9-Day Uganda Wildlife Safari with Gorilla and Chimpanzee Trekking

• Meet your tour guide at Entebbe International Airport and drive to Murchison Falls National Park.

• Expect a stopover at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary for a short walk to see the white rhinos.

• Proceed to Murchison Falls National Park. You will be amazed by the beautiful landscape while occasionally sighting warthogs and other wildlife on your way to your accommodation.

Overnight: Pakuba Safari Lodge

Meals: Lunch & Dinner

• Begin the day with an early morning breakfast, then head out for a morning game drive towards the Albert and Victoria Nile to experience a great deal of wildlife and bird species.

• After lunch, go for a boat cruise on the Victoria Nile to the bottom of the falls, where game viewing is excellent.

Overnight: Pakuba Safari Lodge (FB)

• After breakfast, continue with the safari and transfer to Kibale National Park. This park is highly alluring to nature lovers for its excellent chimpanzee trekking and birdwatching. It boasts the highest total of primates.

• Check into your room upon arrival and have a relaxed evening.

Overnight: Kibale Forest Camp (FB)

• Enjoy your breakfast, then proceed to the park office for a briefing. The highlight of Kibale Forest will be the chimpanzee trekking excursion.

• Expect to see at least 2-3 other types of primates while in the forest. You will hear plenty of birdsong. The guides are knowledgeable and will identify various medicinal plants, bird calls, and animal spoor.

• Return to the lodge for lunch; after that, you will head out for Queen Elizabeth National Park, arriving in the evening.

Overnight: Parkview Safari Lodge (FB)

• After a healthy breakfast, go for an early morning game drive through the park and look out for members of the Big Five.

• Go for a boat trip along the Kazinga Channel in the afternoon. It's a great trip, with elephants, buffaloes, waterbucks, large hippo pods, and giant forest hogs observed from time to time.

Overnight: Parkview Safari Lodge (FB)

• Have breakfast, and later, you will be transferred to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park through the Ishasha sector, which is well known for its tree-climbing lion population.

• Have lunch in Ishasha and continue to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, home of the endangered mountain gorillas, reaching in the evening.

Overnight: Ruhija Gorilla Lodge (FB)

• After an early breakfast, you will drive to the park offices for a briefing. Gorilla trekking is a highlight in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.

• Trek through the rainforest and bamboo-covered slopes. You will love the trekking in the ecosystem of the park. Depending on the nature of the activity, take with you your lunch box and all the necessary gear. The trekking will take 3-5 hours depending on the movement of the gorillas.

• Return to the lodge and have a relaxed evening.

Overnight: Ruhija Gorilla Lodge (FB)

• Proceed to Lake Mburo National Park after your delicious breakfast, and as you enter the park, you will likely spot some wildlife.

• Check in at the hotel and have lunch.

• Have an early dinner before going for a night game drive. This is a unique game drive of 2-3 hours, which provides a 30% chance of seeing the elusive leopard and, of course, other nocturnal animals.

Overnight: Rwakobo Rock (FB)

• Have a delicious breakfast and start your journey to Kampala/Entebbe, with stopovers for lunch along the way and at the Equator line for beautiful pictures.

• Proceed with the journey to Entebbe, arriving in the late afternoon or evening to be dropped off at your hotel or the airport. Enriched with memories of the rare apes and savannah wildlife, you will say goodbye to the Pearl of Africa.

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