
After our guide picks you up from your Kampala (or Entebbe) hotel around 7:00 in the morning and gives you an overview of your trip, you will drive about five and a half hours to Kibale Forest National Park.
Bird observers are required to do this hike, which lasts between 2.5 and 3 hours. The path is nearly as well-known as the Kibale Forest Walk, which is located nearby. You should wear comfortable walking shoes since a portion of the path may be muddy at times. The rare Sitatunga antelope and the Shoebill Stork are both possible sightings.Primate sightings, including the occasional chimpanzee, are not uncommon in this area. Other species of primates include the red-tailed, blue, and Hoest’s monkeys, as well as olive baboons, black-and-white colobus monkeys, grey-cheeked mangabeys, and black-and-white baboons. In addition to bushbucks and mongooses, there are a great deal of other animals that live here. In addition to this, there are a plethora of butterflies. Outside of the park, in the Magombe Swamp, is where you’ll find the Bigodi Sanctuary.
Kibale Forest National Park has the most primate species of any park in the world, which includes chimpanzees. Uganda has around 5,000 wild chimps, making it a wonderful site to witness them in their natural environment. One of the reasons travellers come to the region is the park’s primate population, which includes chimps, colobus monkeys, red-cheeked monkeys, and red-tailed monkeys. While on your chimp treks, you may see some chimps hanging in the trees and others munching natural fruits.
The chimp trekking will begin early in the morning, around 6:30 a.m., and will be guided by an expert ranger. You will be allowed to spend the whole hour with the chimps as soon as you discover them. You will return to the lodge for lunch before departing for Queen Elizabeth National Park, which will take around two and a half hours of driving time. You’re going to arrive in the evening.
Your day will start out bright and early, at 6:30 o’clock. When observing wild animals in their native environments, the hour just before dawn is often the optimum time to do so. When you get up before dawn and go on a game drive, you will have the opportunity to observe many animals, including Africa’s famous “Big 4” (Bush Bucks, Giant Hogs, Antelopes, and Waterbucks), as well as numerous of birds.
After finishing off your game drive, you will make your way back to your accommodations just in time to have lunch. You will have lunch, and then after that, you will go on a boat cruise on the Kazinga Channel, which is the waterway that connects Lake George and Lake Edward. The cruise will last for two hours, and during that time, you will see concentrations of various animals, including giant hippos, elephants, and crocodiles, among other things. At the water’s edge, you will also witness a large number of different species of birds.
After an early morning game drive in the Ishasha region, you will go back to camp for breakfast before continuing your journey to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. The day will begin with an early morning game drive in the Ishasha area.
The Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Uganda is a significant habitat for mountain gorillas. It is estimated that the park is home to approximately 400 mountain gorillas, which is approximately half of the total population of mountain gorillas in the world. The park is also home to several habituated groups that can be followed. One of Uganda’s oldest and most ecologically varied rain forests may be found covering the mist-covered slopes of this region. This particular rain forest has been there for over 25,000 years and is home to approximately 400 different plant species.
After what is sure to be an exhausting day, you will check into your lodging for the night and take some time to unwind before beginning your preparations for the gorilla trekking adventure in Bwindi the following day.
You will have an early morning meal at 6:30 am, and then you will proceed to the park headquarters to join the other trackers in a briefing on the gorilla trekking guidelines at 7:30 am. You should bring a packed lunch with you to the briefing as well. Finding the gorillas will require you to spend anywhere from one to eight hours making your way through dense foliage and shrubs with your guides. The steeply wooded area is exceedingly thick; nonetheless, it is crisscrossed by a large number of animal pathways, which provide access for people. After the gorillas have been located, you will have the opportunity to spend some time with them before continuing on to Lake Bunyonyi.
The trip will take place in a breathtaking region of the nation that is sometimes referred to as “the Switzerland of Africa” because of the unusually chilly temperatures that can be experienced there despite its proximity to the Equator. Some people consider this lake to be one of the most picturesque spots in all of western Uganda. It is the second-deepest lake in Africa, measuring 900 metres, and it is also one of the few spots in the nation where it is safe to swim due to the absence of bilharzia.
Note: Depending on what time you arrive at Lake Bunyonyi, you may be able to pay the extra fee for the activity (community walk, canoe ride, boat ride, bicycle ride, bird watching, crayfishing, and so on) directly at your accommodation and then do the activity that day or the next before going back to Kampala (or Entebbe).
On the last day of your journey across Uganda, you will have the opportunity to participate in an extra activity in the wee hours of the morning, and then, after breakfast, you will start making your way back to Kampala or Entebbe. Before you reach your destination of Kampala or Entebe, you will stop for lunch along the road.
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