7 Days Game and Primate Safari

7 days—Visit Uganda's Kibale Forest National Park, Queen Elizabeth National Park, and Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

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Safari summary

Day 1: Arrival at Entebbe International Airport
Day 2: Transfer to Kibale National Park (travel time: 5hours)
Day 3: Chimpanzee Trekking and Bigodi Wetland Walk
Day 4: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park (Travel Time +2hrs)
Day 5: Morning game drive and transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest (travel time: 3 hours)
Day 6: Gorilla Trekking and Batwa community visit
Day 7: Return to Entebbe International Airport (Travel Time: 1.5hr by air or +8hrs by road)

About this tour

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

Fine details

Safari highlights

Boat, canoe, dhow, kayak, mokoro safari
Cultural visits—orphanages, markets, schools
Primate trekking

What’s included?

Accommodation
Airport transfers
Meals
Park fees
Private vehicle and driver

What’s not included?

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

Itinerary

Day 1: Arrival at Entebbe Airport

Upon your arrival at Entebbe airport, you will clear with the immigrations and get tested for Covid-19 (costs $30). After this, you will be welcomed by our driver guide who will brief you about your 7 Days game viewing and gorilla trekking Safari and then transfer you to the hotel for relaxation and an overnight stay. The meals for the day will be at an extra cost. Papyrus Guest House (budget)

Protea Hotel, Papyrus Guest House

Day 2: Travel to Kibale

Kibale

After breakfast, you will embark on a fascinating drive to Kibale Forest National Park passing through papyrus swamps and thick jungle of the Nile Delta just at the foothills of the Rwenzori Mountains. Don’t forget to carry your hiking boots as they are ideal for forest walks. However, stout walking shoes are also adequate. Lightweight raincoats and light jackets are advisable because altitude and the forest environment make evenings cool.

Chimpanzee Forest lodge and Guest House (budget)

Chimp trekking and Bigodi walk

Kibale

After breakfast, you will be transferred to the Park headquarters at Kanyakyu Visitor Centre to join other trekkers for briefing and eventual chimpanzee trekking starting at 8:00am. Your ranger guide will take you for a 2-5 hour guided primate walk inside Kibale Forest National Park. This forest provides an opportunity to visit habituated chimpanzees in their natural habitat and spend an hour with them observing and taking photos. After lunch visit Bigodi Wetland Sanctuary for bird watching.

Chimpanzee Forest lodge and Guest House (budget)

Transfer to Queen Elizabeth NP

Kibale | Queen Elizabeth

After breakfast, embark on a scenic drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park, arriving in time for lunch at Enganzi Game Lodge (mid-range) or Mweya Safari Lodge (luxury). After lunch and checking in at your booked accommodation, you will go for the famous Kazinga Channel boat cruise. The 2 hour boat cruise provides a relaxed opportunity to see water birds for example herons, flamingos, resident hippos, visiting buffaloes, Uganda kobs, elephants, warthogs all lining the banks of Kazinga Channel.

Enganzi Lodge (budget)

Morning game drive and Bwindi

Bwindi Impenetrable | Queen Elizabeth

Begin your day with a cup of coffee followed by an early morning game drive at 6:30am. The 3 hour game drive along Kasenyi and Queen’s Mile presents the opportunity for visitors to encounter elephants, buffalo, hyenas, topi, water bucks, warthogs, lions, Uganda Kobs lakes and a variety of birds. Return to your lodge for breakfast, freshening up and set off to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park through the Ishasha sector in search of the tree climbing lions. Have lunch and relax at the lodge.

Ichumbi Gorilla Lodge (budget)

Gorilla trekking and Bigodi walk

Bwindi Impenetrable

After a pre-trekking briefing, gorilla trekking starts at 8:00am and may take from 40 minutes up to 6 hours depending on how far the mountain gorillas have moved into the forest. Gorilla trekking can be quite strenuous and as such a certain level of fitness is required. Once you find the gorillas, you will be allowed one hour to observe the gorillas. Take photos as well as audio and visual recordings. Return to the lodge, have lunch and later in the afternoon go for the Batwa Community walk.

Ichumbi Gorilla Lodge (budget)

Return to Entebbe and departure

After very early breakfast, set off to Entebbe for your Covid-19 test (extra cost at 150$) before taking your departure flight. This may take you more than 8 hours on the road. However there is an option of flying back to Entebbe at an extra cost of 273$. Have lunch as you wait for the Covid-19 results for 2-3 hours. Once you get the results, you will be driven to the airport for your onward flight. We recommend that your onward flight is late in the evening at 7:00pm onwards. End of service.

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