This safari pairs mountain gorilla trekking in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park with chimpanzee tracking and a boat cruise in Queen Elizabeth National Park, which means you meet two of Africa’s great apes on a single trip. Bwindi was once continuous with the forests of the Virunga Volcanoes, Dian Fossey’s territory, and is now an ecological island surrounded by cultivation on rich volcanic soils, with superb birdlife and an extraordinary variety of flora.
Queen Elizabeth carries one of the highest biodiversity ratings of any game park in the world, spanning open savannah, rainforest, dense swamp, crater lakes and the vastness of Lake Edward. You track chimpanzees in the Kyambura Gorge and then take the two hour cruise along the Kazinga Channel, which passes one of the densest concentrations of hippo, buffalo, elephant, crocodile and water birds anywhere in Africa. The tour begins and ends in Kampala, with luxury, midrange and budget lodging options available.
