Adventure Safari. Book this Uganda Safari.

9 Days Uganda Adventure Safari: Overview

Day 1: Arrival in Uganda

You will be met at the airport by our Murchison Falls & Source of the Nile safari guide who will transfer you to the hotel reserved for you in Kampala. Dinner and overnight will be at this hotel.

Day 2 of the 9 Days Uganda Adventure Safari: Travel to Murchison Falls National Park

You will have an early breakfast and be driven to the Murchison Falls National Park through Masindi town. Along the way you will visit the Ziwa Rhino sanctuary where you will have a guided nature walk to track the Rhinos. You will proceed to Masindi town where you will have your lunch after which you will enter the Park via the Kichumbanyobo gate and visit the Top of the falls, the spot from which the park gets its name. At the top of the waterfalls, you will observe the River Nile squeezing itself in a 7 meter gorge before tumbling 40 meters down in a thunderous explosion and then flows down into a very peaceful river whose water banks are swarmed with a profusion of water and land animals as well as birds. You will have dinner and overnight at the lodge reserved for you.

Day 3: Game drive and boat launch

In the morning you will have breakfast before going for a game drive in the Murchison Falls Park’s Northern area to see the big 5 including Buffaloes, Lions, Elephants, and if fortunate even see a Leopard. Other animals you will see include: Rothschild giraffes, Bushbucks, Warthogs, Waterbuck, plus a great diversity of other Antelopes in large numbers.

At lunchtime you will return to the lodge and later in the afternoon go for the thrilling launch cruise down the Nile. You will sail close to the bottom of the falls and on this cruise you will see various birds, numerous hippos and giant crocodiles plus some other animals grazing close to the banks. If fortunate, you may see the uncommon shoe bill stork plus various other bird species within this area.

You will return to your Murchison Falls & Source of the Nile Adventure booked lodge for dinner and overnight.

Day 4: Transfer to Jinja to visit Source of the Nile

You will after breakfast, set off the Murchison Falls safari route for Jinja to visit the source of the Nile, Africa’s longest river. You will arrive in the early evening and relax at your lodge until dinner time and overnight.

Day 5: Boat cruise, water rafting in Jinja and transfer to Kampala

You will after breakfast have a brief drive through this historical town after which you will visit the source of the Nile and explore it by boat. You will then spend the rest of the day rafting until late afternoon will you will relocate back to your hotel in Kampala for an overnight.

Day 6: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable forest national park

After early breakfast, you will get ready and depart for Bwindi Impenetrable forest national park through Ishasha area for a game drive well known for its climbing lions and later proceed on 80km drive to Buhoma area for a check-in in your booked lodge for dinner and overnight.

Day 7: Gorilla tracking

After early morning breakfast at 7:30am you will have your packed ready and head to park headquarters for pre-gorilla trekking and later proceed to the jungle in search for the endangered mountain gorillas in their natural habitat to watch them play, move, feed and climb trees an experience that will leave you a story to tell. After this gorgeous adventure, you will get back to your lodge to retire for dinner and overnight.

Day 8: Transfer back to Kampala

After early breakfast at the lodge, you will check-out of the hotel and set out for Kampala through Mbarara-Masaka towns with lunch stopover in Mbarara town and later proceed to Kampala for a drop off to your booked lodge for dinner and overnight.

Day 9: Departure

After your leisured breakfast at your lodge in Kampala, you will be picked by our driver guide for a drop off to Entebbe Airport for flight connections back home.

End of the 9 Days Uganda Adventure Safari.