8 days Uganda gorilla and wildlife safari Overview
The 8 days Uganda gorilla and wildlife safari takes you to trek the rare amazing Mountain gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park and the Chimpanzees in Kibale National Park as well as those ones in Kyambura gorge of Queen Elizabeth National Park. The tour gives you chance to view a variety of wildlife, aquatic life and many colorful birdlife. You can also go for a community walk and get an opportunity to meet and greet with the local people as you appreciate their authentic cultures.
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8 days Uganda gorilla and wildlife safari Detailed Itinerary
Day 1: Airport Pickup and transfer to your hotel in Kampala.
Upon reaching Entebbe International Airport, meet and greet with the company driver guide who takes you to your booked hotel in Kampala for dinner and an overnight stay. If you arrive in time you can get chance to enjoy a Kampala city tour as explore the fascinating attraction and lifestyle of the Kampala capital city of Uganda.
Meal Plan: Dinner
Journey time: 45 minutes
Day 2: Transfer to Kibale Forest National Park.
Enjoy your breakfast at the hotel, then set off for the journey to fort portal where you have to get lunch from and stretching up. After proceed with the journey through the scenic hills of kibale forest grooving on the eye-catching agriculture the local people practice to earn a living. Reaching Kibale Forest late in the evening, check in at the lodge, have dinner and then an overnight stay at your booked lodge.
Accommodations option: Chimpanzee Forest guest house ( Budget ) or Primates lodge (Luxury) or Kibale Forest camp (Mid-Range)
Day 3: Chimpanzee tracking and Bigodi Nature Walk.
Delight in a morning breakfast and drive to the park headquarters for briefing about the dos and the don’ts while trekking the chimpanzees then after set off for habituated chimpanzee search. Upon finding the chimps spend one hour with them while observing the way they do their activities like feeding young ones, playing, eating among the rest and also take their pictures for a lifetime memory. You can get a chance to view some other wildlife like the pottos, colobus monkeys, Mangabey, bush babies and more others. After return to the lodge for lunch, freshen up and later head to the park for the Bigodi swamp walk. You can sight more beautiful bird species, green wonderful plant cover and some other primates too. Later on, return to the lodge for dinner and an overnight stay at your booked lodge.
Nature walk is done in the Bigodi Swamp this is to enable you spot primates like Vervet & L’Hoest monkey and also observe plenty of bird species. You will return to the lodge in the evening for your dinner and overnight stay.
Day 4: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park.
Enjoy an early breakfast then drive to the east of Rwenzori mountains stopping at Mweya for lunch. After head for a boat ride at the kazinga channel where you can be able to view the interesting aquatic wildlife and some of the beautiful birdlife species in Queen Elizabeth National Park. Then later on head back to the lodge for dinner and an overnight stay.
Accommodation Buhoma community lodge(Budget ) or Buhoma haven lodge (Mid-Range) or Mahogany springs lodge (L
Day 5: Game drive and forest walk.
Wake up early for breakfast, then head to the park to view variety of many stunning wildlife species when they wake up like the lions feeding on the antelopes, more other wildlife and take their pictures. Return to the lodge for lunch and relaxation. Later in the evening head to the park for forest walk in Maramagambo Forest and get to learn more about the tree species and view some colorful birds in the forest. Return to the lodge for dinner and an overnight stay.
Accommodation options: Bunyonyi overland (Budget) or Bunyonyi rock resort (Mid-Range) or Bird nest Bunyonyi (Luxury)
Day 6: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park.
Delight in a morning breakfast then drive to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest through the ishasha sectors of Queen Elizabeth National Park where you can sight various wildlife species like the tree climbing lions, elephants, topi, buffaloes, Uganda kob among the rest reaching late to the park for check in. head out for a community walk and then back to the lodge for dinner and an overnight stay at your booked lodge.
Day 7: Gorilla trekking in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park.
Wake up early for breakfast and then head to the park headquarters for briefing about the dos and the don’ts while in the forest. After set off for the search of the rare stunning mountain gorillas in the forest. Upon getting them, you spend a full hour with them observing their way of living and take photos for a life time memory. After this tiresome activity go back to the park headquarters for the certificate of appreciation, then back to the lodge freshen up, have dinner then an overnight stay at your booked lodge.
Day 8: Depart for Kampala.
Delight in a leisure breakfast, check out and join your driver guide for drive back to Kampala enjoying lunch enroute and arriving in the evening. Your driver drops you at the hotel of residence or at the airport to catch up with your booked flight back home.
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