5 Days Uganda Hot Air Balloon Safari And Chimpanzee Habituation Experience
Kampala
Experience the best of Uganda in 5 days with a hot air balloon safari and chimpanzee habituation experience. Combine wildlife adventures in Murchison Falls National Park with a unique aerial view of the park and an up-close encounter with chimpanzees in Kibale Forest National Park.
Duration: 5 days
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights

Transfer from Kampala to Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary.

Murchison Falls National Park - After your trek, continue your drive with an enroute stop in Masindi Town to enjoy your lunch at a Restaurant before embarking on your journey to Murchison falls National Park. On arrival at the Park transfer to your Lodge for Dinner and Overnight

Murchison Falls National Park for a Morning Game drive and a Boat Ride

Murchison Falls National Park - After breakfast, you will enjoy a Game drive in the Murchison Falls National Park one of the best safari destinations that feature the hugest population of wildlife species. While on a game drive in the northern sector of the park expect to view African elephants, Cape buffaloes, lions, bushbucks, Oribis, Rothschild’s giraffes, waterbucks, hartebeests, antelopes as well as leopards

Nile Delta Cruises - Murchison Falls - After lunch set out for a 2-hour Launch Cruise (boat safari) on River Nile which sets off at Paraa, going upstream to the bottom of the Murchison Falls. The boat ride offers an array of wildlife sightings - crocodiles, hippos, and lizards are a common sight throughout the cruise. Big game such as buffaloes, elephants and antelopes can also be sighted drinking and cooling off the heat by the river banks and with a little luck, you might even spot a leopard resting in a tree close by the water. Reaching the bottom of the Murchison Falls, leave the boat and set out for a 45-minute hike with rocks adjacent to the Murchison falls and thereby accessing great views of the falls at different spots along the trail. Once reached the top you will find the tour guide waiting to drive you back to the lodge for dinner and overnight

Transfer from Murchison Falls National Park to Kibale National Park

Kibale National Park - The drive to Kibale forest is very enjoyable through the winding Marrum roads showing traditional Uganda as we go through traditional Villages where you see people at work tending their traditional crops like yams, tobacco, sorghum, beans, cassava, sweet potatoes and maize with later foreign green tea plantations as we get to Fort Portal town which is a small and attractive town well planned by colonialists and deriving its name from a fort which was built between 1891 and 1893 by Sir Gerald Portal. You will enjoy lunch in Fort Portal Town and a city tour of the town after proceeding to Kibale Forest National Park.

Chimpanzee tracking In Kibale National Park

Kibale National Park - After morning breakfast, we drive to Kanyanchu for registration and a short briefing and allocation of the chimpanzee community to trek and your ranger guide will lead you on the trek in search of this great ape. Chimpanzees are the closest to man of all the apes, and it is fun Watching man’s closest cousin in the wild, much as they are a large community of over 1000, about 120 are habituated and regularly visited by tourists, which activity takes one hour after finding them. Much as they are the main focus, other primates in this forest of interest include Black and white Columbus monkeys, L’Hoest Monkeys, Red tailed monkeys, Blue Monkey, Grey Cheeked Mangabey, bush babies, pottos, and lots of birds will be heard and seen on this trek like Grey-Throated Flycatchers, Masked & Black-Capped Apalis’, Chestnut-Winged Starlings, Orange -Tufted & Tiny Sunbirds and many other Birds, Butterflies and other Forest Flora and Fauna.

Bigodi Wetlands Sanctuary - We shall have lunch then later in the afternoon, explore the Bigodi village. You have the opportunity to visit a swamp with abundant butterflies, plants, animals and spectacular birds like Great Blue Turaco which will be of great interest to birders. After this experience, you will take a village walk that will lead you to the Coffee experience, banana bear making, basket making and traditional healer. We shall later drive back to the lodge for dinner and an overnight stay

Drive back to Kampala

Kampala - After an early morning breakfast, we Transfer by Road back to Kampala and proceed to Entebbe Airport for your Outbound Flight Home

What's Included
  • Private transportation
  • Game drives
  • Bottled water
  • Bigodi Community Walk
  • Lunch
  • Hot Air balloon
  • Dinner
  • Chimpanzee Habituation Permit
  • Boat Cruise on the Nile Delta
  • Breakfast
  • All fees and/or taxes
What's Not Included
  • Other Items of personal Nature such as Laundary, Phone calls
Additional Information

It’s often overlooked that one has the option to choose between Chimpanzee tracing and a Chimpanzee habituation experience in Kibale Forest National Park. Furthermore, they have the opportunity to mix this experience with a Wildlife Adventure Safari in Murchison Falls National Park. This offers the chance to view wildlife closely from a Safari Vehicle or a Boat cruise, and even provide an aerial perspective of the Falls and the park with a Hot Air balloon.

Location
Kampala Serena Hotel
Kintu Road
Entrance Gate of Serena Hotel
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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up to 8 guests
1 Adult
July 2024
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