7 Days Uganda Safari: Rhino, Chimpanzee & Gorilla Safari Adventure Holiday itinerary

Day 1 of the 7 Days Uganda Safari: Rhino, Chimpanzee & Gorilla Safari Adventure Holiday with a pick-up from Entebbe International Airport or at your hotel.  Our driver guide from Paradise Adventure Vacations will meet and greet you, he will brief you about the entire journey, and from there you will embark on a drive to Murchison Falls National Park with a stopover at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary for rhino trekking, here you will encounter not only the white rhinos but also some antelopes and birds. Return for a special lunch and later continue with the drive to the park for your dinner and overnight.

Location: Murchison Falls National Park

Meals Plan: Breakfast and Lunch as well as Dinner

 Drinking Water and Fruits Throughout the journey

Wake up for an early morning breakfast, and prepare yourself for another exciting encounter. Day 2 of your 7 Days Uganda Safari: Rhino, Chimpanzee & Gorilla Safari Adventure Holiday starts with an early morning game drive through different trails of the park like the Albert Trail, Buligi Trail, and the Victoria Trail. Here, you will meet eye to eye with different mammal species like Buffaloes, elephants, lions, leopards, bush barks, and giraffes among others, and return to your lodge for relaxation and lunch. Later in the afternoon, embark on an afternoon boat cruise upstream to the bottom of the falls, while on the cruise, you will see the Nile crocodiles resting on the shores, herds of hippos while in water, bird species like the black bee-eater, grey crowned crane, marabou stork and many others. After the cruise, you will then hike to the Top of the falls where you witness the strength of the magnificent Murchison Falls as it roars and pours itself out through a narrow 8m gorge. While here, you will enjoy the soft splashes as it feels like little drizzles falling on your face from heaven. You will then return back to your lodge for relaxation as you await your dinner and overnight. OR You can Opt for a Night Game Drive, which comes at an Extra Cost of $100 per person. This drive is done with an armed ranger guide and also spotlight torches which will enable you to spot the predators as they hunt like hyenas, leopards, lions, bush babies, hippos, among others.

Location: Murchison Falls National Park

Meals Plan: Breakfast and Lunch as well as Dinner

Drinking Water and Fruits Throughout the journey

After your heavy morning breakfast on day 3 of your 7 Days Uganda Safari: Rhino, Chimpanzee & Gorilla Safari Adventure Holiday, you will drive to Kibale National Park which is located in the Western region of Uganda in Kabarole district. This drive will take about 5 hours and it will offer you magnificent scenic views of Uganda’s landscape as you drive to the park. Enroute to your destination, you will have a lunch stopover in Fort Portal Tourism City and you will then proceed to Kibale National Park for relaxation, dinner, and overnight.

Location: Kibale Forest National Park

Meals Plan: Breakfast and Lunch as well as Dinner

Drinking Water and Fruits Throughout the journey

Wake up early in the morning and start your Day 4 of the 7 Days Uganda Safari: Rhino, Chimpanzee & Gorilla Safari Adventure Holiday with a heavy delicious breakfast and prepare for the famous Chimpanzee Trekking experience. Wear appropriate clothing for the activity like a long-sleeved shirt, a pair of kinky or jean trousers, waterproof boots, a round cap, and a heavy sweater to protect you from the tree branches and also in case of bad weather. Carry in your backpack some snacks and drinking water to help keep you hydrated during the trek since it may take about 1 to 5 hours to find these Chimpanzees depending on their location.

Chimpanzee Tracking: Proceed to the Kanyachu visitor center where you will be briefed about the Do’s and the Don’t’s of the park, you will be assigned a chimpanzee group to look out for and also a park ranger to help you during the trek. During the trek, you will encounter various primates like the black and white colobus monkeys, red-tailed monkeys, blue monkeys, Olive baboons, L’Hoest’s monkeys, Red colobuses, Mantled guereza and also various bird species like flycatchers, hornbills, black billed turaco, kingfisher, cuckoos, purple breasted sunbird, crowned eagle, black-capped waxbill, and black collard Apalis among others. On finding the chimpanzees, you will be allowed to spend 1 hour with them to learn about their behaviors, social life, and how they communicate among others. You will then return to your accommodation for lunch and relaxation.

