7 DAYS EXPLORE – UGANDA BUDGET GROUP SAFARI

Itinerary Overview: 7 Days Explore – Uganda Budget Group Safari

Discover Uganda’s most iconic wildlife destinations on our 7 Days Budget Group Safari, designed for travelers who want maximum adventure at an affordable price. This shared tour takes you deep into the heart of the Pearl of Africa, combining breathtaking landscapes, thrilling game drives, and unforgettable encounters with Africa’s most famous primates. Your journey begins at Murchison Falls National Park, home to powerful waterfalls, elephants, giraffes, lions, and hippos along the Nile River. We shall also explore Kibale National Park, the primate capital of East Africa, from there, head south to the remote Ishasha sector of Queen Elizabeth National Park, famous for its rare tree-climbing lions en-route before reaching the lush jungles of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, where you’ll track endangered mountain gorillas in their natural habitat.

By joining a small group safari, you enjoy the best of Uganda at a lower cost while sharing incredible moments with like-minded adventurers. This budget-friendly 7-day Uganda group tour is the perfect balance of wildlife, culture, and scenery — an unforgettable journey through Africa’s most diverse landscapes.

Detailed Itinerary: 7 Days Explore – Uganda Budget Group Safari

Day 1: Murchison Falls National Park Wildlife Trip, Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary

We start our journey to Murchison Falls NP early after breakfast and drive for about 5- 6 hours via Luweero and en-route Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary in Nakasongola will be your stopover point to enjoy rhino tracking experience for about 2 hours. Besides rhinos, there are lots of other wildlife to expect to encounter on rhino tracking including warthogs, antelopes, plus birds. After rhino watching, lunch will be provided in Masindi town then you reach Murchison Falls NP through Kichumbanyobo gate in the Southern side.

Overnight: Hornbill Bush Lodge

Day 2: Morning Game Drive, Launch Cruise & Top Of The Falls View

After breakfast, we leave early for a morning game drive for a chance to site the park’s wildlife such as leopards, lions, elephants, giraffes, hyenas, warthogs, birds, buffaloes, antelopes and more. After the game drive, we shall drive back to the lodge for lunch and some refreshments and then embark on the afternoon boat cruise via the Victoria Nile connecting to the bottom of Murchison Falls.

The boat trip will give you a chance to see lots of hippos, aquatic birds, the basking Nile crocodiles, etc. At the base of the falls, we shall take a trek to enjoy its view on the top and see how it squeezes itself into a narrow rock of 7-8m then breaks down 43m. We shall drive back to the lodge for an evening relaxation by the lodge.

Overnight: Hornbill Bush Lodge

Day 3: Day Game Drive & Transfer To Kibale Forest National Park Trip, Crater Lake Exploration

After breakfast, we shall check out of the lodge and emback on our journey to Kibale Forest National Park which is also known as the primate city. We shall go through the park for a short game drive to see wildlife you might have missed during the previous game viewing safari. Exit Murchison Falls NP navigating via Hoima oil city to Fort Portal tourism city for lunch then to Kibale National Park in the western side a home to all 13 primate species- including a total of 1500 chimpanzees. When we get to Kibale NP, we shall visit the crater lakes in this region for some beautiful scenic viewing and a chance to see some primates like monkeys and bird species.

Overnight: Lake Nkuruba Lodge

Day 4: Chimpanzee Trekking & Bigodi Swamp Walk

Wake up to an early breakfast and prepare to drive out for briefing about chimpanzee trekking rules at the park headquarters and also to have a ranger guide and a group for a guided chimpanzee tracking experience in the forest. Once we meet a chimpanzee family, you have one hour to have a face to face encounter with the human close relatives. In the forest, you have a chance to meet other primates, birds and tree species.

After the trek, we shall drive back to the lodge for lunch and in the afternoon; we will go for a primate walk in Bigodi Swamp with chances to view incredible primates such as red tailed monkeys, vervet monkeys, blue monkeys, black and white colobus monkeys, other mammals and birds.

Overnight: Lake Nkuruba Lodge

Day 5: Transfer To Bwindi National Park Via Ishasha Sector

In the morning after a hot cup of tea or coffee, we leave Kibale National Park behind. We shall drive via Fort Portal to Queen Elizabeth National Park. When we reach the south of Queen Elizabeth NP, we shall go for a short game drive with a chance to encounter the tree climbing lions that are usually lazily sleeping in fig tree branches. In the game drive, we have a chance to see other wildlife such as elephants, buffaloes, antelopes, birds. After the game drive, we shall go for lunch before we proceed to Bwindi for evening refreshments, dinner and night sleep in the lodge.

Overnight: Buhoma Commuity Rest Camp

Day 6: Gorilla Trekking Experience

After a delicious breakfast, we shall drive to Bwindi head offices for briefing on gorilla trekking rules and gorilla family allocation. We shall get a gorilla trekking family and a ranger guide and prepare to get into the forest to search for the mountain gorillas. While in the forest, we have a chance to encounter other wildlife that are residents of this park.

Once we encounter the gorillas, we shall be allowed 1 hour of magical encounter with the gorillas as we learn more about them, this shall mark a highlight of our 7 Days Explore – Uganda Budget Group Safari. We shall return to the lodge for lunch and have a small relaxation then in the afternoon, we have an option to drive out for a cultural experience with the Batwa or Ride For a Woman. In the community, we shall learn about the traditional life of the Batwa and how they survived in the forest.

Overnight: Buhoma Commuity Rest Csmp

Day 7: Transfer Back To Entebbe

Have early breakfast, after, meet the driver for transfer back to Kampala or Entebbe, but lunch stopover will be made in Mbarara. Photography at Equator or purchase some souvenirs at Mpambire drum making village then proceed to Kampala/Entebbe to mark the end of our 7 Days Explore – Uganda Group Safari Tour.

All you need to know;

This is a group tour with travellers from all over the world!

The maximum is only 12 persons and the minimum is 6 persons.

If there are less than 6 persons, the tour will not be cancelled but we will ask for an additional payment.

All information is as accurate as possible and we try to operate and deliver beyond the client expectation but in rare occasions things are a bit different and beyond our control and our service delivery is disrupted, we call it “This Is Africa!”, please bear with us as we put things right.

Travel Dates:

Months	Start Dates: 2025		Start Dates: 2026
January	3	17	9	16
February	7	21	6	13
March	7	21	6	20
April	4	18	3	17
May	2	16	8	22
June	6	20	5	19
July	4	18	3	17
August	8	22	7	21
September	5	19	4	18
October	3	17	2	16
November	7	21	6	20
December	5	19	4	18