The 14 Days Uganda Gorilla and Chimpanzee Trekking Safari will start with a pick up from Entebbe International Airport where our professional driver guide will meet and greet you and thereafter he will transfer you to your accommodation where you will spend the rest of the day relaxing and enjoying the hospitality in the Pearl of Africa.

Wake up early in the morning for your delicious breakfast and start your day 2 of the 14 Days Uganda Gorilla and Chimpanzee Trekking Safari with a drive to Jinja to visit the source of the Nile. On your way, you will visit the stunning Sezibwa falls which is about 32 kilometers from Uganda’s capital city Kampala and thereafter you will proceed to Jinja and enjoy a mind blowing boat cruise to the source of the Nile. You will have your delicious lunch in Jinja city and then proceed to Sipi for dinner and an overnight.

Wake up early morning for a heavy breakfast and start your Day 3 of the 14 Days Uganda Gorilla and Chimpanzee Trekking Safari with a hike to the highest Sipi falls which may take about 3 hours, expect a beautiful scenic view of Lake Kyoga, Coffee plantations, Karamoja lowlands and the surrounding areas. For the bird lovers, also expect to see some bird species like the black collard Apalis, the African blue flycatcher, black shouldered kite, and Jackson’s francolin among others. Participate in abseiling as you breathe in nature at its best. You will return back to your accommodation for a heavy delicious meal and coffee from the land of Arabica coffee. You will have some rest of about an hour, then proceed for yet more exciting activities like mountain biking and archery. Our guide will also take you through the local trails and introduce you to the customs of the Sabiny people around. Return back to your accommodation for Dinner and an overnight.

After your morning breakfast, you will start your day 4 of the 14 Days Uganda Gorilla and Chimpanzee Trekking Safari with a drive to Pian Upe wildlife reserve which is about 3 hours from Sipi falls. Pian Upe wildlife reserve is situated in between Mount Elgon National park and Kidepo Valley National Park. You will check into your accommodation for a hot lunch and thereafter you will proceed for game viewing where you will sight various wildlife like Roan Antelope, Hartebeests, Baboons, lions, leopards, cheetahs, Elands, savanna monitor lizards, giraffes, buffaloes, waterbucks, Uganda kobs, mountain reedbuck and also various bird species like Superb sterlings, Green bitta, Secretary bird, Abyssinian ground hornbill, the rare shoebill stock and the Fox weaver bird. You will then return back to your accommodation for dinner and an overnight.

Day 5 of your 14 Days Uganda Gorilla and Chimpanzee Trekking Safari will start with an early morning breakfast and thereafter you will drive to Kidepo Valley National Park which is located about 6 to 7 hours away from Pian Upe wildlife reserve. You will have a lunch stopover enroute to your destination and then you will proceed for an evening to Night game drive in the Narus valley with an armed park ranger and spotlight torches where you will spot nocturnals while hunting and feeding on their prey like lions, cheetahs, jackals, Uganda kobs, bats, foxes and thereafter you will return back to your accommodation for dinner and an overnight.

Your day 6 of the 14 Days Uganda Gorilla and Chimpanzee Trekking Safari will start with an early morning breakfast and then you will drive through the Kidepo Valley where you will see wildlife like Lions, Zebras, Kudus Buffaloes, African Elephants, hartebeests, giraffes, Leopards, water bucks, Oryx, Roan antelopes, elands, Uganda kobs, and duikers. Driving through Kidepo valley is a thrilling experience since you will be exploring the dry Kidepo with white sand bed, you wouldn’t want to miss a visit to the Kanangorok hot springs which are just at the Kidepo River. You will return back to your accommodation for lunch and thereafter you will embark on a hike to Mount Morungole where you will visit the IK people who are believed to have been the early inhabitants of the mountain. You will learn about their culture and ways of life and then you will return back to your accommodation for dinner and an overnight.

You will wake up on day 7 of the 14 Days Uganda Gorilla and Chimpanzee Trekking Safari and have your breakfast and then start your journey to Murchison falls National Park located in North Western region of Uganda. This drive will take about 8 to 9 hours with a lunch stopover in Gulu City. You will then proceed to the park for relaxation from the long journey, have dinner and an overnight.

