7 Days Uganda Luxury Primate Special

Arrival in Entebbe and Transfer to your Hotel

Upon your arrival at the airport, you will be greeted by our English-speaking driver (or, upon request, an Italian, French, or Spanish speaker) who will take you to your hotel. Depending on the arrival time and the duration of the disembarkation and immigration procedures, you and your guide will decide on any available activities to undertake.

• High-end accommodation: The Boma Hotel Entebbe – Breakfast included
• Scheduled activities: excluded and to be decided on-site based on arrival times
• Travel time: approximately 10 minutes to reach the accommodations

Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park in the morning, lunch on the way and we will arrive in Queen Elizabeth NP in the afternoon. Later on, photographic safari through the routes of the park, we will scour the “Kaseny and Kazinga track” looking for elephants, buffaloes, leopards, lions, antelopes and many other species.

There are about 95 species of mammals, including lions, elephants, leopards, Uganda kobs (impala), hyenas, buffaloes and several species of primates such as chimpanzees, blue, red, white, black and baboons. There are also some 600 species of birds, one of the highest concentrations in Africa, and expanses of pink flamingos along the volcanic Katwe Lake.

• High-end accommodation: Buffalo Safari Lodge or similar – Full board included (breakfast/lunch/dinner)
• Travel time: Approximately 7 hours – 400 km
• Scheduled activities: Game drive Queen Elizabeth

Chimpanzee Trekking in Kyambura or Kalinzu

In the morning, we will embark on a chimpanzee trekking adventure in the Kyambura Forest or Kalinzu Forest, two forests within the savanna of the park that offer an incredible variety of vegetation. These biodiverse forests are distinct from those you will encounter later and are home to a large community of chimpanzees, which you will be able to observe up close. Sightings are guaranteed at a 90% rate. Lunch at the lodge.

In the afternoon you will take a cruise on the Kazinga Channel, which links Lake Edward and Lake George. During these three hours we will observe many hippos, buffaloes, elephants drinking from the river, antelopes and very rare birds; your journey will end when the canal flows into Lake Edward. This is definitely one of the most exciting activities of the trip, as seeing the bustling savannah life near the waterways is spectacular.

• High-end accommodation: Buffalo Safari Lodge or similar – Full board included (breakfast/lunch/dinner)
• Scheduled activities: Chimpanzee trekking in Kyambura or Kalinzu – Game drive in Queen Elizabeth NP

In the morning, we will transfer to the south through Maramagambo Forest and arrive in the Ishasha sector by late morning. With a bit of luck, you may be able to see the “lion climbing”, lions that climb the “fig trees,” which branch out a few meters off the ground and serve as their “personal offices” during the hottest hours of the day. Lunch will be a packed meal or at a restaurant in Kihihi.

This park is located in the southwest sector of Uganda, at an altitude ranging from 1,160 m to 2,607 m. It is a true tropical forest spread over mountains and valleys and is considered one of the most biodiverse forests in all of Africa; it has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. In the local language, “Bwindi” means “dark place,” referring to its impenetrable nature. The park is home to about 350 species of birds, 200 species of butterflies, and 324 different types of trees, 14 of which are found only in this park, making it a prime location for birdwatching excursions in pristine nature, along with encounters with local pygmy communities residing in the park.

Afterwards, we will begin to admire the spectacular views of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest mountains; there will be many exciting stops for photo opportunities.
In the afternoon, you can take a walk in the village, or we can arrange a visit to an orphanage supported by our foundation through various projects.

• High-end accommodation: Kiho Lodge or similar – Full board included (breakfast/lunch/dinner)
• Travel time: Approximately 4 hours and 45 minutes – 160 km
• Scheduled activities: Game drive in the Ishasha sector of Queen Elizabeth NP

After breakfast, we will proceed to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest headquarters for a briefing with the park rangers. You will be organized into groups of no more than 8 people, and one of the gorilla families living near this sector of the park will be assigned to you. Two specialized rangers and the “trackers” (who follow and monitor the families from dawn to dusk, enabling this extraordinary conservation process) will accompany and guide you into the impenetrable forest in search of one of the Mountain Gorilla families, which you will be able to observe, follow, and contemplate for one hour from the moment of the first sighting.
Make sure to have the Box lunch (mandatory and provided by the lodge), at least two liters of water, trekking shoes, long clothing, and a rain jacket in your backpack.
The duration of the gorilla trekking varies from day to day and from one gorilla family to another, and we cannot predict it in advance. What makes this activity unique is the opportunity to see these magnificent endangered primates in their natural habitat without interfering in any way with their daily lives due to mandatory rules that must be followed.
The purchase of the entry permit ($800, always included in our packages) supports the conservation process, which is the only one that has yielded concrete results over time; indeed, from just over 400 individuals in 1990, we can now count about 1,100 individuals across Uganda, Rwanda, and the DRC.
You can consult the rules and some guidelines regarding trekking with gorillas or other forest treks on the FAQs page.
After the trekking, we will transfer to Kisoro in the far southwest of the country.

• High-range accommodation: Mutanda Lake Resort or similar – Full board included (breakfast/lunch/dinner)
• Travel time: Approximately 2 hours and 30 minutes – 85 km
• Scheduled activities: Gorilla trekking

Wake up at dawn for the transfer to Mgahinga National Park, where the golden monkey trekking will take place. The vegetation and terrain of this park differ from the previous forests and belong to the Ugandan side of the Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda. You will enjoy a unique view of the peaks of the Volcanoes National Park; be ready to take photos of bird species like the Ruwenzori Turaco, the colobus, and especially the golden monkeys, an endemic primate of this area that you will encounter along the way, living near the bamboo forest. After the trekking, we will transfer to Lake Bunyonyi for dinner and overnight stay.

Mgahinga Gorilla National Park is a national park in southwestern Uganda, located near the town of Kisoro, in the Virunga Mountains. It is adjacent to Volcanoes National Park (Rwanda) and Virunga National Park (DRC). The park area includes three of the eight volcanoes in the Virunga chain: Muhavura, Gahinga (from which the park takes its name), and Sabinyo. Together with Bwindi Park, Mgahinga is one of the two parks in Uganda that host Mountain Gorillas. In this park, you can spot the “golden monkeys,” which are endemic to this area adjacent to the Virunga.

• High-range accommodation: Arcadia Cottage Lake Bunyonyi – Full board included (breakfast/lunch/dinner)
• Travel time: Approximately 2 hours – 80 km
• Scheduled activities: Golden monkey trekking

In the morning, we will transfer to Entebbe for your return flight, which is expected after 5 PM. We will have lunch along the equator, where you can purchase souvenirs before heading to the airport.

• Travel time: Approximately 7 hours and 30 minutes – 410 km