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Offered by - Skyway Expeditions Limited
Tour Features
The 16 Days Uganda Tour is a great tour which will take you into a trip in the favriote unusual sites and places within Uganda. It involves beautiful Sceneries of Queen Elizabeth National Game Park, Bwindi Impenetrable Forest and Murchison falls.
| Mid-Range tour | This mid-range tour includes comfortable lodges and tented camps. |
| Can be customized | You can request minor changes to the accommodations and destinations of this tour. |
| Private tour | This tour will be organized exclusively for you and won't be shared with others. |
| Solo travel available | Solo travelers can book this tour. |
| Can start any day | If availability permits, this tour can start on any day. |
| Minimum age required | The minimum age for this tour is 5 years. |
| Transportation | This tour uses: Pop-up roof 4x4, Roof minivan, Normal 4x4, Minivan, Bus, Walking, Boat, Canoe, Horse. |
Route & Activities
Uganda
Activities Included
Accommodation & Meals
Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour can be arranged for an extra cost
| Day | Accommodation | Meals |
| Day 1 | Kingfisher hotel. No images available | All Meals Included |
| 2 | Hotel Africana No images available | All Meals Included |
| 3 | Bwana Tembo safari camp No images available | All Meals Included |
| 4 | Bwana Tembo Safari Lodge No images available | All Meals Included |
| 5 | Dutchess hotel No images available | All Meals Included |
| 6-7 | Kibale Forest lodge No images available | All Meals Included |
| 8 | Rwenzori Guest House No images available | All Meals Included |
| 9-10 | Tembo safari lodge. No images available | All Meals Included |
| 11-12 | Rushaga gorilla camp No images available | All Meals Included |
| 13 | Travellers hotel. No images available | All Meals Included |
| 14 | kyahugye island. No images available | All Meals Included |
| 15 | Leopard hill camp. No images available | All Meals Included |
| 16 | No Accomodation No images available | All Meals Included |
Arrival (See Getting There for more details)
- A transfer from the airport can be arranged for an extra cost.
- Accommodation before the tour starts can be arranged for an extra cost.
- Day Day 1 - Arrival and Transfer to Jinja (Source of the Nile).You will be picked by the company driver guide from Entebbe International Airport and set off to Jinja. On the way to Jinja we shall go through Mabira natural Forest and past Sezibwa falls. Lunch will be served in Jinja town. Afternoon activities include a boat cruise to the Source of the Nile River. Dinner and overnight at Kingfisher hotel.
Accommodation: Kingfisher hotel.
Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included
- Day 2 - Am Rafting - Pm transfer to KampalaAfter our early morning breakfast, we will head for horseback riding alongside the Nile River at 9am. Later we will set off from Jinja and we will drive to Kampala and depending on the time of arrival, we shall visit a few places of interest like the Uganda Museum and the Buganda kingdom royal palace and we learn one or two things about their unique culture. If we are unable to do it in the evening considering heavy traffic jam, we will do that in the morning before our transfer to Murchison falls N. Park. Dinner and overnight at Hotel Africana in Kampala.
Main Destination: Kampala
Accommodation: Hotel Africana
Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included
- Day 3 - Transfer to Murchison falls National parkAfter breakfast, will leave Kampala and head toward Murchison Falls National Park, where we will spend the night at Bwana tembo safari lodge (If we happen to do a city tour in the morning before setting off to Murchison falls N. Park, we will overnight at Masindi country inn in Masindi and we head to Murchison falls in the morning). After checking into our rooms and having lunch, we will do an evening game drive expecting to see a variety of mammals and bird species. Murchison falls boasts of animals like giraffes, buffaloes, Elephants, Hippos, bushbucks and water bucks, impalas, lions, baboons to mention but a few.
