The Best Places in Uganda for Family Vacations and Tours

With a family vacation in Uganda, you can teach your children the value of travel and how to value experiences over material possessions.

Taking a family vacation to Uganda teaches your children the importance of travel by helping them experience new things and learning to value experiences over things. 

Family tours such as the ones were about to share encourage independence, self-assurance, and social skills. This can happen when you choose the right places to go for family tours and vacations in Uganda

Families can spend uninterrupted time together away from daily interruptions and long workdays. Even the most basic events, like a meal, a stroll through the park, or a day spent viewing gorillas, can leave a lasting impression.

Here are the best places in Uganda for family vacations and tours.

3 Days Gorilla Trekking (Bwindi Impenetrable Forest)

This family tour is being organized by a destination management company called Oasis Safaris. With three years of expertise, they excel at providing world-class travel management services to Uganda and Rwanda. 

Their customized safaris give clients a wide range of options based on their unique needs, time constraints, and financial capabilities.

 You can take a 3-day travel package through Kampala, Uganda, and Bwindi Impenetrable National Park by purchasing the Wildlife tour 3 Days Gorilla Trekking-Bwindi Impenetrable Forest.

A professional guide, lodging, meals, transportation, and more are all included in the 3-Day Gorilla Trekking in the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest. The tour costs $1,505 or UGX 5,559,950.

7-Days (The Glorious North Murchison Falls & Kidepo Valley)

Head north of Uganda and see what it has to offer. On this tour in the north, you will visit the magnificent Kidepo Valley National Park after experiencing rhino trekking and the splendour of the Nile at Murchison Falls National Park. 

The most stunning national park in Africa, according to CNN Travel, is this secluded, breathtaking wilderness. An enormous herd of buffalo can be seen here, together with lions, leopards, hyenas, elephants, eland, zebras, ostriches, and giraffes, all in the arid Karamoja landscape.

Your tour operator will be Ngoni Safaris Uganda. Nobody knows the north as they do. To experience this, you are charged $3,000 or UGX 11,082,957. The maximum group size is 18 people.

5-Days (Family Safari & City Uganda)

This family tour is organized by a tour operator known as Friendly Gorilla Safaris.

Family vacations are more interesting now than they used to be, and they also provide your children with the chance to develop an appreciation for travel and the outdoors beyond sandy beaches.

 Family vacations are also no longer just about loading the kids into the car and driving around looking for a beach or resort nearby. 

This five-day family safari will give you and your kids the chance to interact with wild animals in their natural habitats and take in the sights of urban buildings.

Fit for a group of 10, you and your family will visit Entebbe, Kampala city, and then set off to view some games in the Queen Elizabeth National Park. 

The package includes insurance, flights, transport, meals, accommodation, a guide, and additional services. All for $830 or UGX 3,066,284.

3 days Wildlife Safari (Murchison falls National park)

Northern Uganda’s Murchison Falls National Park is the destination of this journey. 

Enjoy a boat ride to the base of Murchison Falls to view animals making their way down to the Nile for a drink as well as a game drive around the park in search of its wildlife and various tropical birds.

You will have a three-day vacation package that takes you through Masindi and Kampala, Uganda, with the Safari tour and 3 days Wildlife safari to Murchison Falls National Park. The entire tour costs $850 or UGX 3,140,171 organized by Oasis Safaris Limited.

8 Days of Primates, Wildlife, and Water Rafting Uganda Safari

This safari, organized by Mukisa Safaris Uganda, gives you the chance to be close to mountain gorillas, visit the Murchison Falls and Queen Elizabeth National Park, where you may be able to see the elusive big cats (which include lions and leopards), as well as interact with the Big Game Five of Africa that so many people “crave” to see. 

Between the first and last days of the safari, you will track chimpanzees, the closest living relative of humans, and explore the Nile River, the longest river in the world.

A professional guide, lodging, meals, transportation, and more are all included in the 8 Days of Primates, Wildlife, and Water Rafting Uganda Safari.

The maximum group size is 6 people and at a total of $4,360 or UGX16,107,230 for 8 days.

Gorillas & Volcanoes Safari 6D/5N 

The Explorer tour Gorillas & Volcanoes Safari 6D/5N is a 6-day itinerary that travels between Kisoro and Kampala, Uganda. 

Among other things, the Gorillas & Volcanoes Safari 6D/5N includes lodging, a knowledgeable guide, food, and transportation.

On this trip, you’ll be able to visit the Mgahinga National Park, view primates, do volcano climbing, do cave exploration, go on a Batwa trail and so much more.

The entire tour costs $2,258 or UGX 8,341,772 in total for 6 people.

5 Gorilla and Chimps Safari

With the 5-day Wildlife trip 5 Gorilla and Chimps Safari, you can travel to 2 more locations in Uganda in addition to Kampala. The 5 Gorilla and Chimps Safari include visits to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and Queen Elizabeth National Park.

Everything from lodging, flights, a knowledgeable guide, food, and other amenities are all included in the $2,000 or UGX 7,388,638 package. The maximum group size is 100 people. Buyaga Safaris is the tour operator for this family Tour.

6 Days In Uganda Gorillas, Chimps, Big 5 & Big Cats Safari

You will visit Bwindi National Park for unforgettable gorilla tracking and Murchison Falls National Park for an amazing wildlife safari on this six-day tour. 

After spending one night in Kampala on the way back from Bwindi National Park, the tour will begin and end in Entebbe. The tour allows you to see the African Big Five in addition to other animals including bushbucks, giraffes, and primates like gorillas, chimpanzees, and baboons, among others.

Devine Africa Safaris is the tour company behind this safari. For a fee of $3,959 or UGX14,625,808, six people can join this Family Tour.

Conclusion 

Your best family tours and vacations start in Uganda, at the locations we’ve gathered. Together with your family members, you’ll be able to experience the benefits of travelling together. 

These places in Uganda will make you appreciate the little things. You’ll bond together, master the history of the nation and finally feel enriched. 

Please note that there are age restrictions for each of these trips. Your tour guide operator may advise accordingly on who is suitable for which trip based on everyone’s age.