A combined Rwenzori mountaineering, gorilla trekking, chimpanzee tracking & wild game safari experience
Rwenzori mountaineering & gorilla trekking safari overview
An outstanding 9 days adventure combined with 2 days of Rwenzori mountaineering, gorilla trekking, chimpanzee tracking & wild tour game drives also with a walking safari experience at lake Mburo ungulates game park. Readily waiting for you on this Africa trip are the endangered mountain gorillas, chimpanzees, horned chameleons, zebras, giraffes, Nile crocodiles, elephants, buffaloes, antelopes & more than 700 bird species.
Rwenzori mountaineering & gorilla trekking safari highlights
Arrival & departure: Entebbe international airport
- Day 1; transfer to Rwenzori mountain park vicinity
- Day 2-3; mountain Rwenzori park trekking & hiking
- Day 4-5; Queen Elizabeth safaris national park
- Day 6; Chimpanzee tracking at Kalinzu forest game reserve
- Day 7; mountain gorillas trekking at Bwindi Impenetrable N.P
- Day 8; Walking safari at lake Mburo ungulates national park
- Day 9; Return to Kampala & departure
Detailed Rwenzori mountaineering, gorilla trekking & wild game safari
Day 1; transfer to Rwenzori mountain park vicinity
On arriving at the airport, you will be taken to your preferred hotel/ lodge for a rest where you will embark from to head to the foothills of mountain Rwenzori from whence you will head to mountain Rwenzori national park headquarters.
Meals: Breakfast| Lunch| Dinner
Accommodation: Snow heights lodge (or a similar one)
- The first day of hiking, you’ll set off with your porters & guides from Nyakalengija to Nyabitaba (2,650m high) after the morning breakfast covering a distance of 1,600m from the mountain Rwenzori national park headquarters. The trail will take you through Bakonjo homesteads and farmlands continuing with a trail near Mubuku River from where you will again cross river Mahoma before continually climbing through a montane forest to reach Nyabitaba hut. Dinner and overnight stay at Nyabitaba hut.
- The second day will see you trek to John Matte Hut (3,350m) after your breakfast. You will set off from Nyabitaba hut through a small trail, descending down to Kurt Shafer Bridge just before the junction of Rivers Bujuku and Mubuku. You will then cross into a bamboo region where the trail is slippery and moss-topped and there after continue with a returning descent to back to the park headquarters where you will have a brief rest before heading to your lodge.
Meals: Breakfast| Lunch| Dinner
Accommodation: Mweya safari lodge (or a similar one)
Getting into the first day’s wilderness of the park, you will get to Kazinga channel for a boat cruise and later head out to enjoy sightings at herds of elephants, buffaloes, giraffes, lions, hippo pods, leopards, hyenas, antelopes, 660 plus bird species, lodges, mountain Rwenzori sightings, Equator crossing landmark. The next day, you will head to the southern part of the park in the Ishasha sector which uniquely known for its rear species of tree climbing lions.
Meals: Breakfast| Lunch| Dinner
Accommodation: Ishasha wilderness camp lodge (or a similar one)
Day 6; chimpanzee tracking in Kalinzu forest
This day will see you head deep into the Kalinzu forests which harbors more than 300 chimpanzee individuals which guarantees 99% chances of viewing, photography and filming of chimpanzee characters, behavior, families and movements. The forest is also home to various forest bird species.
Meals: Breakfast| Lunch| Dinner
Accommodation: Buhoma lodge (or a similar one)
Gorilla trekking is not just a safari/ tour in Africa but a top must do experience for travelers from all over the world. You will head deep into the impenetrable forest which harbors more than half of the world’s remaining endangered mountain gorillas. Bwindi impenetrable is one of the few destinations with the world’s remaining 1,100 mountain gorilla individuals.
Meals: Breakfast| Lunch| Dinner
Accommodation: Silver back hotel- Mbarara ( or a similar one)
Beyond any Africa safari, at Lake Mburo a walking tour is a top experience in Uganda’s number one zebra park. This park harbors the highest number of zebras whose number amount to more than 3,000 along with Rothschild’s giraffes, buffaloes, antelopes, leopards & birds in near experiences on a walking safari, cycling in the park, boat cruise, rock climbing etc.
Meals: Breakfast| Lunch| Dinner
Accommodation: Mihingo lodge (or a similar one)
Day 9; Transfer to Kampala then departure
Finally, winding up with this 9 days Africa safari tour, you will head out to Entebbe to a preferred hotel/ lodge as you wait for departure time.
Meals: Breakfast| Lunch| Dinner
Accommodation: N/A
Your safari trip 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 on this safari
- 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
Your safari journey map
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