Sample Uganda trip itinerary

Here is a sample Uganda trip itinerary; Trips, tours, safari suggestion for 1-14 days for volunteer trips, school trips, medical elective placements, short-term mission trips, charity challenge expeditions and more.

Our Uganda tours, safaris and trip itineraries are offered year-round. Each itinerary provides a different experience. Our trips show off each fascinating corner of the Pearl of Africa so that our guests can have a taste of this culturally rich and biodiverse landscape. This sample Uganda trip itinerary is only a guide.

Each Uganda trip or Safari will be tailored to the specific desires and needs of each group or individual. Every itinerary will be unique. Our guides’ flexibility and adaptability allow them to plan the trip perfectly for optimal sightseeing and cultural experiences.  This is only a sample Uganda trip itinerary, your exact Uganda tour itinerary will be determined by your interests, budget and available time.  Our guides are all highly experienced, with hundreds of hours in the field, and will expertly tailor your Uganda trips and safari to you and your group.

DAY 1

Welcome to Uganda! Fly into Entebbe International Airport to start your 2-week Uganda itinerary. On arrival, you will be met by our friendly Msafiri tours team, and then transferred to their accommodation in Kampala city. Drive through Entebbe to Kampala, Chaotic, crazy, beautiful, mysterious and pulsating Kampala. The drive will be interesting, the experience is simply fantastic! Stay alert at all times -there’s always something to see out of the corner of your eye. After some rest, you can head out in the evening and explore the city.

DAY 2

After breakfast, you will start the drive to your project. Along the way, you will pass everything from fruit and vegetable stallholders to electronics, jewellery and clothing shops. On the road, you will weave between Boda Boda motorbikes, rickshaws, pedestrians, tea plantations, sugar plantations and more. It was about the senses and sights – a truly exhilarating experience to the project town.  You will be taken on a tour to familiarise yourself with the town where you will be based. You’ll go to the project to be introduced to the community and staff.

DAY 3

After breakfast, there will be a brief orientation session about the activities planned for the week. Then you will head off to the project site. You will be introduced to the placement staff and given a brief of the work you would be doing. 

DAY 4 – 9

You’ll be continuing with the same work on the project for the next few days. Try to make good use of your time and help as much as you can. By the time this program ends, you’ll surely feel happy and satisfied, thinking about the service you’ve provided to communities in Uganda. You will have the opportunity to have hands-on involvement in the community projects; teaching, playing with the children, work at a medical health clinic and you will have the option to join the community for their regular church camp, run sports outreach activities, construction and building, planting trees, working with the elderly, run youth groups, run evangelism sessions and much more. Remember all mission activities are tailored depending on your interests and skills, this is only a guide.

Day 10

Today will be your last day at the project. After breakfast, you will head back to the project to say goodbye to the friends you have made there. Today, there’s gonna be a mid-morning departure to Kampala as you prepare to witness the magnificent wonder of Uganda. You will drive on to Kampala making a stop at a local restaurant for a sumptuous lunch. After lunch, drive on to Kampala arriving by late evening, retire at the accommodation in Kampala.

DAY 11

Today you will head to safari.

We aim to include several highlights that Uganda is famous for in our itinerary, such as a stop at the Equator and welcoming other impromptu experiences.  Our Msafiri tour guides are flexible and will lead the journey according to your interests, current wildlife sightings, and weather. 

This short 3-day safari takes you to one of Uganda’s prime highlights, the Queen Elizabeth National Park or Murchison falls national park, for a fantastic opportunity to encounter African wildlife in their natural habitat, see the home of the big five, and explore the beautiful landscape of Uganda. 

DAY 12

We’ll aim for an early start today, and dependent upon the latest animal activity, we’ll begin our morning game drive at, or before, sunrise to put us in prime predator habitat during this peak activity period.

The day starts during peak wildlife activity periods, when both predators & prey are commonly seen foraging, exploring, and interacting with each other on the vast expanses of the National Park. With the use of binoculars, we can unobtrusively observe authentic Uganda wild behaviours that unfold before us.  Your professional Msafiri tours guide and ranger is there to interpret the events taking place, and share their in-depth knowledge of these intimate experiences.

One of the park’s most unique features, is the afternoon boat safari, as we continue our journey through the entirety of the safari.  Following our late-afternoon/evening game drive, we’ll return to our accommodations for another nourishing dinner and a comfortable night’s rest.

DAY 13

After breakfast, Once again, we may venture out at, or before sunrise to enjoy our final morning together.  Taking into consideration of the latest wildlife sightings, we’ll spend our 3rd day exploring other pristine wildlife habitats yet unvisited.  In addition to immersing ourselves in the wild, we’ll have the opportunity to visit additional landmarks. We will drive on and return you to your accommodation in Kampala, by early evening in time for you to check in and enjoy dinner.

DAY 14

Say goodbye go on a city tour of Kampala, stopping by the Markets to pick up something to remember Uganda by. Depart from the Entebbe International Airport for your flight home.

We Msafiri tours we’ll put together a customized Uganda volunteering safari itinerary just for you, based on your dates and interests! No matter what size, small group or large, your Uganda trip, tour or safari will be given personal attention. Get in touch now.