DAY 1: ARRIVAL IN ENTEBBE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
On arrival in Entebbe you will be met at the airport by your Allied Car Safaris guide and transferred a short distance to your comfortable lodge for overnight in Entebbe.
DAY 2: FROM ENTEBBE, TRANSFER TO KIBALE FOREST NATIONAL PARK.
Today you transfer from Entebbe by road t to Kasese. As you approach the foothills of the Rwenzori Mountains or “Mountains of the Moon” you enter Uganda’s famed tea plantation region. Upon landing in Kasese you will meet your resident guide/driver and transfer by road to Papaya Lake Lodge, situated close to the Kibale Forest. This afternoon after lunch, you may wish to head out on a walk around the Bigodi swamps. This will be your first opportunity to discover some of the wildlife riches of Uganda, as you will likely encounter some of Kibale’s many primates and colorful bird life.
DAY 3: ARRIVAL IN KIBALE FOREST NATIONAL PARK.
Today you have the opportunity to trek for our closest living relative – the chimpanzee! After an early breakfast you will transfer by road to the visitor’s Centre to meet your trekking guide, who after a brief orientation talk, will lead you off into the forest for your full day habituation experience with the chimpanzees. The full day habituation permit will allow you spend as much time on foot tracking down groups of chimpanzees that are not familiar with seeing humans. For this reason, you will also bring along a packed lunch, which you will be able to enjoy as and when you feel that you need to take a break. By spending time with these incredible animals, they too will start to learn that we are not a threat and will slowly, over time begin to behave as though you are not even there; a rare privilege given that they are highly intelligent wild animals. Whilst in the forest, you will also have opportunities to relish the sights and sounds of some the many other diurnal primates and birds that inhabit the Park, before heading back to camp enjoy a sundowner while sharing stories of the day’s adventure.
DAY 4: DRIVE TO QUEEN ELIZABETH NATIONAL PARK.
An early morning start from Kibale today as you head south by road to northern part of Queen Elizabeth National park, while crossing the equator and route. You will arrive in time for lunch and a highlight here is an exclusive afternoon boat cruise along the Kazinga Channel which allows a close approach to African buffalo, elephant and scores of hippopotamus and Nile crocodiles in addition to many delightful water birds including a chance of seeing African skimmers in action.
DAY 5: QUEEN ELIZABETH NATIONAL PARK.
Today you transfer by road to southern part of Queen Elizabeth National Park, Ishasha. This afternoon after lunch you will head out on a game drive to search the grasslands and marshes in search of wildlife.
DAY 6: QUEEN ELIZABETH NATIONAL PARK.
You will have a morning and afternoon game drive to explore this magnificent terrain. The middle of the day will provide you with some most welcomed down time to enjoy the tranquil setting of the camp’s luxury tents situated on the lush banks of the Ntungwe River.
DAY 7: ARRIVE IN BWINDI IMPENETRABLE NATIONAL PARK.
Leaving the riches of Queen Elizabeth behind, you make your way once again to the forests of western Uganda, this time to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, at the northern end of the fabled Virunga range. After settling into your chalet, which is neatly positioned overlooking the primary forest of Bwindi, you will enjoy lunch and have the afternoon at leisure to relax and put your feet up before your 2 trekking days which follow, visit the local craft Centre or enjoy some birding around the camp. Keep a lookout for the terrestrial monkeys which often frequent the camp, while the persistent call of the brown-throated Wattle-eye may be heard throughout.
DAY 8: IN BWINDI IMPENETRABLE NATIONAL PARK.
Approximately 400 gorillas live at Bwindi and these are divided into 12 or so groups. Here you have the opportunity to embark on two unforgettable gorilla trekking excursions, visiting one of the 4 groups of remarkably peaceable and tolerant habituated mountain gorillas.
DAY 9: DAY OF DEPARTURE.
This morning you will enjoy an early breakfast before you transfer by road back to Entebbe. Time permitting, you will transfer to any Hotel for lunch and the last mint until it is time for your departure to the airport for your international flight home and it is here where your tour with Allied Car Safaris concludes. Thank you.
