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7 Days Uganda Gorilla & Wildlife adventure

FROM $ 1800 USD

*price p.p. incl. guide, safari-jeep, hotel and park entrance fees, excl. international flight (Based on 6 persons)

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This 7-day Best of Uganda Safari takes you to Murchison Falls for spectacular game viewing and the incredible waterfalls, then to Kibale Forest for Chimpanzee tracking, Queen Elizabeth National Park for more game viewing, and Bwindi for gorilla trekking, leaving you with unforgettable memories of Africa’s pearl.

Uganda chimpanzees in Kibale NP
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Overview

This 7-day Best of Uganda Safari takes you to Murchison Falls for spectacular game viewing and the incredible waterfalls, then to Kibale Forest for Chimpanzee tracking, Queen Elizabeth National Park for more game viewing, and Bwindi for gorilla trekking, leaving you with unforgettable memories of Africa’s pearl.

There is so much to explore in this amazing 7 days adventure. do not miss out!

7 Days Uganda Gorilla & Wildlife adventure

BUDGET Accommodation

2 Persons

4 Persons

6+ Persons

$ 2200
$ 2000
$ 1850

STANDARD Accommodation

2 Persons

4 Persons

6+ Persons

$ 2900
$ 2700
$ 2500

LUXURY Accommodation

2 Persons

4 Persons

6 Persons

$ 4390
$ 4000
$ 3790

* Indicative costs per person, excluding international airline tickets

Price includes

  • 1 Gorilla trekking permit per person
  • 1 Chimp Trekking permit where applicable
  • A professional English speaking Driver guide
  • Park entrance fees
  • Border crossing fee.
  • All ground transportation and fuel
  • Accommodation and Meals
  • All activities/services as per itinerary
  • Drinking water in the vehicle

Price Excludes

  • Visas
  • International airfares
  • Activities/services not included in the itinerary
  • Alcoholic drinks/wines, Laundry, and any other service of personal nature 
  • Travel insurance policy 
  • Porters, Souvenirs, tips, etc. 
  • Guide tip
  • Optional activities.

Where you shall visit

Murchison Falls
Queen Elizabeth
Bwindi Forest

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Highlights

Visit Uganda's gorillas upclose
Visit Africa's second deepest lake
See the Equator
Experience the world's fastest waterfall
Close encounter with the chimpanzees

Day 1: Travel to Murchison Falls National Park

You will be picked up from Entebbe International Airport or your accommodation in Entebbe / Kampala and transferred to Murchison Falls National Park, a 3–4-hour journey through Masindi.
After lunch, you will enter the park by the Kichumbanyobo gate, see the top of the falls, and then continue to the lodge. Pakuba Safari Lodge provides dinner and an overnight stay.
At the Top of the Murchison Falls

Day 2: Game drive and boat ride to the base of the Murchison Falls

After breakfast at your lodge, go on a morning wildlife drive to the delta in the park’s northern section. Here is where you may see elephants, giraffes, lions, hyenas, cape buffaloes, leopards (on a fortunate day), and several antelope species such as Uganda Kobs, Jackson hartebeest, Oribi, and waterbucks, among others.
Return to your accommodation for a refreshment and lunch after the game drive. In the afternoon, you will take a boat ride down the Nile River to visit the majestic Falls. Sailing around the falls’ bottom will expose you to the park’s flowing hippo and a variety of crocodiles among the sandbanks, as well as several bird species and enormous numbers of other animals getting down to drink and wash.
After seeing the falls, go up to the top of the falls via the Bakers route, where you can also see the falls from Bakers stone. During this journey, you will be able to see the falls from several vantage points before spending some time at the top admiring them. Meet your driver later in the evening and return to Pakuba Safari Lodge as described above

Day 3: Transfer to Kibale

Following an early breakfast, meet your driver/guide and take the 7 a.m. boat to Kibale Forest National Park in the country’s west. This is a full-day drive with lunch along the way. Arrive late in the afternoon and transfer to the Lodge for supper and an overnight stay.

Day 4: Chimpanzee Trekking and Transfer to Queen Elizabeth

Enjoy an early breakfast and then transfer to the park headquarters for a briefing on the endangered chimps before entering the jungle with the assistance of a park ranger and your tracking gear, packed water, and snacks.
Kibale Forest National Park is one of the top safari locations in Africa, featuring 13 primate species, the most popular of which are chimps. This tracking takes between 2-5 hours to find the chimps. After you discover the primates, you will spend an hour watching them, observing their behavior, and photographing them.
After lunch, you will travel for about 3 hours to Queen Elizabeth National Park, stopping along the way to explore the Equator and the crater lakes. Afterward, return to Buffalo Safari Lodge for leisure, supper, and an overnight stay.

Day 5: Morning game drive, boat ride, then transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest

Following your delicious breakfast, you shall embark on a morning game drive in the Kasenyi area where you shall have the opportunity to see the big four wildlife on the game drive, including elephants, buffaloes, leopards and lions plus other animals such as antelopes, giraffes, warthogs, and white Colobus monkeys, to name a few. Afterwards, join the 11 a.m. launch cruise through Kazinga canal to witness a variety of bird species, elephants and buffalos, hippos and crocodiles on the lakeshores.
After both activities, you will travel to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, where you shall pass through the impressive Ishasha sector for possibility of sighting tree-climbing lions. Proceed straight for relaxation at your lodge in Bwindi.

Tree climbing lions

Day 6: Gorilla trekking & relaxation in Lake Bunyonyi

After breakfast, you will be transferred to the park headquarters for a briefing on Mountain Gorilla trekking by a local guide. Before departure, you shall have enough entertainment and registration. You shall then embark on a move to the jungle in search for the gentle giants an upon locating them, you shall have upto 60 minutes of observing them relate, play and feed.
You will notice adults eating and grooming one another. after the exciting adventure, you shall return to the starting point to collect your trekking certificate before proceeding to Lake Bunyonyi for an evening relaxation in the lakes of 29 islands. Retire and proceed to your hotel for dinner, relaxation and overnight.

Day 7 Transfer back to Entebbe

After your early morning breakfast, you begin your drive back to Entebbe, stopping for lunch in Mbarara and a short break at the Equator along Masaka Road to take amazing photographs as you learn much about life at 0 degrees. This is an 8-9 hour trip from Lake Bunyonyi. The driver will either take you to your booked accommodation or Entebbe airport in time for your evening departure home.
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