This 12 Days Primates and Wildlife adventure will take you for an ultimate experience in Uganda, where you will be able to trek the mountain gorillas, the golden monkeys, and the chimpanzees in their habitats. This safari will also take you to Murchison Falls, Queen Elizabeth, and Lake Mburo National Parks, where you will see the different mammal and bird species on game drives and boat cruises. It will also take you on an on-foot rhino tracking and Bigodi Wetland for a nature walk.
You will have a first stop over at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary in Nakasongola, where you will have an hour of rhino tracking experience, then visit the top of the falls at Murchison Falls NP, the powerful falls where the Nile squeezes through an 8m wide gorge and plunges with a thunderous roar into the Devil's Cauldron, creating a trademark rainbow. You'll have your breakfast very early in the morning, depart for an early morning game drive as early as 6 am, then join the boat cruise to the bottom of Murchison Falls. After checking into the lodge at Kibale, you will embark on a guided nature walk in the Bigodi Wetlands. You have a chance to spot 138 bird species. You will then report at the park headquarters at Kanyankyu at 7:30 am for chimpanzee trekking, spend one hour with them, and be awarded a chimpanzee tracking certificate. After lunch you check out and start the journey to Queen Elizabeth National Park for a morning game drive and a 2-hour boat cruise on the Kazinga Channel, which connects Lakes George and Edward.
After your morning breakfast, you will check out of the lodge in Queen Elizabeth National Park and transfer to Mgahinga Gorilla National Park for golden monkey trekking at Ntebeko, with one hour once you have identified a group. After you'll check out and transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. You report to the park headquarters at 7:30 am for gorilla trekking, which is physically demanding but an exciting activity, and you may hire a porter at headquarters. The time allowed to spend with gorillas is 1 hour once you have found them. In the evening, Batwa pygmies will be invited to entertain you with their dances and storytelling. After breakfast at your Bwindi lodge, you'll transfer to Lake Mburo National Park, the smallest Savannah National park in Uganda, for an evening game drive, then a guided nature walk as early as 7 am with an armed game ranger. After your morning breakfast, you will embark on a guided birding in Mabamba swamp in search for a shoebill, then transfer to Entebbe International Airport.
Murchison Falls National Park opens with the Nile gorge and Ziwa rhino tracking on the Masindi road. Kibale National Park in Fort Portal is chimpanzee country, with Bigodi Wetlands for 138 bird species. Queen Elizabeth National Park adds the Kazinga Channel between Lakes George and Edward.
Mgahinga Gorilla National Park at Ntebeko holds golden monkey trekking. Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is the gorilla morning. Lake Mburo National Park is the smallest savannah park in Uganda, and Mabamba swamp is the shoebill close before Entebbe.
Rhino tracking, chimpanzee trekking, golden monkey trekking, gorilla trekking, and the Lake Mburo nature walk with an armed ranger are on foot. Gorilla trekking is physically demanding and for travellers aged 15 and over. You may hire a porter at Bwindi headquarters.
Game drives are mostly seated. Carry your passport, closed shoes, rain protection, packed lunch for the gorilla morning, and a daypack. Share fitness notes so we pace a group of ten.
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Welcome to Uganda, the Pearl of Africa: Upon arrival, you shall be welcomed by our guide at Entebbe International Airport, from where you will transfer to your booked accommodation for the night.
Depending on your time of arrival at the airport, you will have lunch before transferring to your hotel in Kampala for some rest as you prepare for the ultimate Uganda Safari experience the following day.
After your early morning breakfast, you will be picked up by our guide and start your 4 to 5-hour journey to Murchison Falls National Park in Masindi in Western Uganda. You will have a first stop over at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary in Nakasongola, where you will have an hour of rhino tracking experience.
After the rhino tracking experience, you will proceed to Masindi for lunch before proceeding to visit the top of the falls at Murchison Falls NP, the powerful falls where the Nile squeezes through an 8m wide gorge and plunges with a thunderous roar into the Devil's Cauldron, creating a trademark rainbow. From the falls, you will continue to check into the lodge.
You'll have your breakfast very early in the morning, depart for an early morning game drive as early as 6 am, and head into the park and look out for viewing the different mammals such as elephants, lions, leopards, Rothschild's giraffes, buffaloes, and antelopes like Uganda kob, topi, eland, bushbucks.
