A Complete Private Luxury 2 Weeks Primates Safari Itinerary in Uganda

Primates Safari Itinerary in Uganda (Overview)

All-Inclusive Private Luxury 2 Weeks Primates Safari Itinerary in Uganda. Visit Africa & Explore the Great Apes of Uganda with our 14-day Primates Safari Itinerary.

Set out to a Complete Private Luxury 2 Weeks Primates Safari Itinerary in Uganda, an exclusive journey designed for wildlife enthusiasts and luxury seekers. This bespoke adventure takes you deep into Uganda’s rainforests and iconic national parks, offering unforgettable encounters with mountain gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest and chimpanzees in Kibale National Park. Your experience is elevated with stays in handpicked luxury lodges, featuring top-tier comfort and breathtaking views. The itinerary also includes Queen Elizabeth National Park for tree-climbing lions and a boat cruise along the Kazinga Channel and Mgahinga Gorilla National Park for golden monkey trekking.

Enjoy guided nature walks, cultural encounters with the Batwa community, and personalized services throughout your journey. Every detail is tailored to perfection, allowing you to experience Uganda’s primates and diverse wildlife in style and comfort. Contact JimJam Safaris and Tours Africa to craft this once-in-a-lifetime Primates Safari Itinerary tailored to your desire.

Detailed Itinerary: A Private Luxury 2 Weeks Primates Safari Itinerary in Uganda

Day 1: Arrival at Entebbe International Airport

Welcome to the Pearl of Africa! This is your first day of the Ultimate Primates Safari Itinerary adventure. Upon arrival at Entebbe International Airport, you will transfer to the hotel for relaxation, dinner, and an overnight stay.

Accommodation: Papyrus Geust house

Meal plan: Full board

Day 2: Full day at leisure/ Shoebill search at Mabamba.

On the second day of your Primates Safari Itinerary, you will spend the entire day exploring the beauties of Entebbe on your own. Alternatively, you can go for the rare shoebill search at Mabamba Wetland. A Shoebill search at Mabamba Swamp offers a thrilling birding adventure just outside Kampala. Glide through papyrus channels by canoe, guided by expert local birders, in pursuit of the rare and iconic shoebill stork. This unforgettable experience is perfect for nature lovers

Accommodation: Papyrus Geust house

Meal plan: Full board

Day 3: Transfer to Entebbe for the flight to Kasese with Amabeere caves visit.

After breakfast, you will be transferred to Entebbe for your flight to Kasese. Upon arrival at Kasese, the driver guide will pick you up and transfer you to the Amabere Caves where you will be able to see stalagmites and stalactites together, as well as a waterfall. From the caves, we will do a short hike to see three crater lakes! After that, you will be driven to the lodge for relaxation.

Accommodation: Kibale tourist safari lodge (Midrange)

Meal plan: Full board

Day 4: Chimpanzee trekking and Bigodi wetland visit

Wake up so early and head to Kanyanchu by 8:00 am to start your chimpanzee trek in the Kibale forest. Chimpanzees are considered to be the closest relatives of human beings since they share 98% of their DNA with that of human beings. As you proceed with the search for these beautiful chimps, you will view many other primate and animal species including the LHoests monkeys, black and white colobus monkeys, red-tailed monkeys, grey-cheeked mangabeys, bush babies, and many bird species including yellow-spotted nicator, ramped tinker, crowned eagle, as well as the elephants which are mammals.

This national park is an average of 3,300 feet in elevation and it’s a rainforest with many chimpanzee communities, each troop of these chimpanzees has over 100 individuals which is a complete social structure. In their groups, the adult males dominate the group and always defend the whole community against any danger and incursions by the females from outside. These primates are located by listening to their pant-hooting calls and then hurrying to the place where they are calling from. You get a chance to observe them as they play, feed; socialize as well as jump around the trees.
Immediately after the trek, you will return to the lodge for relaxation, and in the evening, you will set out for the Bigodi wetland visit.

Accommodation: Kibale tourist safari lodge

Meal plan: Full board

Day 5: Crater lakes tour and hot springs visit.

