9 Day Primate and Wildlife Safari

Overview

This 9-days safari takes you to the misty Bwindi, which is home to more than half the population of the remaining 720 Mountain Gorillas in the world. Gorilla tracking is the most enchanting experience in this forest. You will visit Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda’s second largest national park. You will enjoy game drives and a boat cruise on the Kazinga channel. You will visit to Kibale Forest the natural habitat of our chimpanzees, before winding up at Murchison falls National park.

Uganda
Start	Entebbe (Day 1)
Day 1	Lake Bunyonyi (Lake)
Day 2	Bwindi NP
Day 3	Ishasha (Queen Elizabeth NP)
Day 4	Queen Elizabeth NP
Day 5	Kibale NP
Day 6	Bigodi Wetlands
Day 7-8	Murchison Falls NP
End	Entebbe (City) (Day 9)

Rates Per Person

Day 1

Transfer from Entebbe/Kampala to Lake Bunyonyi

Meals & Drinks:

• Lunch (Breakfast & dinner not included)
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 2

Boat ride and transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

After an early breakfast, you will set out for a Boat ride at Lake Bunyonyi this takes 2 hours, The landscape around the lake is made up of terraced hills protruding from the water’s edge. Bunyonyi means “place of little birds” and as the name suggests, there is plenty of birdlife around the lake. You will in the afternoon transfer to Bwindi where you will do some nature walk or Batwa cultural experience, You will go through their villages to have an experience of how they go about their daily routine activities and be amazed by the way they skillfully cultivate the hill sides and how they care for their animals (cows) that are a prime source of pride later return for Dinner and overnight at

Main Destination:

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas)

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 3

Gorilla Tracking in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and transfer to Ishasha

After an early breakfast, you will head to the park headquarters where you will be briefed by the guides before you begin the search in the thick Bwindi forest for the giant gorillas. Bwindi National Park is renowned for its impressive mountain gorillas, although it is unpredictable for how long you will track before finding them since it all depends on their movement. Though the time spent to track down these Gorillas is unpredictable, the thrill of spending time and observing these gentle giant gorillas is a rare, moving, awesome and exciting adventure that will leave you with long lasting memories of a truly unique experience. Return for lunch you will transfer to Ishasha sector of Queen Elizabeth National Park where you will reach late evening Dinner and overnight at

Day 4

Game drive and boat cruise in Queen Elizabeth National Park

After your breakfast you will be taken to Ishasha, famous for the tree climbing lions lounging in the tree branches while keeping a close eye on herds of Uganda kob, their favorite prey. You could have a chance to spot some tree climbing lions after proceed to you’ lodge, In the afternoon you will take a launch cruise along the amazing Kazinga channel to see, at close range, the water animals to include Hippos, Buffalos, Crocodiles and elephants bathing on the channel banks. There is also a variety of bird species on the water banks especially the famous Shoebill, pelican and Jacana. Dinner and overnight at.

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 5

Morning game drive and transfer to Kibale National Park

After breakfast you will go for a brief morning game drive in Queen Elizabeth then head to the scenic Explosion Craters and Explosion Crater Lakes along the Western Ugandan Explosion Crater Lake Trail are one of the Pearls in the Pearl of Africa, have you’ lunch en-routes after transfer to Kibale National Park check in at your lodge for some rest in the evening go for the nature walks at Bigodi swamp where you will do birding there you will spot some bird species, butterflies are abundant and some women cultural group’s activities which are also adventurous to attend it can take you 2/3 hours, after get back to your respective hotel for dinner and overnight at

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 6

Chimpanzee Tracking and Bigodi swamp walk in Kibale National Park

You will, after breakfast, head to Kibale Forest with our packed lunch to view the primates. The activity begins at 8.00am with a briefing of the rule for trekking the chimpanzees after which you set off to search for them in the forest. The exercise takes half a day and along the way you will see other primates such as Grey cheeked Mangabeys, Phoestes, Red-Colobus and the Blue tailed and the Red-tailed monkeys swinging in the branches of this thick forest. Approximately 5,000 chimpanzees live in the wild in Uganda, which makes it a perfect place to spot them! An experienced ranger will take you chimp tracking in the morning. Once you locate the chimpanzees, you will spend one hour with them, after get back to your respective hotel for lunch, Post Lunch you will be taken for Bigodi Wetland walk. This is a guided swamp walk that takes you closer seeing primates mostly monkeys, birds and butterflies. You will need good walking shoes since part of the walk is sometimes muddy.

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 7

Transfer to Murchison falls National Park

After breakfast you will be transferred to Murchison Falls National Park which will take around 7/8 hours of drive, Head straight to tour the Top and bottom of majestic falls, where the Nile crashes through a 7 metres gorge to the falls 45 metres. Numerous scenic viewpoints are a photographers’ delight, The most impressive view of the foaming waters rushing into the gorge with a deafening roar, You will have dinner and overnight at.

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 8

Game drive and Launch cruise in Murchison falls National Park

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 9

Rhino tracking in Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary and transfer to Entebbe/Kampala

Meals & Drinks:

• Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included)
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Tour Features

Mid-range tour
This mid-range tour uses lodges and tented camps.

Private tour
This tour will be organised exclusively for you and won’t be shared with others.

Can start any day
If availability permits, this tour can start on any day.

Can be customised
You can request minor changes to the accommodations and destinations of this tour.

Suitable for solo travellers
Solo travellers can book this private tour.

Minimum age of 15 years
The minimum age for this tour is 15 years.

Activities & Transportation

 

• Activities: game drives, gorilla trekking, chimpanzee trekking & boat trip
• Game drives: pop-up roof 4×4 vehicle
• Getting around: pop-up roof 4×4 vehicle
• A transfer from and back to the airport is included
  

 

Getting There

 

•   This tour starts and ends in Entebbe
•   This operator can help select your international flights, but you’ll have to book them yourself help
• Fly to/from Entebbe Airport (EBB – Check price)
•   A transfer from and back to the airport is included
•   Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour can be arranged for an extra cost

 

Disclaimer

• This tour is offered by Genza Tours & Travel and partners.
• This operator reserves the right to change rates advertised on this website.
• If you request changes to this tour, the advertised rates will likely change.

• The exact order, contents and rates of this tour is subject to availability.
• If an accommodation is fully booked, the operator will suggest a comparable alternative.
• Gorilla tracking permits are subject to availability.