8 Days wildlife Safari to Uganda

8 Days Wildlife Safari to Lake Mburo National Park & Jinja.

Day 1: Arrival at Entebbe Airport

Meet and greet at Entebbe international Airport by our company representative who is your driver and guide for the safari.Transfer to your overnight accommodation for dinner and overnight at Airport Guest House (budget facility) Cassia Lodge (Moderate facility), Kampala Serena Hotel (high end Hotel).

Meal Plan: Dinner

Day 2: Transfer to Lake Mburo National Park 

Enjoy a relaxed breakfast before driving Southwestward to Lake Mburo National Park with a stop to interact with the local drum makers at their shop alongside the road. Have a look at the different drum shapes and the wood type required to make them. Head for another stop at the equator imaginary line to see the water experiment and carry on to have lunch in the park. After lunch go for a boat cruise on Lake Mburo to see plenty of hippopotamus and look out to spot some unique water birds like the: Heron, Bateleur, Grey Crowned Crane, Black-bellied Bustard, Brown-chested Lapwing, Rufous-bellied Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove, Coqui Francolin Brown Parrot, Turaco, Bare-faced Go-away-bird, and the Red-headed Lovebird, besides many others. There are also good chances of seeing the elusive shoebill stork here. Dinner and overnight at: Eagles’ Nest Lodge  (budget facility) Mburo safari lodge (moderate facility), Mihingo Safari Lodge (high end Lodge).

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 3: Cycling Game drive at Lake Mburo National Park 

After breakfast move out for a cycling experience in the bushes of Lake Mburo National Park with your backpack of drinks and snacks, accompanied by a guide. The cycling lasts between 1-5 hours or more depending on your interest and ability. Harder terrain options are available for experienced mountain bikers and good mountain bikes with great suspensions and mudguards for rainy days are in store to put the riders up to an enjoyable task. The cycling brings you to see zebra, warthogs, topi waterbucks, impala, eland and more plus great scenery views. opt for a relaxed afternoon or go riding all day. (Please bring sunscreen and insect repellent for this activity). Dinner and overnight accommodation: Eagles Nest Camp (budget facility) Mburo Safari Lodge (moderate facility) Mihingo Lodge (high end Lodge).

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Day 4: Transfer to Jinja

Start off early after breakfast for the drive to Jinja with lunch in Kampala. After lunch proceed eastwards to Uganda’s adventure capital driving past, tea and sugarcane plantations, and Mabira tropical rain forest. Enjoy a restful evening on arrival in preparation for a great white-water rafting experience the next day. Dinner and overnight at 2 Friends Guest House (moderate facility), Jinja Nile Resort (high end Lodge), Orchard Grand Hotel (budget option).

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.

Day 5: White Water Rafting at Jinja 

After an early breakfast, move to the assembling point for a briefing that will equip you for a wild adventure of white-water rafting on the Nile to last a whole day. There will be a lunch break in between and the activity will be completed with an evening snack to reinvigorate and congratulate ourselves for conquering the Nile rapids. There after transfer to our overnight accommodation for a restful night. Dinner and overnight at 2 Friends Guest House (moderate facility), Jinja Nile Resort (high end Lodge), The Orchard grand hotel (budget).

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner.

Day 6: Quad Biking & Boat-cruise at Jinja

A relaxed breakfast will usher you to a great start, for quad biking around the local Busoga village homesteads and farms for 1-2 hours or more. Return to refresh and have lunch after have a boat cruise to the source of the Nile and return for a relaxed evening to unwind at your lodge. Dinner and overnight: at 2 Friends Guest House (moderate facility), Jinja Nile Resort (high end Lodge), The Orchard grand hotel (Budget).

Meal Plan: breakfast, lunch, and dinner

Day 7: Transfer from Jinja to Kampala

Wake up to a very relaxed breakfast with great views of the river Nile as we wind our stay in Jinja to return to Kampala with a stopover at Ssezibwa Falls to see and hear the myths of the local people about the falls and its caves. Continue to have lunch in Kampala and spend the rest of the afternoon looking around the different craft/souvenir shops for possible gifts to take home as a remembrance of your Uganda safari. You will be dropped off for dinner and overnight at: Airport Guest House  (budget facility) Cassia Safari Lodge (moderate facility) and Kampala Serena Hotel (high end Lodge).

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Day 8: Transfer to Entebbe Airport

Depending on the time of your departure flight you will be picked up from your hotel to transfer to the airport for your flight home.

Meal Plan: Breakfast

Included items:

  • White waterRafting
  • Enroute meal during travel
  • Accommodation on different price options.
  • Pop up roof safariVan/ land cruiser jeep
  • Game drive
  • Cycling
  • 2boat cruises jinja and lake mburo
  • Quad biking
  • Full-board meals/accommodation
  • Enroute meals
  • Guide/ driver
  • Ground transportation&fuel
  • Park entry fees
  • Source of nile entry fees
  • Bottled water on board

Excluded items:

  • Visa
  • Flight
  • Passport
  • Personal items
  • Air tickets
  • Covid test