7 DAY UGANDA TOURS, SAFARI TO KIBALE AND QUEEN ELIZABETH NATIONAL PARK
Day 1 Kampala-Fort portal
You will get briefed about the camping safari and then start off for Fort Portal passing via Mityana and Mubende. Have a stop over at Mubende to see the Nakayima tree. Picnic lunch en route and continue for Fort portal reaching it late afternoon. Relax and explore the nearby Crater Lake. Overnight dinner and accommodation at your preferred campsite
Day 2 Kibale national park Tour
Early morning breakfast and then proceed for the tracking of the noisy chimps and other primates crashing through the high canopy of the Kibale tropical rain forest. Take note of the colourful birds squawking in through the tropical forest canopy. Have packed lunch and then take an afternoon nature walk through the Bigodi swamp to wetland birds as well as some of the projects run by local community. Retire in the evening, Dinner and Overnight.
Day 3 Kibale-Queen Elizabeth national park safaris
After breakfast drive to Queen Elizabeth national park. Remember the game seen will depend on the season. Visit the local community salt works at Lake Katwe, a salty lake in Uganda. Testing the waters of this lake is a wonderful experience for those who have never tasted salty waters. Have lunch and later go for an afternoon game drive. Retire in the evening, dinner and overnight: Mweya/Jacana (FB).
Day 4 Kyambura gorge
After breakfast take an excursion to the Kyambura gorge nearby to track the fast moving and elusive chimpanzees. Chimpanzees are one of man's closest relations and therefore seeing them is a wonderful adventure. Alternatively go for a nature walk in the Maramagambo Forest to see different tree species, primates, the bat colony and the blue lake. After lunch take a launch cruise on the Kazinga Channel where different animals such as hippos, elephants, buffaloes, and an array of water birds can be seen. Go on the hunt for the tree-climbing lions lounging on old fig trees in the Ishasha region. Dinner and Overnight at Jacana/ Ishasha Wilderness Camp /Ishasha Bandas.
Day 5 Queen-Bwindi Tours
After breakfast, depart for Bwindi Impenetrable Forest for the gorilla tour segment passing either via Ishasha, the home of the tree climbing lion, or take the alternative route through cultivated expanses. This will depend on the road situation. Explore the village and the native communities if time permitting. Dinner and overnight at Buhoma homestead / Buhoma Community bandas
Day 6 Gorilla Safari Bwindi Impenetrable national park
Take early morning breakfast and proceed to the Impenetrable forest for gorilla tracking. Remember you need jungle boots since gorilla tracking involves walking up steep densely forested hills before finally coming across the endangered gorillas camouflaged in the dense tropical vegetation. Time permitting go for a leisurely community visit to the local communities living around the park. Dinner and overnight Buhoma homestead / Buhoma Community bandas
Day 7 Depart for Kampala
Early depart for Kampala passing you through the ever green and beautiful countryside of Western Uganda. En route lunch and arrival in Kampala late afternoon
End of tour
Other Tours
Day 1 -Depart For Queen Elizabeth National Park
our safari guide will pick you from your hotel and drive you on the southbound road connecting to Queen Elizabeth National Park situated in the south western part of Uganda. You will have a stop over at the traditional royal drum makers, and later drive to Masaka.[.more.]
Day 2 Chimpanzee trekking in Kibale National Park
After breakfast, report to the ranger station in Kibale National Park at 08.00am to track habituated chimpanzees - these delightful apes, more closely related to humans than to any other living creature, are tremendous fun to watch as they squabble and play in fruiting trees[..more..]
Day 3:Bwindi gorilla trekking tour---
The fact that Bwindi is among the national parks in Uganda with the biggest species of endangered mountain gorillas you there for stand a chance to go for trekking early in he morning after a hearty break fast[.more.]
Day 7 -Stanley Plateau
Early morning traverse of the Elena glacier to the Stanley Plateau where crampons will be required. Cross this in a North West direction to the Margherita glacier to the cool and to choose a route to the summit[..more.].
