UGANDA WILD ADVENTURE SAFARI

Discover Bwindi Forest National Park,Queen Elizabeth National Park and Kibale Forest National Park

TRIP DURATION

7 Days

JOURNEY TYPE 

Land Journey

Time of the year

Jan-Apr, Oct-Dec

where you'll visit

Tour Overview

This 7 Days Best Gorilla Trip in Uganda is one of the best gorilla trips we have for you to enjoy the beauty of Uganda, on this tour you will visit three national parks that is Bwindi Forest National Park for Gorilla tracking experience, Queen Elizabeth National Park for wildlife viewing and boat safari on kazinga channel and then Kibale Forest National Park for Chimpanzee tracking experience. On this trip you will have a chance to see various primate species and the Big 4 animals.

Itinerary Details

Day-by-day

Day 1: Pick up from Entebbe and Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park

On this day your driver guide for your trip will pick you from your hotel in Kampala/Entebbe or from Entebbe Airport and start the drive to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park, this drive is long but worth it you will enjoy amazing sceneries and meet up with the local communities along the way. You will have a stop at the Equator for photographs, lunch en-route and other optional multiple stops depending on your request and time.

Lodge/Hotel: Lake Mulehe Safari Lodge
Meal plan:( Bed & Breakfast)

Day 2: Gorilla tracking Experience

After breakfast at the lodge, you will drive to the park headquarters for briefing from the Uganda wildlife Authority ranger guides who will allocate you a gorilla family group you will trek that day. Once you have your group confirmed @ people, the 2 ranger guides will lead you into the thick impenetrable forest to start your search for the endangered rare species of Mountain Gorillas. The gorilla search always continues from the place where they were last seen the previous day. Upon reaching the area where these famous species are, you will only be allowed to interact with them for only one hour and you should always keep maximum silence while with these Gorillas. You are allowed to take photographs and so on.

Gorilla tracking can sometimes be strenuous depending on the trek that day which is normally determined by weather and the movement of the gorillas in the forest but given the fact it is very well-organized activity you have 99% chances of seeing the gorillas on your trek. The trek is guided by advanced trackers who monitor the mountain gorilla movements al day in the forest with this they will know where they nested for the last night and that’s where you start from looking for them. The 2 ranger guides will lead you all through the trek clearing trails, creating new trails and sharing with you information about the mountain gorillas and Swindi forest. After the trek you will retrieve back to the Starting point to pick your certificates as a sign of successful tracking of mountain gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park

Lodge/Hotel: Laka Mulehe Safari Lodge
Meal plan: Full Board

Day 3: Drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park

After breakfast you will drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park arriving in the afternoon at the park, you will have an en-route and stops along the way for sightseeing. On arrival at the hotel, you will be warmly welcomed and check-in for relaxing, later you will go for an evening game drive to search for late grazers and after return to the Lodge for overnight.Queen Elizabeth National Park is the most popular and diverse conservation area with a variety of habitats ranging from grassland, acacia woodland, forests, wetlands and open water this sustains a wide range of mammals with the major ones the Big 4 animals and a remarkable tally of bird life boosting to over 604 bird species.

Lodge/Hotel: Elephant Hab Lodge
Meal plan: Full Board

Day 4: Morning Game Drive and Afternoon Boat Cruise on Kazinga Channel

After your breakfast you will drive to Kasenyi plains for a morning game drive to search for early bird wildlife. Some of the animals you will see include are elephants, large herds of buffalos, leopards, lions, bushbucks, kobs, antelopes, bushbucks and more.The morning game drive will take you approximately 2-3 hours and then after you will drive to Mweya peninsula for hot lunch, relax and go for an afternoon boat cruise safari on Kazinga Channel, this boat ride is something worth it and considered as a highlight of your safari in Queen Elizabeth National Park, you will have a chance to see various wildlife as they enjoy the shores of the channel, hippos enjoying the swim and various bird species. After the cruise return to the lodge for relaxation, dinner and overnight stay.

Lodge/Hotel: Elehant Hab Lodge
Meal plan: Full Board

Day 5: Morning Drive/Visit Katwe Salt Lakes and Transfer to Kibale Forest National Park

Have a morning game drive through the Mweya Peninsula with all your belongings in the Car. After the 3-hour game drive, if not game drive, you can visit Katwe Salt Lakes after you will drive to Kibale National Park with a stopover for lunch enroute on your way to the National Park. On influx you will have a nature walk through the Bigodi Swamp awesome sightseeing of the resident monkeys and birds.Kibale Forest National Park is home to 13 species of primates and over 335 bird species making it a popular destination for birders and primate’s lovers.

Lodge/Hotel: Chimpanzee Forest Guest House
Meal plan: Full Board

Day 6: Chimpanzee Tracking in Kibale Forest National Park

Subsequently you will have an early breakfast with that you will be guided to Kanyanchu head offices for a briefing about the track that you will be carlying out in a couple of hours. From there you will start the Chimpanzee tracking but that is not the only species you will be seeing today, you will be able to see 12 other different primate species like vervet monkeys, gray cheeked mangabeys and baboons.

Lodge/Hotel: Chimpanzee Forest Guest House
Meal plan: Full Board

Day 7: Departure back to Kampala/Entebbe

Have breakfast and after check out and start your journey back to Kampala, stopover for your lunch and after proceed to Kampala arriving in late afternoon.

Meal plan: Half Board
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