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Your week long trip brings you the highlights of Uganda where the savannah meets the rainforest. Expect to see the animals of the savannah (lion elephant, buffalo, giraffe, hippo, leopard) and up to 13 primate species, including Golden Monkey, Gorillas and chimps.
This trip specifically includes the most important and well known national parks of Uganda; Kibale forest national park, queen elizabeth national park, Bwindi national park.
Entebbe International Airport (Google Map)
3 Hours Before Flight Time
Do not forget lightweight safari shoes or trainers, sandals, sunglasses, sun creams, insect repellent creams, a lightweight first aid kit, day pack for your cameras, rucksack for your safari gears and clothes. Of course, you will want to capture much of Tanzania’s wildlife, so don’t forget a camera, batteries, memory cards and charger (we have usb connectors to charge your mobile and camera in the car). A telephoto lens will be found useful as well as a pair of binoculars. In case you’re bringing any electrical equipment, the electricity is 220v.
Our guide will pick you up from Entebbe international airport to Nairobi. Once at Entebbe you will be taken to your preferred hotel and be briefed on your safari.
In the morning we head over to Mabamba Swamp to look for the pre-historic looking Great Shoebill Stork. Here you go with a specialized guide in a boat on the channels of the swamp as you look for the Great Shoebill Stork. We then start the journey to Kibale Forest where we will spend the night.
Overnight Isunga Lodge.
After breakfast we drive over to the chimps trekking starting point. Kibale Forest National Park is nicknamed “the primate city of Uganda” and home to 13 different primates. Here you are briefed about the rules of the trek and then head in to the jungle in a group with a guide to trek the chimpanzees. One of the great highlights of this 7 days Uganda safari. Overnight Isunga Lodge.
After breakfast your guide picks you and we drive southwards to Queen Elizabeth National Park. Reach Queen Elizabeth NP and head straight for the afternoon boat-cruise on Kazinga channel, a 36kms channel linking Lake George to Lake Edward. From the boat you can spot hippos, Nile Crocodile, Warthog (Pumba of the award winning Lion King!), buffalo, birds and more. After the boat-cruise your guide takes you to the lodge for some rest. Overnight at Park view safari Lodge.
In the morning we drive down to Ishasha, the southern sector of Queen Elizabeth NP, via the exciting road that goes through the park. When we reach Ishasha we go for a game drive in search of the tree-climbing lions this sector is famous. During the game drive, you can also see elephants, topi, buffalo, and more. After the game drive, we have lunch and then continue to Bwindi Mountains, the home of the Mountain Gorillas.
Have an early breakfast surrounded by Bwindi Impenetrable Forest the home to the forest giants that are cousins to human beings, the Mountain Gorillas. We have reached a highlight of the 7 days Uganda safari this day will go gorilla trekking in a group with a specialized guide, walk through the fascinating jungle and spend one hour with the Mountain Gorillas. This Impenetrable Forest is full of birds, butterflies, plant species, forest hogs, Elephants, Statungas, and Dikers. After the gorilla trek, we transfer to the lodge at the edge of the Ishasha sector for scenic views and a relaxed evening. This way we cut the distance to drive the next day. Overnight Bweza lodge.
After early breakfast we will take a flight to Entebbe town from Kisoro Airstrip a 1 hour flight to Entebbe.
