7-Day Murchison Falls, Chimps & Gorilla Trekking


7 days
Free cancellation
1 - 15
Mobile ticket

Overview

Travel to the Murchison Falls NP. Expect the roaring rapids of the Murchison Falls, the rolling plains of Uganda’s largest National Park teaming with abundance of wildlife. Go chimp trekking in Budongo Forest Reserve. You will return to Kampala before travelling to Bwindi. Go gorilla trekking Bwindi Impenetrable Forest. Transfer to Lake Bunyonyi for relaxation and sightseeing. Return to Entebbe International Airport to catch your flight out.

Inclusions

  • Air-conditioned vehicle
  • WiFi on board
  • Private transportation
  • Restroom on board
  • 7x Breakfast
  • 6x Dinner
  • 7x Lunch
  • Accommodation included: 7 nights
  • Entry/Admission - Budongo Forest
  • Entry/Admission - Murchison Falls National Park
  • Entry/Admission - Bwindi Impenetrable Forest

What to expect

Itinerary

Day 1: Pick up and Transfer to Murchison with detour rhino tracking in Zziwa Rhino Sanctuary

Stop At: Murchison Falls National Park, Murchison Falls P.O.Box 455, Masindi Uganda
Hopefully, your flight is scheduled for an early (not past noon) landing in Uganda. Your guide/driver will pick you from Entebbe Airport and you will hit the road for Murchison falls. The highlights of this park include; the roaring rapids of the Murchison, the rolling plains of Uganda’s largest National Park where you will have the chance of viewing lions, giraffes, hartebeest, buffalo, and elephants. Then surely you will be fascinated by the concentration of hippos and the Nile crocodiles here. For birders, Murchison Falls boasts 450 bird species including the elusive shoebill stork, dwarf king fisher, the white-thigh hornbill, and the Goliath heron among others.

En route, make a detour visit to Zziwa Rhino sanctuary. You will have at least one hour of rhino tracking while here. Another stop will be in Masindi in order to enjoy your lunch. Continue to the park and check in to your accommodation to relax for the Evening.
Duration: 1 day

Meals included:



Accommodation included: Fort Murchison Lodge

Day 2: Murchison Falls’ game drive and launch/boat trip to the base of the falls

Stop At: Murchison Falls National Park, Murchison Falls P.O.Box 455, Masindi Uganda
Have your breakfast, depart for an early morning game drive across the rolling plains of Uganda’s largest National Park, where you will have the opportunity of viewing lions, giraffes, hartebeest, buffalo, and elephants. For any birder, this area supports the secretary bird, and black chested snake eagle to name a few. Return to your accommodation for lunch. After lunch you will head out for the boat trip to the base of Murchison Falls where you will also be able to catch sight of more animals including Hippos and Crocodiles and several water birds. Continue with a hike (if you like) to the top of the falls. The hike may be a strenuous one but the thrill on reaching the top is breathtaking. Miss it only if you must. Return to your accommodation and have a relaxed evening.
Duration: 1 day

Meals included:



Accommodation included: Fort Murchison Lodge

Day 3: Go chimp tracking in Budongo Forest including sighting birds

Stop At: Budongo Forest, Northwest of Kampala, Kampala Uganda
Budongo is astonishingly bio-diverse, with 24 mammal species, over 360 birds, 289 butterflies and 465 plants. Budongo is also known for its primate population, which includes around 800 chimpanzees.
After breakfast, you will be driven through the Ugandan countryside which alone is worth a trip as you go for chimpanzee trekking in Budongo Forest. Also, look out for other primates like the black and white colobus monkeys, red tailed monkeys, baboons and grey-cheeked mangabeys. With over 360 bird species, you will have an absolute bird sighting experience while here.
After your chimp experience, you will return to the lodge for lunch and relax probably enjoying the sounds and sights of the area. Else, you may opt to take some nature walk to feel the beauty of the forest firsthand.
Duration: 24 minutes

Meals included:



Accommodation included: Budongo Eco Lodge

Day 4: Exit Budongo and Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park.

Stop At: Kampala, Kampala, Central Region
Have a relaxed breakfast at the accommodation and then set off to Queen Elizabeth National Park. On arrival, you will be dropped off at the booked accommodation where you will have relaxation plus the overnight stay (awaiting next day’s trip to Bwindi NP).
Duration: 1 day

Meals included:



Accommodation included: Buffalo lodge

Day 5: Transfer to Bwindi for the Epic gorilla trekking

Stop At: Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Buhoma Uganda
Your guide/driver will pick you from the accommodation and then depart for Bwindi Impenetrable national park. Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is a big habitat for mountain gorillas in Uganda harboring over 300 of them, more reason as to why it should be your next safari destination.
The drive takes you southwest Uganda, cross the Equator, and then to Mbarara for Lunch and through Savannah grasslands to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. The scenic drive through Kigezi Highlands, banana plantations and sight of herds of long-horned Ankole cattle – endemic to this area take you to the gorilla Sanctuary of Bwindi.
You will arrive in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in the evening and will mainly do less but just check into your accommodation, relax as you prepare for the Bwindi gorilla trekking experience the following day.
Duration: 1 day

