6-Day Chimpanzee Tracking & Queen Elizabeth Safari

After having an early breakfast (6:00 am), you will be transferred to Kibale National Park. Famously known as the "primates capital of the world" this tropical rainy forest is home to more than 12 primate species. It is about 5-6 hours driving through the Kampala-Mubende highway, so you will reach in the afternoon and have lunch in Fort portal town and after proceed to your lodge for relaxation and overnight.

On this day very early in the morning (6:30 am), after taking your breakfast, your guide will pick you up and transfer to the park headquarters for briefing about the do's and don'ts about chimpanzee trekking. After you will enter the forest to search for these beautiful gentle giants, chimpanzee trekking can be as short as 2 hours and sometimes can take some time of about 8 hours. So you are advised to be well equipped for the day. Carry enough drinking water and if possible a rainy jacket and please wear long sleeved clothes. After meeting the chimpanzees you are given an hour of sharing moments with them, take pictures as many as you may want and after return to the lodge for lunch and in the evening head to the community experience.

Today not so early after having your heavy breakfast, you will head west to the famous Queen Elizabeth National Park, dubbed as the "medley of wonders' this is Uganda's most visited National Park. It is about 2-3 hours driving fro Kibale to Queen via Kasese, you will enjoy vast landscapes of the beautiful Rwenzori mountains along the way to your destination. Reach in the late afternoon and have lunch, relax and then overnight at your lodge.

After an early breakfast, you will go for a guided early morning game drive in the famous Kasenyi plains where you will first be briefed by your guide about what to do when in the park. Queen Elizabeth National Park is home to about 97 mammals with 4 of the Africa's Big5s animals, so you will be able to sight some of the world's iconic wild animals such as the African Elephants, Lions, Leopards, African Cape Buffaloes etc. After the morning game-drive which takes about 2-3 hours, you will have lunch at the lodge. In the afternoon, you will go for a boat ride on the Kazinga Channel where you will see hippos, crocodiles, buffalos, elephant and a variety of other large animals that come to the river to quench their thirsty. You will most likely to also see an incredible variety of birds. After the boat trip, you will drive back to your lodge for dinner and overnight.

Today not so early, you will start the journey back to Entebbe. You will stop at the Equator for lunch and some shopping and of course taking pictures of the famous 0 degrees latitude and after proceed with your journey to Entebbe.