7 Days Primates and Wildlife Safari
This 7 Days Primates and Wildlife Safari will start and end in Entebbe or Kampala, Uganda’s capital. Major activities involved include; game drives, boat cruises, hiking and chimpanzee trekking in Kibale. The main tourist destinations are Kibale and Bwidi Impenetrable National Park. Kibale is commonly known as a home for chimps and other 12 primate species like the black and white Colobus monkeys, olive monkeys, and vervet monkeys among others. Wind up with gorilla trekking in Bwindi.
Day 1: Depart for Murchison Falls National Park
After your early breakfast, your driver/guide will meet you in Kampala at the hotel. Thereafter, drive Northwest of Uganda to Murchison Falls National Park. Visit Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary first. It was established to protect rhinos in Uganda since they were becoming extinct. There you will find both black and white rhinos. Please note that entry fees at the sanctuary go for US$40 per person. Later, you will have another stopover in Masindi for lunch as you proceed to the park. On reaching the park, check in at the lodge. Relax in the evening and have dinner.
Day 2: Morning Game drive, Boat Cruise and Hike
Enjoy your early morning breakfast, and later proceed to the park for the morning game drive. During the drive, you will have a chance to see various wildlife such as elephants, hartebeests, buffaloes, warthogs, lions, hyenas, waterbucks, birds among others. After the game drive, head back to the lodge for lunch. Thereafter, head for the afternoon boat safari at 2:00 pm on the Nile River. While on the boat, you will be in line to see various birds such as the shoe bill, coloured kingfishers, and other animals along the banks such as crocodiles, hippos and elephants. This boat cruise takes you close to Murchison Falls, where you will have a great view of the magnificent falls.
Thereafter, proceed to the top of the falls, for more exciting and clear views of the waterfalls and the landscape around. In order to see these falls clearly, one needs to hike to the top. Later, you will be picked up by your driver, cross the ferry and head back to the lodge for dinner.
Day 3: Transfer to Kibale National Park
Enjoy your breakfast and later start off your journey to Kibale National Park, the home of 13 primates such as chimpanzees, red-tiled monkeys and grey-cheeked mangabeys. Along the way, you will enjoy various amazing views of Albertine Rift Valley escarpments in the countryside. All this is seen while passing through Hoima as you head to Fort Portal. Have lunch in Masindi and proceed to Kibale National Park. When you reach the park, check-in at the lodge, unwind and have dinner.
Day 4: Chimpanzee Tracking and Bigodi Swamp Walk in Kibale National Park
We will, after breakfast, head to Kibale Forest with our packed lunch to view the primates. The activity begins at 8.00 am with a briefing on the rules for trekking the chimpanzees. Afterwards, you’ll set off to search for them in the forest. You will see other primates such as grey-cheeked mangabeys, phoestes, Red-Colobus and the blue-tailed and red-tailed monkeys swinging in the branches of this thick forest. Kibale Forest National Park, boasts the highest number of primate species in the world, including chimpanzees. 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. Afterwards, get back to your respective hotel for lunch. Post lunch you will be taken for a Bigodi Wetland Sanctuary walk. It’s located outside the park in Magombe Swamp. Dinner and an overnight stay are at the camp.
Day 5: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
After breakfast, transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is a big habitat for mountain gorillas in Uganda. It harbours an estimated 400 mountain gorillas—roughly half of the world’s population, including several habituated groups which can be tracked. Its mist-covered hillsides are blanketed by one of Uganda’s oldest and most biologically diverse rainforests, which dates back over 25,000 years and contains almost 400 species of plants. With a strenuous day ahead, you will check into your accommodation, and relax as you prepare for the Bwindi gorilla trekking experience the following day. Dinner and your overnight accommodation will be provided at the lodge.
Day 6: Gorilla Trek and Transfer to Lake Bunyonyi
After breakfast, proceed to the park headquarter to be briefed about the gorilla tracking before going into the verdant forest led by the rangers. In case you are fortunate, it makes take you about 2 hours or even less to see the amazing Bwindi giants. The experience of coming face to face with these peaceful primates is very overwhelming. Head back to the lodge where you will have lunch after tracking the gorillas and transfer to Lake Bunyonyi. The drive will be through a beautiful part of the country often referred to as ‘the Switzerland of Africa’ because of its unique cool weather despite being near the Equator. This lake is said to be one of the most beautiful places in western Uganda. It is the second deepest lake in Africa [900 meters deep] and also one of the few places in the country where it is considered safe to swim as it is bilharzia free. Dinner and overnight will be at the resort.
Day 7: Boat Ride and Transfer Back to Entebbe
After breakfast, you will take a boat ride around this lake. Tour the landscape around this lake which 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. After the boat ride, you will be transferred back to Entebbe with lunch en route.
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