10 Days Uganda Primates & Wildlife Safari
10 Days Uganda Primates & Wildlife Safari takes you to adventure the best of Uganda’s tourist attractions that are offered on its diverse safari destinations. You will visit several national parks; Kibale Forest national park for chimpanzee tracking and Bird watching in Bigondi swamp, Queen Elizabeth national park for wild game viewing and Boat cruise on the Kazinga Channel, visit Bwindi Impenetrable Forest national park for great mountain gorilla trekking and lastly Lake Mburo national park for game drive and Lake Bunyonyi for your leisure time after encountering these major highlights.
Trip Highlight of 10 Days Gorillas, Chimp and Wildlife Uganda Safari
- Day 1: Arrival at the Entebbe Airport
- Day 2: Transfer to Kibale Forest National Park
- Day 3: Chimpanzee tracking and Birding –Kibale
- Day 4: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park
- Day 5: Morning Game Drive and Boat Cruise on the Kazinga Channel
- Day 6: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable NP through Ishasha
- Day 7: Gorilla Trekking –Bwindi Impenetrable NP
- Day 8: Lake Bunyonyi Tour –Birding and Relaxation
- Day 9: Travel to Lake Mburo national park –evening game drive
- Day 10: Morning Game Drive/Return back to Kampala or Entebbe
Detailed Itinerary
Day 1: Arrival at Entebbe Airport
Arrival at Entebbe Airport: On your arrival at Entebbe Airport, you will meet our driver guide waiting for you and brief you about the trip. Then transfer you to your booked accommodation in Kampala or Entebbe. You will reach Check in at the hotel and relax. Dinner and Overnight stay.
Meal Plan: Bed and Dinner
Day 2: Transfer to Kibale Forest National Park
Transfer to Kibale Forest National Park: After your early morning breakfast, your driver will drive you to western part of Uganda towards Fort portal town through Mityana and Mubende towns. You will go driving through the farm land of the local subsistence farmers and large tea plantations one of the cash crop grown in Uganda. Along the tea plantation you can request for a stop for photography before accessing the park. Arrive at the park and check in at the lodge have lunch. Later go for nature walk around Bigodi swamp for bird watching and you will be rewarded by the nature. Return back to the Lodge. Dinner and Overnight.
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 3: Chimpanzee Tracking and Community Visit
Chimpanzee Tracking: Wake up early and have morning breakfast as you prepare for the chimpanzee trekking experience. Before proceeding for chimpanzee tracking, you will first go at Kanyanchu tourist centre at 07:45 am for briefing about the dos and don’ts of chimpanzee tracking and group allocation. Then you will meet the park ranger who to accompanies you to forest trail head in search for chimpanzees. After locating them, you will be given an hour to observe their exciting social life, take photography among others. Back to the lodge for lunch and rest.
Community Visit: Later on, go visit the community where you will have great sightseeing of birds, tree species and meet the local people to interact with them. Return back for Dinner and Overnight stay.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 4: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park-Evening game drive
Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park: After morning breakfast, check out of the lodge and drive to Queen Elizabeth national park through the foothills of Mount Rwenzori and a copper mining town of Kasese. Arrive in time for lunch at the lodge and later have evening game drive in Kasenyi plains where you will be able to view diversity of species. Back to the lodge, dinner and overnight stay.
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 5: Game Drive and Boat Cruise on the Kazinga Channel
Morning Game Drive: You will wake up have morning breakfast, then drive to the park of big fours and other variety of wild animals. Expect to have great game viewing of animal species like the big cats, birds of the air among others. Drive back for lunch.
Afternoon Boat cruise: You will go for boat cruise on Kazinga channel a unique place to visit on your safari here, you can’t imagine how close you get to giant animals like elephants and buffaloes which are clearer seen on the banks of the channel for water. Other species to see are giant forest hogs, Nile crocodiles, Hippopotamus and some of water bird species include Great white pelicans, African spoonbills, African fish eagles, Great cormorants many more. Dinner and Overnight stay.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 6: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park through Ishasha
Transfer to Bwindi: Wake up have morning breakfast from the lodge and check out of the lodge drive to southern part of Queen Elizabeth national park a home of the tree climbing lions and other game species like hyenas, giant forest hogs, leopard, topis, antelopes among others. Then proceed to Bwindi and arrive late afternoon, have lunch and relaxation at the lodge. Dinner and Overnight stay.
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 7: Gorilla Trekking –Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Gorilla Trekking: Wake up have an early breakfast, then drive to the park headquarter to assemble for gorilla trekking briefing and Gorilla group allocation by the park ranger guide. Gorilla trekking is a physical interesting activity though it might take long depending on their location but getting close to these peaceful giant brings ease in your heart and hour given to you seems like minutes. After enjoying the breath taking hour with them return back to the lodge. And if time still allows us to enjoy more activities, you can engage in Forest nature walk, Batwa Visit, Community walk, Bike riding many more.
Day 8: Transfer to Lake Bunyonyi and Bird Watching
Lake Bunyonyi: After breakfast, check out and drive to the lake of little birds ‘’Lake Bunyonyi’’ the second deepest lake in Africa with over 29 islands where you will visit and have great sightseeing of the nature, nice place for relaxation with fresh breezes. Activities you can do here are Canoeing, Nature walk, Bird watching. Dinner and Overnight stay.
Day 9: Travel to Lake Mburo National Park –Boat Cruise and Evening Game Drive
Travel to Lake Mburo National Park: After morning breakfast, be transferred to Lake Mburo National park Uganda’s smallest savannah park and the closest game park to capital of Uganda ‘’Kampala’’. On your safari here, expect to enjoy magical experience like Elands, Impala, Buffaloes, Zebra, Bushbucks, Leopard, Warthog, Bushbucks many more. Arrive in time for lunch.
Afternoon Boat Cruise: You will go for boat ride along Lake Mburo and get amazing close to the water animals which include Crocodiles and Hippopotamus, birds among many. Dinner and Overnight stay.
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 10: Morning Game Drive/Travel back to Kampala
Morning Game Drive: After morning breakfast, drive to open savannah grassland for morning game drive to spot for early morning risers. Then check out of the park and proceed to drive to the Equator to have an opportunity of standing in two hemispheres at the same time as well as photograph. Have lunch at the equator and then continue to drive east for your flight at Entebbe Airport or hotel of your choice in Kampala.
End of the 10 Days Uganda Primates & Wildlife Safari
