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Uganda is a habitat to 345 species of mammals which is 39% and 7.8% of Africa’s and world’s totals respectively! The list includes the endangered and endemic Gorillas (gorilla berengei berengei) a specie shared among Uganda, DR Congo and Rwanda, the range-restricted African chimpanzees, the African Big five and many exciting primates among others
This itinerary emphasizes the viewing of mammals from their ecosystems accompanied by ecological interpretation from our guides but at the same time pointing out at other wildlife like birds and plants…… which are also members of the complete ecosystems of Uganda.
Uganda is the “Primate Capital of the Universe” with close to 54 % of the global and critically endangered primates and man’s closest relatives – the Gorillas and Chimpanzees in Bwindi and Kibale forests respectively. The duo has been fully habituated over years and now full tourism products in Uganda. Other primates that have been fully habituated over time and available for tracking include the Grey-cheeked Mangabeys (Ugandan Mangabey) in Mabira Forest Reserve in Central Uganda and the Golden Monkey in Mgahinga National park in South-western Uganda. Other rare species of primates that can be comfortably seen in Uganda are the Red, Black and White Colobuses, Blue and L’Hoest’s m…
Uganda boasts of 1083 species of birds which is 50% and 10% of Africa’s and world’s totals respectively! The list includes the 23 Albertine Rift endemics out of the 26 species recorded in the region, the endemic weaver (Fox’s weaver) and the old-world human-sized African bird the “Shoebill”
This itinerary primarily emphasizes the systematic approach to watching birds by use of visual enhancement equipment led by specialised bird guides but at the same time encourages the viewing of other wildlife with whom birds share the ecosystems!
Adventure Tourism is a form of tourism involving travel to remote or exotic locations in order to take part in physically challenging outdoor activities, it is a niche tourism involving exploration with a certain degree of risk, and which may require special skills and physical exertion.
Uganda is a country endowed with a variety of ecosystems ranging from semi-arid areas, Savannahs (woodlands and grasslands) through all tropical rain forests categories (lowland, semi-altitude and montane) to massive water bodies and not forgetting mountains!
3 Days – Kibale Forest – Chimpanzee Habituation Experience (CHEX)
Day 1: Drive from Entebbe Airport to Kibale Forest National Park
Day 2: Participate in Chimpanzee Habituation Experience.
Day 3: Drive back to Kampala / Entebbe Airport
3 Days: Bwindi Impenetrable National – Gorilla Habituation Experience
Day 1: Drive from Entebbe to Bwindi Forest.
Day 2: Participate in Gorilla Habituation Experience.
Day 3: Drive back to Kampala / Entebbe Airport
5 Days – Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary & Kidepo Valley National Park
Day 1: Drive from Entebbe enroute Ziwa Rhinos and Sleep in Kitgum town
Day 2: From Kitgum town to Kidepo, do an afternoon game drive.
Day 3: An early morning game drive in Kidepo Valley and afternoon optional visit to the indigenous Karimajong
Day 4: Early morning drive and mid-morning transfer to Gulu town for a sleep
Day 5: Drive back to Kampala / Entebbe Airport
3 Days – Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary & Murchison Falls National Park
Day1: Drive from Entebbe enroute Ziwa Rhinos and drive to Murchison Park to visit the Top of Falls, Sleep around the park
Day 2: Early morning game drive and afternoon Boat Cruise on River Nile
Day 3: Drive back to Kampala / Entebbe Airport
5 Days – Murchison Falls and Kibale Forest Park
Day 1: Drive from Entebbe enroute Ziwa Rhinos and drive to Murchison Park for the Top of the Falls tour, Sleep around the park
Day 2: Early morning game drive and afternoon Boat Cruise on River Nile
Day 3: Drive from Murchison to Kibale
Day 4: Chimpanzee Tracking and Bigodi Swamp
Day 5: Drive back to Kampala / Entebbe Airport
5 Days – Kibale Forest with Bigodi Swamp and Queen Elizabeth Park
Day 1: Drive from Entebbe to Kibale
Day 2: Chimpanzee Tracking and Bigodi Swamp
Day 3: Drive to Queen Park, afternoon game drive
Day 4: Early morning game drive and afternoon Boat Cruise on Kazinga Channel
Day 5: Drive back to Kampala / Entebbe Airport.
