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7 Days Gorilla and Chimpanzee safari in Uganda
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7 Days Gorilla and Chimpanzee safari in Uganda

By Beautiful Safaris Uganda
Price is £3,623 per adult
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Overview

This safari will take you to complete Uganda wildlife safari visiting the home to half of the remaining mountain gorilla population also primate capital of the world Kibale national park with a visit to Murchison falls national park and Queen Elizabeth National for Wildlife and an adventure boat cruise on Kazinga and river Nile.

Activity location

  • Murchison Falls National Park
    • Murchison Falls, P.O.Box 455
    • Masindi, Uganda

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Uganda House
    • Kampala, Central Region, Uganda

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7 Days Gorilla and Chimpanzee safari in Uganda in English
  • Activity duration is 7 days7d7d
  • Opening hours: Sat 08:00-23:00
  • English

Pickup included

Language options: English
Price details
£3,623.49 x 1 Adult£3,623.49

Total
Price is £3,623.49

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedPrivate transport
  • What's includedWhat's includedpark entry fess
  • What's includedWhat's includedWiFi on board
  • What's includedWhat's includedchimpanzee permit
  • What's includedWhat's includedall accommodation
  • What's includedWhat's includedAir-conditioned vehicle
  • What's includedWhat's includedgorilla pemit fee
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedactivities not mentioned in the itinerary
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedair fares and visa charges
  • What's excludedWhat's excludeditems of personal nature like laundry, phone calls , and buying sourvenirs

Know before you book

  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • In accordance with UK consumer law, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.
  • This activity is provided by a professional trader (a party acting within their trade, business or profession).

Activity itinerary

Day 1: Day 1: pick up from the hotel and transfer to Bwindi impenetrable national park
  • 2 stops
  • Meals: lunch, snacks, breakfast
  • Accommodation: buhoma gorilla camp
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
  • 10h
Our driver will pick you up from the airport and take you for meals according to the time of your arrival to one of the hotels in Kampala. You will then leave for Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National park which is known as a great home for gorillas. A brief stop at the Equator allows time for photographs and refreshments as well a visit to the craft shops. The journey affords views from the vehicle of the long horned Ankole cattle, in Mbarara, the rolling hills, terraced landscapes and the beautiful panorama of Kabale. We have a lunch break en route in Mbarara. Then Continue to Bwindi Impenetrable park and arrive in the evening.
Queen Elizabeth National Park
  • 2h
from bwindi impenetrable national park , you wil head to queen Elizabeth national park and do evening game drive as you had to the lodge having chances to see wildlife like elephants, buffaloes, kobs, bushbucks, water backs and other bird species
Day 2: Day 2: Gorilla tracking and transfer to queen Elizabeth National Park
  • 2 stops
  • Meals: breakfast, lunch, snacks
  • Accommodation: buhoma gorilla camp
Bwindi Impenetrable Forest
  • 8h
  • Admission ticket included
Wake up early have your breakfast and the driver will pick you up for a thrilling experience of gorilla tracking and trekking in Bwindi impenetrable forest. You will be taken to the headquarters where will you be briefed and given instructions on how it’s done. Time taken to track the mountain gorilla is a minimum of 2 hours and a maximum of 7hrs. On finding them, you will be given the most exciting and emotional moment with them. For conservation purposes in most cases you will be given 1 hr. to enjoy them. You will then go back for your lunch and after go for village walks along the ridge top roads which provides a fantastic view north and virunga volcanoes in the south. And transfer queen Elizabeth National park national park which is about 3 hours of drive and evening gam drive as you drive to the lodge and expect to some wildlife like elephants, buffaloes , Uganda kobs and water among others
Kibale National Park
  • 3h
today you will do morning game drive and transfer to kibale national park and do crater visit before checking into the booked lodge
Day 3: Day 3: Queen Elizabeth National Park and transfer kibale national park
  • 1 stop
  • Meals: breakfast, lunch, snacks
  • Accommodation: pumba
Queen Elizabeth National Park
  • 6h
Wake up early for breakfast and then go for an early morning game drive encounter different mammals like: herds of elephants, buffaloes, antelopes, lion, leopard, hyenas etc. Sight different species of birds. Over 500 species have been identified here making it a paradise for bird –watchers some of these birds include Black-bee eater, 11 different species of Kingfisher, several falcons, eagles and raptors. Get back to your hotel for lunch and relax as you wait for the afternoon activity. In the afternoon you will drive to kibale national park reaching late evening checking into the booked lodge
Day 4: Day 4: chimpanzee trekking in the morning and after bigodi swamp
  • 1 stop
  • Meals: lunch, snacks, breakfast
  • Accommodation: kibale forest camp
Kibale National Park
  • 8h
After an early breakfast you will enjoy a guided nature walk in the tropical rainforest in search of the wild chimpanzees, red-tailed monkeys, black-and-white colobus monkeys and many others. Afternoon Activity shall depend on the chosen activity (between the above as each require different level of time commitment). In case you choose the option of Chimpanzee trekking, then after lunch we will take you for a guided nature walk in the Bigodi Wetland Sanctuary. The sanctuary offers great birding opportunities and nature walks. Besides birding, Bigodi village has a rich cultural heritage site where you can mix with the local people and enjoy the African traditions in terms of lifestyle and entertainment. Later you will return to the lodge for dinner and overnight
Day 5: Day 5: transfer Murchison falls national park
  • 1 stop
  • Meals: lunch, snacks, breakfast
  • Accommodation: forti murchison
Murchison Falls National Park
  • 6h
  • Admission ticket included
Pick up from your hotel at 6.30am after breakfast, followed by a drive to Murchison Falls NP passing through beautiful woodlands and Savannah grasslands; straight to the park, and then to the accommodation facility of your choice. You will then relax and have your lunch then take the rest of the day at leisure and top of falls
Day 6: game drive and launch cruise (explore murchison falls national park)
  • 1 stop
  • Meals: breakfast, lunch, snacks
  • Accommodation: forti murchison
Murchison Falls National Park
  • 10h
Wake up early with a snack and set off on a Sunrise game drive (about 6.30am) in the Nyamsika plateau, while on the game drives, cape buffaloes, Rothschild’s giraffes, Uganda kobs ,hartebeest and water buck are commonly seen. You may also spot warthog, and bush pig plus carnivores including lions, leopards, and spotted hyena. . And crocodiles and hippos will be seen along banks of the Nile. Some of the more common birds that can be seen include goliath heron, Egyptian geese, bee -eaters, kingfishers, saddle billed stork, cormorant, hornbill, and the rare shoe bile stork After the game drive, you will return to the lodge for lunch and there after you will relax. After lunch, proceed for the boat trip on the placid Victoria Nile, upstream, to the base of the falls The boat stops just ten metres from the “Devil’s cauldron”. From here you will disembark and take a hike to the top of the falls where your vehicle will be waiting for you for pick up.
Day 7: Murchison falls en-route ziwa rhino sanctuary
  • 1 stop
  • Meals: breakfast, lunch
  • Accommodation: Not included
Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary
  • 3h
  • Admission ticket included
You will wake up with relaxed breakfast and check out of the lodge as you meet your guide for the drive to Ziwa rhino sanctuary for tracking of rhinos. Depending on the chosen activity you will drive back to Kampala with lunch en-route to either Ziwa or any place chosen for lunch reaching Kampala by evening

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESMurchison Falls National Park
    • Murchison Falls, P.O.Box 455
    • Masindi, Uganda

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLEUganda House
    • Kampala, Central Region, Uganda

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