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FrenchUltimate Gorilla Tracking, Chimpanzee Tracking and Wildlife Encounter in Uganda
Offered by - Bashem Safaris Tours and Travel
Tour Features
This trip takes you to 3 of Uganda’s 10 national parks, which are one of the most loved and visited by tourists. While on this trip, you will encounter and explore the ultimate gorilla experience, in Bwindi, the medley of wonders in Queen Elizabeth national as you will be engaged in game drive, and boat cruise, as well as the tree-climbing lions of Ishasha. While in Kibale national Park, you will experience the great moments with the chimpanzees, our closest cousins. This adventure, make the best of it, as it engages your minds, and uplifts your soul connecting you to the most outstanding and rewarding, wildlife encounter. Begin every day the way nature has intended
| 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. |
| 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: Open 4x4, Pop-up roof 4x4. |
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 |
| Day 1-Day 3 | Engagi No images available | Lunch & Dinner Included |
| Day 4-Day 5 | Lake Munyanyange Cave Lodge No images available | All Meals Included |
| Day 6-Day 7 | Primate Lodge Kibale No images available | All Meals Included |
| Day 8 | Mid-Range Accommodation No images available | Breakfast 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 1 - . Transfer from Kampala to Bwindi National Park.You will begin your trip, on day one from Kampala with a briefing from the driver guide, who will make sure you got your breakfast, and then drive to western Uganda, where your end will be Bwindi national park. You will have number of stopovers for meals, snacks, photos, and your lunch. You will be driving westwards, along the snake like roads, surrounded by the most beautiful and fantastic landscapes that will be attracting every camera lens and your eyes. Curious! You will check in from the hotel, in the evening and relax as you prepare your minds for the wonderful next day.
Main Destination: Bwindi Impenetrable NP
Accommodation: Engagi
Meals & Drinks: Lunch & Dinner Included
- Day Day 2 - . Ultimate Gorilla Tracking ExperienceThis is a long waited and a highlight day of the trip! As you will wake up In the morning have your breakfast, and packed lunch, then head to the gorilla tracking briefing point to meet the guides who will be taking you through this experience. You will take a short walk through the impenetrable and tropical rain forests, as you will meet these primates, and you will be allowed to have time with them, as you witness their interaction and behaviours. Thereafter, you will return to the hotel, for relaxation, sit and enjoy the balcony view of the tropical rain forests, as the beautiful birds sing for you from the nature, with that sweet and sharp nature voice. You will later have your dinner and overnight stay as you wait for the next day.
Main Destination: Bwindi Impenetrable NP
Accommodation: Engagi
Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included
- Day Day 3 - Batwa ExperienceYou are welcome to this new and 3rd day of your adventure, where a morning breakfast will be served, and then head in for the cultural encounter which will welcome you. During this day, you will be able to meet the Batwa, the so said to be human but the poorest tribe of people in Uganda. During your stay with them, you will be able to enjoy the beautiful and remarkable moments, as you will enjoy their local dances, and other cultural activities, like their hunting activities and others. You will in the evening, head back to the lodge, relax and you enjoy the balcony view of the tropical rain forests. Dinner, overnight stay as you wait for the next day.
Main Destination: Bwindi Impenetrable NP
Accommodation: Engagi
Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included
- Day Day 4 - Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park via IshashaYou will be welcomed to this new day for your adventure with an African delicious breakfast, and then drive to Queen Elizabeth national park via Ishasha sector in southern part of Queen Elizabeth national park. While driving to queen Elizabeth national park, a drive that will take about 5 hours, on game drive through Ishasha, and with luck, you will be able to observe the tree climbing lions as the submerge in the tree branches, relaxing or playing, as they watch their territories. You will proceed to Queen Elizabeth’s northern sector, for checking in from the lodge, relax with dinner and overnight stay and wait for the next day.
Main Destination: Queen Elizabeth National Park
Accommodation: Lake Munyanyange Cave Lodge
Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included
- Day Day 5 - : The Morning Game Drive and Afternoon Boat CruiseAfter early morning Breakfast, drive to the Kasenyi plains for morning game drive because its believed to be a home for abundant wildlife, including the predators and the prey, which gives you the best African classic safari experience and engages all your senses with such beautiful crater lakes animals expected to be sighted includes; Buffaloes, elephants, Uganda Kobs, Warthogs, Water bucks, Lions and baboons and varieties of Birds such as grey crown cranes, Southern Red bishop. Drive back to the lodge for warm Lunch, after lunch drive to mweya OR Katunguru for the afternoon Boat cruise along the Kazinga channel for best of this un-forgettable and memorable experience while on the boat for two hours cruise to lake Edward where you will see local fishermen, this trip highlights are elephants which come down to the banks to drink and swim, several school of Hippopotamuses, Crocodiles basking at the banks and other animals like Buffaloes, water bucks with varieties of water birds such as, Great cormorant, pied kingfisher, African fish eagle etc.
Main Destination: Queen Elizabeth National Park
Accommodation: Lake Munyanyange Cave Lodge
Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included
- Day Day 6 - Transfer to Kibale Forest National ParkYou will wake up in the morning with your morning breakfast, and then embark on your journey to Kibale national park, via Kasese Mpondwe road, with a number of stopovers and outstanding view of the fantastic landscapes, as you drive along the zigzag road heading to fort portal. You will drive for approximately 2-3 hours where you will reach, check in from the hotel, and then relax, as you prepare for an activity on the next day. On this day, we may visit the Bigodi community for nature walks to see a number of birds, and primates like the monkeys. Head back to the lodge, relax, with your dinner, stay as you wait for the next day.
Main Destination: Kibale National Park
Accommodation: Primate Lodge Kibale
Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included
- Day Day 7 - Ultimate Chimpanzee Tracking ExperienceYou will wake up in the morning with a morning breakfast and head to Kanyanchu tourist information center with your parked lunch and drinking water, where you will meet the rangers or guides, who will give you the briefing and information about the chimpanzees, and go meet the wild residents from the primate capital of the world. On this day, you will have a moment with the Chimpanzees, our closest cousins. Spending that moment with these primates is so fascinating that, you will be thrilled by their behaviors and interactions. You will then after drive back to the for relaxation, and have an evening walk, you will head back to the lodge and relax with your dinner, and overnight stay as you wait for the next day.
Main Destination: Kibale National Park
Accommodation: Primate Lodge Kibale
Meals & Drinks: All Meals Included
- Day Day 8 - Transfer back to Kampala.You will wake up in the morning with your morning breakfast, and embark on your journey back to Kampala, as this will be the last day of your adventure. You will drive with your lunch and route through Fort portal Kampala road as you enjoy the drive through the beautiful and scenic landscapes filled and covered by the tea plantations. You will reach in Kampala in the afternoon / evening and drive to your home, or hotel, or the airport for your return flight.
Meals & Drinks: Breakfast 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)
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)
- Government imposed increase of taxes and/or park fees
Rates Per Person
May 13, 2023 - Dec 31, 2024
*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)
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)
- 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
Bashem Safaris Tours and Travel
Kenya
Rwanda
Tanzania
Uganda
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