5 Days Queen Elizabeth & Kibale Forest Uganda Wildlife & Chimpanzee Trip

This 5-Day Uganda Wildlife and Chimpanzee Trip is an adventure Safari in Queen Elizabeth National Park, home of the renowned tree-climbing lions and their abundant wild game and bird life. Later the safari continues to Kibale Forest National Park home to the largest number and variety of primates in the whole of East Africa.

Safari Highlights

• Day 1: Travel to Queen Elizabeth National Park
• Day 2: Game drive and Boat Cruise
• Day 3: Second Game Drive and travel to Kibale Forest National Park
• Day 4: Chimpanzee tracking and bird watching
• Day 5: Return to Entebbe via Kampala

Safari Inclusions and Exclusions

Included

• Park fees (For non-residents)
• Chimp permits (One per person, non-resident)
• All activities (Unless labelled as optional)
• All accommodation (Unless listed as upgrade)
• A professional driver/guide
• All transportation (Unless labeled as optional)
• All Taxes/VAT
• Roundtrip airport transfer
• Meals (As specified in the day-by-day section)
• Drinks (As specified in the day-by-day section)

Excluded

• International flights (From/to home)
• Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
• Tips(Tipping guideline US$10.00 pp per day)
• Personal items (Souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees, etc.)
• Government imposed increase of taxes and/or park fees
• Some meals (As specified in the day-by-day section)

Detailed 5 Days Uganda Wildlife and Chimpanzee Trip

Day 1: Travel to Queen Elizabeth National Park

You will depart Kampala in the morning after breakfast and travel westwards through Uganda’s beautiful green countryside to the Queen Elizabeth National Park. The journey will take 6-7 hours with stopovers at areas of tourist attraction such as the Royal Drum makers’ village and the Equator for an opportunity to stand in two hemispheres at the same time. You will continue through the savannah grasslands with lots of banana plantations and several herds of local long horned Ankole cattle endemic to this part of the country. You will get to Queen Elizabeth National Park in the evening. Dinner and overnight will be at Engiri Game Lodge.

Main Destination: Queen Elizabeth National Park

Day 2 of 5 Days Uganda Wildlife and Chimpanzee Trip: Game drive and Boat Cruise

Wake up early morning after breakfast head to the jungle for you’ first game drive with a chance to see many species of animals like Lions, Leopards, Elephants, Cape buffaloes and many others, later come back to you’ Lodge for lunch, rest for a few minutes, In the afternoon you will go for a two-hour boat cruise on the Kazinga Channel which connects Lakes George and Edward and view concentrations of giant hippos, elephants and crocodiles among others. You will also see many varieties of birds at the water shores. You will have dinner and overnight at Engiri Game Lodge.

Main Destination: Queen Elizabeth National Park

Day 3: Second Game Drive and travel to Kibale Forest National Park

You will wake up early for a morning game drive in the park during which you will see Lions, Elephants, Topis, Leopards, Bush bucks, Cape Buffaloes, Defassa Waterbucks, Giant Forest Hogs, Uganda Kobs, among others. On the Drive to Kibale National Park you will be able to enjoy an impressive sight of the legendary “Mountains of the Moon” which you will clearly see on the road to Fort Portal. Dinner and Overnight at Kibale Homestay.

Main Destination: Kibale Forest National Park

Day 4 of 5 Days Uganda Wildlife and Chimpanzee Trip: Chimpanzee tracking and bird watching

You will, after breakfast, head to Kibale Forest National Park to view the primates. The activity begins at 8.00am with a briefing of the rule for trekking the chimpanzees after which you set off to search for them in the forest. The exercise takes half a day and along the way you will see other primates such as Grey cheeked Mangabeys, Phoestes, Red-Colobus and the Blue tailed and the Red-tailed monkeys swinging in the braches of this thick forest. Your guide will give you informative briefings on the lifestyles of the primates you will be coming across and, on the plants, as well as on the insects and butterflies in this forest to ensure that the trek is not only enjoyable but informative as well. You will return to the lodge Kibale Homestay.

Day 5: Return to Entebbe via Kampala

After breakfast set off to return to Kampala then Entebbe International Airport to catch you’ evening flight back home with memorable experience.

Main Destination: Entebbe (City)

Accommodation: No accommodation (End of tour)

End of 5 Days Uganda Wildlife and Chimpanzee Trip