7-Day Wildlife and Gorilla Tracking Uganda Safari

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

Transfer from kigali to Bwindi forest National Park

Your guide will pick you from your hotel early in the morning and drive you to the south western side of the country through a verdant country side. You will be fascinated by the traditional drum makers, a photographic moment at the Equator in Kayabwe is an ideal and the Ankole long horned cattle near Mbarara town. With a lunch stop in Mbarara at Igongo cultural center, proceed further south west through the fascinating scenery of Kabale with rolling hills adorned with terraces. You will reach Bwindi impenetrable forest in the evening and check in at your lodge.

Main Destination:

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas)

Best Time To Visit June to August and December to February

High Season June to September (Gorilla permits are scarce)

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

Wildlife in Bwindi NP

GorillaCommon

ChimpanzeeRare

ElephantRare

White RhinoNone

Black RhinoNone

LionNone

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GiraffeNone

LeopardNone

CheetahNone

BuffaloNone

ZebraNone

WildebeestNone

HippoNone

Accommodation:

Karungi Camp

• Budget lodge located just outside Bwindi NP (Gorillas)

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Meals & Drinks:

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

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

Early in the morning, Report to the park headquarters with a picnic lunch for briefing by the senior park ranger guide. After briefing, you will be assigned a group with a ranger guide, Enter the forest and enjoy its beauty and freshness being home to more than half of the world’s mountain gorillas. Proceed through the dense vegetation to trek for these endangered primates depending on where they built their nest the previous night. For conservation purposes, time allowed with the Gorillas is one hour. Observe the gentle giants as they feed, groom the young, make love and play. You will the trek back to the lodge for a hot lunch then after noon for relaxation, dinner and overnight stay.

Main Destination:

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas)

Accommodation:

Karungi Camp

• Budget lodge located just outside Bwindi NP (Gorillas)

Meals & Drinks:

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

Transfer to Queen Elizabeth national park

After breakfast, you will drive to Queen Elizabeth national park, arrive in time for lunch, after lunch, transfer to the park for an evening game drive in search of cats; you will also get to see other animals like kobs, elephants among others. There after drive back to the lodge for 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:

Kazinga Wilderness Safari Camp

• Budget lodge located just outside Queen Elizabeth NP

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Meals & Drinks:

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

Queen Elizabeth National Park game drives and boat cruise

Take a 6.30 am morning game drive to catch up with the early raisers like the leopard, lion, spotted hyena among others. As you take the Kasenyi trail, look out for buffalos, elephants, giraffes, warthogs, topis, kobs, waterbucks, bush bucks, bush duikers among others. Also to expect is a stupendous bird life that includes the martial eagle, the Woodland kingfisher, the great blue turaco, the grey plantain eater among the 606 species recorded in the park. Return to the lodge for a late breakfast. After lunch go for the afternoon launch cruise on the Kazinga Channel. This is a home of a variety of water birds including the African Fish eagle, the African Skimmer, pelican, the pre-historic looking shoe bill and on a hot day, hippos, elephants, buffaloes and waterbucks can be sighted as they bathe and drink water at the water edge. Crocodiles are common residents and are regularly sighted along the channel banks. Drive back to the lodge for relaxation, dinner and overnight.

Main Destination:

Queen Elizabeth National Park (Uganda)

Accommodation:

Kazinga Wilderness Safari Camp

• Budget lodge located just outside Queen Elizabeth NP

Meals & Drinks:

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

Queen Elizabeth National Park – Kibale Forest National park

After breakfast, You will transfer to Kibale forest national park famed for its highest population of primates in Africa and home to the Chimpanzee. You will pass through Kasese as you enjoy the captivating sight of the Rwenzori glacial peaks’ well decorating the sky line’s back ground and arrive in Kibale in time for lunch and check in at the lodge. After lunch, You will embark on a crater hike in the hills of fort portal. The crater hike awards you with great views of the beautiful carter lakes and the view of the park from an aerial point. Walk back to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

Main Destination:

Kibale National Park (Chimps)

Best Time To Visit December to February and June to July

High Season June to September (Peak time for Uganda)

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

Wildlife in Kibale NP

ChimpanzeeCommon

ElephantOccasional

BuffaloOccasional

LeopardVery Rare

HippoRare

LionRare to None

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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

After an early morning breakfast, report to the park headquarters with your packed lunch for briefing by the senior park guide. Proceed to track man’s closest relative of all the apes in this vast forest. You are likely to encounter other primates like olive baboons, bonobos, red colobus, black and white colobus, red and blue monkeys, grey cheeked mangabey among others as well asa wide diversity of birds. If time allows, you may take an optional swamp walk in bigodi which awards you with various bird species and some animals. Retire for an overnight at your lodge.

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)

Transfer from Kibale Forest National Park to Entebbe

You will check out at the lodge after breakfast as you drive back to Kampala through Mubende. Proceed with an en route lunch in Mityana or Kampala depending on where time for lunch will find you. Then transfer the lodge in Kampala/Entebbe or to the airport arriving in time for your departure.

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.