Gorillas, chimp and big five

8-DAY GORILLAS, CHIMPS AND BIG FIVE SAFARI

$2300-3500 USD

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Safari summary

This is an amazing safari which is tailored to give you a feel of three of Uganda's wild parks. With this, you are assured of viewing a number of animals which include the chimpanzees, zebras and antelope heard at Lake Mburo and the chance to see the mountain gorillas of Bwindi. You'll also have the chance to see the tree-climbing lions of Queen Elizabeth National Park Ishasha Sector and a day in between to relax by 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

Primate trekking

What’s included?

Accommodation
Airport transfers
Meals
Park fees
Private vehicle and driver

What’s not included?

Alcoholic beverages
Premium alcoholic beverages
Tips and gratuities

Itinerary

Murchison Falls National Park .

Murchison Falls

You will arrive at the airport and embark on a journey to Murchison Falls National Park. The highlights of this park include the roaring rapids of the Murchison, the rolling plains of Uganda’s largest national park where you will have the chance of viewing lions, giraffes, hartebeests, buffalos, and elephants. Then surely, you will be fascinated by the concentration of hippos and the Nile crocodiles here. For birders, Murchison Falls boasts 450 bird species including the elusive shoebill stork,

Morning Game Drive & boat cruise

Murchison Falls

Have breakfast in the morning before going on a game drive in the park’s northern area in search of some of the ‘Big Five’ (buffaloes, lions, elephants and possibly leopards). Other animals you might see include Rothschild giraffes, bushbucks, warthogs, waterbucks and a variety of antelopes. Return to your accommodation for lunch and a brief repose. After lunch, you will embark on a 3-hour boat trip to the base of the fall.

Transfer to Kibale National Park

Kibale

You will have breakfast early in the morning and transfer to the Kibale Forest National Park. On the way to Kibale National Park, you will have the opportunity to see tea plantations and banana plantations. We shall also have a stopover at the tea plantation for some photos before we proceed to our lodge.

Chimpanzee Tracking and To QENP

Kibale | Queen Elizabeth

Today you will track the most famous inhabitants of the Kibale National Park, the chimpanzees. Chimpanzees share 98% of the human genes making them our closest living relatives. They are found in 21 countries throughout Africa but are most easily sighted in Uganda due to their dense populations. Today, in Uganda, there are approximately 5,000 chimpanzees left in the wild. The chimpanzee trekking experience here is done on several well-maintained walking trails.

Morning Game Drive and Boat cruise

Queen Elizabeth

On this morning, you will drive to the famous Queen Elizabeth National Park and embark on your morning game drive. It is time to explore Queen Elizabeth National Park With an astonishing 5000 hippos, 2500 elephants and over 10,000 buffalo thriving in its grasslands and shorelines, this park guarantees sightings of some of Africa’s most iconic species such as elephants, giraffes, buffaloes, different species of antelope, predators such as lions, leopards

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

Bwindi Impenetrable

Be up and have your breakfast served. Go for tree-climbing lions’ sighting and thereafter transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. Bwindi is a big habitat for mountain gorillas in Uganda (harboring an estimated 400 mountain gorillas—roughly half of the world’s population), including several habituated groups, which can be tracked. With a strenuous day ahead, you will check into your accommodation and relax as you prepare for the Bwindi gorilla trekking experience the following day.

Gorilla Trekking Bwindi Forest

After an early breakfast and a briefing by a ranger guide, you will enter the gorilla sanctuary for your adventure. The beauty of this rain forest is spectacular! The area offers a dramatic steeply forested landscape and is incredibly dense, but crisscrossed by numerous animal trails allowing access to tourists. The time taken and the terrain varies with the movements of these great primates. Once you locate a gorilla group, you will be allowed an hour in their presence.

Transfer Back to Entebbe

Have a relaxed breakfast at the accommodation with spectacular views of the Bunyonyi hills just right in front of you. Thereafter, embark on your return journey to Entebbe Airport. Expect en route stopovers in Mbarara town for lunch and the Uganda Equator line mark in Kayabwe for some memorable photos and maybe buy some art pieces of interest. Proceed with the journey arriving late afternoon/evening for a drop-off at the airport.

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