No | 1 pax | 2 pax | 3 pax | 4 pax | 5 pax | 6 pax |
Price/PP | $3150 | $2439 | $2277 | $2141 | $2103 | $2041 |
Day 2: Chimpanzee tracking experience and a night walk
Day 3: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National park, Boat cruise in the afternoon and evening game drive
Day 4: Transfer to the southern sector of Queen Elizabeth for tree lions and in the evening move to Bwindi
Day 5: Gorilla Tracking and Batwa community visit
Day 6: Golden Monkey Tracking and later transfer to Lake Bunyonyi with an Evening swimming
Day 7: Transfer back to Kampala with a stopover at the Equator
More primates like black and white colobus monkeys, L’Hoest monkeys, bush babies, pottos and many bird species like the yellow spotted nicator, green breasted pitta, the crowned eagle, black bee eater & mammals like elephants can be seen in this walk.
Early morning after breakfast we continue driving through the undulating highlands of south-western Uganda on our way to the greener and beautiful Fort Portal area. The lush rolling hills of this region provide good photo opportunities.
As you approach Fort Portal in the foothills of the Rwenzori Mountains, you enter Uganda's famous tea plantation region.
In the afternoon we visit a nearby forest swamp that is excellent for viewing primates and other forest animals. At the eastern edge of Kibale forest is Bigodi Wetland Sanctuary which is maintained by the local community. Expect to see different birds & animals.
Budget: Chimpanzee forest guesthouse
Moderate: Primate lodge and Kyaninga lodge
Luxury: Ndali lodge and Papaya lodge
Assemble at Kanyankyu River camp at 08:00 hours to go for the most popular activity in this park which is chimpanzee tracking.
Chimpanzees are man’s closest cousins though they are one of the most threatened primate species. More primates like black and white colobus monkeys, L’Hoest monkeys, grey-cheeked mangabey, red-tailed monkeys, bush babies, pottos and many bird species and mammals like elephants can be seen in this walk.
Kibale National park is inhabited by three large communities of chimps, each numbering more than 100 individuals. Each community has a complicated social structure.
Typically, we locate the chimps by listening for their pant-hooting calls, then hustle to the area from which they are calling. We get to observe them as they feed in fruiting trees, lounge, and socialise with each other, or even, occasionally hunt.
Budget: Chimpanzee forest guesthouse
Moderate: Primate lodge and Kyaninga lodge
Luxury: Ndali lodge and Papaya lodge
Drive to Queen Elizabeth national park, later in the afternoon we go for a launch trip along the Kazinga Channel. This gives you the opportunity to view wildlife up close: hippos huff and spray at a mere feet away from the boat, buffalo linger in the shallows. The shores of the channel are also home to an array of birds including pink backed pelicans, pied and malachite kingfishers, saddle billed stork and many others evening game drive sundown safari).
Budget: Bush lodge and Simba safari lodge
Moderate: Twinlakes safari lodge and Ihamba safari lodge
Luxury: Mweya safari lodge and Kataara game lodge
Early Morning set off to the southern sector of queen Elizabeth National park and have lunch at your lodge and In the afternoon you will proceed to Ishasha Sector. Drive along the deep and wide dry craters that are occupied by savanna grasses and acacia.
The drive takes you through the unique western rift valley escarpment and the (southern part of Queen Elizabeth National Park) Ishasha sector where you will search of tree climbing lions in the afternoon and evening. And late in the day head to Bwindi Impenatrable national park to prepare for the following day gorilla tracking experience.
Budget: Bush lodge and Simba safari lodge
Moderate: Twinlakes safari lodge and Ihamba safari lodge
Luxury: Mweya safari lodge and Kataara game lodge
After breakfast, proceed for the morning briefing before enjoying the highlight of the trip - gorilla trekking, which may last the entire day. We trek through the rain-forest and bamboo covered slopes, accompanied by a guide and trackers, in search of a mountain gorilla family.
Gorilla trekking is unpredictable. It's difficult to foresee how many hours you will hike. The gorilla excursion can take from 2 up to 8 hours. Expect to walk along distance in steep and muddy conditions, sometimes with rain overhead, before you encounter any gorillas. A good physical condition is recommended. For conservation purposes, time spent with the gorillas is limited to one hour. A ranger will brief you on how to behave with the gorillas. Later in the evening go for the Batwa community visit, then dinner and overnight at
Budget: Buhoma community rest camp and Nshongi gorilla lodge
Moderate: Ichumbi gorilla lodge and Gift of nature
Luxury: Mahogany spring and Lake Mulehe safari lodge
After an early breakfast set off to the Mgahinga national park for the golden monkey tracking experience. The monkeys are primarily to be found in the bamboo forest that skirts the lower slopes of the volcanoes. The monkeys are very active in the canopy of the bamboo where your guides mimic their calls to follow the group.
Characterized by its bright golden body, cheeks & tail, with contrasting black limbs, crown & tail end, these playful primates are a pleasure to watch.
There after you have the canoe trek and have a chance depending on the weather you can also go swimming on one of the best and deepest lake, Lake Bunyonyi.
Budget: Buhoma community rest camp and Nshongi gorilla lodge
Moderate: Ichumbi gorilla lodge and Gift of nature
Luxury: Mahogany spring and Lake Mulehe safari lodge
Early breakfast before embarking on our return to Kampala, driving down the grassed and terraced escarpments of southwestern Uganda while taking in the breathtaking sights of the hills of the region dubbed ‘the little Switzerland of Africa’.
This area is a highly fertile, mountainous region with steep sided hills covered from top to bottom in neatly terraced cultivated rows. Not to miss as we traverse Mbarara are the impressing longhorn Ankole cattle.
A remarkable highlight of this journey is the Equator line and surely you will cross it as we have a brief stop here. We will be in Kampala in the evening before for your flight back home.