Murchison Falls National Park

Our professional tour guide will pick you up, briefs you about the entire safari and then drive you to Murchison falls national park for photography

Along the way through Luwero-Gulu high way, you will make a stopover at famous Luwero triangle to visit Ziwa rhino sanctuary for the white Rhinos tracking and learn about their daily interactions

Murchison Falls National Park

The trip will commence with early morning breakfast and then set off for game drive in the park to encounter a wide range of wild animals and birds. Expected encounters include Elephants, Lions, Buffaloes, Leopards, Giraffes, Warthogs, Antelopes and birds like Shoe bill stork, Grew crowned cranes-The Uganda’s National birds and the Goliath heron-The world’s largest heron. Get back to the Lodge for Lunch break. After lunch, you will go for a boat trip at the Liver Nile hoping to see crocodiles, hippos and a variety of unique birds after which you will return to the lodge for dinner and night rest.

Kibale National Park

Upon morning breakfast, you will check out of the lodge and board our safari car for a transfer to Kibale Forest National Park a home to over 1450 endangered Chimpanzees and Africa’s top destination for chimpanzee trekking. The drive will take about 7 hrs arriving at the park late in the evening and check-in into your booked lodge for dinner and overnight stay awaiting chimpanzee trekking on the following day.

Kibale National Park

After breakfast at the lodge, you will head to the park office for a briefing in regard to trekking. After briefing you will enter the forest led by park rangers to track Chimpanzees. In the afternoon, head out for a nature walk in Bigodi swamp where you will enjoy walking through a wetland sighting a diverse array of bird species and thereafter transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park.

Queen Elizabeth National Park

The day will commence with an early morning luscious breakfast at the lodge and thereafter you head out for the game drive at Kasenyi sector where you will encounter several wildlife species both big and small. The park is famous for its abundant wildlife and expected encounters include African Elephants, Buffaloes, Lions, Uganda Cobs, Leopards, Warthogs, Hyenas, and antelopes among others. After the game drive in the afternoon, you will get back to the lodge for a lunch break and thereafter go for the boat cruise at Kazinga channel for an additional wildlife and bird watching adventure cruising through the intersection of Lake Edward and Lake George. While on a boat cruise expect magnificent encounters such as hippos, crocodiles, and a variety of bird species upon which you will return to the lodge to dine and have a well-earned rest.

After morning breakfast, you will head out to the south of the Park arriving in Ishasha sector in the late morning where you will possibly see rare species of tree-climbing lions an exciting moment of your safari that will surely give you a life lasting memories. After watching these rare species of tree-climbing lions the drive will proceed with a stopover in Kihihi town for a lunch break and shortly proceed with sighting of spectacular mountainous landscape of Bwindi Impenetrable forest towards Ruhija sector where our Mountain Gorilla trek will start the next day. While you will arrive in the afternoon you may choose to go for an optional community walk. Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site is a home to a half of the world’s Gorilla population and a tropical forest spread over mountains and valleys and is considered one of the richest forests in Africa biodiversity-wise making it a remarkable destination for mountain gorillas trekking.

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

After an early morning breakfast, shall proceed for a briefing with your picnic packed lunch at Bwindi National Park headquarters by game rangers about the entire Gorilla trekking process including Dos and Don’ts while with these human-like creatures “The mountain gorillas”. After briefing you will start tracking through the thick rain-forest vegetation lasting for about 2 to 6 hours depending on how far or close the Gorillas will be spotted. After spotting these creatures you will be allowed a maximum of 1 hour an exciting moment to observe and learn about their routine human-like interactions upon which you will return to the lodge to take a rest then later dinner and overnight stay

Kampala

Upon morning breakfast, you will check out of the lodge and board our safari car for a return journey of 8-9 hours drive to Kampala for your flight or your stay at the Hotel. On your way to Kampala, you will make a stopover in Mbarara town for lunch break at Igongo cultural center and then proceed making another stopover at equator line for photography and handcraft shopping. After equator the drive will continue to Entebbe International Airport for your flight or to a Hotel in Kampala for your stay. Dropping off to airport or to a hotel will mark the end of your 8 Days Best of Uganda wildlife, Chimpanzees and Gorilla Trekking Experience and we shall have to wish you a safe flight back to home and perhaps greetings to your loved ones. Note that sometimes the journey may take longer than estimated depending on traffic situation and we therefore advise not to book a return flight out of Entebbe International Airport that departs before 10:00 pm Kampala time in the evening of Day 8.