7days safari to Uganda
7 DAYS WILDLIFE SAFARI TO UGANDA
$2935-8345 USD
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Safari summary
Itinerary
Day 1: Welcome to the Pearl of Africa
Today on arrival at the Airport, a representative of Jamie jungle Safaris will be eagerly waiting to receive you and transfer you to your hotel in Entebbe or Kampala for overnight. You will have dinner depending on time of arrival.
Meal-plan –Dinner Accommodation
• Up market – Serena Kampala hotel
• Mid-range – Cassia lodge
• Budget – Airport guest house
Day 2: Transfer to the primate capital of the world – Kibale national park.
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. A part from these fascinating sights the only stopovers will be for the washrooms and stretching whenever you need to.
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 chimpanzee trekking the next day.
Journey time – 5 hours
Meal plan – Breakfast, lunch & Dinner Accommodation
• Up market – Primate Safari lodge (high end).
• Mid-range – Turaco Tree Tops safari Lodge
• Budget – Rwenzori view guest house Day3: Chimpanzee trekking in Kibale national
park
Today is the Chimpanzee tracking day in the primate capital of the world – Kibale National Park. After your breakfast, your driver guide will transfer you to the briefing point before the chimp 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.
After lunch, take aSwamp walkin Bigodi community – proceeds from this help in community development. In the addition to the swamp you will visit different homes for coffee experience, banana brewing experience, basketry and traditional medicine. Dinner overnight at Primate lodge(superior cottages high-end/luxury), Turaco TreeTops lodge (Mid-range), Kibale Forest camp or Rwenzori view guest house (budget).
Breakfast Lunch & Dinner
Day 4: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park at 9am after breakfast.
The safari continues to Queen Elizabeth National Park passing through Crater
lakes region (depending on road condition) and enjoying views
of the Rwenzori mountain ranges and the journey may take you a 2-2:30hrs drive reach check into the accommodation
after have lunch at lodge and head out for an afternoon launch cruise on Kazinga Channel – towards Lake Edward where you will watch different wild animals that come to its waters and those that live therein and numerous species of birds after the boat cruise come back to lodge dinner over night at:
• Up market –Mweya safari lodge/elephant plains lodges
• Mid-range – Ihamba safari lodge
• Budget – Simba safari lodge
Meal plan:Breakfast Lunch and Dinner.
Day5: Today have an early morning breakfast at 6am and then head out for a game drive at 6:30am where you get to see avast, unrivaled number of species living in the wild. Queen Elizabeth national park has the highest biodiversity of any protected area in Africa. The best times for game viewing is morning when the predators are looking out for prey and before they go back into hiding. You will be using a car that allows the roof to top up so the opportunities of watching the game are maximized. Enjoy the exotic and rare species which include Elephants, Lions, Leopards, Buffaloes, and Uganda Kobs etc. and this game drive will take us 3-4hours
then after the game drive at 10am head to lodge check out and continue to Bwindi impenetrable national park – the home of half the world’s remaining mountain gorillas and a UNESCO World Heritage Site Meal plan – Breakfast, lunch & Dinner Accommodation
• Up market – Mahongy springs lodge
• Mid-range – Silverback lodge
• Budget – Buhoma community camp
Day 6: Gorilla trekking in Uganda
The ultimate safari experience in the ‘jungles of Africa’, spending the day with the gigantic gentle mountain gorillas. The adventure hiking through Bwindi impenetra ble 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.
You will then hike the forest in search of the gorillas with leading from the ranger guide. Once you locate the gorillas with your ranger guide, observe them for an hour after which you will start the walk out of the forest come back to lodge dinner overnight at Mahongy springs lodge (luxury), Silverback lodge (mid-range), Buhoma community camp (Budget).
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Day 7: Transfer to Kampala
About this tour
Tour type | Custom, tailor-made, private | |
Main focus | Game drives | |
Activity level | Moderate activity | |
Best months | All months | |
Countries | ||
Parks |
Fine details
Safari highlights
- Walking safari—with armed guard
- Primate trekking
- Wildlife sanctuaries
What’s included?
- Accommodation
- Airport transfers
- All drinks
- Meals
- Park fees
- Private vehicle and driver
- Tips and gratuities
What’s not included?
- Alcoholic beverages
- Hot air balloons
- Internal flights
- International flights
- Laundry
- Premium alcoholic beverages
- Visas
Itinerary
Welcome to the Pearl of Africa
Day 1: Welcome to the Pearl of Africa Today on arrival at the Airport, a representative of Jamie jungle Safaris will be eagerly waiting to receive you and transfer you to your hotel in Entebbe or Kampala for overnight. You will have dinner depending on time of arrival. Meal-plan –Dinner Accommodation
Serena Hotel, Cassia Lodge, Airport Guest House
Transfer to Kibale National Park
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 have lunch in the beautiful Fort portal town with spectacular landscapes. From here you will proceed to your lodge ready for chimpanzee trekking the next day. Meal plan – Breakfast, lunch & Dinner Accommodation
Primate Lodge, TuracoTreeTops, Kibale forest camp
Chimp trekking &Bigodi nature walk
After your breakfast, your driver guide will transfer you to the briefing point before the chimp 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. After lunch, take aSwamp walking Bigodi community Dinner overnight
Primate Lodge, TuracoTreeTops, Kibale Forest Camp
Transfer to Queen Elizabeth N.P
The safari continues to Queen Elizabeth National Park passing through Crater lakes region (depending on road condition) and enjoying views of the Rwenzori mountain ranges and the journey may take you a 2 hrs drive reach check into the accommodation after have lunch at lodge and head out for an afternoon launch cruise on Kazinga Channel then come back to lodge dinner over night
Elephant Plains Lodge, Ihamba Lodge, Simba Lodge
Game drive & transfer to Bwindi
Today have an early morning breakfast at 6am and then head out for a game drive at 6:30am the best times for game viewing is 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 then after the game drive at 10am head to lodge check out and continue to Bwindi impenetrable national park dinner overnight Meal plan – Breakfast, lunch & Dinner Accommodation
Mahongy lodge, Silverback lodge, Ride for a woman
Gorilla Trekking&Batwa nature walk
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. You will then hike the forest in search of the gorillas with leading from the ranger guide. Once you locate the gorillas with your ranger guide, observe them for an hour after which you will start the walk out of the forest come back to lodge dinner overnight
Mahongy lodge, Silverback lodge, Ride for a woman
Transfer to Kampala
Your driver guide will pick you after breakfast and prepare to drive back to Kampala. you will drive out of the park and stop over a the Equator monument for lunch, souvenirs and photo sessions in both the north and southern hemispheres. This will mark the end to yourUganda primate safari, thank you for exploring Uganda with us. You are also welcome back to explore other parts of Uganda that you missed out on this tour. Mealplan–B&L
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