5 Days Uganda Primates Safari

5 Days Uganda Primates Safari

5 Days Uganda Primates Safari

5 Days Uganda Primates Safari: Are you looking for the best safari that will ensure you have an amazing primate experience in Uganda? This 5 days primate Safari in Uganda will give you the most amazing experience during your stay in the country.  This 5 days primate safari in Uganda will give you the chance to explore both queen Elizabeth national park the home of the big five animals in Uganda where you will carry out chimpanzee trekking in kyambura gorge, game drives where you will see plenty of wildlife, the boat cruise where you will see a number of water life, birdlife among other rewarding attractions. You will also have the opportunity to visit Bwindi impenetrable national park where you will carry out gorilla trekking.

Highlights for your 5 Days Uganda Primates Safari

  • Day 1: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth national park and evening game drive
  • Day 2: Chimpanzee tracking and evening boat cruise
  • Day 3: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
  • Day 4: Gorilla trekking
  • Day 5: departure

Detailed Safari Itinerary

Day one: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth national park and evening game drive

  • Transfer to Queen Elizabeth national park and evening game drive: On day one of 5 days primate safari in Uganda after an early morning breakfast at your hotel, your guide for your safari will pick you up and transfer you to Queen Elizabeth national park. The journey to the park is rewarding because you get to experience amazing experiences during the different stopovers like the equator in Kayabwe where you will take part in the northern and southern hemisphere experiments, after the rewarding experiences, you will make your way to the park you will have another stopover at Imigongo cultural center for lunch and then transfer to the home of the endangered mountain gorillas in Uganda Bwindi impenetrable national park where you will take park. On reaching the park you will transfer to your hotel for checkins, refreshments, and later in the evening you will participate in the evening drive where you will get to see a number of wildlife as they get to catch the last bite of the day. You will see a number of herbivores like the zebras, Uganda kobs, and antelope species among other animal species. You will also get to see nocturnal animals like lions, leopards hyenas catching prey for dinner. After the rewarding experiences you will transfer back to your hotel for dinner and overnight stay.

Day two: Chimpanzee tracking and evening boat cruise

  • Chimpanzee tracking and evening boat cruise: On day two of your 5 days primate safari in Uganda after an early morning breakfast at your hotel in the park, your tour guide for the safari will pick you up and transfer you to Kyambura gorge also known as the valley of apes where you will participate in chimpanzee trekking. The activity will involve you to spend time with the habituated chimpanzee troops observing their behavior in the wild, how they co-exist with one another, their feeding patterns, how they take care of their infants among other exciting features of the primates. You will also get to take pictures of the primates at the end of your tracking experience you will head back to your hotel for lunch and relaxation.  In the evening you will participate in an evening boat cruise to take off the stress during the relaxing activity. During the boat cruise you will see the park coming to life as the sunsets; you will also see a number of herbivores like the zebras, elephants, kobs as they get to catch the last bite of the day, crocodiles sun basking, a number of water birds like the African King fisher, African Wattled Lapwing, Blue-cheeked Bee-eater, Common Squacco Heron, Crowned Lap wing, Eastern Grey Plantain-eater, Great Egret among other species. At the end of your activity you will transfer back to your hotel for dinner and overnight stay.

Day three: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

  • Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park: On day two of your, 5 days primate safari in Uganda after an early morning breakfast at your hotel, your guide for your safari will pick you up and transfer you Bwindi impenetrable national park through the Ishasha sector where you will have the chance to see the tree climbing lions. On reaching the Bwindi Impenetrable National park you will transfer to your hotel for checkins, refreshments. Later on you will  participate in nature walks in the evening to have an amazing time during your safari where you will get to see a number of bird species like Rockefellers’ sun bird, Chapin’s flycatcher, Rwenzori Batis, strange weaver, red throated alethe and so on, you will also get to see numerous primate species like the black and white colobus monkeys, the red tailed monkeys, vervet monkey among other primate species.

Day four: Gorilla trekking

  • Gorilla trekking: On day three of your 5 days primate safari in Uganda, after an early morning breakfast at your hotel, you will be transferred to the park headquarters where you will present your gorilla trekking permit in order to participate in the activity. You will have a briefing session of the rules and regulations to follow during the activity like limiting noise during the presence of the gorillas, avoiding eye contact with the primates among other rules and regulations to follow. After the briefing session you will make your way to the park to locate the habituated gorilla family which you will spend an hour understanding their behavior in the wild like their feeding patterns, how they co-exist with one another, how they settle conflicts amongst each other and other interesting features of the primates. You will take pictures and once done, you will head back to your starting point and transfer back to your hotel for your late lunch and later on in the late afternoon you will participate in the Batwa trail experience where you will visit the pygmies that used to live with wild animals, you will find them entertaining because they will show case their cultures to you through dance and preparation of local food among other interesting features. After the rewarding experiences, you will head back to your hotel for dinner and overnight stay.
5 Days Uganda Primates Safari
5 Days Uganda Primates Safari

Day five: departure

  • Departure: On day for of your 5 days primate safari in Uganda, after an early morning breakfast at your hotel your guide will pick you up and transfer you back to Kampala city where you will be dropped off at a location of your choice in Kampala city after having lunch or Entebbe international airport and the end of your 5 days primate safari in Uganda.

End of Trip

Trip Inclusions

  • Pickup and drop off in Kampala
  • An English speaking guide
  • Entrance permits
  • All activities included on the itinerary 
  • Entrance permits
  • Meals and bottled water
  • 4X4 safari vehicle & Fuel

Trip exclusions

  • Visa fees
  • Personal expenses 
  • Tips
  • Uganda visa fees
  • Activities that are not included on the itinerary
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