The 5 days adventure in Uganda will involve chimpanzee tracking at Kibale National Park and wildlife at Queen Elizabeth. This is one of the amazing adventures to consider whenever having few days of even less than a week. It rewards with great rewards among which include chimpanzees and some of the big five and a lot to wildlife. For travelers on a self-drive, this is among the choices for your few days road trip and even one of the easiest trips to take for a self-drive with any safari vehicle available. When taking a full board 4×4 land cruiser with rooftop tent camping, should consider camping at the listed budget accommodations (campsites).
Activities to be done
- Chimpanzee tracking
- Game drives
- Nature walks
- Boat cruise
- Cultural encounters/ community visits
Day 1: Transfer to Kibale National Park
After having your car rental with you, then will turn to transfer to Kibale National park along the Kampala-Mityana-Mubende- Fort Portal road. The drive is very scenic and rewarding with a lot including en-route markets for roasted meat, chicken and bananas. It’s very remarkable for cultural consideration to take an en-route to a cultural Walumbe etenda site in Mityana. Continue to Mubende for lunch, reach the park at late evening hours.
Dinner and Overnight at Primate lodge (Luxury),
Kibale Forest Camp (Midrange),
Tinka’s Home stay (Budget)
Day 2: Chimpanzee tracking
Will enjoy your early breakfast, and drive to the beginning center for trekkers. Tracking of chimpanzees comes short at an early briefing starts at 7:30am and enter the forest to track the incredible chimpanzee at am. The tracking experience is fashioned by sighting several bird species, other 13 primate species, the tracking can last for 1/6 hours and encountering the habituated chimpanzee community have an hour with the giants. After return to your lodge for lunch. After the track and lunch refreshment, in the afternoon hours can go on a nature walks at Bigodi swamp sanctuary witching various birds, butterflies, other 13 primate species and other mammals as they can be encountered.
Dinner and overnight; primate lodge (Luxury),
Kibale Forest Camp (Midrange),
Tinka’s Homestay (Budget)
Day 3: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park
Today wake up and refresh with a mind to drive to drive through Fort Portal city and visit the traditional Amabere ga Nyina Mwiru cave to explore the ancient believes of the Bito dynasty. Trek into the break like stalagmite features and enjoy roaring falls of the caves, sighting the mysterious caves and hiking at the crater lakes around for to the peak of the hill. After have your lunch at Fort Portal. Drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park.
Dinner and overnight at Mweya Safari Lodge (Luxury),
Enjoji Lodge (Midrange),
Bush lodge (Budget).
Day 4: Game drive and boat ride
This day enjoy your served breakfast, then you will go for a morning game drive exciting and rewarding with numerous wildlife sights including herds of buffalo’s, elephants, antelope species, lions and leopard, hippos, mongoose, warthogs among many sights. Bird watching along your game drive as the park shelters over 600 bird species, the game drive can last between 3/4 hours. Return to your loge for lunch and early for the afternoon boat ride watching schools of hippopotamus, crocodiles, and monitor lizards, several animals as they draw and graze around the channel banks, as well many water birds.
Dinner and overnight at Mweya Safari Lodge (Luxury),
Enjoji Lodge (Midrange),
Bush lodge (Budget).
Day 5: Transfer back to Kampala
After that breakfast, board for your scenic drive to Ishasha sector south of Queen Elizabeth National Park to track the rare tree climbing lions. Along your track anumber of wildlife is encountered. The track can take around 2/3 hours. Embark on your drive back to Kampala and have a stopover at Mbarara for lunch and Kayabwe at the equator for photographs.
Drive and reach Kampala at evening here our guide will drop you at Entebbe international airport or your preferred hotel at Kampala.
