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9-Day Uganda Gorilla and wildlife safari

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Duration

9 days 8 nights

Tour Type

Daily Tour

Group Size

Unlimited

Languages

English

TOUR OVERVIEW

This 9-Day Uganda Gorilla and wildlife safari will lead you to the best national park in Uganda including the Kibale Forest National Park, the Murchison falls national park including visiting the river Nile. River Nile is the second-longest river in the world and it divided Murchison falls National Park is to the south and the northern sectors. The sight and sound of the Nile River crashing down a 7-meter gorge before plummeting fourth meters in a deafening explosion is a remarkable assault on the senses. This national park will provide you with unforgettable game drives, a boat excursion, and breath-taking landscapes. The safari will continue to Kibale Forest National Park, the world’s monkey capital, for a walking safari in the wild to observe more primates, colourful birds, unusual flora, and magnificent volcanic scenery. This safari will take you to Queen Elizabeth National Park, where you will view a diverse range of wildlife, breath-taking landscapes, and a relaxing boat tour on the Kazinga Channel, where you will have excellent possibilities to watch water birds and animals lounging on the shores. The highlight of the Gorilla Trek Uganda & Wildlife Safari will be an encounter with the elusive Mountain Gorillas in the famous Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park, as well as an opportunity to interact with the former forest people, the Batwa, who lived in the forest before it was gazetted as a national park. Our 9-Day Uganda Gorilla and wildlife safari will start and end in Kampala which is Uganda’s largest and capital city.

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TOUR HIGHLIGHTS

  • Equator safari experience
  • Boat cruise on river Nile and Kazinga channel
  • Cultural encounters with the Batwa people
  • The Bigodi nature walks safaris
  • Tracking the rhinos at Ziwa rhino sanctuary
  • The game drives in Queen Elizabeth National Park and Queen Elizabeth National Park

Full Itinerary

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Day 1: Arrive at Entebbe International Airport and transfer to your hotel.
Day 1: Arrive at Entebbe International Airport and transfer to your hotel.

Once you have landed at Uganda's Entebbe international airport, you will be welcomed by our company guide who will lead you to your booked hotel in Kampala. This is the start of our 9-Day Uganda Gorilla and wildlife safari. If you have arrived early, you can do the Kampala city tour and later return to your lodge. You can stay at the Serena Hotel, Speke Resort, hostel, or Acadia Cottages and have the meals served on full board.

Day 2: Drive to Murchison falls National Park
Day 2: Drive to Murchison falls National Park

The 9-Day Uganda Gorilla and wildlife safari will begin with a visit to the Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary, where you will be able to trek the endangered white rhinos that have been reintroduced to this section of the country after being wiped out by poaching in the late 1970s. A one-and-a-half-hour walk is required to track white rhinos. After the Rhino hike, you'll travel to Murchison Falls National Park via Masindi Town, where you'll stop for lunch before arriving in the evening. It takes 7-9 hours to complete the journey. Dinner and overnight will be at the lodge where you made your reservation. Lodging options include the Fort Murchison, Paraa Safari Lodge, and Murchison River Lodge, among others.

Day 3: Early morning game drive and afternoon boat cruise
Day 3: Early morning game drive and afternoon boat cruise

A game drive will be conducted early in the Murchison Falls National Park. Starting early in the morning after breakfast, with incredible sightings of the different animals such as the giraffes, buffaloes, lions, shy sitatunga, hartebeest, bush duiker, Uganda kob, leopards, lions, hyenas, and primates such as chimpanzees and olive baboons, among others. Along the Nile's banks, you'll see crocodiles and hippos. The goliath heron, Egyptian geese, pelicans, bee-eaters, kingfishers, hornbills, cormorants, saddle-bill storks, and the uncommon shoebill stork are some of the more common birds that can be spotted. You'll return to your lodge for a late breakfast and some rest before departing in the afternoon for a boat cruise to the base of the falls on the Victoria Nile. You'll see hippos, crocodiles, waterbuck, and a variety of birds, including the uncommon shoebill stork, along the way. The boat comes to a halt just a few meters from the "Devil's Cauldron" so that photos of the stunning and majestic Murchison Falls can be shot. The booked lodges will include the Fort Murchison, Paraa Safari Lodge, and Murchison River Lodge, among others.

