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7 Days in Primates Uganda

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western Uganda

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Day 1: pick up and transfer to Kibale NP

Welcome to the Pearl of Africa: Upon arrival you shall be welcomed by our guide at Entebbe International Airport from where you will transfer to Kibale National Park. The drive is quite long but incredibly scenic – passing through villages, lush green countryside and hills dotted with tea plantations that characterize this part of Uganda. The beautiful scenery will amaze you all the way. Kibale NP is popular for its primates like the chimpanzees, black and white colobus monkeys, red-tailed monkeys and Uganda mangabey. While on your chimpanzee trails, you will see them swinging in the forest trees and others feeding on the wild fruits. Once at the Lodge, check in and relax. Prepare for dinner and overnight stay.

Main Destination: Kibale National Park (Chimps)

Accommodation: Chimpanzee Forest Lodge

Day 2: Chimp trekking in Kibale Forest & drive to Queen Elizabeth NP

Have an early breakfast in preparation for serious primate business this morning. Make your way to the briefing point to get the chimp trekking rules and regulations in order to keep yo  u secure then head off to find our distant cousins in the forest with the guidance of a guide. After they have been located, ensure to enjoy the hour with them and after make your way back to the lodge for relaxation and lunch. After Chimp trekking return to the lodge for lunch or in the event of a packed lunch proceed to exit Kibale and transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park for the 2-hour afternoon boat ride along the Kazinga Channel. This channel connects Lakes George and Lake Edward. The boat trip will be guided by a Uganda wildlife authority guide to help sight wildlife including giant hippos, elephants and crocodiles along the banks of the river. After the Boat ride return to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay.

Main Destination: Queen Elizabeth National Park

Accommodation: Irungu Forest Safari Lodge

Day 2: Morning game drive and transfer to Bwindi

After breakfast, check out of the accommodation and start the journey to Bwindi

Impenetrable NP. As you exit queen Elizabeth NP enjoy a game drive through the Ishasha sector where the biggest attraction are the tree climbing lions among other game. The chance of spotting these is always high as they have turned these to homes. Continue out to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, the home to almost half of the world’s remaining mountain Gorilla population. Upon arrival at the lodge, check inn. And stay Friday afternoon 

Main Destination: Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas)

Accommodation: Rushaga

Day 3: Gorilla trekking Bwindi Forest and transfer to kisoro

Wake up early and make your way to the assembling point to undertake the short briefing on the dos and don'ts of Gorilla trekking. The UWA guide will explain more about the forest and the activity then embark on the search for the gorillas through the sheer beauty of a natural forest filled with different species of birds and other forest animals. Once you have located the majestic gorillas ensure to enjoy the memorable time with them as instructed. After lunch you will visit batwa pygmies of Bwindi national park, hunters, gatherer tribe that also dubbed the keepersbof the forest, anthropologists. They live for hunting and getting fruit in forest . evening drive to kisoro

Main Destination: Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas)

Accommodation: Virunga Hotel 

Day4: Golden Monkeys in local villages experiences

After breakfast, drive to headquarter where will have briefing at 7:00Am, you will have the rare opportunity to observe the famous golden monkeys. You will depart for golden monkeys trekking to observe the famous Uganda monkeys in the Mgahinga National Park. Spend an hour with them, and be back at the base in time for lunch.  visit the coffee farm in kisoro where you will learn how coffee is grown from the garden to the cup 

Main destination: Mgahinga National Park

Accomodation : Virunga Hotel

Day 5: Transfert to Bunyonyi Canoe, Swimming, birding

After breakfdast, drive to Bunyonyi lake for relax you, will visit different islands on lake bunyonyi and in the evening you will go for sunsetMain destination: Lake Bunyonyi

Accommodation: bunyonyi overland  

Day6: transfer to kampala

 After morning breakfast, relax by doing canoe rides, and drive to kampala in the beautiful landscapes of hills, natures, local peoples and their activities with a fist stopover in mbarara for Lunch and second stopover in Masaka for some photos at the equator line and proceed to the hotel to kampala 

Main destination: Kampala 

Accommodation: Acacia hotel

Day7: transfer to Airport

 After morning breakfast drive to entebbe for flying back to home.

End of trip.