Meals included:



Accommodation included: Gorilla Rushaga camp

Day 6: Go gorilla trekking Bwindi and later transfer to Lake Bunyonyi for relaxation

Stop At: Lake Bunyonyi, Uganda
After an early breakfast and a briefing by a ranger guide, you will enter the gorilla sanctuary for your adventure. The beauty of this rain forest is spectacular! The area offers dramatic steeply forested landscape and is incredibly dense, but crisscrossed by numerous animal trails allowing access to tourists. The time taken and the terrain vary with the movements of these great primates. Once you locate a gorilla group, you will be allowed an hour in their presence. The thrill of spending time observing these gentle and endangered giants is an awesome, exciting experience to be long savored. Return to your lodge. Have your lunch and thereafter check out for a transfer to Lake Bunyonyi. Lake Bunyonyi is framed by lush, green-terraced hills that reach a height of (2, 200 – 2, 478m) but it’s the 29 islands of various shapes and sizes scattered across the water that make it most magical — you could admire them all day.
Duration: 1 day

Meals included:



Accommodation included: Arcadia cottages uganda

Day 7: Depart Bunyonyi for your outbound flight in Entebbe Airport

Stop At: Entebbe, Entebbe, Central Region
Have a relaxed breakfast at the accommodation with spectacular view of the Bunyonyi little islands just right in front of you and thereafter embark on your return journey to Entebbe Airport. Expect enroute stopovers in Mbarara town for lunch and the Uganda Equator line mark in Kayabwe for some memorable photos (if you didn’t stop on the first day) and may be buying some art pieces of interest. Proceed with the journey arriving late afternoon/evening for drop off at the airport.
We do recommend for a late afternoon/evening outbound flight schedule for this day (if flying out). We hope to see you (or any referral) when next, you visit and thanks for choosing Ngoni Safaris Uganda!
Duration: 1 day

Meals included:


Accommodation included: no accomadation

Additional information

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Stroller accessible
  • Service animals allowed
  • Near public transportation
  • Infants must sit on laps
  • Infant seats available
  • Transportation is wheelchair accessible
  • Surfaces are wheelchair accessible
  • Most travelers can participate
  • Face masks required for travelers in public areas
  • Face masks required for guides in public areas
  • Face masks provided for travelers
  • Hand sanitizer available to travelers and staff
  • Social distancing enforced throughout experience
  • Regularly sanitized high-traffic areas
  • Gear/equipment sanitized between use
  • Transportation vehicles regularly sanitized
  • Guides required to regularly wash hands
  • Regular temperature checks for staff
  • Temperature checks for travelers upon arrival
  • Paid stay-at-home policy for staff with symptoms
  • Contactless payments for gratuities and add-ons
  • Passengers must have a negative COVID-19 PCR test taken at most 120 hours before departure from the first embarkation point.– This does not apply to passengers younger than 3 years.
  • This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking

Ticket delivery

You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.

Cancellation

If you cancel at least 4 day(s) in advance of the scheduled departure, there is no cancellation fee.
If you cancel within 3 day(s) of the scheduled departure, there is a 100 percent cancellation fee.
KentB171
August 2022

Murchison Falls, rhino, chimpanzee, gorilla trek, safari. Jamal was our guide and was amazing. Made an already fantastic trip that much more special.

Kasun_945
October 2020

This is one of the best trips i've ever visited, very good experience overall and friendly staff. I would recommend this to anyone

John S
October 2020

Excelente atención y profesionalismo, tuve una experiencia maravillosa, fue lo máximo. La vida silvestre es extraordinaria. Todo fue perfecto

AnnaHH87
October 2023

This was one of the best trip I have ever did so far. It started with a warm welcome by my driver and guide James. I always felt safe and welcome as a female solo traveller and can relly recommend it to everyone. The choice of lodges and activities for a 7 day Tour was perfect and I will keep it ...

Jeffry_C
May 2022

First, our guide James was awesome. He took care of us and made sure we were comfortable during the entire journey. All of the lodging was adequate. The last two nights at the Gorilla camp and the lake were amazing. The Rhino Sanctuary was only “Ok”. Seeing the Rhinos was fun but the food...

Andrew K
September 2021

Sedrick was the one organized the tour… he was very clear about pricing, what was included, itinerary, etc. Ben Ndugwa was our tour guide for the entire 7-day adventure, and we couldn’t have asked for a better guide, companion, and new friend. A speaker of English, Luganda, and Swahili, he is a...

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