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Uganda: Chimps, Gorillas and the Source of the Nile
10 days from Entebbe to Kigali: a boat to the source of the Nile at Jinja, chimpanzees in Kibale, two nights in Queen Elizabeth National Park, a gorilla trek in Bwindi with your permit included, and a night on Lake Bunyonyi.
10 days · Entebbe to Kigali · up to 12 guests
A ranger with trekkers in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park Photo: USAID Biodiversity & Forestry, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USAID_Measuring_Impact_Conservation_Enterprise_Retrospective_(Uganda%3B_International_Gorilla_Conservation_Program)_(25422609497).jpg)
The facts
At a glance
- Length
- 10 days, 9 nights
- Start and end
- Entebbe to Kigali
- Group size
- 7 to 12 guests
- Longest drive
- 7.5 h on day 3
- Activity level
Active
The gorilla trek is the hard part: steep, muddy forest at about 1,200 to 2,600 m in Bwindi, from under an hour to more than five hours each way, with a porter to carry your pack and help on slopes. The Kibale chimp trek is 2 to 4 hours on mostly level but tangled, muddy trails. The Bigodi swamp walk is about 3 hours on boardwalks and paths, and you can sit it out. Day 3 has about 7.5 hours on the road, and days 7, 9 and 10 about 4 to 4.5 hours, partly unpaved.
- Meals included
- 9 breakfasts, 9 lunches, 7 dinners
- Room of your own
- + CAD 1,190 (estimated price)
- Season
- June to September and December to February
Highlights
Why this trip
- A boat to the point where the Nile leaves Lake Victoria at Jinja
- A morning with chimpanzees in Kibale Forest, among some of its 13 primate species
- The Bigodi swamp on boardwalks with a guide from the village that protects it
- A dawn game drive on the Kasenyi plains and an afternoon boat along the Kazinga Channel among hippos
- The Ishasha sector of Queen Elizabeth National Park, known for lions that rest in fig trees
- An hour with a mountain gorilla family in Bwindi, with your permit and a porter included
- A late-afternoon boat among the terraced islands of Lake Bunyonyi
- The Kigali Genocide Memorial on the way to your flight home
What makes this trip different
Short drives, all published
Every drive is listed day by day. The longest is 7.5 h, on day 3.
Free time is part of the plan
Free time and choices are marked on the days they fall.
Solo without the penalty
A room of your own is + CAD 1,190 (estimated price).
Day by day
Itinerary
The longest drive is 7.5 h, on day 3.
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Arrive in Entebbe
Entebbe International Airport to your hotel in Entebbe
- Welcome dinner
- Stay in Entebbe
- Drive about 15 min
Fly into Entebbe International Airport (EBB), on the northern shore of Lake Victoria about 40 km south of Kampala.
Evening
A driver meets you in arrivals for the ten-minute ride to your hotel, so arrive when you like: nothing is planned before the evening. Entebbe is a quiet, green town on a peninsula, much calmer than the capital, and a gentle place to get over a long flight. If you land early, the Entebbe Botanical Gardens run down to the lakeshore, with black-and-white colobus monkeys and hornbills in the old trees. At about 6 pm your See Sight Tours guide meets the group for a briefing on the days ahead: how the chimp and gorilla permits work, what to wear in the forest, and how day 3's long drive is broken up. Then we sit down together to a welcome dinner, often with tilapia from the lake, matoke (steamed green banana) and groundnut sauce.
Included
- Pick-up at Entebbe International Airport (EBB)
- Welcome briefing with your guide
- Welcome dinner
Optional experiences
- Entebbe Botanical Gardens if you arrive early (small entry fee)
Free time: Free until the evening briefing
Jinja and the source of the Nile
Entebbe to Kampala, then east through Mabira Forest to Jinja
- Breakfast and lunch
- Stay in Jinja
- Drive about 3.5 h

We leave at about 8:30 am and skirt Kampala on the Northern Bypass, the slowest part of the day, then head east past sugar estates and through Mabira Forest. After about 3.5 hours we cross the Nile on the new bridge into Jinja, a riverside town with a long, faded colonial main street.
