8 Days flying safari to Kibale, Queen Elizabeth and Bwindi national park
8 Days flying safari to Kibale, Queen Elizabeth and Bwindi national park : This 8 days flying safari is a flying adventure that will take you to different destinations in Uganda including Kibale forest national park where you will spend four hours with the chimpanzees and also view other primates like grey cheeked mangabey, black and white colobus monkeys, red tailed monkeys, baboons, Queen Elizabeth national park where you will enjoy great views of abundant wildlife species including buffaloes, elephants, waterbucks, lions, leopards, Uganda kobs, hippos, Nile crocodiles, warthogs among others. The 8 days flying safari will also take you to Bwindi impenetrable national park where you will have a face to face encounter with the endangered mountain gorillas in their natural habitat.
Highlights of the 8 days flying safari to Kibale, Queen Elizabeth and Bwindi national park
Day 1: Pick up and transfer to the hotel in Entebbe
Day 2: Fly to Kibale forest national park
Day 3: Chimpanzee habituation experience
Day 4: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth national park
Day 5: Morning game drive and afternoon boat cruise
Day 6: Transfer to Bwindi impenetrable national park
Day 7: Gorilla habituation experience in Bwindi impenetrable national park
Day 8: Fly to Entebbe international airport
Detailed itinerary
Day 1: Pick up and transfer to a hotel in Entebbe
Depending on your arrival time at Entebbe international airport on the first day of the 8 days flying safari, you will be welcomed by our driver guide who will brief you about the safari and then transfer to a hotel in Entebbe for dinner and overnight.
Day 2: Fly to Kibale forest national park
After breakfast on the second day of the 8 days flying safari, your driver guide will pick you up from the hotel to transfer to Entebbe airport for your domestic flight with Aerolink Uganda to Kasese airstrip. Upon arrival at the airstrip, you will meet up with your driver guide to transfer to Kibale forest national park and upon arrival in the park, you will connect to your lodge for dinner and overnight.
Day 3: Chimpanzee habituation in Kibale forest national park
Chimpanzee habituation,
After an early breakfast on the third day of the safari, your driver guide will pick you up from the lodge to transfer to the Kanyachu park headquarters for a chimpanzee habituation briefing. After the briefing you will be allocated an experienced park guide and start trekking in the forest in search of chimpanzees which takes a whole day. During trekking you will be rewarded with views of other primates like l’hoest monkeys, red tailed monkeys, vervet monkeys, black and white colobus monkeys, grey cheeked mangabey, views of different bird species among others. Once the chimpanzees under habituation are located, you will be allowed to spend four hours with them in their environment which gives you an opportunity to learn and monitor their behaviours, watch them carry out their daily activities, take photos and record videos. After the encounter with the chimpanzees, you will trek back to the park headquarters where you will meet up with your driver guide and return to the lodge for an evening relaxation, dinner and overnight.
Day 4: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth national park-afternoon game drive
After a relaxed breakfast on the fourth day of the 8 days flying safari, you will check out of the lodge and meet up with our driver guide to transfer to Queen Elizabeth national park which is the second largest national park in Uganda. On the way you will enjoy spectacular views of the scenery, landscape, tea plantations among others. Upon arrival you will check into the lodge for lunch.
After lunch, you will relax at the lodge and later go for an evening game drive where you will be rewarded with views of animals like elephants, Uganda kobs, buffaloes, waterbucks, bushbucks, warthogs among others which will be going back to their resting areas. After the game drive you will return to the lodge for dinner and overnight.
Day 5: Morning game drive/ lion tracking experience and afternoon boat cruise
Morning game drive/ lion tracking experience
After an early breakfast on the fifth day of the 8 days flying safari, your driver guide will pick you up from the lodge to go for a morning game drive in Kasenyi plains. During the game drive you will be able to spot different animals like elephants, buffaloes, warthogs, Uganda kobs, waterbucks which will be grazing in open savannah plains, view predators like lions, leopards, hyenas which will be looking for a morning hunt, view bird species among others. After the game drive you will drive back to the lodge for lunch.
Afternoon boat cruise
After lunch you will go for an interesting boat cruise on Kazinga channel a water channel that connects Lake Edward and Lake George. During the boat cruise which takes about 2 to 3 hours, you will be able to view large herds of hippos and Nile crocodiles in water, view buffaloes, elephants, warthogs, waterbucks drinking water along the shores, view water birds like hornbills, cormorants, fish eagles, king fisher’s among others. After the boat ride you will return to the lodge for an evening relaxation, dinner and overnight.
Day 6: Transfer to Bwindi impenetrable national park
On the sixth day of the 8 days flying safari, you will enjoy a relaxed breakfast, check out of the lodge and meet up with your driver guide to transfer to Bwindi impenetrable national park. On the way you will have a stopover for en-route lunch and then continue the journey to the park with great views of the beautiful landscape, countryside, Kigezi hills, terraced farmlands among others. Upon arrival in Bwindi impenetrable national park you will check into the lodge for dinner and overnight.
Day 7: Gorilla habituation in Bwindi impenetrable national park
Gorilla habituation,
After an early breakfast on the seventh day of the 8 days flying safari, you will carry packed lunch and meet up with your driver guide to transfer to the park headquarters for a gorilla habituation briefing. After the briefing you will start trekking in the jungle with an experienced park guide which takes a whole day. During trekking, you will be able to view other primate species, different bird species, plants among others and once the mountain gorillas are found, you will be allowed to spend four hours with them in their natural habitat which gives you an opportunity to learn and monitor their behaviours, watch them carry out their daily activities like feeding, playing, breastfeeding, grooming young ones, take photos and record videos. After the four hours with the gentle giants, you will drive back to the lodge for relaxation, dinner and overnight.
Day 8: Fly to Entebbe international airport
On the last day of the 8 days flying safari, you will enjoy breakfast, check out of the lodge and then meet up with your driver guide to transfer to Kisoro airstrip for your domestic flight to Entebbe international airport.
End of 8 days flying safari.
Tour includes
- Gorilla habituation permit
- Chimpanzee habituation permit
- Park entrance fee/game drives
- Boat cruise
- Domestic flight fare
- Services of a professional English speaking driver guide
- Full board accommodation
- Pick up and drop off
- Vehicle and fuel
- Bottled drinking water
Tour excludes
- Air flight tickets
- Visas
- Life insurance
- Optional activities not included on the itinerary
- Personal expenses like buying souvenirs, crafts, drinks, laundry services, hiring a porter, tips among others.
