7 Days Of Peaks And Primates Safari

Rwenzori Foothills Hike or Cultural Tour

Experience:

• Choose between a half-day guided hike in the Rwenzori foothills (to Nyamwamba Valley or Mahoma Falls) or a Bakonjo cultural experience
• Breathtaking Mountain scenery, glacial rivers, traditional music, crafts, and storytelling

Overnight: Same as Day 1

Rwenzori → Semuliki National Park

(About 1 hours journey approximately 53 km)

Experience:

• Transfer to Semuliki National Park, a unique lowland forest
• Visit the Sempaya Hot Springs (male & female springs)
• Visit the Batwa community for a cultural experience
• Nature walks through the rainforest with birding and primate spotting
• Boiling geysers, pygmy forest communities, red-tailed and black-and-white colobus monkeys, rare forest birds

Overnight: at Semuliki (accommodation options, Budget, Mid range or Luxury)

Semuliki → Kibale Forest National Park

(About 2 hours journey by road, 115 km road distance )

Experience:

• Transfer to Kibale Forest
• Afternoon visit to crater lakes or relaxation at the lodge
• Lush tropical rainforest, scenic crater lakes, peaceful forest lodges

Overnight: at Kibale NP (accommodation options: Budget, Mid range or Luxury)

Chimpanzee Tracking in Kibale Forest

Experience:

• Morning chimpanzee tracking with a park ranger (2–5 hours depending on group)
• Optional: Afternoon visit to Bigodi Wetland Sanctuary for birding and cultural tour
• Close-up view of chimpanzees in their natural habitat, primate diversity, wetland birds, and authentic village experiences

Overnight: Same as Day 4

Kibale → Queen Elizabeth National Park

(Approximately 78 km road distance, 2 hours drive journey)

Experience:

• Drive to Queen Elizabeth NP through scenic crater landscapes
• Afternoon boat cruise on the Kazinga Channel
• Elephants, buffaloes, hippos, and crocodiles on the channel; birding including fish eagles, pelicans, and kingfishers

Overnight: at Queen Elizabeth NP (accommodation options; Budget, mid range or Luxury)

Kibale → Queen Elizabeth National Park

(Road distance 372 km and between 6 – 7 hours journey)

Experience:

• Morning game drive in Kasenyi Plains (possible sightings: lions, Uganda kob, warthogs, buffalo)
• Sunrise savannah scenes, wildlife encounters, final views of western Uganda’s diverse ecosystem
• Return drive to Kampala or Entebbe

End of our Safari