A Uganda safari means one hour with a mountain gorilla family in Bwindi, chimpanzees in Kibale and lions up in the trees of Queen Elizabeth Park.
4 trips through Uganda, guided in small groups: lodge, camping or overland. Every card names the length, the dates and the price.
Uganda is the country of the gorillas: of the roughly 1,060 mountain gorillas left in the world, about half live in the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in the south west, a montane rainforest of 331 km² between 1,160 and 2,607 m, a World Heritage Site since 1994. The walk to the family takes 2 to 4 hours, depending on where it stands that morning, and ends with exactly one hour beside the animals.
A Uganda safari is more than the forest. In the 795 km² of Kibale Forest you follow the chimpanzees, in Queen Elizabeth Park with its almost 2,000 km² the lions of the Ishasha sector climb the fig trees, in Murchison Falls Park the Nile squeezes through a gorge only seven metres wide, and on the Kazinga Channel you pass hippos, buffalo and fish eagles. Lake Mburo Park is the only place in Uganda with zebras and eland.
Our five tours run 7 to 17 days. Four of them travel by Land Cruiser with a pop up roof in groups of no more than 4 guests, one is a group tour in an overland truck with up to 20 seats, from 1,629 €. The 17 day trip climbs to almost 4,000 m in the Rwenzori first, the 14 day one starts in Kigali and takes in Akagera National Park. On two tours the gorilla permit is in the price, on two more you book it with us for 869 € per person.
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Four of our five tours travel in a 4x4 Land Cruiser with a pop up roof, 4 guests at most, with a driver and guide who speaks English and, for a surcharge, German. The fifth is a group tour with up to 20 guests in an overland truck, plus a 4x4 for the game drives. The Land Cruisers have no air conditioning, only the open roof.
You sleep in lodges and mid range rooms, in bandas near Fort Portal and in permanent tents, and on the Rwenzori stage in simple mountain huts with bunk beds, no bathroom and no shower. The group tour is booked as an Explorer camping expedition from 1,629 € or as Classic in a double room from 1,999 €, with a 199 € single supplement. Full board is included on the 7 day and the 14 day tour, and on the group tour 7 breakfasts, 8 lunches and 7 dinners.
The trekking day starts early: drive to the park headquarters, ranger briefing, then 2 to 4 hours of searching and exactly one hour with the gorilla family, the afternoon free. Which family you visit is settled before the trip, the permits are strictly limited. A safari day has the game drive at first light, a lunch box in the park and two hours by boat on the Kazinga Channel. Porters carry your pack on the trekking, they are not in the price and are paid locally.
For guests who can walk 2 to 4 hours in montane forest, steep, wet and mostly off any path. Four of the five tours run with 4 guests at most. The 17 day round trip also asks for real stamina and a sure foot up to almost 4,000 m in the Rwenzori.
Lodges and mid range rooms, bandas in the crater lake country, permanent tents, and simple mountain huts with bunk beds and no bathroom in the Rwenzori. The group tour comes as a camping expedition from 1,629 € or as Classic in a double room from 1,999 €.
4x4 Land Cruiser with a pop up roof and no air conditioning, 4 guests at most, and on the group tour an overland truck with up to 20 seats plus a 4x4 for the game drives. Driving days such as Entebbe to Kibale take about 6 hours, the run back to Entebbe up to 8.
Trekking day: early drive to the park headquarters, ranger briefing, 2 to 4 hours of searching, one hour with the family, afternoon free. Safari day: game drive at first light, lunch box in the park, two hours by boat on the Kazinga Channel in the afternoon.
Uganda keeps its highlights close together: from the montane rainforest of Bwindi through the savannah of Queen Elizabeth National Park to the Nile at Murchison Falls. These six regions are the ones our tours drive.
About half of all the mountain gorillas left in the world live in these 331 km² of montane rainforest between 1,160 and 2,607 m, a World Heritage Site since 1994. The walk to the family takes 2 to 4 hours, depending on where it stands that morning, and then you have exactly one hour beside the animals.
Almost 2,000 km² of savannah between two lakes, and in the south the lions of the Ishasha sector climb the fig trees in dry weather. The two hour boat trip on the Kazinga Channel passes hippos, bathing buffalo, herons and the African fish eagle.
In the north the Nile presses through a gorge only seven metres wide, and in front of it lie the hunting grounds of elephants and giraffes. The neighbouring Budongo Forest, the largest mahogany forest in East Africa, holds 600 to 700 chimpanzees, and the trek there is capped at 12 guests per party.
At 795 km² Kibale Forest is one of the most important protected areas in Uganda, and the search for chimpanzees starts early in the morning and soon leaves the paths behind. In the afternoon you walk the Bigodi wetland, a papyrus swamp rich in birds and primates with slippery boardwalks.
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Above 3,000 m giant lobelias, mosses and ferns line the way, and the huts on the route sit between 2,596 and 3,688 m. Five trekking days to almost 4,000 m call for real stamina and a sure foot, and the nights are spent in simple huts with bunk beds.
Lake Mburo Park covers about 260 km² and is the only park in Uganda with zebras and eland, and more than 350 bird species live here, up to the shoebill. Lake Bunyonyi is considered free of bilharzia, so after the trekking you swim there and paddle a dugout.
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In the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in the south west of the country. The montane rainforest covers 331 km², lies between 1,160 and 2,607 m and has been a World Heritage Site since 1994. About half of the roughly 1,060 mountain gorillas left in the world live there. All five tours in our programme go to Bwindi, two of them start the trek in the Ruhija sector.
Bwindi Impenetrable, Queen Elizabeth with the Ishasha sector and the Kazinga Channel, Kibale Forest, Murchison Falls with the Budongo Forest, Lake Mburo and the Rwenzori mountains. One tour also takes in Akagera National Park and Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda. Park entry fees are included in the price on all five tours.
Between 7 and 17 days. The shortest is the 7 day small group tour from Entebbe by way of Kibale and Queen Elizabeth into Bwindi, the longest the 17 day round trip with the Rwenzori trek in front of it. In between sit the 8 day group tour, the 12 day active trip with the Kasenda crater lakes and the 14 day trip through Rwanda and Uganda.
On the 7 day and the 14 day small group tour the guide speaks English and, on request and for a surcharge, German. The other tours run with a multilingual guide and driver who also drives the vehicle. We tell you what is possible for your departure before you book.
Yes. The 14 day trip starts in Kigali, drives first into Akagera National Park and on to Musanze for Volcanoes National Park, where golden monkeys or the Dian Fossey trail above 2,800 m are the choice. It then crosses the border into Uganda for the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest.
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