Transfer to Kibale Forest National Park, home of the great chimpanzees. The scenic drive takes approximately 5–6 hours through lush countryside, tea plantations, and local villages. Check into your lodge for dinner and overnight stay.

After an early breakfast, transfer to Kanyanchu for a briefing and begin your chimpanzee trek in Kibale Forest. The trek offers close encounters with habituated chimps and sightings of other primates such as red colobus, black-and-white colobus, and L’Hoest’s monkeys. Enjoy one full hour with the chimps once found.

Return to the lodge for lunch, then proceed to Bigodi Wetland Sanctuary for a guided nature walk known for birds (especially the Great Blue Turaco), monkeys, and community interaction.

Later, depart for Queen Elizabeth National Park, driving through stunning crater lake landscapes and the Rwenzori foothills. Arrive in the early evening, check in, relax, and enjoy dinner at the lodge.

Start the day with an early morning game drive in the Kasenyi plains of Queen Elizabeth National Park, the best area for spotting predators. Look out for lions, hyenas, elephants, buffaloes, Uganda kob, waterbucks, and a variety of savannah birds as the park becomes active at sunrise.

Return to the lodge for breakfast and relaxation. In the afternoon, head to the Mweya jetty for the famous Kazinga Channel boat cruise. This slow, scenic voyage offers some of the best wildlife viewing in East Africa—large pods of hippos, crocodiles, elephants, buffaloes, and abundant birdlife gathering along the water’s edge.

After the cruise, enjoy a short game drive as you exit and return to your lodge for dinner and overnight.

After breakfast, check out and drive south toward the Ishasha sector of Queen Elizabeth National Park, famous for its tree-climbing lions. Enjoy a game drive through the open savannah in search of lions resting in fig trees, as well as elephants, topis, buffaloes, and rich birdlife.

Continue the scenic journey through rolling hills, banana plantations, and terraced farms as you enter the highlands of southwestern Uganda. Arrive in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in the late afternoon, check in to your lodge, relax, and prepare for the next day’s gorilla trekking adventure.

After an early breakfast, head to the park headquarters for briefing before beginning your gorilla trek. Trekking can take anywhere between 2–8 hours depending on the gorilla family's location. Once you find them, you'll spend one magical hour observing these incredible creatures.

In the evening, enjoy a cultural walk to visit the Batwa community (Pygmies) to learn about their traditions, songs, and way of life. Dinner and overnight at your lodge.

After breakfast, drive through the scenic highlands to cross the Gatuna border into Rwanda. Arrive in Kigali (approx. 4.5 hours) in time for lunch and an optional city tour before being dropped off at your hotel. Please do not plan to book a flight home on this day in case of delays. If you need assistance booking a hotel, Ally can take care of this for you!