Primates and Wildlife | Uganda & Rwanda | 6 days

What's Included

Meeting and pickup

Itinerary

Day 1
Arrival
1 stop
1
Arrival at Entebbe Airport. Pick up and transfer to your accommodation. If time allows, it is possible to visit the beautiful Entebbe botanical gardens. Birds, flowers, Monkeys, butterflies, trees, Lake Victoria and more birds are the highlights of these beautiful gardens. The perfect sneak peek of the pearl of Africa.
1 hour • Admission ticket included
Day 2
Kibale Forest
1 stop
2
Kibale National Park
After breakfast we drive to Kibale Forest National Park. Kibale Forest is a spectacular jungle, with 13 primate species! You can spot chimps, baboons, black and white colobus, red colobus, grey cheeked mangabeys and L’Hoest monkeys. We arrive at Rweetera Safari camp, where we will rest after the long drive. Choose to relax or take a short walk to spot monkeys and different bird species in the vicinity.
4 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 3
Chimpanzee tracking
2 stops
3
Kibale National Park
We start the day with chimpanzee tracking in the morning. We will be accompanied by a trained UWA ranger and will follow the sounds of the troop in order to find the chimpanzees. We may walk for an up to an hour and spend an hour with the chimpanzees. Along the way, we will learn about the flowers, trees, butterflies and birds native to the forest.
4 hours • Admission ticket free
4
Queen Elizabeth National Park
Later we drive to Queen Elizabeth national park where we will pick up our ranger a for a night game drive. We will track nocturnal predators including lions and leopards as well as elephants, buffaloes and hippos.
4 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 4
Boat safari on the Kazinga channel
2 stops
5
Queen Elizabeth National Park
We will take an early morning game drive. At this time, animals are active before the heat of the day. We will see herds of elephants, giraffes, different species of antelopes, prides of lions and a variety of bird life. Our guide will help us understand more about the park's vibrant ecosystem.
2 hours • Admission ticket free
6
Kazinga Channel
In the afternoon we go for a boat trip on the Kazinga channel. The Kazinga Channel is one of the highlights of Uganda and has the highest concentration of hippos in the world. We will see hippos, crocodiles, fish eagles, flamingos and a variety of bird life.
4 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 5
Tree climbing Lions of Ishasha
2 stops
7
Today we drive to Mgahinga National park. On the way, we will pass through the southern sector of queen Elizabeth national park. In Ishasha there are 4 prides of lions that climb trees; this behaviour is not seen anywhere else in the world! The other attraction of Ishasha are the topis, a species of antelope not found anywhere else in the national park.
Admission ticket free
8
Kisoro
After Ishasha, we proceed to Kisoro town, just outside Mgahinga National Park, where we shall spend the night.
4 hours • Admission ticket free
Day 6
Gorilla tracking and departure
2 stops
9
Mgahinga Gorilla National Park
We will depart early morning departure accompanied by a UWA guide to search for one of the world’s most endangered animals, the mountain gorilla! We will descend deep into the forest to find one of the gorilla families. We will spend around an hour in close proximity to the gorillas, observing these magnificent, peaceful animals.
4 hours • Admission ticket free
10
Kigali
After visiting the gorillas, we continue in to Rwanda and on to Kigali, where we end our trip at the airport in time for your flight home.
4 hours • Admission ticket free

Additional info

• Suitable for all physical fitness levels

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