Overview
Overview
On arrival at Entebbe International Airport, you will be welcomed by our representative and then transfer you to your hotel in Kampala.
Day 1
Arrive at Entebbe International Airport
Arrival at airport and meet our representative for a hearty welcome and then transfer you for your overnight stay at Grand Imperial Hotel.
Day 2
Transfer to kibale National Park
After breakfast, head out by road to Kibale Forest National Park. The Park boasts the greatest primate variety and density in East Africa (13 species of primates) including families of habituated Chimpanzees. Have lunch in Fort portal town after procced to kibale Forest National Park for Swamp walk its a guided walk, this is through the famous Bigodi Swamp. While on your walk around the swamp, You can not miss to sight the bird life of this area. There are estimated 137 bird species found here, including the Snowy Headed Robin Cat, Black and White Casqued Hornbill, Emerald Cuckoo and a variety of weavers, warblers, greenbuls and sunbirds. Dinner and Overnight at Chimpanzee forest lodge
Day 3
After breakfast head to Kibale Forest National Park headquarters for a briefing and you be assigned a chimp group that you’ll either be tracking or going for a habituation experiencing. For Chimpanzee habituation, you’ll really have to wake up very early to able to meet the Chimps before they wake up from their nests to embark on a breakfast foraging. You will then follow these animals throughout the day.
We then depart Kibale by road to Queen Elizabeth National Park, dominated on its northern border by the snow capped peaks of the Rwenzori Mountains — the famous ‘Mountains of the Moon.’ The varied ecosystems of this park, a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve for Humanity, support a wide variety of species including elephant, buffalo, lion and leopard.
Overnight at Elephant hab Lodge
Day 4:Game drive in Queen Elizabeth NP
After breakfast go for an early morning game drive in the open savannah covered by acacia trees of the park. Expect to see; lion, Leopards, Hippos, Spotted Hyena, Buffalo, Elephants and many others. Return for your lunch and thereafter continue for your afternoon cruise up the Kazinga Channel. Kazinga Channel is a narrow band of water connecting two lakes; Edward and George. This is one of the most memorable experiences of the visit to Uganda, offering an opportunity to cruise amid members of Africa’s largest hippo population. In addition to these giant semi-aquatic mammals, the launch affords unique opportunities to view other mammals and birds as they come to the water’s edge to quench their thirst. Birding is excellent, and we expect to see species ranging in size from the tiny, brilliant Malachite Kingfisher to the giant Goliath Heron.
Overnight at Elephant Hab Lodge
Day 5
Have Breakfast before the drive through the Ishasha sector of Queen Elizabeth National Park. You may opt for a picnic lunch or continue to Savannah Hotel for your lunch immediately after your drive in search of the tree climbing lions. There after, drive to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest through the high, forested hills and through deep-farmed valleys. Arrive late in the evening for your Dinner and Overnight at Bwindi Forest Lodge
Day 6
Early morning entry into the forest for your gorilla trekking. Bwindi is a World Heritage site and a home to over half of the worlds’ last surviving mountain gorillas. The trek can take from one to six hours, sometimes more, at elevations in excess of 2270 m (7,500 ft). Although the hike can be Physically Demanding, the anticipation of the exciting experience ahead is invigorating, and the beauty of the forest and its inhabitants is fascinating. Return in the late afternoon and you may go for a village walk to have a closer experience with the Batwa/Pygmies forest inhabiting people. Return to the lodge for your Dinner and Overnight.
Day 7
After breakfast depart for Entebbe for your flight, having lunch en route. End the tour