Travel with your private party on this tailor-made journey, departing when you choose and with an expert local guide leading the way, you can even customize the itinerary to your interests. Venture forth on an independent journey to see habituated chimpanzees at Kibale national park, glimpse tree- climbing lions at Queen Elizabeth national park and track endangered mountain gorillas in Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable national park.
Today, our driver guide will pick you up and you will go on a long but rewarding journey to Kibale National Park, Western Uganda. The park has a protective moist evergreen rainforest and is famously known for being a home to chimpanzees. You will arrive in time for lunch after which you will check into your accommodation. Take your time to relax from the long journey as you enjoy the beautiful surrounding views. It is at this accommodation that you will have dinner and an overnight stay too.
Meal Plan: Lunch and Dinner
Today after having breakfast, you will embark on the chimpanzee trekking activity. These primates share 97% of man’s DNA and are referred to as man’s closest relatives. The trek starts with a briefing from your ranger guide about your chimpanzee trek. You will then head into the forest after briefing to locate the chimpanzees. After locating the chimpanzees, you are allowed to have one hour with them. You will the return to the lodge for lunch and in the afternoon, you will take on the Bigodi community walk which will allow you visit different homesteads and participate in beer brewing, learn about the process of making coffee, listen to the medicine man and visit the wetland for sighting of different bird and monkey species.
Today you will transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park. Check into your accommodation, have dinner and an overnight stay at your reserved accommodation.
After an early morning breakfast, you will go on a morning game drive through the Kasenyi Plains. It is here that you might stumble across several wildlife species such as elephants, antelopes, warthogs. You will have lunch and thereafter go on a two-hour boat cruise along the Kazinga Channel. This channel is one that divides Lake George from Lake Edward. As you enjoy the cool lake breeze, look out for hippos, crocodiles, buffaloes, and different bird species. You will then return to the lodge for dinner and an overnight stay.
Enjoy your early morning breakfast and drive to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Southwestern Uganda. The journey is a thrilling one as you go through the rolling and terraced hills of the Switzerland of Uganda, Kampala. The park is located at the edge of the Albertine Rift and is well known as the home to the gentle giants, the Mountain Gorillas. It is also known for its primeval forest that harbors the 400 mountain gorillas and other primates. You will check into your accommodation.
After having an early morning breakfast, our driver guide will drive you to Ruhiga Park Headquarters where you will meet your ranger guide for briefing on the dos and don’ts while out in the forest. It is after this briefing that you will head into the forest for the trek. The trek can take between 30minutes to 7 hours depending on where the gorilla family is situated. Once you have located a family, you will be allowed 1 hour with them observing their behavior and taking photographs. You will then return to your lodge for lunch and relaxation, dinner, and overnight stay.
Having lunch enroute, our driver guide will drive you back to Kampala and drop you off at the hotel where you will be accommodated for your overnight stay.
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