9 Days Uganda Safaris for Gorillas, Chimpanzee and Wildlife

This Uganda safari, you will have Ugandan adventure in four national parks and Lake Bunyonyi.

The parks to be visited for adventure includes Kibale forest national park for chimps trekking, queen Elizabeth national park for incredible wildlife experience including the big four (lions, elephants, buffalo, leopard, Topi, Uganda kobs, hyenas, hippos, crocodiles, warthogs and much more, queen Elizabeth is famous for tree climbing lions found at Ishasha sector and kazinga channel boat cruise for wildlife and bird watching /viewing. Bwindi impenetrable national park for gorilla trekking, lake Mburo national park for wildlife including zebras, impalas, eland, giraffes and buffalo.

Tour Highlights

Day 1 meet and drive to Kibale forest via fort portal

Day 2 chimps trekking and after primate experience

Day 3 drive to Queen Elizabeth national park

Day 4 game drive in Queen Elizabeth, boat cruise on Kazinga channel.

Day 5 tree climbing lions and transfer to Bwindi

Day 6 gorilla trekking in Bwindi

Day7 transfer to Lake Bunyonyi

Day 8 travel to Lake Mburo national park

Day 9 walking safari, game drive and depart to Kampala

Full Itinerary

Day 1 Meet and Drive to Kibale Forest via Fort portal

The 9 days Uganda safari adventure starts, after breakfast in the morning, you will start your journey to Kibale forest. Kibale forest is about 5hours from Kampala via Mubende Kyenjojo town and then transfer to Fort portal very clean city covered by green plantation like, Tea plantations, banana plantations and many cash and food crops in the region. We will arrive late and then check into your lodge, lunch will be served and then go for swamp walk where you will see local attending to their farms, primates can also be seen such as black colobus monkey, red tailed monkey and others, dinner and overnight.

Accommodation option: Isunga, Kibale forest camp, Kibale forest guest house, Bigodi safari lodge

Day 2 Trekking Chimps and Other Primate Experience

After breakfast visit kanyunchu visitation center you will find their other tourists and you be briefed together and after they will group you, each group will be given a ranger guide from UWA. The ranger will lead you while trekking for chimps .as your trekking them you will also see other primates i.e., white and black colobus, monkeys, etc.

Upon trekking the chimps, you will spend only 1 hour with them, you will see them playing, feeding as they do their daily activities. After the time with chimps, you will go back to the starting point for lunch, our guide will take you to optional crater walk back to your lodge dinner and overnight at the above accommodation.

Accommodation option: Isunga, Kibale forest camp, Kibale forest guest house, Bigodi safari lodge

Day 3 Drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park and Evening Game Drive

Driver guide will transfer you to Queen Elizabeth national park after your morning breakfast, you will enjoy the drive to queen as you will be viewing the Rwenzori Mountains and on clear day you can see glaciation on the mountain, the drive to Kasese goes through banana plantation, tomatoes, cotton, tea and mountains. We later arrive and check in into the lodge for lunch, in the evening you will have parked activities like game drive to see kobs, leopards, elephants and abundance of birdlife.

Accommodation optional: Pumba safari lodge, Tembo safari lodge, Engiri safari lodge Bush lodge

Day 4 Game Drive and Boat Cruise on Kazinga Channel

With packed breakfast, we will head to Kasenyi open ground for active game drive viewing. And after game drive we shall return to the lodge and then proceed to Kazinga channel for boat cruise to see wildlife such as hippos, crocodiles, elephants, buffaloes, etc. and also plenty of bird species including bee cat, wattle, fish eagle, African eagle and much more. Back to lodge for dinner and overnight.

Stay at: previous lodge.

Day 5 Tree Climbing Lion and Transfer to Bwindi Forest

After breakfast you will check out of the lodge and head to southern section of queen Elizabeth national park through the Maramagambo forest, the biggest forest in Uganda reaching Ishasha for tree climbing lions located in the area with other wildlife including Topi, elephants, buffalo and others. After proceed to Bwindi driving through hills and mountains, of terraced land, check into your lodge for dinner and overnight.

Accommodation option: Buhoma, Chameleon hill, gorilla mist, Bakiga lodge, Broadbill lodge, Havens gorilla lodge

Meal plan: Full board

Day 6 Gorilla Trekking In Bwindi Impenetrable Forest

After breakfast our driver guide will transfer you to UWA headquarter offices for briefing and gorilla group allocation. You will be given a game ranger who will use a radio communication gadget to communicate with the gorilla trackers about the location of the gentle guest after locating the gorilla, you will spend with them 1hour and then see how they feed with their young ones and take snaps before proceeding to Bwindi. Return to the park offices for awards after gorilla tracking. Back to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

Stay at: the previous lodge

Day 7 Transfer to Lake Bunyonyi

Having finished our gorilla tracking, we will go to Lake Bunyonyi for relaxation here we will drive through terraced rolling hills, farmland, and forest reserves after arriving you will have lunch and then relax in the evening you will have option activities like canoeing, bird watching, swimming in the lake and others, return to your lodge for dinner and overnight.

Accommodation options: Arcadia cottages, Bunyonyi eco resort. Lake Bunyonyi safari lodge, Keije resort

Day 8 Transfer to Lake Mburo National Park

After breakfast check out of the lodge and proceed to L. Mburo national park in the morning from lake Bunyonyi as we shall be having stopovers for lunch in Mbarara at Igongo cultural center after lunch you will study about the Ankole people and later we shall proceed to L. Mburo national park for night game drive to see wildlife /wild animals which is active at night like leopard, nightjars, owl, back to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay in the morning you will go for safari walk where you will be close to animal because you will be guarded by armed rangers, the you will be next is the tallest land mammal the giraffe, zebras, and much more back to lodge for lunch and you will for evening boat ride on Lake Mburo back for dinner and overnight

stay at: your previous lodge.

Day 9 Game Drive and Departure to Entebbe for Your Flight Back Home

After breakfast check out of the lodge either direct transfer back to airport or go for morning game drive to see wild life including impalas, zebras, giraffes, elands and others optional. After the game drive you shall depart from Lake Mburo to Kampala /Entebbe with lunch En-route and a stopover at the Uganda equator and also a souvenir before reaching your destination.