After breakfast, you will go for a guided excursion through the Ndali-Kasenda Crater Lake area near Kibale National Park. You will visit the beautiful Kasenda Crater Lakes, including Rukwanzi, Mwamba, Kifuruka, and Nyairya. Marvel at the stunning landscapes and learn about the geological significance of these lakes, including the iconic Nyinambuga Crater. While there, you can visit several crater lakes and hike to a viewpoint called “Top of the World” which offers panoramic views of the surrounding landscape, including the Rwenzori Mountains, the crater lakes themselves, and the Kibale Forest.

After the crater lakes visit, you will return to the lodge for lunch and relaxation. In the afternoon, you will proceed to Semliki National Park which is the home of Sempaya Hot Springs. We will first explore the “female” hot springs, then walk through the forest to the larger “male” hot springs all while enjoying wildlife and learning more about the park.

Accommodation: Kibale tourist safari lodge

Meal plan: Full board

Day 6: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park with a Lake Katwe visit.

After breakfast and morning at leisure, you will check out of the lodge and drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park. Upon arrival, you will check in at the lodge for lunch and relaxation with beautiful views of the “Medley of Wonders.” In the evening, you will be taken to visit Latwe Salt Lake where you can learn about traditional salt mining techniques and witness the unique cultural practices of the local communities. After, you will return to the lodge for relaxation, an overnight stay, and dinner.

Accommodation: Aardvark safari lodge

Meal plan: Full board

Day 7: Lion tracking and afternoon boat cruise

You will have an early morning breakfast and set off for a game drive in the Kasenyi plains north of Queen Elizabeth National Park for a lion tracking experience along with lion trackers and researchers to catch up with these predators hunting and feasting on their prey. You will have a chance to learn how these lions live together, how they feed, and what makes them unique features worth visiting. Expect to see other animals like elephants, lions, Uganda Kobs, warthogs, buffaloes, waterbucks and not to forget several bird species that make up a total of about 620 in this park.

After the lion tracking activity, you will return to the lodge for lunch, and after lunch, you will do the afternoon set out for a boat cruise on Kazinga channel where you will see various animals like crocodiles, hippos, water bucks, buffaloes as well as birds like the storks, kingfishers among others.

Accommodation: Aardvark safari lodge

Meal plan: Full board

Day 8: Chimpanzee trekking at Kalinzu and evening nature walk

Have a very early morning breakfast and head to Kalinzu Forest for Chimpanzee tracking to meet man’s closest cousins in the wild. Chimpanzee tracking in Kalinzu Forest starts with a briefing and during the briefing, visitors are divided into 3 groups depending on their overall fitness and pace. After the briefing, you will head to the forest to locate the chimps. As you hike to locate the chimps, you also encounter other forest creatures, birds, and primates like baboons, blue monkeys, L’hoest monkeys, and red-tailed monkeys. Chimps are very mobile and spend a lot of their time on top of trees. Spotting them and taking photos requires some skill and effort.

After spending about an hour or two tracking the chimps through thick forest, steep terrain, and having yourself covered with tree branches, ants, and shrubs, your attention is suddenly drawn to the distant calls of the primates. Within no time you would have found their location.  Use the one hour to observe their behavior and group dynamics as they swing from tree to tree. You will notice that they make different sounds to express different emotions. After tracking you will return to the lodge for relaxation and in the evening, you will go for a guided nature walk.

Accommodation: Aardvark safari lodge

Meal plan: Full board

Day 9: Transfer to Bwindi impenetrable national park with the optional coffee tour.

After breakfast, you will check out of the lodge and transfer to Bwindi impenetrable national park. Upon arrival, you will check in at the lodge for relaxation, dinner, and an overnight stay as you contemplate the gorilla trekking adventure that lies ahead of you. In the evening, you could go for an optional coffee tour.

