5 Days Uganda wildlife and water rafting safari : 5 Days Uganda Safari is an exceptional wildlife tour package taking you to explore the iconic Uganda Safari destinations in Jinja and Murchison falls national park. Specifically, your trip covers Jinja and Murchison falls National Park. Your 5 days Uganda safari to Jinja and Murchison falls national park begins and ends in Kampala.
Safari Highlights of the 5 Days Uganda wildlife and water rafting safari
- Day 1: Transfer to Jinja via Kampala – visit the source of the Nile
- Day 2: White water rafting
- Day 3: Transfer for Murchison Falls National Park – top of the falls visit
- Day 4: Game drive and launch cruise
- Day 5: Rhino trekking – transfer back to Kampala
Detailed itinerary
Day 1: Transfer to Jinja via Kampala – visit the source of the Nile
Upon arrival at Entebbe airport, you will be met by our company representative and transfer to Jinja town which is about 3-4 hours’ drive from Entebbe airport depending to road traffic. Upon arrival, check-in your reserved hotel for dinner and overnight stay Jinja Nile Resort for luxury/2 Friends Guesthouse for mid-range/Source of the Smile hotel for budget

Day 2: White water rafting
After breakfast, meet your driver and connect for water rafting experience on the Nile, it’s a full day activity. You will first report for briefing then be provided with rafting gears for the activity. After rafting, connect back to the lodge for a relaxed evening. Dinner and overnight stay at lodge as above
Day 3: Transfer for Murchison Falls National Park – top of the falls visit
After breakfast, meet with your safari driver and embark on your journey to Murchison falls national park. It’s a 6-7 hours’ drive with en-route lunch to enter the park via Kichwabanyobo gate and connect to visit the top of the falls. Retreat from the top of the falls and cross to the northern bark of the park to connect to your booked lodge for relaxation, dinner and overnight stay at Parkside Safari Lodge for budget/Pakuba safari lodge for mid-range/Para Safari Lodge for super-mid-range
Day 4: Game drive and launch cruise
After an early breakfast at the lodge, you will go for a morning game drive. The activity takes about 3-5 hours depending on animals available, and you will find animals including elephants, Rothschild giraffes, buffaloes, lions, Hartebeest, Uganda Kobs, Oribis and waterbucks.
After the drive, you will return to the lodge for lunch. Later afternoon at 2 pm, go for a launch cruise on the along the Nile which will give you an exciting panoramic view at the bottom of the mighty Murchison falls. Along the cruise, you will encounter crocodiles, hippos, and birds on the river banks like kingfisher, cormorants and bee-eater. You will spend take viewing the falls at the bottom while taking pictures then later return to meet your drive and connect back to your lodge and a relaxed evening. After viewing the bottom of the falls, sail back to meet your driver who will transfer you back to your lodge with en route game drive. Dinner and overnight stay at lodge as above
Day 5: Rhino trekking – transfer back to Kampala
After breakfast, check-out of the lodge, do a brief game drive and transfer to Ziwa Rhino sanctuary, the only place where you find the rhinos in Uganda. It takes 1-2 hour. Connect for a briefing about the rhinos before you proceed on the trek for the rhinos on foot. Upon finding the rhinos, you will spend 1 hour watching them. Have en-route lunch and drive back to Kampala. You will be dropped off a place you will advise. This is a 4-5 hours’ drive to Kampala. End of the tour