10 DAYS UGANDA WILDLIFE, PRIMATE AND GORILLA TOUR
Tour Hightlights
This 10 Days trip to Uganda gives you a chance to enjoy gorilla & Chimp tracking, wildlife views, nature & cultural walks, and many more.
Brief itinerary
Day 1: Arrival
Day 2: Transfer to Murchison Falls National Park
Day 3: Game Drive & boat ride at Murchison Falls National Park
Day 4: Transfer to Kibale Forest National Park
Day 5: Kibale Forest & Bigodi Swamp
Day 6: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park
Day 7: Game Drive & Launch cruise in Queen Elizabeth National Park
Day 8: Ishasha sector and Transfer to Bwindi Forest National Park
Day 9: Gorilla tracking
Day 10: Bwindi impenetrable national park and departure.
Detailed Itinerary
Day 1: Arrival
Upon arrival at the Airport, our representative will be waiting to receive and transfer you to your hotel for a check in. In case of an early arrival, a Kampala city tour will very rewarding (Optional activity)
Day 2: Transfer from Kampala to Murchison Falls National Park
Have breakfast, embark on your journey to Murchison falls national park the home of magnificent strong water falls. You will be served with enroute lunch on your way to Murchison falls national park. On arrival, visit the top of the falls point. On this point, you will view massive volume of water forcefully penetrating through the narrow gorge. You will have photography and videography. Check in the hotel, dinner and overnight.
Day 3: Murchison Falls National Park
Wake up for a morning game drive in the national park. Nature is ready to offer animals like giraffes, elephants, buffalos among others and variety of bird species for example giant kingfisher, bee eater, Denham’s bustard and many more. After the game drive, have breakfast, relax and have lunch. Prepare for afternoon boat cruise.
While on the cruise towards the bottom of Murchison falls, the cruise will reward you with abundant wild animals such as Hippos, crocodiles, elephants and bird species along the shores of the Nile River.
Day 4: Transfer to Kibale forest national park
Enjoy a relaxed breakfast as you prepare for a transfer to the primate’s planet. You will be transferred from Murchison falls to Kibale forest, driving and passing through green countryside, traditional homesteads, and farms along Albertine Rift escarpments. Upon arrival, you will check in, relax and have fun getting ready for dinner and overnight stay.
Day 5: Kibale Forest & Bigodi Swamp
After morning breakfast, drive to the park gate headquarters for the chimpanzee briefing. After the briefing, start your trek on footsteps of the forest in search of the incredible primates. Chimpanzees have pretty vocals and very active. In most cases, you will hear their call before seeing them, after locating the chimpanzees you will spend time with them. You may also encounter other primates such as The black and white colobus monkey, red tailed monkey, velvet monkey, olive baboons, grey checked mangabeys and more others. Later return to the lodge for lunch and refreshment. In the evening, you will have a nature walk in Bigodi experiencing the nature of living of locals, bird watching and other primates. After the nature walk, return to the lodge for overnight and relaxation.
Day 6: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park
After breakfast, transfer to queen Elizabeth national park with enroute visit to the exploration craters. Arrive in the park in the afternoon, have lunch and connect for crater lakes experience. This will reward you with a magnificent view of the crater lakes which were formed as a result of volcanic eruptions thus leaving water basins. While at the crater lakes, you are gifted with a view of the African rift valley, the Rwenzori mountain ranges, lake Edward and George. In other words, it is a nature`s visit. End the day with a relaxational game drive as we head to the lodge for dinner and overnight.
Day 7: Queen Elizabeth National Park
Wake up and embark on a morning game drive with hopes of seeing Queen Elizabeth’s pride of wild animals like Elephants, buffalos, lions, antelopes, warthogs, etc. and different bird species such as pelican, common quail, fish eagle, kingfisher among others. After the game drive, have breakfast and later relax as you wait for the next program.
After lunch, go to the Mweya Peninsula to await your afternoon boat cruise on Kazinga channel. While on the boat cruise, there are high chances of spotting a school of hippos and Nile crocodiles sun bathing and also a sight of cape buffalos, warthogs, antelopes grazing along the shores and different bird species such as kingfisher, African fish eagle, marabou stalk and more others. Drive back to the hotel for dinner and overnight.
Day 8: Ishasha sector to Bwindi impenetrable National Park.
Have an early morning breakfast and embark on your journey to Bwindi impenetrable national park through Ishasha sector. The Ishasha sector is famously known for its tree climbing lions which always lie high on the tree branches. Enter the park searching for the tree climbing lions as well as other wild animals like leopards, Uganda Kob, waterbucks, antelopes and bird species. After lunch, continue with your journey to Bwindi impenetrable national park. Upon arrival, check in the lodge, relax and wait for overnight.
Day 9: Bwindi impenetrable national park
You will have an early morning breakfast and after that move to the Park headquarters for a briefing. After the briefing, with your ranger guide enter the thick rainforest trekking through in search for our closest relatives the mountain gorillas. After the amazing encounter with the gorillas, return to the lodge for lunch. After lunch, you may decide to relax at the lodge or to go for a community tour (optional).
Day 10: Departure.
Appreciate the closing moments in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest and drive to the central. It’s a long journey of its kind but enjoyable. You can have a stopover for equator moments and enroute lunch. Arrival in Kampala may be afternoon as you rest waiting for your flight at the airport.
Price Includes
- Accommodation
- Meals as described in the itinerary
- Transport services
- Informed English speaking guide/driver
- Entrance fees and ranger fees in Ugandan national parks
- Gorilla tracking permits
- Chimpanzee tracking permits
Exclusions
- Visa fees
- Additional meals
- Shopping fee
- Tips
- Laundry service