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9-Day Uganda wildlife safari vacation

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Duration

9 days 8 nights

Tour Type

Daily Tour

Group Size

Unlimited

Languages

English

TOUR OVERVIEW

This is one of the attractive safaris that will take you to Kibale Forest national park in south-western Uganda for chimpanzee trekking and nature walks, then to Queen Elizabeth National Park for a boat cruise and wildlife safari. This park provides a conducive environment for visitors who are interested in taking boat cruise safaris. Still, our 9-day Uganda wildlife holiday safari adventure will take you to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park, which is the home of the endangered mountain gorillas. Half of the endangered mountain gorillas in the wild are staying in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park. You will also engage in basic cultural encounters in the communities around the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park and learn more from them about what they are involved in. This will make your safari an interesting one.

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TOUR HIGHLIGHTS

  • Kibale chimpanzee tracking
  • Safari game drives in Queen Elizabeth National Park
  • A boat cruise in Queen Elizabeth National Park
  • Gorilla trekking in Bwindi
  • Batwa Cultural Experience

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 wildlife holiday safari adventure. 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: Transfer to Kibale Forest National Park
Day 2: Transfer to Kibale Forest National Park

In the morning, you will be transferred to Kibale Forest National Park by our safari guide from your hotel after breakfast. You will have a stopover in Fort Portal, the tourist city, before you head to Kibale Forest National Park. The drive takes about four to five hours. Once you have checked into your lodge, you can relax and visit the crater lakes or community tour as you prepare for your next morning activity. You will return to the lodge after the evening walk for dinner and overnight. 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 3: Chimpanzee tracking in Kibale Forest National Park
Day 3: Chimpanzee tracking in Kibale Forest National Park

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 Center 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 4: Kibale Forest to Queen Elizabeth National Park
Day 4: Kibale Forest to Queen Elizabeth National Park

Still, with our safari driver guide, you will drive from Kibale Forest to Queen Elizabeth National Park, passing through management crater lakes. You will arrive at the park in the afternoon for lunch at your lodge, and later join the Kazinga channel boat cruise, where you will be ushered in to see a variety of bird species and several animals that can be seen on the channel. On the boat cruise, you will see that the Kazinga channel has got the highest concentration of hippos in the whole world, and you will get the best chance for bird watching and game drive safaris. After that, you will drive back to your lodge, and here you can stay at Mweya safari lodge, bush lodge, or Kazinga channel view lodge, and the meals are served on a full board basis.

Day 5: Game drives in Queen Elizabeth National Park in the morning
Day 5: 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 6: Leave Queen Elizabeth National Park and travel to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest.
Day 6: Leave Queen Elizabeth National Park 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 7: Gorilla trekking in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park
Day 7: Gorilla trekking in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park

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 counselors 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 8: Travel from Bwindi to Jinja to see the source of the Nile.
Day 8: Travel from Bwindi to Jinja to see the source of the Nile.

Visitors will have to wake up early and start the long journey from Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park to Jinja. The journey is long but with a lot of interesting scenes and fabulous stopovers, including stopping at the equator for photo moments, and you will arrive in Jinja, the tourist city, in the afternoon and check into one of your booked lodges, including Friends Guest House, Jinja Nile Resort, Bikon Hotel, or Hotel Triangle, with all food provided on a full board basis.

Day 9: Explore Jinja on an adventure tour.
Day 9: Explore Jinja on an adventure tour.

After breakfast, you will travel to the Nile River's source and participate in the famed brave exercises at the nearby Bujagali Falls. Whitewater rafting, stream sailing, horseback riding, mountain trekking, quad trekking, and bungee jumping are all options. After that, your Uganda Wildlife Holiday Adventure safari driver will drive you back to Kampala so that you may catch your late-air flight or retire to an inn of your choosing for a well-deserved rest.

Included/Excluded

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

Durations

9 days 8 nights

Languages

English

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