This 6 Days Uganda water rafting and wildlife safari is the perfect Uganda safari adventure that combines white water rafting in Jinja city followed by chimpanzee trekking in Kibale National Park and gorilla trekking in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.
Highlights for 6 Days Uganda water rafting and wildlife safari
Day 1: Transfer to Jinja for White water rafting
Day 2: Transfer to Kibale National Park
Day 3: Chimpanzee trekking – Bigodi nature walk (Optional)
Day 4: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable national park
Day 5: Gorilla Trekking in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Day 6: Transfer Back to Kampala
Detailed Itinerary for 6 Days Uganda water rafting and wildlife safari
Day 1: Transfer to Jinja for White water rafting
Depending on your location in Entebbe/Kampala, set off as early as 6 am to Jinja for your full day rafting experience that starts at 7 am with a briefing. Later evening, drive back to Kampala, dinner and overnight stay.
Day 2: Transfer to Kibale National Park
After breakfast, you will be picked up by our company representative/ driver who will drive to Kibale national park- the best safari destinations in Africa for chimpanzee tracking. Arrive in the park in the afternoon for lunch in fort portal town, then proceed to your lodge in Kibale. Dinner and overnight stay at your lodge.
Day 3: Chimpanzee trekking – Bigodi nature walk (Optional)
After breakfast you will go for chimpanzee trekking with your packed food and water. Meet your guide at the head office then enter the rainforest to start searching for the chimpanzee, this will take 2-5 hours to find the chimpanzees. On seeing them, you will spend 1 hour with the chimpanzees while taking pictures. After tracking, go for an optional 2-3 hours’ nature walk in Bigodi wetland or return to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay as above
Day 4: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
After breakfast early in the morning, you drive to Bwindi with en route lunch. Accommodation will be provided depending on your trekking sector. Dinner and overnight stay at lodge.
Day 5: Gorilla Trekking in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Have an early morning breakfast and head to the park headquarters for briefing by the ranger guides before embarking on your gorilla trek. Head into the forest and trek until you find the gorillas. Gorilla trekking can take 2 to 8 hours depending on the movement of the gorillas. After finding the gorillas in Bwindi, you will be allowed only 1 hour and then return. Your driver / guide will drive you back to your hotel to relax and spend another night as above.
Day 6: Transfer Back to Kampala
Enjoy an early morning breakfast and transfer back to Kampala with a stopover in Mbarara for lunch, arriving in Kampala in the evening. Drop off to your hotel in Kampala or the Airport for your onward flight marking the end of your Safari.
End of 6 Days Uganda water rafting and wildlife safari
