5-Day Uganda Wildlife Encounter Safari

This wildlife sighting adventure tour will take you to Lake Mburo National Park, the home of the beautiful zebras. Enjoy wildlife game drives, a horseback riding safari in the jungle, and Queen Elizabeth National Park to search for tree-climbing lions and other wildlife sightings.

Day 1: Arrival at Entebbe International Airport and transfer to hotel
On arrival at Entebbe International Airport, you will be warmly met by a company representative who will be your professional English-speaking safari guide. After meeting at the airport guest waiting lounge, you will be transferred to your booked hotel in Entebbe town to check in, freshen up, and meet your safari guide at the reception, who will brief you about the tour. The hotel is about 10 to 20 minutes from Entebbe International Airport.

If time allows, drive to Entebbe Botanical Gardens for an evening walk. You may encounter some primates and bird species. You can also visit the shores of Lake Victoria, where you may spot some waterbirds and get used to Uganda’s beautiful nature.

Lake Victoria is the largest waterbody in Africa, the second largest freshwater body in the world, and the source of the River Nile, the longest river on the planet.

Day 2: Drive to Lake Mburo National Park
After a hot breakfast, meet your safari guide and pack all your luggage in the vehicle. Check out of the hotel at 7 am and drive to Lake Mburo National Park in western Uganda, south of the equator line. On your way to Lake Mburo National Park, you will have a stopover at the Uganda equator line located in Kayabwe, which is believed to be separating the planet into two parts; the Northern and Southern hemispheres.

While at the equator landmark, you will see the water experiment, which shows how forces move differently on each side of the planet and proves the difference between the two hemispheres. For example, water drains from the funnel in a clockwise motion in the Northern hemisphere, whereas it drains down in an anti-clockwise motion in the Southern hemisphere. Here, the sun rises and sets rapidly, and the temperatures and weather are constant all year.

Day 3: Lake Mburo National Park
Wake up early to have breakfast at 7 am and go for the 2-hour horseback riding safari – a nature walk on horses in the park accompanied by an experienced guide. Undoubtedly, a horseback riding safari in Lake Mburo National Park is one of the most amazing activities, giving an outstanding experience to view wildlife from a horse. During the horseback riding safari, you can view animals like zebras, impalas, and the more elusive ones (like eland) from a close range. They are curious to look at their close relatives without black and white stripes. Horse riding is the most peaceful way to explore the park since it does not leave any footprints behind or cause noise and air pollution, as it is when using a safari vehicle, which will make you feel part of nature.

Afterwards, return to your lodge for a full breakfast, check out, and start your drive to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park, with a stopover at Igongo.

Day 4: Drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park and boat cruise on Kazinga Channel
Wake up early to have breakfast and drive to the park for the wildlife game drive by 6:30 am to have a chance to see the nocturnal hunters. These include leopards, lions, spotted hyenas, civets, genets, and caracals before they return to their hideouts.

During your early morning game drive in Queen Elizabeth National Park, it is a guarantee to see elephants, herds of caped buffaloes, several antelope species like Uganda kobs, waterbucks, etc, several warthogs and some primates like olive baboons and vervet monkeys, plus lots of birds. The focus will be to search for lion prides, as Queen Elizabeth National Park is one of the savannah national parks where you can encounter many lions and other predators. This is because of the large population of animals that they prey on, so they have a variety of food.

Day 5: Queen Elizabeth National Park and return to Kampala
Wake up early in the morning to have breakfast, pack all your luggage in the vehicle, and drive to Kalinzu Forest Reserve head office. The local guide will warmly welcome you, brief you on chimpanzee tracking, and then start your forest walk to look out for chimpanzees and other primates in this forest. Kalinzu Forest Reserve is the second-best forest in Uganda for a chimpanzee experience, with over 50 well-habituated chimpanzee individuals for visitor tracking.

After meeting the chimpanzees, return to the forest offices to freshen up and have a bottle of water. Then, start your drive back to Entebbe or Entebbe International Airport, with a stopover at the Igongo Cultural Museum for lunch.