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Duration
8 Days
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Tour Type
Adventure
Escorted Tour
Uganda

8 DAY THE GORILLA AND CHIMPANZEE SAFARI

Experience the ultimate East African wildlife adventure on this 8-day Gorilla and Chimpanzee Safari in Uganda. Begin your journey in Kibale National Park, home to a thriving chimpanzee population, where guided trekking allows you to observe these playful primates in their natural habitat. Continue to the world-renowned Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, for an unforgettable gorilla trekking experience, encountering endangered mountain gorillas up close. Along the way, enjoy scenic drives through rolling hills, tea plantations, and picturesque villages, offering insight into Uganda’s vibrant culture. Expert guides ensure safe and educational wildlife encounters, while your stays in luxury lodges provide comfort and relaxation after each adventure-filled day. This safari also offers birdwatching, photography opportunities, and an immersive experience in Uganda’s rich biodiversity. Perfect for wildlife enthusiasts, photographers, and adventure travelers, this 8-day safari promises memories that will last a lifetime.

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Experience the ultimate East African wildlife adventure on this 8-day Gorilla and Chimpanzee Safari in Uganda. Begin your journey in Kibale National Park, home to a thriving chimpanzee population, where guided trekking allows you to observe these playful primates in their natural habitat. Continue to the world-renowned Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, for an unforgettable gorilla trekking experience, encountering endangered mountain gorillas up close. Along the way, enjoy scenic drives through rolling hills, tea plantations, and picturesque villages, offering insight into Uganda’s vibrant culture. Expert guides ensure safe and educational wildlife encounters, while your stays in luxury lodges provide comfort and relaxation after each adventure-filled day. This safari also offers birdwatching, photography opportunities, and an immersive experience in Uganda’s rich biodiversity. Perfect for wildlife enthusiasts, photographers, and adventure travelers, this 8-day safari promises memories that will last a lifetime.

We pick you from Entebbe airport and transfer you to Fort portal tourism city, via Mityana-Mubende road stopping for lunch enroute.Have views of the Kyegegwa rocks,Vast tea plantation views and later to your lodge. Night in Kibale. Meal plan: all meals provided.
Chimpanzee tracking day in Kibale. This is a day to have an amazing great experience of chimpanzee tracking in the morning.Early breakfast and drive to Kibale at Kanyanchu visitors center. Kibale National park is a primate capital of the world that hosts 13 primate species including almost half of the world number of chimpanzees which shares 98% of DNA close to humans. Take a forest walk to See the chimps playing,swinging,feeding,and more experience from these amazing apes.(Photo shoots) break for lucnch and then Later after drive to Bigodi for the 2-3hours swamp walk. Bigodi wetland is the home of the great blue turacos which is a corridor of Kibale forest to have more of the great vegetation experience,and this also offers you a chance to encounter different primate species such as red colobus,black and white colobus monkey,L'hoest monkey etc and many bird species, visit the community to see how people live their lifestyles, visit the banana wine man for another fun of experience. After the walk, return to the lodge for a night. Night in kibale Meal plan:FB
After breakfast, we shall transfer to Queen elizabeth national park,driving through the Kasenda volcanic craters,Rwenzori mountain views,stop at the equator for photos and then to your lodge, check-in then lunch as weprepare for a 2 hrs boat ride on the Kazinga channel to see wildlife such as crocodiles, hippos, monitor lizards, elephants and many water birds. Later return to the lodge for a night Night in Queen Elizabeth Meal plan;all meals provided.
Go for a short morning game drive in Kasenyi plains to look for lions, leopards, elephants etc and later transfer to Ishasha sector a southern part of queen Elizabeth park. Check in to the lodge, have lunch and you will have an evening game drive to see the tree climbing lions,and other wildlife. Night in Ishasha Meal plan: all meals provided
Early morning game drive to have more experience of the tree climbing lions,elephants,Toppis,buffaloes,Hyenas etc.return to the lodge for lunch as we prepare transfer to Bwindi national park through this you will have a glance to Kigezi hills and later to the lodge. Night in Bwindi Meal plan:all meals provided
Gorilla tracking Day and Transfer to Lake Bunyonyi The major highlight of your safari to the impenetrable forests of Bwindi. Embark into the once in a lifetime experience to find these amazing apes in their natural habitats. You will spend 1 hour with the gorillas after finding them . See them feeding ,playing and many other interesting facts about the gorillas . Later return for lunch at the lodge before transfer to lake Bunyonyi. Night at Lake bunyonyi
On this day after breakfast, you will explore the most beautiful lake in Uganda with many islands by canoeing and optional activities and this includes visiting different other many islands on the lake, see different birds and listen to them singing, spot fishing and community walks.Later return to the lodge for a night. Night at lake Bunyonyi Meal plan: all meals provided
Have breakfast in the morning and after transfer to Entebbe via mbarara road. Stop at the Equator where you can have coffee and take photos.And later drop off to Entebbe airport.

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