Kibale Forest, Queen Elizabeth and Lake Mburo National Park
Summarized Itinerary
Day one: Transfer to Kibale Forest national park
Day two: Chimp tracking and afternoon nature walk in Bigodi Swanp
Day three: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth national park
Day Four: Morning game drive and afternoon boat ride in the park
Day Five: Transfer to Lake Mburo national park
Day Six: Morning safari walk and transfer to Kampala arriving late in the afternoon.
Detailed itinerary
Day One: Kampala- Kibale Forest National park
Transfer to Kibale Forest National park with a lunch stop in Fort portal town. Overnight stay at Kyaninga /Crater Safari lodge (up market) or Primate’s lodge Kibale. (Midrange or Budget)
Day Two: Kibale Forest National park (Chimp trekking)
Morning breakfast and transfer to the park headquarters at Kanyanchu. Attend a brief briefing from the guides and go for chimp trek.
The park is highly alluring to nature lovers for it’s excellent bird watching and Chimpanzee trekking, not to mention the greatest variety and highest concentration of primates of any forest in Africa. Other Primate species include Vervet,red-tailed,L’Hoest’s and blue monkeys, grey –cheecked mangabey,red colobus,black-and- white Colobus, and Olive baboon. Nocturnal species include bush baby and potto.The forest has also got a high concentration of birds like Nahan’s Francolin and blue –headed bee-eater. Other large mammals that inhabit the forest include forest elephants, giant forest hog and buffalo.
In the afternoon, we can go for a nature walk to Bigodi wetland. The swamp is a community based activity that was set up to enable tourists give back to the community. Various bird species like the great blue turaco, papayrus gonolek, grey throated barbet, yellow bill and sunbird. Butterflies are abundant in the swamp and it’s a home to sitatunga, antelope, mongoose and most of the primate species found in the forest.
Dinner and overnight stay at Kyaninga /Crater Safari lodge (up market) or Primate’s lodge Kibale. (Midrange or Budget)
Day Three: Kibale Forest – Queen Elizabeth National park.
Have an early lunch and transfer to Queen Elizabeth National park arriving late in the afternoon. Dinner and overnight stay at Mweya lodge/Kasenyi Safari camp (Up market) or Simba safari camp (Budget)
Day Four: Queen Elizabeth National park.
Wake up for an early game drive in the park today. Queen Elizabeth National park is Uganda’s popular and Uganda’s most accessible Savannah reserve and it’s associated with open savannah, large areas of swamp around Lake George, forest and crater lakes. Animals that can be sighted during the game drive include the Uganda Kob, bush buck,topi,and defassa waterbuck, buffaloes, sitatunga and elephant. The Park’s predators include side stripped jackal, spotted hyena, lion and leopard.
Return to the lodge for a late breakfast and go for a boat ride along the Kazinga channel in the afternoon. This is the most popular activity in the park. View animals like elephants, buffalo, waterbuck, hippos and crocodiles. Water birds are also plenty and these include water thickknee, yellow-billed stork and various plovers, pink blacked pelicans ,pied king fishers and white bellied cormorants and the sunbird.
Overnight stay at Mweya lodge (Up market), Katara lodge (Midrange) or Simba safari camp (Budget)
Day Five: Queen Elizabeth –Lake Mburo National park.
Have an early breakfast and transfer to Lake Mburo National park arriving in the afternoon. Overnight stay at Mihingo lodge (Up market), Rwakobo Rock lodge (Midrange) and Eagles nest (Budget)
Day Six: Lake Mburo – Kampala
Early morning safari walk in the park. Return to the lodge for an early breakfast and transfer to Kampala after having an early lunch at the lodge.
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