4 Days Chimpanzee Trek and wildlife Safari in Uganda
This 4 Days Chimpanzee Trek and wildlife safari in Uganda offers visitors the opportunity to track habituated chimpanzees in Kibale national park and then transfer to Queen Elizabeth national park for exquisite game drives in the park and an afternoon boat cruise on Kazinga Channel.
4 Days Chimpanzee Trek and wildlife Safari in Uganda.
Day 1: Pickup and Transfer to Kibale National Park.
Day 2: Chimpanzee Trekking and Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park
Day 3: Morning game drive and afternoon boat cruise.
Day 4: Departure to Kampala/Entebbe.
4 Days Chimpanzee Trek and wildlife Safari in Uganda.
Day 1: Pickup and Transfer to Kibale National Park.
Given your location, on the first day of the three-day chimpanzee trekking safari in Kibale National Park, you will be greeted by our representative, who will educate you about the safari before beginning the travel to Kibale National Park in western Uganda.
The journey takes about 5 to 6 hours via the Kampala-Mubende road; along the way, you will stop for lunch in Fort Portal and enjoy spectacular views of the beautiful landscape, traditional homesteads, local people, terraced farmlands, tea and banana plantations, views of the crater lakes, and the Rwenzori mountain ranges, to mention but a few. Once you arrive in Kibale national park, you will head straight to your lodge, check-in and relax for the rest of your evening.
Dinner and overnight stay at your lodge.
Day 2: Chimpanzee Trekking and Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park
Kibale Forest National Park is a rainy forest that is home to more than 1500 chimpanzees. During your morning chimpanzee trekking, you’ll get up close and personal with our closest cousins in the jungle as they groom themselves in a flurry of excitement!
Aside from chimpanzees, there are nine distinct species of monkeys in this Kibale forest, including red colobus, red tailed monkey, and bush babies. In the forest canopy colored aviation creatures-butterflies and various bird species like the native Great Blue Turaco, joyful greenbul, olive long tailed cuckoo and the superb black bee eater can be spotted.
Chimpanzee trekking in Kibale forest takes between 4-6 hours and you will be given an hour to spend with chimpanzees once you have located a chimpanzee family. After your trek, head back to your lodge for lunch and rest for a while.
After lunch, you will check out of your lodge and connect with your driver guide. Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park in the western Uganda and is the second largest national park in Uganda. Enroute to the park, you have spectacular views of the landscape; and upon your arrival in the park, you will check-into your lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
Day 3: Morning game drive and afternoon boat cruise.
Morning Game Drive: Explore Queen Elizabeth National Park in the morning after you have had your breakfast. We proceed on an early game drive that exposes us to a variety of creatures, including large 5 members Elephants, Buffalos, large cats- Lions, Leopards more frequently in the evening, warthogs- Hunchback carnivals like Hyenas, and many other species that live in this area. There is a diverse bird life, particularly our version of storks in the wetland areas as we approach the flamingoes in the salt lakes.
Afternoon Boat Cruise: After lunch, the boat tour on the Kazinga waterway begins at 3pm and lasts two hours. Get a chance to view a number of wildlife in the park including hippos, buffaloes, antelopes, elephants and crocodiles among others.
Day 4: Departure to Kampala/Entebbe.
Transfer to Kampala/Entebbe: Have an early morning breakfast and embark on the drive back to Kampala with a stopover at equator monuments in Kayabwe and later enroute lunch. Drive back through to Kampala/Entebbe where your guide drops you off at your preferred destination/ location as you will advise.
End of 4 Days Chimpanzee Trek and Wildlife Safari in Uganda!
