Tour overview

Included

  • All Park Entry Fees
  • All meals and activities as stated in the itinerary
  • Professional English Speaking safari Guide/Driver
  • Airport pick ups on arrival and transfer back on departure
  • Bottled drinking water
  • Extensive Game drives

Not Included

  • Visas
  • Driver/Guide gratuities
  • Drinks, dining rooms tips, porterage, personal travel and baggage insurance
  • Telephone bill, laundry and items of a personal nature

Day 1: Arrival at Entebbe

Depending on the time of your flight, Mzima Africa's representative will pick you up at the Airport with a placard and transfer you to the Hotel.

Day 2: Flight from Entebbe International Airport to Kasese Airstrip

After an early breakfast, drive with the guide to Entebbe International Airport for your Aero Link Flight to Kasese Airstrip. On arrival at Kasese Airstrip, meet the guide and transfer to the Lodge in Kibale Forest. This park is famous for its population of habituated chimpanzees and 12 other species of primates. Kibale forest is one of the loveliest forests in Uganda with so much to offer from different bird species, 13 species of primates, other species of mammals, numerous indigenous and exotic tree species. Enjoy the beautiful scenery of the Rwenzori ranges.A hot meal at the Lodge and after relaxation with your guide transfer to Bigodi wetland Sanctuary. This swamp is an extensive collection of biodiversity, including primate species; mangabey, vervet monkey, white & black colobus monkey, red colobus monkey, red tailed monkey baboon, blue monkey grey cheeked, and the L’Hoest monkey. This wetland is a great example of a community-based project in an effort to protect the forest and areas around it. And it’s also famously known as a birders paradise. (It’s about 2 hours’ drive from Kasese Airstrip to the Lodge).

Day 3: Full Day Chimpanzee trekking (Kanyanchu)

With the tracking permit transfer to the park headquarters at Kanyanchu for Morning Chimpanzee tracking. This activity starts at 8am and last the whole day accordingly.

Day 4: Flight from Kasese Airstrip to Kisoro Airstrip

After breakfast, transfer with the guide to Kasese Airstrip for your Aero Link flight to Kisoro Airstrip. On arrival at Kisoro Airstrip, transfer with the guide to the Lodge in Bwindi Impenetrable forest. This vast reserve offers arguably the most productive montane forest birding in Africa and supports 23 of Uganda’s 24 Albertine Rift endemic bird species. Once part of a much larger forest that included the Virunga Volcanoes in neighboring Rwanda, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is now an ecological island within a sea of human cultivation and is of immense conservation importance. (It’s about 2 hours’ drive from Kisoro Airstrip to the Lodge).

Day 5: Gorilla Tracking

With an early breakfast transfer from the lodge with packed lunches. After gorilla briefing, continue to the forest for gorilla tracking. The beauty of this rain forest is spectacular offering a dramatic, steeply forested landscape, incredibly dense, but crisscrossed by numerous walk trails allowing access to tourists. The time taken and the terrain vary as per the movements of the gorillas. The thrill of spending time observing these gentle and endangered giants is an awesome, exciting experience to be long savored, many find it to be a rare and moving. Tracking can take place at Nkuringo or at Rushaga (1hour drive from Nkuringo), as per the gorilla permits obtained. Upon return, relax at the lodge or opt for a stroll through the community center or drive up to the “Top of the World” - the name given to the football field, high up in Nkuringo which offers amazing views over the peaks and forest. A great way to stretch your legs after the gorilla tracking and to enjoy a sundowner.

Day 6: Nombe & Buniga Forests

With a leisurely breakfast, transfer to Nombe Pocket Forest for a walk and a picnic. Depending on ones location, its 1 hour drive from Rushaga and 30 minutes’ drive from Nkuringo. This forest used to be part of Bwindi but was later given to the local community. It’s a beautiful forest for birding, as it hosts many different bird species. Later after relaxation at the Lodge, visit the Batwa trail that takes you through that part of Bwindi forest that used to be home to the Pygmies the Batwa; also known as “people of the forest”. This trail is run by the local community and it involves the Batwa acting out their pervious life in the forest inform of traditional dance and drama.

Day 7: Flight from Kisoro Airstrip to Entebbe International Airport

Very early in the morning, transfer with the guide to Kisoro Airstrip for your domestic flight. On arrival at Entebbe International Airport, connect to your next destination.