10 Days Group Safari - Gorilla & Chimpanzee Tour

Day 1 Murchison Falls Wildlife Tour
A safari guide from Africa Adventure Safaris will pick you from the hotel and transfer you by road to MUrchison Falls National Park very early in the morning. En route pay a visit to Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary - where black and white rhinos are kept in a semi-natural environment. Make a stop-over in Masindi for your lunch and arrive in the evening at the top of the falls. At this point, the Nile River being the longest river in the world, is forced through a narrow gap in the rock (only 7 meters wide), before ferociously plunging down 43 meters. From here we will continue on, taking a ferry across the river to Paraa Safari Lodge. Game viewing on the way is very good; look out for hippos, elephants, buffalos and many other animals, seen grazing on the banks of the river. Overnight at Classic -Paraa Safari Lodge / Nile safari Camp (Full Board)

Day 2: GAME VIEWING IN MURCHISON FALLS NP
Embark on an early morning game drive towards the northern bank in search for elephants, lions, Cape buffalo, rothchild's giraffes, hartebeasts, waterbucks, oribi, bushbucks, bohor reed bucks, hyenas, and on rare cases, leopards. Return to the lodge for mid morning breakfast. Relax at the lodge. After lunch, enjoy a boat cruise to the bottom of Murchison Falls. This boat trip along the Nile is often cited as being the highlight of a tour to Murchison Falls national park since it allows you to get up-close and personal with the animals. Along this stretch of the river, there are reported to be around 4,000 hippos and numerous Nile crocodiles. The birdlife is stunning with brightly colored kingfishers and bee-eaters darting along the riverbanks. If lucky, you may see the rare and prehistoric looking shoebill, which is a cross between the dodo and a dinosaur. The boat takes you to the base of the falls which only adds to their impressiveness.  Overnight at the Paraa Safari Lodge / Nile safari Camp / Sambiya River Lodge


Day 3 MURCHISON FALLS - FORT PORTAL
After break fast, with packed lunch depart for Kibale Forest National Park. You will traverse traditional homesteads surrounded by crop plantations and arrive in Fort Portal in the evening. Dinner and overnight at Ndali Safari Lodge / Mountains of the Moon

Day 4 CHIMPANZEE TRACKING SAFARI IN KIBALE FOREST
After an early morning breakfast report to the ranger station in Kibale National Park at 08.00am to track habituated chimps. These delightful apes, more closely related to humans than to any other living creature, are tremendous fun to watch as they squabble and play from tree to tree. The incredibly diverse forest is home to over 13 species of primates including red Colobus monkey, the rare L'Hoest monkey, blue monkey, grey mangabey, pottos, black-faced vervet monkeys, baboons and also bushbabies. A network of shady forest trails offers much delight to botanists and butterfly lovers, while birders are in for a treat with 335 species recorded including the endemic Prirogrines ground thrush. The elusive forest elephant, smaller and hairier than its savannah counterpart, moves seasonally into the developed part of the park, while other terrestrial mammals including buffalo, giant forest hog and a half dozen antelope species roam the forest. After this terrific experience, we will transfer to Queen Elizabeth National park. Overnight at Mweya Safari Lodge/ Jacana safari Lodge/Hippo Hill Camp

Day 5:  WILDLIFE TOUR - QUEEN ELIZABETH NP
Rise up at dawn and undertake a game drive that will enable you to spot the early risers especially elusive leopards and spotted hyenas. Return to the lodge after the game drive for your breakfast. After relaxing at the lodge resume the game drive following Kasenyi Track for abundant wildlife including buffalo, hippo, lions antelopes, hyenas among other species. Return to the lodge for lunch and a chance to relax at the magnificent swimming pool before taking an afternoon boat trip along the Kazinga channel. This will give you the opportunity to view wildlife up close: hippos huff and spray mere feet away from the boat, buffalo linger in the shallows. The banks of the channel are also home to an array of birds including pink-backed pelicans, pied and malachite kingfishers, saddle billed stork and many others. Overnight at Mweya Safari Lodge/ Jacana safari Lodge/Hippo Hill Camp

Day 6  BWINDI NATIONAL PARK
Early in the morning, transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park via Ishasha Game Reserve. Look out for the famous tree-climbing lions in the branches of boabab trees and then proceed for your lunch at Gorilla Resort Camp at Buhoma. Stay at the lodge for your dinner and an overnight as you prepare for the next day's gorilla tracking and / birding.
Bwindi impenetrable Forest is a birdwatchers haven! It holds 348 species of birds and supports 24 of 26 Albertine Rift Endemics that occur in Uganda; and seven red data book species. Bwindi Gorilla Forest is an extension of the forests of the Virunga Volcanoes. Overnight at Buhoma lodge / Gorilla Resort camp / Lake Kitandara Camp/ Engagi Lodge/ Buhoma Community Rest Camp

Day 7:  TRACKING THE GORILLAS
Wake up relatively early for a hearty breakfast to give you the energy needed for gorilla tracking and report at the park headquarters at Buhoma for a briefing before commencing the gorilla trek at 8:30 am. Guides will then take you through the bush pushing your way through the undergrowth, parting thick creepers, to track the gorillas. (This trek can take from half an hour to a full day. A reasonable degree of fitness is required as well as a sturdy pair of walking shoes) Sit in the forest among the gorillas, listening to them grumble to each other, and marvel at the sheer size of the dominant male; the silverback. It is a breathtaking experience sitting in the dense rainforest knowing you are with a few of the last remaining mountain gorillas. Its amazing to think there are only about 650 of these beautiful creatures left.Overnight at Buhoma lodge / Gorilla Resort camp / Lake Kitandara Camp/ Engagi Lodge/ Buhoma Community Rest Camp

Day 8: Bwindi - Lake Bunyonyi Overland Camp
After a morning breakfast, transfer to Bunyonyi Overland Campsite traversing the Kigezi Highlands commonly referred to as the"Switzerland of Africa". Take a picnic lunch arriving at the overland camp of Lake Bunyonyi in the late afternoon. Lake Bunyonyi is local term translated as "the lake of Birds". This lake is the deepest lakes in Africa! Bird around, just attend traditional dances by the local people or have evening walks. Overnight and Dinner at Habuharo Island camp / Arcadia Cottages

Day 9 BUNYONYI - L.MBURO NATIONAL PARK
After breakfast transfer to Lake Mburo National park with lunch en route in Mbarara. Then proceed to Lake Mburo national park for an evening boat ride or a game drive. Overnight at Mantana Luxury tented Camp or Mihingo Lodge/Lake View Hotel /Basic Rwonyo bandas

Day 10: L. Mburo national park Kampala
After an early morning breakfast, undertake a nature walk. This park boasts of the most interesting nature walks in the country that introduce you to birds, primates, different antelope species, buffaloes and plant species. Proceed to Kampala with a stop-over in Lyantonde for your lunch and at the Equator for handicrafts and photography arriving late evening in Kampala. Dinner and overnight at Speke Hotel /The Lodge or similar other

End of Uganda Safari

Day 1 (Punakha / Wangdue)

In Punakha and Wangdue, we will be staying at Punatsangchu Resort or at Meri Phuensum

Thimphu Hotels

In Thimphu, your lodging will be either at Migmar, Jumolhari or River View. All the three hotels are of similar standards and feature updated modern rooms.

Paro ( Day 6, 7 & 8)

In Paro, the lodging for this trip is either Tenzinling Resort or Tashi Namgay but when they are filled, we will use Gangtey Palace or Joryanz.