7-day Chimpanzee, Gorillas And Big 5 Safari Uganda

Day 1: Pickup from your hotel by your driver/guide. Travel westward through Mityana-Kyenjojo and get to Fort Portal. Thereafter, continue for another 45 minutes, get to your accommodation for check-in, and then have lunch at the lodge. Later, you head out for the nature walk in the Bigodi Swampland. Then return to the booked lodge for dinner, and overnight is at the lodge. Isunga Lodge

Day 2: Have an early breakfast at 6:30 am; thereafter, transfer to the park offices to convene with other travelers for a briefing, and thereafter, start the trek into Kibale Forest National Park to find the chimpanzees. After the exciting experience in the forest, return to meet your driver guide and transfer to your booked accommodation for dinner and overnight. Isunga Lodge

Day 3: After an early breakfast, check out and travel to Queen Elizabeth National Park. Check in at your accommodation to refresh and have lunch. Later, transfer to the Kazinga Channel for a boat ride. Enjoy an array of wildlife and birds lining the banks of the channel, including hippos, buffaloes, elephants, antelopes, and monitor lizards, and afterward go for a brief game drive. Return and transfer to your booked accommodation for dinner and overnight. The Bush Lodge (Banda)

Day 4: Early breakfast, check out of the accommodation, and head out for the early morning game drive to catch the nocturnal animals and hunters. Drive to the southern sector of the park called Ishasha, popular for the tree-climbing lions, lots of big game, and wonderful scenery. The game lasts approximately 3 hours, and then you check out of the park and travel to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. Lunch is en route, and dinner is at your booked lodge. Ichumbi Gorilla Lodge

Day 5: Have an early cup of tea, pick up a packed lunch and water, and transfer to the park offices to allocate a gorilla family and be briefed by the rangers. Thereafter, transfer to the start of the trek and head into the thick jungles to find these great apes. After an hour of observing and photographing the mountain gorillas, return to meet your driver and transfer to the lodge to refresh, followed by a late evening visit to the Batwa. Dinner and overnight at the lodge. Ichumbi Gorilla Lodge

Day 6. After breakfast, check out and drive northwards to Lake Bunyonyi. After checking in at your accommodation, refreshing yourself, and having lunch, set out for a canoe ride on Lake Bunyonyi and explore the series of islands dotting the lake while enjoying the wonderful scenery of terraces and cool atmosphere. You can hike the highlands and visit the local communities along the highlands. Return to your booked accommodation for dinner and overnight. Arcadia lodge Lake Bunyonyi