Afternoon
Lunch is a sit-down meal in town. At about 3 pm we board a small boat to the place where the Nile flows out of Lake Victoria, which John Hanning Speke identified as the river's source in 1862. The falls he saw were drowned by the Owen Falls Dam in the 1950s, but the current still pushes against the hull as you reach the spot. Kingfishers, cormorants and fish eagles work the banks, and the boat takes about an hour.
Evening
The evening is free: your guide points you to restaurants along the river for dinner on your own.
Included
- Sit-down lunch in Jinja
- Boat to the source of the Nile with a local boatman
Optional experiences
- White Nile rafting needs a full day: add a night in Jinja before the trip and we arrange it (price at booking)
Easier option: Watch from the riverbank gardens instead of taking the boat.
Free time: Evening free in Jinja
Activity: About 3.5 hours on the road, most of it the Kampala traffic. The boat is open, so bring a hat and sunscreen.
Across Uganda to Kibale
Jinja to Kampala, then west via Mityana, Mubende and Fort Portal to Kibale
- Breakfast, lunch and dinner
- Stay in Kibale
- Drive about 7.5 h

This is the long day of the trip, and we would rather say so now. Jinja sits east of Kampala and Kibale is near the western border, about 410 km apart, with no flight that saves much time: flying from Entebbe to Kasese still leaves about five hours on the road. So we leave at about 7:30 am and drive about 7.5 hours in all, on paved roads.
Afternoon
We stop for coffee once we are past Kampala, then for a sit-down lunch at about the halfway point near Mubende, among hills of banana and tea. In the afternoon the road climbs to Fort Portal, where on a clear day the snow-streaked Rwenzori Mountains show to the west, and we stretch our legs before the last 35 km south to Kibale.
Evening
We reach the lodge at about 4:30 to 5 pm, with time to shower before dinner and an early night, as the forest calls start up around you.
Included
- Coffee stop and sit-down lunch on the way
- Stop at Fort Portal
- Dinner at the lodge
Activity: About 7.5 hours of driving, well over our usual 4-hour cap, broken by a coffee stop, lunch and a stop at Fort Portal. Bring something to read or listen to.
Chimpanzees in Kibale and the Bigodi swamp
Kibale National Park at Kanyanchu, then Bigodi village
- Breakfast, lunch and dinner
- Stay in Kibale
- Drive about 30 min
Morning
After breakfast we drive a few minutes to the Kanyanchu visitor centre for the 8 am briefing. Rangers split the group into small parties and lead you into tall, damp forest where the chimpanzees have been followed by researchers for decades. Finding them can take minutes or a couple of hours; you hear them first, a rising chorus of hoots and drumming on buttress roots. Once found, you have an hour with them, keeping your distance while they feed in fig trees or rest on the forest floor. Kibale has 13 primate species, and red colobus, red-tailed monkeys and grey-cheeked mangabeys are often seen on the way.
Afternoon
Lunch is at a local restaurant in Bigodi village. At about 2:30 pm a guide from the community group that runs the Bigodi Wetland Sanctuary walks us around the papyrus swamp on boardwalks and paths, looking for great blue turacos and more monkeys. The rest of the afternoon is free at the lodge.
Included
- Chimpanzee trek in Kibale National Park with Uganda Wildlife Authority rangers (permit included)
- Lunch in Bigodi village
- Bigodi Wetland Sanctuary walk with a community guide
- Dinner at the lodge
Optional experiences
- Chimpanzee Habituation Experience: a full day with the trackers, separate permit, limited places, price at booking
Easier option: Skip the Bigodi walk and rest at the lodge after lunch.
More active option: Book the full-day Chimpanzee Habituation Experience in place of the standard trek.
Free time: Late afternoon free at the lodge
Activity: The chimp trek is 2 to 4 hours on mostly level but muddy, tangled trails. The Bigodi walk is about 3 hours. Long trousers and closed shoes for both; you cannot trek with a cold or flu.
