7 Days Uganda Highlights Tour

The 7 Days Highlights Tour of Uganda covers the major Unique Attractions in Uganda. The highlights of this Uganda safari include a boat ride, Game drives, as well as Chimpanzee and Gorilla Trekking. With an option of flying to Kibale Forest National Park and an included flight to Entebbe.

7 Days Highlights Tour of Uganda

Detailed 7 Days Highlights Tour of Uganda

Day 1: Arrival in Entebbe

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 do any optional activities in Entebbe town.

Entebbe (City)

  • Accommodation: Protea Hotel Entebbe – Mid-range hotel located in or near Entebbe
  • Meals & Drinks: Breakfast (Lunch & dinner not included), Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 2:  Fly or Drive to Kibale National Park

After breakfast, you will choose to either fly or drive to Kibale National Park; while driving, you will pass by tea plantations along the way. You will continue and, on the way, stop in Fort Portal. In the afternoon you will arrive at your accommodation.

  • Accommodation: Papaya Lake Lodge – Luxury lodge located outside Kibale NP
  • Meals & Drinks: All meals included, Drinking water (Other drinks not included).

Day 3: Chimpanzee trekking, 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. The park’s highest point is at 1590m above sea level. After lunch you shall proceed to Queen Elisabeth National Park, 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 reserves. 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.

  • Accommodation: Katara Lodge – Luxury lodge located just outside Queen Elizabeth NP
  • Meals & Drinks: All meals included. Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 4: Morning Game Drive, Afternoon Boat ride on Kazinga Channel


Have an Early Morning Game Drive. There are over 100 mammal species that include Lions, Hippos, Buffaloes, Leopard, Spotted Hyena, 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.

Accommodation: Katara Lodge – Luxury lodge located just outside Queen Elizabeth NP

Meals & Drinks: All meals included, Drinking water (Other drinks not included).

Day 5: Game Drive in Ishasha, Drive to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

Depart for Bwindi National Park in the Morning on your way; you will have a chance to have a game drive in Ishasha sector where the tree climbing lions are found, then continue to the home of the Mountain Gorillas, Bwindi National Park. Of Uganda’s Forested Parks, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is best known for gorilla tracking, but it also provides refuge to elephants, chimpanzees, monkeys and various small antelopes, as well as 23 bird species restricted to the Albertine.

  • Accommodation: Buhoma Lodge – Luxury lodge located inside Bwindi NP
  • Meals & Drinks: All meals included, All drinks (Except for spirits/liquor)

Day 6:  Gorilla Trekking

This morning you will get up very early for gorilla trekking. Trekking the Mountain Gorilla is one of the most exciting wildlife experiences on earth. The trek will take between 2 and 6 hours, but is well worth the effort. You will be led by an experienced ranger who will tell you interesting facts about flora and fauna and the lifestyle of the Gorillas.

  • Accommodation: Buhoma Lodge – Luxury lodge located inside Bwindi NP
  • Meals & Drinks: All meals included, all drinks (Except for spirits/liquor).

Day 7: Fly Back to Entebbe, Depart

After breakfast, you will fly back to Entebbe enjoying the beautiful aerial view of south western Uganda, the hills and thick vegetation as well as the farming practiced by the locals. Afterwards you will arrive at the Airport and catch your flight back home.

  • Main Destination: Entebbe International Airport (Airport/Airstrip)
  • Accommodation: No accommodation (End of tour)
  • Meals & Drinks: Breakfast (Lunch & dinner not included), Drinks not included

End of 7 Days Highlights Tour of Uganda

Important to Know

  • Rates are per person and exclude the international flight from/to your home country.
  • This 7 Days Uganda Highlights Tour accepts children who are 15 years and older.
  • Rates include a fixed budget for flights during this tour. Flights may cost more, depending on travel dates. If so, your quote will reflect this.
7 Days Uganda Highlights Tour

7 Days African Wildlife Safari

7 Days Highlights Tour of Uganda Inclusions and Exclusions

Package Include:

  • Park fees (For non-residents)
  • Gorilla permits (One per person, non-resident).
  • Chimp permits (One per person, non-resident).
  • All activities (Unless labelled as optional).
  • All accommodation (Unless listed as upgrade).
  • A professional 7 Days Uganda Highlights Tour driver/guide
  • All transportation (Unless labelled as optional).
  • All flights during the tour
  • All Taxes/VAT
  • Roundtrip airport transfer
  • Meals (As specified in the day-by-day section).
  • Drinks (As specified in the day-by-day section).

Package Exclude:

  • International flights (From/to home)
  • Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour.
  • Tips (Tips)
  • Personal items (Souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees, etc.)
  • Government imposed increase of taxes and/or park fees
  • Some meals (As specified in the day-by-day section).