Uganda primates safari excursions| 10 day Uganda primates wildlife Safari
Uganda primates excursions highlights
Arrival and departure: Entebbe
Day 1- arrival, transfer to Kampala for city tour/night life
Day 2- travel to Mgahinga
Day 3- Mgahinga golden monkey tracking and crater lakes
Day 4- Bwindi Impenetrable gorilla trekking and Ishasha drive
Day 5- Queen Elizabeth game drives and boat cruise
Day 6- Kibale chimpanzee tracking
Day 7- Semuliki hot springs
Day 8- Murchison falls game drive & boat cruise
Day 9- Hiking to top of the Murchison water falls & game drive
Day 10- Entebbe botanical tour and departure
Uganda primates Safari Overview
- Gorilla trekking
- Chimpanzee trekking
- Golden monkey tracking
- Crater lakes
- Tree climbing lions
- Boat cruise
- Hot springs
- Murchison water falls
- River Nile
- Rothchild’s giraffes
- Nile crocodiles
- Birding
Uganda primates safari excursions detailed itinerary
Day 1 Kampala city tour
On seeing your name on a pluck card with our guide, you will be picked from Entebbe international airport to start your primates safari excursions to your booked hotel in Kampala for a brief resting time after which you will embark on a city tour around the hills of Kampala. The city tour will get you to various historical administrative, economic and cultural sites and centers in the city have affected the development of Uganda as a country such as;
- Kasubi tombs
- Rubaga cathedral church
- Art and crafts shops
- Coffee shops
- Food, markets & delicacies
- Qaddafi mosque
- Baha’i temple of the Baha’i faith
- Uganda parliamentary building among others
Accommodation: Serena golf course hotel (or a similar one)
Meals: Breakfast | lunch| Dinner
Today you will embark on the 10-hour journey to Mgahinga national park for golden monkey and primates tracking. Along the way you will get across many features that make Uganda- the pearl of Africa one of the greatest and iconic destinations by default. You will also have numerous stop overs even to have photographic moments at points for example;
- the Equator crossing landmark where you will have a stop for photos, art and craft shops
- gorges and rift valley floor and escarpments
- crater lakes
- Interlocking volcanic and conical hills
- forests and the vast savannah grasslands and the green vegetation among others.
Early in the morning after breakfast and a briefing, you will hike the volcanic mountains of the Mgahinga to a height of 2,500 meters above sea level in the bamboo forests of the montane region where these unique primates reside. These have orange-yellow like hair color that give them that distinguished golden look. When you finally reach their residence, you will be allowed to stay around them for one hour. Golden monkeys live in families of hundreds and have a very playful character, they will keep you so entertained.
- Golden monkeys
- Colobus monkeys
- Albertine rift endemics & birding
- Volcanic mountain Sceneries
- Nature walks
- Reptiles
Accommodation: Bird’s nest @ Bunyonyi resort (or a similar one)
Meals: Breakfast | lunch| Dinner
Finally after breakfast, you will have a briefing on the gorilla behaviors, livelihoods and how to handle their reactions to the human presence. The trek into the tropical montane forests will last between 30 minutes to 1 hour before meeting the gorilla family you are assigned to and then you will be allowed to follow and spend an hour with that gorilla family. Bwindi Impenetrable forest trek on Uganda primates safari excursions gives you a 99% chance to see gorillas backed up by the gorilla population at this location. Lastly after the primates safari, you will set out to the Ishasha sector of the Queen Elizabeth national park best known for its tree climbing lions and one of the only 2 destinations in Africa with lions have having this behavior along with other wild game .
Accommodation: Mweya safari lodge or a similar one)
Meals: Breakfast | lunch| Dinner
Kazinga channel- a 32km river connecting lakes Edward and George for a morning boat cruise in queen Elizabeth national park. At this safari excursions you will have a glance at the world’s largest concentration of hippos which are numbered above 5,000 at the Kazinga channel, Nile crocodiles, buffaloes, water birds and other land birds coming in to quench their thirst, elephants, lions and other land wild game like water bucks, giraffes, kobs, kudus among others also coming in onto the banks of the Kazinga channel to quench their thirst.
Late in the afternoon, you will embark on a game drive around this channel and beyond into the vast savannah grassland to enjoy more game viewing at more lion prides, elephant herds, leopards, raptors, vultures, reptiles, warthogs, primates, wild dogs among other creatures, scenery views of the ice capped mountain Rwenzori and its slopes.
