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French12Day Gorilla and Chimp trekking in Uganda
Offered by - Skyway Expeditions Limited
Tour Features
Your vehicle will take you from Entebbe/Kampala international airport to the southwestern tip of the country, to the Ugandan part of the Virunga volcanoes. This is a full-day 485 km trip, with a stop on the equator and have a break fast plus photography. Gorilla trucking plus big 5 mammals will be done and more.
| Mid-Range tour | This mid-range tour includes comfortable lodges and tented camps. |
| Can be customized | You can request minor changes to the accommodations and destinations of this tour. |
| Shared tour | This tour will be shared with other travelers. Maximum 10 people. |
| Solo travel available | Solo travelers can book this tour. |
| Can start any day | If availability permits, this tour can start on any day. |
| Minimum age required | The minimum age for this tour is 5 years. |
| Transportation | This tour uses: Pop-up roof 4x4, Roof minivan, Normal 4x4, Minivan, Bus, Walking, Boat, Canoe, Horse, Bicycle. |
Route & Activities
Uganda
Activities Included
Accommodation & Meals
Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour can be arranged for an extra cost
| Day | Accommodation | Meals |
Mid-Range Accommodation No images available | Meals included as per itinerary | |
| 1 | Mgahinga Gorilla Triangle No images available | All Meals Included |
| 2-3 | Overland Camp No images available | All Meals Included |
| 4 | Bush Lodge No images available | All Meals Included |
| 5 | Tmbo Safari Lodge No images available | All Meals Included |
| 6 | Tembo Safari lodge No images available | All Meals Included |
| 7 | Kibale forest Lodge No images available | All Meals Included |
| 8 | Rwenzori view guest house No images available | Meals included as per itinerary |
| 9 | Rwenzori view guest house No images available | All Meals Included |
| 10 | Rwenzori view guest house No images available | All Meals Included |
| 11 | Via Via hotel No images available | All Meals Included |
| 12 | No accomondation No images available | All Meals Included |
Arrival (See Getting There for more details)
- A transfer from the airport can be arranged for an extra cost.
- Accommodation before the tour starts can be arranged for an extra cost.
- Day - Day Activity
Meals & Drinks: Meals included as per itinerary
- Day - Day Activity
Meals & Drinks: Meals included as per itinerary
- Day 1 - Am Pick up from Entebbe to Mgahinga NpYou will be picked by our driver guide in the morning and transfer to Mgahinga Via Equator on the way for break fast and pictures, Dinner and overnight at Mgahinga Gorilla Triangle is a new place close to the most common gorilla tracking location, your next day’s #1 highlight.
Accommodation: Mgahinga Gorilla Triangle
Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included
- Day 2 - Am Gorilla TrekkingGorilla tracking in Mgahinga Gorilla National Park You spend one hour with the only habituated gorilla family, and a couple more hiking to and fro. Visitors are usually back by midday, so ignore your hosts’ offers to pack lunch for you. When your return from the bush, the driver will transfer you to the pretty town of Kisoro for lunch. A German grandmother has set up quite a lovely little establishment here,After lunch you will hit the road to Lake Bunyonyi, one of the prettiest lakes in the world that lies a couple of hours away. Dinner and overnight at Bunyoyi overland camp, if time allows we shall visit the Batwa in Echuya forest on our way,Today is probably the most respectful way to pay a visit to the Batwa “Pygmies”, the ancient peoples of the Gorilla Highlands region. Our partners will show you the boundary of their ancestral home, the forest of Echuya, and their current settlement with spectacular vistas of Lake Bunyonyi.
Accommodation: Overland Camp
Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included
- Day 3 - Am Lake unyonyiYou will spend the whole day on the lake, island hopping and hiking. It will be a local craft maker who will serve you lunch, while a traditional healer will share with you his herbalist knowledge. You will have dinner and overnight at the same above hotel.
