15-day Uganda Camping Adventure Tour

Day 1: Arrival in Uganda

On arrival at Entebbe International Airport in Uganda and after finalizing the formalities, you shall be welcomed by your guide, who will then drive you to your hotel. Depending on your time of arrival, you may choose an optional activity around Entebbe.

Main Destination:

Entebbe

Accommodation:

Airport Guest House

Budget guest house located in or near Entebbe

Meals & Drinks:

Breakfast (Lunch & dinner not included)

Drinks not included

Day 2: Visit Mabamba Swamps and Drive to Jinja

After breakfast, you will head to Mabamba Swamp located on Lake Victoria a large tract of marshlands with various channels through it which provides the perfect habitat for countless water birds. Keep your eyes open for the Shoebill Stork and web-toed Sitatunga Antelopes. You will proceed to Jinja for a Boat ride on the River Nile.
You will pitch camp at The Haven Lodge overlooking River Nile.

Main Destination:

Jinja

Accommodation:

Budget camping

In or near Jinja

Meals & Drinks:

All meals included

Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 3: Drive to Kitgum via Nyero rock paintings

Today after breakfast you will drive to Moroto town to spend the night right before your next camping adventure. Along the way, you will visit the Nyero rock paintings. They comprise a three-tiered rock shelter with primitive paintings on the inner surface that dates back to the Iron Age. You can set up camp relax and enjoy the beautiful and quiet ambiance that this peaceful town exudes. Camping at Moroto Hotel.

Main Destination:

Kitgum

Accommodation:

Budget camping

In or near Kitgum

Meals & Drinks:

All meals included

Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 4: Drive to Kidepo Valley National Park

You will drive to Kidepo National Park. You will arrive at your lodge in the National Park in time for lunch, you will have time to see and set up camp before you embark on an evening Game drive. The Park lies in the rugged, semi-arid valleys between Uganda’s borders with Sudan and Kenya, some 700km from Kampala. Gazetted as a national park in 1962, it has a profusion of big game and hosts over 77 mammal species as well as around 475 bird species. Kidepo is Uganda’s most isolated national park.

The best Time to Visit is September to March (Dry season)

High Season September to March (The park rarely gets crowded)

Best Weather September to November (End of the rains)

Wildlife in Kidepo Valley NP – See all animals

Elephant Common

Buffalo Common

Zebra Common

Lion Occasional

Leopard Occasional

Cheetah Occasional

Main Destination:

Kidepo Valley National Park

Accommodation:

Budget camping

Inside Kidepo Valley NP

Meals & Drinks:

All meals included

Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 5: Nature Walk and Game Drive

After your breakfast, start your drive through the Narus Valley where you will have a nature walk in the park. In the afternoon, you will enjoy another game drive Kidepo National Park is a savannah landscape that extends in all directions, It is home to elephant, zebra, giraffe, huge herds of buffalo, warthog, duiker, Jackson’s Hartebeest, lion, leopard, cheetah and hundreds of bird species, Buffalos, and Elephants. Other animals that may be seen roaming around include Jackal Roan Antelope, waterbuck, Eland, Oribi, Klipspringer, Lions, etc.

Main Destination:

Kidepo Valley National Park

Accommodation:

Budget camping

Inside Kidepo Valley NP

Meals & Drinks:

All meals included

Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 6: Game Drive and Community Visit

After early morning breakfast, embark on a morning game that will take you through the Narus Valley to see herds of buffaloes, elephants, giraffes, zebras, and hopefully some lions, leopards,s and the elusive cheetah. This will also enable you to be in full sight of varieties of birds as well. You will rest at the lodge after your Lunch until the evening when you will go for a cultural tour of the Karimajong community.

Here you will spend a wonderful evening with the Karamajong people and have an insight into their way of life and beliefs. At the end of the tour, you will be able to understand why their
pride makes them slow to adapt to globalization.

Main Destination:

Kidepo Valley National Park

Accommodation:

Budget camping

Inside Kidepo Valley NP

Meals & Drinks:

All meals included

Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 7: Drive to Murchison Falls National Park

After breakfast, you shall drive southwest to Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda’s biggest National Park. You shall have a stop in Gulu town to purchase some items then proceed to the National Park. After identifying your camping ground and setting up camp you will go for an evening Game drive. You will set up camp at The Nile Delta campsite.

The best Time to Visit is December to February (Easier to spot animals)

High Season June to September (Peak time for Uganda)

Best Weather June and July (Less rain and lower temperatures)

Wildlife in Murchison Falls NP – See all animals

Chimpanzee Occasional

Elephant Common

Giraffe Common

Hippo Abundant

Buffalo Common

Lion Occasional

Main Destination:

Murchison Falls National Park

Accommodation:

Budget camping

Inside Murchison Falls NP

Meals & Drinks:

All meals included

Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 8: Morning Game Drive and Afternoon Boat Ride

After an early breakfast, proceed for a game drive. This is a beautiful drive across the savannah, Borassus Palm Forest, and grassland down to Lake Albert where the Albert Nile heads north. Drive in the open African savanna in search of Lions, Leopard, hyenas, Buffalo, elephants, and Jackson Hartebeest.