Down to Queen Elizabeth National Park
Kibale to Fort Portal, then south past the Rwenzoris to the Kazinga Channel
- Breakfast, lunch and dinner
- Stay in Queen Elizabeth National Park
- Drive about 3.5 h
Morning
A slower morning: breakfast when you like and away at about 9 am. We drive back to Fort Portal, then south along the foot of the Rwenzori Mountains, a UNESCO World Heritage site whose peaks stay in cloud more often than not. The road drops off the escarpment into the Albertine Rift, past crater lakes and the old copper-mining town of Kasese, and crosses the equator just before Queen Elizabeth National Park. Watch for elephants and buffalo along the road as the scrub opens out into savanna.
Afternoon
After about 3.5 hours we reach our lodge near the Kazinga Channel in time for lunch. The afternoon is free on purpose, after two big days: sleep, read, or sit with binoculars while kob and warthogs graze below. Late in the day your guide can take anyone keen out on a short drive nearby.
Evening
Dinner is at the lodge.
Included
- Equator stop
- Lunch and dinner at the lodge
- Park entry for Queen Elizabeth National Park
More active option: A short late-afternoon drive near the lodge with your guide.
Free time: Afternoon free at the lodge
Activity: About 3.5 hours on paved road with stops.
Kasenyi at dawn, the Kazinga Channel by boat
Queen Elizabeth National Park: the Kasenyi plains and the Kazinga Channel
- Breakfast, lunch and dinner
- Stay in Queen Elizabeth National Park
- Drive about 1.5 h
Morning
This is a sunrise day. We leave at about 6:30 am with coffee in hand for the Kasenyi plains, open grassland in the north of the park where Uganda kob gather on their breeding grounds and lions hunt them in the cool of the morning. Our 4x4 has a pop-up roof, so everyone gets a clear view. A Uganda Wildlife Authority ranger rides with us to read the tracks.
Afternoon
We are back at the lodge by late morning, and lunch and the middle of the day, when the animals shelter from the heat, is free. In the late afternoon we board a boat for about two hours on the Kazinga Channel, the 32 km waterway joining Lakes George and Edward. Hippos crowd the shallows, elephants and buffalo come down to drink, and pied kingfishers and fish eagles hunt along the banks as the light softens.
Included
- Dawn game drive on the Kasenyi plains with a ranger
- Kazinga Channel boat trip, about 2 hours
- Lunch and dinner at the lodge
Optional experiences
- Chimpanzee tracking in Kyambura Gorge in place of the dawn drive (separate permit, price at booking)
Easier option: Skip the dawn drive and join the group for the afternoon boat.
More active option: Track chimpanzees in Kyambura Gorge, a sunken forest at the edge of the park, in the morning.
Free time: Midday free at the lodge
Activity: The one sunrise start: about 6:30 am. Boat launch times are confirmed with your final itinerary.
Ishasha's lions, then to Bwindi
Queen Elizabeth National Park to Ishasha, then Buhoma on the edge of Bwindi
- Breakfast, lunch and dinner
- Stay in Bwindi (Buhoma)
- Drive about 4.5 h
We leave at about 8 am and drive about 2.5 hours south through the park to Ishasha, its remote southern sector on the border with DR Congo. Ishasha is known for lions that climb into the spreading fig trees to rest in the heat; sightings are common but not guaranteed.
Afternoon
We spend about two hours driving its tracks looking for them, along with topi, buffalo and elephant, then stop for a sit-down lunch. In the afternoon the road climbs about two hours to Buhoma, the gateway to the northern sector of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, the last stretch unpaved. That makes about 4.5 hours of road, over our cap: no other road links the two parks, so we break it with the game drive and lunch in the middle. Bwindi is a UNESCO World Heritage site, a steep, ancient rainforest holding roughly half of the world's mountain gorillas.
Evening
We arrive at about 5 pm for a gorilla briefing from your guide over dinner.
Included
- Game drive in the Ishasha sector of Queen Elizabeth National Park
- Sit-down lunch in Ishasha
- Gorilla briefing with your guide
- Dinner at the lodge
Activity: About 4.5 hours on the road, partly unpaved, broken by a 2-hour game drive and lunch.
