Uganda Highlights Tour

Itinerary

• Day 1: Arrival in Entebbe

  Welcomed by your tour guide upon arrival at Entebbe, a city located on the northern shores of Lake Victoria and hosting the only international airport in Uganda.

  After a brief introduction, a transfer will be arranged to your hotel for check-in.

  • Entebbe

• Day 2: Entebbe - Kibale National Park

  Inhabited by around 1,500 chimpanzees, Kibale National Park in Uganda is the best destination in Africa for Chimpanzee tracking. What's more, Kibale is also home to 12 other species of primate, including the uncommon red colobus monkeys, black & white colobus monkeys, red-tailed monkeys, blue monkeys, olive baboons, and L'Hoest's monkeys.

  Depart for Kibale National Park this morning and arrive at your lodge for lunch and some leisure. Early afternoon, after a briefing at the park headquarter, you will enjoy a guided Bigodi swamp walk in search of its colorful swamp birds and other creatures.

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  • Kibale Forest National Park

• Day 3: Kibale National Park - Queen Elizabeth National Park

  Queen Elizabeth National Park which creates a 180-kilometer wildlife corridor together with Kibale adjoining it in the north is famous for its diversity of wildlife, over 95 species of mammals, 500 species of birds, and volcanic features.

  Today, after a morning session of chimp tracking (with a picnic lunch will be served) in Kibale, you will move on to the Queen Elizabeth National Park.

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  • Queen Elizabeth National Park

• Day 4: Queen Elizabeth National Park, Chimp Tracking or Game Drive

  Start today with 2 optional activities, you can choose to take a morning session on Chimpanzee tracking in Kalinzu or Kyambura Gorge. Track the chimps and other primates swinging on the high canopy of the forest with colorful birds squawking nearby or elephants among a lot of other wildlife. If on a lucky day, you may also see lion hunting.

  Alternatively, enjoy a morning game drive to the Uganda kobs' mating grounds. On the way, look out for wildlife, such as hippopotamus, lions, warthogs, elephants, hyenas, and varied birds. Later after lunch, take a 2-hour boat cruise on the Kazinga Channel and look out for more wildlife as they throng the water banks.

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• Day 5: Queen Elizabeth National Park - Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

  Early breakfast will be served followed by the checkout, and then departure for Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. Experience a leisurely and scenic drive via the southern sector - Ishasha. This beautiful extension of Queen Elizabeth National Park is famous for its tree-climbing lions. Picnic lunch will be served.

  Arrive at your lodge late afternoon for leisure.

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• Day 6: Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

  The Bwindi Impenetrable National Park located on the western edge of the Great Rift Valley is the home of nearly half of the 700 remaining mountain gorillas of the world, alongside numerous colobuses, chimpanzees, turaco hornbills, and other species of birds.

  Today, after a briefing session from the rangers, you will have a guided hiking tour through the steep hills in search of gorillas hiding in the dense vegetation. The tour may take most of the day and require a lot of energy. Upon completion, your guide will meet you at the gate and a transfer will be arranged to the lodge for leisure.

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  • Bwindi

• Day 7: Bwindi - Entebbe - Departure

  After an early breakfast at the lodge, you will experience a leisurely and scenic drive as you head through the winding hills and greenery of the west toward Entebbe for your onward flight departing from Uganda. On the way, have lunch in Mbarara and enjoy a stop at the Equator.

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