Uganda Gorilla Trekking Safari

Gorilla and Chimp 8-day Classic Ugandan Safari

8 Days 7 Nights

From US$5 100 per person sharing Excludes US$ 800 Gorilla Permit

But undoubtedly the Chimp tracking is the ultimate experience in Kibale National Park which contains one of the most beautiful and varying tracts of tropical forest in the whole of Uganda. Home to 13 species of primate including chimpanzees.

Then another highlight is Bwindi Impenetrable National Park home of the magnificent mountain Gorillas best known for gorilla tracking which also provides refuge to elephants, chimpanzees, monkeys and various small antelopes, as well as 23 bird species restricted to the Albertine.

Trekking the Mountain Gorilla is one of the most exciting wildlife experiences on earth. The trek will take between 2 – 6 hours and well worth the effort. Led by an experienced ranger with interesting facts about flora and fauna and the lifestyle of the Gorillas.

Itinerary

Highlights – Gorilla and Chimp trekking, game drives and boat ride

Included:

  • Safari starts and ends in Entebbe – Uganda The Pearl of Africa
  • 7 nights with meals in lodges on Bed & Breakfast + Full Board
  • In cases where warm lunches are not provided, you shall have packed lunch
  • One way flight from Murchison Falls
  • One way flight Kihihi Airstrip – Entebbe Airport
  • A professional and experienced English -speaking former ranger Guide.
  • English speaking Tour guide
  • Transportation in state of the art 4 x 4 Land cruiser Jeeps with pop up roof
  • All Entrance fees and game drive fees, all relevant government tax.
  • All activities
  • Mineral Water while on the tour

After breakfast, your safari begins after an overnight at a hotel in Entebbe. Driving through Kampala, you proceed to Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary. Here you shall have a walking Safari to the Southern Park to trek White Rhinos that have been re-introduced in Uganda. In the afternoon you will drive to the legendary Murchison Falls

Enjoy a bush breakfast and a game drive. This is a beautiful drive across savannah, Borassus Palm Forest and grassland down to Lake Albert where the Albert Nile heads north.  Drive in the open African savanna in search for Lions, Leopard, Hyena, Buffalo, Elephant, Jackson Hartebeest. Oribi, Waterbucks, Uganda Kobs, and enjoy spotting various Bird species such as the Secretary Bird, Black Chested Snake Eagle, Tawny and Marshal Eagles Carmine and Swallow Tailed Bee-Eaters and many more. In the afternoon, go for a boat ride up the Nile, to Murchison falls, whence the park derives its name. Enjoy these spectacular falls where the Nile squeezes through a 7 meter gap and at the bottom you will see huge Nile Crocodiles basking.

  • Drive to top of the falls and along the way you will pass many tea plantations. Kibale National Park is a national park in Western Uganda protecting moist evergreen rain forest
  • One-way flight Murchison Falls NP – Kasese Airstrip

Today is your time to track the chimpanzees a wonderful forest experience never to be forgotten. Kibale’s 795km2 National Park contains one of the most beautiful and varying tracts of tropical forest in the whole of Uganda. Home to 13 species of primate including chimpanzees. The park’s highest point is at 1590m above sea level. A visit to Queen Elisabeth National Park to enjoy a game drive on your way in. Named after her Majesty the Queen of England, Uganda’s most popular and most scenic game reserve, incorporating a wide variety of habitats that range from savanna and wetlands and lowland forest. A scenic evening boat ride on Kazinga Channel

Depart for Bwindi National park in the morning on your way take a game drive in Ishasha Sector where the tree climbing lions are found. You will have lunch at Ishasha Wilderness Camp then continue to the home of the mountain Gorillas, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park best known for Gorilla Tracking, but also provides refuge to elephants, chimpanzees, monkeys and various small antelopes, as well as 23 bird species restricted to the Albertine.

This morning is an early start for the gorilla trekking with a primate expert. Trekking the Mountain Gorilla is one of the most exciting wildlife experiences on earth. The trek will take between 2 – 6 hours and worth every effort. You will be led by an experienced ranger who will tell you interesting facts about flora and fauna and the lifestyle of the Gorillas.

In the Afternoon, you will drive to Kihihi Airstrip and fly back to Entebbe enjoying the beautiful aerial view of south western Uganda, the hills and thick vegetation as well as the farming practiced by the locals. Afterwards you will arrive at the Airport and catch a flight back home.

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