This primate Uganda safari gives you 10 days viewing and learning more about primates in Uganda and also gifts you with an adventure in the wild getting to see a vast number of wild animals. Boarders and game parks are soon opening and once again we shall be back. Book with Gracious Tours and Travel
Of recent we lost a gorilla in Rushaga, a silver back called Rafiki, take an adventure and safari to Bwindi. Visit its Home and see how it lived.
12 DAYS UGANDA PRIMATE SAFARI
Tour highlights
Day 1: Arrival at Entebbe airport- Entebbe town
Day2: transfer from Kampala-Bwindi Impenetrable National park
Day 3: gorilla Trekking-Bwindi Impenetrable National park
Day 4: Bwindi Impenetrable National park- Queen Elizabeth National park
Day 5: chimp trekking and boat cruisea
Day6: Queen Elizabeth National park-kibale National park
Day 7: chimpanzee trekking-kibale National park
Day8: kibale National Park-Murchison falls National park (boat cruise)
Day 9: chimpanzee Trekking-Murchison falls National park
Day 10: Murchison falls National park- Kampala
Day 11: chimp trekking-Ngamba Island sanctuary
Day12: Entebbe town- Entebbe airport
Day 1: Arrival at Entebbe airport – Entebbe town
On your arrival at the airport, you will be welcomed by our English-speaking driver guide and later you will be transferred to your reserved hotel in Entebbe. Meal plan(B/B)
Accommodation options
Luxury; Protea hotel, Imperial resort hotel
Midrange; Boma hotel, karibu guest house
Budget; sunset hotel, airport guest house
Day2: transfer from Kampala – Bwindi Impenetrable National park
On this day, you will set off from Kampala at 7 am immediately after your breakfast for the approximately 8 hours’ journey. Drive to the Southwestern part of Uganda to Bwindi. This journey will be incredible as you will be seeing various things on the way such as banana and coffee plantations, long horned cattle, rolling hills. You will have a stop in Mbarara town after which you will embark on the road through the terraced Kigezi highlands, later arrive at Bwindi Impenetrable National park. Enjoy Dinner and Overnight. Meal plan (H/B
Accommodation options
Luxury; Buhoma lodge, chameleon hill lodge
Midrange; silver back lodge, trekkers tavern cottages
Budget; Broad bill forest camp, Gorilla backpackers camp.
Day3: Gorilla Trekking-Bwindi Impenetrable National park
After early breakfast, you will gather at the park headquarters of buhoma for briefing with your lunch boxes and water, put your boots on and grab a sturdy walking stick, today is a once in a lifetime experience. Gorilla tracking! It is one of the best Ugandan travel experiences you can have. You will be hiking up in the mountains which can take between 2 to 8 hours depending on how far the Gorillas are. It’s a memorable and breathtaking moment watching the gorillas do their day today activities like feeding and playing, take photos with these endangered species and later return to the hotel for relaxation, dinner and overnight. Meal plan(F/B)
Accommodation options
Luxury: Buhoma lodge, chameleon hill road
Midrange: silver back lodge, trekkers tavern cottages lodge
Budget: Gorilla backpackers camp
Day 4: Bwindi Impenetrable National Park-Queen Elizabeth National park
Awaken to a fine day ready to transfer from Bwindi Impenetrable National park to Queen Elizabeth National park. Its approximately a 4-5 hours’ drive from Bwindi to queen Elizabeth via kihihi-kabunga road. You will enter the park through the southern sector called Ishasha where you will do a game drive and spot tree climbing lions on sycamore fig trees lying in wait for their prey check in to the reserved accommodation for dinner and overnight. Meal plan(H/B)
Accommodation options
Luxury: Ishasha wilderness camp
Midrange: Ishasha jungle lodge
Budget: Gorilla back packers camp
Day 5: chimp trekking and boat cruise- Queen Elizabeth National park
After your breakfast, drive to Kyambura gorge for a briefing about tracking chimpanzees. You will get a ranger who will guide you through the jungle as you search for these chimpanzees, an exercise which might take you 1-3 hours. More to the Chimpanzees, you will meet lots of other primates like the monkeys; there will be lots of bird species and so many types of tree species. By midday, you will be done, return back to the lodge for lunch thereafter take a 2-hour launch cruise on the Kazinga channel. This waterway joins Lakes Edward and George and it is filled with schools of hippos, buffaloes with elephants at the banks. You are likely to meet grazing hippos, elephants, lions, spotted hyenas and leopards, bushbuck, waterbuck and stripped jackal and of-course the several warthogs. After the launch cruise return to the lodge. Dinner and overnight at your lodge. Meal plan (H/B)
Accommodation options
Luxury; Mweya safari lodge, kyambura game lodge.
Midrange; katara lodge, bush lodge.
