Upon your arrival at Entebbe International Airport (EBB), you will be met by a Marvel African Expeditions and Safaris representative who will introduce you to your driver guide. Your guide will then take you through your travel plans. Before you know it, you will be transferred to Papyrus Guest House for an overnight stay and dinner.

• Accommodation: Papyrus Guest House
• Timings: 40-minute drive
• Meal plan: Dinner
• Activity: Transfer

After an early morning breakfast, you will get into your safari vehicle for your transfer to Kibale National Park. Kibale National Park is one of the greatest rain forests in Africa. This forest is mainly famous for around 13 primate species, with chimpanzees being the main tracked species. Other primate species include golden monkeys, black and white colobus monkeys, as well as bird species.

The park is also next to Bigodi Wetland which is managed and owned by the local people in the area. This place is famous for primate, as well as bird watching. Upon arrival at the park, you will check into the camp for dinner, relaxation, and overnight stay.

• Accommodation: Kibale Forest Camp
• Timings: Six-hour drive
• Meal plan: Lunch and dinner
• Activity: Transfer

Wake up early and head to Kanyanchu by 8:00 a.m. to start your chimpanzee trek in Kibale Forest. Chimpanzees are considered to be the closest relatives of human beings since they share 98% of their DNA with that of the humans.

As you proceed with your search of these beautiful chimps, you will, as well, view many other primate and animal species, including l'hoest monkeys, black and white colobus monkeys, red tailed monkeys, grey cheeked mangabeys, pottos, bush babies, and many bird species including the little green bul, yellow spotted nictor, ramped tinker bird, crowed eagle, green breasted pitta, black bee spotted eater, as well as elephants.

This national park is on average 3,300 feet in elevation and it’s a rain forest with many communities of chimpanzees. Each troop has over 100 individuals with a complete social structure. In their groups, the adult males dominate the group and always defend the whole community against any danger and incursions by outside males.

These primates are located by listening to their pant hooting calls, hurrying to the place where they are calling from. You get a chance to observe them as they play, feed, socialize, as well as jump around in trees.

Immediately after, return to the lodge for lunch as you prepare to visit Bigodi Wetland Sanctuary where you will view more primates, like blue monkeys, baboons, otters, bushbucks, mongoose , bush pigs, and many more. The place is also known for many bird species, like the great blue turaco and the green breasted pitta.

• Accommodation: Kibale Forest Camp
• Timings: Three to five hours trekking and two hours walking tour
• Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch, and dinner
• Activity: Chimpanzee trekking and Bigodi Swamp walk

After an early morning breakfast, you will check out of the lodge with the help of your driver-guide and then transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park. This park is just a five-hour drive away and it is famous for a variety of wildlife and primate species.

This famous conservation area is bordered by Lake Edward in the south west, and in the north east, it’s bordered by Lake George.

This park was named after Queen Elizabeth II and it has a variety of wildlife species including impalas, kobs, forest hogs, elephants, buffaloes, tree climbing lions, and cape buffaloes. It is also filled with many volcanic calderas which harbor many flamingos on several seasons.

Arrive in time for lunch, and, in the afternoon, you will take a two-hour launch cruise on Kazinga Channel that connects lakes Edward and George, one of the most exciting activities in Uganda with a chance to see a high concentration of hippos and crocodiles in the water, while elephants, waterbucks, and buffaloes graze on the banks of the channel, as well as an array of bird life, including king fishers, Egyptian fish eagle, saddle billed stock, among others. Later, return to the lodge for an overnight stay and dinner.

• Accommodation: Enganzi Lodge
• Timings: Five-hour drive and two-hour boat cruise
• Meal plan: Lunch and dinner
• Activity: Boat cruise

In the morning, have breakfast at your lodge and thereafter set out for a game drive through the park where your eyes will be fed with amazing sights and wildlife such as kob elephants, giant forest hogs, warthogs, and hippos grazing.

You will go through the crater lakes and dry craters, visiting the salt lake. Lunch will be at the lodge. Afterwards, drive to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park through the Ishasha Sector of Queen Elizabeth National Park. This area is known for its tree climbing lions.

The safari will continue westwards, leaving the Ankole Kingdom, heading towards Bwindi and the Kigezi Kingdom, home of the heavy weights. Arrive at the park in the evening and check into your lodge for an overnight stay and dinner.

• Accommodation: Ichumbi Gorilla Lodge
• Timings: Five-hour drive
• Meal plan: Dinner
• Activity: Game drive

On this day, you will have a great time meeting with the mountain gorillas in Bwindi Forest. After a tasty breakfast, your guide will pick you up at the lodge. You will head for a briefing and, later, enjoy the fullness of the mist forest as you see the gentle giants and other wildlife species like buffaloes, elephants, monkeys, butterflies, and different bird species.

Only one hour is permitted with the gorillas. Locating gorillas can take a few hours or the whole day, depending on how far they moved from the place they spent the previous night. After the trek, in the evening, you could go for a guided nature walk or a community visit.

• Accommodation: Inchumbi Gorilla Lodge
• Timings: Five to seven hours trek
• Meal plan: Breakfast and dinner
• Activity: Gorilla trekking

After a good night sleep, breakfast, and checking out of the lodge, it will be time for your final drive from Bwindi Impenetrable National Park to Kampala. You will have an en-route lunch and a chance to explore the region’s culture at Igongo Cultural Center in Mbarara and be dropped off at either your hotel or Entebbe International Airport (EBB) for your flight back home.

Marvel African Expeditions and Safaris truly hope you have a memorable experience that you will remember for many years to come. Have a safe onward journey and they hope that Uganda will always be close to your heart.

• Accommodation: None
• Timings: Five hours
• Meal plan: Breakfast and lunch
• Activity: Departure

Maasai Mara National Reserve is one of the most well-known reserves on the entire continent. More than 40% of Africa’s larger animals can be found here, even though it contains 25% of what’s left of the Kenyan wildlife.

It is located in south-west Kenya and belongs to the Maasai people, and is being administered by the local county councils.

The terrain is mostly open grassland. In the south-east region, one can find the distinctive acacia tree. The plains between the Mara River and the Esoit Siria Escarpment are the best area for game viewing, especially when it comes to lions and cheetahs.

The Mara is famous for the river crossing during the Great Migration, when wildebeest, Thomson’s gazelle, topi, and zebra go to and from the Serengeti in Tanzania.

Every year between July and October. The predators are also present for the show.

All members of the Big Five (lion, elephant, leopard, cape buffalo, and rhinoceros) can be found here, just as other wildlife that can be spotted here, which includes hippopotamus, crocodile, hyenas, cheetah, jackals, antelopes, and the Maasai giraffe. More than 470 species of birds call the Maasai Mara National Reserve their home.

The second most popular park in Kenya, Amboseli National Park, is well-known for the views of Mt. Kilimanjaro.

Sprawling over 392 sq km/ 151 sq mi, Amboseli National Park spreads across the Kenya-Tanzania border. The park protects two of the main swamps and offers one of the best wildlife-viewing experiences in the world.

It is famous for being the best place in the world where you can get close to free-ranging elephants. Set against the backdrop of Mt. Kilimanjaro, the sight is magnificent.

Due to the long, dry months, the vegetation is sparse which is perfect for spotting wildlife. The animals that can be seen here are the African bush elephant, impala, Cape buffalo, cheetah, lion, hyena, wild dog, wildebeest, zebra, crocodile, mongoose, and Masai giraffe. Over 600 species of birds call Amboseli their home, too.

One of the Rift Valley soda lakes, Lake Nakuru stands at 1,754 m (5,755 ft) above sea level and is protected by the Lake Nakuru National Park. The abundance of algae attracts a lot of flamingos, which made the lake so famous.

However, the number of flamingos at the lake depends on the water and food conditions. The best vantage point is from Baboon Cliff. But, unfortunately, due to weather changes lately there are only a few of them left at Lake Nakuru as many have migrated to Lake Bogoria, located within Lake Bogoria National Reserve.

The national park can easily be visited on a day trip from the capital, but most often it is part of a circuit together with the Serengeti and Maasai Mara.

Other birds that live here are pelicans and cormorants. As for the animals, the area is home to warthogs, baboons, waterbucks, eastern black rhinos, and southern white rhinos.

With its rugged glacier summits and forested middle slopes, standing 5,199 m (17,057 ft) tall, Mt. Kenya is an impressive sight. Mount Kenya National Park was established to protect the mountain, the surrounding environment, and wildlife. The national park and the forest became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997.

It is an ancient extinct volcano, now Africa’s second highest mountain. There are still 12 glaciers on the mountain, but they are receding rapidly.

The mountain gives the park a different feel than the other national parks in the country, but the African animals are still present. One can spot elephants, monkeys, antelopes, buffalos, bushbucks, leopards, giant forest hogs, porcupines, and a lot of birds.

Tsavo is so large that it’s made of two parks: Tsavo East and Tsavo West National Park. The largest national park in Kenya and one of the largest in the world is located between Nairobi and Mombasa.

Tsavo East is slightly larger and features flat, dry plains and the Galana River. It is famous for the Tsavo lions, a population that often lacks the manes entirely. Other animals in this part are bushbuck, caracal, African dormouse, African bush elephant, gazelle, giraffe, spotted hyena, striped hyena, impala, leopard, lesser kudu, monkey, plains zebra, and Grevy’s zebra.

Tsavo West is wetter and more mountainous, known for the large mammals, such as black rhino, Cape buffalo, elephant, Maasai lion, leopard, and hippopotamus. Other animals that can be spotted here are the bush baby, lesser kudu, and the Maasai giraffe.

Samburu National Reserve is located on the banks of the Ewaso Ng'iro River, which flows through dorum palm groves and thick forests.

Due to its inaccessibility for many years, the reserve still fascinates visitors with its natural serenity.

The river attracts a variety of wildlife. All three big caps – lion, cheetah, and African leopard- can be spotted here but Samburu does not host the Big Five. However, it is famous for being home to its own Special Five - the beisa oryx, Grevy’s zebra, Somali ostrich, gerenuk, and reticulated giraffe.

Other animals that can be spotted here include the olive baboon, the warthog, the waterbuck, Grant’s gazelle, and impala. A variety of birds call this park their home.

Aberdare National Park is a high-altitude park. Due to its location, the park is very rainy and misty but offers spectacular views of waterfalls, ravines, and streams. It is also home to the second largest herd of the endangered black rhinoceros.

Some of the animals that can be spotted here are elephants, leopards, spotted hyenas, olive baboons, warthogs, and bushbucks. Rare sightings include those of the serval cat, African civet, and golden cat.

Bird viewing is also great here as the park is home to more than 250 species of birds.

Nairobi National Park is only a short drive from the capital city of Kenya, Nairobi. It is also the country’s first national park, established in 1946.

During the dry season (January to March), migrating herbivores gather in the park. Thereby, Nairobi National Park is also one of the most successful rhinoceros sanctuaries.

Despite its proximity to a city, the park houses a large and diverse wildlife population. Some of the animals that can be spotted here are Cape buffalo, baboon, eastern black rhino, wildebeest, cheetah, Grant’s zebra, African leopard, lion, impala, Maasai giraffe, hippopotamus, and waterbuck. There are 400 migratory and endemic bird species that call this park their home.