Mountain gorillas in Bwindi
Buhoma and Bwindi Impenetrable National Park on foot
- Breakfast, lunch and dinner
- Stay in Bwindi (Buhoma)
Morning
After an early breakfast we walk to the park office at Buhoma for the ranger briefing at about 7:30 to 8 am. Each gorilla family takes at most eight visitors a day, so our group splits across two families, each with rangers and trackers who set out at dawn to find them. Tell your guide if you want a shorter walk, and the rangers try to match you to a nearer family, though nothing is certain. The trek can take under an hour or more than five each way, on steep, slippery slopes at about 1,200 to 2,600 m, through forest that earns the park its name. Each guest has a porter for the day pack and a steady hand on the climbs. Once with the gorillas you have one hour, keeping about seven metres away, as they feed, groom and play under the silverback's eye.
Afternoon
Lunch is packed because return times vary. The afternoon is free, with a gentle village walk for anyone who wants it.
Included
- Mountain gorilla trek in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park with rangers and trackers (one permit per guest included)
- A porter for each guest
- Packed lunch
- Buhoma village walk with a local guide in the late afternoon, if you want it
- Dinner at the lodge
Easier option: Ask at the briefing for a family closer to the trailhead; walks to these are often shorter, though the rangers cannot promise it.
Free time: Afternoon free after the trek
Activity: From under an hour to more than five hours each way on steep, muddy ground. Wear waterproof boots, long sleeves, trousers tucked into socks and gloves. Ages 15 and over. If Buhoma permits are sold out for your date, we trek from the Ruhija sector, about 2 to 3 hours' drive away, and tell you before you book.
To Lake Bunyonyi
Buhoma through Kanungu district and Kabale to Lake Bunyonyi
- Breakfast, lunch and dinner
- Stay in Lake Bunyonyi
- Drive about 4 h

A later start at about 9 am, to rest legs after the trek. We drive about four hours south over ridges of tea, bananas and patchwork farms in Kanungu district, the first stretch unpaved and slow, with a break halfway. Past Kabale the road climbs to Lake Bunyonyi, a long, many-armed lake at about 1,960 m, its steep shores terraced to the waterline and dotted with small islands.
Afternoon
Lunch is at our lakeside lodge on arrival. After a free hour, at about 4 pm a local guide takes us by boat among the islands as the light goes, past tiny Akampene, Punishment Island, and tells their stories, along with how the farming families on the shore live today.
Evening
Bunyonyi is a quiet place to end the wildlife part of the trip: no game drives, no early alarm, and dinner at the lodge as the mist starts to gather on the water.
Included
- Lunch at the lodge
- Late-afternoon boat trip among the islands of Lake Bunyonyi with a local guide
- Dinner at the lodge
Optional experiences
- Paddling a dugout canoe on the lake (arranged locally, small fee)
More active option: Paddle a dugout canoe or take a short hill walk above the lake before dinner.
Free time: An hour free at the lodge before the boat
Activity: About 4 hours on the road, the first part unpaved, with a stop halfway.
Into Rwanda: Kigali and home
Lake Bunyonyi to Kabale and the Katuna (Gatuna) border, then Kigali
- Breakfast and lunch
- Drive about 3.5 h
Morning
Mist often lies on the lake at first light. After breakfast we leave at about 8:30 am and drive 30 minutes to the Katuna border, called Gatuna on the Rwandan side. Leaving Uganda and entering Rwanda usually takes about an hour, so keep your passport and visa handy. Clocks go back one hour and traffic switches to the right.
Afternoon
From the border it is about three hours through Rwanda's terraced hills, past Byumba, to Kigali, where we arrive around midday local time for a sit-down lunch. At about 1:30 pm we visit the Kigali Genocide Memorial for about two hours with an audio guide. More than 250,000 victims of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi are buried here, and the exhibition explains how it happened and how the country has lived with it since. Your guide then sees you to Kigali International Airport (KGL). Book a flight leaving after about 7 pm.
Included
- Katuna (Gatuna) border crossing with your guide
- Sit-down lunch in Kigali
- Kigali Genocide Memorial with an audio guide
- Drop-off at Kigali International Airport (KGL)
Easier option: Skip the memorial and wait at a cafe in Kigali before the airport.
Activity: About 3.5 hours of driving plus about an hour at the border. The memorial is a sombre visit; photographs are not allowed inside the exhibition. Book a flight leaving Kigali after about 7 pm.
