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Day 1 – Lakeside Arrival in Entebbe

Arrive in Entebbe and relax at a peaceful guesthouse surrounded by tropical gardens. Enjoy a welcome dinner with sunset views over Lake Victoria.
✨ Optional Add-ons: Sunset dinner cruise on Lake Victoria.

Day 2 – Nile Adventures in Jinja

Drive to Jinja, East Africa’s adventure capital. Spend the afternoon on a sunset cruise or thrill-seeking on the rapids with optional rafting, tubing, quad biking, or horseback riding along the riverbanks.
✨ Optional Add-ons: White-water rafting • Horseback riding • Quad-biking • Source of the Nile boat trip

Day 3 – Coffee & Waterfalls in Sipi

Continue toward the Mount Elgon highlands, where Sipi Falls plunges through rugged cliffs and emerald hills. Visit local coffee farms, walk to dramatic waterfall viewpoints, and breathe in the cool mountain air.
✨ Optional Add-on: Coffee-roasting workshop with local farmers. Abseiling along Sipi Falls for adventurous travellers

Day 4 – Slow Morning & Transfer to Ziwa Sanctuary

Enjoy a peaceful morning exploring Sipi trails, then drive northwest to Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary. Spend the evening in the quiet bush beneath the acacia trees.

Day 5 – Rhinos & the Power of Murchison Falls

Start the day tracking Uganda’s rare white rhinos on foot. Continue to Murchison Falls, stand above the thunderous gorge, then glide down the Nile at sunset where hippos and crocodiles patrol the riverbanks.
✨ Optional Add-on: Night game drive along the Nile. Private sundowner picnic on the riverbank

Day 6 – Sunrise Safari Across Murchison Plains

At dawn, set out across the Buligi grasslands in search of giraffes, elephants, lions, and antelope glowing in golden light. Spend the afternoon relaxing, birdwatching, or taking a nature walk.
✨ Optional Add-on: Hot-air balloon safari with champagne breakfast

✅ Day 7 – Scenic Journey to Kibale Forest (UPDATED)

After breakfast, travel south through shifting landscapes — open savannah giving way to rolling hills, tea plantations, crater lakes and small villages.
Stop in Fort Portal for a relaxed lunch with sweeping views of the Rwenzori Mountains before continuing into Kibale Forest. Arrive in the late afternoon with time to unwind among towering rainforest trees and birdsong.
✨ Optional Add-ons: Tea plantation visit • Crater lake walk • Fort Portal craft market visit

Day 8 – Chimpanzees & Crater Lakes

Head into Kibale with expert trackers to observe wild chimpanzees calling, leaping, and racing through the canopy. In the afternoon, explore crater lakes or visit a nearby tea estate.
💎 Optional Upgrade: Chimpanzee Habituation Experience — spend up to 4 hours with a chimp community

Day 9 – Into Queen Elizabeth National Park

Drive south into Queen Elizabeth National Park for an evening game drive across the Kasenyi plains, dotted with elephants, buffalo, kob, and hiding leopards.

Day 10 – Kazinga Channel Cruise & Ishasha’s Tree-Climbing Lions

Cruise the Kazinga Channel, one of Africa’s greatest wildlife spectacles — hippos, elephants, buffalo, crocodiles, and hundreds of birds gather along its banks.
Continue to the remote Ishasha sector for a game drive among ancient fig trees where lions lounge in the branches.

Day 11 – Voyage into Bwindi’s Misty Mountains

Descend into the emerald slopes of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, where mist curls across deep valleys and ancient jungle blankets the hillsides — your gateway to gorilla trekking.

Day 12 – Gorilla Trekking (or Ultra-Exclusive Habituation Upgrade)

Walk beneath giant ferns and tangled vines to meet a mountain gorilla family. Watching them play, feed, and rest just a few meters away is a once-in-a-lifetime encounter.
💎 Optional Upgrade: Gorilla Habituation — spend 4-hours with a semi-habituated family, the most intimate gorilla experience in Uganda
✨ Cultural Add-on: Batwa heritage walk — drumming, music, stories, and forest history

Day 13 – Peaceful Shores of Lake Bunyonyi

Travel to one of Africa’s most beautiful lakes — island-dotted, mirror-still, and surrounded by terraced hills. Swim, paddle a dug-out canoe, or simply relax in serene silence.

Day 14 – A Day of Rest by the Water

Take a full day to enjoy the tranquility of Lake Bunyonyi: visit island villages, go birdwatching, or relax with a book in hand.
✨ Optional Add-ons: Private sunset canoe cruise with wine and snacks

Day 15 – Return to Kampala (EXTRA NIGHT ADDED)

Drive back to Uganda’s capital and check in for a relaxing final night. Enjoy a farewell dinner overlooking the twinkling city lights, reliving the safari memories of the past two weeks.

Day 16 – Explore Kampala & Fly Home

Spend the morning exploring Kampala’s cultural highlights — the Uganda Museum, craft markets, art galleries, or Gaddafi Mosque — before your transfer to Entebbe for your international flight home.

✅ OPTIONAL UPGRADES (as clean brochure list)

• Gorilla Habituation (4 hr experience)

• Chimpanzee Habituation (full day)

• Hot-air balloon safari in Murchison

• White-water rafting, horseback riding or quad-biking in Jinja

• Abseiling at Sipi Falls

• Lion tracking in Queen Elizabeth

• Private sundowner picnics & champagne sunset cruises

• Fly-in upgrades between major parks

• Private photography guide

• Massage/spa treatments at select lodges