Day 1: Airport arrival
Avens Travel World guide/representative will be ready to receive you at Entebbe Int'l Airport on arrival and will transfer you to your overnight accommodation around Entebbe for relaxation.
Overnight: Boutique Hotel No.5
Day 2: To Lake Mburo – Wildlife experience
Begin with a hearty breakfast at the hotel, road transfer to western Uganda in the direction of Lake Mburo national park. On the way you’ll stop at the latitude- 00 for a simple tour and snapshots (may also have breakfast here). Check-in at the lodge on arrival, lunch and go for an afternoon boat safari to view wildlife like hippos, crocodiles…
Overnight: Mihingo safari lodge
Day 3: To Bwindi Impenetrable Forest
Today you go for an early game viewing session within the park on a safari drive. Later depart for Bwindi – southwest of Uganda on a journey that may take you about 6-hours through a beautiful countryside shroud in dim greenery and roller-coaster landscape.
Check-in at the lodge for your dinner and overnight
Overnight: Buhoma lodge
Day 4-5: Double Gorilla tracking – Bwindi
You’ll explore Uganda’s 321-sq.km park on a double gorilla trekking experience. Bwindi is a gorilla sanctuary protected as a UNESCO heritage site and world-class tourism destination.
Begin with breakfast at the lodge (you leave with packed lunch) then transfer to the park reception for registration and briefing from the ranger about the gorilla trekking etiquette – starting by 7:30am and step into the forest by 8:30am. Tracking the Gorillas can last just a few to more hours (4-6hrs) depending on various factors like pace of trackers, movement of the gorilla or how far the family is from trail head – there’s 1-hour of viewing these giants.
You’ll also visit the falls and community
Overnight: Silverback lodge
Day 6: Kibale forest.
Today you’ll leave Bwindi for Kibale on a journey nearly 5-6-hours. The drive leads through Queen Elizabeth national park where you’ll see lots of wildlife along the way. When you arrive Kibale, you’ll check-in at the lodge where your stay will be.
Overnight: Primate lodge
Day 7: Chimpanzee tracking in Kibale and Bigodi Nature Walk.
Have a hearty breakfast, the guide transfers you to Kanyancu reception area. Here you receive briefing from the ranger guide about this ritual and at 0800hours, you enter the forest characterized by towering canopies to track the Chimpanzees. The activity may last over 3-hours and during the walk you encounter a number of forest species including other primates and birds – L’Hoest, Red-tailed monkeys... On finding the Chimpanzees, you’re allowed an hour in their presence
After your lunch break, head to Bigodi wetland for a nature walk. The swamp is a wildlife corridor to the park with over 200bird species, 8primate species and swamp dwelling mammals like the Sitatungas.
Overnight: Primate lodge
Day 8: Back to Entebbe -Departure
Bid farewell to Uganda – embark on the journey to Entebbe after a hearty breakfast at the lodge. Lunch en-route, drop-off at the airport for your flight home.