Main Destination: Murchison Falls National Park
Accommodation: Bwana Tembo safari camp
Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included
- Day 4 - Am game drive Pm boat launchAfter our early morning breakfast, we will be taken for an early morning game drive towards the northern riverbank in search of Cape Buffaloes, elephants, Bohor reedbucks, lions, giraffes, waterbucks and bushbucks, and if you are lucky also leopards. We will have lunch in the park and later head for an afternoon boat cruise to the bottom of the most powerful falls on the Nile River. Aboard the boat cruise to the bottom of the falls, you’ll experience the highlight of a fascinating tour to this area of Murchison Falls National Park. You’ll meet probably in excess of 4,000 hippos along this stretch of the river and numerous Nile crocodiles as well as a vast number of bird species swerving and swirling in the air. You won’t miss the brightly colored King Fishers and bee-eaters dwelling along the riverbanks. The boat cruise will take you to the bottom of the falls where you will gather further impressions of the falls and the Nile River at large. Dinner and overnight at bwana tembo safari lodge.
Accommodation: Bwana Tembo Safari Lodge
Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included
- Day 5 - Transfer to Fort portal (the tourism town).After our early morning breakfast, we shall drive through as we proceed to Fort portal town. We will have lunch en-route and we will arrive at the dutchess hotel and check in. There are a number of activities we may do in Fort portal like visiting the ancestral palace of Tooro kingdom or visiting Stalagmites and staltites “amabere ga nyinamwiru…breasts of nyinamwiru” or the local market. Time will decide which activity we will do that evening on the advice of the driver guide.
Accommodation: Dutchess hotel
Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included
- Day 6 - Visit the Crater lakes and Mahoma falls.After our breakfast in Fort portal, we will head for the day’s activity. This is usually a full day activity and you go with your parked lunch. We will hike passing the crater lakes and the water falls which are therapeutic and soothing. We will retire later to Kibale Forest lodge for our dinner and overnight.
Accommodation: Kibale Forest lodge
Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included
- Day 7 - Chimpanzee TrekkingAfter breakfast, we shall go trekking for the chimpanzees in the deep forest. The forest harbors a variety of other monkey species like baboons, black and white colobus, red colobus, grey cheeked manga bey and L'Hoest monkey and many others. We will return in time for lunch and later in the afternoon we head for a community walk in Bigodi swamp. We will be able to interact with the local people. Later we return for our dinner and overnight at our lodge Kibale Forest Lodge.
Main Destination: Kibale National Park
Accommodation: Kibale Forest lodge
Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included
- Day 8 - Transfer to Semliki valley National parkAfter our early morning breakfast, we shall drive to Semliki valley N. Park. On arrival we visit the famous Sempaya hot springs. There is the female hot spring and the male hot spring. On the female one, you can boil eggs and bananas and be ready for eating under 30 min. Semliki boasts of game like African buffalo, leopard, hippos, mona monkey, water chevrotain, bush babies, African civet, African elephant, and the pygmy scaly-tailed flying squirrel to mention but a few. After the visit to the springs, we shall retire to the lodge for our dinner and overnight at Rwenzori Guest House in Fortportal
Accommodation: Rwenzori Guest House
Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included
- Day 9 - Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National ParkAfter our early morning breakfast, we shall head for a game drive in the park in search of the early risers and a number of game will be viewed. Later we head for our lunch. We will arrive at our lodge and check in. Dinner and overnight at Tembo safari lodge.
Main Destination: Queen Elizabeth National Park
Accommodation: Tembo safari lodge.
Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included
- Day 10 - Am game drive, Pm boat launchAfter our early morning breakfast, we shall head for the morning game drive for the early risers. Queen Elizabeth National Park is one of the few parks that offer the big 5. Expect to see the big 5, many hippos, crocodiles, and may be leopards. After lunch at the lodge we head for the boat launch at the kazinga Channel which is known to be the only place with the highest concentration of hippos in the world. A number of other aquatic animals and birds will be viewed too. Dinner and overnight at as above.
Main Destination: Queen Elizabeth National Park
Accommodation: Tembo safari lodge.
Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included
- Day 11 - Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National ParkAfter our morning breakfast, we shall transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park via the Ishasha sector in Queen Elizabeth N. Park famous for the tree climbing lions. We may be with our packed lunch or have lunch in Ishasha on advice of our driver guide. Later we will proceed to Bwindi as we drive through picturesque villages and Sceneries and we will arrive in the evening and check in at Rushaga gorilla camp for dinner and overnight.
Accommodation: Rushaga gorilla camp
Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included
- Day 12 - Gorilla trackingGorilla tracking! Early morning departure with your ranger to search for one of the world’s most interesting and endangered animal, the Mountain Gorilla! You will spend time with one of our closest relatives. An experience you will never forget. You may go with packed lunch or you have it when you return at the lodge. Those not interested in tracking, can go forest walking and bird watching for those interested. Dinner and overnight as above.
Accommodation: Rushaga gorilla camp
Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included
- Day 13 - Transfer to Kisoro DistrictAfter our early morning breakfast, we shall head to Kisoro town and on arrival we will head for a coffee tour in the bunanagana town bordering DR Congo. This will be a tour and taste experience and you will learn a thing or two about local production of coffee. Lunch will be in this town and later we will retire to our lodge for dinner and overnight at travellers hotel.
Accommodation: Travellers hotel.
Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included
- Day 14 - Transfer to Lake Bunyonyi via Echuya forestAfter our morning breakfast, we shall drive to Kabale district the home to Lake Bunyonyi the second deepest lake in Africa after Lake Tanganyika in Tanzania. It is a rift valley lake therefore it harbors no dangerous animals and swimming is very much possible. A number of islands dot this beautiful lake and you will be thrilled at the site. On our way to Lake bunyonyi we shall visit the Batwa”pygymies” at Echuya forest reserve, one of the marginalized group of people who used to be forest dwellers but with the demarcation of the National parks by the government, they were left homeless. We will interact with them and learn a few things about the. They are good entertainers. We will arrive at the lodge and check in at the lodge. Dinner and overnight at kyahugye island.
Accommodation: kyahugye island.
Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included
- Day 15 - Am visit islands Pm transfer to Lake Mburo National ParkAfter our morning breakfast, we shall be paddled in a dugout canoe and visit a number of Islands that dot this lake, our highlight being the punishment island where long ago young teenage girls who would get pregnant before marriage would be abandoned to their death. We will return in time for lunch and after lunch we set off to Lake Mburo N. Park and we arrive in time to check in at the lodge for our dinner and overnight at Leopard hill camp.
Main Destination: Lake Mburo National Park
Accommodation: Leopard hill camp.
Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included
- Day 16 - Am game drive - Pm transfer back to Entebbe AirportAfter our morning breakfast, we shall head for an early game drive in search of the early risers. Game like Zebras, baboons, a variety of antelopes, water bucks, warthogs, vervet monkeys and many others will be sited. Lake Mburo is the only Park where walking safaris are possible because it harbors no dangerous animals. We will later set off back to Entebbe airport for our evening return flight via the Equator for lunch and water experience, photos and souvenir shopping.
Accommodation: No Accomodation
Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included
End of tour (See Getting There for more details)
- Additional accommodation can be arranged for an extra cost.
- A transfer back to the airport can be arranged for an extra cost.
Includes
- Park fees (for non-residents)
- All activities mentioned (unless clearly labeled as optional)
- Meals (as specified in the day-by-day description)
- All accommodation mentioned (unless clearly labeled as optional upgrade)
- A professional driver/guide
- All transportation mentioned (unless clearly labeled as optional)
- All Taxes/VAT
Excludes
- International flights (from/to the client's home country)
- Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
- Tips: tipping guideline of $6 per person per day for the guide and crew
- Personal items (souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees and other personal items)
- Government imposed increase of taxes and/or park fees
Rates Per Person
Jan 1, 2023 - Dec 31, 2023
*n/a = not available. This tour is unavailable for solo travelers.
