8 days · Uganda
Eight Days Primates & Predators Grand Uganda
DURATION
8 days
DESTINATION
Uganda
FROM
USD 6,400
Eight days across Uganda's four signature parks — gorillas in Bwindi, tree-climbing lions and a boat cruise in Queen Elizabeth, chimpanzees in Kibale, and the Nile at Murchison Falls.
BEST FOR
Serious wildlife travellers wanting the full country in one trip
Journey highlights
- —Mountain gorilla trekking in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest
- —Tree-climbing lions and Kazinga Channel boat cruise in Queen Elizabeth NP
- —Chimpanzee tracking in Kibale Forest
- —Murchison Falls boat cruise and Nile game drives
- —The complete cross-section of Uganda's wildlife in one itinerary
Day by day
Kampala → Bwindi Impenetrable Forest
Long, scenic drive south through Uganda's terraced highlands, arriving at your lodge on the edge of the forest in the afternoon. Evening briefing on the following day's gorilla trek.
Gorilla Trekking Day
Trek into the forest with ranger guides and trackers to spend one hour with a habituated mountain gorilla family, one of the most moving wildlife encounters on earth.
Bwindi → Queen Elizabeth National Park
Drive north via the Ishasha sector, watching for the tree-climbing lions that rest in the branches of fig trees, before continuing to your lodge overlooking the Kazinga Channel.
Queen Elizabeth National Park
Morning boat cruise on the Kazinga Channel among some of Africa's highest concentrations of hippo and elephant, afternoon game drive across the Kasenyi plains.
Queen Elizabeth → Kibale Forest
Drive north to Kibale Forest, Uganda's primate capital, arriving in the afternoon with time for a guided walk at the Bigodi Wetland Sanctuary.
Chimpanzee Tracking
Morning spent tracking a habituated chimpanzee community through Kibale's forest canopy, alongside red colobus and grey-cheeked mangabey.
Kibale → Murchison Falls
Full day's drive north via Fort Portal and the Rift Valley escarpment, arriving at Murchison Falls in the evening.
Murchison Falls & Departure
Morning boat cruise to the base of the falls followed by the hike to the top, where the Nile forces itself through a seven-metre gorge, before a scheduled flight back to Entebbe.