Itinerary
Day 1: Welcome to the pearl of Africa
Today on arrival at the Entebbe airport, our driver guide will be eagerly waiting to receive you and transfer you to your hotel in Entebbe where you will be spending the night. You will have your dinner depending on your time of arrival.
Day 2: Transfer to the Kibale national park
Your guide will pick you from your hotel after your breakfast to start a journey to the primate capital of the world. The drive is through Uganda’s countryside with past lots of agricultural lands, homesteads, road side fruit and vegetable markets not forgetting the forests.
You will have lunch in the beautiful fort portal town with spectacular landscapes of the Rwenzori Mountains in the back ground and ever green lawns. From here you will proceed to your lodge where you will be spending the night ready for the trekking the next day.
Day 3: Chimpanzee trekking
Today is the chimpanzee tracking day in the primate capital of the world-Kibale national park. After your breakfast, your driver guide will transfer you to the briefing point before the chimp trek. The experienced ranger guide will take you through a briefing on what to expect and how to conduct yourself in the forest.
After the briefing, you will start the hike through the tropical forest for an unforgettable and rewarding experience in search of man’s closet relatives which are the chimpanzees. You are allowed 1 hour in their presence after locating them.
After your lunch, you will take a swamp walk in Bigodi community. In addition to the swamp, you will visit different homes for coffee experience, banana brewing experience, basketry and traditional medicine.
Day 4: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth national park
The safari continues to Queen Elizabeth national park passing through crater lakes region and enjoying views of the Rwenzori mountain ranges. You have an option of having a late breakfast and then preparing to leave.
You have an option of a free afternoon at your lodge where you can choose to relax and rest. Alternatively, you can also choose to have a game drive through the park before proceeding to your lodge or you can take an afternoon village walk around your lodge.
Day 5: Game drive and boat safari
Queen Elizabeth national park has the highest biodiversity of any protected area in Africa. The best times for game viewing is morning when the predators are looking out for prey before they go back into hiding. Your roof top will be open therefore you will have easy viewing of elephants, lions, leopards, buffaloes and Uganda kobs.
In the afternoon, you will enjoy a launch cruise on the Kazinga channel towards Lake Edward where you will watch different wild animals that come to its waters and those that live in this national park and the numerous species of birds.
Day 6: Transfer to Ishasha sector for tree climbing lions
This is the southern sector of Queen Elizabeth national park famous for the tree climbing lions. After their meals, these predators like to climb fig trees to rest, experience the winds but also easily watch their prey as because of the high savanna grass. Today morning after a late breakfast, you will leave for Ishasha for the lions and the different bird species and other mammals.
Day 7: Safari to the mountain gorillas in Bwindi forest
After your breakfast, you will leave for Bwindi impenetrable national park the home of half the world’s remaining mountain gorillas and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
If you missed seeing the lions the previous day, you can choose to do another game drive through the park to try another opportunity of sighting the tree climbing lions of Ishasha.
Day 8: Gorilla trekking
The adventure hiking through Bwindi impenetrable forest in search of gorillas is a unique experience. You will start with a briefing from the ranger guides after which you are divided into groups to track different gorilla families.
You will then hike the forest in search of the gorillas with leading from the ranger guide. Once you locate the gorillas with your ranger guide, you will have one hour with these gentle giants and after you will start the walk out of the forest.
Day 9: Transfer to Lake Mburo national park
After your experience in Bwindi impenetrable forest, your driver guide will pick you up after breakfast to start the journey to calm and enjoy the beautiful lake Mburo national park. You will enjoy the winding roads from the Kigezi region with stopovers for pictures.
Once you arrive at the park, you can choose to take a boat trip on Lake Mburo or take a walking safari with a ranger guide. After this experience, you will retire to your lodge the much needed rest.
Day 10: End of your Ugandan primates safari
Your driver guide will pick you after breakfast for a short game drive before exiting the park. You will drive out of the park and then stop over at the equator monument for lunch, souvenirs and photo sessions in both the north and southern hemispheres.
This will mark the end of your Uganda primate safari, thank you for exploring Uganda with us. We hope you had an amazing time with us. Uganda will surely miss you. You are always welcome back to explore other parts of Uganda that you missed on your tour.
