Today we will drive to Kibale Forest National Park, in Western Uganda. Kibale National Park is about 766 km2 in size with primarily moist evergreen forest. Kibale National Park is located in the Southern part of Uganda about, 320 kilometres from Kampala. Kibale National Park is a home to approximately 325 species of birds which include the olive long-tailed cuckoo, Western Green tinker bird, African and Green-breasted and African Grey Parrot. It is also a home to 13 species of primates, at least 60 other species of mammals. The visits to the park are mainly paid to the endangered chimpanzees. While visiting the Chimps you can get to see other primates including the red colobus monkey and the rare L'Hoest’s monkey, Uganda Mangabey, the Ugandan Red Colobus, and the L'Hoest's Monkey.
Arrive at the lodge/camp in time for lunch. But if time doesn't allow, a warm delicious lunch can always be got at the restaurant along the route.

Chimpanzee shares up to 98% of the human DNA, which makes them our closest relatives. The search for chimps in this great tropical forest brings you to close to these endangered primates in their natural habitat. The activity starts with a briefing at the park headquarters in Kanyanchu Visitor Centre.

This primate walk is an all year round activity and the walks are done 3 times a day, at 8am, 11am and 14pm and the tours last between 2-5 hours. Contact time with chimpanzees is limited to one hour; group size is limited to six visitors; participants must be aged 16 or over. The Chimpanzee groups at Kanyanchu are habituated, and accustomed to human presence – some have been observed for over 25 years and the chance of seeing them is over 90%.

While chimpanzee tracking, look out for the abundant species of birds in the park, as well as butterflies, plant trees and other primates like mangabey, red-tailed monkeys, L’Hoest’, black and white colobus monkeys, among others.

Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park, which is at the foot of the Rift Valley. From time to time even the peaks of the Rwenzori Mountains can be seen on the horizon. The landscape of northern Queen Elizabeth consists of several dozen craters. With more than 600 species of birds, Queen Elizabeth National Park offers even greater diversity than other national parks in Uganda. On the way to the lodge you can observe a large variety of wildlife such as elephants. Keep your eyes open for the hard-to-find leopards! Today's accommodation is high above the Kichwamba Ridge and offers breathtaking views over the bottom of the Rift Valley. While the foothills of the Rwenzoris are in front of you, the eight mighty Virunga volcanoes rise to the other side.

Game viewing involves drives through the national park while watching and studying about different wild animals, bird life and vegetation in Queen Elizabeth national park.



Queen Elizabeth national park is a known outstanding park with in Uganda with an excellent vast community of; wild animals, avian/bird life, spectacular beautiful scenery like Kyambura Gorge, the wide savannah plains among others.



Queen Elizabeth National Park has a variety of wild animals that make game drives memorable for the tourists that visit Africa. Queen Elizabeth national park has about 3000 African elephants, 1000 buffaloes, 5000 hippos, over 619 bird species, warthogs, Mongooses, monkeys, chimpanzees in Kyambura Gorge, Kobs , Statungas, Topis, Waterbucks, Lions Leopards, Civet, carvel cats among others.

You will take a boat for a water safari on the Kazinga Channel at Mweya that connects the two lakes of Edward and George. This is likely to be a big highlight of your trip! The expert Uganda Wildlife Authority guides will identify many of the Channel’s 100 bird species and you’re likely to see African Skimmers, Great White Pelicans, Spoonbill and a few Bee-eater species. Hippos wallow at the edge of the water, huge Nile crocodiles bask in the sun and elephants come down to drink.
The Kazinga Channel boat ride is a brilliant opportunity to take some close-up wildlife shots.

On this day, transfer to Bwindi Forest. Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is in the south-western part of Uganda next to the Virunga Region and on the edge of the Albertine Rift. Bwindi National Park is well known for its endangered mountain Gorillas. Bwindi national park is a home to various animal and bird species. This includes over 214 species of birds and 120 species of mammals. Apart from the gorillas there are other animals living in the forest include; L'Hoest's monkey, African elephant, and birds like African green broadbill, Grauer's rush warbler, Chaplin's flycatcher, African giant swallowtail among others.

Gorilla trekking safari in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is done all year round; but with the peak/dry season being the best time to visit. The peak season falls in the dry months of December to February and between June and August. The wet season is in March to May and October to November; tracking gorillas during the rainy season is more challenging because of the overgrown forest vegetation and muddy trails. However visitors shouldn’t be discouraged coming in the rainy season because Bwindi is a tropical forest and rain is expected any time.

Gorilla trekking in Bwindi forest starts with a briefing around 7am at the park headquarters depending on the sector you will be tracking that day. After the briefing, trekkers are separated into smaller groups of 8 with each group following a different gorilla family. Some of the groups might start tracking the gorilla family near the park offices while others will need to be driven to starting points in one of the four sectors of the park. The park guides from Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA), two armed rangers and porters move with each group. The guides are very experienced, knowledgeable and well trained. They are willing to share information about each of the gorilla group members and Bwindi forest in general.

Gorilla trekking time depends on the location of the gorillas; it can take from 1-6 hours and sometimes even more. A team of trackers normally goes ahead of the group to identify the location of the family and inform the lead guide by radio call of the location of the gorilla group. Trackers know where the gorilla group last built their sleeping nests and will head to that direction. When you find the gorilla group, you will have an hour to watch them feed, play and groom. It is such an exciting moment.