Kingdom of the apes

Destinations
  • Uganda

7 Day Itinerary

Meet and greet upon arrival at the airport exit point by our team, pick up and begin your Ugandan adventure safari. Drive west through some jaw-dropping landscapes towards Kibale Forest in Western Uganda. Arrive in Fort Portal Tourism City, have lunch, and relax for a short while then embark on an introductory tour of the Tooro Kingdom palace and its museum before proceeding with a tour of the idyllic crater lakes. Retire at your lodge for dinner and an overnight stay.

 

(Approximately a 4Hours’ Drive

Meals

Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Rise up early to amazing views of the Kibale Forest. After breakfast, you will track chimpanzees, our closest living relatives. These great apes are incredibly fun to watch as they play and fight in the trees. Your experienced guides will introduce you to the members of the chimp families that inhabit the forest.

There will also be plenty of opportunities to see different species of birds and plants. You’ll make a stop at Bigodi Wetlands Sanctuary—a few minutes’ drive from Kibale Forest. Cleverly constructed boardwalks lead you through towering papyrus and make it easy to explore the wetlands. With over 130 bird species, multicolored butterflies, eight different types of primates, and the rare, semi-aquatic sitatunga (swamp-dwelling antelope), the sanctuary is absolutely splendid.

Activity duration may vary

Meals

Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

After a relaxed breakfast, check out from the lodge and head out for a brief tour at Lake Nkuruba, where you will marvel at enchanting crater lakes, gently rolling hills, and wild vegetation. Proceed with the journey to Queen Elizabeth National Park. You will arrive just in time for an introductory afternoon game drive that offers guaranteed sightings of warthogs, buffalo, waterbucks, and elephants. Arrive at your safari lodge for an overnight stay.

Activity duration may vary

Meals

Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Early morning breakfast and depart the lodge with your packed lunch boxes for a full-day game viewing across the amazing Queen Elizabeth National Park. Considering that animals are in their most active state in the morning, you will start the day with a thrilling game drive that starts at 6 am. In the afternoon, you will explore the Kazinga Channel in a boat that offers close-up sightings of hippos, crocodiles, buffaloes, elephants, waterbucks, etc. Most of these animals congregate along the shoreline after a relaxing bath in the water.

Note:

On this day you can choose to do both the AM & PM game drives, but this needs to be organized with our driver guide the day before.

Activity duration may vary

Meals

Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

After early morning breakfast, check out from your lodge and enjoy a final game drive in the tree-climbing lions kingdom of Ishasha en route to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest. The drive to Bwindi is an absolute delight as it is endowed with lots of beautiful plantations and attractions. Upon arrival, you will check into your lodge and relax in preparation for tomorrow’s hike.

Activity duration may vary

Meals

Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

The adventure starts off with a briefing session by ranger guides after which you will enter the forest for your gorilla trekking adventure. Trek deep into the steaming Bwindi Impenetrable Forest for one of the greatest wildlife encounters on earth, an hour in the company of the highly endangered Mountain Gorillas. Gorilla trekking is the quintessential African safari experience that everybody should experience at least once in their life. Nothing stimulates man’s imagination like coming face to face with these peaceful great apes as they go about their day-to-day business as if nobody’s watching. There are always Park Guides with you who interpret the flora and fauna and the lifestyle of the Gorillas.

The guides will also communicate with the gorillas to let them know you don’t mean bad to them. After your trek, you will be awarded a gorilla trekking certificate. Thereafter, set off to Lake Bunyonyi, a scenic gem where you will relax from the long day’s adventure as you enjoy scenes of beautiful islands and birds.

Activity duration may vary

Meals

Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Enjoy a relaxed breakfast, check-out and drive via the beautiful countryside and return to Entebbe for your departure flight. You can make several stopovers to do shopping, photography, and experiments at the equator depending on what time your flight is. If you want to break down this day-long drive, we can arrange for you an overnight stay at Lake Mburo National Park, a savannah park located halfway between Entebbe and Bwindi.

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Activity duration may vary

Meals

Breakfast

Pricing Details

Pricing Includes:
  • Entebbe airport meet and greet services
  • 2 Nights stay in Kibale NP on a full board basis 
  • 2 Nights stay in Queen Elizabeth NP on a full board basis
  • Kazinga Channel Boat Cruise experience inclusive of individual boat ride fees
  • 1 Night stay in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest on a full board basis
  • 1 Night stay in Lake Bunyonyi on a full board basis 
  • Individual Park/conservancy fees for Kibale, Queen Elizabeth, and Bwindi national parks
  • Private game drive within Queen Elizabeth National Park with a 4×4 customized safari tour van with a pop-up roof for game viewing
  • Private transport in a customized safari tour van with the services of an experienced English-speaking driver guide throughout the safari
  • Gorilla permit for Bwindi and Chimpanzee permit for Kibale
  • Drinking water throughout the safari
  • Airport drop-off on the day of the end of the safari
  • All Applicable government taxes
Pricing Excludes
  • Visa
  • International Flights
  • RT-PCR Tests (if required)
  • Tips/gratuities to Driver/Guide (budget approximately $8.00 – US$ 10.00 per person per day) 
  • Extras
  • Items of a Personal Nature
  • Beverages not stated in the Itinerary
What to note:
  • The Price is Per Person and in US Dollars ($)
  • This is just a quote, no reservations held yet
  • The above-mentioned properties are subject to availability upon booking Confirmation
  • BB – Bed & Breakfast, FB – Full Board (All Meals), AI – All Inclusive (All Meals, Soft Drinks, Tea, Coffee, Selected Local Beers, Wines and Spirits)

FROM $2,000 PP

  • Gorilla Tracking
  • Chimpanzee tracking
  • Game Drive
  • Bird watching
  • Safari Lodging

 

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