This safari incorporates some of Uganda’s best rainforest, savannah and wildlife locations, with a particular emphasis on the country spectacular diversity of primates.  The Kibale rainforest is our first wildlife target which provides one of Africa’s most intense primate experiences and is one of the continent’s best places to see wild chimpanzees, as well as vervet monkeys, red colobus and baboons. Tracking the noisy and vocal chimpanzee families racing through this verdant forest is a thrilling experience.  The birdlife here is also very good, as is the nearby Bigodi Wetland where you can hope to see many swamp birds. 

From the forests of Kibale we head west to the savannah plains below the Ruwenzoris. Here we can encounter some of the big game of Africa in the magnificent Queen Elizabeth National Park.  Elephant, lion, buffalo, hippo and leopard can all be found here.  We will also visit the Kyambura River Gorge to track groups of fast-moving and elusive chimpanzees which live in the gallery forests of this isolated and deep river canyon.  Around Ishasha the wildlife searching is focused on the tree-climbing lions which lounge here in old fig trees.

From the flat savannah we head up into an area of mountains which provides the largest remaining habitat for the Mountain Gorilla.  This is the Bwindi ‘Impenetrable Forest’ – a stunning area of forested mountain where approximately half of all surviving mountain gorillas live.  Here we will track gorillas through dense tropical forest, watching as we go for orchids, birds and other wildlife.  Chimpanzees are often heard screeching across the mountains, whilst black and white colobus can often be seen leaping from branch to branch, which at this altitude are already strained by dense collections of mosses and bromeliads.  The scenery itself is quite breath taking which in the distance includes the Rwandan haven for the mountain gorilla: the Virungas of the Parc National des Volcans.  All this is reason enough to want to visit this part of the world, but intimate encounters with our largest close relative can make this one of our natural world’s most magical experiences.

From Bwindi we drive you to Lake Victoria for a final night before your return journey.

This experience is on a small group basis with fixed departure dates throughout the year.  Private departures can also be arranged at any time when gorilla permits are still available.

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