You will have time to relax for lunch. Afterward, you'll join the boat cruise to take you to the bottom of Murchison Falls as you spot aquatic wildlife such as hippos, Nile crocodiles, and water birds. On return, you'll catch up with sunset view before dinner.
After your morning breakfast, you will check out of the hotel and start your journey to Kibale National Park in Fort Portal, in Western Uganda, through the tea plantations and rolling hills to reach Fort Portal town. While in Fort Portal, you will have an en-route lunch and continue your journey to Kibale National Park.
After checking into the lodge, you will start a guided nature walk in the Bigodi Wetlands. You have a chance to spot 138 bird species.
You will wake up early in the morning for breakfast and then report at the park headquarters at Kanyankyu at 7:30 am for a briefing by the guides about the dos and don'ts while with the chimpanzees. You will then start a trek in search of the chimpanzees. Once you have spotted a group, you will spend one hour with them observing their different behaviors, and you will also spot other primates in the forest. After the chimpanzee tracking experience, you will be awarded a chimpanzee tracking certificate.
You will return to the lodge for lunch. After lunch, you will check out of the lodge and start the journey to Queen Elizabeth National Park.
You'll have your breakfast very early in the morning, depart for an early morning game drive as early as 6 am to the rolling plains of Uganda's second largest National Park, and look out for lions, leopards, Jackson hartebeest, buffaloes, hippos, waterbucks, warthogs, Uganda Kobs, oribis, and elephants. For any birder, there are several birds to sight during the drive.
Return to the lodge for some rest time and lunch. After lunch at the lodge, you will go for a 2-hour boat cruise on the Kazinga Channel, which connects Lakes George and Edward. You will surely be fascinated by the concentrations of giant hippos, buffalo, elephants, and crocodiles, among others. You will also see many varieties of birds at the water's shore.
After your morning breakfast, you will check out of the lodge in Queen Elizabeth National Park and transfer to Mgahinga Gorilla National Park.
You will arrive at the resort later in the afternoon and check in as you wait for the next day's activity, which is golden monkey trekking. You will have lunch on your way to Mgahinga Gorilla National Park.
After your early morning breakfast, you will proceed to the visitor's center in Mgahinga Gorilla National Park at Ntebeko, where you will be briefed about the dos and don'ts while with the golden monkeys. After the briefing, you will then head inside the forest to search for the golden monkeys. Once you have identified a group, you will be given one hour to spend with the monkeys watching their behavior. You will take as many pictures as you want.
After the trek, you will return to the resort for lunch. After you'll check out and transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. You will arrive at the lodge later in the evening, where you will check in.
You will wake up early in the morning for breakfast and then report to the park headquarters at 7:30 am for a briefing about the dos and don'ts while with the gorillas. Remember to carry your packed lunch and enough drinking water since you may stay in the forest up to the afternoon in search of these gentle giants in their natural environment. Gorilla trekking exercise is physically demanding but an exciting activity! You may need to hire a porter to assist you during tracking, and these are readily available at the park headquarters. The time allowed to spend with gorillas is 1 hour once you have found them.
You'll return to the lodge after tracking and freshen up. In the evening, Batwa pygmies will be invited to entertain you with their dances and storytelling after you have dinner and an overnight stay.
After breakfast at your Bwindi lodge, you'll check out and transfer to Lake Mburo National Park, the smallest savannah national park in Uganda. You will reach the park in the afternoon for lunch, then relax as you prepare for an evening game drive.
On the evening game drive you will look for giraffes, zebras, impalas, elands, buffaloes, and waterbucks, among others.
After your morning breakfast, you will start a guided nature walk in Lake Mburo National Park as early as 7 am with the guidance of an armed game ranger. You will see many animals such as Giraffes, zebras, impalas, among others.
After that, you will have a morning game drive as you exit the park and set off to Entebbe. Along the way, you will have a stop at the Equator in Kayabwe for memorable photos and the famous water experiment that shows that the Earth is separated into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. You will have an enroute lunch, and you will continue your journey to Entebbe. Upon Arrival you will check into your lodge to relax.
After your morning breakfast, you will start a guided birding in Mabamba swamp in search for a shoebill.
After you will be transferred to Entebbe International Airport. End of safari.
Upon arrival, you shall be welcomed by our Verdoro guide at Entebbe International Airport, from where you will transfer to your booked accommodation for the night.