Day 4: Visit the top of the falls and drive to Kibale Forest National Park
Day 4: Visit the top of the falls and drive to Kibale Forest National Park

After breakfast, you will travel to the "top of the thunderous Murchison falls," where you will see the Nile River squeeze itself into a 7-meter gorge before tumbling 40 meters down in a thunderous explosion and flowing into a very peaceful river whose water banks are swarmed with a profusion of water and land animals, as well as birds. After that, you will depart the park and drive for about 7 hours to Kibale Forest National Park as you pass through the clear and fantastic trading centres with the local people doing their business. You will go and check into your lodge at Ndali, primate, Kibale forest camp, or Ruwenzori travellers’ lodge, with meals served on a full board basis.

Day 5: Chimpanzee tracking and Bigodi Forest walks
Day 5: Chimpanzee tracking and Bigodi Forest walks

Today, in the morning, you will wake up to the sound of the swinging birds, depending on the lodge where you have slept, and later, our driver will pick you up and drive you to the Kanyanchu Tourist Centre for the chimpanzee briefing. After the briefing, you will walk to the forest with the head guide for about 2–3 hours. This will allow you to see the primates and animals, including the species of birds, including different insects and butterflies that are found within the forest. You will return to your lodge after having the chimpanzee trekking experience for lunch, and afterward, go for the guided Bigodi walk where you will see a variety of birds, sitatunga animals, and monkey species to complete your chimpanzee trekking experience. The lodging options here include Ndali Lodge, Kibale Forest Camp, and Ruballika Safari Lodge, and the meals are served on a full board basis.

Day 6: Game drives in Queen Elizabeth National Park in the morning
Day 6: Game drives in Queen Elizabeth National Park in the morning

In the morning, after you have got your breakfast, you will go for the morning game drive, where you will have a chance to see a lot of animals, such as the warthog, the topis, leopards, buffaloes, waterbucks, giant forest hogs, the Uganda kobs, among others, and later you will go for the Ishasha tree-climbing lions before you return to your lodge for dinner and the overnight stay. You will still stay at Mweya safari lodge, Bush lodge, and Kazinga Channel View Lodge, and the meals are served on a full board basis.

Day 7: Tree-climbing lions and travel to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest.
Day 7: Tree-climbing lions and travel to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest.

After breakfast, take in the countryside scenery as you drive from Queen Elizabeth National Park to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park. You will have lunch on the way before you arrive at Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park. You will check into your lodge, have some relaxation, and drive to the community walks to see how the people engage in community activities. The lodges here include Community Rest Camp, Lake Mutanda Resort Camp, and Gorilla Mist Camp.

Day 8: Gorilla trekking and Batwa culture experience
Day 8: Gorilla trekking and Batwa culture experience

You will wake up in the morning ready to have your super-waiting experience of gorilla trekking. This experience starts early in the morning by moving to the park headquarters to join the other groups of tourists for the buying experience, and the briefing starts at around 7:45 a.m. After you have been briefed, the experience begins as you majestically walk into the jungles of the forest and start looking for the gorillas. You will journey with your safari guide through thick creepers and vegetation to view the gorillas, which could take anything from 1 to 8 hours. The densely forested picture is staggeringly dense, but it is confused by the many creature tracks that allow sightseers access. Before returning to your cabin, you will get one hour to spend with the gorillas after they have been located. If time allows, you'll go on one more guided local area tour to meet a traditional botanist and learn how he plans to use indigenous medicine to treat a variety of human ailments. After the gorilla trekking, you can still go and visit the local community and enjoy how they make the local tools and see how they make beer, or local brew, as they entertain you with all the local songs, which is very interesting. Later, you will return to your lodge and stay at the Gorilla resort Bwindi, Buhoma community rest camp, Mahogany Springs Lodge, or Buhoma lodge.

Day 9: Return to Kampala with en-route visit to the equator at Kayabwe
Day 9: Return to Kampala with en-route visit to the equator at Kayabwe

After breakfast, you will embark on your Safari journey back to Kampala, stopping at notable tourist sites along the way. You will arrive in the evening. A stopover at the Equator, where you may stand in two hemispheres at once and take photos, will be one of the highlights. You will arrive in Kampala late in the afternoon and be transported either to the airport for your departure flight or to the hotel of your choice for dinner and some well-deserved rest.

Included/Excluded

  • Game drives safaris
  • Bottled drinking water
  • The gorilla permit
  • Chimpanzee trekking permits
  • Accommodation for eight nights.
  • The English language guide
  • Pickup fees
  • Laundry
  • Tips and the local guides
  • Cigarettes
  • Personal insurance
  • International flights

Durations

9 days 8 nights

Languages

English

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