Uganda Gorillas & Chimpanzee Tour

8 Days Starts /Ends: Entebbe | Uganda Gorillas & Chimpanzee tour – Kibale Forest, Queen Elizabeth & Bwindi Impenetrable Forest

Safari Overview:

This 8 Days Uganda Gorillas & Chimpanzee tour will take you for chimp tracking, a Wildlife Safari and gorilla trekking in Bwindi Impenetrable national park. The Uganda gorillas safari will take you to the most exciting destinations that will offer you an amazing experience of Nature, culture, and wildlife adventures. These include Kibale Forest National Park, Queen Elizabeth National Park and Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park the home of the Mountain Gorillas.

Safari Highlights:

  • Kampala City tour
  • Uganda Gorilla tracking in Bwindi Impenetrable forest National Park
  • Enjoy the game drives in the Savannah of Queen Elizabeth National Park
  • Search for the tree climbing lions in Ishasha sector
  • Enjoy the Boat ride on Kazinga Channel in Queen Elizabeth National Park
  • Meet the chimpanzee in Kibale Forest National Park
  • Enjoy the nature walk in the wetland sanctuary of Bigodi and the crater lakes region
  • Meet the local people including the Pygmies.

Included in the price.

  • Gorilla permits
  • Chimpanzee tracking permits
  • Boat cruise on Kazinga Channel in Queen Elizabeth National Park
  • Park entrance fees
  • Full time English speaking driver / guide
  • Comfortable 4WD Safari vehicle and fuel
  • Full board accommodation.
  • All activities mentioned in itinerary and entry fees per person
  • Guiding fees
  • Bottled mineral water while on the trip.

Excluded in the price

  • Any domestic or International flights
  • Visa fees
  • All optional activities
  • Medical and travel Insurance
  • Tips and gratuities to the guide/driver and hotel staffs.
  • Any item not mentioned in the itinerary of personal nature like laundry and beverages, souvenirs and telephone bills.

Safari Itinerary of Uganda Gorillas & Chimpanzee Tour

Day 1: Arrival at Entebbe Airport & transfer to the Hotel

On arrival at the airport, you will be welcomed by your Uganda Gorillas and Chimpanzee Tour personal guide and then transfer to Kampala for the overnight at

  • LE PETITE VILLAGE HOTEL
  • KARIBU GUEST HOUSE ENTEBBE
  • CASSIA LODGE

Day 2: Depart Kampala for Kibale Forest; a Home to 13 primates species

You’ll start the first day of the Uganda Gorillas and Chimpanzee Tour after breakfast, departing Kampala for Kibale Forest National park passing via the Nakayima tree in Mubende and arriving in the afternoon. Kibale Forest is a large protected block of rainforest, which is a home to the highest number of Primates in Africa.

There are 13 species of primates that live in this beautiful forest including Chimpanzees, Grey Cheeked Mangabey, Red Tailed monkey and Red Colobus.  In the afternoon, you may go for evening cultural walk in the Batoro Community.

Dinner and overnight at

  • CHIMPANZEE FOREST LODGE
  • CRATER SAFARI LODGE
  • PRIMATE LODGE KIBALE.

Kibale National Park Chimpanzee Safari

Day 3: Chimpanzee tracking in the Morning and transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park.

This morning, you will go for chimpanzee tracking. Spend the whole morning in the forest, where you will view chimps relax in their natural habitats. You will view other wildlife species like Birds and later return to the park headquarters.

Have lunch and later transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park reaching in the evening.

Dinner and overnight at

  • QUEEN ELIZABETH BUSH LODGE
  • ENGANZI LODGE
  • MWEYA SAFARI LODGE

Day 4: Early Morning Game Drive &  Kazinga Channel  Boat cruise.

After an early cup of coffee, continue with the Uganda Gorillas and Chimpanzee Tour trail with a morning game drive in Queen Elizabeth National park where you will see game as lion, bush buck, water hogs, elephants, and many more.

Go back to the Lodge for a late breakfast and relax at the swimming pool.  In the afternoon, go for a Boat cruise along the Kazinga channel to view a lots of game as hippos, crocodiles, buffaloes, as well as a variety of bird species and elephants coming to drink water. later on return from the Boat trip, do enroute game drive as you head back to your lodge for evening relaxation.

Dinner and overnight stay at

  • QUEEN ELIZABETH BUSH LODGE
  • ENGANZI LODGE
  • MWEYA SAFARI LODGE.

Day 5: Transfer to Bwindi National park with En-route Game drive in Ishasha

In the morning after your breakfast, Set off for Bwindi impenetrable national park on your fifth day of the Uganda Gorillas and Chimpanzee Tour, passing via Ishasha sector for a lion safari game drive in search of the famous tree-climbing lions.

If you are lucky you will spot them hanging in fig trees and also view other wildlife species like Elephants, Uganda Kobs, leopard, topi, warthogs buffaloes and birds among others.

Continue and have picnic lunch en route, arriving in Bwindi in the afternoon for dinner and overnight at

  • RUSHAGA GORILLA CAMP
  • BAKIGA LODGE
  • AGANDI UGANDA LODGE.

Day 6: Mountain Gorilla trekking & Community Visit – Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.

This the morning you’ve prepared for all this time. The Uganda Gorillas and Chimpanzee Tour gets real on this day. Wake up very early to get ready for Uganda Gorilla tracking. Do not forget to take your lunch boxes and all the necessary gear to track the rare Mountain Gorilla, perhaps one of the most exciting wildlife experiences on earth.

There are always park guides with you who interpret the flora and fauna and the lifestyle of the Uganda Gorillas. On return if you are still strong, you will go for community walk to meet the local people and pygmies.

Dinner and overnight at

  • RUSHAGA GORILLA CAMP
  • BAKIGA LODGE,
  • AGANDI UGANDA LODGE.

Day 7: Transfer back to Kampala.

After breakfast on our last Uganda Gorillas and Chimpanzee Tour day in the Wild, we set off for Kampala with stopover to look at the Royal Drum makers, the Equator – where you will be able to stand and be on both hemispheres at once, arriving in the Kampala in the evening.

Overnight and dinner at

  • LE PETITE VILLAGE HOTEL
  • KARIBU GUEST HOUSE ENTEBBE
  • CASSIA LODGE.

Day 8: City tour and transfer to Entebbe for departure

After having breakfast, you will go for a city tour visiting the major attractions in the city such as Uganda museum, Gaddafi mosque, Nakasero fruit Market, Kasubi royal tombs, Uganda martyrs shrine Namugongo, Bahai temple among others and later be transferred to Entebbe airport to catch with your Ebb departure flight.

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