7-Day Uganda Gorillas and Wildlife Safari

• You'll be collected from the airport.
• Accommodation before the tour starts can be arranged for an extra cost.

Pick up from Kigali International Airport

On arrival at Kigali International Airport, you will be warmly welcomed by our guide. After briefing about the safari and what to expect, you will be transferred to your hotel for dinner and overnight. Depending on your arrival time, you will take a guided walk around Kigali City.

Main Destination:

Kigali (Rwanda)

Accommodation:

Step Town Motel

• Budget hotel located in Kigali

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Meals & Drinks:

• Lunch & dinner (Breakfast not included)
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Kigali City Tour and Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

After breakfast, your driver-guide will pick you up for a Kigali City visiting the Gisozi Genocide Memorial Site and Kigali Museum, the Craft Market, and other amazing sites. Later on the day after the city tour, you will transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park through the Katuna Border to the south of the park through the rolling hills of Kigezi (the Switzerland of Uganda).
On arrival, check in at your lodge for dinner and overnight stay.

Main Destination:

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas)

Best Time To Visit June to August and December to February (Gorilla trekking is easiest)

High Season June to September (Gorilla permits are scarce)

Best Weather June to July and December to February (Less rainfall)

Wildlife in Bwindi Impenetrable NP

GorillaCommon

ChimpanzeeRare

ElephantRare

White RhinoNone

Black RhinoNone

LionNone

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GiraffeNone

LeopardNone

CheetahNone

BuffaloNone

ZebraNone

WildebeestNone

HippoNone

Accommodation:

Buhoma Community Rest Camp

• Budget lodge located just outside Buhoma (Bwindi Impenetrable NP)

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Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Gorilla Trekking Experience

Enjoy an early breakfast, then be driven to the park headquarters for a briefing about the dos and don’ts of gorilla trekking in Bwindi. The rangers will then accompany you to the rainforest to start your search for the gentle giants. The gorilla trek can sometimes be strenuous, however on locating the gentle giants, the trek will seem worth it, you will be allowed to spend one hour with the primates where you will have to ask questions and take plenty of pictures before your time lapses to getting back to the lodge.
After the trek, you will return to the park headquarters where you will meet up with your driver-guide and return to your hotel for relaxing, dinner and overnight stay.

Main Destination:

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas)

Accommodation:

Buhoma Community Rest Camp

• Budget lodge located just outside Buhoma (Bwindi Impenetrable NP)

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park – Afternoon Boat Cruise

Enjoy early breakfast, check out of the lodge and transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park – your next destination. You will enjoy the beautiful nature along the way and on your arrival, check at the lodge and enjoy your lunch as you prepare to enjoy an afternoon boat cruise on the Kazinga Channel which highlights all the activities in the park and has the highest concentration of hippos in the entire world, you will view many animal species including the birds, elephants, lions, buffaloes, kobs, antelopes and many more.
Have dinner and overnight stay.

Main Destination:

Queen Elizabeth National Park (Uganda)

Best Time To Visit January to February and June to July (Dry seasons)

High Season June to September (Peak time for Uganda)

Best Weather June to July and January to February (Less rainfall)

Wildlife in Queen Elizabeth NP

ChimpanzeeOccasional

ElephantCommon

LionCommon

BuffaloCommon

HippoAbundant

LeopardOccasional

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GiraffeNone

White RhinoNone

Black RhinoNone

CheetahNone

ZebraNone

WildebeestNone

Wild DogNone

Accommodation:

Engiri Game Lodge - Camping

• bordering Queen Elizabeth NP without fences

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Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Tree- Climbing Experience and Transfer to Kibale Forest National Park

Enjoy a delicious breakfast, and go out to track lions in the plains of Mweya and experience that will take to the hunt for one of the Big Five. Thereafter, head back to the lodge in the afternoon for lunch and after checking out of the lodge and transfer to Kibale Forest National Park.
Have a good time and also take some photos as you approach the Fort Portal and enjoy the foothills of the Rwenzori Mountains and then continue with a warm welcome of Olive Baboons along the way to Kibale National Park.
Relax at the lodge, have dinner and overnight stay.

Main Destination:

Kibale National Park (Chimps)

Best Time To Visit January to February and June to July (Chimp trekking is easiest)

High Season June to September (Peak time for Uganda)

Best Weather January to February and June to July (Least rain)

Wildlife in Kibale NP

ChimpanzeeCommon

ElephantOccasional

BuffaloOccasional

LionVery Rare

LeopardVery Rare

HippoRare

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GiraffeNone

White RhinoNone

Black RhinoNone

CheetahNone

ZebraNone

WildebeestNone

Accommodation:

Kibale Forest Camp (Camping)

• just outside Kibale NP (Chimps)

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Chimpanzee Trekking and Bigodi Community Visit

Have early breakfast, head to the park headquarters for briefing about chimpanzee trekking and the right way to behave while in the presence of the chimpanzees. By 08:00 am, you will head into the forest in search for the chimpanzees in the rainforests of Kibale Forest. The trek takes approximately 3 to 4 hours depending on the movement of the chimpanzees and where they spent their previous night.
When you locate the chimpanzees, you will spend one hour in their presence as you watch them feed, groom and play. You will spot other primates including black and white colobus monkeys, grey-checked Mangabey, red-tailed monkeys, bush babies and many other bird species. Return to your lodge for dinner and overnight.

Main Destination:

Kibale National Park (Chimps)

Accommodation:

Kibale Forest Camp (Camping)

• just outside Kibale NP (Chimps)

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Departure

After breakfast, you will check out of the lodge and start your journey back to Kampala. You will be dropped off at the airport for your return flight.

Main Destination:

Entebbe International Airport (Entebbe, Uganda)

Accommodation:

No accommodation (End of tour)

Meals & Drinks:

• Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included)
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

• Additional accommodation can be arranged for an extra cost.
• You'll be dropped off at the airport.