On your arrival in Uganda, the company guide/driver will gladly receive you and transfer you to the reserved lodge in Entebbe such that you can have a restful evening/night. If you arrive in the early hours of the afternoon, you will go for a nature walk within the Botanical gardens of Entebbe. The Entebbe Botanical Gardens has a variety of tree species that support a wide range of birds, butterflies, and primate species, including monkeys. Conducting a nature walk is a worthwhile experience for guests because it offers an array of activities that include leisure, education, and conservation. 

Meal Plan: Lunch & Dinner

After breakfast, you will begin the drive to Kibale National Park, which is located in western Uganda. While traveling, you'll see stunning views of the landscape and urban setup, which may be unfamiliar to you.

You will have lunch in Fort Portal City before continuing on to Kibale National Park. Upon arrival, you will relax for the rest of the evening at the reserved lodge.

Note: If you choose, you can participate in several optional activities in the evening (not included in the price) upon request. These include the Bigodi swamp/community walk, a visit to the Tea estate, Crater Lake exploration, cycling, and bird watching, among others.

Drive time from Entebbe to Kibale National Park is about 6-7 hours.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

After breakfast in the early morning, you will drive for about 10 minutes to the Kibale Forest Visitors' Center for a briefing session about the tracking guidelines. Following the briefing, you will head into the forest to begin chimpanzee tracking, which usually takes 3 hours of walking through the thick forest. Kibale Forest, as the world's primate capital, provides over 95% of the opportunity to see chimpanzees in their natural habitat. Once you locate the chimpanzees, you will have an hour to spend with them, capturing photographs and witnessing the traits that distinguish them as human cousins.

You will return to the lodge and enjoy lunch after a successful chimpanzee tracking adventure in Kibale Forest.

Following lunch, you will drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park, a journey that will treat you to breathtaking views of the Rwenzori Mountain ranges and the rural environment that consists of numerous roadside gardens and other activities. 

On arrival, you will spend the rest of the evening relaxing at the lodge while enjoying stunning views of the lodge’s surroundings.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

You will begin your exploration of Queen Elizabeth National Park today with a morning game drive over the Kasenyi Plains. The wide range of animal and avian species found in the northern region of Queen Elizabeth National Park is remarkable. During the game viewing expedition, you will see a variety of species, such as antelopes (waterbucks, Uganda kobs, and bushbucks), elephants, buffaloes, lions, and warthogs, among others.

Right after your successful exploration of Queen Elizabeth National Park, you will proceed to Bwindi for the main highlight of the safari-gorilla tracking. Bwindi Forest boasts tremendous biodiversity and is home to half of the world’s remaining mountain gorillas. While traveling, you will enjoy breathtaking views of the distinctive landscape and the undulating terraced hills.

Drive time from Queen Elizabeth National Park to Bwindi is about 4 -5 hours.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

After an early morning breakfast, you will take a short drive to the briefing center in time for the 8:00 am start of the briefing. Experienced Park rangers conduct the briefing exercise to provide guidelines and rules to the tracking participants. Following the briefing, a specific habituated gorilla family will be assigned to you, along with the other 7 participants, to embark on an exciting trekking expedition through steep and heavily forested slopes until you eventually locate the gorillas within the dense forest.

Once you find the gorillas, you will only have an hour to spend with them, during which time you can take photos and watch them go about their daily lives.

After the gorilla trekking experience, you will return to the lodge for relaxation and an overnight stay.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

After an exciting gorilla tracking experience, you will travel to Lake Mburo National Park, a hidden gem renowned for its stunning landscape and an array of wildlife. After you have had lunch in Mbarara city, you will continue with your drive to the park, arriving late in the afternoon.

You will embark on a walking safari the moment you get to the park. Lake Mburo National Park is the only protected area in Uganda where a guided walking safari can be carried out. During the 3-hour nature walk, you will have a close encounter with the animals and birds. On the walking safari, you can see antelopes (impalas, waterbucks, topis, elands, oribis, and bushbucks), giraffes, zebras, buffaloes, warthogs, and other animals up close.

The drive time from Bwindi to Lake Mburo National Park is about 5 hours.

After breakfast, you will enjoy a last drive through the park to spot more animals before heading to the Entebbe airport for your departure flight. As you drive through the park, you might be able to encounter a wide variety of animals, including zebras, warthogs, buffaloes, and many species of antelopes such as impalas, topis, and elands.

You will have a stopover at the Equator monument in Kayabwe for lunch to take photos and enjoy the amazing experiments that demonstrate how the gravitational pull at the Equator varies from that at other latitudes. The experiments show how water swirls in opposite directions on either side of the equator.

Drive time from Lake Mburo National Park to Entebbe Airport is about 6 hours.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner