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Offered by - LAKATO SAFARIS
Tour Features
Our 8 Days Uganda Primate and Wildlife Tour takes you to the smallest National Parks among the ten we have Lake Mburo National Park for game drives and a boat cruise on the Lake in search for wildlife then to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park for Gorilla trekking, and then to Queen Elizabeth National Park for a boat cruise on the Kazinga channel and more game drives and then to Kibale Forest National Park for Chimpanzee trekking and Bigodi community walk and thereafter drive back to Entebbe for your flight out. This eight Days Gorilla Trekking Tour starts and ends in Entebbe or Kampala.
| Budget tour | This budget tour includes camping and tented camps. |
| Cannot be customized | The accommodations and destinations of this tour cannot be changed. |
| Private tour | This tour will be organized exclusively for you and won't be shared with others. |
| 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, Walking, Overland. |
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 |
| 1 | Rwakobo Rock No images available | All Meals Included |
| 2 | Buhoma Community Rest Camp No images available | All Meals Included |
| 3 | Buhoma community rest camp No images available | All Meals Included |
| 4 | Bush Lodge No images available | All Meals Included |
| 5 | BUsh Lodge No images available | All Meals Included |
| 6-7 | Kibale Forest camp No images available | All Meals Included |
| 8 | Budget Accommodation No images available | Breakfast & Lunch 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 1 - ARRIVAL AT ENTEBBE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND TRANSFER TO LAKArrive and have your morning breakfast, then drive to Lake Mburo National Park through the small towns of Uganda. Make a stopover at the Equator line for photograph and some informative talks and experiments. Enjoy an en route game drive as you drive to your lodge\hotel for check in and have lunch. After lunch you will have a game drive as you drive to the lake for a boat cruise in search for hippos, Crocodiles and water birds among others.
Main Destination: Lake Mburo National Park
Accommodation: Rwakobo Rock
Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included
- Day 2 - TRANSFER TO BWINDI IMPENETRABLE FOREST NATIONAL PARKMorning breakfast check out, enjoy an en route game drive through Lake Mburo National Park and then Proceed to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park located in South Western Uganda. This journey takes you through the green rolling hills of Uganda with banana and tea plantations and good scenic views. Lunch en route and you will arrive in Bwindi at your lodge in the evening.
Main Destination: Bwindi Impenetrable NP
Accommodation: Buhoma Community Rest Camp
Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included
- Day 3 - GORILLA TRACKING IN BWINDI IMPENETRABLE NATIONAL PARKOn this day you will have your breakfast with your packed lunch ready, drive to the Park headquarters for registration and join other trackers in a briefing about the dos and the don’ts while on your Gorilla Tracking You will trek through thick creepers and undergrowth with your ranger guides to find the Gorillas, which can take you half an hour to three quarters of the day. The steeply forested landscape is incredibly dense but accessible to tourists. It is an extraordinary feeling being with these beautiful yet endangered Creatures. Once you find them you will spend one hour with them before hiking back to the Park offices where you will be awarded a certificate as a souvenir after contributing to conserve for these great apes.
Main Destination: Bwindi Impenetrable NP
Accommodation: Buhoma community rest camp
Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included
- Day 4 - DRIVE TO QUEEN ELIZABETH NATIONAL PARKThis morning after your breakfast you will depart for Queen Elizabeth National Park, be prepared for some incredible scenery along the way. You will arrive in time for Lunch at the lodge and then after you will go an evening game drive in the plains of Kasenyi area the Northern bank of Queen Elizabeth National Park in search for savannah wildlife that may include herds of buffaloes, antelopes, elephants and if lucky, some wild cats such as lions and leopards.
Main Destination: Queen Elizabeth National Park
Accommodation: Bush Lodge
Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included
- Day 5 - MORNING GAME DRIVE AND AFTERNOON BOAT CRUISE ON THE KAZINGAThis morning you will head to back to the plains of Kasenyi for a morning game drive and try to find what you could have missed the previous evening. Lunch will be served at the lodge and after you will drive to the jetty along the Kazinga channel for the afternoon boat cruise. This cruise offers you chances of viewing animals like: hippos, water birds, elephants, buffaloes, crocodiles and many other wildlife which flop the channel for drinking water.
Main Destination: Queen Elizabeth National Park
Accommodation: BUsh Lodge
Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included
- Day 6 - TRANSFER TO KIBALE FOREST NATIONAL PARKAfter an early morning breakfast, check out of your lodge, drive to the Northern bank of Queen Elizabeth National Park (kasenyi) area for an en-route game drive in the Kasenyi plains to see wildlife and birds include herds of buffaloes, antelopes, elephants and if lucky, some wild cats such as lions and leopards. You will have a lunch en-route and then drive to Kibale Forest National Park arriving at your lodge in the late afternoon.
Main Destination: Kibale National Park
Accommodation: Kibale Forest camp
Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included
- Day 7 - CHIMPANZEE TREKKING AND BIGODI COMMUNITY WALK IN KIBALE NATIThis morning after breakfast you will drive to the park headquarters to join other trackers for a briefing about the dos and the don’ts while in the forest and after you will be taken for your chimpanzee tracking, through Kibale Forest National Park. During this walk you may have chances of seeing some of the 13 different primate species native to Kibale Forest National Park. After lunch you will drive to Bigodi for a community walk where you interact directly with the people neighboring the National park.
Main Destination: Kibale National Park
Accommodation: Kibale Forest camp
Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included
- Day 8 - Transfer back to Entebbe for your flight.This morning after your breakfast you will be transferred back to Kampala\ Entebbe International Airport for your next flight out and this marks the end of our eight days gorilla Tour.
Main Destination: Entebbe
Meals & Drinks: Breakfast & Lunch 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)
- All Taxes/VAT
Excludes
- 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)
- Government imposed increase of taxes and/or park fees
Rates Per Person
May 16, 2023 - May 16, 2026
*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)
- All Taxes/VAT
Excludes
- 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)
- Government imposed increase of taxes and/or park fees
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
LAKATO SAFARIS
Kenya
Tanzania
Uganda
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