6 DAYS CHIMPS & WILDLIFE SAFARI

Uganda

From

$1111.00

Duration

6 days

Overview

On this Uganda safari, you will trek chimpanzees in Kibale National Park, then later explore – the medley of wonders for an encounter with the Big 4. Enjoy a game drive in Kasenyi and a refreshing boat safari on Kazinga channel, which is the largest concentration of hippos. (Over 2000!)

Highlights:

  • Chimp Trekking
  • Game drives
  • Nature walks
  • Boat rides
  • Birding

Itinerary

Day 1: Arrival

Day 2: Transfer to Kibale Forest

Day 3: Chimp Trekking

Day 4: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth

Day 5: Game drive & Boat ride

Day 6: Departure 

 

 

Inclusions/Exclusions

  • Roundtrip Airport Transfers
  • Chimp Tracking Permits 
  • Park Fees 
  • All activities (unless labeled as optional)
  • Accommodation in preferred lodge/hotel 
  • Services of a professional Tour guide-driver 
  • Meals (as specified in the day-by-day section)
  • All Taxes/VAT 
  • International Flights
  • Visas 
  • Travel Insurance 
  • Tips 

Day by Day

Arrive at Entebbe International Airport where you will be met by our representative and transferred to your hotel of choice. Early arrivals can opt for optional excursions at Uganda Wildlife Education center, Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary, and Reptile Village Uganda.

Journey: 20+ mins

Meal Plan: Not Included

Accommodation: Budget: Airport Guesthouse/ Midrange: The Boma Hotel/ Luxury: No.5 Boutique Hotel

We head to Kibale forest in western Uganda for the ultimate chimpanzee trekking experience. Kibale forest is known as the primate capital of the world. Expect to see other primates like the black-and-white colobus, red-tailed monkey, grey-cheeked mangabey, l’Hoest’s and blue monkeys, and olive baboons

Journey: 4+ hrs

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & dinner

Accommodation: Budget: Kibale Forest Camp/Midrange: Primate Lodge/Luxury: Turaco Treetops

After an early breakfast, your driver-guide will transfer you to the starting point where you will receive a briefing from the ranger guide concerning chimpanzee trekking. You will then be divided into groups and each given a ranger guide to take you on the chimpanzee trekking in the forest.

In the afternoon, you can choose an of these optional activities: birding the Bigodi swamp walk or taking a walk in the Bigodi community and interacting with the locals. Get a coffee experience, banana beer-making making experience, basketry, and so much more.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & dinner

Accommodation: Budget: Kibale Forest Camp/Midrange: Primate Lodge/Luxury: Turaco Treetops

After breakfast, we head to Queen Elizabeth National Park passing through the Crater lakes region (depending on road conditions) and enjoying views of the mystical Rwenzori mountain ranges. The journey from Kibale national park to Queen Elizabeth national park is short and therefore you will arrive in time for lunch at your lodge.

After lunch, have a relaxed afternoon looking forward to the next day’s activities or have a short evening game drive.

Journey: 3+ hrs

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Accommodation: Budget: Bush Lodge / Midrange: Baboon Safari Resort / Luxury: Mweya Safari Lodge

Enjoy your early morning breakfast and after meeting your guide who will drive you around the park. Pass via the Kasenyi trail where you will be in a position to observe game like warthogs, waterbucks, zebras, elephants, lions together will several species of birds. Head back to your lodge or hotel for lunch and relax before traveling back for the afternoon boat ride along the Kazinga Channel. Look out for Elephants, buffalos, hippos, and Nile crocodiles crammed at the banks, birds such as fish eagles, marabou storks, weaver birds, and lots of water birds. We hope you didn’t forget the pair of binoculars back at home. Afterward, we take a leisurely game drive en route to your lodge or hotel for dinner.

Meal Plan: Lunch & Dinner

Accommodation: Budget: Bush Lodge /Midrange:  Baboon Safari Resort /Luxury: Mweya Safari Lodge

Depending on your time of flight, our representative will be available to chauffeur you to the airport. End of Safari

Journey: 7+ hrs

Meal Plan: Breakfast & Lunch

Accommodation: Not included

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Tour Information

Max Guests

6

Min Age

14+

Tour Location

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