Accommodation: Overland Camp
Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included
- Day 4 - Transfer to IshashaOn the way to Queen Elizabeth National Park (4-5h) there is a special stopover Kisiizi Falls used to be the terrible last destination for pregnant unmarried girls — they were thrown down the falls as a punishment. These days, on the other hand, the water powers one of the best rural hospitals in Uganda! Soon after reaching Enjojo Lodge you will proceed to the southern sector of the park, Ishasha, attempting to find the rare tree-climbing lions.
Accommodation: Bush Lodge
Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included
- Day 5 - Am game drive at Queen Elizabeth NothBush Lodge is one of the most successful accommodation providers in the park, popular among midrange and budget clients. Dinner and overnight will be here.
Main Destination: Queen Elizabeth National Park
Accommodation: Tmbo Safari Lodge
Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included
- Day 6 - Am game driveAt Lake Katwe you will get an opportunity to witness the traditional way of producing salt. Women are not allowed to enter the lake to harvest while men have to wear condoms to protect their private parts!The biggest attraction of the park’s north is the so-called launch cruise, a boat safari. It allows you to come very close to a variety of animals drinking the water of Kazinga channel that connects Lakes
Main Destination: Queen Elizabeth National Park
Accommodation: Tembo Safari lodge
Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included
- Day 7 - Am gamedriveThe last morning in the park can be devoted to looking for lions one more time, in case you didn’t see them in Ishasha. Afterwards you will proceed through the explosion craters, past the equator signs and through the crater lake area towards the edge of Kibale National Park (up to 5 hours from the equator).
Main Destination: Kibale National Park
Accommodation: Kibale forest Lodge
Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included
- Day 8 - Am Chimp Trucking and Afternoon Bigodi comunity walkWelcome among the most expensive chimps of Uganda, but also the chimps that you can come closest to. For the best possible encounter we have chosen chimp habituation experience that can last up to half a day.
Accommodation: Rwenzori view guest house
Meals & Drinks: Meals included as per itinerary
- Day 9 - Am drive to Semuliki National Park- Sempaya hot springsAfter break first drive to Semuliki national park Sempaya springs male and female and the must go with Irish potatoes or fresh green bananas with some eggs so that he can as well put in water and then it will be ready to eat in 3o minutes only, its found in Ituli forest bordering Uganda and Congo and it will be only less 3 hours drive. Another night at Rwenzori View guest house in Fortpotal.
Accommodation: Rwenzori view guest house
Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included
- Day 10 - Am Drive Mahoma falls-CreatorsAfter breakfast drive to Mahoma falls where majority call it as the massage falls because when you are swimming in it that water you feel like the real back massaging and if time allows we shall visit the breasts of Nyinamwiru (Amabeere) all will be done in Fortpotal Tourism city then dinner and overnight at the same hotel.
Accommodation: Rwenzori view guest house
Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included
- Day 11 - AmTransfer to Entebbe international AirportAfter breakfast start your drive because It’s time to make it to Entebbe, a 6-hour ride, Dinner and overnight at Via Via hotel
Main Destination: Entebbe
Accommodation: Via Via hotel
Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included
- Day 12 - Am Botanical gardens tour in Entebbe: After break first we shall do the Botanical gardens tour followed by the last lunch at Entebbe Beach hotel on showers of Lake Victoria while wait for the evening flight back home.
Accommodation: No accomondation
Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included
End of tour (See Getting There for more details)
- Additional accommodation can be arranged for an extra cost.
- A transfer back to the airport can be arranged for an extra cost.
Includes
- Park fees (for non-residents)
- All activities mentioned (unless clearly labeled as optional)
- Meals (as specified in the day-by-day description)
- All accommodation mentioned (unless clearly labeled as optional upgrade)
- A professional driver/guide
- All transportation mentioned (unless clearly labeled as optional)
- Government imposed increase of taxes and/or park fees
Excludes
- All Taxes/VAT
- International flights (from/to the client's home country)
- Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
- Tips: tipping guideline of $6 per person per day for the guide and crew
- Personal items (souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees and other personal items)
Rates Per Person
Jan 1, 1970 - Jan 1, 1970
May 1, 2023 - Dec 31, 2019
*n/a = not available. This tour is unavailable for solo travelers.
