5Days Chimp safari Kibale and Queen Elizabeth N. Park

5 Day safari

$2,062

Per Person sharing

Uganda

DESCRIPTION

This 5 Days package will give you opportunities to visit Kibale Forest and Queen Elizabeth National Park (QENP, or Queens). You will be able to visit these Uganda's most visited national parks and is often paired with Gorilla trekking in Bwindi and/or Chimp trekking in Kibale Forest. The parks are famous for its big cats, including tree-climbing lions and leopards. Also, you will be able to visit Kibale Forest, Uganda’s premier chimpanzee tracking destination. Top activities in these two Parks; Game viewing, Kazinga Boat Cruise, Lion tracking research, Chimpanzee trekking, Bird watching, nature walks, hiking, visit crater lakes and Tea Plantation tour.

ITINERARY

Day 1
ARRIVAL IN ENTEBBE

Upon Arrival, you will be met by your guide and transferred to your Hotel in Entebbe for the night. Check in at hotel base on bed and breakfast.

Day 2
TRANSFER TO KIBALE FOREST NATIONAL PARK

Early rise at your hotel, check out and drive Through Mityana road enroute Fort Portal. Continue into Kibale National Park and Check in at your Lodge include Primate Lodge Kibale , or Kibale Forest Camp, base on full board.

Kibale Forest National Park is Uganda’s premier chimpanzee tracking destination. The Park protects over 766 square Kilometers of predominantly forested habitat that extends more than 50 kilometers south from the main Kampala-Fort Portal Road to the north East boarder of Queen Elizabeth National Park.

Day 3
KIBALE FOREST NATIONAL PARK

On this day, after early rise at the Lodge and have your breakfast. After the pre-tracking briefing, you will either walk or drive to the trail head for the start of a sensational chimpanzee tracking experience, hiking in the footsteps of the habituated family of chimpanzees. After briefing from the guide, you will set out to encounter the chimpanzees. The Tracking experience takes an average of 3 hours.

Upon sighting the chimpanzees, you will spend an unforgettable one hour with them as they go about their daily life, feeding, playing, grooming, taking care of their young ones, howling and screeching, in their habitat.

After the tracking experience, you will return back to the Lodge for lunch and later enjoy a guided afternoon walk through Bigodi swamp. This wetland offers some of the finest birding and Monkey viewing in Uganda, the swamp walk through Bigodi Wetland Sanctuary is an admirable example of conservation and tourism. In Bigodi swamp, you can be able to identify more than 40 bird species in one walk.

On this day after a meal at the Lodge, you will check out and drive to your Lodge in Queen Elizabeth National Park           

Day 4
AM GAME DRIVE AND PM BOAT CRUISE IN QUEEN ELIZABETH NATIONAL PARK.

After your breakfast, your guide will brief you on the day’s activities and then you will set off for the morning game drive in Queen Elizabeth National Park through both Mweya peninsula and the Kasenyi Plains where you will be able to see animals like the lion, Herds of elephants, antelopes, the elusive leopard and many mammals, Bird and reptile animal species. After the game drives we head back to the Lodge for you lunch.

Most of Queen Elizabeth comprises open grassland and savannah with tends to get woodier and moister in the west. The Park also incorporates substantial areas of papyrus swamp around lake George. QUENP supports at least 95 mammal species, the highest recorded in any Ugandan National Park.

After lunch, you will take the scenic boat cruise on the 33km long and 2-3 Km wide Kazinga channel. On this 2hr boat ride, you will enjoy excellent wildlife viewing, you will be able to spot elephants, buffalos, water bucks, Hippos, water monitor Lizard, crocodiles and many other animal species. Later head back to the lodge for dinner and overnight at your Lodge

Day 5
TRAVEL BACK TO KAMPALA.

On this day, after your breakfast at the Lodge, your guide will brief you about the journey and you set of for Entebbe. The journey should take you about 6 hours Along the way, you will have a stop over at the equator for a photo opportunity and also to buy souvenirs. Later arrive in Entebbe and end of our service.

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Costs

$2,062

(Per Person sharing)

OTHER INFORMATION

INCLUDES
  • Ground transport per private 4WD safari vehicle
  • English speaking driver/guide
  • Chimps Tracking permits USD 200 Per Permit
  • Accommodation in places mentioned in the itinerary,
  • Meals as described in the itinerary
  • Bottled mineral water in the safari vehicle
  • Entrance fees and ranger fees for national parks
  • Activities and excursions mentioned in the program
EXCLUDES
  • International flight
  • Optional activities
  • Meals and drinks not mentioned above
  • Tips
  • Personal/travel insurance.
  • Driver guide’s gratuity (recommended).
  • Entry visa into Uganda.

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