8-Day Uganda Primates and Wildlife Safari with Gorilla Trekking

Our driver-guide will meet you in Kampala at 7:00 am and drive west to Lake Mburo National Park. Along the way, you will stop at the drum makers center called Mpambire and at the Equator for photographs.

Upon reaching the park, have lunch at the lodge and then set out for a game drive through the park, where you will catch sight of different animals, including zebras, which are found almost everywhere in the park. Later in the evening, head to the lodge for dinner and your overnight stay.

After breakfast at 6:30 am, begin your journey to southwestern Uganda and Bwindi Forest. You will pass through Mbarara town, which is endowed with beautiful landscapes, and also see various rolling hills with terraces, making this a great journey with wonderful sights along the way.

Upon reaching the park, check in at the lodge of your choice and relax there for the rest of the evening as you prepare for the next day. Dinner and overnight will be at the lodge.

Have breakfast at 6:30 am and transfer to the park headquarters with your packed lunch, where you will be briefed by professional park rangers. By 8:00 am, you will be accompanied by the rangers into the mist forest to trek mountain gorillas.

You may need a walking stick if you are not physically fit enough, and you may also consider using porters to carry your luggage, for which you pay a small amount for their labor. Trekking may take between 2 and 8 hours, and once you find the gorillas, you will be allowed one hour to observe and interact with them.

After trekking, return to the lodge to unwind. Later in the evening, take a walk through the nearby communities, including the Batwa community, where you will interact with the people and learn a lot from them before retiring to the lodge.

Enjoy breakfast and then transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park, passing through the Ishasha sector, which is home to tree-climbing lions. The park has a variety of wildlife species such as elephants, buffaloes, waterbucks, lions, and many others.

On arrival, have lunch at the lodge and go for a late afternoon game drive, where you will be able to see these animals and many more, together with birds. Dinner and overnight will be at the lodge.

Today starts very early, with breakfast at 6:00 am, after which you will immediately set off for a game drive. The early start gives you a better chance of seeing the morning risers, such as lions, solitary buffaloes, kobs, elephants, and more. It is a great and exciting time, as you can often see these animals up close.

Later, return to the lodge for lunch and prepare for the afternoon boat cruise on the Kazinga Channel, which is home to various species of birds such as malachite kingfishers and pink-backed pelicans, as well as animals like crocodiles, elephants, hippos, and many more. Cruising on the Kazinga is one of the most eye-catching activities in the park.

Return to the lodge for dinner and your overnight stay.

Have a tasty breakfast, followed by a morning game drive and a visit to the Baboon Cliffs, where you will be introduced to amazing and beautiful scenery.

After lunch at the lodge, embark on your journey to Kibale Forest National Park, home to chimpanzees. The drive takes approximately 2 to 3 hours. Arrive in the evening for dinner and an overnight stay.

Have breakfast early and leave the lodge for the park headquarters with enough bottled drinking water, where you will be briefed about chimpanzee trekking. After the briefing, embark on the trek through the forest at around 8:00 am, guided by an armed park ranger.

Nothing is as amazing as spending time with chimpanzees in their natural habitat. You may also see other primates such as golden monkeys, grey checked Mangabeys, LHoests monkeys, bushbabies, and others, as well as a number of birds.

After trekking, return for lunch at the lodge and then go for a walk in the Bigodi wetland in the afternoon. You will meet different people who live there and also see different birds, including the Great Blue Turaco, as well as more primates and animals such as bush pigs, otters, baboons, and others.

After your hearty breakfast, leave the park and drive to Kampala via Mubende, where you will enjoy the beautiful scenic views found in this area. You will have lunch in Mubende and thereafter continue to Kampala.

Your driver-guide will either drop you at your accommodation in Kampala or take you to the airport in Entebbe if you are catching your flight back home.