A guided walking safari holiday gives you the experience of traveling under your own power, in a classic explorer’s way, at your own pace, opening up an opportunity to connect more meaningfully with East Africa’s natural wonders.Leave the confines of a safari vehicle and venture into the big game country and back-country trails on foot for hours or days on end, spending nights under the starlit skies at remote lodges and camps.

The traditional African safari is fun, but a guided walking safari is more rewarding and intense. Imagine birdsong-filled days spent following animal tracks, shadowing a foraging baboon troop, or settling under a tree shade to watch elephants gather at a waterhole. Armed rangers and professional walking guides ensure your safety and comfort, and at the end of the day, sit down to a fire-cooked meal, then sleep between crisp worm sheets every night.

Set in the unusual back-country trails, villages, and top game reserves in Uganda  guided walking safaris offer plenty of animals to see. Still, the trip’s emphasis is on nature’s smaller details – a whispering water stream, colorful flowers, golden sunset, and unusual species sighting. Cultural elements come into play as well, whether greeting a local nomad, learning a new word in a new language, or sharing stories with your guide. Formal barriers melt away after a day or two, fireside conversations carry on deep into the night, and you are rewarded with a better insight into this alluring continent.

Guided walking safaris augment other on-foot trekking experiences like mountain climbing, trekking the mountain gorillas in Uganda and Rwanda’s misty forest jungles, a must-do experience tracking the playful chimpanzee troops in Uganda’s Kibale Forest. All our walking safari trips are privately tailor-made to every traveler’s preferences.