9 Days Uganda Primates and Hiking safari
9 Days Uganda Primates and Hiking Safari
Overview
Our 9 Days Uganda Primates and Hiking safari will take you to trek all the prime primates of Uganda including Golden monkeys in Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, Mountain Gorillas in Bwindi, and Chimpanzees in Kibale Forest National Park, you will also have time to visit Queen Elizabeth National Park for wildlife Safari to see the Big 4 animals, on this 9 Days Uganda Primates and Hiking safari you will as do the Nkuringo-Buhoma hike to explore Bwindi Forest.
Itinerary Summary
- Pick up from Kampala/Entebbe and Transfer from to Mgahinga Gorilla National Park
- Golden Monkey tracking and transfer to Nkuringo for overnight
- Nkuringo to Buhoma Bwindi Forest walk
- Gorilla Tracking Experience and Batwa Cultural Experience
- Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park for an evening game drive
- Morning game drive and afternoon boat cruise on Kazinga Channel.
- Morning game drive and transfer to Kibale Forest National Park for overnight.
- Chimpanzee trekking and Bigodi wetland walk
- Transfer back to Kampala/Entebbe to end the 9 Days Uganda Primates and Hiking safari
Tour in Details
DAY 01:
Pick up from Kampala/Entebbe and Transfer to Mgahinga Gorilla National Park.
Safari Vacations and Travel Services driver/guide will pick you up from the airport or your hotel in Kampala/Entebbe and drive south to Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, you will have a stop visit at the Equator and a stopover for lunch, you will then proceed to Mgahinga Gorilla National Park. Dinner and Overnight: Lake Mulehe Safari Lodge or Lake Chahafi Resort.
DAY 02:
Golden tracking and Transfer to Nkuringo/Rushaga for overnight
Have morning breakfast and assemble at the park headquarters for briefing from the park rangers about the dos and don’ts while tracking golden monkeys. Proceed for the memorable exercise in the forest, an activity that may take 1-9 hours depending on the movement of these human cousins. Meet and stay with them for a maximum of one hour after you will drive to Kisoro town for a coffee and you will then proceed to Nkuringo/Rushaga for overnight.
Overnight: Rushaga Gorilla Havens Lodge, 4 Gorillas and Nkuringo Bwindi Gorilla Lodge
DAY 03:
Walk from Nkuringo to Buhoma through the Bwindi Forest
Today after breakfast at your lodge, you will drive to the starting point to start your walk from Nkuringo to Buhoma, your driver guide will drop here and he/she will drive to Buhoma and wait for you where you will have an overnight. The Nkruringo-Buhoma walk is worth it and adventurous where you will walk through Bwindi Forest you will have a chance to spot various birds and depending on luck that day primates including gorillas, you will cross rivers and pass by waterfalls, learn about Bwindi Forest.
Overnight: Buhoma Community Havens Lodge, 4 Gorillas, and Buhoma Camp
DAY 04:
Gorilla tracking in Buhoma and Batwa Cultural Experience
After breakfast at the lodge, you will drive to the park headquarters for a briefing from the Uganda Wildlife Authority ranger guides who will allocate you a gorilla family group you will trek that day. Once you have your group confirmed 8 people, the 2 ranger guides will lead you into the thick impenetrable forest to start your search for the endangered rare species of Mountain Gorillas.
The gorilla search always continues from the place where they were last seen the previous day. Upon reaching the area where these famous species are, you will only be allowed to interact with them for only one hour and you should always keep maximum silence while with these Gorillas. You are allowed to take photographs and so on.
Gorilla tracking can sometimes be strenuous depending on the trek that day which is normally in determination by weather and the movement of the gorillas in the forest but the fact it is a very well-organized activity, you have a 99% chance of seeing the gorillas on your trek. The trek is guided by advanced trackers who monitor the mountain gorilla movements all day in the forest with this they will know where they nested for the last night and that’s where you start looking for them. The 2 ranger guides will lead you all through the trek clearing trails, creating new trails, and sharing with you information about the mountain gorillas and Bwindi Forest. After the trek, you will return to the starting point to pick up your certificates as a sign of successful tracking of mountain gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park.
Overnight: Rushaga Gorilla Havens Lodge, 4 Gorillas, and Buhoma Community Rest Camp
DAY 05:
Drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park
After breakfast you will drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park arriving in the afternoon at the park, you will have an en-route and stops along the way for sightseeing. On arrival at the hotel, you will be warmly welcomed and check in for relaxing, later you will go for an evening game drive to search for late grazers and after return to the Lodge for overnight.
Queen Elizabeth National Park is the most popular and diverse conservation area with a variety of habitats ranging from grassland, acacia woodland, forests, wetlands, and open water this sustains a wide range of mammals with the major ones the Big 4 animals and a remarkable tally of bird life boosting to over 604 bird species.
Overnight: Elephant Hab Lodge/Pumba Safari Lodge
DAY 06:
Morning Game Drive and Afternoon Boat Cruise on Kazinga Channel
After breakfast, you will drive to Kasenyi plains for a morning game drive to search for early bird wildlife. Some of the animals you will see include elephants, large herds of buffalos, leopards, lions, bushbucks, Kobs, antelopes, bushbucks, and more.
The morning game drive will take you approximately 2-3 hours and then after you will drive to the Mweya peninsula for hot lunch, relax and go for an afternoon boat cruise safari on Kazinga Channel, this boat ride is something worth it and considered as a highlight of your safari in Queen Elizabeth National Park, you will have a chance to see various wildlife as they enjoy the shores of the channel, hippos enjoying the swim and various bird species. After the cruise return to the lodge for relaxation, dinner, and overnight stay.
Overnight: Elephant Hab Lodge/Pumba Safari Lodge
DAY 07:
Morning Drive/Visit Katwe Salt Lakes and Transfer to Kibale Forest National Park
Have a morning game drive through the Mweya Peninsula with all your belongings in the Car. If not game drive, you can visit Katwe Salt Lakes after you drive to Kibale National Park with a stopover for lunch en route on your way to the National Park. you will have an awesome nature walk through the Bigodi Swamp sightseeing the resident monkeys and birds.
Kibale Forest National Park is home to 13 species of primates and over 335 bird species making it a popular destination for birders and primates’ lovers.
Overnight at Chimpanzee Guest House and Primates Lodge Kibale.
DAY 08:
Chimpanzee Tracking
Subsequently, you will have an early breakfast with that you will be guided to Kanyanchu head offices for a briefing about the track that you will be carrying out in a couple of hours. From there you will start the Chimpanzee tracking but that is not the only species you will be seeing today, you will be able to see 12 other different primate species like vervet monkeys, gray-cheeked mangabeys, and baboons.
Overnight at Chimpanzee Guest House and Primates Lodge Kibale.
DAY 09:
Depart back to Kampala/Entebbe to end your 9 Days at Uganda Primates and Wildlife Safari.
In the early morning after breakfast, drive back to Kampala/Entebbe to end the 9 Days Uganda Primates and Hiking safari
Note:
This is an all-inclusive trip that will start and end in Kampala/Entebbe and includes return Airport transfers.
Safari Vacations and Travel Services is a Local tour operator based in Uganda with its head offices in Entebbe. Moreover, Safari Vacations and Travel Services is a business for a Ugandan native, we specialize in life-changing experiences and sustainable tours and holidays to all East African countries. We are members of the Association of Uganda Tour Operators and with registration from the Uganda Tourism Board. We have a good and long working relationship with Uganda Wildlife Authority making it easy to book your gorilla permits and gorilla trekking safari. Safari Vacations and Travel Services is high in reviews on Trip Advisor as well.
