Eco Tourism in Uganda: Gorillas, Chimps, Birds, Butterflies – 15 Days

The safari starts with a visit to Murchison Falls National game park the largest in Uganda.  continues to Kibale Forest National Park with the highest number of primates in Africa (13 species) including; red, black and white colobus monkeys, blue monkeys, baboons and a large number of chimpanzees. A forest walk and Habituation provides a high possibility of seeing experiencing and enjoying chimps and other primates playing and jumping around in the forest. Kibale Forest has 375 recorded bird species and boasts of many rewarding experiences not found in some other forests of the world. An excursion to Bigodi swamp will give an opportunity to see the unusual birds, chimps, baboons, monkeys and other primates which live around the swamp. the trip continues to Queen Elizabeth Park, and then on to Bwindi and Mgahinga Gorilla parks which are World Heritage Sites. You will have a chance to see abundant game in Queen Elizabeth park including; buffaloes, tree-climbing lions, leopards, warthogs and the ever present hippos and birds are everywhere on the kazinga channel connecting Lake Edward to Lake George. In the beautiful steeply forested Kyambura Gorge will see not only chimpanzees but also the red-tailed monkey, black and white colobus and many bird species.  While around Ishasha section you will search for the famous tree-climbing lions which rest up in the top branches of fig trees. Further south in Bwindi go gorilla tracking and see other primates, birds and butterflies before continuing to Mgahinga, which is part of the Virunga Conservation Area, for gorillas and breathtaking volcanoes.  Track gorillas again or climb a volcano, go birding, take in the breathtaking landscape or visit local Batwa animist communities.  Return to Kampala via Lake Mburo, one of Uganda’s most striking parks rich in birds, hippo, buffalo, and zebras.