10 Days Uganda and Rwanda Primate Safari

Welcome to Uganda! Upon arrival at Entebbe International Airport, your Taste Africa Safaris guide will greet you and transfer you to your hotel. Relax after your flight.

Accommodation: Karibu Guest House or similar (Bed & Breakfast)

After breakfast, drive west toward Kibale Forest — home to the highest concentration of primates in East Africa. The journey takes you through lush countryside, tea plantations, and traditional villages. Arrive in the afternoon and settle into your lodge.

Accommodation: Kibale Forest Camp or Primate Lodge Kibale (Full Board)

Wake early for a briefing at the park headquarters. Enter the forest with expert rangers and track habituated chimpanzees in their natural habitat. Witness their playful behavior, hear their iconic pant-hoot calls, and observe them swinging through the canopy. You may also spot red colobus monkeys, blue monkeys, and grey-cheeked mangabeys.

Optional: Evening community walk or Bigodi Wetland Sanctuary visit.

Accommodation: Kibale Forest Camp or Primate Lodge Kibale (Full Board)

After breakfast, drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park. Check into your lodge, then head to the Kazinga Channel for a 2-hour boat safari. This 40km channel connects Lake Edward and Lake George and is teeming with hippos, crocodiles, buffalo, and elephants drinking at the water’s edge. Watch for spectacular birdlife — including African fish eagles and kingfishers.

Accommodation: Elephant Hab Lodge or Enganzi Game Lodge (Full Board)
Driving Time: Approx. 2–3 hours

Wake early for a sunrise game drive in the Kasenyi Plains. Search for lions, leopards, elephants, buffalo, and antelopes. After lunch, drive south to the misty hills of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest — home to nearly half of the world’s remaining mountain gorillas.

Accommodation: Ichumbi Gorilla Lodge or Bakiga Lodge (Full Board)
Driving Time: Approx. 4–5 hours

This is the day you’ve been waiting for. After a morning briefing, enter Bwindi’s dense jungle with your ranger guide. The trek can take anywhere from 1 to 6 hours depending on where the gorillas built their nests the night before. Once you find them, you’ll spend one unforgettable hour observing a family of mountain gorillas — watching mothers groom their babies, silverbacks assert their dominance, and juveniles play. The experience is nothing short of life-changing.

Accommodation: Ichumbi Gorilla Lodge or Bakiga Lodge (Full Board)

Enjoy a well-deserved rest in the morning, or opt for a second gorilla trek (permit required — highly recommended for photographers and serious enthusiasts). Alternatively, take a guided nature walk through the forest, visit the Batwa pygmy community to learn about their ancient forest-dwelling culture, or simply soak in the views from your lodge.

Accommodation: Ichumbi Gorilla Lodge or Bakiga Lodge (Full Board)

Drive to Volcanoes national park in Rwanda a jouney of about 2 hours with the border crossing through the kyanika border of Rwanda and Uganda.

Accommodation: Bishops house
Driving Time: Approx. 2-3hours

Start your day with a drive to the park headquarters for briefing and later emback on the journey to the park for golden monkey tracking. After the trek, drive to Kigali.

Accommodation: Kigali serena hotel

After breakfast, your guide will take you on a city tour in Kigali with a visit to the genocide memorial, Kigali city down town, local restaurant and later transfer you to Kigali International Airport for your flight home. End of safari.