Accommodation: Mweya safari lodge (or a similar one)
Meals: Breakfast | lunch| Dinner
Day 6 Kibale N.P
Kibale national park known for chimpanzee tracking and for having the highest population & concentration of chimpanzees in world numbering above 1,500 individuals in the park along other primates. Later on in the afternoon tracking session starts at 14:00 and takes 2-5 hours with a more than 90% chance of meeting the chimpanzees; a forest walk that will come along with numerous sceneries of more than 370 bird species of grassland, forest, swamp and Albertine rift region endemics, 350 tree species and 71 mammal species. other primates in the park include the L’hoest monkeys, colobus monkeys, blue monkey, olive baboon, red tailed monkey, vervet monkeys. Mammal species include leopards, elephants, water bucks, warthogs, giant forest hog, sitatungas, buffaloes, hyenas, jackals, and other nocturnal species on this safari excursions.
Accommodation: Chimpanzee Capital safari lodge (or a similar one)
Meals: Breakfast | lunch| Dinner
One of the most gorgeous places in this East African region, Semuliki national park is known for its remarkable features and as a landmark position between East and Central Africa thus having vegetation and forests of characteristics of both regions. Semuliki national park anchored by river Semuliki, has hot springs that were a result of geo volcanic activity dating thousands of years back; these produce water of over 100°C producing white mist and smoke in the forests. It’s a common for visitors to buy raw eggs and boil them at the hot water point. This nature walk experience supplements to the primates safari excursions with its numerous baboons, colobus monkeys, red colobus monkeys along with herbivores like kobs, buffaloes among others. Equally, the park also has unique bird species that are native to the great tropical forests of central Africa.
Accommodation: Semliki safari lodge (or a similar one)
Meals: Breakfast | lunch| Dinner
Day 8 Murchison falls
You will wake up very early in the morning and drive to Murchison falls national where you will set off for safari excursions till afternoon when you reach your booked lodge for lunch break. This park has the strongest water falls in the world and the highest number of rothschild’s giraffes in the world, more than three- quarter of the total world population and numerous elephant and lion prides, primates waterbucks, impalas, kobs, warthogs, hippos, buffaloes, crocodiles, leopards, hyenas, jackals among other mammals and more than 450 bird species recorded in the park. Furthermore after lunch, you will then head to the banks of the river Nile for a boat cruise towards the face of the Murchison falls.
Accommodation: Paraa safari lodge (or a similar one)
Meals: Breakfast | lunch| Dinner
Day 9 Murchison N.P- River Nile
Second day in Murchison falls will get you on a nature walk/ trek up to view the magnificent Murchison falls from above and watch the strongest falls on the planet, gashing 3,000 cubic litres of water per second through an eight-meter corridor cascading down a 43-meter height into the “the devil’s caldron” forming a white mist and a signature rainbow producing a loud sound from the powerful force of the water of the river Nile. Furthermore you will head out to other sections of the park to continue exploring this vast grassland and its remarkable wild game. While on these safari excursions, you will see many elephant herds and their playful young ones, primates, lion prides, rothschild’s giraffes, waterbucks, buffaloes, numerous bird species among others.
Accommodation: Paraa safari lodge (or a similar one)
Meals: Breakfast | lunch| Dinner
Day 10 Botanical tours & departure
Lastly, you will be at the shores of Lake Victoria in Entebbe and you have a tour around Entebbe town and there after a walking tour at the cool 40.7 hectare botanical gardens along the shore of Lake Victoria. The gardens are also common for biking/ cycling safari, primates (monkeys) safari excursions and 500 plant species including both exotic and indigenous. These plants are categorized into indigenous and exotic fruits, medicinal, beverage, spices, ornamentals, timber, oils and important crop wild relatives, several of these threatened in the wild and agro-ecosystems. After this tour, you will head to the airport for departure.
Accommodation: N/A
Meals: Breakfast |
Inclusions
- Park entry fees
- Gorilla permit fees
- Golden monkey tracking fees
- Chimpanzee permit fees
- Driver & Guide
- Transport 4×4 custom safari landcruiser
- All excursions in itinerary
- Airport transfers
- Government taxes
- Laundry
- Refreshments/ drinking water
Exclusions
- Travel insurance
- International flights
- Visa fees & processing
- Extra activities, meals and liquor/alcohol
- Tipping and gratitude
- Souvenirs & snacks
- Accommodation after the trip
- Extra luggage on domestic flights
- An changes to the itinerary
- Anything not mentioned