Uganda Primates and Wildlife
4 days—Gorilla, Chimpanzee, and Wildlife Experience
$1600-2150 USD
pp
Safari summary
This tour takes you to the home of the mountain gorillas in Uganda, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, for gorilla trekking. You also head to Queen Elizabeth National Park, where you do a game drive to see a variety of wildlife species such as elephants, leopards, lions, buffalo, antelopes, and many others. You'll also go for a chimpanzee trekking experience in Kalinzu forest. The tour starts and ends in Kigali or Entebbe, depending on your preferred drop-off location.
About this tour
Tour type | Custom, tailor-made, private | |
Main focus | Primate trekking | |
Activity level | Strenuous activity | |
Best months | All months | |
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Parks |
Fine details
Safari highlights
- Boat, canoe, dhow, kayak, mokoro safari
- Walking safari—with armed guard
- Hiking | trekking
What’s included?
- Accommodation
- Airport transfers
- 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 Bwindi National Park
Bwindi Impenetrable
On this day, your driver-guide from Safari Vacations and Travel Services will pick you up at the airport or hotel. You'll embark on a brief city tour that will allow you to visit the Kigali Genocide Memorial, where you'll learn about the anti-human tragedy that befell the people of Rwanda in 1994. You may also visit the Kimironko market if time allows. You'll have lunch and embark on a journey to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Rushaga Gorilla Havens Lodge
Gorilla Trekking in Bwindi NP
Queen Elizabeth
You'll wake up early morning for breakfast and then head to the park headquarters with your packed lunch for a briefing about the rules and regulations of gorilla trekking. You'll then form a group of 8 and search for a habituated gorilla family as you look out for other primates and birds in the forest. After finding it, you'll spend an hour in its presence monitoring the gorillas' behavior. You'll then head back to the starting point and head to Queen Elizabeth National Park.
Enshama Game Lodge
Chimpanzee, boat cruise, game drive
Queen Elizabeth
You'll wake up, have breakfast, and head to the forest in search of the chimpanzees in Kalinzu forest. After finding them, an hour in their presence will allow you to examine their behavior. Return to the lodge for lunch and head out for a boat cruise on Kazinga channel that allows you to see hippos, crocodiles, predators like lions and leopards, which sometimes come to sneak on the thirsty prey. After you embark on an evening game drive, allowing you to see animals you didn't see earlier.
Enshama Game Lodge
Transfer to Kigali or Entebbe
You'll have breakfast at ease, check out of the lodge, and embark on a journey to Kigali or Entebbe. Your driver-guide will drop you off at your favorite location, and this will mark the end of your 4-day Uganda Gorilla, chimpanzee, and wildlife safari experience.
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