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This tour begins on any day upon your request, Kampala - Uganda and runs for 10 days
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Tour Length
10 Days / 09 Nights
Start Date
Any day you select
Eligible Solo Travelers
Any body above 15 Years
Summary
10 Day Uganda Primates, Apes and Safari, Mid-Range Tour
Day by Day
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Uganda
Day
1
Transfer to Lake Mburo National Park
Accommodation:
Rwakobo Rock
Meal Plan:
Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Drinking Water
Day
2
Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Accommodation:
Bweza Gorilla Lodge
Meal Plan:
Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Drinking Water
Day
3
Gorilla Trekking
Accommodation:
Bweza Gorilla Lodge
Meal Plan:
Breakfast,Lunch and Dinner
Drinking Water
Day
4
Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park
Accommodation:
Park View Safari Lodge
Meal Plan:
Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Drinking Water
Day
5
Game Drive and Boat Cruise on the Kazinga Channel
Accommodation:
Park View Safari Lodge
Meal Plan:
Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Drinking Water
Day
6
Game Drive and Transfer to Kibale Forest National Park
Accommodation:
Kibale Forest Camp
Meal Plan:
Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Drinking Water
Day
7
Chimpanze Tracking
Accommodation:
Kibale Forest Camp
Meal Plan:
Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Drinking Water
Day
8
Transfer to Murchison Falls National Park
Accommodation:
Pakuba Safari Lodge
Meal Plan:
Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Drinking Water
Day
9
Game Drive and Boat Cruise
Accommodation:
Pakuba Safari Lodge
Meal Plan:
Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Drinking Water
Day
10
Transfer to Entebbe
Accommodation:
No Accommodation
Meal Plan:
Breakfast and Lunch
Drinking Water
Highlights
Transfer to Lake Mburo National Park
Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park
Gorilla Tracking
Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park
Game Drive and Boat Cruise on the Kazinga Channel
Morning Game Drive and Transfer to Kibale Forest National Park
Chimpanze Tracking
Transfer to Murchison Falls National Park
Game drive and Afternoon Boat Cruise
Transfer to Entebbe International Airport




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Included
Accommodation and meals as per the itinerary
Safari 4x4 vehicle
Drinking water
Airport transfer on the first and last day
services of an english speakibg Tour/driver guide
Chimp permits
All park entrance fees
Hand sanitizer
Face masks
Excluded
International airfares/flight fares from and back home.
Uganda visa (can be bought at the airport, on arrival)
Tips, other drinks, laundry and anyother items of personal nature.
Detailed Itinerary
Overview
This tour takes our clients to popular National Parks in Uganda that include Lake Mburo National Park for game drives and boat cruises, to Bwindi Impenetrable National park for gorilla trekking. To Queen Elizabeth National park for game drives and a boat cruise on Kazinga channel, to Kibale National park for chimpanzee trekking and wetland walk before you drive to Murchison Falls National park for game drives and a boat cruise to the bottom of the falls.
Day 1
Transfer to Lake Mburo National Park
After breakfast, your guide will pick you up to brief you more about the tour and then drive to Lake Mburo National Park via Masaka, a journey of about 5 hours. You will have a stopover at the Equator in kayabwe for photography and simple experiments. You will then proceed on your journey with great views of the beautiful landscape arriving in Lake Mburo National Park at lunch time, Check in at the lodge for Lunch and a short break and proceed to the park for a boat cruise on the Lake. The boat takes 2 hours of close adventure and encounter with aquatic animals and several bird species.
Animals such as hippos and crocodiles and birds like the fish eagles, king fishers among others, after the boat have ample tie time to take pic before heading back to the lodge, on our way back watch out for more amazing animal sightings, this is always a warm up the big game drive for the coming day.


Accommodation | Day 1
Rwakobo Rock
Activity
Day 1Morning
Transfer by Road , to Lake Mburo National Park
Afternoon
Boat Cruise
Meal Plan - Day 1
Lunch and Dinner
Drinking Water
Related Tour
Day 2
Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
After breakfast, enjoy an en route game drive through Lake Mburo National Park with expectations of seeing many animals like giraffes, zebras, elands, impalas, topis, after about two hours of game drive and game viewing. Exit the park and then Proceed to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park located in South Western Uganda. This journey takes you through the green rolling hills of Uganda with banana and tea plantations and good scenic views. Lunch will be served en route and you will arrive in Bwindi in the evening. Check in at the lodge for relaxation, dinner and overnight.


Accommodation | Day 2
Bweza Gorilla Lodge
Activity
Day 2Morning
Game Drive
Afternoon
Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Meal Plan - Day 2
Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Drinking Water
Related
Day 3
Gorilla Trekking
Enjoy early morning, breakfast, the hotel will provide packed lunch, we will then walk if we prefer to the Park headquarters for registration and at 7:45 am we will Join other trackers for a briefing, trekking takes you through thick creepers and undergrowth with your ranger guides to find the Gorillas. The activity can take up to 6 hours depending on where the gorillas slept the previous night and their mobility that very morning, One is availed with one full hour of interaction and photography with the gorillas after finding a group.
It is an extraordinary feeling being with these beautiful yet endangered Creatures. After the trek, you will transfer back to the lodge for relaxation, later in the evening we can have a one on one interaction with the indigenous people of the forest, contribute directly to the locals by buying some souvenirs with them and creating long life relationships with the most marginalized groups of people, there after dinner and overnight.


Accommodation | Day 3
Bweza Gorilla Lodge
Activity
Day 3Morning
Gorilla Trekking
Meal Plan - Day 3
Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Drinking Water
Day 4
Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park
After breakfast in the morning, we will depart for Queen Elizabeth National Park, be prepared for incredible scenery along the way. We arrive in time for Lunch at the lodge and game drive in the plains of Kasenyi in search for game animals that may include herds of buffaloes, antelopes, elephants and if lucky, some wild cats such as lions and leopards.


Accommodation | Day 4
Park View Safari Lodge
Activity
Day 4Morning
Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park
Afternoon
Game Drive at Kasenyi Plains
Meal Plan - Day 4
Breakfast Lunch and Dinner
Drinking Water
Day 5
Morning Game Drive and Afternoon Boat Cruise
Early morning breakfast followed by a drive to the plains of Kasenyi for a morning game drive to try to find what could have missed the previous day. The Kasenyi plains being the famous mating grounds for grazers, we expect to spot some of the wild big cats like the lions and leopards. The game drive takes about 4 hours.
Lunch will be served at the lodge and after that you will head to the jetty along Kazinga channel for the afternoon boat cruise. This cruise offers you chances of viewing animals like: hippos, water birds, elephants, buffaloes, crocodiles and many other wildlife which flood the channel for drinking water and others for taking a bath so as to cool down their temperatures. The boat cruise lasts for 2 hours of great views on the lake. Drive back to the lodge in the evening for relaxation dinner and overnight.


Accommodation | Day 5
Park View Safari Lodge
Activity
Day 5Morning
Game Drive
Afternoon
Boat Cruise
Meal Plan - Day 5
Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Drinking Water
Day 6
Morning Game Drive and Transfer to Kibale Forest National Park
After an early breakfast drive to the northern part of Queen Elizabeth National Park (Kasenyi) area in searches the wild animals which include: Elephants, Buffalos, and the wild cats. Savanna birds and different species of antelopes such water buck Uganda kobs among others, you will transfer to Kibale Forest National Park arriving at your lodge in the late afternoon. You will have Lunch en-route or at the lodge depending on the departure and arrival time. Check in at the lodge for dinner and overnight.


Accommodation | Day 6
Kibale Forest Camp
Activity
Day 6Morning
Game Drive
Afternoon
Visit Crater Lakes
Meal Plan - Day 6
Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Drinking Water
Day 7
Chimpanze Trekking
This morning after breakfast you will drive to the park headquarters to join other trackers for a briefing and after you will be taken for chimpanzee tracking through Kibale Forest National Park. During this walk you will have chances of seeing many of the 13 primate species and man’s closest cousins, the chimpanzees. On encountering a chimpanzee family/group you will be allowed an hour of photos and interaction with the chimps native to Kibale Forest National Park . After lunch you will drive to Bigodi for a swamp walk. This wetland belongs to the community neighboring the park and is rich in many bird species and other animals. While here we shall learn culture and interact with locals.


Accommodation | Day 7
Kibale Forest Camp
Activity
Day 7Morning
Chimpanze Trekking
Afternoon
Bigodi Swamp Walk
Meal Plan - Day 7
Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Drinking Water
Day 8
Transfer to Murchison Falls National Park
After an early morning breakfast, drive to Murchison Falls National Park, a journey of about 400 kms through small towns with great views of the beautiful landscapes and green vegetation. You will have a few stops for bathroom breaks as you proceed through hoima. Lunch en-route in Hoima and continue to bulisa with great views of the rift valley escarpments and Lake Albert.
Enter through Bugungu gate to connect to the top of the falls for great views of one of the strongest waterfalls in the world. You will then drive to the lodge for dinner and overnight.
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Accommodation | Day 8
Pakuba Safari Lodge
Activity
Day 8Morning
Transfer to Murchison Falls National Park
Meal Plan - Day 8
Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Drinking Water
Day 9
Morning Game Drive and Boat Cruise at Bottom of the Falls
After an early morning cup of tea, transfer to the northern section popularly known as Paraa for your morning game drive that will provide you an opportunity of spotting wild game that may include, giraffes, buffaloes, antelopes and with hopes to spot cats such as lions and leopards. Return to the lodge for a lunch break before proceeding to the pier for your two-hour boat cruise to the bottom of the falls to witness river Nile squeezing itself in a narrow gorge before exploding out producing an experience of a lifetime. While on the boat, one is able to spot some aquatic animals such as the Nile crocodiles and hippos.


Accommodation | Day 9
Pakuba Safari View
Activity
Day 9Morning
Canoe Boat Ride
Afternoon
Visit the Punishment Island
Meal Plan - Day 9
Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Drinking Water
Day 10
Transfer to Entebbe
Wake up early for breakfast and then Drive back to Entebbe international Airport and depending on your departure time; you may decide to visit Ziwa Rhino sanctuary (optional and not included). This may take 6-7 hours' drive thus reaching Entebbe late in the afternoon for your departure or retire at your hotel in Kampala/Entebbe depending on your arrangement.
Accommodation | Day 9
No Accommodation
Activity
Day 10Morning
Transfer to Entebbe
Meal Plan - Day 10
Breakfast and Lunch
Drinking Water
Best Time to Visit
June to August and December to February
High Season
June to September (Peak time for Uganda)
Best Weather
June, July and January to February (Little rainfall)
Wildlife in Lake Mburo National Park

Buffalo
Common

Zebra
Common

Hippo
Common

Giraffe
Occasional

Leopard
Occasional

Hyena
Occasional
Wildlife in Queen Elizabeth National Park

Elephant
Common

Buffalo
Common

Leopard
Occasional

Lion
Common

Hippo
Abundant

Chimpanzee
Occasional
Wildlife in Murchison Falls National Park

Chimpanzee
Occasional

Elephant
Common

Giraffe
Common

Buffalo
Common

Hippo
Common

Lion
Occasional
Tour Features
This uses hotels.
Can be customized
You can request changes to this tour.
Private tour
This tour will be organized exclusively for you and won't be shared with others.
Suitable for solo travelers
Solo travelers can book this private tour.
Can start any day
If availability permits, this tour can start on any day.
Minimum age of 15 years for solo travelers
The minimum age for this tour is 15 years for solo travelers.