1 Day Eye opener to Aquatic and Forest Birding (Mabamba & Botanical)
Day 1: Bird Mabamba Bay on Lake Victoria in the Morning and Botanical Gardens
Return to Lodge in Entebbe
2 Days Forest Birding (Botanical & Mabira Forest)
Day 1: Morning birding Botanical and afternoon transfer to Mabira Forest
Day 2: Bird Mabira Forest in the morning and afternoon drive back to Entebbe
16 Days Mixed Ecosystems Popular Birding
Day 1: Arrival and bird Botanical Gardens in the afternoon
Day 2: Bird Mabamba Bay on Lake Victoria and transfer to Masindi for overnight
Day 3: Bird Budongo Royal Mile and Transfer to Murchison
Day 4: Bird Murchison Savanna tracks and afternoon bird River Nile during the Boat Cruise
Day 5: Transfer to Kibale while doing enroute birding
Day 6: Early morning search for Green-breasted Pitta and afternoon Chimpanzee Tracking
Day 7: Morning scans in the Bigodi Wetland and afternoon transfer to Queen Elizabeth
Day 8: Bird Queen Savanna tracks and afternoon bird Kazinga Channel during the Boat Cruise
Day 9: Bird enroute to Ishasha Wilderness Sector in Queen Elizabeth as we transfer to Bwindi
Day 10: Bird the Water Falls track in Buhoma Sector of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest
Day 11: Transfer to Ruhija Sector with enroute birding of the “BWINDI NECK”
Day 12: Gorilla Tracking
Day 13: Bird Umubwindi Swamp where most the Albertine Rift Endemics occur
Day 14: Transfer to Lake Mburo while birding enroute
Day 15: Bird Lake Mburo Woodland tracks and afternoon bird Lake Mburo during the Boat Cruise
Day 16: Morning birding and transfer to Kampala / Entebbe
6 Days Semi-arid and Savanna Birding (Kidepo & Murchison)
Day 1: Early morning drive from Kampala to Kitgum town combined with enroute.
Day 2: Morning drive from Kitgum and bird Kidepo Narus valley in the afternoon
Day 3: Full day birding in Kidepo valley
Day 4: Early morning Drive from Kidepo to Murchison and evening biding
Day 5: Early morning birding on the savanna tacks of Murchison park, afternoon birding on River Nile while Boat Cruising
Day 6: Drive back to Kampala / Entebbe Airport
14 Days Rain Forests Birding
Day 1: Botanical Gardens Birding
Day 2: Early morning transfer to Mabira Forest and do whole day birding
Day 3: Transfer to Masindi for overnight
Day 4: Full day Birding Budongo Forest Royal Mile
Day 5: Transfer to Kibale Forest, we scan through the highway remnant rainforests enroute
Day 6: Early morning search for theGreen-breasted Pitta and other forest interior species, then afternoon Chimpanzee Tracking.
Day 7: Morning scans in the Bigodi Wetland and mid-morning bird enroute bird Kibale Forest, then transfer to transfer to Fortportal for accommodation.
Day 8: Early morning drive to Semuliki Forest mostly for the Congo-biome species and come back to Fortportal for accommodation.
Day 9: Morning transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest
Day 10: Bird the Water Falls track in Buhoma Sector of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest
Day 11: Transfer to Ruhija Sector with enroute birding of the “BWINDI NECK”
Day 12: Gorilla Tracking
Day 13: Bird Umubwindi Swamp where most the Albertine Rift Endemics occur
Day 14: Drive back to Kampala / Entebbe Airport
8 Days Savanna and Montane Forests Birding (Queen & Bwindi)
Day 1: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth, and do afternoon savanna birding
Day 2: Bird Queen Kasenyi tracks and afternoon bird Kazinga Channel during the Boat Cruise.
Day 3: Bird enroute to Ishasha Wilderness Sector in Queen Elizabeth as we transfer to Bwindi
Day 4: Bird the Water Falls track in Buhoma Sector of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest
Day 5: Transfer to Ruhija Sector with enroute birding of the “BWINDI NECK”
Day 6: Gorilla Tracking
Day 7: Bird Umubwindi Swamp where most the Albertine Rift Endemics occur.
