Kibale N.P – Queen Elizabeth N.P – Bwindi N.P Safari is actually a sandwich of a primate safari with a savannah wildlife experience in the middle. The safari gives you the opportunity to experience primates in a rain forest, animals in a savannah grassland setting and primates in a mountainous forest.
Basing on the name of the safari, it indicates that it starts from Kibale National Park then proceeds to Queen Elizabeth National Park and finally Bwindi National park.
As you go through these parks you get to take part in different activities in the different parks.
In Kibale National Park; you get to go chimpanzee trekking in the rain forest, have bird watching sprees in the bigodi swamps, and enjoy nature walks, forest walks and community tours among other things. Also since the safari starts in Kibale National Park you also get the chance to visit the famous fort portal city and explore some of its spectacular features like the Karuzika palace, Kibale N.P – Queen Elizabeth N.P – Bwindi N.P Safari
In Queen Elizabeth National Park, you get to have activities that include morning, day time and evening game drives to view almost all the animals in this park. Well as Kibale National park only has chimpanzees may be and about 6 more primate species, Queen Elizabeth National Park is home to over 200 mammal species that include lions, elephants, zebras, kobs, leopards, buffaloes, topis, antelopes, impalas and many more.
So on a game drive you see all these animals more. You also get to enjoy bird watching in the park and on the kazinga channel, be keen to spot out the shoe bill stork. Talking of the Kazinga channel you also get to have boat rides on this channel, enjoying views of the flora and the animals in the park. You can take a nature walk too in the park though the best nature walks and forest walks are done in Kyambura Gorge. In the Gorge you can also have picnics as you enjoy the sounds of the birds, the abundant green from the different tree species and the fresh breeze from the Kyambura River and the trees. On a lucky day you can spot some chimpanzees jumping up and about in the forest. But the most exciting thing about Queen Elizabeth National Park if the lion tracking experience for the tree climbing lions. It’s simply amazing, one of the best adventures just next to primate trekking Uganda safari.
From Queen Elizabeth National Park, you continue south to Bwindi National Park Buhoma sector for a mountain gorilla trekking experience. Keep in mind because mountain gorilla trekking is done at specific times, the day you reach the Buhoma sector, is not the day you trek the gorillas. So you get to Bwindi National Park, depending on the time you reach, you can opt to hang in the park with others take a nature walk, community tour before you tour. You can also opt to just retire and go to your accommodation to rest ahead of the next day’s mountain gorilla trekking experience.
Mountain gorilla trekking experiences start at 7am with a meeting at the park offices where you are briefed about the trek and after you continue on to the forest to trek until you find the gorillas. When you find them you spend time with them and then leave the forest. Like Kibale National Park, Bwindi National Park doesn’t have a lot of other animal species, it’s a habitat for primates and majorly mountain gorillas, Kibale N.P – Queen Elizabeth N.P – Bwindi N.P Safari
Since Bwindi is the last pit stop of this safari after the mountain gorilla trekking experience you can opt to head to your next destination or stay at the park for more time and leave the next day.
