9 Days Magical Uganda Gorilla & Wildlife Safari Encounter

Upon arrival, you will be picked from the airport by our driver guide and transfer you to Kampala to your booked hotel accommodation, with a stunning view of the city, later check in to the hotel for dinner and overnight.

Accommodation: Cassia Lodge (mid-range hotel)

Meal Plan: Dinner

In the morning, you will set off on a relaxed drive through the verdant countryside to Kibale Forest NP with en route stops for sightseeing including the distant views of a number of tea plantations along the way. You will reach Kibale Forest NP in the afternoon, and check in for lunch in your booked accommodation. You will spend the rest of the afternoon at leisure. Dinner and Overnight at the lodge.

Accommodation: Chimpanzee Forest Guest House (mid-range lodge)

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

In the morning, you will set off to the park headquarters for briefing before going for Chimpanzee tracking, where you may encounter other primates like Vervet Monkeys, Blue Hoest Monkeys, Black and white colobus Monkeys among others.

The park is known as home of primates with 13 primate’s species including the famous chimpanzees. The trek takes roughly 2 – 4 hours, depending on the chimpanzee movement. One hour will be allocated to you, to have a wonderful interaction with the chimpanzees, as you take pictures and short videos, as your local guide explains to you all the biological background of the chimpanzee as you interact.

You will later return from trek and head for lunch, in the afternoon; go for a nature walk to the Bigodi wetland sanctuary for primate and bird viewing, the walk can take roughly 2 hours, to explore the hidden treasure of this swamp, with great chance to see a number of bird species and monkeys. Later drive to your lodge

Accommodation: Chimpanzee Forest Guest House. (Mid-range lodge)

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Have a relaxed morning breakfast, and drive to Queen Elizabeth with the beautiful view of the crater lakes, you will do a brief crater lakes tour around and later drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park, with a stopover at Equator for photography. Dinner and Overnight at the lodge.

Accommodation: Twin Lake Safari Lodge (Mid-range lodge)

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

After an early morning breakfast at 6:00 am, you will head in search of the morning hunters and grazers such as the buffalos, elephants, waterbucks, bushbucks, Uganda kobs, lions and a variety of bird species that you will encounter on your game ride and later head for lunch.

After lunch you will proceed for a boat cruise along the Kazinga channel to view the water dwelling birds and animals such as the pied kingfisher, African fish eagle, herons, darters to mention but a few and see animals such as buffalos, crocodiles, monitor lizards, elephants wallowing at the mad and much more. After boat cruise, you will proceed for a short game drive as you find your way back to lodge for dinner and overnight at the lodge.

Accommodation: Twin Lake Safari Lodge (Mid- range lodge).

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

After having a morning relaxed breakfast, you will check out of your lodge, visit the fishing village, around Kazinga channel, proceed to Ishasha, for tree climbing lion search, with a short game drive and later drive to Bwindi with a panoramic view along the way, with an en route lunch. Overnight and dinner at the lodge.

Accommodation: Rushaga Gorilla Haven Lodge (Mid – range lodge)

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Early morning, with packed lunch, you will go to the park headquarters for a briefing before embarking on the gorilla tracking adventure.

The gorilla trekking is always referred to as a lifetime moment, as it leaves with a great experience of meeting the gorillas face to face in the jungle. You will be given an hour upon finding the gorillas to take a great moment with them as you watch the juveniles swing from one tree branch to another.

You will return for lunch at the lodge, for lunch. In the afternoon, you will spend the evening at your leisure. Dinner and overnight at the lodge.

Accommodation: Rushaga Gorilla Haven Lodge (Mid – range lodge)

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

After having a relaxed morning breakfast, you will check out of the lodge and drive to Kisoro, at Lake Bunyonyi, for a wonderful boat/ canoe ride in this beautiful spectacular lake, having a number of beautiful islands, making it a birding paradise, with so many numerous bird species.
You will encounter the locals doing their daily fishing, using their canoes and fish nets. You will later proceed with a relaxing drive to Kigali, with an en route lunch. You will reach in Kigali, and visit the Kigali genocide museum before proceed to your hotel. Overnight and dinner at the hotel.

Accommodation: Chez Lando Hotel (Mid-range lodge),

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Finally, we hit our last day of the trip, which starts with breakfast at the hotel, depending on your flight time, airport drop off, hugs and greetings, full of the great tour will be exchanged, as we say bye bye, till we meet again. Greetings way back home, as we look forward to receiving your review and recommendations to family and friends. End of service!

Meal Plan: Breakfast & Lunch