8-Day Primates - Kibale, Queen Elizabeth & Bwindi NP

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

Drive to Kibale National Park

Your driver will pick you up after your breakfast and proceed to Kibale Forest National park and your accommodation. Drive time is approximately 6 hours.

Afternoon at leisure. Optional activities available like crater walk visit, swamp walk among others.

Breakfast, lunch, dinner at your accommodation.

Accommodation Kibale forest camp.

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:

Kibale Forest Camp (Safari Tent)

• Mid-range tented camp located just outside Kibale NP (Chimps)

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Non-alcoholic drinks

Chimpanzee Trekking

After your breakfast, drive to the National Park Headquarters to meet your ranger guides for the day and begin you chimpanzee experience. Follow your ranger guides together with other trackers on an early morning trek into the forest to view wild chimpanzees as well as several other species of primates in their natural niche.

After an hour with the chimpanzees, return to the lodge for a refreshment, your guide will pick you up to head to Tinka’s homestead for the traditional meal. Tinka is a community leader in Bigodi distract and he welcomes you into his home to enjoy a traditional Ugandan meal.
After the delicious meal, your driver will drop you off at the starting point of the Bigodi swamp walk. Bigodi Swamp walk. The swamps are a haven for a huge number of bird and butterfly species and visitors can also expect to see at least 2 or 3 primate species

Dinner and overnight at your accommodation.

Main Destination:

Kibale National Park (Chimps)

Accommodation:

Kibale Forest Camp (Safari Tent)

• Mid-range tented camp located just outside Kibale NP (Chimps)

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Non-alcoholic drinks

Driver to Queen Elizabeth National Park

Depart Kibale National park and head to the Mweya sector of Queen Elizabeth National park. The drive is 3 – 4 hours approximately.

Queen Elizabeth National park has been in existence since 1952 and was initially called Kazinga channel national park but later changed to Queen Elizabeth National Park after a visit by Queen Elizabeth ii of England. Queen Elizabeth spreads over 1978 square kilometers in the western arm of the rift valley.

The home to the big five including tree climbing lions in the ishasha sector, buffalo, elephant, hippo and leopard is the most visited park of all Uganda national parks, its rich eco system with diversity of flora and fauna from the savannah grassland, humid forests, lakes, wetlands has made it an ideal habitat for so many wild life including mammals, reptiles, primates and over 600 bird species

Return to the lodge for lunch and rest before proceeding for an afternoon game drive.

Lunch, Dinner and overnight 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 Bush Lodge (Banda)

• Mid-range banda located just outside Queen Elizabeth NP

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Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Non-alcoholic drinks

Game Drive and Lion Trekking

Embark on a game drive through the savannah wilderness in your safari vehicle searching for the diversity of wildlife in Queen Elizabeth National park including buffalo, elephants, Uganda kobs and of course the famous tree climbing lions who are normally sighted lazying on the branches of fig trees in the park. During this game drive, you will also go on lion trekking drive to have a close encounter with the lions

Conclude your game drive with a wild breakfast in the jungle in a secluded spot, a fine dining experience is set up for you with different snacks and drinks laid out on the table with a personal chef at your service for any hot meal you could need.

Return to the lodge for lunch and relaxation and later head out for the afternoon boat cruise on Kazinga Channel.

Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner and overnight at the Lodge.

Main Destination:

Queen Elizabeth National Park

Accommodation:

The Bush Lodge (Banda)

• Mid-range banda located just outside Queen Elizabeth NP

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Non-alcoholic drinks

Drive to Ishasha Sector(Tree-climbing Lions) and Proceed to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest

After our morning breakfast, your drive to Ishasha Sector have a sight of the tree climbing lions and then continue on your journey to Bwindi National park with an estimated drive time of 2 to 3 hours.

Bwindi National park is situated at the border of the Great Rift Valley, in the south-western part of Uganda. In the early 90s, Bwindi Forest was just a reserve but it was later changed to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in 1992 and awarded the world Heritage site status in 1994 due to its rich eco system.

Bwindi impenetrable forest is one of the few large expanses of forests in East Africa on 327 square km2 covered in dense vegetation of shrubs, trees, vines, all these draped over the steep, haughty ridges and slippery valleys of Bwindi Forest terrain.

Main Destination:

Ishasha Sector (Queen Elizabeth NP)

Accommodation:

Buhoma Community Haven Lodge

• Budget lodge located just outside Bwindi NP (Gorillas)

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Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Non-alcoholic drinks

Gorilla Trekking

After your breakfast, your guide will transfer you to Uganda wildlife Authority (UWA) Park headquarters. While at UWA park headquarters, you will be requested to register in the UWA book before proceeding for a briefing by the ranger guide about the dos and don’ts during your trekking like no flash lights when photographing gorillas and after you will be allocated a gorilla family to trek and you will match out with your ranger on your day’s excursion.
Although the gorillas are always on the move, the chance of seeing the gorillas is at 95%.

After you have located a family, you are allowed to spend an hour with them, take photos of them, and observe them go on with their daily activities, a very life changing moment and feeling that many have expressed as exhilarating, enthralling and indeed humbling.

After the time with the gorillas, your guide will return you to the lodge. You will as well go on a community Batwa afternoon session.

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:

Buhoma Community Haven Lodge

• Budget lodge located just outside Bwindi NP (Gorillas)

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Non-alcoholic drinks

Drive to Lake Bunyonyi

You will the drive from Bwindi Impenetrable forest after your breakfast to Lake Bunyonyi.
On your arrival, you will check in at Lake Bunyonyi Rock Resort and relax as you have your lunch.

After your lunch, you will go for bird watching at the showers of the lake. This lake has a over 200 bird species.

Bird watching can be carried out at an additional cost.

Main Destination:

Lake Bunyonyi

Accommodation:

Lake Bunyonyi Rock Resort

• Mid-range resort located at Lake Bunyonyi

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Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Non-alcoholic drinks

Drive Back to Entebbe

After this long memorable safari, you will set off for Entebbe/Kampala and along the way, you will be able to have stop by the Equator for photos.

In case you need an overnight arranged for you, you are advised to request in advance.

End of Safari.

Main Destination:

Entebbe (City)

Accommodation:

No accommodation (End of tour)

Meals & Drinks:

• Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included)
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

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