6 Day Uganda Budget Big Five Tour with Chimpanzees
Encounter the big five on a budget safari, You will visit the most beautiful national parks of Uganda, meet the big five and visit the male and female hot springs not forgetting soaking in Uganda's rich and diverse culture plus chimpanzee trekking to make your tour unforgettable.
- Rhino tracking
- Game drive
- Chimpanze trekking
- Visit hot springs
- Nature walks
Safari highlights
- Accommodation and meals as per the itinerary
- Safari 4x4 vehicle
- Drinking water
- Airport transfer on the first and last day
- Tour/driver guide
- Park entrance fees
- Chimpanzee Trekking permits
Includes
- International airfares/flight fares
- Uganda visa (can be paid at the airport, on arrival)
- Tips
- Other drinks
- Laundry
Excludes
Detailed Itinerary
Transfer to Murchison falls national park via Ziwa rhino sanctuary
Our guide will pick you up from Entebbe airport or from your hotel and transfer you to Murchison falls national park. En-route, depending on your choice, you will have a stopover and visit Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary - the only Rhino home in Uganda.
Stop over and lunch in Masind town as you continue to Murchison Falls National park arriving in the afternoon.
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Drinking water
Meal Plan
Morning and Evening Game Drives
Have early morning Breakfast and leave for a face off with the big four, lions , buffaloes, elephants and Giraffes are a common sight including other small game animals like antelopes, impalas and primates like baboons.
Return to your lodge for lunch and in the evening return for an evening game drive to look out for what we might have missed on the morning game drive.
Return to your lodge for Dinner and overnight.
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Drinking water
Meal Plan
Murchison Falls - Fort Portal
After an early morning breakfast, we will take on an approximately 8 hours' drive towards Fort Portal but will provide you with some stunning views as you pass small African villages and banana plantations.
The lovely town of Fort Portal rests in the shadow of the fabled Mountains of the Moon and is famous for the many tea plantations and lots of green shades of trees.
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Drinking Water
Meal Plan
Semuliki National Park
After breakfast we drive towards Semliki National Park. The scenic, winding road will lead us through green mountains and offers you a magnificent view at the River Semliki and Congo.
After arriving in the protected area, a ranger will accompany us on a beautiful nature walk through the Ituri Rainforest.
Enjoy the peacefulness of the forest, look out for the rich birdlife at the swamp and boil an egg in the hot springs that have become an interesting natural attraction.
It will be completed with a picnic lunch provided by the guide, while you explore the real Africa.
Later in the afternoon we return to Kibale Forest.
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Drinking Water
Meal Plan
Kibale Forest National Park and Bigodi Swamp
Jump into the open doors of the forest for a sensational chimpanzee trekking. Kibale Forest National Park is famous for diverse primate populations in East Africa. Enjoy a guided nature walk in the tropical rain forest in search of the wild chimpanzee, red-tailed monkey, black-and-white colobus monkey and many others.
Return to your lodge for a tasty lunch head for Bigodi Swamp for another, version of a nature walk. The Bigodi Swamp Walk is an initiative of the local community and takes approximately two hours. The swamp is known for its rich diversity of birds and primates.
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Drinking water
Meal Plan
Transfer Back to Entebbe
After your hefty breakfast, leave the park and drive to Kampala via Mubende, where you will be in line to see beautiful scenic views found in this area. You will enjoy lunch in Mubende and thereafter continue to Kampala.
Your driver guide will either leave you at your accommodation facility in Kampala or take you to the Airport in Entebbe.
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- Lunch
- Drinking water
Meal Plan
Day six accommodation
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