A perfect 8 days gorilla tracking & primates Uganda safari packages
Gorilla tracking & primates safari overview
A perfect safari holiday to Africa featuring gorilla trekking experience, chimpanzees tracking adventure, golden monkeys tracking, baboons, colobus monkeys in Uganda via Kigali- Rwanda. Gorilla tracking & primates safari package comes along with amazing wildlife game drives show casing numerous animal species such as elephants, lions, leopards, giraffes, buffaloes, zebras, antelopes, water bucks, kobs, hippos, hyenas, wild dogs, shoebills sightings, flamingos, pelicans and 700+ recorded bird species of savannah grassland, highlands, riverine & papyrus species.
Arrival and departure: Kigali- Entebbe
- Day 1- arrival, city tour and drive to Mgahinga
- Day 2- golden monkey tracking & nature walks at Mgahinga N.P
- Day 3- gorilla trekking at Bwindi & Ishasha drive
- Day 4- Game drives from Ishasha & boat cruise
- Day 5- chimpanzee tracking (Kalinzu forest reserve) & game drives
- Day 6- Walking safaris at lake Mburo N.P
- Day 7- Kampala city tour & night life
- Day 8- botanical gardens tour and departure
Detailed Gorilla tracking & primates safari itinerary
On arrival at Kigali international airport, you will be picked by our guide and drive for 4 hours to either Bwindi or Mgahinga national parks which are homes to 53% of the world’s population of mountain gorillas on the planet. An earlier arrival will allow us take you around Kigali city; one of the cleanest cities in Africa with its malls, eco parks, resorts, golf courses, restaurants and lounges, art and craft shops, museums among others (the duration of this tour will depend on time of arrival). You will also have a stop-over at lake Bunyonyi, one of the most beautiful and deepest crater lake in Africa.
Accommodation: Mgahinga Lodge (or a similar one)
Meals: Breakfast| Lunch| Dinner
Early in the morning after breakfast and a briefing, you will hike the volcanic mountains of Mgahinga to a height of 2,500 meters above sea level in the bamboo forests of the montane region where these unique primates reside. Golden monkeys have orange-yellow like hair color that give them that distinguished golden look living in families of hundreds and have a very playful character, they will keep you so entertained. Looking at them critically, you will notice their facial appearance that the golden monkeys have a nose so different from that of many other primate species. along the hike, you will also observe other primates like the red tailed monkeys, white and black colobus monkeys, reptiles, Albertine rift endemics and many more bird species even as you head to Lake Bunyonyi.
Accommodation: Bird’s nest @ Bunyonyi resort (or a similar one)
Meals: Breakfast| Lunch| Dinner
Gorilla tracking & primates safari into the tropical montane forests will last between 30 minutes to 3 hours before meeting the gorilla family you are assigned to and you will be allowed to follow and spend an hour with that gorilla family. Getting to find the mountain gorillas on a trek in Uganda is a 99% chance backed up by the gorilla population in this region. During this nature walk you will experience numerous bird species with particularly 23 albertine endemics that are habitats to only the albertine region. later in the evening, 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.
Accommodation: Mweya safari lodge (or a similar one)
Meals: Breakfast| Lunch| Dinner
Early in the morning after breakfast, you will head out to the Kazinga channel (a river connecting lakes Edward and George) for a morning boat cruise through Queen Elizabeth national park. At this gorilla tracking & primates safari experience you will have a glance at the world’s largest concentration of hippo pods numbered above 5,000 at the Kazinga channel, Nile crocodiles, buffaloes, elephants, lions, water bucks, giraffes, kobs, kudus etc. also coming on the banks of the Kazinga channel to quench their thirst. Following the boat cruise, you will embark on a game drive around this channel and beyond into the vast savannah grassland to enjoy more game viewing, scenic views of ice capped mountain Rwenzori also once again come across the equator landmark in the game park.
Accommodation: Mweya safari lodge (or a similar one)
Meals: Breakfast| Lunch| Dinner
Day 5 Kalinzu forest reserve with chimpanzees
Early in the morning today, you will head to the gorge’s headquarters after breakfast for a briefing about the life of chimpanzees, their behavior while in their natural habitat and how to react to their actions for your safety after which you will take on a tracking which begins at 08:00hrs and the other at 13:00hrs. During the forest walk you will also be able to see birds that special to this region such as the forest flycatcher, white-napped pigeon, the striking Rwenzori turaco, the African fin foot; the copper-rich Blue Lake and the Bat Cave with its resident bat-gorged python. Chimpanzee tracking may take up to 3 hours or more depending on how fast you found the chimpanzee family. After this tracking experience, you will head out for a game drive and continue exploring the expanse and scenery view of the park.
Accommodation: Mihingo lodge (or a similar one)
Meals: Breakfast| Lunch| Dinner
On this day you will head to lake Mburo national park commonly known for its high zebra population. Lake Mburo game park offers a wide range of touring options from board rides, horseback riding safaris, walking safaris, game drives, biking/cycling safaris and community walks. Lake Mburo game park has 70 mammals and 332 recorded bird species and is richly gifted with various acacia and papyrus endemics such as the papyrus gonelek, papyrus yellow warbler, white-winged warbler and shoebill; as the acacia species are wide spread elsewhere in the park. Mammals include burchell’s zebras, Nubian giraffes, hippos, leopards, buffaloes, topi, elands, antelopes, warthogs, bushbucks, stripped jackals, reedbucks, olive baboons, sitatungas, hyenas, impalas, crocodiles, reptiles etc. Towards the evening hours, you will embark on 4-hour journey to Kampala.
Accommodation: Mihingo lodge (or a similar one)
Meals: Breakfast| Lunch| Dinner
This tour will get you to various historical administrative, economic and cultural sites and centers in the city have affected the development of Uganda such as Kasubi tombs, Rubaga cathedral, Namirembe cathedral, Gaddafi mosque, Baha’i temple etc. Food and commodity markets around Kampala are so interesting and have a great reflection of how the county’s population survives; these will get you have some taste on fresh fruits, vegetables grown in the country and street food delicacies. Later on in the evening, you will have a nightlife experience in the bars and lounges of Kampala city till resting time as you wait for the next day.
Accommodation: Serena golf course hotel (or a similar one)
Meals: Breakfast| Lunch| Dinner
Day 8 Botanical gardens & Departure
This day will find you at the shores of Lake Victoria in Entebbe and early in the morning after your breakfast 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. Botanical gardens are also common for biking/ cycling safari, monkey feeding, birding safari and 500 plant species including both foreign and indigenous. These plants are categorized into indigenous and non-native fruits, medicinal, beverage, spices, ornamentals, timber, oils and important crop wild relatives, several of these threatened in the wild and agro-ecosystems. After this gorilla tracking & primates safari, you will head to the airport for departure.
Accommodation: N/A
Meals: Breakfast| Lunch| Dinner
Inclusions
- Gorilla trekking permits
- Golden monkey tracking permits
- Chimpanzee tracking permits
- Park entrance fees
- All activities indicated in the itinerary
- Transport 4×4 safari landcruiser
- Government taxes
- Driver & guide
- Airport transfers
- Bottle drinking water
Exclusions
- International flights
- Travel insurance
- Visa fees & processing
- Extra activities, meals, alcohol/ liquor
- Tipping & gratitude
- Accommodation after the end of the trip
- Souvenirs & snacks
- Any changes to the itinerary
- Anything not mentioned
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