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Bus, Airlines
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3 Stars Hotels
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5,416 metres
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Kathmandu
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Feb, Mar, Apr & May
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Eco-Tour, Hiking
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All meals during the trek
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English, Spanish, French, Chinese
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Easy to Moderate
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2-15
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12
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65
Overview
The 11-Day Queen, Bwindi & Kibale Uganda Safaris is an exceptional safari tour package that takes you to wild animals and primate species. It gives you a great opportunity to do gorilla trekking and a cultural tour in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, a game drive in the Ishasha sector, a boat cruise on the Kazinga Channel in Queen Elizabeth National Park, and chimpanzee tracking in Kibale National Park . This trip is truly a remarkable combined Uganda safari tour. It starts and ends in Kampala /Entebbe.
Highlights of the 11 Days Uganda Queen Elizabeth ,Bwindi and Kibale Safaris
- Pick up and transfer
- Game drive in Murchsion Falls
- Boat cruise on the Nile River
- Chimpanzee Trekking in the Kibale Forest
- Walking safari in Kibale
- Gorilla trekking in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest
- Game drive in Ishasha sector of Queen Elizabeth NP
- Boat cruise on the Kazinga channel in Queen Elizabeth
11 Days Uganda Queen Elizabeth, Bwindi and Kibale Safari Tours
This 11-day Uganda Queen, Bwindi, and Kibale Safari is an ultimate safari tour package that leads you to the most visited destinations in Uganda: Murchison Falls National Park, Kibale National Park, Queen Elizabeth National Park, and Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. This trip will allow you to engage in different breathtaking activities such as game drives, boat cruises, chimpanzee trekking, walking safaris, and gorilla trekking, among others. The trip starts and ends in Kampala /Entebbe
Upon arrival at Entebbe International Airport, you will be welcomed by our safari driver-guide, who will brief you about the safari and then drive you to your booked hotel in Kampala or Entebbe for dinner and an overnight stay.
Meal plan: HB
After a delicious breakfast, you will be picked up from the hotel by our safari driver-guide to transfer to Murchison Falls National Park. On the way, you will have a stop at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary for a rhino trekking experience, which takes about 1 to 2 hours. Thereafter, proceed to Murchison Falls National Park with another stop in Masindi for lunch en route. After lunch, continue straight to the top of the falls, where you will enjoy taking impressive photos and have a panoramic view of the thunderous waterfalls. Connect to the lodge, relax, have dinner, and stay overnight.
After an early morning breakfast, your driver-guide will pick you up from the Lodge to go for a morning game drive, where you will witness a bucket of wildlife species such as herds of elephants, lions, leopards, hyenas, kobs, Jackson’s hartebeest, warthogs, giraffes, bushbucks, and view different bird species, among others. After the game drive, you will drive back to the lodge for lunch.
Later on, go on the afternoon boat cruise along the Paraa landing site for an amazing boat cruise to the bottom of the falls. During the boat trip, you will be amazed by vast numbers of wild animals like elephants, buffaloes, and antelopes which gather to drink water, hippos, and crocodiles in the water. Also view water birds like cattle egrets, fish eagles, bee–eaters, and hornbills, among others. After the boat cruise, connect to your lodge for dinner and overnight.
Meal plan: FB
After a relaxed breakfast, followed by check-out of the lodge and meeting up with your driver-guide to transfer you to Kibale National Park. It’s a whole-day journey, and on the way, you will have lunch en route and enjoy spectacular views of the countryside, the Ruwenzori Mountains, green tea plantations, Lake Gorge, Crater lakes, among others. Upon arrival in Kibale National Park, you will check into the lodge for dinner and overnight.
Meal plan: FB
After an early morning breakfast, you will meet up with your driver-guide to transfer you to Kanyachu Visitor Centre for a short briefing about the dos and don’ts for chimp trekking. After the briefing, you will be allocated to a chimpanzee family to trek in the company of the Park Ranger, who is well conversant with the trails in the forest. The trekking experience takes about 30minutes to 5 hours, depending on where the chimpanzees are located in the jungle in search of food. While trekking, you will have a chance to spot other primates such as grey–cheeked mangabey, black and white Columbus monkeys, red-tailed monkeys, I’hoest monkeys and various birds. On finding the chimpanzees, you will be given one hour to spend with them in their natural habitat, observing and learning about their behaviors, watching them feed, breastfeed, fight, hunt, enjoy the juveniles playing up in the tree, take photos and capture videos. After an encounter with the great apes, you will trek back to the starting point, where you will meet up with your driver-guide to return to the lodge for lunch.
Later on, you will go for a guided nature walk in the Bigodi Swamp, where you will be able to watch various bird species, primates, beautiful butterflies, and enjoy the cool breeze as you relax your mind among others. After, return to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
Meal plan: FB
Wake up, enjoy breakfast at leisure, then check out of the lodge and meet up with your driver-guide to transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park. On the way, you will enjoy interesting views of the landscape, crater lakes, and tea plantations, among others. After the game drive, return to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
Meal plan: FB
Enjoy breakfast at the lodge; afterward, go meet up with your driver-guide to drive you for a morning game drive in Kasenyi Plains. During the game drive, you will be rewarded with an incredible view of large herds of elephants, buffaloes, Uganda kobs, bushbucks, waterbucks, and warthogs, which will be grazing in the open savannah plains; view predators like lions and leopards on your lucky day, and savannah bird species. Proceed to drive to Lake Katwe Crater Lake, where you will view animals that come to lick the salt, bird species, and interact with the local people. After, you will drive back to the lodge for lunch.
