If you are planning a trip that blends thrilling wildlife encounters with primate tracking, this 7-day Uganda safari is an excellent choice. Explore three remarkable national parks in western Uganda: Queen Elizabeth, Kibale, and Semuliki. Highlights include tracking chimpanzees in the lush Kibale Forest, spotting savannah wildlife in Queen Elizabeth National Park, and visiting the famous Sempaya hot springs in Semuliki.
This itinerary can be tailored to match your travel preferences. For bookings or customization requests, feel free to contact us at dolphintours@live.com or info@ugandagorillatrekkingtrips.com.
Arrive in Entebbe, Uganda, which earns its nickname, the “Pearl of Africa,” from its scenery. Transfer to your hotel for resting and leisure.
Optional: Visit the stunning Entebbe Botanical Gardens
Today’s journey takes you from Kampala or Entebbe to Queen Elizabeth National Park in western Uganda, a scenic drive lasting approximately 8 to 9 hours, including several enriching stopovers. Your first stop will be in Kayabwe, where you’ll experience the equator crossing and enjoy the unique water experiment. Continue to the Igongo Cultural Centre for a cultural insight and enjoy lunch in Mbarara.
As you proceed, you will make another stop to admire the stunning crater lakes before heading onward to Queen Elizabeth National Park. You’ll arrive at your lodge in the evening, check in, enjoy dinner, and relax for the night.
Embark on a morning game drive through the vast landscape, observing the timeless circle of life in Queen Elizabeth National Park. Your explorations may reveal buffalo, elephant, lion, Uganda kob, leopard, and far more. Return to the lodge for lunch.
This afternoon, embark on a 2-hour boat safari along the Kazinga Channel, which is known for its high concentration of hippos in the whole world. Expect to see several water birds, crocodiles, buffalo, warthog, elephant, kob, and far more. Return to the lodge for dinner and an overnight stay.
Included: Game drive, Boat cruise
Set out for a morning game drive through Queen Elizabeth National Park to Semuliki National Park to explore the Ssempaya Hot Springs. In the afternoon, make your way out to the Primate Capital of Africa.
Arrive in Kibale and check into your booked accommodation for dinner and overnight stay.
Kibale Forest is a unique jungle with the highest population of Chimpanzees in Africa and 12 other primate species, including baboons, red colobus, black and white colobus, L’Hoest monkeys, and grey-cheeked mangabey.
Included: Ssempaya Hot Springs
This morning, go for a chimpanzee trek, listening to the forest's silence as you meet man’s closest cousins. Kibale Forest is also home to 300 species of birds. Spend 1 uninterrupted hour taking photos and videos as you also learn their behaviour.
Return to the lodge for lunch and relaxation. This afternoon, we will go on a nature walk in the Bigodi community.
Included: Chimpanzee trekking, Bigodi Nature Walk
Optional: Community visit, Bird watching around Bigodi
Today is dedicated to a cultural immersion experience in Bigodi Village, as part of your 7-day Uganda safari. You will engage in a variety of community-based activities, including a guided coffee tour where you will learn about the entire process, from planting to traditional preparation. You will also participate in local food preparation, visit community institutions developed through the Bigodi Community Walk Project, and meet women’s groups who craft beautiful handmade items using materials sourced from the nearby Bigodi swamp.
After breakfast, you will relax or do a short city tour, and depending on the time for your flight, the driver guide will drop you off at the airport for your departure.
Read stories from our very happy and satisfied clients.
EXCELLENT Based on 8 reviews Posted on Emmanuel S10 November 2024Verified We liked the time keeping drivers, adorable client liaison, great fresh food, wildlife and nature perfect, memories... Awesome arrangement, customer liason out of this world, great food, on time drivers, the ultimate natural beauty and wildlife on show and the humour made the whole experience adorable....Posted on Svetlana R11 October 2024Verified Safari in Kenya and Lake Naivasha I would like to express my gratitude for organizing a beautiful safri tour (3 days+ Lake Naivasha) in Kenya from tour operator Dolphin Tours & Travel. It was an unforgettable vacation with my friends. The organization is level. Samantha from tour operator Dolphin Tours & Travel was always in touch and patiently answered all our many questions.Posted on Maria Luisa T15 May 2023Verified Arafat best guide We were three friend traveling with Arafat. He had so much knowledge to share. We had a wonderful experience in our 1-day tour to the Murchison Falls National Park. He told us about the places, the history, the communities, the animals, and much more. 100% recommended.Posted on Lillian A15 May 2023Verified Memorable Tour and Guide We arranged a 1-day tour to the Murchison Falls National Park. I found the service and response of this travel agency to be excellent. Easily 5-stars. The Travel guide, who doubled as a driver too, was time conscious and a great advisor when it came to planning and managing our time, since we were travelling from Gulu through the parkThis tour was over-the-top fantastic, Our guide/Driver-Arafat, spoke fluent English that was clear, this made the tour "standard." He was also very knowledgeable about the different animal species, and explained in detail, that was excellent Arafat was friendly and courteous, and he consistently slowed down just to explain and give more information about the animals and giving us enough time to take pictures and videos! making it a very enjoyable tour And, I'd do it again "for the experience."Date of experience: March 2023Posted on Franziska73211 October 2022Verified Amazing Experience with a great team! My friend and I had a great time and Winnie organized everything to our complete satisfaction. The national Park, the boat trip and the accomodation were exceptional and after a long and exciting day, we even had time to had some genuin talks over dinner. I would definitely recommend the tour and the team. Thank you for the experience! :)Posted on ramilkiway8 October 2022Verified Nice experience It was my 1st safari and it was really nice. Organization is flexible and always online. Only good memories left after it.Posted on marksmith20225 October 2022Verified Wonderful experience I was expertly guided around Kampala on a comprehensive walking tour. My guide Winnie was very friendly, knowledgeable and attentive. Among other things, we took in the National Theatre, Parliament Buildings, Independence Monument, The square and even ventured down town to experience the hustle and bustle of daily life and the taxi park before concluding at the National Mosque.Always attentive, Winnie made sure that we saw everything with plenty of time for photos and enough information to paint a picture of life in Kampala. At the craft market she helped me select some amazing gifts to take home to the UK and provided invaluable support in choosing items that my wife absolutely loves.Thanks for a wonderful experience. I certainly won't forget my walk around Kampala.Posted on Ssewanyana J13 June 2022Verified 2 days jinja tour We enjoyed our 2 days trip to jinja. We enjoyed the zipline experience in mabira forest, waterslide along the Nile, nature walk and a visit to the source of the Nile
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