- Entebbe1 night
- Jinja1 night
- Kibale2 nights
- Queen Elizabeth National Park2 nights
- Bwindi (Buhoma)2 nights
- Lake Bunyonyi1 night
- Kigaliend
- Overnight stop
- Day trip
- By boat or train
Wildlife and weather: June to September and December to February are the drier months, with firmer forest trails and easier game viewing as the grass shortens. March to May and October to November bring heavier rain and muddy slopes, though chimps and gorillas are there all year and Bwindi, a rainforest, can rain any day. Entebbe, Jinja and Queen Elizabeth are warm; Bwindi and Lake Bunyonyi, higher up, are cool in the mornings and evenings. Tree-climbing lions in Ishasha are a chance, not a promise.
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Before you book
Right for you?
Good for you if you want
- Travellers who want gorillas and chimpanzees on one trip, with both permits taken care of
- Those who prefer lodges and full board to camping
- People who want a game drive and a boat trip between the forests
- Solo travellers who want company on treks that are better shared
Not for you if you want
- Anyone who cannot walk several hours on steep, muddy forest slopes: the gorilla trek is the point of the trip
- Children under 15, the minimum age for gorilla trekking
- Those who mind a long road day: day 3 has about 7.5 hours of driving
- Travellers after a big-five safari: Queen Elizabeth is good for hippos, elephants, kob and lions, but it is not the Masai Mara
- Rafting fans who want a full day on the White Nile, unless they add a night in Jinja
Minimum age: 15
Book flights after we confirm your seat.
9 nights
Where you'll stay
Your hotels are named in your trip confirmation.
- Entebbe1 night
- Jinja1 night
- Kibale2 nights
- Queen Elizabeth National Park2 nights
- Bwindi (Buhoma)2 nights
- Lake Bunyonyi1 night
One price
What's in the price
Included
Accommodation
- 9 nights: 1 in Entebbe, 1 in Jinja, 2 at a lodge near Kibale National Park, 2 at a lodge near the Kazinga Channel in Queen Elizabeth National Park, 2 at a lodge at Buhoma on the edge of Bwindi, 1 at a lodge on Lake Bunyonyi
- Hotels and lodges of at least a 3-star-plus standard
- Rooms shared, or your own for a supplement
Transport
- Pick-up at Entebbe International Airport (EBB) and drop-off at Kigali International Airport (KGL)
- Our own 4x4 safari vehicle with a pop-up roof and driver from Entebbe to the Rwandan border, and a vehicle and driver from the border to Kigali
- Boat to the source of the Nile at Jinja
- Kazinga Channel boat trip
- Boat trip on Lake Bunyonyi
Your guide
- A See Sight Tours guide with the group for the whole trip, from Entebbe to Kigali
- Uganda Wildlife Authority rangers and trackers on the chimp and gorilla treks and the game drives
- A community guide at Bigodi and local guides at Jinja, Buhoma and Lake Bunyonyi
- A porter for each guest on the gorilla trek
Activities
- Boat to the source of the Nile, Jinja
- Chimpanzee trek with permit, Kibale National Park
- Bigodi Wetland Sanctuary walk, Bigodi
- Dawn game drive on the Kasenyi plains, Queen Elizabeth National Park
- Kazinga Channel boat trip, Queen Elizabeth National Park
- Game drive in the Ishasha sector, Queen Elizabeth National Park
- Mountain gorilla trek with one Uganda gorilla permit per guest, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
- Buhoma village walk, Bwindi
- Boat trip among the islands of Lake Bunyonyi
- Kigali Genocide Memorial with an audio guide, Kigali
- National park entry fees for every day in the plan
Meals
- 9 breakfasts, 9 lunches and 8 dinners
- Welcome dinner in Entebbe
- Full board at the lodges in Kibale, Queen Elizabeth, Bwindi and Lake Bunyonyi
- Packed lunch on the gorilla trek
- Drinking water in the vehicle
Not included
- International flights to Entebbe and from Kigali
- Visas (the East Africa Tourist Visa covers Uganda and Rwanda)
- Vaccinations, including yellow fever, and malaria tablets
- Travel insurance, which should include medical evacuation
- Dinner in Jinja on day 2
- Drinks, except water in the vehicle
- Tips for drivers, rangers, trackers, porters and lodge staff
- Optional activities: White Nile rafting, the Chimpanzee Habituation Experience, Kyambura Gorge chimps, a second gorilla permit, canoeing on Lake Bunyonyi
- Laundry and personal expenses
Extras
- Room of your own
- CAD 1,190 (estimated price)
When you can go
Dates and prices
Pick your start date when you request to book. We check that date and confirm it in your quote.
