
7 Days Uganda Budget Primates and Big Five Wildlife Safari Tour
This 7 Days Uganda Budget Primates and Big Five Wildlife Safari Tour takes you on a magical adventure through Uganda’s top tourist attractions. During this 7 Days Uganda budget safari tour, you will get a chance to view southern white rhinos at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary and enjoy game drives in both Murchison Falls and Queen Elizabeth National Parks. You will get a chance to also track chimpanzees in Kalinzu forest near Queen Elizabeth National Park and then proceed to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park for gorilla trekking. Pickup and drop-off for this safari will be in Kampala/Entebbe.
Highlights for 7 Days Uganda Budget Primates and Big Five Wildlife Safari Tour
Day 1: Pick up and transfer for Murchison Falls National Park
Day 2: Morning game drive—transfer Ziwa rhino sanctuary
Day 3: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park
Day 4: Morning game drive/Optional Lion tracking experience and afternoon Boat cruise
Day 5: Chimpanzee trek in Kalinzu Forest – transfer to Bwindi impenetrable national park
Day 6: Gorilla trekking experience
Day 7: Transfer back to Kampala/Entebbe (8-9 hour’s drive) – Departure
Detailed Itinerary for 7 Days Budget Primates and Big Five Wildlife Safari Tour
Day 1: Pick up and transfer for Murchison Falls National Park
As early as 6 am, you will be picked up at your hotel by our company representative to embark on your journey to Murchison falls national park. Arrive in the park early afternoon with lunch en-route.
Later afternoon at 2 pm, go for a launch cruise on the along the Nile which will give you an exciting panoramic view at the bottom of the mighty Murchison falls. Along the cruise, you will encounter crocodiles, hippos, and birds on the river banks like kingfisher, cormorants and bee-eater. You will spend take viewing the falls at the bottom while taking pictures then later return to meet your driver.
You will then drive to explore the top of the falls before you connect to your lodge for check-in, dinner and overnight stay.
Day 2: Morning game drive – transfer Ziwa rhino sanctuary
After an early breakfast at the lodge, you will go for a morning game drive as early as 6 am. The activity takes about 3-5 hours depending on animals available, and you will find animals including elephants, Rothschild giraffes, buffaloes, lions, Hartebeest, Uganda Kobs, Oribis and waterbucks. On a good day you will encounter the leopards.
After the game drive, connect to Ziwa Rhino sanctuary, the only place where you find the rhinos in Uganda. It’s about 3 hours’ drive. Upon arrival at the sanctuary, have lunch then connect for your afternoon Uganda rhino trekking experience. Meet your ranger guides for briefing then drive to the starting point where you will start your trekking in search of the rhinos. You will be able to spot different rhinos, coming up close to them. Spend time in their presence before you connect to your accommodation for relaxation, dinner and overnight stay.
Day 3: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth national park
After breakfast, check-out of the lodge and transfer to Queen Elizabeth national park. It’s about 7-8 hours’ drive with en-route lunch. Upon arrival at the park late afternoon, connect to your booked lodge for relaxation, dinner and overnight stay.
Day 4: Morning game drive/Optional Lion tracking experience and afternoon Boat cruise
After breakfast, connect for a morning game drive in the Kasenyi sector – a known mating ground for kobs and a hunting ground for lions. While on the game drive, expect to see some of the big four game including Lions, Leopards, Hyenas on a lucky day, the Elephants, Buffaloes, also different species of antelopes, and warthogs just to mention a few.
You have an option of doing a lion tracking experience to have a close encounter with the lions. You will then return to the lodge for lunch. In the afternoon, you will go for a launch cruise along Kazinga channel where you will get an opportunity to see a number of bird species, elephants and buffalos, hippos and crocodiles at the lakeshores. After the boat cruise, return to the lodge for relaxation, dinner and overnight stay at lodge as above
Day 5: Chimpanzee trek in Kalinzu Forest – transfer to Bwindi impenetrable national park
After breakfast early in the morning, you will depart for Chimpanzee tracking in Kalinzu forest with your tracking gears. The walk in the forest in search of the chimpanzee generally takes around 2‐5 hours. Spend an hour with the chimpanzees, return meet your driver.
Thereafter, have lunch and transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable national park to Buhoma sector, which is about 4 hours’ drive. Upon arrival, check-in at your lodge for relaxation, dinner and overnight stay.

Day 6: Gorilla trekking experience
Have breakfast and transfer you to park offices for briefing about Uganda Gorilla trekking by a local guide. The time taken is usually between 2-8 hours depending on the movement of the gorillas. Meeting the gorillas unexpectedly is one of the most captivating lifetime experiences. You will have a chance to observe and take pictures at very close range.
You will observe adults feeding and groaning among themselves. After an hour with the long-awaited gorillas, your guide and rangers will lead you back to the starting point where your driver will readily be waiting to transfer you back to the lodge for a restful day.
Later afternoon, you may do an optional visit to the Batwa community staying close to the park, learn about their history and way of life. Return to the lodge for relaxation, dinner and overnight stay at lodge as above
Day 7: Transfer back to Kampala/Entebbe (8-9 hour’s drive) – Departure
Wake up early and enjoy your breakfast. Later meet with the guide/driver for your long day transfer back to Kampala/Entebbe. This journey takes 8-9 hours on road including en-routes for lunch in Mbarara. Upon arrival in Entebbe and depending on your departure flight, you will either be dropped off at a hotel you advise or at Entebbe airport for your onward flight back home.
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