After lunch, you will embark on an exciting boat cruise on the Kazinga Channel, a water body that connects Lake George and Lake Edward. The boat cruise takes about 2 hours, giving you a chance to view animals like elephants, buffaloes, waterbucks, warthog’s drinking water along the shores, view a number of hippos and Nile crocodiles in the water, and water birds. After the boat cruise, you will drive back to the lodge for an evening relaxation dinner and overnight.
Meal plan: FB
After a delicious morning breakfast, you will check out of the lodge and meet up with your driver-guide to start the journey to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. The drive takes you through the Ishasha sector in the southern part of Queen Elizabeth National Park, where you will have a chance to spot the tree-climbing lions lying up in fig tree branches. After the game drive, you will have a picnic lunch. Continue the journey to Bwindi National Park. Upon arrival, you will check in at the lodge for relaxation, dinner, and overnight.
After an early morning breakfast, carry your lunch box and be driven to the park headquarters for a briefing about the rules, regulations, and expectations of gorilla trekking. After the briefing, you will be grouped into a group of 8 people, where each group will be allocated to a gorilla family to trek with the help of the guide. The trekking can take about 30minutes and 7 hours, depending on their movements in the forest. Upon finding them, you will be allowed to spend one hour learning about their lifestyle, behaviors, and habits, observing their daily activities, and enjoying picture-taking as well as capturing memorable videos.
After an incredible encounter with the gorillas, you will trek back to the headquarters, where you will be awarded a certificate for participating in gorilla trekking and then meet up with your guide to connect you to the lodge for relaxation, dinner, and overnight.
Meal plan: FB
After an early morning breakfast, carry your packed food and transfer to the park headquarters for a gorilla trekking briefing. You will start trekking in the forest in search of the gorilla family, which takes about 1 to 7 hours depending on where the gorillas are located because they like to move from one place to another looking for food. Once the gorilla family is found, you will be allowed to spend an hour with them in their natural habitat.
After an hour with the mountain gorillas, you will trek back to the starting point, where you will meet up with your driver-guide and embark on an optional Batwa cultural tour where you will be able to learn about their amazing culture and lifestyle, visit their homesteads, learn about their hunting and gathering skills, traditional entertainment, among others.
Meal plan: FB
After a relaxed breakfast on your last day of the trip, you will check out of the lodge and meet up with your driver -guide to transfer back to Kampala with a stop at the Equator for a memorable photo shoot, water experiment, visit the craft shops around, and have a hot lunch. Proceed to Kampala and upon arrival, you will be dropped off at your hotel or at Entebbe Airport for your departure flight. End of the 11-day Uganda Queen Elizabeth, Bwindi and Kibale Safaris.
Cost
The Cost Includes
- Park entrance fees/game drive
- Ground transport -4x4 safari vehicle
- Gorilla permits
- Chimp trekking
- Boat cruise
- Rhino tracking fees
- All activities included in the itinerary
- A professional English speaking driver guide
- Full Board Accommodation
- Pick up in and drop off
- Vehicle and fuel
- Bottled drinking water
The Cost Excludes
- International flight and Visa
- Life insurance
- Optional activities not included on the itinerary ,tips,laundry serives,soft drinks,porter fee among others.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Annapurna Base Camp is a Grade B or a moderately difficult trekking route. So any fit person can do this trek, even if you do not have any previous experience. You should be aware of what to expect and mentally prepare for it. Then, as long as you will too, you can.
On average, you walk about 4 to 6 hours per day. One or two days can be as less as 3hrs and one or two days can be as long as 7hrs.
The highest altitude reached is 4190m. This is the elevation of Annapurna Base Camp. ABC is the highest we will climb in this trek.
Yes, you can charge batteries en route. Charger should be brought. There are hot shower facilities as well. You may have to pay a certain amount for both ($1-$2). Negotiate. Also, a hot water facility could be free at a lower elevation.
No. There are no ATMs on this trek route. You will have to draw enough cash in Pokhara or Kathmandu. There are a number of ATMs in these cities. Everything is paid in Nepali rupees. So money should be exchanged before the start of the trek.
Yes. The Internet can be accessed in most places. Sometimes, there might be some technical problems. The Internet in Nepal is not as fast as you are used to and at times you can just lose connection.
Not really. It depends on you. If you want, ABC trekking can be done independently. You could hire a guide and a porter by yourself instead of going through an agency or not hire a guide at all. Although, not having a guide can be a little problematic during the offseason.
It really depends on you. Is it your first time in Nepal? How confident are you of being able to find your way around? How pressed on time are you? If you go through an agency, it will be costlier but everything will be planned. You will only have to come, trek and return.
For the Annapurna region, pay for guides range from $20 to $30 per day and porters take $15 to $25 per day.