Day 8 of the 14 Days Uganda Gorilla and Chimpanzee Trekking Safari will start with a wakeup call from the sounds of the birds singing and the waters of the magnificent Murchison falls roaring, you will then embark on an early morning game drive with your packed breakfast through different trails of the park like Albert trail, buligi trail and the Victoria trail. While here, you will meet eye to eye with different mammal species like Bufaloes, elephants, lions, leopards, bush barks, giraffes, warthogs, Jackson's hartebeest, , crocodiles, hippos, Uganda kobs among others, you will then return to your lodge for relaxation and lunch. Later in the afternoon, you will embark on an afternoon boat cruise upstream to the bottom of the falls and it will take about 3 hours, while on the cruise, you will see the Nile crocodiles resting under the shade, herds of hippos while in water, elephants swimming and drinking water at the water banks and also for the bird lovers, be on the lookout for the different bird species like the shoebill, the black bee eater, grey crowned crane, marabou stork, Malachite kingfisher, Abyssinian ground hornbill, Long-tailed nightjar, Senegal thick-knee, Black-headed lapwing, Long-toed lapwing , Black-billed barbet, and many others, you will have a view of the magnificent Murchison falls as it roars and pours its waters through an 8m narrow gorge . After the cruise, you will hike to the top of the falls for another breathtaking moment, take as many pictures as possible to keep you connected and give you beautiful memories of the Pearl of Africa. You will later return to your accommodation for dinner and an overnight.

After your morning breakfast on day 9 of your 14 Days Uganda Gorilla and Chimpanzee Trekking Safari, you will drive to Kibale National park which is located in Western region of Uganda in Kabarole district. This drive will take about 5 hours and it will offer you magnificent scenic views of Uganda’s landscape as you drive to the park. Enroute to your destination, you will have a lunch stopover in Fort Portal Tourism City and then you will proceed to the park’s Bigodi wetland for a swamp walk and during this walk you will spot some butterfly species and birds like the Black-crowned Waxbill, White-spotted Fluff tail, White-breasted Negrofinch, Yellow-spotted Barbet, Black Bishop, Hairy-breasted Barbet, Yellow-billed Barbet, Brown-crowned Tchagra, Black & white Shrike-flycatcher, Western Nicator, Superb Sunbird, among others. You will then proceed for a community walk where you will see and taste the Gins brewed from bananas, craft making, coffee processing, and then you will return back to your accommodation for dinner and an overnight.

Wake up early morning for a heavy breakfast and start Day 10 of your 14 Days Uganda Gorilla and Chimpanzee Trekking Safari. Wear appropriate clothing like long sleeved shirt, a pair of karky or jean trousers, a round cap, water proof boots and a heavy sweater to protect you from the falling tree branches and also in case of bad weather. Also carry in your back packs some snacks and drinking water to help keep you hydrated during the trek since it may take about 1 to 7 hours to find the Chimpanzees depending on their location. Then you will proceed to Kanyachu Visitor center for a briefing about the Do’s and the Don’ts of the park, while here, you will be assigned a Park ranger who will take you through the forest and also a chimpanzee family to look out for. During the trek, you will spot primates like the black and white colobus monkeys, the red tailed monkeys, olive baboons, red colobus monkeys, grey cheeked mangabeys, L’Hoest’s monkey, Mantled guereza, Potto, Vervet monkey, White-eyelid mangabey, Galago among others and also various bird species like olive long-tailed cuckoo, western tinker bird, blue headed sunbird, red faced woodland, grey parrot, yellow spotted nicator, little greenbul, blue breasted king fisher, among other bird species. You will also spot mammal species like the African elephants, the bush pigs, warthogs, forest hogs, forest cape buffaloes among others. Upon finding the chimpanzees, you will have a one hour encounter with them while learning their behaviors, social life, how they feed and play, feel free to ask the park ranger as many questions as possible. You will then proceed with the drive to Queen Elizabeth National park which is a 3 hours’ drive from Kibale National park where you will have your dinner and an overnight.

