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Day 1 Nairobi
After your Kenya or Tanzania safari transfer to Ole-Sereni Hotel in Nairobi for overnight.
Day 2 Entebbe – Queen Elizabeth National Park
Early morning transfer to the airport for your flight to Entebbe (approximately 1 hour 15
minutes). Met and driven to Queen Elizabeth National Park (400km – approximately 7
hours). En route stop at the royal drum makers and stand astride the Equator. Overnight:
Mweya Safari Lodge. (l,d)
Day 3 Queen Elizabeth National Park
Taking an early morning and evening drive, and resting during the heat of the day,
provides the best opportunity to see game. What you see depends on the season, but the
Kasenyi plains are excellent for sighting lions and large herds of Uganda kobs. The Mweya
peninsula offers excellent game drives with magnificent views across the water to the
Rwenzori Mountains. Mweya is one of the best places to look for leopards, which live in
the dense, scrubby thickets. Overnight: Mweya Safari Lodge. (b,l,d)
Day 4 Queen Elizabeth National Park
The Kyambura Gorge is an extraordinary natural environment where you can track one of
our closest animal relatives, the chimpanzee. The chimp population is quite mobile and
viewing can be unpredictable but the walk itself is enchanting. In the afternoon take a
cruise on the Kazinga Channel. Kazinga is home to one of the greatest concentrations of
hippos in Africa and herds of elephants, buffaloes and other animals come to drink at the
water’s edge. The Channel is a magnet for waterbirds, with great flocks of pelicans and
others birds on the shore, and a great spot to see African fish eagle. Overnight: Mweya
Safari Lodge. (b,l,d)
Day 5 Nairobi
Leaving the Kyambura Gorge set off back to Kampala and Entebbe Airport. You will cross
the Equator again, and will be able to stop at a roadside market and handicraft stalls for
those last minute gifts. Fly to Nairobi. (b,l)
Wildlife & Chimps
Day 1 Nairobi
After your Kenya or Tanzania safari transfer to Ole-Sereni Hotel in Nairobi for overnight.
Day 2 Kibale Forest
Early morning transfer to the airport for your flight to Entebbe (approximately 1 hour 15
minutes). Met on arrival and transferred to your hotel (395 km – approximately 8 hours).
Overnight: Ndali Lodge. (l,d)
Day 3 Kibale Forest
Spend the morning tracking chimp families in the Kibale Forest. In the afternoon explore the
Bigodi Wetland Sanctuary. The reserve has abundant bird species, butterflies and animals such
as red Colobus monkeys and Sitatunga antelope. Overnight: Ndali Lodge. (b,l,d)
Day 4 Queen Elizabeth National Park
This morning depart for Queen Elizabeth National Park (140 km – 4 hours). En route take
a short walk in the foothills of the Rwenzori Mountains, alternatively, drive to the national
park and enjoy a game drive. The national park is the main area for traditional safaris
with populations of lions, elephants, buffaloes and more. Overnight: Mweya Safari
Lodge. (b,l,d)
Day 5 Queen Elizabeth National Park
In the morning visit the Kyambura Gorge, an extraordinary natural environment that is
home to chimpanzees. In the afternoon enjoy a cruise on the Kazinga Channel, which is
home to one of the greatest concentration of hippos in Africa, plus herds of elephants,
buffaloes and waterbirds. Overnight: Mweya Safari Lodge. (b,l,d)
Day 6 Bwindi
This morning depart for Bwindi forest (150 km – 5 hours). The journey takes you through
rapidly changing landscape and to Silverback Lodge, which looks across to the towering
trees of the forest. Overnight: Silverback Lodge. (b,l,d)
Day 7 Bwindi
After breakfast, set off through the forest, with its steep, densely forested hills, for your
gorilla tracking experience. Alternatively, there are other activities and excursions such as
guided walks in the rainforest and local villages. Overnight: Silverback Lodge. (b,l,d)
Day 8 Nairobi
After breakfast, drive to Kampala (527 km – approximately 10 hours) with a stop en route
for lunch. Transfer to the airport for your return flight to Nairobi. (b,l)
Gorillas, Wildlife & Chimps
Uganda is where the East African savannah meets the West African jungle. In this uniquely lush destination, you can see lions
prowling the open plains in the morning and track chimpanzees through the rainforest undergrowth the same afternoon.
Witness great numbers of hippos in the lakes and gorillas in the misty mountains and dense rain forest. Uganda is the only
safari destination whose range of forest primates is as impressive as its selection of plains antelopes. Besides the wide
biodiversity, Uganda is also blessed with a vast bird population of more than 1,000 species.
Uganda