Day 8: Transfer to Kampala / Entebbe Airport
6 Days Montane Forest, Semi-arid birding & Swamp birding (Mt. Elgon, Pian-Upe & Bisina/Opeta lakes)
Day 1: Early morning transfer to Mount elgon and afternoon birding.
Day 2: Early morning Elgon birding and transfer to Pian-Upe for afternoon birding
Day 3: Full day birding in Pian-Upe open savanna
Day 4: Transfer to Opeta/Bisina lakes for the Shoebill
Day 5: Drive back to Kampala / Entebbe Airport
5 Days – Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary & Kidepo Valley National Park
Day 1: Drive from Entebbe enroute Ziwa Rhinos and Sleep in Kitgum town
Day 2: From Kitgum town to Kidepo, do an afternoon game drive.
Day 3: An early morning game drive in Kidepo Valley and afternoon optional visit to the indigenous Karimajong
Day 4: Early morning drive and mid-morning transfer to Gulu town for a sleep
Day 5: Drive back to Kampala / Entebbe Airport
3 Days – Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary & Murchison Falls National Park
Day1: Drive from Entebbe enroute Ziwa Rhinos and drive to Murchison Park to visit the Top of Falls, Sleep around the park
Day 2: Early morning game drive and afternoon Boat Cruise on River Nile
Day 3: Drive back to Kampala / Entebbe Airport
5 Days – Murchison Falls and Kibale Forest Park
Day 1: Drive from Entebbe enroute Ziwa Rhinos and drive to Murchison Park for the Top of the Falls tour, Sleep around the park
Day 2: Early morning game drive and afternoon Boat Cruise on River Nile
Day 3: Drive from Murchison to Kibale
Day 4: Chimpanzee Tracking and Bigodi Swamp
Day 5: Drive back to Kampala / Entebbe Airport
4 Days – Lake Mburo and Bwindi Forest
Day 1: Early morning drive to Lake Mburo, do an afternoon Boat Cruise
Day 2: Early morning game drive and transfer to Bwindi
Day 3: Gorilla Tracking and optional evening Community visit
Day 4: Drive back to Kampala / Entebbe Airport.
5 Days – Kibale Forest with Bigodi Swamp and Queen Elizabeth Park
Day 1: Drive from Entebbe to Kibale
Day 2: Chimpanzee Tracking and Bigodi Swamp
Day 3: Drive to Queen Park, afternoon game drive
Day 4: Early morning game drive and afternoon Boat Cruise on Kazinga Channel
Day 5: Drive back to Kampala / Entebbe Airport.
4 Days – Kibale Forest and Queen Elizabeth Park only
Day 1: Drive from Entebbe to Kibale
Day 2: Chimpanzee Tracking and afternoon to Queen Park for a mini game drive.
Day 3: Early morning game drive and afternoon Boat Cruise on Kazinga Channel
Day 4: Drive back to Kampala / Entebbe Airport.
5 Days – Queen Elizabeth and Bwindi Forest
Day 1: Drive from Entebbe to Queen Elizabeth Park
Day 2: Early morning game drive and afternoon Boat Cruise on Kazinga Channel.
Day 3: Drive to Bwindi via Ishasha wilderness tree climbing lions’ luck!
Day 4: Gorilla Tracking and optional evening Community visit
Day 5: Drive back to Kampala / Entebbe Airport.
2 Days – Lake Mburo
Day 1: Early morning drive to Lake Mburo, do an afternoon Boat Cruise
Day 2: Early morning game drive and afternoon drive back to Entebbe
3 Days – Kibale Forest – Chimpanzee Habituation Experience (CHEX)
Day 1: Drive from Entebbe Airport to Kibale Forest National Park
Day 2: Participate in Chimpanzee Habituation Experience.
Day 3: Drive back to Kampala / Entebbe Airport
3 Days: Bwindi Impenetrable National – Gorilla Habituation Experience
Day 1: Drive from Entebbe to Bwindi Forest.
Day 2: Participate in Gorilla Habituation Experience.
Day 3: Drive back to Kampala / Entebbe Airport
