9 Days Uganda Wildlife Tour And Primate Safari

After having your fantastic breakfast, meet your driver guide to go for an early morning game drive to search wildlife species in Murchison falls national park. During morning hours, there are higher chances to meet a variety of wildlife species both mammals and birds and more so the big cats or predators which are so active in the morning and evening hours.  Murchison Falls National park is a home base to over 76 mammals these include both big and small mammals and over 450 bird species. So, during your morning game drive, your driver guide will assist you to spot numerous wildlife species such as Giraffes, Uganda kobs, hug Elephants, the fearless Lions, Oribis, Leopard, spotted hyenas, Jackson hartebeest, Warthogs, Caped Buffaloes and many others including bird species. After your adventurous wildlife sighting game drive, have a break for lunch and later go for your afternoon boat launch trip on the Victoria Nile that will take you few meters to the bottom of the falls to watch how the Murchison falls drops 42 meters down making them to form a thunderous sound and splashing water in form of mist. During your afternoon boat launch on the Victoria Nile, you will enjoy viewing a variety of aquatic animals and birds such as hippopotamuses, Nile crocodiles, the rare shoebill stork and others land mammals like Elephants, waterbucks, Uganda kobs, caped buffaloes on the shores drinking water and others swimming which will make it so adventurous. After afternoon boat launch on the Nile River, have a short break to have some refreshments and then go for your evening game drive mainly to search for the big predators of the park such as Leopards, Spotted hyenas, Lions and others since they are so active during evening hours. Dinner and an overnight

Accommodation options;
Hornbill Bush Lodge (Budget/standard)
Murchison River Lodge (Mid-range)
Baker’s Lodge (Luxury)

Meal plan; Breakfast/ Lunch / Dinner

This day after your early morning heavy breakfast, go for morning game drive to search for more wildlife species mostly those that you could be have missed during your previous game drives like some of the big predators which are normally active few hours in the day. After your game drive, transfer to Kibale Forest national park through small towns and villages while watching the indigenous people doing their daily routes and you will be surprised by their style work since they do most of their work without the use of modern technology. On your way to Kibale forest national park, you wowed by the beautiful sceneries of the countryside that will make your tour so exciting and adventurous. Kibale national park is famous to be home base of the highest number  and concentration of different primate species in Africa which are 13 species in to total all including chimpanzees our closest relatives having 98.8% human DNA. Other primate species that you will encounter includes; the grey-cheeked mangabey, blue monkeys, olive baboons, L’Hoest monkey, vervet monkeys black and white colobus monkeys and many others. You will have stop en-route for lunch and refreshments and proceed with your drive to Kibale national park to check in at your lodge and later go to Bigodi sanctuary swamp for an evening guided nature walk. Bigodi swamp sanctuary is known to be home to about 200 bird species which makes it a birders’ paradise and it is possible for certain bird species to miss out in the park and be found here, it is also home to over 8 primate. The walk will take through the local communities that are surrounding the swamp where you will have a chance to take part in some of community activities like local bear brewing and coffee powder making. Return to your lodge to relax, dinner and an overnight.

Day 3 Accommodation options;
Rwetera Safari park (Budget/standard)
Isunga Safari Lodge (Mid-range)
Crater Safari Lodge (Luxury)

Meal plan; Breakfast/ Lunch / Dinner

Wake up very early in the morning to have breakfast, meet your driver guide and drive to the park information office to meet other visitors to be briefed about the guidelines to follow during chimpanzee tracking and later start your forest walk to search for chimpanzees.  Your chimpanzee tracking safari will be guided by UWA ranger and a professional guide so you will get much information about everything that you will meet in the course of chimpanzee tracking such as bird species, butterflies, other primates and some mammals that will make your walk so adventurous. The walking time to meet chimpanzees is not known but estimated to be between 30 minutes to 4 hours depending on the location of the chimpanzee family you are tracking. Once you meet them, you will be allowed to spend a maximum of 1 hour to watch them, taking photos and asking questions to your guide regarding chimpanzee and all other things that you will meet during your forest walk. Meeting chimpanzees in their natural habitat playing as they are jumping in tree branches, making their nests and grooming their babies is one of the most interesting wildlife experience in Africa. After spending an hour with chimpanzees, return to the park information offices to have refreshments and thereafter, embark on a road drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park to visit Kasoga community. Kasoga community experience gives you a chance to fully interact with the local communities around the park to engage directly in their daily activities  such as cultural life, local fishing, marine practices, visiting women crafts shops and many others including sharing with you their relationship with wildlife and canoeing which will reward with incredible community experience. Later return to your lodge to check in, relax, dinner and an overnight.

Accommodation options;
Pumba cottages (Budget/standard)
Elephant Hab Safari Lodge (Mid-range)
Mweya Safari Lodge (Luxury)