Prefer to travel without a group or guide? Ask us about arranging hotels, transport and city tours for you to travel independently.
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Booking terms
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Questions
What does the price include?
Nine nights in hotels and lodges, 9 breakfasts, 9 lunches and 8 dinners, airport transfers, our vehicle and driver, your See Sight Tours guide, one Uganda gorilla permit, the Kibale chimp permit, a trek porter, park fees, three boat trips, three game drives, the Bigodi swamp walk and the Kigali memorial audio guide.
Is the gorilla permit included?
Yes, one Uganda gorilla permit per guest is in the price, along with the Kibale chimpanzee permit. We buy both in your name as soon as your trip is confirmed, because permits for the drier months sell out. Permits are non-refundable once bought, which our booking terms explain.
How fit do I need to be for gorilla trekking in Bwindi?
Fit enough to walk uphill on steep, muddy forest slopes for anything from under an hour to more than five each way, at about 1,200 to 2,600 m. A porter carries your pack and helps on climbs, and rangers try to give slower walkers a nearer family. If you can manage 3 to 4 hours on hilly trails, you will be fine.
What is the chimpanzee trek in Kibale like?
Easier than the gorilla trek. Rangers lead small parties along mostly level forest trails, often muddy and tangled, for 2 to 4 hours. Once the chimps are found you have an hour with them. Sightings in Kibale are frequent but not guaranteed, as chimps move fast and far through the canopy.
How big is the group?
The small-group trip runs with 7 to 12 guests. Each gorilla family takes at most eight visitors a day, so on the trek the group splits across two families, each with rangers and trackers, on the same morning. The chimp trek is done in smaller ranger parties.
Who leads the trip?
A See Sight Tours guide travels with the group from the Entebbe airport pick-up to the Kigali airport drop-off. Uganda Wildlife Authority rangers and trackers lead the treks and game drives, a guide from the village leads the Bigodi walk, and local guides take the boats at Jinja and Lake Bunyonyi.
I am travelling solo. Do I pay more?
Only if you want a room of your own, from CAD 1,190 more, shown before you book. Otherwise you pay the same per-person price as everyone else and we pair you with a guest of the same gender where we can. Solo travellers join every part of the trip, including both treks.
When is the best time to visit Uganda for gorillas and chimps?
June to September and December to February, the drier months, when forest trails are firmer and the grass in Queen Elizabeth is shorter for game viewing. Gorillas and chimps are there all year, and Bwindi can rain any day. March to May and October to November are wetter; we run those months as private trips only.
Why is day 3 such a long drive?
Jinja is east of Kampala and Kibale is near the western border, about 410 km apart, and no flight shortens it much. We leave at about 7:30 am, stop for coffee, lunch and at Fort Portal, and arrive by about 5 pm. After that, no day has more than about 4.5 hours on the road.
Do I need a visa for Uganda and Rwanda?
Yes for Uganda, for US and Canadian passports, and the trip ends in Rwanda. The East Africa Tourist Visa, about USD 100 online, covers Uganda, Rwanda and Kenya on one document. Rwanda's own rules for your passport are confirmed when you book. Uganda also asks for a yellow fever certificate. We check your documents before you fly.
How does booking work?
Pick your start date and request to book. We confirm your trip within 24 hours, and no payment is taken until then. Once confirmed we buy your gorilla and chimp permits straight away. The small group starts from CAD 7,000 per person sharing, permits included.
Can I travel privately or on my own dates?
Yes. Besides the small group, the trip comes as a private trip for your party only, on a date you choose, from CAD 12,600 per person, which also suits permit dates that do not match ours. If you would rather travel independently on your own dates, ask us from the dates section and we will quote it.