Budget; Simba safari camp, Engiri buffaloes resort
Day 6: Queen Elizabeth National park-kibale National park
Take your breakfast in the morning. This day being your last in Queen Elizabeth, you may opt for a morning game drive in the Kasenyi trail where you will have a chance to see animals such as the lions, warthogs, elephants, topis, buffaloes among others, also during this morning you will observe a number of different bird species. Thereafter head to kibale national park and check in to the reserved accommodation for lunch. Later in the evening you shall transfer to the Bigodi Wetlands, situated on the eastern edge of the forest. There you shall take a light walk in the Bigodi wetlands to observe plenty of wildlife including birds and many monkey species. Return in the evening for dinner and overnight at the lodge. (meal plan (H/B)
Accommodation options
Luxury; kyaninga lodge, papaya lodge
Midrange; kibale forest camp, kibale safari cottage
Budget; kyotera safari lodge, cvk camp
Day 7: Gorilla trekking-kibale National park
After early breakfast, you will transfer to the park offices to meet the ranger guides with your lunch boxes for pre-trek briefing after which you will set off to trek into forest to track a community of Chimpanzees. Up to 3 large communities of Chimpanzees have been habituated for the tracking adventure. You will locate the Chimps without so much straining since the territory of each of Chimp community is known before hand by advance trackers. While you trek through the forest you will observe plenty of other community is known before hand by advance trackers. While you trek through the forest you will observe plenty of other wildlife. Other primates which you may spot include Red Colobus Monkey, L’Hoest Monkey, Grey-cheeked Mangabey, and Vervet Monkeys. The bird lovers spot many forest specials from a total of 335 bird species recorded in the forest. The Chimps which will be swinging through trees with so much speed, pant hooting, slapping the tree barks and screaming to locate each other. It is an adrenaline giving atmosphere and a memorable experience. You will then return to the lodge for lunch and relaxation. Meal plan(F/B)
Accommodation options
Luxury; kyaninga lodge, papaya lodge
Midrange; kibale forest camp, kibale safari cottage
Budget; kyotera safari lodge, cvk camp
Day 8: kibale-Murchison falls National park
After morning breakfast at around 6:00am, head northwards to Murchison falls national park, check in to the selected hotel for lunch and the evening go for a boat cruise on the Nile river and expect to see aquatic species like the hippos, crocodiles and elephants on the river banks and the magnificent Murchison falls. Return to the hotel for dinner and overnight . meal plan(H/B)
Accommodation options
Luxury: paraa safari lodge, Bakers lodge, chobe. safari lodge
Midrange: Murchison river lodge, heritage lodge, pakuba.
Budget: Red chilli camp, yebo safari camp, fort Murchison
Day 9: chimpanzee Trekking-Murchison falls National park
After your breakfast, you will drive approximately 1-2 hours southward to Budongo Forest with your lunch boxes. At Budongo forest, you will do chimpanzee trekking either in the morning or afternoon depending on your choice and availability of chimpanzee permits. Before your chimpanzee trek, you will be briefed by your ranger guide of the day about the dos and don’ts while with chimpanzees and then set off to the forest to look for our closest relatives. As you track you will be guided by the ranger guides who are skilled and knowledgeable about these primates, during this you will also be able to see various tree species like the mahogany, monkeys like vervet, olive monkeys, snakes and birds can also be spotted. Trekking can take a long time sometimes but it is always worth it, being a great experience and time watching these primates. Later return back to the lodge for dinner and overnight. Meal plan (F/B)
Accommodation options
Luxury: paraa safari lodge, Bakers lodge, chobe safari lodge
Midrange: Murchison river lodge, Heritage lodge, pakuba.
Budget: Red chilli camp, yebo safari camp, fort Murchison
Day 10 of primate Uganda Safari: Murchison falls National park- Kampala
Wake up at 6am prepared to take photography on the African rising sun in the morning and enjoy African breakfast, continue to your ferry crossing, after crossing, visit the ziwa rhino sanctuary for white rhino trekking. enjoy your lunch on the way either from Masindi or Luwero, then proceed to your hotel in Kampala for relaxation dinner and overnight. Meal plan (H/B).
Accommodation options
Luxury; pearl of Africa hotel, Sheraton hotel
Midrange; Hotel Africana, Golf course hotel
Budget; Dolphin suites, Hotel sojovalo
Day 11: chimp trekking- Ngamba Island sanctuary
After breakfast, transfer to Entebbe, you will then be given a short briefing and finalizing the arrangements before being taken in Entebbe for boat ride to Ngamba Island Home of the 39 Chimpanzees. Up on arrival at the island we will receive a briefing from the technical team that handles the chimps through treatment process, feeding and the places where they are kept which gives a thrilling experience while watching them play and feeding as you take remarkable photos for a lifetime. The walk with the chimps is quite a unique experience and its limited to 3 people maximum at one time. Have lunch then drive back to Entebbe and check in to the reserved lodge. Meal plan(F/B)
Accommodation options
Luxury: Imperial resort hotel, protea hotel
Midrange: Boma hotel, karibu guest house
Budget: Airport guest house, sunset hotel.
Day 12: Entebbe Town-Entebbe airport
Embark on a drive back to Entebbe airport for a departure flight.
End of primate Uganda safari
Tour inclusions
Transportation in a 4×4 safari vehicle
Services of an expert English driver guide
Accommodation and all meals as per itinerary
Chimp permits
Gorilla permits
Park entry
Boat cruise
Ferry crossing
Airport transfers
Bottled drinking water
Tour exclusions
Visa fees
International flights
Optional activities
Tips given to staff
Personal insurance
