13-Day Amazing Wildlife and Primate Trekking in Uganda

Upon your arrival at Entebbe international airport, you will be warmly welcomed by your safari guide/driver who will help you with your luggage and give you a short briefing about the safari before transferring you to your booked hotel in Kampala for relaxation and overnight.

Accommodation: Mid-Range Forest cottages in Bugolobi

After your breakfast, prepare for pick up by your safari guide/driver to begin your journey to Murchison falls National Park with a stop at Ziwa Rhino sanctuary" to track the white Rhinos. Then you will be driven to Masindi town for a lunch break before proceeding on your journey to Murchison falls national park.
Enter the park via kikumbanyobo gate with a visit to the top of the falls if time allows, to experience the cool breath and sounds of the waterfalls without forgetting the view of the entire park from the top of the waterfall. Later alone, proceed to check in at the lodge, have dinner, and overnight.

Accommodation: Mid-Range –Pakuba safari lodge

Wake up to an early morning breakfast or have a packed breakfast to have during the game drive. Then go for an early morning game drive to get an opportunity for great game viewings such as elephants, lions, leopards, giraffes, and herds of antelopes, and buffalos. Later, return to the lodge for lunch and later set out for the afternoon launch cruise along the Victoria Nile to the bottom of the falls with great viewings of the aquatic wild including hippos, Nile crocodiles, and aquatic birds. Transfer back to the lodge for dinner and overnight after.

Accommodation: Mid-Range –Pakuba safari lodge

On this day you will be leaving Murchison Falls National Park very early in the morning as the journey to Kibale is quite long and tiresome. So, you will have an early morning breakfast and then embark on your journey driving Southwest through the Albertine Escarpment of the great Western Rift Valley with a stopover for lunch in Fort portal. You will arrive in the late evening and just check in your booked lodge for relaxation and overnight as we prepare for the next day’s activity.

Accommodation: Mid-Range—Turacco Treetops

Wake up to an early morning breakfast and transfer to the park offices for a briefing. After we leave for Kanyanchu Visitor Centre for a briefing on our 2-4 hours trek to see Kibale chimpanzees but along the way, other species of primates, birds, and flora can be sighted. You will only enjoy 1 hour with chimpanzees immediately after you have got them, a moment for you to also take photos.
After, return to the lodge for lunch and connect to Bigodi for more sightings of colobus monkeys, birds, red-tailed monkeys, l’hoest monkeys, baboons, and sitatungas as well as a community walk to see how local brewer is made as well as coffee and have a taste of it. Return to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

Accommodation: Mid-Range—Turacco Treetops

After breakfast, check out of the lodge and head to Queen Elizabeth National Park. Upon arrival, you will check into your pre-booked safari lodge, have lunch, and relax. Later set out for an evening game drive to view the animals grazing in their natural habitat. Return to the lodge for dinner and overnight. This lodge has a truly unique setting where animals literally room around the lodge and the sounds of hippos at night are amazing.

Accommodation: Mid-Range—bush lodge

Wake up to an early morning breakfast and prepare for a morning game drive. This time of the day gives an opportunity for a great game viewing as animals tend to be more active during this time, the cats normally hunt and the other animals get up to graze. After your 2-3 hours of game viewing, return to the lodge for some time of relaxation and later have lunch.
Set out for an exciting boat cruise on the Kazinga Channel that joins Lake Edward and Lake George. The channel attracts a lot of wildlife including Hippos, Buffaloes, Elephants, Crocodiles, and lots of water birds that align the shores of the Kazinga channel with the most breathtaking sight. Return to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

Accommodation: Mid-Range—bush lodge

After breakfast, you will check out of the safari camp and transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable national park, driving through the Ishasha sector for a chance to see the tree-climbing lions. After breaking off for lunch, later continue with your drive to Bwindi Impenetrable national park, and upon arrival, you will check into your booked safari lodge for dinner and overnight

Accommodation: Mid-Range—bakiga lodge

After an early breakfast, you will be guided to the park headquarters for the briefing session about the gorilla trackers' code of conduct from the park’s guides. Thereafter, you will get ready, to embark on a lifetime memorable experience in this magnificent forest for gorilla tracking. Trek through the beautiful nature and spend one hour with the gorillas, an unforgettable experience. This Impenetrable Forest is also full of birds, butterflies, and plant species plus forest hogs, forest elephants, sitatungas, and dikers.

The trek may be tough and slippery at some points but it all supersedes the excitement of viewing the gorillas at the end of the forest tour (This may probably be the highlight of the whole safari for you!) As tracking Mountain Gorillas will be rewarded with a signed Gorilla tracking/trekking certificate with your name on it to show to family and friends. Return to the lodge for refreshments before the Batwa community walk, indigenous to the Ituri forest of Congo.

Accommodation: Mid-Range—bakiga lodge

After breakfast, start your journey to lake Bunyonyi which takes 2 hours. On arrival, you will check into your booked safari lodge and have lunch. Later after lunch, set out for a canoeing adventure on Uganda’s deepest lake with an island walk which has some wild animals, take pictures and later return to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

Accommodation: Mid-Range—Arcadia Lodge Bunyonyi

After breakfast, start your journey to lake Bunyonyi which takes 2 hours. On arrival, you will check into your booked safari lodge and have lunch. Later after lunch, set out for a canoeing adventure on Uganda’s deepest lake with an island walk which has some wild animals, take pictures and later return to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

Accommodation: Mid-Range—Rwakobo Rock lodge

After breakfast, you will set out for an early morning game drive to the park for wildlife viewing like zebras, giraffes, and many others at close encounter. Return to the lodge for lunch. In the evening you will head for a nature walk. You will be led by an armed ranger for your safety.

Accommodation: Mid-Range—Rwakobo Rock lodge

Check out the safari lodge after your breakfast and exit Lake Mburo to begin your journey back to Kampala. You will have a stop at the equator for lunch and you will get some time to take pictures as well as do some shopping from the many craft shops at this point. After we transfer back to a hotel at Entebbe/ Entebbe International Airport.