12 Days Gorillas chimps + Wildlife – Uganda

Arrive at Entebbe international Airport where you will be met by our driver/guide and transferred to the hotel for overnight.

You will be picked at @ 7:00am from the hotel by Primate Expeditions safari driver-guide and drive via Kampala through the Ugandan remote villages towards Murchison Falls National Park. You will transfer to the Ziwa White Rhino ranch and track the Rhinos on foot. Thereafter, proceed for lunch at Masindi hotel. Drive to Murchison’s National Park and proceed to check in at Paraa Safari lodge for dinner and overnight

Morning game drive in the northern bank of river Nile as we look out for the elephant, lion, Cape buffalo, Rhod’schild giraffe, hartebeest, Oribi, bushbuck, Bohor reedbuck, spotted hyena and if lucky you could even spot the leopard. We will be back in time to have breakfast and lunch at the lodge. In the afternoon we take a boat cruise at 1400 hours upstream to the “bottom of the falls”. The Nile here gets calm at the base of the falls, we stop a few meters from the “Devil’s Cauldron”, where it compresses 47 mt to squeeze through a 6-meter canyon dropping 40 mt with a thunderous roar.  En-route, marvel at the, hippos, crocodiles and over this 17 km stretch you may see elephants as well as a lot of bird species like Goliath heron, pelican bee– eater, kingfisher, hornbill, cormorant and the rare shoebill stork.

This day we drive to Kibale Forest Reserve via Masindi/Hoima and Fort Portal, in a breathtaking landscape that forms the Albertine western Rift Valley. We will have several stop overs to relax, and sightseeing as we pass verdant countryside, traditional homesteads and farms. We will have our packed/picnic lunch on the way. Check in and relax for the rest of the evening

Today you enter the forest in search of the cheeky chimpanzees as well as other primates. Later go for a swamp walk in Bigodi. Return to the lodge for overnight

Depart after breakfast, drive via Kasese to Queen Elizabeth National Park, and check in at Mweya Safari lodge. Late afternoon game drives returning to the lodge before dusk for dinner and overnight

In the early morning we do a game drive in Kasenyi area, within Queen Elisabeth NP, on a look out for the lions, buffalos, elephants, and large numbers of Uganda Kobs and other antelopes. After we will go back to the lodge for breakfast, and relax until lunch time. At 1400 hours, we will go for a boat cruise on the Kazinga Channel (2 hours approx.), to look out for the hippos, crocodiles, great herds of buffaloes, and lots of water birds.

After breakfast, drive to Ishasha sector of the park; check in at Ishasha Wilderness camp for lunch. Late afternoon game drives returning before dusk, freshen-up ready for dinner and overnight

After breakfast, you will depart for Bwindi Impenetrable Forest. Arrive at Mahogany Springs lodge for lunch. Rest of the afternoon at leisure.

Bwindi NP headquarters where you will meet up with excellent local guides/rangers and trackers, who will give a talk on the etiquette of gorilla trekking. Thereafter, hike into the forest with your packed lunch. Return to the lodge and free afternoon/evening to relax.

After breakfast, you will board your safari vehicle, drive through the beautiful scenery, the Kigezi Mountains – you will have stops along the way. You will have lunch at a local restaurant in Mbarara enroute to Lake Mburo National Park. Check in at the Lodge, late afternoon game drives.

You will have an early morning game drive, breakfast at the lodge and drive back to Entebbe with a brief stop at the Equator. Continue to the airport for our flight.