Itinerary

1. Day 1: Arrival in Entebbe

   • On arrival at Entebbe International Airport, you will be met by our representative who will transfer you to your hotel either in Entebbe / Kampala for your dinner and overnight.

2. Day 2: Drive to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

   • After breakfast, drive to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest via Mbarara, where you will have lunch at Igongo Cultural Centre. At this center, you can explore the Ankole and Albertine rift valley cultures.
   • Later, we continue to Bwindi in the evening for dinner and overnight at Bwindi Gorilla Resort – Nkuringo Lodge (C) or Buhoma Community – Kisoro Tourist Hotel (B). FB

3. Day 3: The encounter with mountains gorillas

   • After breakfast, drive to the gorilla tracking trailhead for briefing at 8 am. The forest is spectacular as it offers a dramatic sense of serenity, heavy and dense tropical rainforest, set on a rolling mist-covered hilly landscape, is home to numerous birds, primates, herbivores and predators, which are a key attraction to tourists. This park is best known for its fascinating mountain gorillas. 
   • The time you spend before you can meet the gentle giants varies 2-3 hours. The thrill of observing mountain gorillas is a life-changing experience and perception decoder, so look forward to it. If you spent 4 or fewer hours in the tracking, we can visit the communities near the park.
   • Then go back to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

4. Day 4: Tree climbing lions of Ishasha

   • After breakfast, you will drive north through Queen Elizabeth's Ishasha Sector to look for tree-climbing lions only seen here. It is an impressive sight to see the lions lounging and enjoying the warm Albertine rift breeze in either ficus, albizia or acacia trees.
   • Later, we will drive to any of the Rift Valley escapement lodges for dinner and overnight. The escape commandeers great views across the park’s Rift Valley savannah.

5. Day 5: Boat cruise along Kazinga Channel and Lake Edward

   • After a cup of coffee, embark on an early morning game drive in Kasenyi sectors of Queen Elizabeth’s National Park to look for lions, elephants, cape buffalo, warthogs, leopards, spotted hyenas, mongoose, waterbucks, Uganda kobs, and a lot of birds. 
   • We will drive to Mweya Safari Lodge, on the banks of the Kazinga Channel, for lunch, where you will enjoy lots of birds and herds of animals swimming in the channel. 
   • After lunch, you will enjoy a boat cruise on the Kazinga Channel (a 40 km channel connecting Lake George and Edward, both found in this park and the Rift Valley) to see what this Rift Valley lifeline offers. Some are birds, cormorants, pelicans, eagles, crocodiles, hippos, and elephants. 
   • We will visit the Katunguru fishing village in Kazinga on our way back to the lodge. 
   • Later, proceed to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

6. Day 6: Chimpanzees tracking in Kibale National Park

   • After breakfast, you drive to Kibale National Park( the world's primate capital) for the chimpanzee tracking.
   • Lunch will be in Fort Portal. This is home to the largest population of chimpanzees in Uganda and Africa. 
   • You will do the afternoon tracking. Unlike Bwindi and Mgahinga, the home of the mountain Gorillas, the terrain here is so gentle, and tracking is not tedious

7. Day 7

   • After breakfast, transfer to Entebbe.