Accommodation: Ichumbi gorilla lodge

Meal plan: Full board

Day 10: Gorilla Trekking at Bwindi impenetrable & Batwa community visit

On this day, you will have a great time meeting with the mountain gorillas in Bwindi impenetrable national park! After a tasty breakfast, your guide will pick you up from the lodge. You will head for a briefing by ranger guides at 7:40 am, the briefing will start at 8:00 am as you will be joining other people who will have come for the same activity that same day. After the briefing, we shall drive to our respective gorilla families. You will start the trek looking for the gorillas, with the help of trackers who always leave before you go so by the time you start the hike, you will already be in communication with the advanced team of trekkers.  After finding the gorillas, you will spend one hour with them.
After the gorilla trek, you will set out to visit the Batwa community where you will learn more about their way of life.

Accommodation: Ichumbi Gorilla Lodge

Meal plan: Full board

Day 11: Transfer to Mgahinga Gorilla National Park with a coffee tour.

After breakfast, you will check out of the lodge, continue with your Primates Safari Itinerary and drive to Mgahinga Gorilla National Park. Upon arrival, you will check in at the lodge for relaxation and lunch and after lunch, you will go for a coffee experience. This coffee experience offers visitors an immersive journey into the heart of Uganda’s coffee culture. Set against the backdrop of the Virunga Mountains, the tour takes you through local farms where high-quality Arabica coffee is cultivated. You will engage with farmers, learn about sustainable farming practices, and witness the entire coffee process, from bean to cup.

Accommodation: Ichumbi hotel Kisoro

Meal plan: Full board

Day 12: Gorilla trekking at Mgahinga Gorilla National Park.

Well, prepared with your packed lunch, cameras, water, rain jackets, long pair of trousers hiking boots, and other gear, you will assemble for briefing time at 8:00 am, find the rangers that will inform you about gorilla tracking the great adventure and experience! The time taken to encounter these peaceful primates is impulsive for it may take 1-5 hours.
Nevertheless, on encounter, one may be forced to say, it is stunning!!!! After the adventure certificate rewards will be successfully given out to every trekker.

Accommodation: Ichumbi Hotel Kisoro

Meal plan: Full board

Day 12: Golden monkey trekking and Batwa cultural tour

This will take us through the edges of the forest via potato fields and the briefing will be conducted at the briefing point.  The trekking will take us 3-4 hours after the trekking, we shall return to the lodge. After enjoying a majestic one-hour stay with the golden monkeys, you will return to the lodge for relaxation. In the evening, you will go for the Batwa community tour where you will learn more about the ways of life of the local community.

Accommodation: Ichumbi hotel Kisoro

Meal plan: Full board

Day 13: Mount Gahinga hiking tour

After early breakfast, the driver guide will transfer you to the starting point of the hike. With your packed lunch and other essential hiking items, drive to Mgahinga Park offices for briefing. The briefing starts at 7.30 am and it is to prepare you for the hike you are yet to embark on. A lot of information about this volcano and the park is shared during this early morning briefing session.

You are provided with walking sticks and the trek starts at 8.00 am. The whole trek to and from the summit will take you some 6 hours. Upon return, your driver will be waiting to take you back to your hotel/lodge and that will be the end of this exciting Mount Gahinga hike.

Accommodation: Ichumbi Hotel Kisoro

Meal plan: Full board

Day 14: Transfer to Kisoro airstrip for the flight to Entebbe.

After breakfast, you will check out of the lodge and transfer to Kisoro airstrip for your flight to Entebbe International Airport. This will be your last day of the Primates Safari Itinerary adventure in Uganda.

End of your Private Luxury 2 Weeks Primates Safari Itinerary in Uganda

Inclusions: (A Private Luxury 2 Weeks Primates Safari Itinerary in Uganda)

• Transportation
• Inland Flights to & From Kasese
• English-speaking driver guide
• 2 Gorilla permits
• Golden monkey permits
• Lion Tracking fees
• Bigodi wetland visit
• Batwa cultural tour
• 2 Chimpanzee permits
• Accommodation as stated above
• All park entrance fees
• All activities mentioned above
• Meals as mentioned above

Exclusions: (A Private Luxury 2 Weeks Primates Safari Itinerary in Uganda)

• Air tickets
• Visa fees
• Tips & gratuities
• Alcoholic drinks
• Items that are not mentioned above

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