8 Days Uganda Primate Tracking and Wildlife Tour

Track chimpanzees in Kibale Forest National Park and gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest on this 8 Days Uganda Primate Tracking and Wildlife Tour. Book this Uganda safari.

Safari Price per head
$1000
Number Of Visitors

Day 1: Arrival at Entebbe Airport –                        Kampala

Upon arrival at the airport in Uganda, you will be warmly welcomed by our guide/driver who will then take you to the booked hotel for relaxation,dinner and overnight.

Day 2: Kampala-Kibale National Park

Leave Kampala after breakfast for the fascinating drive through papyrus swamps and thick jungle of the Nile Delta to Kibale National Park just under the Rwenzori Mountains. Afternoon guided walk in the crater lakes area of the park for outstanding cultural visit.

Meals and overnight at the booked lodge.

Day 4: Chimpanzee trekking in Kibale National park.        

In the morning after breakfast you will then be transferred to Kibale National park Head quarters at Kayanchu visitors centre for briefing before setting off for a forest walk in search for chimpanzees. The forest walk will be guided to provide information not only on chimpanzees and primates but also on small organisms making it interesting. The walk will reward you with other primates like Grey cheeked Mangabeys, Colobus monkeys, Red-tailed monkeys, phoestes, and butterflies. After tracking the chimps in the afternoon, you will go for a nature walk to the Bigodi swamp- to see unique flora and fauna.

Meals and overnight at the booked hotel/lodge.

Day 4: Transfer from Kibale National  Park to Queen Elizabeth National park.                         

Begin your morning with a visit to the Nyakasura falls in Fort Portal and Amabere g'anyinamwiru caves and hike to the crater lakes thereafter during the midday drive to the south into Queen Elizabeth National park for an evening sightseeing and game viewing en-route.

Dinner and overnight at the booked lodge.

Day 5: Game Drive and Boat cruise in Queen Elizabeth National Park.

After early morning breakfast there will be a  Dawn game drive in Uganda’s second largest savanna national  park reffered to as Medley of Wonders, where all the big game can be seen in abundance. Famous for elephants, buffaloes, hippopotamus, Warthog,lions and kob, expect to see some rarer animals like giant forest hog. There are 638 recorded bird species in the park! After lunch, enjoy a boat cruise on the Kazinga Channel which connects Lakes Edward and George, for large numbers of buffaloes and hippos,waterbirds,Nile crocodile and many others as they quench themselves.

  Dinner and overnight at the booked lodge.

Day 6: Drive from Queen Elizabeth      National to Bwindi Impenetrable        National park.

Today’s drive  through what is probably East Africa’s most spectacular scenery, the highland rain forests which reach to the volcanoes with the natural habitants for the mountain Gorillas. A visit to the bat Cave close to Maramagambo forest or a glance of Kyambura gorge is a must! Make a game drive at Ishasha on your way to Bwindi in search of the tree climbing lions. Laiter, drive to Bwindi Impenetrable forest via the beautiful scenery of the tea plantations. This is the lushest highland rain forest on earth, filled with primates and exotic birds. The
afternoon is spent on a foot safari around the local communities living around the park.

Dinner and overnight stay at the booked lodge.

Day 7 : BWINDI Gorilla trekking.

Begin the day with breakfast ready for trekking, which begins at 8:00 a.m with a briefing from the Uganda Wildlife Authority headquarters staff. Ensure to carry along with you rain jacket, drinking water, snacks, jungle boots etc. The guides will lead you inside the jungle to see the shy Primates for a group you have been booked for. Do not forget to take your lunch boxes and all the necessary gear to track the rare Mountain Gorilla, perhaps one of the most exciting wildlife experiences on earth.  The tracking may take between 2 - 5 hours depending on the location of the Gorillas and on finding them you spend with them 1hour but it’s well worth the effort.

Dinner and overnight stay at the booked lodge.

Day 8: Bwindi – Kampala/Entebbe

Return to Kampala, then Entebbe, with lunch en-route with a stopover at Igongo cultural centre to explore the life style of the Ankole and Bahima tribes, thereafter proceed at the Uganda Equator for photography and souvenirs before your evening departures to the Airport / place of residence.

End of the 8 Days Uganda Primate Tracking and Wildlife Tour.

The 8 Days Uganda Primate Tracking and Wildlife Tour includes:

  • Airport Transfers.
  • Transportation by a 4wd safari vehicle with popup roof.
  • Accommodation and meals.
  • Chimp permits.
  • Boat cruise .
  • One Gorilla permits per person to be secured and paid for in advance.
  • Park entrance fees.
  • Primate Walk in Kibale.
  • Community visits in Bwindi.
  • Game drive.
  • English-speaking Driver/guide.

The 8 Days Uganda Primate Tracking and Wildlife Tour Excludes:

  • Airfares, Visas or Insurance, Tips to local guides, Porterage or Laundry, Soft or alcoholic, Items of a personal nature.


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