Oribi, Waterbucks, Uganda Kobs, and enjoy spotting various Bird species such as the Secretary Bird, Black Chested Snake Eagle, Tawny, and Marshal Eagles Carmine and Swallow Tailed Bee- Eaters, and many more. In the afternoon have a boat ride up the Nile, to Murchison falls, where the park derives its name. You will hike to the top where you will experience the deafening roar of the falls.
You will pitch camp at the Top of falls campsite.

Main Destination:

Murchison Falls National Park

Accommodation:

Budget camping

Inside Murchison Falls NP

Meals & Drinks:

All meals included

Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 9: Drive to Fort Portal

Today you will drive from Fort Portal to Kibale National Park. Along the way, you will stop by a tea plantation. You will stop in Fort portal town to do some shopping. In the afternoon you will arrive at your accommodation. You may also choose to explore your surroundings at Kibale national park.

The best Times to Visit are December to February and June to July

High Season June to September (Peak time for Uganda)

Best Weather June to July and December to February (Least rain)

Wildlife in Kibale NP – See all animals

Chimpanzee Common

Elephant Occasional

Hippo Rare

Buffalo Occasional

Lion Rare to None

Leopard Very Rare

Main Destination:

Kibale National Park

Accommodation:

Budget camping

Inside Kibale NP

Meals & Drinks:

All meals included

Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 10: Chimpanzee Trekking and Drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park

After breakfast, you will go for Chimp tracking and enjoy a wonderful forest experience. Kibale’s 795km2 National Park contains one of the most beautiful and varying tracts of tropical forest in the whole of Uganda. This is home to 13 species of primate including chimpanzees.

After lunch, you shall proceed to Queen Elisabeth National Park, and enjoy a game drive on your way in. Named after her Majesty the Queen of England, it is Uganda's most popular and most scenic game reserve. It stretches from the crater-dotted foothills of the Rwenzori range in the north, along the shores of Lake Edward to the remote Ishasha River in the south, incorporating a wide variety of habitats that range from savanna and wetlands and lowland forest.

The Best Times to Visit is January to February and June to July (Dry seasons)

High Season June to September (Peak time for Uganda)

Best Weather June to July and January to February (Less rainfall)

Wildlife in Queen Elizabeth NP –

Chimpanzee Occasional

Elephant Common

Hippo Abundant

Buffalo Common

Lion Common

Leopard Occasional

Main Destination:

Queen Elizabeth National Park

Accommodation:

Budget camping

Inside Queen Elizabeth NP

Meals & Drinks:

Meals at own expense

Drinks not included

Day 11: Game drive and a Boat ride on the Kazinga Channel

Have an Early Morning Game Drive. There are over 100 mammal species that include Lions, Hippos, Buffaloes, Leopard, Spotted hyenas, Elephants, and the elusive Giant Forest Hog in this park. The Primates include Chimps, Black and White Colobus Monkeys, Blue, Black faced Red Colobus, and Red tailed monkeys, and Olive Baboons. Return to the Lodge.

In the afternoon, you shall have a boat ride on Kazinga Channel. Queen Elizabeth boasts one of the highest bio diversity ratings of any game park, from the open Savannah to Rain Forest, dense Papyrus Swamps and Crater Lakes to the vastness of Lake Edward. After your boat ride, you will have another game drive, time allowing.

Main Destination:

Queen Elizabeth National Park

Accommodation:

Budget camping

Inside Queen Elizabeth NP

Meals & Drinks:

All meals included

Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 12: Drive to Bwindi via Ishasha Game Drive

After breakfast, you will have a morning game drive in Ishasha discovering other hiding spots that the tree-climbing lions enjoy. Afterward, you will proceed to Bwindi Impenetrable National park. The park is home to the endangered mountain gorillas.

This fascinating mountain forest hosts chimpanzees and spectacular birds. There are 23 of the 24 Albertine Rift endemic bird species including the Blue-throated Broadbill, bar-tailed Trogon, and other beautiful forest species. You shall go to bed earlier this evening since you should be fit for gorilla trekking the next day.

The Best Time to Visit June to August and December to February

High Season June to September (Gorilla permits are scarce)

Best Weather June to July and December to February (Less rainfall)

Wildlife in Bwindi Impenetrable NP –

Best Time to Visit June to August and December to February

High Season June to September (Peak time for Uganda)

Best Weather June, July, and January to February (Little rainfall)

Wildlife in Lake Mburo NP – See all animals

Giraffe Occasional

Hippo Common

Buffalo Common

Zebra Common

Leopard Occasional

Hyena Occasional

Main Destination:

Lake Mburo National Park

Accommodation:

Budget camping
Inside Lake Mburo NP
Meals & Drinks:

All Meals Included:

Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 15: Morning Nature Walk and Departure

Early in the morning have a guided nature walk, and return to the camp for a hearty breakfast. After, you will start your journey back to Kampala. Cross the equator and have time to take photos at the equator. Buy a few souvenirs and have a quick picnic lunch. Later you depart for the Airport and take your flight back home.

Main Destination:

Entebbe International Airport

Accommodation:

No accommodation (End of tour)

Meals & Drinks:

Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included)
Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

This tour offers Uganda's tour highlights in an activity-filled camping experience. The campsites are carefully selected for their proximity to the main tourist destinations throughout the safari. The tour is an impressive blend of nature, culture, and history.