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Classic safari · Uganda
THE FIELD BRIEF
Uganda's primate grand slam: chimpanzees in Kibale's fig forests, tree-climbing lions and the Kazinga Channel in Queen Elizabeth, and the crowning hour with a gorilla family in Bwindi's Impenetrable Forest.
GENUINE TOTAL PRICE
The published “from” price is visible, but accommodation, statutory fees, vehicle, guide, flights, taxes, margin and upgrades have not yet been safely exposed as structured amounts. We will not invent the split.
SEEN ALONG THE WAY
YOUR ROUTE · LIVE
Fort Portal
Cross the Equator and tea country to Fort Portal's crater lakes.Kibale
Morning tracking a habituated chimp community; afternoon swamp walk for rare monkeys and turacos.Queen Elizabeth
Game drive the Kasenyi plains, then a Kazinga Channel cruise past hundreds of hippo and buffalo.Ishasha
South through Ishasha, where lions drape themselves in fig trees, arriving at Bwindi's forest edge.Bwindi
The day of days: trek misty ridges with rangers to spend one hour with a mountain gorilla family.Lake Bunyonyi
Descend to the lake of little birds for dugout canoes and 29 islands of calm.Entebbe
Scenic drive (or optional flight) back to Entebbe.DAY BY DAY
4×4 · Fort Portal
FOOT · Kibale
4×4 · Queen Elizabeth
4×4 · Ishasha
FOOT · Bwindi
4×4 · Lake Bunyonyi
PLANE · Entebbe
PACKED IN
LEAVE BEHIND
WHEN THE TRAIL IS BEST
VOICES FROM THE TRAIL
Our trek was steep and muddy and utterly worth it. A silverback walked within two meters of us. The team handled permits, porters, everything.
Gorilla permits sell out months ahead — these guys secured ours, matched the trek difficulty to my dodgy knee, and the lodge choices were superb.
Chimps, lions in trees, THE gorillas. Our guide Isaac was born near Bwindi and it showed in every conversation with rangers and locals.
Ugandan roads test your patience, but the crater-lake lodges and the primate encounters more than repay it. Go before everyone else does.
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