Bigodi Swamp and Community Visit: Later in the afternoon, you will proceed to the park’s Bigodi wetland for a swamp walk and during this walk you will spot some butterfly species and birds, for example, the Black-crowned Waxbill, White-spotted Fluff tail, White-breasted Negrofinch, Yellow-spotted Barbet, Black Bishop, Hairy-breasted Barbet, Yellow-billed Barbet, Brown-crowned Tchagra, Black & white Shrike-flycatcher, Western Nicator, Superb Sunbird, among others. You will then proceed for a community walk where you will taste the Gins brewed from bananas, craft making, and coffee processing. Then you will return to your accommodation for dinner and an overnight.

For Chimpanzee Habituation: Extra Cost of $100 Per Person: The chimpanzee habituation experience offers an unparalleled opportunity to spend an extended period with our closest relatives in the animal kingdom.

Location: Kibale Forest National Park

Meals Plan: Breakfast and Lunch as well as Dinner

Drinking Water and Fruits Throughout the journey

Day 5 of your 7 Days Uganda Safari: Rhino, Chimpanzee & Gorilla Safari Adventure Holiday will start with an early morning heavy breakfast and then you will proceed to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park which is a 5 hours’ drive from Kibale National Park.  Meanwhile, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is located in the South Western region of Uganda in Kanungu district and it is known for offering the best Gorilla experience. Enroute to your destination you will have a lunch stopover in Kihihi and then proceed to the park for dinner and an overnight.

Location: Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park

Meals Plan: Breakfast and Lunch as well as Dinner

Drinking Water and Fruits Throughout the journey

Upon waking up to the beautiful sounds of the birds singing in the sky, you will start day 6 of your 7 Days Uganda Safari: Rhino, Chimpanzee & Gorilla Safari Adventure Holiday with an early morning breakfast. Wear appropriate clothing for the day like a long-sleeved shirt, a pair of kinky or jean trousers, a round cap, and waterproof boots to protect you against the falling tree branches of the Impenetrable Forest and also in case of bad weather, pack some snacks and water to help in keeping you hydrated during the trek.

Gorilla Trekking: Proceed to the park’s headquarters for a briefing on the Do’s and the Don’ts while you are with the mountain gorillas, you will also be assigned a park ranger who will guide you during the trek and also a gorilla family to look out for and then start the search for the mountain gorillas which will take about 1 to 5 hours depending on their location. During your trek, you will encounter various primate species like the black and white colobus monkeys, red-tailed monkeys, grey mangabeys, and blue monkeys and also bird species like handsome francolin, red-headed blue bill, regal sunbird, breasted sunbird, African blue cuckoo, Rwenzori turaco, Shelley’s crimson, purple sunbird among other bird species. On finding the gorillas, you will be allowed to spend only one hour with them as you learn about their ways of life, how they feed and take care of their young ones, how they communicate among others. Feel free to ask as many questions as possible about these gorillas and take memorable pictures and then you will return back to your accommodation for lunch.

Batwa Community Encounter: Later you will visit the Batwa community where the early inhabitants of the ancient Impenetrable forest before it became a National park and a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1992 and learn about their social ways of life, how they hunt for food in their ancient ways, visit a Batwa homestead to watch how they dance and also hear ancient legends and their folk songs and then you will return to your accommodation for dinner and an overnight.

Location: Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park

Meals Plan: Breakfast and Lunch as well as Dinner

Drinking Water and Fruits Throughout the journey

After a heavy breakfast on your final 7 Days Uganda Safari: Rhino, Chimpanzee & Gorilla Safari Adventure Holiday, you will embark on an 8 to 10-hour drive to Entebbe International Airport or your Hotel with a delicious lunch stopover in Igongo Cultural Center or Ajip Motel in Mbarara City. You will then proceed with your journey, and enroute to your destination, you will have a stopover at the Equator line at Kayabwe where you will have some coffee, participate in the famous water experience, take some memorable pictures, and also buy some souvenirs to remind you about “The Pearl of Africa.”  Thus, the end of our safari. The 7 Days Uganda Safari: Rhino, Chimpanzee & Gorilla Safari Adventure Holiday is an incredible tour that offers a unique and unforgettable wildlife experience, with an opportunity to see some of the most amazing primates and other wildlife in their natural habitat. Thank you so much for specifically choosing Paradise Adventure Vacations on the 7 Days Uganda Safari: Rhino, Chimpanzee & Gorilla Safari Adventure Holiday.

Location: Kampala (City)

Accommodation Option: No

Meals Plan: Breakfast and Lunch

Drinking Water and Fruits Throughout the journey