The Pearl of Africa

After landing in the early evening, you will be warmly welcomed by your local guide to Uganda’s former capital, Entebbe and a private transfer will take you to your hotel.
Here you will recover from the long journey before setting off on your adventure into the jungle tomorrow.

After breakfast, a transfer will take you back to Entebbe airport. Here you will board an airplane and take off towards Kibale National Park, which you will reach after an approx. 1-hour flight. From the airstrip of the national park, you will continue by jeep to your lodge.

After check-in, a light lunch awaits you at your idyllically located lodge. In the afternoon you will have the opportunity to participate in a nature walk through the national park, observe birds and other animals and enjoy the view of the shimmering crater lake. If you feel like relaxing, use the pool with sundeck and unwind.

Today takes you into the depths of the rain forest to observe habituated chimpanzees up close on a 2 to 4 hour trekking tour.

Kibale National Park has one of the largest primate densities in the world, making it an ideal place to experience our closest relatives in their natural habitat. After this unique experience you will explore the Bagodi Swamp in the afternoon. On boardwalks you will walk through the wetland, which is home to numerous wild animals.

Today you have the opportunity to do the following activities in Kibale National Park:

First, you can take a walk on the crater Rim. The duration is about 1.5 hours, you have a great view over Lake Kyaninga and can observe many animals such as monkeys and birds.
Another option would be to hike into the crater and soak up the magical atmosphere. Here you will find a variety of special birds.
There is also the possibility to visit the locals. Here you can have a closer look at the life in the area in 3 hours. Here you can get to know the locals and learn a lot about their life and everyday life. An extraordinary experience that will remain in your memory.

After a delicious breakfast, you will leave Kibale National Park with your private guide and head to your next stop. You will reach Queen Elizabeth National Park after about 4 hours of driving through a constantly changing landscape.

The drive from Kibale National Park to Queen Elizabeth National Park already serves as your first game drive, where you can spot elephants, buffalo, monkeys and birds, as well as (with a bit of luck) hyenas and leopards. The highlight of this stage: a picnic in the middle of the bush.
You will reach your camp in the late afternoon, where you will recover from the journey. In the evening, an authentic dinner awaits you.

Today there are two game drives on the program. Already at dawn you will drive in a 4×4 off-road vehicle through the different vegetation zones of the national park. Numerous large and small animals will cross your path and with a little luck you will also spot one of the rare tree-climbing lions in the ramifications of the trees.

In the afternoon there will be a boat trip on the Kazinga Channel and in the evening you can end the day with a good dinner in your camp.

After breakfast you will drive with your guide to the southern part of the park. For the next 2 days there will be game drives in the 4×4 jeeps and you will enjoy a sundowner in the park while the African sun is setting.

Your safari adventure continues. In the morning, you will set off with your private guide to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, which you will reach after about 4 hours of driving.

Around noon you will arrive at the Sanctuary Gorilla Forest Camp, the only one located directly in the national park. After a lunch camp, a first hike to the nearby village is already waiting for you. You will get an insight into the daily life of the Bakiga community and visit a local school. In the evening you can pamper yourself in the small spa of the hotel. Traditional treatments are performed with fragrant products from local plants and provide deep relaxation.

On the first day you start after a rich breakfast to a first trekking. In a group of maximum eight participants you will go with a guide in search of rare mountain gorillas.

After leaving the paved road behind you, the most exciting part of the trekking begins. You will walk up the slope on logs over streams and across a carpet of roots, leaves and ferns. Always ahead is your guide, cutting a swath through the dense foliage with a machete. The more densely you penetrate into the jungle, the less light penetrates downward. Via walkie-talkie, scouts who have already left before your group will pass on the position of the gorillas to your guide – so a successful sighting is likely. How long you will have to be on the road, however, cannot be estimated in advance.

Tomorrow you will head into the jungle again to spot another mountain gorilla family in the dense vegetation of the Bwindi National Park.

After breakfast, it is time to say goodbye to Bwindi National Park and its impressive inhabitants. A private transfer will take you back to the airstrip and you will start your journey home via Entebbe. In Entebbe you will have a day room to refresh yourself before boarding the international flight.