UGANDA GORILLA & CHIMPANZEE TOUR - 6 DAY GORILLA AND CHIMPANZEE TOUR UGANDA

Day 1: Kampala - Lake Mburo National Park

Our guide will pick you up and drive you to Lake Mburo National Park with a stop over at Mpambire to watch drums being made using old methods passed down through generations. We also stop over at the Equator en-route for photographs. Depending on the  time we will arrive at the park we will take  boat ride on Lake Mburo. The lake is rich with a variety of animal and plant species which are only clearly viewed while on a boat-crocodiles, hippopotami and birds like pelicans, black crake, Heron. The boat takes 2 hours maximum.
Dinner and overnight at Mantana Tented camps

Day 2: Game Viewing Tour / Transfer to Bwindi Gorilla Forest

Go for game drives along the lakeside track, which will enable you see water plants and animals. Expect Elands, Topis, zebras and the Kigambira loop will offer an opportunity of going through the wooded wilderness with scattered thicket-while here look out for bushbucks and bush duikers, this is the only park with Zebras. You will then transfer to Bwindi national park. Dinner and over night at Gorilla resort camp/Buhoma Homestead /Buhoma Rest camp.

Day 3: Gorilla Tracking in the Bwindi Gorilla Sanctuary

Today, there is an early morning access into the gorilla sanctuary. The rainforest is spectacular as it offers a dramatic, heavily forested and dense landscape crisscrossed by numerous animal trails, allowing access for tourists.  This park is famous for the intriguing, famous and endangered mountain gorillas. The time taken to track ad encounter these gorillas is unpredictable but an encounter of these primates is a worthwhile. The adventure of spending time and scrutinizing these gentle giant gorillas is a peculiar, moving, awesome and exciting adventure that will leave you with long lasting abstraction of a truly unique experience. The gorillas are reticent and nonviolent animals. It is a cherished experience to watch and photograph them as they play and interact.(Photo cameras shouldn’t have flash lights). If time permits, you can request your guide to take you around for an optional activity like a village walks. (This is an optional activity).  Return to your lodge or Camp for dinner and over night.

Day 4: Game Viewing Tour in Queen Elizabeth National Park

After breakfast, depart northwards for Queen Elizabeth National Park. The drive takes you through the exclusive western rift valley escarpment. Indulge in a game drive en route through the Ishasha sector in search of tree climbing lions before proceeding to the Mweya Peninsular; park headquarters. Arrive in the evening and check in at your Lodge. In the after noon, you will go for a tour in the fascinating Queen Elizabeth’s scenic crater lakes area, mirror-surfaced and tranquil; each has its own individual character providing a home for a innumerable of creatures.
The park boasts of a variety of big game like; lions, buffaloes, kobs, elephants, bushbucks, and the rare occasional leopard. Have dinner and over night at Mweya Safari Lodge/ the Institute of Ecology.

Day 5: Game Viewing Tour in Queen Elizabeth National Park

Wake up very early in the morning and take a cup of coffee. Drive to along the Kasenyi miles track to search for Lions, Bush bucks, Hyenas, mangoose,  elephants, water bucks and many others. In the afternoon you will go to the kazinga channel for the launch cruise in the after noon. After the launch cruise, you will drive to Kibale National park for Dinner and over night at Ndali Lodge/ Kanyankyu Tourist Centre.

Day 6: Chimpanzee Tracking in Kibale Forest

Assemble at Kanyankyu tourist centre for an early morning chimpanzee tracking in Kibale forest.  Set off to Kibale Forest in search of its families of habituated chimpanzees. This dense tropical rain forest is habitat for astounding 12 species of primates and gives one of the highest primate densities in the world. Whilst on this guided forest walk you’ll find families of chimps and red Colobus monkeys blathering and playing through the antediluvian forest trees. You will take lunch and drive to back to Kampala or Entebbe for your flight back home.

 

END OF THE UGANDA GORILLA & CHIMPANZEE TOUR

 

RATES PER PERSON IN USD


No. of clients

1 Person

2 PAX

3 PAX

4 PAX

5 PAX

6PAX

LUXURY

2995

2210

2125

1910

1960

1820

BASIC

2285

1750

1690

1480

1530

1460

Single supplement: USD 380

The Price includes;

  • Park entrance
  • Full board accommodation
  • Game drives
  • Chimp tracking
  • Nature walk
  • Launch cruise in Queen Elizabeth national park
  • Gorilla tracking
  • Nature walk Mburo
  • Crater Lakes Region visits
  • Meals
  • Ground transportation in a 4x4 vehicle ideal for game drives with a pop up roof each of you with a window seat.
  • Services of a full time driver guide

The price excludes; Visa fees, tips, flights, telephone calls, and any other personal expenses.