10-Day Uganda Gorilla and Primates Safari

On arrival at Uganda’s International Airport - Entebbe, you will be received by Fuga tours and travel professional guide/driver, and then be transferred to your hotel. Depending on your flight, you get an initiation of Uganda’s wildlife by getting an opportunity to catch a glimpse of Africa’s wildlife at Entebbe Zoo which was saved from captivity, including rhinos, lions, Zebras, crocodiles, giraffes, hyenas and many others.

You will travel to Murchison falls National Park and, on your way, you will have a stopover at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary for Rhino tracking. This is the only sanctuary for rhino tracking in Uganda. Continue with your journey to Murchison Falls National Park, later enjoy an evening game drive.

Spend the whole day in Murchison falls. After an early morning breakfast, you will start the day with an interesting game drive in the northern bank of the Nile. Stand high chances of seeing elephants, lions, giraffes, hartebeest and diverse bird species. Back to the lodge for lunch, then go for thrilling boat cruise in the afternoon as part of your safari. It will offer you an opportunity for game viewing alongside Aqua mammals.

Enjoy a relaxed breakfast before being transferred to Kibale forest, driving and passing through a green countryside, traditional homesteads and farms along Albertine Rift escarpments. Keep your eyes out and enjoy a thrilling view of green plains as you drive to the Park. It is about 7- 8 hours to arrive the park.

Have breakfast at the lodge before conducting a chimpanzee tracking walk in Kibale Forest. The forest is sound for having the greatest number of chimpanzees in the country and East Africa alongside other primates. While tracking these habituated chimpanzees, you will come across other primates including the white colobus monkeys. In the afternoon, transfer to Bigodi swamp well-known for its unique bird species.

Wake up and take a relaxed breakfast, then transfer to the Queen Elizabeth National park. You will peacefully be driven to the park towards the south passing via the Crater Lake area. Appreciate the beautiful landscape with hills. Relax as you appreciate the breathtaking atmosphere at the park before going for an evening Game drive. Return the lodge for dinner and overnight.

Have a cup of coffee or tea then go for an early morning game drive to the Kob mating area in Kasenyi. Expect to see elephants, buffaloes, lions and other fauna in their natural habitat. Return to the lodge for lunch. In the afternoon, go for an exciting boat cruise along the Kazinga channel. A good percentage of wildlife is found along this channel including buffalos, hippos and elephants.

After an early morning breakfast you will pass via the Ishasha area and view the tree climbing lions as you drive towards Bwindi. This journey takes 3-4 hours but if you decide to first view the tree-climbing lions of Ishasha. Later checkin the lodge for dinner and overnight.

This is the most interesting part of your safari. It is a very unique and memorable walk, through the muddy and steep environments within the park before you meet any gorilla. It will take you a whole day tracking these great apes. It will be rewarding when you observe these rare apes. Spend some time with them and take some photographs as you view their way of life.

Wake up not so early since you will not be having any activity take a last jungle morning breakfast and Enjoy a scenic drive from Bwindi to Kampala via Uganda Equator for photography and no more about how equator passes through Uganda with lunch en-route. The journey takes you 8- 10 hours, depending on the time of your Air transfer you will be transferred to the airport for your outbound Air transfer back home. That will mark the end your 10-Day Uganda Gorilla and Primates Safari.