7 -Day Uganda gorilla & chimpanzee safari

After breakfast, gather for briefing at Kanyanchu Visitor Center in Kibale National Park starting at 7:00am. At 8:00am, you will be accompanied by the park guide for 2-4 hours walk to see chimpanzees. Along the way, there will be some small primates and other species to interest you such as the colobus monkeys, grey cheeked mangabeys, butterflies, birds, red tailed monkeys, baboons, etc.

Once you have come across chimpanzees, you will settle for an hour with them, take pictures and learn more on their daily behaviors. Later, you will return, have lunch and transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park.

• Main destination:Queen Elizabeth National Park
• Accommodation:Bush Lodge.
• Meals & drinks:   All meals included.
• Drinks not included

Leave the lodge as early as possible, have breakfast and by 6:00am, set off for a game drive to see the big game and other small mammals. Expected sightings range from bush elephants, buffaloes, lions, leopards (on the lucky day), birds, warthogs, waterbucks, bush bucks and more. Return after 2-3 hours of game viewing in Kasenyi Plains, settle for lunch and in the afternoon, get the best of a boat cruise on Kazinga Channel to see lots of aquatic life from hippos, crocodiles to birds.

• Main destination:Queen Elizabeth National Park
• Accommodation:Bush Lodge.
• Meals & drinks:   All meals included.
• Drinks not included

Begin your journey to Bwindi a home of mountain gorillas after breakfast and taking the Ishasha sector route. En-route, a brief game drive will be done at Ishasha to see the tree climbing lions, enjoy a bush lunch then continue to check in at the lodge in Bwindi National Park, Southwestern Uganda.

• Main destination:Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.
• Accommodation:Gorilla Havens Lodge Rushaga.
• Meals & drinks:   All meals included.
• Drinks not included

After a hefty breakfast, meet the park official for briefing at park offices. Get to know the gorilla trekking rules to be followed and also, the park guide will be allocated to escort you. At 8:00am, actual trek for 2-6 hours starts and this covers one hour of close encounter with a gorilla family upon finding it. After a deep learning about mountain gorilla daily behaviors, walk back to the lodge for relaxation, lunch and then transfer to Lake Bunyonyi.

• Main destination:Bunyonyi
• Accommodation:Lake bunyonyi Backpackers Lodge.
• Meals & drinks:   All meals included.
• Drinks not included

Enjoy an early morning cup of tea or coffee, after set off for a canoe trek or ride on Lake Bunyonyi. You will be visiting one of the magical islands – about 29 of them are distributed on Lake Bunyonyi.

• Main destination:Bunyonyi
• Accommodation:Bunyonyi Backpackers Lodge.
• Meals & drinks:   All meals included.
• Drinks not included

Enjoy the morning breakfast, after check out of the lodge and board your 4x4 tourist vehicle. Next, drive to Kigali for departure or settle at the hotel awaiting to transfer to your next destination.

End of safari