Uganda Tracking Tour
8 days—Classic Uganda Tracking Tour
$2440-3700 USD
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Safari summary
This 8 Days Gorilla Tracking Tour takes you to Lake Mburo National Park for game drive and a boat ride on the Lake in search for wildlife, to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park for gorilla trekking, to Queen Elizabeth National Park for a boat cruise on the Kazinga channel and a game drive and then to Kibale National Park for chimpanzee trekking and Bigodi Wetland walk. Thereafter you will drive back to Entebbe for your flight out, marking the end of your 8 Days Gorilla Tracking Tour.
About this tour
| Tour type | Custom, tailor-made, private | |
| Main focus | Primate trekking | |
| Activity level | Moderate activity | |
| Best months | All months | |
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Fine details
Safari highlights
- Boat, canoe, dhow, kayak, mokoro safari
- Cultural visits—orphanages, markets, schools
- Primate trekking
What’s included?
- Accommodation
- Airport transfers
- Laundry
- Meals
- Park fees
- Private vehicle and driver
What’s not included?
- Alcoholic beverages
- All drinks
- Hot air balloons
- Internal flights
- International flights
- Premium alcoholic beverages
- Spa treatments
- Tips and gratuities
- Visas
Itinerary
Arrival at Entebbe Airport
After breakfast, drive to Lake Mburo National Park through the small towns of Uganda. Make a stopover at the Equator crossing in Kayabwe for photograph and some informative talks and experiments. Enjoy an en route game drive as you drive to your lodge\hotel for check in and lunch. After lunch you will take a boat on the lake in search of Hippos, Crocodiles and water birds among others.
Rwakobo Rock Lodge
Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable NP
After breakfast, enjoy an en route game drive through Lake Mburo National Park and then Proceed to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park located in South Western Uganda. This journey takes you through the green rolling hills of Uganda with banana and tea plantations which offer great scenic views. Lunch will be served en route and you will arrive in Bwindi in the evening.
Rushaga Gorilla Lodge
Gorilla Tracking Day.
After an early breakfast, you will report to the Park Headquarters at about 7:45 am for registration and briefing. Your guides will lead you through the undergrowth as you trek to find the Gorillas. This trek can take you half an hour to three quarters of the day. The amount of time you take during the trek largely depends on the movement of the gorillas. But it is an extraordinary feeling being with these beautiful yet endangered Creatures.
Rushaga Gorilla Lodge
Transfer to Queen Elizabeth NP
This morning you will depart for Queen Elizabeth National Park. So, be prepared for some incredible scenery along the way. You will arrive in time for Lunch at the lodge and an afternoon game drive in the plains of Kasenyi in search for Savannah wildlife that may include herds of buffaloes, antelopes, elephants and if you are lucky, you will spot some wild cats such as lions and leopard.
Buffalo Safari Lodge
Game drive and afternoon boat
This morning you will head back to the plains of Kasenyi for a morning game drive to try to find what you could have missed seeing the previous day. Lunch will be served at the lodge. After lunch, you will head to the jetty along the Kazinga channel for the afternoon boat cruise. This cruise offers you beautiful chances of viewing animals like: hippos, elephants, buffaloes, crocodiles and some water birds which flop the channel to drink water.
Buffalo Safari Lodge
Game drive and transfer to Kibale
After an early breakfast, you will drive to the Northern bank of the Queen Elizabeth National Park (Kasenyi) area in search of some wild animals which include: Elephants, Buffalo, and some wild cats, different species of antelopes such water buck, Uganda kobs etc. as well as Savannah birds. After lunch you will drive to Kibale National Park arriving at your lodge in the evening.
Kibale Forest Camp
Chimp Tracking
After breakfast, you will be transferred to the Park Headquarters for breifing before you proceed for trekking. You are allowed to spend an hour with these Great Apes while observing their behaviours. The Park is also home to other 13 primate species which can also be spotted. After lunch, you will head to Bigodi wetland for a wetland walk with opportunities to see primates and several bird species.
Kibale Forest Camp
Departure
This morning, after breakfast you will be transferred to Kampala\ Entebbe International Airport for your next flight out.
No accaommodation
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