8-Day Gorilla+Chimps Tracking & Wildlife Safari-Uganda

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

Arrival at Entebbe International Airport

On your arrival at Entebbe International Airport you will be met by your guide and you transfer to your Hotel/Guest house in Entebbe for diner and overnight

Meal plan: Bed and Breakfast.

Drive time: 15 minutes.

Lodge: Airport Guest house/African Roots Guest house.

Main Destination:

Entebbe (City)

Accommodation:

The Boma Entebbe

• Mid-range guest house located in Entebbe (City)

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Meals & Drinks:

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

Transfer to Lake Mburo National Park

After breakfast drive to Lake Mburo National Park through the small towns of Uganda. Make a stopover at the Equator line for photographs and some informative talks and experiments. Enjoy an en-route game drive as you drive to your lodge/hotel for check-in and lunch. After lunch, you will have a boat on the lake in search of hippos, Crocodiles, and water birds among others.
Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Lodge: Rwakobo Rock.

Main Destination:

Lake Mburo National Park

Best Time To Visit June to August and December to February

High Season June to September (Peak time for Uganda)

Best Weather June, July and January to February (Little rainfall)

Wildlife in Lake Mburo NP

BuffaloCommon

ZebraCommon

HippoCommon

GiraffeOccasional

LeopardOccasional

HyenaOccasional

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LionRare

ElephantNone

White RhinoNone

Black RhinoNone

CheetahNone

WildebeestNone

Wild DogNone

Accommodation:

Rwacobo Rock Lodge

• Mid-range lodge located in or near Lake Mburo NP

Meals & Drinks:

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

Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

After breakfast, enjoy an en-route game drive through Lake Mburo National Park and then Proceed to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park located in South Western Uganda. This journey takes you through the green rolling hills of Uganda with banana and tea plantations and good scenic views. Lunch will be served en route and you will arrive in Bwindi in the evening.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner.
Lodge: Bakiga Lodge.
Drive time: 6-7 hours.

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:

Bakiga Lodge

• Budget lodge located just outside Bwindi NP (Gorillas)

Meals & Drinks:

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

Gorilla Tracking

Early morning, breakfast with your packed lunch, you will report to the Park headquarters for registration and join other trackers in a briefing about the dos and don’ts during your Gorilla Tracking at 7:45 am. You will trek through thick creepers and undergrowth with your guides to find the Gorillas, which can take you half an hour to three-quarters of the day. The steeply forested landscape is incredibly dense but crisscrossed by numerous animal trails allowing access to tourists. It is an extraordinary feeling being with these beautiful yet endangered Creatures.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner.
Lodge: Bakiga Lodge.

Main Destination:

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas)

Accommodation:

Bakiga Lodge

• 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

This morning you will depart for Queen Elizabeth National Park, be prepared for some incredible scenery along the way. You will arrive in the Park in time for an afternoon boat cruise along the beautiful Kazinga channel. The boat cruise which takes you two hours is a great location for photography, bird watching, or game viewing with such diversity of life supported by the channel including hippos, water birds, elephants, buffaloes, crocodiles and many other wildlife which flop the channel for drinking water.
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.
Lodge: Bush Lodge.
Drive time: 4-5 hours.

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:

The Bush Lodge (Banda)

• Mid-range banda located just outside Queen Elizabeth NP

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Meals & Drinks:

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

Morning Game drive/ Transfer to Kibale National Park

After an early breakfast drive to the northern bank of Queen Elizabeth National Park (kasenyi) area in search the wild animals which include: Elephants, Buffalos, wild cats, Savanna birds, and different species of antelopes such as water bucks Uganda kobs among others. After lunch, you will drive to Kibale Forest National Park arriving at your lodge in the evening.
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and dinner.
Lodge: Chimpanzee Forest Lodge
Drive time: 3-4hours.

Main Destination:

Kibale Forest 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:

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)

Chimp Tracking

This morning after breakfast you will drive to the park headquarters to join other trackers for a briefing and after you will be taken for chimpanzee tracking, through Kibale Forest National Park. During this walk, you will have chances to see many of the 13 primate species native to Kibale Forest National Park. After lunch, you will drive to Bigodi for a swamp walk. This wetland belongs to a community neighboring the park.
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and dinner.
Lodge: Chimpanzee Forest Lodge.

Main Destination:

Kibale National Park (Chimps)

Accommodation:

Chimpanzee Forest Lodge

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

Meals & Drinks:

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

Transfer to Kampala/Entebbe

Have a relaxed morning, thereafter transfer to Entebbe Airport.

Main Destination:

Entebbe (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.