7-Day Wildlife Safari Adventure
The 7-day Uganda safari is the ultimate primate trekking adventure. It features chimpanzee trekking in Kibale National Park the primate capital of the world home to chimpanzees and 12 other primates. From here you Visit Queen Elizabeth National Park for a savanna game drive and boat cruise along the Kazinga channel. The mountain gorilla trek is the most anticipated activity where you will trek to meet these rare primates in the wild. End the tour with a savanna game drive in Lake Mburo National Park.
##Day 1: Transfer to Kibale National Park and Nature Walk
Start the day with an early pick-up from your Entebbe Hotel or airport for a transfer to Kibale National Park located in western Uganda. It takes a 5 to 6 hours drive to get there with en route stopovers for photography at places of interest. You will arrive in time for a lunch break and later can go for a nature walk or relax at your lodge.
##Day 2: Chimpanzee tracking and head to Queen Elizabeth National Park
You will have breakfast and be taken for a briefing about chimpanzee tracking and then proceed to the forest. The forest is the primate capital with many other primates including monkeys and a number of birds most of which you will see while on the hike. On return, you will transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park arriving in the evening for a game drive.
##Day 3: Game drives (Predator Tracking) and boat cruise
After breakfast, you will go for a game drive and predator trekking experience in the Kasenyi Sector. You will see various wildlife species here including buffaloes, antelopes, Hippos, birds, and many others. You will return to your lodge for a lunch break and later can go for a boat cruise along the Kazinga channel where you will see a number of wildlife including hippos, and crocodiles among others.
##Day 4: Game Drive and transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
You will have this game drive in the Ishasha sector of the park most famous for the tree-climbing lions, the Topi, Elephants, and Buffaloes among other wildlife species. If lucky you will spot the lions and other predators in the sector. You will have a lunch break and later proceed to Bwindi arriving in the evening.
##Day 5: Gorilla trek and community visit
On this most anticipated day head to the park for a briefing about the do's and don'ts about the gorilla trek. You will be led to the forest amidst sightings of the different wildlife in the forest. Once you get to the gorillas you will be allowed in their presence for an hour taking photos and getting to know more about them. Return and go for a community visit where you will get to know more about the local people's culture.
##Day 6: Transfer to Lake Mburo National Park and Game Drive
Leave Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in the morning for Lake Mburo National Park arriving in time for lunch and can later go for game drives where you will see animals like giraffes, and zebras, among others.
##Day 7: Nature Walk and Departure
Go for a nature walk to the salt lick where animals gather to take water. You will then have a game drive as you exit the park for a transfer to Kampala or Entebbe for a drop-off at the airport or Hotel depending on schedule.
End of Tour.