On the final morning you go for guided birding in Mabamba swamp in search for a shoebill, then you are transferred to Entebbe International Airport. Share outbound flight times.
Accommodation is in the places mentioned in the itinerary, based on a twin or double room, from the Entebbe arrival hotel through Murchison Falls, Kibale, Queen Elizabeth, Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, and Lake Mburo National Park.
After the Equator stop you check into your lodge to relax before the Mabamba swamp shoebill morning and the transfer to Entebbe International Airport, keeping early park briefings realistic across twelve days.
Pack waterproofs, sturdy closed shoes, and a daypack for rhino tracking, chimpanzee trekking, golden monkey trekking, gorilla trekking, and the Lake Mburo nature walk, plus neutral safari layers for savanna game drives.
Bring binoculars for Mabamba and Bigodi, a reusable bottle, insect repellent, and dry bags for cameras on the Nile and Kazinga Channel cruises.
Gorilla and chimps trekking permits, ground transport in a private 4WD, an English speaking driver guide, twin or double rooms, meals as described, mineral water, park and ranger fees, and the listed activities sit in this group-tour price.
The published rate is per person sharing for a group of 10 people, so rooming and vehicle use follow that departure size.
International flights, visas, golfing, optional activities, meals and drinks not mentioned, items of a personal nature, and tips sit outside the bundle.
Plan flights into Entebbe separately, and keep cash or card for souvenirs after Bigodi, Batwa, or Mabamba days.
You report to the park headquarters at 7:30 am for a briefing, then trek in search of chimpanzees and spend one hour observing their behaviour, with other primates in the same forest. You are awarded a chimpanzee tracking certificate after the trek.
After lunch you check out and start the journey to Queen Elizabeth National Park.
After breakfast you proceed to the visitor's center in Mgahinga Gorilla National Park at Ntebeko for a briefing on the dos and don'ts while with the golden monkeys, then head inside the forest to search for them.
Once you have identified a group, you are given one hour with the monkeys, and you can take as many pictures as you want before lunch and the transfer to Bwindi.
You report to the park headquarters at 7:30 am for a briefing, carrying packed lunch and drinking water because you may stay in the forest until the afternoon. Gorilla trekking is physically demanding, and you may hire a porter at headquarters.
You spend 1 hour once you have found them. In the evening, Batwa pygmies will be invited to entertain you with their dances and storytelling after dinner.
On the final morning you go for guided birding in Mabamba swamp in search for a shoebill, then you are transferred to Entebbe International Airport.
Share outbound flight times when you book so the swamp boat and the airport drop off stay realistic for check-in.
Mountain gorilla trekking is for travellers aged 15 and over and is physically demanding. Chimpanzee and golden monkey treks are also on foot after park briefings. Rhino tracking at Ziwa is a guided walk.
Game drives are mostly seated and Nile and Kazinga cruises are gentle. Share fitness notes when you book so we pace a group of ten.
Night one is your booked hotel after the Entebbe welcome. Murchison, Kibale, Queen Elizabeth, Mgahinga, Bwindi, and Lake Mburo nights use the lodges on the itinerary, with a Batwa evening at Bwindi after gorilla tracking.
The night before departure is at your lodge after the Equator stop, so the Mabamba shoebill morning can start fresh before the airport transfer.
Meals are as described in the itinerary, with breakfast, lunch, and dinner on safari days, plus mineral water in the safari vehicle.
Tell us vegetarian, vegan, or allergy requirements when you book so kitchens and picnic boxes can be planned for ten people.
Pack waterproofs, sturdy closed shoes, and a daypack for rhino, chimpanzee, golden monkey, and gorilla trekking, plus neutral safari layers for savanna drives.
Add binoculars for Mabamba and Bigodi birds, a reusable bottle, and dry bags for cameras on the Nile and Kazinga cruises.
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We arrange guided wildlife safaris, primate trekking, and canoe adventures across Uganda and neighbouring East Africa, from short national-park circuits to multi-day lodge-to-lodge journeys. Whether you are planning your first gorilla trek, a birding route through forest and savanna, or a river canoe trail, we shape the trip around how you like to travel and how much time you have.
Our team coordinates airport or hotel pickups, 4x4 road transport, park logistics, and hosting on the ground so you can focus on the experience. We give straight advice on trekking fitness, permit timing, and what to bring, and we stay in touch from your first enquiry through to departure.
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