Meal plan; Breakfast/ Lunch / Dinner

Enjoy your morning heavy breakfast, leave the lodge and go for your early morning game drive through Kasenyi track. Kasenyi track is famous as a mating ground for Uganda Kobs and hunting ground for the big predators such as Leopard, spotted hyenas, Lions and others. In the course of morning game drive, you encounter numerous number of wildlife species such as herds of Buffaloes, huge Elephants, Uganda kobs and other antelope species, Warthogs, Forest giant hog, Lions, Leopard and many other including bird species. Queen Elizabeth national park is a home to over 95 mammal species and 600 recorded bird species and one of the most popular wildlife destination in Africa. Queen Elizabeth national park has diverse ecosystems which include humid forest, sprawling savanna, sparkling lakes, shady, fertile wetlands, and Ishasha plains home to the tree climbing loins. Have a short break to have lunch and refreshments and thereafter go for the afternoon boat launch safari on the Kazinga channel which is one of the most memorable experience in the park. Kanziga channel is a 32 km water stream linking Lake George and Edward and acting as a major water supply to the park, it also has the highest number of Hippopotamuses in Uganda and Africa therefore, during your boat launch safari you a huge number hippopotamuses, Nile crocodiles and some other land animals such as waterbucks, Uganda Kobs, Elephants, Buffaloes and many others when they have come to take water and swimming. If you are a bird lover, Kazinga channel is known as a paradise of bird lovers as you can be able to spot numbers of different bird species. No doubt, day time has a lot folded in it, like the game drives, launch at Kazinga Channel. The night game drive is not so common however, in returns it might be the best choice as you can see many nocturnal species and big predators of the park since they are so active during night such as Leopards, Lions, spotted hyenas, African rock python and many others including bird species.  Return to your lodge for dinner and an overnight

Accommodation options;
Pumba cottages (Budget/standard)
Elephant Hab Safari Lodge (Mid-range)
Mweya Safari Lodge (Luxury)

Meal plan; Breakfast/ Lunch / Dinner

After having breakfast with all your bags loaded on your car, check out and start your day with another morning game drive in Queen Elizabeth national park this will be to ensure that you have a chance to encounter those species that you could be have missed during the previous game drives like such as the nocturnal and big predators which are usually active during early morning and late evening hours and by big lucky, you may find them in action. Later drive to Bwindi Impenetrable forest national park with an en-route game drive in Ishasha sector in the southern part of Queen Elizabeth national park to search for the tree climbing lions that are normally found resting in the huge fig trees. After your game drive in Ishasha sector, have a short break to relax, have lunch and refreshments then proceed to Bwindi impenetrable forest national park which is a home to the biggest number of the worlds’ most endangered primates “mountain gorillas” and over 120 other mammal species, over 346 bird species, 400 plant species among. On your arrival to the park, drive straight to check in at your reserved lodge

Accommodation options
Ride 4 A woman (Budget/standard)
Silverback Lodge (Mid-range)
Mahogany Springs Lodge (Luxury)

Meal plan; Breakfast/ Lunch / Dinner

Without a doubt, this will be the most memorable days of your 9 days Uganda wildlife tour and primate safari. After your heavy morning breakfast meet your driver guide and drive to the park information center to meet other guests to be briefed about the guidelines to follow during mountain gorilla trekking. You will be put in a small group of 8 people and allocated to a certain mountain gorilla family you and then start your forest walk to search for the mountain gorilla in their natural habitats. The time taken while looking for mountain gorillas is not known but expected to between 1-8 hours depending on the movements of the gorilla family that you are allocated to. Once you meet your allocated mountain gorilla family, you are allowed to spend a maximum of one hour watching them feeding, swinging in the branches of trees, taking photos and asking question regarding mountain gorillas and other creatures that you will encounter in the forest during mountain gorilla trekking. Upon completion of the one hour, return to the park information office to pick your mountain gorilla tracking completion certificate, have lunch and drive to Lake Bunyonyi to spend your evening while canoeing and bird watching. Dinner and an overnight

Accommodation options:
Bird nest Resort (Luxury)
Arcadia Lodge Bunyonyi (Mid-range)
Bunyonyi Safari Resort (Budget)

Meal Plan; Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner

After having breakfast, go for a morning boat canoeing on Lake Bunyonyi. Lake Bunyonyi is the deepest lake in Uganda and second deepest in Africa with over 29 small islands whereby each island has its unique exciting story such as the Akampene Island which was used to punish girls whom they would find pregnant before marriage by isolating them there to death and this would teach lesson to others not doing the same. Boat canoeing on Lake Bunyonyi is one of the most exciting things. After your adventurous morning boat canoeing, return to your lodge to check out and start your drive to Lake Mburo national park with an en-route stop to have lunch in Mbarara city and thereafter, proceed with your drive to check in at your booked lodge to relax. Lake Mburo national park is the smallest park but blessed with numerous wildlife species, nature created features such as small lakes, valleys, woodland vegetation, and rolling hills that provide habitats to a variety of wild animals like zebras, buffaloes, elands, impala, warthogs, hippopotamuses, Nile crocodiles, Giraffes and many others including over 300 bird species. After relaxation, leave the lodge and go for a night game drive. Lake Mburo national park is one of the best national park where a successful night game drive can be done and there are higher chances to encounter nocturnal species such as leopard, bush babies, porcupine, white tailed mongoose and spotted hyenas. Dinner and an overnight

Accommodation options:
Mpogo Safari Lodge (Budget/standard)
Rwakobo rock lodge (Mid-range)
Mihingo Safari Lodge (Luxury)

Meal Plan; Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner

This day, have a cup of coffee plus a piece of bite and go for your morning adventurous horseback riding. Lake Mburo national park is the only park where horseback riding can be done in the wilderness, it will let you to watch a variety of wildlife species such as Zebras, Elands, Buffaloes and Impalas in a closer distance without being scared which makes it the best way of exploring the park than the usual game drive using safari vehicle because you can even get off the normal tracks to go inside the park where are more animals. After horseback riding safari return to your lodge to have full set breakfast, check out and drive back to Entebbe international airport with an en-route stop at Kayabwe Equator landmark. At the Equator landmark, you will watch water experiment showing how forces move on the northern and southern hemispheres, take a memorial photo, have lunch and proceed with the drive straight to Entebbe international airport for your return flight and this will be the end of your 9 days uganda wildlife tour and primate safari

Meal plan Breakfast / Lunch