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5 Days Chimpanzee Safari tour and wildlife in Uganda: Visit Uganda for 5 days Uganda chimpanzee tracking Safari in the Kibale forest visiting the habituated Chimpanzees and then crossing to the adjacent most visited Queen Elizabeth National Park as well as falling in love with Uganda’s nature offering in the western part, an inviting corridor with best Uganda Safari activities normally preferred by a traveler on a Uganda Safari. Enquire Now
Visiting Uganda for 5 days takes to the submerging beauty of Africa, with thousands of ancient trees, unique cultures with massive presentations around the Savannah game parks, with magical hotspots with highest concentration of wildlife species, ideal positions that register hundreds of Uganda visitors. As you drive through the bending roads, observe the pointing hills that have been been sculpted by time and revered by generations of local people.
Visiting Uganda on a 5 days Uganda Safari gives it all in harmony, we visit the Savannah National parks with rolling grassland scattered with shrubs and isolated trees which are ome to a whole host of wildlife. Kibale National Park‘s twisted bark, hollows and deadwoods provide a multitude of specialist habitats including nest sites for Chimpanzees, hundreds of bird species. The other parks we shall visit include the most visited Savanna park Queen Elizabeth National Park, a great survivor Savannah national Park that has lived through remarkable changes but it’s adventurous scenes never fail to impress on your Uganda Safari.
Itinerary
Day 1: Travel from Kampala City to Kibale National Park- a home for chimpanzees
Early morning after your breakfast, Mond safaris guide will pick you up and embark on a journey to Kibale National Park in the southern region via the Kampala-Mubende-Fortportal to cover a 5 to 6 hours road drive. Observe nature offerings, the pointing adjacent hill with coffee plantations, the grazing local herds of cattle, different town suburbs with locals selling off their merchandise and so much more.
On arrival Kibale national park, check in your lodge and relax as you prepare for tomorrow’s activity
Accommodation options:
Luxury-primate lodge
Midrange-Turaco treetops
Budget-chimpanzee guest house
Day 2: Chimpanzee tracking & visit to Bigodi wetland – Kibale national park
Early Morning after your breakfast, by 7:30 be briefed about your Chimpanzee tracking Kibale forest Safari and later along with your armed game ranger you penetrate the forest following the trails in the park as you track the chimps guided by their evocative pant-hoot calls, Kibale forest National Park is an ideal center for eco-tourism and safari destination, and is popular for its population of habituated chimpanzees and other species of primate, meaning that you can interact with the Chimpanzees in Kibale forest not forgetting that the park has one of the highest diversity and concentration of primates in Africa.
Head back to the hotel for lunch once chimps tracking is done and later on have nature walks in Bigodi Wetland Sanctuary are an fascinating area, located in Magombe swamp. this area is recognized for a extensive array of biodiversity among which are several primates species like the red colobus monkey, baboon, black & white colobus monkey, blue monkey grey cheeked, mangabey, vervet monkey, red tailed monkey and the L’Hoest monkey. Additional Mammals such as chimpanzees, Sitatunga, mongooses, bush pigs, otters plus bush bucks, all these visit this swamp coming from the adjacent Kibale National Park.
Accommodation options:
Luxury-primate lodge
Midrange-Turaco treetops
Budget-chimpanzee guest house
Day 3: Leave Kibale for Queen Elizabeth National Park.
After your morning break fast, check out from the lodge, transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park (QENP), Uganda’s most visited Savannah park in the Western Region of Uganda that is comprised of prominent touristic hubs like the Maramagambo Forest, the Kyambura George, . Drive through the open rocky escarpments, to cover 2-3 hours road drive to Queen, the western region is Uganda’s leading tourist hub encompassed by the Snow capped Rwenzori Mountains National Park. Check in at your lodge, have lunch and prepare for an evening game drive.
The Evening game drive is a gate way for the big game Safari, visiting the Savannah to see the whole host that includes; African buffaloes, Ugandan kobs, hippopotamus, Nile crocodiles, African bush elephants, African leopards, lions and other grazing wild-species in the Savannah. The park is home to 95 mammal species and over 500 bird species.
Accommodation options:
Luxury-Mweya safari lodge
Midrange-Buffalo safari lodge
Budget-Kazinga wilderness camp
Day 4: Morning game drive & a boat cruise
After your breakfast, have a game drive to spot out the early risers including the nocturnals. This offers an authentic approach to define the Savannah, spot our the hyenas coming out from their dens, Buffaloes crossing to their grazing short Savannah.
After your lunch, transfer to Kazinga channel for a 2 hours boat cruise, The channel connects two lakes , Lake Edward and George. The boat cruise introduces you to varied range of animals and birds, with one of the world’s largest concentration of hippos and numerous Nile crocodiles seen throughout the year. After the experience drive back to the park for a relaxation, dinner and overnight.
Accommodation options:
Luxury-Mweya safari lodge
Midrange-Buffalo safari lodge
Budget-Kazinga wilderness camp
Day 5: visit Lake Katwe and crater lakes region – En-route back to Kampala City
Wake up early in the morning, After your breakfast check out and Visit the Kasenyi fishing villages in this sector, see the local methods used to catch fish as well as identifying different fish caught on the channel. Proceed and visit the Lake Katwe crater deposits, see and learn how the locals especially women get into the lake extract salt deposits using their hands and other local tools, A method that is risky and dangerous to their human life, Yes, it’s survival for the fittest.
Later we en-route back for a 6-7 hours road drive through the Kasese-Mbarara-Masaka-Kampala road. Have a short stop in Mbarara for your lunch. Proceed passed via lake Mburo National Park in Mbarara with un ending sightings as you see the Ankole’s long horned park graze in the Park with adjacent acacia trees covering the park. Proceed passed Masaka up to Kampala City/Airport/Your hotel/Your preferred area of destination in Kampala City and this marks the end of 5 Days Chimpanzee safari tour and wildlife in Uganda