7 Days Uganda chimpanzee and wildlife safari
Tour Overview
7 Days Uganda chimpanzee and wildlife safari : Uganda safari starts and ends in Entebbe. It includes 1 chimp permit of $200 in the final costing. The safari will give you a chance of visiting the most fantastic tourist destinations in Uganda for the search of mammals, primates, wildlife and many wonderful spots like Kibale forest, Queen Elizabeth and many other destinations.
This safari will also offer you an opportunity of visiting Kibale forest national park the home to over 325 bird species and 1500 chimpanzees. Chimpanzees are visited by travellers for one hour which is the same for gorilla trekking.
You will also get a chance to visit Uganda’s most visited park famous for the Kazinga channel and many animal species including the tree climbing lions found in the Ishasha sector of the park. The other animal species found in the park include the birds, elephants, kobs, antelopes among others. Lastly, you will visit Lake Mburo national park for several game drives and wildlife species.
Welcome to Uganda! Upon arrival at the airport, you will be met and greeted by our friendly and professional guide. He will briefly take you through the travel plan and then transfer you to café javas for breakfast. After Breakfast, start your trip to Kibale Forest. You will drive through the beautiful green scenery and tea plantations. Here you will have a chance to visit the local family and interact with local people during the walk. On arrival at the park, you will check in at the lodge for relaxation, dinner and overnight stay as you contemplate on the adventure that lies ahead of you.
After an early breakfast we drive to Kibale National Park visitor’s center for briefing and chimp tracking. The activity may last from a few hours to several hours. Kibale forest is home to 13 primates of Uganda. Birding in the afternoon along the main road may be productive. Depending on the weather predictions, birding in Bigodi wetland is also productive with riverine forest birds. Kibale National Park is a good site for a number of birds that are hard to find elsewhere including Speckle-breasted Woodpecker, Cabanis’s Greenbul and Joyful Greenbul.
Today, we shall start early after breakfast and drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park. Our route to the park will be determined by road conditions, either passing through the Ishasha sector, well known for its climbing lions, or alternatively drive through the beautiful sceneries of Rukungiri district. The park, which is named after Queen Elizabeth who visited it in 1954, is the second largest national park in Uganda, and ranks highest with respect to overall diversity, with over 600 bird species listed.
Arise early enough and after breakfast and drive to the wild for a morning game drive where you will see various animals like elephants, elands, antelopes, buffaloes, lions, among others.
A game drive gives you the chance to view different land scapes and ecosystems in Uganda. The park is the oldest and most visited in Uganda. The game drive will take place on the Kasenyi plains which are in the north east section of the park and west of Lake George. There are a large number of various animals like elephants, elands, antelopes, buffaloes, lions, baboons and the odd leopard if you are lucky.
After the game drive, you will return to the lodge for lunch and then set out for an afternoon boat cruise on Kazinga channel where you will see various numbers of animals like crocodiles, hippos, water bucks, buffaloes, as well as birds like the storks, King fishers among others.
After breakfast at your hotel, you will start your journey to Lake Mburo National park commonly known as the Zebra hearted land. Upon arrival at the park, you will check-in at the lodge and have lunch. After lunch, you will do an afternoon game drive.
Lake Mburo National Park accommodates mammals like the Eland, antelope as well as zebras and water-bucks, making it among the most admirable places to visit in Uganda. The park is exceptional for its attractive, soothingly sloping hills and open grassland basins, intermingled with brushwood, woodlands and rich wetlands. While at the park you will see animals like the impalas, water-bucks, the Cape buffalo and zebras plus many other animal species. The journey takes approximately 5 hours to the park.
On this day, you will have an early breakfast and prepare to go to the park for the morning game drive. At exactly 7:00am you will start searching for animals such as the eland, topis, impalas, zebras and many more with a chance to see the colorful beautiful birds in the evening flying to their resting places.
After lunch, you will be driven to the lake to meet your captain of the day who will take you for a two hour boat excursion. Lake Mburo boat cruise is an opportunity to see hippos, crocodiles, water birds such as an African fish eagle, and the rare African fin foot. Many animals such as buffaloes and antelopes gather here top drink some water so there is an opportunity to enjoy wildlife especially marine animals.
After an early breakfast at your lodge, you will check out of the lodge with the help of your guide the lodge and then transfer back to Entebbe for your flight back home. On your way to Entebbe, you will make a stopover at the equator for water experiment. It will not be inconveniencing if you bought a T-shirt with words ‘’I crossed the Uganda Equator’’
We truly hope that you had a wonderful stay in Uganda and Uganda will always be close to our hearts!
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