Gorilla and Safari in Uganda

7 days—Uganda Wildlife Big5, Gorillas and Chimpanzees Safari

$2500-5000 USD

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Safari summary

This package will enable you to tour Uganda’s most spectacular national parks. This tour includes rhino trekking in Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary, and other African big game such as lions, elephants, buffalos, leopards, and hippos among various wildlife and birds on a game drive and a boat cruise in Murchison Falls which is also a home for the world's most powerful waterfall. Chimpanzees trek in Budongo Forest and finally, the mountain gorillas trek and end at the scenic Lake Bunyonyi.

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 Murchison Falls Queen Elizabeth

Fine details

Safari highlights

Bird watching—with professional guide
Boat, canoe, dhow, kayak, mokoro safari
Wildlife sanctuaries

What’s included?

Meals
Park fees
Private vehicle and driver

What’s not included?

Alcoholic beverages
All drinks
Hot air balloons
Internal flights
International flights
Laundry
Premium alcoholic beverages
Spa treatments
Tips and gratuities
Visas

Itinerary

Transfer to Murchison Falls

Murchison Falls

, the driver will pick you up from your hotel or airport and brief you before heading out to Murchison Falls which is in the northern part of Uganda. Along the way, you will make a stop at the Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary in Nakasongola where rhinos are being reintroduced to the wild in Uganda. You'll have a complete feel of the African Big Five mammals, as it is the rhinos, out of the Big Five that are missing in Murchison Falls National Park. Here you will go for a trek around the sanctuary on foot.

Nkundwa Nile View Lodge

Game Drive- Boat Cruise and Hike

Murchison Falls

After an early morning warm-up tea/coffee, you will transfer for a game drive to the northern bank in search of animals like lions, giraffes, oribis, elephants, Jackson’s hartebeests, Uganda kobs, and buffaloes among other animals and bird species. You will then return to the lodge in time for lunch and relax preparing for yet an exciting activity in the afternoon. After lunch, transfer for a 3-hour boat ride on the Nile River to the bottom of the falls. see different animals among big5

Nkundwa Nile View Lodge

Transfer to Queen Elizabeth Np

Queen Elizabeth

On this day, depart for Queen Elizabeth National Park. You will have lunch en route. This exciting road trip will transverse you through African villages with green-covered hills, tea plantations, banana plantations, and African homesteads. You will arrive at the lodge late in the evening. You may do an evening game drive if time allows.

Pumba Safari Cottages

Chimpanzee trekking and boat cruis

Queen Elizabeth

Have an early morning breakfast then go for a morning Chimpanzees trekking in Kalinzu forest, you will be briefed about the dos and don'ts of Chimpanzees trekking and then embark on the forest hike, here you will have a chance to see chimpanzees in their natural habitat. In the afternoon hours, you will partake in a launch cruise along the Kazinga Channel. You will appreciate the high scores of elephants, hippos, buffalos, and crocodiles.

Pumba Safari Cottages

Transfer to Bwindi Gorilla Land

Bwindi Impenetrable

You'll transfer through the Ishasha Sector of Queen Elizabeth National Park on the way to Bwindi, this area is known for its tree-climbing lions. In Ishasha, we will drive off in this adventurous vast savannah area with topis and African elephants and you'll hopefully get the lions high in the fig tree branches. You will have lunch in Ishasha and continue with the transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. Here you will experience a change in the landscape from flat savanna.

Itambira Island

Gorilla Tracking & Batwa Culture

Bwindi Impenetrable

Have an early morning breakfast and have a short drive to the briefing point. Enjoy the biggest highlight of this tour, Gorilla trekking may last for about 3 to 6 hours depending on the gorilla family you’re assigned to visit. You will trek through the rainforest and bamboo-covered slopes, escorted by the ranger guide and other guest trackers, on the lookout for the mountain gorillas. In the evening, go for the Batwa community walk where you will visit the local people, Batwa pygmies .

Bunyonyi Overland

Transfer to Kampala, Equator line

After breakfast, check out of the lodge and embark on the boat ride to the mainland. You will later get set to Kampala with a stopover along the way for lunch and at the Equator to take photographs and purchase some souvenirs. After your lunch, you will continue to Kampala or Entebbe Airport. Meal plan: Breakfast and lunch.

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