7 Day Uganda Wildlife & Primate Safari Adventure focused on wildlife viewing in Murchison Falls, chimpanzees Kibale and gorillas in Bwindi typically include Queen Elizabeth National Park for wildlife viewing (tree climbing lions). This type of safari offers a blend of primate encounters, diverse wildlife sightings and breathtaking scenery.
Day 1: Kampala or Entebbe to Murchison Falls National Park.
Our Uganda tourist guide will pick you up from your hotel or Entebbe international Airport. After a short safari briefing, you will begin your journey north-west towards Murchison Falls National Park. The journey takes you through Uganda's countryside, passing rural communities, farms, trading centres and changing landscapes. Depending on your arrival time and road conditions, you can stop for lunch along the way.
Travelers who want to add a rhino experience can include a stopover at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary on the way to Murchison Falls. The sanctuary provides an opportunity to see southern white rhinos on foot with a trained guide. This is an optional activity and changes the day's schedule and overall safari price.
After the optional rhino experience, continue towards Murchison Falls National Park. Procced to the Top of falls where the Nile squeezes through a narrow gorge before crashing down with incredible force. Enjoy the spectacular views and photography opportunities before proceeding to your lodge for dinner.
Main Destination:Murchison Falls National Park.
Accommodation: Pakuba Safari Lodge · Sambiya River Lodge · Tilenga Safari Lodge · Twiga Safari Lodge
Meals & Drinks: Lunch & Dinner, Drinking water included
Day 2: Morning Game Drive & Nile Boat Cruise
Wake up early and enjoy breakfast before heading into Murchison Falls National Park for your first major game drive. Early morning is an excellent time to explore the savannah because many animals are active before temperatures become hotter. Your guide will drive through the park while looking for wildlife. Possible sightings include elephants, giraffes, buffaloes, Uganda kobs, waterbucks, warthogs, Jackson's hartebeests, lions, leopards, and hyenas. Wildlife sightings cannot be guaranteed because animals move freely through the park.
The game drive will take you across the park's wildlife-rich northern sector or other suitable areas depending on current road conditions and wildlife movements. Your experienced driver-guide will help identify animals and explain their behaviour and habitat. After the game drive, return to your lodge for lunch and some relaxation.
Later in the afternoon, head to the Victoria Nile for your boat cruise towards the base of Murchison Falls. Along the riverbanks, you may see hippos, Nile crocodiles, elephants, buffaloes, waterbucks, antelopes, African fish eagles, kingfishers and other water birds. The boat continues towards the base of the falls, where the Victoria Nile is forced through a narrow gorge. The sight and sound of the water rushing through the gorge provide one of the most memorable experiences of the safari.
Main Destination:Murchison Falls National Park.
Accommodation: Your best choice from above on Day 1
Meals & Drinks: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Drinking water included
Day 3: Transfer to Kibale National Park and Bigodi Wetland Visit.
You’ll enjoy a leisurely breakfast at the lodge before saying goodbye to Murchison Falls National Park and starting your journey to Kibale Forest National Park. The drive will take you through picturesque landscapes and rural villages, providing glimpses of daily life in rural Uganda. Upon arrival at Kibale Forest National Park, you’ll check into your chosen accommodation for the next two nights. After lunch at the lodge or guesthouse, you’ll spend the afternoon exploring Bigodi Swamp on a guided nature walk. Keep an eye out for a variety of bird species, primates, and other wildlife that inhabit the swamp. You’ll return to your accommodations in the evening for dinner and relaxation. Make sure to reflect on the day’s adventures and listen to the symphony of nocturnal sounds coming from the forest.
Main destionation: Kibale national park.
Accommodation: Chimpanzee Forest lodge, Turaco treetops, Isunga lodge, Kibale forest camp-Chimpundu lodge
Meals & Drinks: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner, Drinking water included.
Day 4: Chimpanzee Tracking and Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park.
Kibale National Park is the primate capital of East Africa. Chimpanzee trekking is a fulfilling adventure that takes you deep into the tropical forest across streams of water. You may also have sightings of red-tailed monkeys, black and white colobus monkeys, butterflies, and birds calling from the canopies. With the help of your guide, you will locate the chimps. Enjoy picture moments and watch them as they play and feed. After lunch, transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park enjoying views of several crater lakes and the mystical Rwenzori Mountain ranges en-route. Procced for Kaziga channel boat cruise, the boat safari offers you great photo sessions in a relaxed way with lots of bird life on the shores, crocodiles, and elephants.
Main destinations: Kibale and Queen Elizabeth National Parks
Accommodation: Park View safari lodge, Enjojo, Bush lodge and Buffalo safari lodge in Queen Elizabeth National Park.
Meals & Drinks: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Drinking water included
Day 5: Game drive and transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable forest National Park.
You’ll have breakfast and then transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, passing through the Ishasha sector, which is home to tree-climbing lions. The park has a reputation as a World Heritage Site and houses the largest population of Mountain gorillas and other flora and fauna.
You will do a mini-game drive in Ishasha as you search for the tree-climbing lions and other wildlife like Topis, elephants, and birds. You’ll arrive in Bwindi and check in at your lodge for dinner and an overnight stay.
Main destination: Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.
Accommodation: Egangi lodge, Buhoma community Haven lodge, Gorilla Bluff lodge and Ruhondeza lodge.
Meals & Drinks: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Drinking water included.
Day 6: Gorilla trekking and visit Batwa community.
You’ll have breakfast early in the morning at around 6:30 am and transfer to the park headquarters with a packed lunch, where you will be briefed by the park rangers as you also get entertained by the local community group. By 8:00 am, you will be accompanied by the park rangers as you enter the mist-covered forest to track mountain gorillas.
You must be fit enough and also consider using porters to carry your luggage, just in case you need them, and you pay them a small amount of money for labor. Tracking may take between 2 and 7 hours, and the moment you see and start interacting with the gorillas, only one hour is allowed to you.
After tracking, you’ll return to the lodge to unwind and later in the evening take a walk in Batwa or Bakiga communities, where you will interact with them and learn a lot about their culture. Later, you’ll return to the lodge for dinner and an overnight stay.
Main destination: Bwindi Impenetrable Forest national Park
Accommodation: Your best choice on Day 5.
Meals & Drinks: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Drinking water included.
Day 7: Return to Kampala or Entebbe Airport for departure.
Have breakfast and transfer back to Kampala with another stopover at the equator for lunch and photographic moments. At this point, you can also buy some craft materials like paintings, carvings, and beads, among others. After, you will be dropped at the airport or any other place agreed upon to mark the end of this 7- day double gorilla trekking tour in Bwindi National Park.
Meals: Breakfast and lunch
No accommodation.