Your Day 11 of the 14 Days Uganda Gorilla and Chimpanzee Trekking Safari will start with an early morning heavy breakfast and then you will embark on an amazing Experiential lion and leopard tracking through Kasenyi sector, here you will have an opportunity to drive off track while tracing the lions and the leopards of the park. You will also learn about their population, behavior, life style and also any other information concerning them and then you will return back to your accommodation for your heavy delicious lunch. Later in the afternoon, you will go for a mind blowing boat cruise on the Kazinga channel which will give you stunning views of the park and an opportunity to view the herds of hippos in water, elephants swimming and drinking water, Nile crocodiles resting at the banks of the Kazinga channel, and for the bird lovers, also be on the lookout for various bird species like the African fish eagle, the yellow billed stork, rare saddle billed stork, grey headed kingfisher, the African skimmer ,Nubian woodpecker, swamp flycatcher, grey capped warbler, little bee eater, Swamp Nightjar among other bird species. You will later proceed for a Crater Lake exploration at Lake Katwe Explosion craters which is a 27km drive through the craters in Queen Elizabeth National Park, on your way you will spot some animals like the lonely male buffaloes and elephants, water bucks, Uganda kobs, sitatungas, antelopes, chimpanzees and also flamingos at Lake Munyanyange, termites, snakes among others. Upon reaching, you will see the number one salt distributor in Uganda and learn how salt is extracted, you will also see the Western arm of the Great East African Rift Valley and escarpments during the drive then you will return back to your accommodation for dinner and an overnight.

Day 12 of your 14 Days Uganda Gorilla and Chimpanzee Trekking Safari will start with an early morning breakfast and then you will check out of your accommodation to proceed to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park which is located south of Queen Elizabeth National Park and it will take about 5 hours to reach the Northern sector of Buhoma. During your journey out of Queen Elizabeth, you will drive through Ishasha sector to search for the tree climbing lions and other wildlife like Topis, Aardvark, lions, elephants, monkeys, Uganda kobs, Hippos, leopards, water buck among others which are found in this sector of the park and then have a lunch stopover in Kihihi and proceed to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park for dinner and an overnight.

Upon waking up by the beautiful sounds of the birds singing in the sky, you will start your day 13 of the 14 Days Uganda Gorilla and Chimpanzee Trekking Safari with an early morning breakfast. Wear appropriate clothing for the day like a long sleeved shirt, a pair of karky or jean trousers, a round cap, water proof boots to protect you against the falling tree branches of the Impenetrable forest and also in case of bad weather, Pack some snacks and water to help in keeping you hydrated during the trek. Proceed to the park’s headquarters for a briefing on the Do’s and the Don’ts while you are with the mountain gorillas, you will also be assigned a park ranger who will guide you during the trek and also a gorilla family to look out for and then start the search for the mountain gorillas which will take about 1 to 7 hours depending on their location. On finding the gorillas, you will be allowed to spend a maximum one hour with them as you learn about their ways of life, how they feed and take care of their young ones, how they communicate among others. Also try to relate with them so they become used to human presence, your guide will be available to answer any questions you need to know, take memorable pictures so that you may have a story to tell. You will also stand a chance to see many forest dwellers you meet on your way during the search of gorillas including different species of birds, primates, elephants, and antelopes. If lucky you can as well see chimpanzees. Bwindi is one of the parks where gorillas and chimpanzees coexist in the same environment. Later return back to the park Headquarters and receive your Certificate of Participation and head to your accommodation for late lunch.

You will then drive to Lake Bunyonyi which is a 3 hours’ drive from Bwindi impenetrable forest National Park. Lake Bunyonyi is located in the extreme border between Uganda and Rwanda and it is known for offering a great rest and relaxation to travelers due to its beautiful and breathtaking views. Lake Bunyonyi is the deepest lake in Uganda having 29 different Islands, a fresh climate to relax from and also a clear view of the Virunga Mountains. Upon reaching you will have dinner and an overnight.

Your final day of the 14 Days Uganda Gorilla and Chimpanzee Trekking Safari will start with a heavy delicious breakfast as you enjoy the scenic views of Lake Bunyonyi and thereafter you will drive back to Entebbe International Airport or your Hotel. This drive will take about 8 to 10 hours with a lunch stopover in Igongo Cultural center or Ajip Motel. You will also have a stopover at the Equator line at Kayabwe where you will participate in the water experience, have some coffee, and take memorable pictures to tell your Ugandan story and thereafter proceed with your journey to your destination. Thank you so much for specifically choosing Paradise Adventure Vacations on 14 Days Uganda Gorilla and Chimpanzee Trekking Safari!!!