5 Days Uganda Safari from Kigali

After early breakfast, you will meet your driver guide and head to the park offices for briefing about chimpanzee trekking, the rangers will share information about the park, the creatures therein, the chimpanzee clans and how to behave while in the presence of the chimpanzees and what to expect.

Go to the forest of Kibale looking for chimpanzees, usually the trek takes about 3 to 5 hours depending on the movement of the chimpanzees and where they spent their previous night. Chimpanzees are easy to trek due to their vocal nature, also their groups are more dramatic compared to mountain gorillas. You will spend one hour with them watching them in full action, taking care of their young ones and jumping from one tree to another. Take as many photos as you wish, then return to the park headquarters, meet your guide and return to the lodge for lunch. Later in the afternoon, you will start your 2 hours journey to Queen Elizabeth National Park.

Overnight

Mweya Safari Lodge (luxury)

Parkview lodge (mid-range)

Simba safari camp (budget).

Have an early breakfast and head to the park’s Kasenyi plains for a morning game drives allowing you to catch a glimpse of early risers before they go out hunting, lookout for leopards, lions, and hippos as they return back after grazing outside the water during the night.

The morning is also a good time to spot birds and other animals as they graze, other animals your eyes will feast on include buffaloes, lions, gazelles, elands, hartebeests and other antelopes among others. Return to the lodge for lunch and rest.

In the afternoon, you will head to Kazinga Channel for boat cruise. The Kazinga channel is a water channel connecting Lake Edward to Lake George. As you cruise, expect to see the largest concentration of hippos in Uganda, crocodiles in the waters, buffaloes and elephants drinking water and several bird species including herons, crested crane among others.

Dinner and Overnight

Mweya Safari Lodge (luxury)

Parkview lodge (mid-range)

Simba safari camp (budget).

After breakfast, you will checkout of your lodge and embark on a journey to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park with a game drive in the Ishasha Sector where you can see the rare tree climbing lions if you have a chance.

With your packed lunch you will continue to Bwindi Forest arriving in the late afternoon, check in at your lodge for dinner and overnight stay.

Dinner and overnight

Buhoma Lodge (Luxury)

Buhoma Haven Lodge (Mid-range)

Buhoma Community Camp (Budget).

Have early breakfast and head to the park offices for briefing on gorilla trekking, covering all the important information about mountain gorillas, the trek and the right way to behave while in the presence of the gorillas. In groups of 8 people you will be allocated a gorilla family to trek, enter into the forest looking for mountain gorillas, the trek takes approximately 2 to 6 hours depending on the movement of mountain gorillas and where they spent their previous night

You will be allowed to spend only one hour observing the gorillas, watch them play, feed and groom, and take amazing pictures. Return to the lodge for lunch, then checkout of the lodge and embark on a journey to Kigali where you will be dropped off either at the airport or at your hotel.

End of 5 Days Uganda Safari from Kigali