8-Day Uganda Safari with Gorilla and Chimpanzee Trekking

• Enjoy an early breakfast and a 6:00 am pickup by your Simba African Expeditions driver-guide.
• Drive north via the Kampala-Gulu highway.
• Stop at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary for guided rhino trekking.
• Wildlife sightings may include rhinos, hippos, oribis, bushbucks, and various bird species.
• Continue to Murchison Falls National Park.
• Check in at the lodge and have lunch.
• Head out for an afternoon game drive in the park.

Dinner and overnight at the lodge.

• Start the day with early morning tea or coffee at 6:00 am.
• Set out on a morning game drive at 6:30 am, with chances to see lions, giraffes, Uganda kob, warthogs, birds, and scenic savannah landscapes.
• Return to the lodge for breakfast and lunch.
• In the afternoon, enjoy a boat cruise along the Nile to the base of the falls.
• Look out for hippos, crocodiles, elephants, buffaloes, and water birds.
• An optional hike to the top of the waterfall is available.
• Return to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

• Have breakfast and check out.
• Enjoy a scenic drive through the Albertine Rift Valley.
• Stop for lunch en route.
• Arrive at Kibale National Park.
• Check in at the lodge.

Dinner and overnight.

• Have breakfast at the lodge.
• Transfer to Kanyanchu Visitor Centre for a briefing by Uganda Wildlife Authority rangers.
• Set off on a guided chimpanzee trekking experience in Kibale Forest.
• There is also an opportunity to see monkeys and other forest wildlife.
• Return to the lodge for lunch.
• In the afternoon, enjoy a Bigodi Swamp nature walk and community visit.
• Look out for birds and other primates during the walk.

Dinner and overnight at the lodge.

• Have breakfast and check out.
• Drive south through Queen Elizabeth National Park's Ishasha sector.
• Enjoy game viewing en route, with chances to spot tree-climbing lions.
• Wildlife sightings may include elephants, buffaloes, kobs, topis, waterbucks, leopards, and hyenas.
• Stop for lunch en route.
• Arrive in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park.

Dinner and overnight at the lodge.

• Have an early breakfast at 6:30 am.
• Collect your packed lunch and drinking water.
• Transfer to the park offices for a briefing by Uganda Wildlife Authority rangers.
• You will then be allocated a gorilla family.
• Begin your guided trek into the forest to track mountain gorillas.
• Spend up to 2 hours observing and photographing the gorillas.
• Return to the starting point and meet your driver-guide.
• Enjoy lunch and relaxation at the lodge.
• In the afternoon, take part in a Batwa community walk.

Dinner and overnight at the lodge.

• Have breakfast at the lodge.
• Transfer to Lake Bunyonyi.
• Check in and have lunch.
• In the afternoon, enjoy a canoe or boat ride on Lake Bunyonyi.
• Take in the scenic views and relax.

Dinner and overnight at the lodge.

• Have breakfast and check out.

• Drive back to Kampala or Entebbe.

• Stop for lunch en route in Mbarara.

• Pause at the Uganda Equator for photos and stretching.

• Drop-off at your hotel or Entebbe International Airport.