Uganda Primates and Wildlife

10 days—Explore Uganda's primates and Savannah animals

$2300-2800 USD

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Safari summary

On your 10 Days Uganda Ultimate Primate Safari, experience the chimpanzees in their natural home – Kibale National Park. Transfer to Queen Elizabeth national Park for a wildlife safari experience and encounter the Big 4. Trek through the Bwindi impenetrable forest looking for the rare and endangered mountain gorillas; drive through Ishasha the home of tree climbing lions.

About this tour

	Tour type	Custom, tailor-made, private
	Main focus	Primate trekking
	Activity level	Moderate activity
	Best months	All months
	Countries	Uganda
	Parks	Bwindi Impenetrable Kibale Lake Mburo Queen Elizabeth

Fine details

Safari highlights

Boat, canoe, dhow, kayak, mokoro safari
Photography safari—with professional guide
Primate trekking

What’s included?

Accommodation
Airport transfers
Meals
Park fees
Private vehicle and driver

What’s not included?

Alcoholic beverages
Hot air balloons
Laundry
Premium alcoholic beverages
Spa treatments
Tips and gratuities
Visas

Itinerary

Welcome to the Pearl of Africa

Today on arrival at the Airport, will be eagerly waiting to receive you and transfer you to your hotel in Entebbe for overnight. You will have dinner depending on time of arrival.

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Transfer to Kibale national park

Kibale

Today your driver guide will pick you from your hotel after breakfast to start journey to the primate capital of primates – Kibale forest. The drive is through Uganda’s countryside with past lots of agricultural lands, homesteads, road side fruit and vegetable markets and forests. You will have lunch in the beautiful Fort portal town with spectacular landscapes of the Rwenzori Mountains in the back ground and ever green lawns. From here you will proceed to your lodge ready for trekking.

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Chimpanzee trekking

Kibale

After your breakfast, your guide will transfer you to the briefing point before the chimpanzee trek. The experienced ranger guide will take you through a briefing on what to expect and how to conduct yourself in the forest. After the briefing, you will start the hike through the tropical forest for an unforgettable and rewarding experience in search of man’s closest relatives the Chimpanzees. You are allowed 1 hour in their presence after locating them

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Transfer to Queen Elizabeth

Queen Elizabeth

This Uganda primate safari continues to Queen Elizabeth National Park passing through Crater lakes region (depending on road condition) and enjoying views of the Rwenzori mountain ranges. You have an option of having a late breakfast and then preparing to leave after this. You can choose to have a ‘free’ afternoon at your lodge where you choose to relax and rest or take a game drive through the park before proceeding to your lodge or you take an afternoon village walk around your lodge.

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Game drive and Boat Safari

Queen Elizabeth

Queen Elizabeth national park has the highest biodiversity of any protected area in Africa. The best times for game viewing are morning when the predators are looking out for prey and before they go back into hiding. Enjoy the exotic and rare species which include Elephants, Lions, Leopards, Buffaloes, and Uganda Kobs etc. In the afternoon enjoy a launch cruise on Kazinga Channel – towards Lake Edward

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Transfer to Ishasha

Queen Elizabeth

Ishasha is the southern sector of Queen Elizabeth national park famous for the tree-climbing lions. After their meals these predators like to climb fig trees to rest, experience the winds but also easily watch their prey as because of the high savanna grass. Today morning after a late breakfast, you will leave for Ishasha sector for the lions, the different bird species and other mammals.

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Safari to the mountain gorillas

Bwindi Impenetrable

Today after breakfast, leave for Bwindi Impenetrable National Park – the home of half the world’s remaining mountain gorillas and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. If you missed seeing the lions the previous day, you can choose to do another game drive through the park in search of these incredible creatures – the tree climbing lions of Ishasha.

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Gorilla trekking

Bwindi Impenetrable

The ultimate safari experience in the ‘jungles of Africa’, is spending the day with the gigantic gentle mountain gorillas in the the impenetrable forest. The adventure hiking through Bwindi impenetrable forest in search of gorillas is a unique experience. You will start with a briefing from the ranger guides after which you are divided into group to track different gorilla families.

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Transfer to Lake Mburo

Lake Mburo

After the exhilarating experience in Bwindi Impenetrable forest coming face to face with the gorillas, your driver guide will pick you up after breakfast to start the journey to the calm and beautiful Lake Mburo National Park. Enjoy the winding roads from the Kigezi region with stopovers for pictures. Once you arrive at the park, you can choose to take a boat trip on Lake Mburo or take a nature walk/ walking safari with a ranger guide.

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End of your Uganda Primates Safari

Lake Mburo

Your driver guide will pick you after breakfast for a short game drive before exiting the park. Today you drive back to Kampala. You will drive out of the park and stop over the Equator monument for lunch, souvenirs and photo sessions in both the north and southern hemispheres. This will mark the end to your Uganda primate safari, thank you for exploring Uganda with us. We hope you had an amazing time and will encourage others to visit the Pearl of Africa.

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