7 DAYS HIGHLIGHTS TOUR OF UGANDA

Day 1: Arrival Entebbe

On arrival at Entebbe International Airport in Uganda and after finalizing the formalities, you shall be welcomed by your guide, who will then drive you to your hotel.

Day 2: Fly/Drive to Kibale National Park

After breakfast, you will choose to either fly or drive to Kibale National Park; while driving, you will pass by tea plantations along the way. You will continue and, on the way, stop in Fort Portal. In the afternoon you will arrive at your accommodation. Time allowing, you could explore the crater lakes nearby or visit the local communities and get to learn more about their way of life, culture and traditions. Otherwise spend the rest of the day relaxing.

Day 3: Chimpanzee Trekking- Queen Elizabeth National Park

After breakfast you will go for Chimp tracking and enjoy a wonderful forest experience. Kibale’s 795km2 National Park contains one of the most beautiful and varying tracts of tropical forest in the whole of Uganda. This is home to 13 species of primate including chimpanzees. The park’s highest point is at 1590m above sea level. After lunch you shall proceed to Queen Elisabeth National Park, enjoy a game drive on your way in. Named after her Majesty the Queen of England, it is Uganda’s most popular and most scenic game reserves. It stretches from the crater-dotted foothills of the Rwenzori range in the north, along the shores of Lake Edward to the remote Ishasha River in the south, incorporating a wide variety of habitats that range from savanna and wetlands and lowland forest.

Day 4: Game drive, Boat ride on Kazinga Channel

Have an Early Morning Game Drive. There are over 100 mammal species that include Lions, Hippos,
Buffaloes, Leopard, Spotted Hyena, Elephants and the elusive Giant Forest Hog in this park. The
Primates include Chimps, Black and White Colobus Monkeys, Blue, Black faced Red Colobus, and Red tailed monkeys and Olive Baboons. Return to the Lodge. In the afternoon, you shall have a boat ride on Kazinga Channel. Queen Elizabeth boasts one of the highest bio diversity ratings of any game park, from the open Savannah to Rain Forest, dense Papyrus Swamps and Crater Lakes to the vastness of Lake Edward.

Day 5:

Depart for Bwindi National park in the Morning on your way; you will have a chance to have a game drive in Ishasha sector where the tree climbing lions are found, then continue to the home of the Mountain Gorillas, Bwindi National Park. Of Uganda’s Forested Parks, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is best known For gorilla tracking, but it also provides refuge to elephants, chimpanzees, monkeys and various
small antelopes, as well as 23 bird species restricted to the Albertine.

Day 6: Gorilla Trekking

This morning you will get up very early for gorilla trekking. Trekking the Mountain Gorilla is one of the most exciting wildlife experiences on earth. The trek will take between 2 and 6 hours, but is well worth the effort. You will be led by an experienced ranger who will tell you interesting facts about flora and fauna and the lifestyle of the Gorillas. As an alternative to gorilla trekking, there are several walks that you can take. Later in the day, you will choose to visit the Gorilla Research Clinic in Buhoma, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park’s main tourist site, which has now expanded to a larger Gorilla Health and Community Conservation Center with a panoramic view of Bwindi forest, they give tourists a behind the scenes tour of gorilla conservation through explaining their programs including gorilla health monitoring, community health and livelihoods.

Day 7: Fly-back to Entebbe

After breakfast, you will fly back to Entebbe enjoying the beautiful aerial view of south western Uganda, the hills and thick vegetation as well as the farming practiced by the locals. Afterwards you will arrive at the Airport and catch your flight back home.