7-Day Bwindi, Kibale & Queen Elizabeth NP Mid-Range Tour

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

Arrival in Uganda and Pickup from Entebbe Airport

Upon your arrival at Entebbe International Airport, our driver-guide will welcome and brief you about the trip before transferring you to the pre-booked hotel. If time allows, you will undertake a Kampala or Entebbe city tour to visit the numerous historical and cultural sites.
Your dinner and overnight stay will be at your hotel in Kampala.

Main Destination:

Kampala (City)

Accommodation:

Dolphin Suites

• Mid-range hotel located in Kampala (City)

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Meals & Drinks:

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

Drive to Kibale Forest and Visit Bigodi Wetland in the Afternoon

After breakfast at your lodge, you will set off for Kibale Forest National Park. The park is a primate haven with over 13 primate species and unique birds. You'll drive through the beautiful scenery and tea plantations.
You'll arrive in the park and have lunch at the lodge. After lunch, you'll go for a walk in the Bigodi wetland in the afternoon. You will meet different people who stay there, who weave baskets, and iron smelters. You'll also see different birds like the Great Blue Turacos and more primates like baboons, among others. Your dinner and overnight stay will be at your lodge.

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:

Chimpanzee Forest Lodge

• Mid-range guest house located just outside Kibale NP (Chimps)

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Meals & Drinks:

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

Chimpanzee Tracking and Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park

You'll have an early breakfast and depart from the lodge for the park headquarters in Kanyanchu with enough bottled drinking water, where you will be briefed about chimpanzee tracking. After the briefing, you will embark on tracking through the forest at around 8:00 am, guided by an armed park ranger.
You will have an amazing time with the chimpanzees in their natural habitat. You will also see other primates like grey-cheeked Mangabeys, L’Hoest’s monkeys, butterflies, and some of the forest’s unique birds, among others.
After returning to the lodge, you'll have lunch and depart for Queen Elizabeth National Park. You'll check in at your lodge for dinner and a night's stay.

Main Destination:

Queen Elizabeth National Park

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:

Twin Lakes Safari Lodge

• Mid-range lodge located just outside Queen Elizabeth NP

Meals & Drinks:

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

Morning Game Drive and Afternoon Boat Cruise on Kazinga Channel

You will rise to the singing of the birds, you will have breakfast at 6:00 am, after which you will immediately start off the game drive, to be able to see the early risers like the lions, solitary buffaloes, Kobs, elephants, and leopards in the Kasenyi plains.
Later, you'll drive back to the lodge for lunch and get ready for the afternoon boat cruise on the Kazinga channel, which is home to various species like birds such as kingfishers, pink-backed pelicans, and animals like crocodiles, elephants, hippos, and many more. Cruising on the Kazinga is one of the most eye-catching activities in the park. You'll return to the lodge for dinner and an overnight stay.

Main Destination:

Kazinga Channel (Queen Elizabeth NP)

Accommodation:

Twin Lakes Safari Lodge

• Mid-range lodge located just outside Queen Elizabeth NP

Meals & Drinks:

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

Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park through Ishasha Sector

You'll have breakfast and after transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, passing through the Ishasha sector, which is home to tree-climbing lions. The park has a reputation as a world heritage site and houses the largest population of Mountain gorillas and other flora and fauna.
You will do a mini-game drive in Ishasha as you search for the tree-climbing lions and other wildlife like topis, elephants, and birds. You'll arrive in Bwindi and check in at your lodge for dinner and an 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:

Rushaga Gorilla Lodge

• Mid-range lodge located just outside Rushaga (Bwindi Impenetrable NP)

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Meals & Drinks:

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

Gorilla Tracking in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

You'll have breakfast early in the morning at around 6:30 am and transfer to the park headquarters with a packed lunch, where you will be briefed by the Park rangers as you also get entertained by the local community group. By 8:00 am, you will be accompanied by the park rangers as you enter the mist-covered forest to track mountain gorillas.
You must be fit enough and also consider using porters to carry your luggage, just in case you need them, and you pay them a small amount of money for labor. Tracking may take between 2 and 7 hours, and the moment you see and start interacting with the gorillas, only one hour is allowed to you.
After tracking, you'll return to the lodge to unwind and later in the evening take a walk in various communities, such as the Batwa and Bakiga communities, where you will interact with them and learn a lot about their culture. Later, you'll return to the lodge for dinner and an overnight stay.

Main Destination:

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas)

Accommodation:

Rushaga Gorilla Lodge

• Mid-range lodge located just outside Rushaga (Bwindi Impenetrable NP)

Meals & Drinks:

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

Drive back to Kampala/Departure

After your breakfast, you'll leave the park and drive to Kampala, via vast highlands, where you will be in line to see the beautiful scenic views found in this area. You will enjoy a lunch stop at Igongo Cultural Centre. Thereafter, you'll continue to Kampala with another stop at the equator for the equator experiment and photo moment.
Your driver-guide will either leave you at your accommodation facility in Kampala or take you to the Airport in Entebbe, just in case you want to return home on the same day.

Main Destination:

Kampala (City)

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.