How many days is the 10 Days Uganda Primate Safari?

The 10 Days Uganda Primate Safari is 10 days and 9 nights, operating year-round from Uganda.

How much does the 10 Days Uganda Primate Safari cost?

The 10 Days Uganda Primate Safari is priced on request depending on your group size, dates, and accommodation preferences. Contact Orika Africa Tours for a free tailor-made quote: hi@orikaafrica.com or +256 707 916 185.

What is included in the 10 Days Uganda Primate Safari?

The 10 Days Uganda Primate Safari in Uganda includes all accommodation, meals, park fees, private safari vehicle with an experienced guide-driver, and 24/7 support from Orika Africa Tours. Uganda's UTB-licensed Tour Operator & DMC. We welcome solo travellers, couples, families, and larger groups.

Is the 10 Days Uganda Primate Safari suitable for first-time safari visitors?

Yes. Orika Africa Tours designs every itinerary from scratch around your group's fitness, interests, and budget. The 10 Days Uganda Primate Safari is available as a private safari, no shared vehicles, no fixed groups, ever.

What is the best time to go on the 10 Days Uganda Primate Safari in Uganda?

The 10 Days Uganda Primate Safari in Uganda runs year-round. The dry seasons (June to August and December to February) offer the best conditions for game drives and trekking. Contact Orika Africa Tours for month-by-month advice.

10 Days Uganda Primate Safari

10 days that gather Uganda's defining encounters into one unhurried journey, from our two closest relatives to big game, birdlife and living culture. It opens on the water around Lake Victoria, with rescued chimpanzees on Ngamba Island and the prehistoric shoebill stork in the Mabamba wetlands, before turning west to the rainforest of Kibale, the primate capital of East Africa.

From there the journey moves through Queen Elizabeth National Park for game drives across the Kasenyi plains and a cruise on the wildlife-thronged Kazinga Channel, then south to the famous tree-climbing lions of Ishasha and on to the centrepiece, an hour with a mountain gorilla family in the ancient forest of Bwindi. For the timing that suits you best, see our guide to gorilla trekking, and explore the parks in more depth in the Uganda destination guide.

Trip Highlights

Mountain gorilla trekking in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest
Chimpanzee tracking in Kibale Forest
Rescued chimpanzees on Ngamba Island
Shoebill tracking in the Mabamba wetlands
Big Five game drives and the Kazinga Channel cruise in Queen Elizabeth
The tree-climbing lions of the Ishasha sector
Bigodi community walk and a Batwa cultural encounter

Day-by-Day Itinerary

On arrival at Entebbe International Airport you are met by our concierge team, assisted through arrival formalities and transferred to your hotel. The remainder of the day is yours to relax and recover from your journey beside the calm waters of Lake Victoria, Uganda's lakeside gateway.

Begin on the water with a boat excursion to Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary, home to rescued orphaned chimpanzees, where you observe these remarkable primates in a protected forest setting and learn about the conservation work behind it. Later you continue to the Mabamba wetlands for a private birding excursion through papyrus channels in search of the elusive shoebill stork and a wealth of other water birds.

After breakfast you set out westward through Uganda's beautiful countryside, passing tea plantations, rolling hills and rural communities en route to Kibale National Park, renowned as the primate capital of East Africa. You arrive in time to settle in and enjoy the forest surroundings at leisure.

Venture into the tropical rainforest of Kibale for an exhilarating chimpanzee tracking experience, following expert guides to a habituated community and observing their behaviour at close quarters. In the afternoon you visit the Bigodi Community and Wetland Sanctuary for an insight into local traditions, conservation and daily life in western Uganda.

Enjoy a relaxed breakfast before a visit to Tinka's Homestead for a traditional culinary experience, learning about local food and flavours of western Uganda. You then continue to Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda's most diverse wildlife destination, where savannah plains, crater lakes and abundant wildlife await.

Rise early for a game drive across the Kasenyi plains in search of elephant, buffalo, lion, antelope and a great variety of birds. In the afternoon a boat cruise along the Kazinga Channel brings you among one of Africa's greatest concentrations of hippo and crocodile, with elephant and water birds gathered along the shoreline.

Travel south through the park to the remote Ishasha sector, famous for its rare population of tree-climbing lions. An afternoon game drive seeks out these remarkable predators draped in the giant fig trees, and the day closes with a sundowner overlooking the wilderness.

Start the day with a bush breakfast in the wild before continuing to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, home to nearly half of the world's remaining mountain gorillas. You arrive at your lodge among the misty hills with the rest of the day to relax and prepare for tomorrow's extraordinary encounter.

Today is the pinnacle of the journey. After an early breakfast and a briefing at the park headquarters, you set off into the ancient forest in search of a habituated gorilla family, and once found you spend a magical hour in their company. In the afternoon you meet the Batwa, the forest's original inhabitants, for an insight into their traditional way of life and deep connection to the forest.

Enjoy a leisurely breakfast surrounded by the sounds of the forest before transferring to the airstrip for your scheduled flight, closing an unforgettable journey through Uganda's primates, wildlife and warm hospitality.