Best Safari Uganda

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Best Safari Uganda – This 9-day safari trip will focus on finding and observing chimpanzees in Kibale National Park. You will also go to Semuliki and Queen Elizabeth National Parks. At the end of your trip, you will visit Lake Bunyonyi for a boat tour. Join us to explore the continent of Africa.

Best Safari Uganda Highlights

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Day 1: Arival at Entebbe - Best Safari Uganda

Our guide will come get you from the airport and take you to Forest Cottages, a beautiful place for people who love nature and tourists too. The area is a safe place for animals like turacoe, hornbill, and other types of birds in the forest. The hotel is cozy and has friendly staff who give personalized attention. It also has its own special style. If you want to find calm and quiet in a natural green place or wake up to the excitement of seeing hummingbirds, you are always welcome at our place. Our nice and helpful staff are always ready to greet you happily and take care of anything you need. You will have a nice dinner in the evening and then get ready to stay the night.

Day 2: Transfer to Kibale National Park and Tea Plantation View - Best Safari Uganda

On the second day, we will travel to Kibale National Park and see the beautiful views of tea plantations.
You can have a calm breakfast and around 8 am, you can start driving to Kibale Forest NP. The park is well-liked for its monkeys, such as chimpanzees, black and white colobus monkeys, red-tailed monkeys, L’Hoe’s monkeys, and Uganda mangabeys. You will arrive at Kibale in time to have lunch at the place you have reserved. After taking a break and resting, you go to visit a tea plantation. Instead, you can go and see the Kibale Crater lakes if you enjoy looking at beautiful nature, monkeys, and birds.

Day 3: Chimpanzee Trekking and Bigodi Walk - Best Safari Uganda

On the third day, we will go chimpanzee trekking in Kibale National Park, and also visit the Bigodi Wetland.
Eat breakfast and then go to the office where the rangers will tell you what to do and not do when you go chimp trekking. After that, you will go on a hike with a knowledgeable ranger guide to see the chimps in the Kibale Forest. You will be amazed to see primates here. After you find the chimpanzees, you can spend a whole hour with them. After you eat lunch, go on the trip to the Bigodi Wetlands. Bigodi has a wide variety of different plants and animals, including many monkeys and birds. After that, you will go back to where you are staying and take a break.

Day 4: Transfer to Queen Elisabeth National Park - Best Safari Uganda

On the fourth day, we will go to Queen Elizabeth National Park. We will take a break and then go on a game drive in the afternoon and evening.
Start your day with a calm breakfast where you’re staying, and then take a drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park. You will arrive at Queen Elizabeth National Park in time to relax and have lunch. In the afternoon, go and watch animals in the game. During the game drive, keep your eyes open for animals like reedbuck, bushbuck, kob, warthog, elephant, lion, and buffalo, just to name a few. 

Instead, you can also decide to take a drive to see a stunning crater that was formed by an explosion. This is a scenic drive where you can see amazing views of the beautiful landscape in and around Queen Elizabeth National Park. On the drive, you might see some animals, but the ones you’ll most likely see are Cape buffaloes and elephants. Go back to where you are staying to rest, have dinner, and sleep for the night.

Day 5: Game Drive and Boat Cruise at Kazinga Channel - Best Safari Uganda

On day 5, the Queen will go for a morning drive to see animals. In the afternoon, she will take a boat trip on the Kazinga Channel.
After you eat breakfast, you will leave and start a true Ugandan African adventure going through the wilderness of Queen Elizabeth National Park. This park used to be called Kazinga National Park in 1952, but it was renamed to honor a visit from Queen Elizabeth II. During this game drive, you might spot hippos, leopards, elephants, lions, and chimpanzees, along with many other types of animals. 

There are also over 500 different species of birds to discover. In the afternoon, you will go to Mweya Peninsula and take a boat ride to see the wildlife in the area, like the really old crocodile. Look at the amazing animals while cruising on the Kazinga channel. Later in the day, you will go to The Bush Lodge (Banda) where you will have dinner and stay overnight.

Day 6: Transfer to Bwindi National Park

Today, you will leave early in the morning with a breakfast that is already prepared and go on a drive in the Kasenyi plains of Queen Elizabeth National Park to see animals that are awake early. You will see many elephants, buffaloes, lions, waterbucks, Uganda kobs, leopards, and hyenas. After that, we will go to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.

Day 7: Gorilla Trekking in Bwindi and Transfer to Lake Bunyonyi

We will start our activity today with Gorilla Trekking in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. This park is home to half of the world’s Gorillas.

After you go gorilla tracking, your guide will take you to the Batwa experience in Karengerere. Here, they will bring you to the top of the hills so you can see the beautiful view of Lake Bunyonyi.

Day 8: Lake Bunyonyi

After you eat breakfast, you will go on a canoe ride to enjoy the peaceful atmosphere and beautiful sights of Lake Bunyonyi. You can also take a walk in a village and experience the African community and culture firsthand. Lake Bunyonyi is famous for its pretty scenery and also for being a home to small birds. Actually, the word “Bunyonyi” means “a place with lots of small birds. ” It surrounds 29 islands that come in different shapes and sizes. You can also go to the school for poor children called Loving Hearts Helping Hands. They will greet you warmly and give you a small music performance or cultural dance. After you finish sightseeing, you will go back to the resort to have dinner and spend the night.

Day 9: Transfer Back to Entebbe

On the ninth day, the situation in Entebbe.
After you finish eating breakfast, you will leave the place where you are staying and drive back to Kampala. You will eat lunch while driving, and we will stop at the Equator where you can take awesome pictures, go shopping, and maybe try a traditional Ugandan dish called Rolex. When you arrive in Kampala, you will be taken to the Entebbe International Airport. This is where your safari trip will finish.

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