This is a challenging Uganda adventure. You will be able to spot the differences and similarities between the Gorillas, chimpanzees and Man.A reasonable degree of fitness is required in order to track these giant apes on a guided nature walk.
Day1: Arrival
Day2: Kampala –Kibale forest
Day3: Chimpanzee tracking and Nature walk
Day4: Depart to Queen Elizabeth National Park
Day5: Chimpanzee tracking and launch cruise
Day6: Queen to Bwindi Impenetrable Park
Day7: Gorilla Tracking
Day8: Bwindi to Kampala
Day9: Departure
Day 1 Arrival
Upon arrival at Entebbe airport, our company representative will be ready to pick you and transfer you to your booked accommodation for your dinner and overnight stay.
Day 2 Kampala –Kibale forest
You will be picked from your hotel by our driver guide and drive to Fort portal .This scenic drive takes more than 5 hours so you will be arriving in the afternoon .you will have a stopover in fort portal town for a lunch before proceeding to your booked accommodation.
Day3 Chimpanzee tracking and Nature walk
A relatively early morning start, you will report to the ranger station in Kibale national park for a briefing about the chimpanzees .These habituated apes are more closely related to humans than to any other living creature .They are funny to watch as they squabble and play in fruiting trees .The incredibly diverse forest is a home to over 13 species of primates including the red colobus monkeys, blue monkey, grey mangabey, pottos,black faced vevet monkeys ,baboons, and also bush babies. A network of shady forest trails provides much to delight botanists and butterfly lovers while birders are in for a treat with 335 species recorded in this forest .The forest also has other mammals including the Buffalos, giant forest hog, and some antelopes.
Retire for lunch and thereafter go for a guided nature walk in Bigodi swamp looking for different bird species like shinning blue kingfisher, blue throated Roller among others .proceed after to your accommodation for dinner and overnight stay .
Day 4 Depart to Queen Elizabeth National Park
Following a morning breakfast, we will depart to queen Elizabeth National Park via the northern sector which has beautiful crater lakes and rich grasslands which are set deep in the crater valley.
Queen Elizabeth hosts different species of wild life .it boosts of a high biodiversity ranging from open savannah to rain forest, dense swamps .Among the species in the park includes: Leopard, Hippos, Buffalos, Lions, spotted hyenas, and the elusive giant forest hog .The park has over 606 bird species including the marital eagle, African Skimmers among others .Have lunch and then go for a guided game drive in the park and then in the evening go for your dinner and overnight stay.
Day 5 Chimpanzee tracking and launch cruise
After breakfast, leave for a morning chimpanzee trek in kyambura gorge .These apes are a tremdous fun to watch as they squabble and play in fruiting trees .you will return to the lodge for lunch and after go for an afternoon launch cruise along the kazinga channel ..This boat trip offers you opportunity to see aquatic life at close quarters .These include Hippos, crocodiles, Elephants, birds, and Buffalos.
You will have a slow drive back to the lodge.
Day 6 Queen to Bwindi Impenetratable Park
Depart for Bwindi Impenetrable forest a home of mountain gorillas.
We shall pass through the Isasha sector in search for the tree climbing lions .you will get lunch in Isasha and head to Bwindi park .Apart from the gorillas, the park also has different bird species and supports 24 of the 26 Albertine Rift Endemics that occur in Uganda.
Day 7 Gorilla Tracking
Wake up relatively early for a hearty breakfast to give you the energy needed for gorilla tracking .You will report to the ranger station before 8; 00 for registration and a talk from one of the rangers. The guides will then take you through the undergrowth, parting thick creepers to track the gorillas .A reasonable level of fitness is required because trekking takes around 5 hours .You will listen to the gorillas as they grumble and play to each other.
It is an extra ordinary feeling and excitements sitting in the dense forest knowing you are with a few of the remaining mountain gorillas in the world.
You will go to your lodge in the evening.
Day 8 Bwindi to Kampala
After a morning breakfast, you will return back to Kampala stopping enroute for lunch arriving in the early evening .you will do some souvenir shopping around the city centre before you go for dinner and overnight stay
Day 9 Departure
After a long journey from the parks, you will organize yourself to catch your departure flight back home .
The package includes:
- Ground transport in a comfortable 4WD safari vehicle
- Full board accommodation
- All park entrance fees
- Full time English speaking professional driver guide
- Bottled water while on safari
- Airport transfers
The package excludes:
- Gorilla permit each at 500 usd per person
- Chimpanzee permits each at 150 usd in Kibale Park and 50 usd in Queen Elizabeth park.
- Tips
- Laundry services
- Beverages/Drinks
- International flights
- Visas
- Items of a personal nature