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Arrival
Day 1
Transfer to Volcanoes National Park for Golden Monkey Tracking and Transfer to Bwindi Forest
Transfer to Volcanoes National Park for Golden Monkey Tracking and Transfer to Bwindi Forest
You will be met by our driver guide in Kigali 6:00 am and we'll transfer you to the park head offices in Kinigi by 7:00 am. Join other golden monkeys trekkers and meet the ranger guide for a few minutes to talk about the activity and the park. At 8:00 am, you'll transfer to the trailhead just outside the park. Enjoy great views of the mountain scenery as you start your trek into the park to find the golden monkeys. The golden monkeys live near the edge of the park in the bamboo forests where the ground is relatively flat and easy to trek. Find the monkeys and follow them as they feed, notice how they skillfully pick the young bamboo leaves from the tip of the bamboo tree. They may also move out of the park into the potato fields. Oh, how they love the potatoes!
After an amazing hour with the golden monkeys, return to the trailhead and drive back to the lodge for lunch. Thereafter, head to the border. After clearing, proceed to Bwindi.
Dinner and your overnight will be at the lodge.
- Main Destination:
- Volcanoes National Park (Gorillas)
- Accommodation:
- Ruhija Community Rest Camp
Wildlife in Volcanoes NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
Gorilla Tracking in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and Transfer to Ishasha
Gorilla Tracking in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and Transfer to Ishasha
After an early breakfast, you will head to the park headquarters where you will be briefed by the guides before you begin the search in the thick Bwindi Forest for the giant gorillas. Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is renowned for its impressive mountain gorillas, although it is unpredictable how long you will track them before finding them since it all depends on their movement. Though the time spent to track down these gorillas is unpredictable, the thrill of spending time and observing these gentle giant gorillas is a rare, moving, awesome and exciting adventure that will leave you with long-lasting memories of a truly unique experience. Return for lunch and afterwards, transfer to the Ishasha Sector of Queen Elizabeth National Park which you will reach late in the evening. Dinner and your overnight stay are at the lodge.
- Main Destination:
- Ishasha Sector (Queen Elizabeth NP, Uganda)
- Accommodation:
- Topi Lodge
Wildlife in Queen Elizabeth NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3
Game Drive and Boat Cruise in Queen Elizabeth National Park
Game Drive and Boat Cruise in Queen Elizabeth National Park
After your breakfast, you will be taken to Ishasha, famous for the tree-climbing lions lounging in the tree branches while keeping a close eye on herds of Uganda kob, their favourite prey. You could have a chance to spot some tree-climbing lions. Afterwards, proceed to your lodge. In the afternoon, you will take a launch cruise along the amazing Kazinga Channel to see, at close range, the water animals including hippos, buffalos, crocodiles and elephants bathing on the channel banks. There are also a variety of bird species on the water banks, especially the famous shoebill, pelican and jacana. Dinner and your overnight stay are at the lodge.
- Main Destination:
- Queen Elizabeth National Park (Uganda)
- Accommodation:
- Engiri Game Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4
Morning Game Drive and Transfer to Kibale National Park and Bigodi Swamp Walk
Morning Game Drive and Transfer to Kibale National Park and Bigodi Swamp Walk
After breakfast, you will go for a brief morning game drive in Queen Elizabeth then head to the scenic Explosion Craters and Explosion Crater Lakes. They're found along the Western Ugandan Explosion Crater Lake Trail, one of the Pearls in the Pearl of Africa. You'll have your lunch en-route. Afterwards, transfer to Kibale National Park. Check in at your lodge for some rest in the evening and go for the nature walk at Bigodi Swamp where you will do birding. You will spot some bird species, butterflies are abundant and some women cultural group’s activities which are also adventurous to attend. It can take you 2/3 hours. Afterwards, get back to your respective hotel for dinner and your overnight stay.
- Main Destination:
- Kibale National Park (Chimps)
- Accommodation:
- Kibale Forest Lodge
Wildlife in Kibale NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 5
Chimpanzee Tracking and Transfer to Entebbe
Chimpanzee Tracking and Transfer to Entebbe
After breakfast, head to Kibale Forest with our packed lunch to view the primates. The activity begins at 8:00 am with a briefing on the rules for trekking the chimpanzees after which you set off to search for them in the forest. 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. This ensures that the trek is not only enjoyable but informative as well. It boasts the highest number of primate species in the world, including chimpanzees. Approximately 5,000 chimpanzees live in the wild in Uganda. An experienced ranger will take you chimp tracking in the morning. Once you locate the chimps, you will transfer to Entebbe via Kampala.
- Main Destination:
- Entebbe International Airport (Entebbe, Uganda)
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
- Meals & Drinks:
