Tour info
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Destination
Uganda
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Days
14
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Category
Safari
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People
10
About This Tour
This 14-day adventure through Uganda’s breathtaking landscapes and diverse wildlife. Begin your journey in Entebbe, then fly to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park for golden monkey trekking and gorilla tracking. Explore the serene Lake Mutanda by canoe and engage with local communities. Discover the Ishasha sector’s famous tree-climbing lions, followed by a thrilling boat cruise on the Kazinga Channel in Queen Elizabeth National Park. Experience chimpanzee tracking in Kibale Forest and enjoy community interactions in Bigodi. Conclude your journey with relaxation in Entebbe, where optional day tours await before your departure. Full board accommodations throughout ensure a comfortable stay.
Highlights
- Enjoy stunning aerial views of Uganda’s landscapes.
- Experience thrilling encounters with rare golden monkeys in Gahinga National Park.
- Spend an unforgettable day with mountain gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest.
- Discover local communities and their traditions around Nkuringo.
- Spot unique Tree-Climbing Lions lounging in fig trees during game drives at Ishasha.
- Witness abundant wildlife along the water’s edge during Kazinga Channel Boat Cruise.
- Encounter primates in Kibale Forest and explore Bigodi Wetland Sanctuary.
Itinerary

Arrival at Entebbe International Airport, pick up by the Hotel and transfer to your accommodation.
Accommodation: Papyrus Guest House
Meal Plan: Bed and Breakfast

After an early breakfast and briefing we will fly you to Kisoro in southern Uganda. During the short flight you will be able to see Uganda´s diversity from high up. We will pick you up from the airstrip and drive you to Gahinga National Park. Proceed directly to Trek Golden Monkeys
Accommodation: Gahinga National Park
Meal Plan: Full Board arrangement.

Depart Gahinga Lodge after breakfast, transfer to south banks of Lake Mutanda to start canoe excursion in dugout canoes for 21/2 hours. After lunch continue with walking safari through the villages and rendezvous with your vehicle at Rubuguri junction to transfer onwards to Nkuringo.

After breakfast proceed to the Nkuringo visitor’s reception 300m from Nkuringo Gorilla Camp. The guides do a good job to describe the surroundings and the lifestyle of the animals. After this tour, in the evening you can relax around a campfire, take walks or retire to the lodge.
On completion of the gorilla tracking you will return to Nkuringo Gorilla Lodge to freshen up, and reflect back and browse your pictures of the gorilla tracking activity earlier in the day. Time permitting with one of the Nkuringo Walking Safaris guide team you can explore the village of Nkuringo to engage in some cultural interaction to visit the 'Top of the World' view point where on a clear day the Rwenzori Mountains can be seen some 170km distant.
Accommodation: Nkuringo Bwindi Gorilla Lodge
Meal plan: Full board

An extra day in Nkuringo is highly recommended, where you opt for second Gorilla trek, this gives us flexibility, the community is beautiful for self exploring or guided nature walk to Buniga Forest to experience the Batwa pygmies re-act their lives when they lived in Bwindi.
Accommodation: Nkuringo Bwindi Gorilla Lodge
Meal plan: Full board

After breakfast transfer to Nteko village and from there proceed with the walking safari guide through the 36000 year old forest towards Buhoma via Ivy river route. This Ivy river route ascends and descends gently through beautiful areas of the rain forest with several viewpoints from the road from/to Nkuringo over looking lush mist shrouded valleys. This trail is also an important footpath for local people travelling to and from Nkuringo particularly on market days to Nteko village on the southern boundary of the park. Monkeys, duikers, bush pigs and some of Bwindi's world renowned bird species plus many butterflies can be observed. Catch up with the vehicle and continue to Ishasha sector
THE ISHASHA SECTOR
This sector is the southern part of the park that is famous for its population of tree climbing Lions often to be seen in large fig trees in the plains.
You will drive leisurely southwards; explore the park in an extensive game drive.
Accommodation: Ishasha Wilderness Camp
Meal plan: Full board

Morning game drive in Ishasha before continuing to Kasenyi. Kasenyi is commonly known as the mating grounds for Uganda Kobs for bout 2-3 hour of adventure, the smelling lake and the crater lakes and later head to your accommodation for the night
Accommodation: Elephant Plain Lodge
Meal plan: Full board

After an early morning game viewing, you will proceed directly to the head of the Mweya Peninsular to conduct a launch trip on the Kazinga Channel which is a home to one of the largest concentrations of hippopotamus, as well as herds of elephants, buffalo, and other wildlife that come to drink from the river. The Kazinga also attracts a tremendous variety of bird species including the African Eagle, Open-Billed Stork, and Pied Kingfishers. After the boat cruise you will head to your accommodation for the night
Kyambura Gorge
The gorge is within the savannah sector of Queen Elizabeth National Park. This 16 kilometre long scar in the earth is home to a group of habituated chimpanzees, baboons, monkeys and birds. The gorge is about 100m deep to where organised chimpanzee trekking can be conducted; bird watching, nature walks and sightseeing can be undertaken from the visitors centre.
Accommodation: Elephant Plain Lodge
Meal plan: Full board

Enjoy another game drive as you drive to Fort Portal. This is the lively and active town around Kibale Forest National Park. This park offers one of the most varied tracts of tropical forest in Uganda, 70 mammal species and 13 primate species.
The drive takes about 3-4 hours arriving on time in Fort Portal for lunch.
After lunch we will shake off the long drive with a walk to the “top of the world” along crater lakes which this area is also famous for.
Accommodation: Primate Lodge Kibale.
Meal plan: Full board

An early start and a long day are ahead of you! Today you will track chimpanzees and will not only learn about them but also about the flora and fauna of the national park. In the afternoon visit the Bigodi community.
Bigodi village is situated in the highlands of western Uganda, in the shadow of the Ruwenzori Mountains, the famous "Mountains of the Moon". Our community is located about 40 kilometers south of the town of Fort Portal, and borders Kibale National Park, which has the highest density of primate life in the world in its forests.
Since 1992, the people of Bigodi have worked together as a community to open our natural beauty to eco-tourists and to bring our crafts and handiwork to the world.

Fort Portal region is famous for its crater Lake and wonderful community walks, explore the area on guided tour.
Accommodation: Primate Lodge Kibale.
Meal plan: Full board

Relaxed morning and transfer to Entebbe, through Kampala city.
Accommodation: Papyrus Guesthouse

Day tours can be arranged to either the Ngamba Island, Visit to the Mabamba swamp or Kampala City tour.
Accommodation: Papyrus Guesthouse

Return to Entebbe after a late breakfast anticipated driving time 6 hours on the road. En route you will pass the equator where a coffee break can be taken and possibly the picnic lunch provided by the lodge. Transfer directly to Airport for outbound flight
Inclusion
- Accommodation and meals as per the itinerary.
- Drinking water in the vehicle (1 litre per person per day)
- 1 gorilla permit per person, 1 chimpanzee tracking in Kibale Forest
- All the excursions and activities indicated in the itinerary (canoe ride, walks etc) under the supervision of an experienced English-speaking walking guide
- Private 4×4 vehicle with experienced English-speaking driver-guide, from the morning of day 2 to the evening of day 20
- AMREF Evacuation Insurance cover
Exclusion
- International flight
- Visa (USD $50)
- Meals and drinks not mentioned in the itinerary
- Items of personal nature
- Laundry service
- Tips
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