Uganda, the Gorillas to the Nile
Bwindi's gorillas, the chimpanzees of Kyambura, and the Nile at Murchison Falls.
- Nine nights
- Six stays
- Uganda
- Gorillas, chimpanzees, safari, river
Uganda by road from Entebbe: the mountain gorillas of Bwindi, the plains and gorge of Queen Elizabeth National Park, and the Nile at Murchison Falls, with a night by Lake Victoria at each end.
- Length
- Nine nights
- Pace
- Six stays
- Style
- Gorillas, chimpanzees, safari, river
- Route
- Entebbe to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest to Queen Elizabeth National Park to Murchison Falls National Park to Murchison Falls, the east
- EntebbeOne night
- Bwindi Impenetrable ForestTwo nights
- Queen Elizabeth National ParkTwo nights
- Murchison Falls National ParkTwo nights
- Murchison Falls, the eastOne night
- EntebbeOne night
01
Days 1 to 2 · one night
Entebbe
Met on arrival and taken to the hotel for a quiet first evening.
Where you stay
Hotel No. 5
Hotel No. 5 is a small boutique hotel in Entebbe, ten minutes from the airport, with ten rooms around a garden pool, a restaurant and a cocktail bar.
02
Days 2 to 4 · two nights
Bwindi Impenetrable Forest
By road to Buhoma. An afternoon with the community, coffee, banana and gin making, then a day tracking the gorillas with the park's rangers, with up to an hour in their company.
Where you stay
Silverback Lodge
Silverback Lodge is in the Buhoma sector of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park, about five minutes' walk from the park, looking over the valley and the forest.
03
Days 4 to 6 · two nights
Queen Elizabeth National Park
Drives for elephant herds and, with luck, the lions that climb trees, a walk into Kyambura Gorge after chimpanzees, and the salt pans at Katwe.
Where you stay
Mweya Safari Lodge
Mweya Safari Lodge stands on a peninsula in the heart of Queen Elizabeth National Park, with the Rwenzori Mountains beyond.
04
Days 6 to 8 · two nights
Murchison Falls National Park
A cruise up the Nile towards the Falls for hippos, crocodiles and waterbirds, an early drive for lion and leopard, and breakfast out at the Delta.
Where you stay
Paraa Safari Lodge
Paraa Safari Lodge overlooks the Nile in the north west of Uganda, on its way to Lake Albert.
05
Days 8 to 9 · one night
Murchison Falls, the east
Along the park to the east, and a free afternoon with a treatment at the spa.
Where you stay
Chobe Safari Lodge
Chobe Safari Lodge looks out over the Nile on the eastern side of Murchison Falls National Park.
06
Days 9 to 10 · one night
Entebbe
A walk and breakfast in the bush, then the drive back to Entebbe for a last night before the flight home.
Where you stay
Hotel No. 5
Hotel No. 5 is a small boutique hotel in Entebbe, ten minutes from the airport, with ten rooms around a garden pool, a restaurant and a cocktail bar.
Ways to make it yours
This is a sample. The hotels, the pace and the order are where we start, not where we finish: every journey is designed around the people taking it.
Made around you
Most travel is bought. This is designed.
Before anything is booked, we talk: who is travelling, how you like to spend a morning, and the hotel preferences below the obvious, from the kind of bath you like to the time you wake and how much daylight you need in a room. You see options where options matter and clean recommendations where they don't.
The same person remains your point of contact from the first reply to the trip after next. No handovers. No team.
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