This safari is meticulously crafted to immerse you in the diverse beauty and unique wildlife of this captivating country.
Over the next eight days, you’ll traverse some of Uganda’s most iconic national parks and reserves, each offering unparalleled opportunities to encounter the region’s rich biodiversity. Prepare to be awestruck by the majesty of the endangered mountain gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, feel the thrill of tracking chimpanzees in the dense Kibale Forest, and witness the dramatic landscapes and abundant wildlife of Queen Elizabeth National Park.
Itinerary
You will be met by our driver guide at the Entebbe airport upon arrival from your long flight and transferred to your hotel to take a rest, later after diner; you will be briefed about the safari programme. Dinner and overnight at hotel at cassia lodge.
You will be picked up by our driver guide after having your morning breakfast, and be driven to Kibale with a beautiful en route drive, and en route lunch. You will then have a stopover along the way to stretch as you proceed to your booked accommodation for diner and overnight at Isunga lodge.
Today you will wake up early in the morning and have breakfast and later you will be transferred to Kanyanchu visitor’s centre for briefing at 7:30 am. The tracking takes roughly 2-4 hours depending how close the chimp groups are and you will be given 1 hour to stay and watch the chimps feed, groom and their social life. Later you will return to the lodge for lunch at noon.
In the afternoon, after lunch, you drive to Bigodi bird sanctuary for a swamp walk to experience board walks, bird viewing and also spot some monkeys such as red-tailed monkey, velvet monkey and colobus monkey and return to the lodge in late evening for dinner and overnight at Isunga lodge.
After breakfast, drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park viewing the mystical Rwenzori Mountain range for much of the journey and head for your lunch. After lunch, relax at your lodge, or head for an evening game drive. Dinner and overnight at the lodge at Twin Lake Safari lodge.
After a morning cap of coffee, you will head out for an early morning game drive in search for the early risers such as the lions, elephants, kobs, buffaloes and alongside you will have chance to spot a number of bird species. The game drive may take roughly two hours before you return to your lodge for lunch. After lunch, you will head for boat trip at Kazinga channel, where you will have a great chance to spot other numerous wildlife. You as well spot other wildlife that is found in this park before you return for dinner and overnight stay at Twin Lake Safari Lodge
After relaxed morning buffer breakfast, you will checkout of the lodge and drive to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park to the Rushaga sector where your next morning trekking will be conducted. Bwindi is known for harbouring the endangered mountain gorillas which has found their home in this great tropical forest. There are as well number of other primates and bird species that can be sited along with gorilla trekking. You will have en route lunch along the way as you travel to Bwindi. Retire in the evening at your lodge at Ichumbi Gorilla Lodge.
After breakfast set off early with guides to track the gorillas. The thrill of your encounter will erase the difficulties of the potentially strenuous trek. Bring jungle boots and rain jackets because the park is often wet. Spend time in awe watching the gorillas go about their activities. Each gorilla safari encounter is different and has its own rewards, but you are likely to enjoy the close view of adults feeding, grooming and resting as the youngster’s frolic and swing from vines in a delightfully playful display. An hour will be allocated on finding the gorillas. In the afternoon on a community foot safari to explore the life style of the people living and surrounding the park. Return to camp exhilarated to relieve the encounter with friends over a drink.
Today, you will have breakfast at your lodge before you jump into your jeep to find your way to Kampala, via Mbarara. You will enjoy a great countryside view of the banana gardens and en route lunch. Reach in the evening and transferred to the airport to catch up with your flight.
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