Includes
- Park fees (for non-residents)
- All activities mentioned (unless clearly labeled as optional)
- Meals (as specified in the day-by-day description)
- All accommodation mentioned (unless clearly labeled as optional upgrade)
- A professional driver/guide
- All transportation mentioned (unless clearly labeled as optional)
- All Taxes/VAT
Excludes
- International flights (from/to the client's home country)
- Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
- Tips: tipping guideline of $6 per person per day for the guide and crew
- Personal items (souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees and other personal items)
- Government imposed increase of taxes and/or park fees
Getting There
From outside East Africa, Uganda can be easily accessed either by road or Air and mostly by Air to Entebbe International Airport (EBB). Water transport can also be used to travel in and around our destinations especially the ferry crossing from the Southern part of Murchison Falls National Park to the Northern part of Murchison Falls National Park. Flights to Uganda are cheapest during the rainy seasons from March to May and October to November. The best wildlife viewing months are June to September and December to February, when flights are likely to be more expensive.
This tour starts in Kampala and ends in Entebbe, Uganda
A transfer from and back to the airport is included
Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour can be arranged for an extra cost
Travel Requirements
- All foreign visitors need a passport that is valid for at least six months
- Passports must have a clean and a full visa page for endorsement.
- When arriving from a yellow-fever-infected country in Africa or the Americas a yellow fever vaccination certificate is required.
- Citizens of most countries require a visa. A list of countries that don't need a visa is available.
- Visas are best obtained in advance through an official online visa-application portal (https://visas.immigration.go.ug/), but they can also be obtained through your local Tanzania Embassy or High Commission.
- Visas can also be obtained on arrival but this is a lengthy process that can take one to two hours.
- Tourist visas are available for Uganda only, or East Africa (which covers entry to Uganda, Kenya and Rwanda) for the same cost.
Getting There
From outside East Africa, Uganda can be easily accessed either by road or Air and mostly by Air to Entebbe International Airport (EBB). Water transport can also be used to travel in and around our destinations especially the ferry crossing from the Southern part of Murchison Falls National Park to the Northern part of Murchison Falls National Park. Flights to Uganda are cheapest during the rainy seasons from March to May and October to November. The best wildlife viewing months are June to September and December to February, when flights are likely to be more expensive.
This tour starts in Kampala and ends in Entebbe, Uganda
A transfer from and back to the airport is included
Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour can be arranged for an extra cost
Travel Requirements
- All foreign visitors need a passport that is valid for at least six months
- Passports must have a clean and a full visa page for endorsement.
- When arriving from a yellow-fever-infected country in Africa or the Americas a yellow fever vaccination certificate is required.
- Citizens of most countries require a visa. A list of countries that don't need a visa is available.
- Visas are best obtained in advance through an official online visa-application portal (https://visas.immigration.go.ug/), but they can also be obtained through your local Tanzania Embassy or High Commission.
- Visas can also be obtained on arrival but this is a lengthy process that can take one to two hours.
- Tourist visas are available for Uganda only, or East Africa (which covers entry to Uganda, Kenya and Rwanda) for the same cost.
Offered By
Skyway Expeditions Limited
Kenya
Rwanda
Tanzania
Uganda
Reviews
Enock Muhanguzi
Uganda
October 3, 2025
Skyway Expeditions did a good service for us during our trip to Queen Elizabeth National park.
First and foremost i and my friend we appreciate the Skyway Expeditions tours because we deposited 40% of the the our cost a month before our trip sta...
First and foremost i and my friend we appreciate the Skyway Expeditions tours because we deposited 40% of the the our cost a month before our trip started and they did what we agreed eg, gorilla and chimp permits bookings, Nice accommodations, good meals, comfortable transportation plus many more activities and we enjoyed the big five mammals as well ,Addition to that we recommended another group of friends to enjoy their trip next year.
