Embark on a thrilling Ugandan adventure where you’ll encounter endangered mountain gorillas in the dense Bwindi Impenetrable Forest and track wild chimpanzees in Kibale Forest. Your journey continues in Ishasha, where you’ll search for the unique tree-climbing lions, followed by an up-close experience with hippos and Nile crocodiles along the Kazinga Channel in Queen Elizabeth National Park. This action-packed itinerary promises unforgettable, once-in-a-lifetime wildlife encounters.
Upon arrival in Entebbe, you will be met by your guide and driven to Kibale Forest to begin your Ugandan safari. As you leave Entebbe, you’ll have wonderful views of Lake Victoria as you bypass the busy city of Kampala. You’ll then make your way through Uganda’s stunning countryside to your lodge in Fort Portal, at the foot of the Rwenzori Mountains and the base of the Kibale Forest.
You’ll have an early start this morning as you’ll be required to meet park rangers at 8 am for a briefing about your chimp trekking adventure.
After the briefing, you’ll head deep into the Kibale Forest to track the troops of chimpanzees that live there. As you trek through the dense rainforest in search of the chimpanzees, you’ll hear them screech and hoot around you and it will feel as if the jungle has come alive. Once you’ve found a family of chimpanzees you can spend one hour watching them swing through the trees, play on the forest floor and build nests for their afternoon naps. It is a truly magical experience!
The forest is also home to other primates, including colobus monkeys and red-tailed monkeys, plus colorful giant butterflies.
After your chimpanzee trek, we recommend the ‘swamp walk’ which is a two-hour trek through the swamps to meet a local community living in this hostile environment. There is stunning scenery and some incredibly rare wildlife to spot en route.
Kibale Forest to Queen Elizabeth National Park
After breakfast at your lodge in Kibale, you’ll travel to Queen Elizabeth National Park at the base of the Rwenzori Mountain Range, adjacent to Lake Edward and Lake George. This spectacular national park is full of game and it is known for its large elephant population.
After checking in to your lodge, you’ll head out for an afternoon game drive and a sundowner before dinner.
Today you’ll have a full day to explore Queen Elizabeth National Park. You’ll have morning and afternoon game drives, and you can also enjoy a boat cruise on the Kazinga Channel (look out for hippos and Nile crocodiles). Alternatively, you can have a guided nature walk in the Maramagambo Forest or you can take an early morning hot air balloon over the savannahs of the Queen Elizabeth NP.
These excursions can be added to your tailor-made tour at an extra cost.
Today as you leave Queen Elizabeth National Park, you’ll take a short drive through Ishasha where you can look out for the famous tree-climbing lions. You’ll then continue on your way to Bwindi National Park.
You’ll stay at a lovely lodge on the edge of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest and this evening, you’ll have a briefing about tomorrow’s gorilla trek.
After an early breakfast, you’ll drive to the Bwindi Impenetrable National Park HQ where you’ll begin your gorilla trek. You will be allocated to one of nine habituated groups and your experienced guide and park ranger will lead you deep into the forest in search of your allocated family. Your trek could last from a few minutes to a full day, depending on the exact location of the specific gorilla family you’re tracking.
When you meet the gorillas, you’ll have the chance to spend up to one magical hour quietly observing them. The gorillas are likely to be just a few meters away from you and they will continue to go about their daily lives. Feeding and interacting with each other, under the watchful gaze of the silverback.
In the late afternoon, you’ll be transferred back to your accommodation where you can spend the evening reflecting on your incredible encounter with the wild mountain gorillas of Uganda.
On your last morning, you will enjoy breakfast at your spectacular lodge and then depart for Kampala.
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