5-Day Queen Elizabeth & Kibale Forest Trip

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

Travel to Queen Elizabeth National Park

After breakfast, you will depart Kampala in the morning and travel westward through Uganda’s beautiful green countryside to Queen Elizabeth National Park. The journey will take 6-7 hours with stopovers at areas of tourist attraction such as the Royal Drum makers’ village and the Equator for an opportunity to stand in two hemispheres at the same time. You will continue through the savannah grasslands with lots of banana plantations and several herds of local long-horned Ankole cattle endemic to this part of the country. You will get to Queen Elizabeth National Park in the evening. Your dinner and overnight stay will be at Engiri Game Lodge.

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:

Engiri Game Lodge

• Budget lodge bordering Queen Elizabeth NP without fences

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Meals & Drinks:

• Meals at own expense
• Drinks not included

Game Drive and Boat Cruise in Queen Elizabeth National Park

You'll wake up early in the morning after breakfast and head to the jungle for your first game drive, with a chance to see many species of animals like lions, leopards, elephants, Cape buffalos, and many others. Later, you'll come back to your lodge for lunch and rest for a few minutes. In the afternoon, you will go for a two-hour boat cruise on the Kazinga Channel, which connects Lakes George and Edward, and view concentrations of giant hippos, elephants, and crocodiles, among others. You will also see many varieties of birds at the water's edge. You will have dinner and overnight stay at Engiri Game Lodge.

Main Destination:

Queen Elizabeth National Park

Accommodation:

Engiri Game Lodge

• Budget lodge bordering Queen Elizabeth NP without fences

Meals & Drinks:

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

Second Game Drive and Travel to Kibale National Park

You will wake up early for a morning game drive in the park, during which you will see lions, elephants, topis, leopards, bushbucks, Cape buffaloes, Defassa waterbucks, giant forest hogs, and Uganda Kobs, among others. On the drive to Kibale National Park, you will be able to enjoy an impressive sight of the legendary “Mountains of the Moon,” which you will see on the road to Fort Portal. Your dinner and overnight stay will be at Kibale Homestay.

Main Destination:

Kibale National Park (Chimps)

Best Time To Visit January to February and June to July (Chimp trekking is easiest)

High Season June to September (Peak time for Uganda)

Best Weather January to February and June to July (Least rain)

Wildlife in Kibale NP

ChimpanzeeCommon

ElephantOccasional

BuffaloOccasional

LionVery Rare

LeopardVery Rare

HippoRare

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GiraffeNone

White RhinoNone

Black RhinoNone

CheetahNone

ZebraNone

WildebeestNone

Accommodation:

Rweteera Safari Park

• Budget lodge located just outside Kibale NP (Chimps)

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Meals & Drinks:

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

Chimpanzee Tracking and Bird Watching

After breakfast, you will head to Kibale National Park to view the primates. The activity begins at 8.00 am with a briefing of the rules for trekking the chimpanzees, after which you set off to search for them in the forest. The exercise takes half a day, and along the way, you will see other primates such as grey-cheeked mangabeys, Phoestes, red Colobus, and the blue-tailed and the red-tailed monkeys swinging in the branches of this thick forest. Your guide will give you informative briefings on the lifestyles of the primates you will be coming across and on the plants as well as on the insects and butterflies in this forest to ensure that the trek is not only enjoyable but informative as well. You will return to the lodge at Kibale Homestay.

Main Destination:

Kibale National Park (Chimps)

Accommodation:

Rweteera Safari Park

• Budget lodge located just outside Kibale NP (Chimps)

Meals & Drinks:

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

Return to Entebbe via Kampala

After breakfast, you will set off to return to Kampala and then Entebbe International Airport to catch your evening flight back home with a memorable experience.

Main Destination:

Entebbe (City)

Accommodation:

No accommodation (End of tour)

Meals & Drinks:

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

• Additional accommodation can be arranged for an extra cost.
• You'll be dropped off at the airport.