Includes
- Park fees (for non-residents)
- All activities mentioned (unless clearly labeled as optional)
- Meals (as specified in the day-by-day description)
- All accommodation mentioned (unless clearly labeled as optional upgrade)
- A professional driver/guide
- All transportation mentioned (unless clearly labeled as optional)
- Government imposed increase of taxes and/or park fees
Excludes
- All Taxes/VAT
- International flights (from/to the client's home country)
- Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
- Tips: tipping guideline of $6 per person per day for the guide and crew
- Personal items (souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees and other personal items)
Getting There
From outside East Africa, Uganda can be easily accessed either by road or Air and mostly by Air to Entebbe International Airport (EBB). Water transport can also be used to travel in and around our destinations especially the ferry crossing from the Southern part of Murchison Falls National Park to the Northern part of Murchison Falls National Park. Flights to Uganda are cheapest during the rainy seasons from March to May and October to November. The best wildlife viewing months are June to September and December to February, when flights are likely to be more expensive.
This tour starts in Entebbe and ends in Entebbe, Uganda
A transfer from and back to the airport is included
Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour can be arranged for an extra cost
Travel Requirements
- All foreign visitors need a passport that is valid for at least six months
- Passports must have a clean and a full visa page for endorsement.
- When arriving from a yellow-fever-infected country in Africa or the Americas a yellow fever vaccination certificate is required.
- Citizens of most countries require a visa. A list of countries that don't need a visa is available.
- Visas are best obtained in advance through an official online visa-application portal (https://visas.immigration.go.ug/), but they can also be obtained through your local Tanzania Embassy or High Commission.
- Visas can also be obtained on arrival but this is a lengthy process that can take one to two hours.
- Tourist visas are available for Uganda only, or East Africa (which covers entry to Uganda, Kenya and Rwanda) for the same cost.
Getting There
From outside East Africa, Uganda can be easily accessed either by road or Air and mostly by Air to Entebbe International Airport (EBB). Water transport can also be used to travel in and around our destinations especially the ferry crossing from the Southern part of Murchison Falls National Park to the Northern part of Murchison Falls National Park. Flights to Uganda are cheapest during the rainy seasons from March to May and October to November. The best wildlife viewing months are June to September and December to February, when flights are likely to be more expensive.
This tour starts in Entebbe and ends in Entebbe, Uganda
A transfer from and back to the airport is included
Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour can be arranged for an extra cost
Travel Requirements
- All foreign visitors need a passport that is valid for at least six months
- Passports must have a clean and a full visa page for endorsement.
- When arriving from a yellow-fever-infected country in Africa or the Americas a yellow fever vaccination certificate is required.
- Citizens of most countries require a visa. A list of countries that don't need a visa is available.
- Visas are best obtained in advance through an official online visa-application portal (https://visas.immigration.go.ug/), but they can also be obtained through your local Tanzania Embassy or High Commission.
- Visas can also be obtained on arrival but this is a lengthy process that can take one to two hours.
- Tourist visas are available for Uganda only, or East Africa (which covers entry to Uganda, Kenya and Rwanda) for the same cost.
Offered By
Skyway Expeditions Limited
Kenya
Rwanda
Tanzania
Uganda
Reviews
Enock Muhanguzi
Uganda
October 3, 2025
Skyway Expeditions did a good service for us during our trip to Queen Elizabeth National park.
First and foremost i and my friend we appreciate the Skyway Expeditions tours because we deposited 40% of the the our cost a month before our trip sta...
First and foremost i and my friend we appreciate the Skyway Expeditions tours because we deposited 40% of the the our cost a month before our trip started and they did what we agreed eg, gorilla and chimp permits bookings, Nice accommodations, good meals, comfortable transportation plus many more activities and we enjoyed the big five mammals as well ,Addition to that we recommended another group of friends to enjoy their trip next year.
