8 Days Birding: Shoebill, Mount Elgon and Kidepo

A birder’s route through the east and north: the shoebill at Mabamba, the Nile at Jinja, forest birds on Mount Elgon and the ostrich plains of Kidepo.
7 Days Gorillas, Community and Conservation

Gorillas and chimpanzees, with time spent in the community-led places that protect them: a wetland sanctuary, the villages at the edge of Bwindi and a village on Lake Bunyonyi.
7 Days Kidepo, Murchison Falls and Ziwa Rhinos

Wild Kidepo, the Nile at Murchison and rhinos on foot at Ziwa, with flights to the north so your days go on wildlife.
7 Days Queen Elizabeth, Bwindi Gorillas and Lake Mburo

Zebras at Lake Mburo, the Ishasha lions, gorillas in Bwindi and a launch cruise on the Kazinga Channel, with a flight home.
6 Days Uganda Birding Highlights

The shoebill at Mabamba, forest birds in Kibale and Semuliki, and savannah birds in Queen Elizabeth, finishing at Bwindi with a flight home.
6 Days Gorillas, Queen Elizabeth and Chimpanzees from Kigali

A one-way route from Kigali to Entebbe: gorillas in Bwindi, the Ishasha lions and Kazinga Channel, then chimpanzees in Kibale, with no backtracking.
5 Days Kidepo Valley and Murchison Falls

Uganda’s two great northern parks: the wild savannah of Kidepo and the Nile at Murchison, linked by a light-aircraft charter.
5 Days Murchison Falls and Kibale Chimpanzees

Rhinos on foot, the Nile and its falls, then chimpanzees in Kibale, with a night on a crater lake between them.
5 Days Kibale, Queen Elizabeth and Bwindi Gorillas

The classic western circuit in five days: chimpanzees, a launch cruise and game drives, then mountain gorillas, and a flight home.
5 Days Lake Mburo, Mgahinga Gorillas and Lake Bunyonyi

Walk with zebras at Lake Mburo, trek gorillas on the Virunga slopes of Mgahinga, and rest at Lake Bunyonyi before a flight home.
4 Days Kibale Chimpanzees and Queen Elizabeth Wildlife

Chimpanzees in the forest of Kibale, then lions, elephants and the Kazinga Channel in Queen Elizabeth, with a flight back to Entebbe.
4 Days Lake Mburo and Lake Bunyonyi

Zebras and impala on foot or horseback at Lake Mburo, then two nights on the terraced shores of Lake Bunyonyi.