12 days Uganda Gorillas & Chimps, Wildlife Safari
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Explore Tours
NOTE: costs are subjects to availability at the time of booking
Included/Exclude
- Transportation in a 4WD vehicle with a knowledgeable guide
- Game drives and boat cruises
- Park and vehicle entrance fees
- Gorilla and chimp permits
- Tips and drinks
- Visas and travel insurance
- Anything not mentioned in the itinerary
Tour Amenities
Tour Plan
You will be received by our company representative at the airport who will transfer you to Cassia lodge in Kampala. Overnight stay at Cassia lodge. Meal plan; bed and breakfast.
Have early breakfast and transfer to Ziwa Rhino sanctuary for Rhino tracking. This place was put in place to reintroduce white rhinos that had extinct in Uganda, have lunch enroute and continue to Murchison falls visiting top of the falls. Check in at Pakuba safari lodge for the night. Meal plan; breakfast, lunch, dinner.
Have an early breakfast and move to the park for a morning game drive through the beautiful grass land savannah down to lake Albert to see numerous animals like buffaloes, elephants, Uganda Kobs. Return for lunch and go for the afternoon boat ride up the Nile to Murchison falls where the park drives its name enjoy the spectacular falls where the Nile squeezes from the narrow George flows down to form a placid river. Overnight stay at Pakuba safari lodge. Morning game drive and afternoon launch cruise. Meal plan; breakfast, lunch, dinner.
Depart Murchison in the morning after breakfast for Kibale. Take a scenic drive through the beautiful tea plantations of Toro and Bunyoro checking in at Isunga lodge for the night. Meal plan; breakfast, lunch, dinner.
Kibale forest national park is the best place to see a big number of different primate species in Uganda. It boasts of about 13 species of primates like the baboons, red tailed monkeys, black and white colobus monkeys, chimpanzees and so much more. After early morning breakfast, move to the park for chimpanzee tracking adventure watch the beautiful apes as they play and squabble in the trees. Return for lunch and in the afternoon go for Bigodi swamp walk. Overnight stay at Isunga lodge. Meal plan; breakfast, lunch, dinner.
Take a panoramic journey through the crater lakes to Queen Elizabeth national park arriving in time for lunch. Move to Kazinga channel for the afternoon boat ride. Overnight stay at bush lodge. Meal plan; breakfast, lunch, dinner.
Queen Elizabeth is the most popular savannah park in Uganda and it boasts of the highest bio diversity ratings of any park in the world. It has a savannah, rainforest and papyrus swamp vegetation with magnificent views of the Rwenzori mountains. Enjoy the beautiful animals in the park while on a morning game drive and return for lunch. Set off to Kazinga channel for the afternoon boat ride expect to see crocodiles, hippos and much more. Overnight stay at Bush lodge Meal plan, breakfast, lunch, dinner.
Transfer from Queen to Bwindi Impenetrable national park. On your way enjoy a beautiful scenery of the mountains and hills, forests and so much more checking in at Bweza lodge, Four Gorilla’s lodge for a night. Meal plan; breakfast, lunch, dinner.
Situated on the edge of the western rift valley in south western Uganda Bwindi is shared by the districts of Kanungu, Rubanda, Kabale and Kisoro. Bwindi is a home to almost half of the world’s population of mountain gorillas, 326 bird species. Bwindi is the bird watcher’s heaven! Over 90% of the 326 bird species are rift valley endemics and over 7 IUCN red listed species. Have an early morning breakfast and move to the park in search of the mighty mountain gorillas. You will be briefed by the guides on how the tracking process will be conducted. Here the strict guidelines to be followed are given and you are also grouped in groups of eight before you set off. Take the afternoon for relaxation and spend the night at Bweza lodge. Meal plan breakfast, lunch, dinner.
Depart Bwindi after breakfast and take a scenic drive to Lake Mburo national park taking a stopover at Igongo cultural center. visit Igongo museum to know about the culture and the people of Ankole and Kigezi region. Proceed to the park and enjoy the afternoon boat ride on lake Mburo. Overnight stay at Rwakobo rock lodge. Meal plan; breakfast, lunch, dinner.
Enjoy the morning game drive, transfer to Jinja making a stopover at the equator for photographs and craft shopping. Proceed to Jinja checking in at 2friends guest house. Meal plan; breakfast, lunch, dinner.
Visit the mighty source of the Nile which is the longest river in the world after you breakfast at the hotel. Enjoy the stunning beauty of the Nile and its surroundings and fresh winds. Visit the CHOGAM drum, a drum bearing the names of the 53 counties in the common wealth that held a meeting in Uganda 2007 that was commemorated by the visit of prince Charles of England at the source of the Nile. Mahatma Gandhi monument, put in place to commemorate a special man who worked hard to spread a message of peace in the world, it was his wish that some of his ashes be sprinkled in the Nile waters to cement a long-lasting relationship. View Speke monument and also take a boat ride to the exact spot of the source of the Nile viewing the water birds, fascinating landscape and all that nature has to offer and after go for white water rafting Enjoy the beautiful sceneries and thundering rapids of the Nile where you expect to see numerous bird species like pelicans, Hamerkops, malachite kingfisher and may others. Transfer to the airport later for your departure flight or check in a hotel for the night.