9 nights, 4 stops — big game & gorillas.
From Kibale to Lake Mburo, the route is built around Uganda’s savanna game and the gorilla forests.
Arrive near Kibale and settle in at the forest edge for the chimp tracking.
Track a habituated chimpanzee community on foot and spend a permitted hour with them, with the Bigodi swamp walk nearby.
Transfer to Queen Elizabeth and settle in, with time to get your bearings.
Game drives across the savanna and a boat on the Kazinga Channel, with elephant, hippo, buffalo and the chance of lion.
Transfer to Bwindi and settle in, with time to get your bearings.
Trek with rangers to a habituated mountain gorilla family and spend a permitted hour in their presence, deep in the forest.
A second gorilla trek to a different family, or forest birding and a community walk for the Albertine Rift specials.
Transfer to Lake Mburo and settle in, with time to get your bearings.
Walking, horseback or vehicle safaris among zebra, eland and impala, with a boat trip on the lake.
A final morning in onward — a last outing or a slow start as time allows — before the transfer onward and the journey home.
Firmer forest trails and the best trekking, with strong savanna game — the prime, busiest window. Permits go early.
A second dry window, again excellent for trekking and game, warm and largely dry.
A handcrafted log lodge above a crater lake near Kibale — one of Uganda's most beautiful places to stay.
A stylish Volcanoes Safaris lodge above the Kyambura gorge at Queen Elizabeth, deeply conservation-minded.
A landmark stone lodge high above Bwindi, with sweeping Virunga views and serious comfort after the trek.
A Volcanoes Safaris lodge right at the forest edge at Buhoma, its bandas facing Bwindi itself.
A stone-and-canvas lodge on a kopje at Lake Mburo, over a waterhole — built for the walking safaris.
A polished safari lodge, close to the forest for the chimp tracking.
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