Our 7 Days Uganda Wildlife and Primate Tracking Safari gives you a chance to explore Uganda wildlife and take part in tracking chimpanzees and mountain gorillas. Visit Uganda with us for the best safari experience.
Day 1: Arrival at Entebbe airport – Kampala (1.5 hours drive)
Upon your arrival at Entebbe International airport, complete the Immigration formalities. On your arrival exit, you will meet the driver guide holding a paper bearing your names. Meet and greet with our office representative and then you are transferred to your booked accommodation either in Kampala. Overnight Kampala Serena Hotel (Luxury) or Latitude 0 Degree Hotel Kampala (High end) Meal Plan: Dinner. Click Here To Enquire
Day 2: Kampala – Kibale National Park (6 hours drive)
You will be picked from your place of stay in Kampala or Entebbe and your drive guide will lead you to Kibale Forest National Park. It is known to sustain 70 species of mammals of which 13 are primate species with over 5000 chimpanzee individuals. Drive through past the local homesteads, coffee farmlands and banana plantations along Kampala, Mityana and Fort portal road to Kibale National Park. The park also hosts 375 species of birds. Have lunch in Fort portal tourism city and the evening will be spent on the crater walk in one of the communities surrounding the park. Overnight at Kyaninga Lodge/ Chimpundu Lodge (Luxury) or Turaco treetops (High end) Meal Plan: Lunch and Dinner
Day 3: Chimpanzee trekking and transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park
After your early morning relaxed breakfast, drive to the park headquarters in Kanyanchu. You will be briefed by the park warden or a ranger guide about the history of the park with rules and regulation of your Chimpanzee trekking experience. You will be escorted into the park by the armed ranger guide in search of chimpanzees. Enjoy seeing the chimpanzees play, eat, couple and communicate through their vocal calls and so often you will find them in the groups of between 5-20 individuals. This experience is rewarding and it is a chance to see other primate species like Olive Baboons, Bush babies / Demidoff Galago, Black and White colobus, Potto, Vervet monkeys, Blue monkeys, and Grey Cheeked mangabey among others. After your return, you will be given certificates for the successful chimpanzee trekking. After lunch, you will be driven to Queen Elizabeth National Park. It consists of 95 species of Mammals and 601 species of birds on 1,978 km². Dinner and Overnight at Ishasha Wilderness Camp/ Kyambura gorge Lodge (Luxury) or Bufallo Safari Lodge (High end) Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 4: Game drive and Boat cruise at Queen Elizabeth National Park
After breakfast, pick the armed ranger guide ready for the early morning game drive on the kasenyi plains, the guide will help you spot several animals including Lions, Elephants, Buffaloes, Hippos, Uganda Kobs, water buck and if you are lucky the leopard and hyena. The afternoon will be spent on a two hours boat cruise along the Kazinga Channel. This channel connects the water flow from Lake George to Lake Edward. It is also an opportunity to see hippos, crocodiles, Buffaloes, Elephants and antelopes on the banks of this Channel with very many bird species since it is known to be the birders haven. Dinner and Overnight at Ishasha Wilderness Camp/ Kyambura gorge Lodge (Luxury) or Bufallo Safari Lodge (High end) Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 5: Queen Elizabeth National Park – Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
After breakfast, drive to Ishasha sector yet for another game drive in search of the tree climbing Lions, keep your eyes on the trees as you might spot a lion resting and it is another chance of spotting Elephants, Buffaloes and antelopes. Have lunch and continue to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, a UNESCO world heritage site well known to habit more than 461 Mountain Gorilla individuals, a half of the world’s population found both in Bwindi and Virunga region in East Africa. Upon your arrival in the evening check into your room and relax for the next day. Dinner and Overnight at Trackers Safari Lodge / Clouds Mountain Gorilla Lodge (Luxury) or Buhoma Lodge /Nkuringo Bwindi Gorilla Lodge (High end) Meal Plan: Lunch and Dinner
Day 6: Mountain Gorilla Trekking
Have your early morning breakfast ready with your packed lunch and dressed on gorilla trekking attires; the driver guide will be on standby to drive you to the sector headquarters of your splendid Gorilla trekking experience. A warm welcome from the Batwa cultural dancers as they showcase their musical, tradition and dancing skills. You will be briefed by the park warden or ranger guide as he or she groups you into a group of 8 people to be assigned to a specific Gorilla family. The warden will take you through the brief history of the park, also the dos and don’ts of your gorilla trekking experience. You will be escorted by the ranger guide into the forest in search of the mountain Gorillas accompanied by the porters, It may take 2-6 hours depending on where the Mountain Gorillas built their nests the previous day. However, you are entitled to 1 hour of viewing the Mountain Gorillas upon meeting them. View them play, swing on the trees, eating and coupling. The young ones will always want to involve you in their game affair which is the most interesting moment in this encounter. After this gorilla trek experience, return to your lodge for resting and relaxing on your bed. OPTIONAL Batwa village walk to discover the lifestyle of the local people surrounding Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. Dinner and Overnight at Trackers Safari Lodge / Clouds Mountain Gorilla Lodge (Luxury) or Buhoma Lodge /Nkuringo Bwindi Gorilla Lodge (High end) Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 7: Flight from Kihihi or Kisoro to Entebbe Airport
After breakfast, you will be transferred to the airstrip depending on your sector of Gorilla trekking experience. You have two flight options from Kihihi to Entebbe airport and only one flight option from Kisoro airstrips back to Entebbe airport. The morning flight leaves Kisoro at 0845 hours and Kihihi at 0930 hours arriving Entebbe airport at 1125 hours while the afternoon flight leaves Kihihi at 1405 hours arriving Entebbe airport at 1630 hours. On whatever flight you are booked on; our driver guide will be ready to drive you to the airstrip back to Entebbe airport so that you can connect with your flight to the next destination. END OF SERVICE.
This 7 Days Uganda Wildlife and Primate Tracking Safari package includes.
- Transportation in a 4×4 safari vehicle
- Accommodation and meals as per itinerary
- 1 Gorilla permit, per person to be paid and secured in advance
- Park fees
- Flight from Bwindi Impenetrable National Park to Entebbe airport
- Kazinga Channel boat cruise
- Game drive
- Crater walk
- Chimpanzee trekking
- Services of English speaking driver/guide
- 1 liter bottle of mineral water per day per person during safari
- Fun and other excursions as mentioned in the itinerary.
- AMREF Emergency Evacuation Insurance covers
Optional activities
- Batwa Village walk
- Batwa trail experience
- Gorilla habituation experience (spend 4 hours with mountain Gorillas)
- Flight from Bwindi to Entebbe airport
The 7 Days Uganda Wildlife and Primate Tracking Safari excludes expenses of personal nature like: Air fare, Visa, drinks, laundry, tips to local guides, telephone, porter fee while trekking, personal travel insurance, personal shopping bills and cigars.