8-Day Wildlife & Gorillas

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

Pickup from the Airport and Transfer to Hotel

On arrival, you will be picked from the airport by our guide representative and will be transferred to your hotel for relaxation.
You may also be advised to change your money on this day. You will be driven a short distance to your hotel for dinner and overnight stay.

Main Destination:

Entebbe (City)

Accommodation:

Secrets Guest House

• Budget guest house located in Entebbe (City)

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Meals & Drinks:

• Dinner (Breakfast & lunch not included)
• Non-alcoholic drinks

Transfer to Kibale National park

You will be picked up by our guide after breakfast and will be given instructions for the trip. You will be transferred to Kibale National park via Fort-portal. You will enjoy the beautiful scenery enroute through villages, lush green forests and hills dotted with tea plantations. On arrival, you will relax at the lodge awaiting dinner and overnight stay.

Main Destination:

Kibale National Park (Chimps)

Best Time To Visit December to February and June to July

High Season June to September (Peak time for Uganda)

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

Wildlife in Kibale NP

ChimpanzeeCommon

ElephantOccasional

BuffaloOccasional

LeopardVery Rare

HippoRare

LionRare to None

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GiraffeNone

White RhinoNone

Black RhinoNone

CheetahNone

ZebraNone

WildebeestNone

Accommodation:

Chimpanzee Forest Lodge

• Mid-range guest house located just outside Kibale NP (Chimps)

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Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Non-alcoholic drinks

Chimpanzee tracking – Bigodi swamp walk

You will be transferred to Kibale National park headquarters after breakfast for a briefing ahead of the chimpanzee tracking.

You will then embark on primates viewing in the forest spending about 2 to 3 hours searching for chimpazees and other primates including Phoestes, Red-Colobus, Blue, Red-tailed and Grey cheeked Mangabeys swinging through the dense forest and birds, butterflies and many small insects.

After lunch, a visit to Bigodi swamp eco tourism site in which you will also encounter beautiful flora and fauna. This walk is excellent for viewing different bird species like the Great blue Turacco, Rwenzori Turaco, Narina Trogon, and little Bulbul. You will return to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay after.

Main Destination:

Kibale National Park (Chimps)

Accommodation:

Chimpanzee Forest Lodge

• Mid-range guest house located just outside Kibale NP (Chimps)

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Non-alcoholic drinks

Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park

You will be transferred to Queen Elizabeth National Park after your breakfast, which is a home to a high concentration of Uganda’s mammals. On arrival, enjoy a game drive where you may spot tree climbing and savanna lions, elephants, wart hogs, Uganda kob, water buck, cape buffalo, hippos, leopards, as well as more than 600 species of birds that include the African spoon bill, pied kingfishers, fish eagles, pelicans, vultures

Queen Elizabeth National park is Uganda’s second largest park boast a huge number of hippos and elephants; it also contains the lions, Uganda Kob, warthog and waterbuck. You will have lunch and later relax at the 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:

The Baboon Safari Resort

• Mid-range lodge located just outside Queen Elizabeth NP

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Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Non-alcoholic drinks

Game drive & Kazinga channel boat safari

You will set off early morning after a light cup of coffee/tea for a morning game drive to watch the wildlife in the park including the elephant, Buffalo, Lion, Waterbuck, Leopard, Uganda Kob, and many Warthogs.

Return to the lodge for a late breakfast after.

In the afternoon you will take a boat safari along the Kazinga Channel which joins Lake George and Lake Edward. You will the school of hippos, swimming elephants and a variety of other animals along the ride.

You may also see buffalo, crocodile, bathing elephant, and a range of beautiful birds. You will be taken to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay after.

Main Destination:

Kazinga Channel (Queen Elizabeth NP)

Accommodation:

Topi Lodge

• Mid-range lodge located just outside Ishasha Sector (Queen Elizabeth NP)

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Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Non-alcoholic drinks

Tree climbing lions- transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest

You will be transferred to the southern part of Queen Elizabeth National Park, the famous Ishasha area, for a game drive searching for the tree climbing lions. You will have lunch and after you will be transferred to Bwindi National park, home to Mountain Gorillas. On arrival, you will relax by the lodge awaiting dinner and overnight stay.

Main Destination:

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas)

Best Time To Visit June to August and December to February

High Season June to September (Gorilla permits are scarce)

Best Weather June to July and December to February (Less rainfall)

Wildlife in Bwindi NP

GorillaCommon

ChimpanzeeRare

ElephantRare

White RhinoNone

Black RhinoNone

LionNone

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GiraffeNone

LeopardNone

CheetahNone

BuffaloNone

ZebraNone

WildebeestNone

HippoNone

Accommodation:

Gorilla Mist Camp

• Mid-range lodge located just outside Bwindi NP (Gorillas)

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Non-alcoholic drinks

Gorilla Trekkking

You will assemble at the park headquarters for briefing from the park rangers after breakfast ahead of gorilla trekking.

Proceed for gorilla trekking in the forest that may last 2-6 hours depending on the movement of the animals.

Meet and stay with the animals for a maximum of one hour, then descend to the park headquarters and then to your Lodge for lunch and relaxation.

In the evening, you may go for an optional community walk in the nearby Batwa community, where you will be entertained and given tales of their unique culture.

Main Destination:

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas)

Accommodation:

Gorilla Mist Camp

• Mid-range lodge located just outside Bwindi NP (Gorillas)

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Non-alcoholic drinks

Transfer to Kampala/Entebbe

You will be transferred to Kampala or Entebbe after breakfast with a stopover at the Equator for pictures enroute.

Main Destination:

Entebbe (City)

Accommodation:

No accommodation (End of tour)

Meals & Drinks:

• Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included)
• Non-alcoholic drinks

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