7 Days Uganda Primates and Wildlife Safari

Early morning, after breakfast and with your packed lunch you will report to the park headquarters at 7:45 am. Here you will  have registration and join other trackers in a briefing about the dos and the don’ts during your gorilla trekking in Uganda’s Bwindi Forest. You will trek through thick creepers and undergrowth with your guides to find the gorillas, which can take you half an hour to three-quarters of the day. The steeply forested landscape is incredibly dense but crisscrossed by numerous animal trails allowing access to tourists. It is an extraordinary feeling being with these beautiful yet endangered creatures.

Have breakfast early in the morning then proceed for golden monkey tracking in Mgahinga, another exciting moment. Prior to meeting the golden monkeys, you will see other primates, fauna and flora. Finally, get face to face with the beautiful golden monkeys. You will see them play as they jump from one branch of the tree to the other; all this will be amazing and memorable for your safari.

After breakfast, embark on the journey to Queen Elizabeth National Park. The drive will take you through the Ishasha sector arriving at Queen Elizabeth National Park. You will have a game drive en route when you might spot wildlife along the way as you transfer to the park headquarters. Watch out for tree-climbing lions in the Ishasha sector, before heading to your accommodation for dinner and overnight.

After breakfast, embark on a morning game drive, which will take you through parts of Queen Elizabeth National Park. In the afternoon you will go for a boat ride on the Kazinga channel that connects lakes Edward and George. The launch cruise will reward you with a game like hippos, elephants, buffaloes and birds at the shores. Afterwards we transfer you to Kibale National Park.

You will, after breakfast, head to Kibale Forest to view the primates. The activity begins at 8.00 am with a briefing on the rules for Uganda chimpanzee trekking, after which you set off to search for them in the forest. The adventure takes half a day and along the way you will see other Uganda primates such as grey cheeked mangabeys, red-colobus and blue-tailed and red-tailed monkeys, swinging in the branches of this thick forest. Your guide will give you informative briefings on the lifestyles of the primates you will be coming across and on the plants as well as on the insects and butterflies in this forest to ensure that the trek is not only enjoyable but informative as well. You will return to the lodge for lunch after the afternoon you will go for a Bigodi swamp walk.

After morning breakfast, you will drive back to Kigali International Airport for your flight out late in the evening.