Spending 6 days in Kibale, Bwindi Impenetrable and Murchison falls National Parks offer opportunities of trekking chimpanzees, mountain gorillas and encountering the big five animals in Uganda’s jungles and wilderness areas.

Murchison falls National Park is the oldest Park in Uganda gazetted in 1952 and the largest extending for 3840 square kilometers. It shelters over 75 mammal species, over 475 bird species and the incredible Murchison falls that offers a perfect backdrop for photography.

Kibale Forest National Park was established in 1993 and covers an area of 795 square kilometers. This is one of the best chimpanzee trekking destinations in the World with over 1500 chimpanzees with about 6 habituated chimpanzee troops. The Park shelters 12 other primate species, over 350 bird species and visitors who explore this Park can also get a chance to visit the nearby Bigodi wetland Sanctuary.

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is one of the four mountain gorilla trekking destinations and shelters at least half the population of these Great Apes in over 40 groups, 19 of which were habituated for trekking. Visit to this Park is obviously the highlight of your 6 days Kibale, Bwindi and Murchison falls Safari.

Detailed Itinerary

Day 1: Hotel pick-up and transfer to Murchison falls National Park in the north-west of Uganda

Our professional safari driver will pick you up from your Kampala Hotel or Entebbe Airport for the transfer to Murchison falls National Park in north-western Uganda. The road trip to this spectacular safari destination involves transversing roadside fruit markets, open savannah grasslands, rural areas marked by grass-thatched houses, roadside cattle and many others. Your driver will make a stop at one of the roadside fruit markets and make another stop at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary for Rhino tracking. Spend 1-2 hours tracking the endangered southern white Rhinos alongside other animals-Uganda Kobs, bushbucks, warthogs and birds then continue to the popular National Park for adventure-packed visit.

Day 2: Wildlife viewing in Murchison falls National Park and Nile River Boat Cruise

Be up early for breakfast and wait for pick-up for the game-filled drive through the open plains of Murchison falls National Park. Catch-up with the early risers such as spotted hyenas, leopards and lions will be encountered before retiring to their dens. Other animals such as elephants, Cape buffaloes, Rothschild giraffes, warthogs, Defassa waterbucks and many others will also be seen and birders are not left out with the 475 bird species here. Get back to the Lodge after this rewarding game drive and have Lunch.

The afternoon boat cruise begins at 2:00pm and involves 2 hours of beautiful sceneries, animals (Hippos and Nile crocodiles) and birds such as Goliath herons, cattle egrets, pied kingfishers, African fish eagles and weaver birds along the pristine banks of Nile River. The highlight of this boat cruise is photography at the base of the Murchison falls and retire for dinner and overnight at your Lodge.

Day 3: Road transfer to the verdant Kibale Forest National Park

Enjoy a hefty breakfast then embark on the long journey to Kibale Forest National Park through the untouched countryside, Lake Albert flats and escarpment, tea and banana plantations, cattle farms and cultivated land before making a stop at Fort Portal Town for Lunch. Drive straight to your reserved accommodation facility for refreshment, dinner and overnight.

Day 4: Trekking Kibale Forest Chimpanzees then continue to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

After breakfast, get your lunch box and trekking gear ready for the transfer to Kanyanchu Visitor Center for briefing by Park Officials. After placement into groups of 6 people, start the trek in the company of armed Ranger and guide lasting for 1-3 hours. Watch the chimpanzees playing on tree branches, relaxing on the ground and exhibiting other thrilling human-like behavior. Given their activeness and swiftness, chimpanzees will be seen swinging on tree branches, playing and grooming. While searching for the chimpanzees, vervet monkeys, black and white colobus monkeys, olive baboons, bush pigs, blue monkeys, elephants, birds and red-tailed monkeys will be spotted. Visitors are allowed to spend one hour of observation and photographing these Great Apes as they go about their exciting daily activities. After enjoying Lunch, begin the journey to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.

Day 5: Trekking Bwindi Mountain Gorillas and Batwa pygmy tours

Start the fifth day with hefty breakfast and move/be driven to the Park Headquarters for registration and briefing conducted by Park wardens to get you prepared for the adventure ahead of you. Wear hiking boots, long sleeved shirt, safari pants, a hat and carry a backpack, rain jacket, walking stick, snacks, drinking water and other important trekking gear.

While at the Park headquarters, you will be allocated to one of the habituated gorilla groups after which begin the trek that lasts 1-4 hours before the gorillas are finally spotted. Once you finally locate the group, you are given one hour of interaction and photography as they play, eat, rest and groom each other under the watchful eye of the huge dominant silverbacks.

In the afternoon spend time with the Batwa pygmies (original inhabitants of Bwindi and Mgahinga forests before they were gazetted). These people now live at the boundaries of these Parks and offer a wide range of activities that introduce visitors to their ancient ways of life.

Day 6: Depart for Kampala City or Entebbe International Airport

Enjoy breakfast and return back to Kampala or Entebbe with stopovers at Mbarara Town for Lunch and Uganda Equator for photography and buy souvenir.