Duration
14-Day
Accra, Uganda
The 14 Days Uganda primate and three peaks Rwenzori climbing will ultimately introduce you to Chimpanzee tracking in Kibale forest with crater lakes short hike, Hiking Mount Stanley to margherita peak 5,109m asl, Mount speke to Vittorio Emanuele peak 4,890m asl and Hiking Mount Baker to Edward peak 4,844m asl and finally end the trip with Mountain gorilla trekking in Bwindi forest embodied with the cultural experience with Batwa community.
Plan snapshot
Duration
14-Day
Route
Entebbe to Entebbe (City)
Via Kibale NP (Chimps), Rwenzori Mountains (Mountain Range), Kasese (Town)
Country & park
Uganda
Style
Shared safari
Group size
1-12 travelers
Starts
Any day if available
Minimum age
18 years
Activities
game drives & gorilla trekking
Accommodation
Little Monkey Camp - Budget lodge bordering Kibale NP (Chimps) without fences – Lunch & Dinner Included
Meals
Lunch & Dinner Included; All Meals Included
Pickup
Airport transfer included
Booking
Request quote
Currency
USD
Solo travelers
Can join this group tour
Rates
USD
Before booking
Quote flow
This budget tour uses mountain huts and lodges.
On this shared tour, you will join a group of other travelers. Max 10 people per group.
If availability permits, this tour can start on any day.
The accommodations and destinations of this tour cannot be changed.
Single travelers can join this group tour, but it requires a minimum of 2 people to run.
The minimum age for this tour is 18 years.
Day 1
Budget lodge bordering Kibale NP (Chimps) without fences – Lunch & Dinner Included
Lunch & Dinner Included
Day 2
Budget hotel in Kasese (Town) – All Meals Included
All Meals Included
Day 3
Budget mountain hut in Rwenzori Mountains (Mountain Range) – All Meals Included
All Meals Included
Day 4
Budget mountain hut in Rwenzori Mountains (Mountain Range) – All Meals Included
All Meals Included
Day 5-6
Budget mountain hut in Rwenzori Mountains (Mountain Range) – All Meals Included
All Meals Included
Day 7
Budget mountain hut in Rwenzori Mountains (Mountain Range) – All Meals Included
All Meals Included
Day 8-9
Budget mountain hut in Rwenzori Mountains (Mountain Range) – All Meals Included
All Meals Included
Day 10
Budget mountain hut in Rwenzori Mountains (Mountain Range) – All Meals Included
All Meals Included
Day 11
Budget hotel in Kasese (Town) – All Meals Included
All Meals Included
Day 12-13
Budget lodge just outside Bwindi Impenetrable NP (Gorillas) – All Meals Included
All Meals Included
Day 14
(No accommodation)
Meals at Own Expense
Tour step
You'll be collected from the airport. Accommodation before the tour starts can be arranged for an extra cost.
Day 1
You will be met by our guide at your hotel or Entebbe International Airport and transferred west of the Country to Kibale forest park, the best destination for chimpanzee tracking in Africa, enjoy a hot lunch in fort portal before proceeding to your booked accommodation in Kibale national park for an overnight stay. Budget lodge bordering Kibale NP (Chimps) without fences Lunch & dinner (Breakfast not included) Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 2
Have an early breakfast and drive to Kanyanchu visitors centre in Kibale forest national park to attending briefing by 8am to prepare for tracking the habituated Chimpanzees in their natural habitat. After briefing on the dos and don’ts during chimpanzee chimpanzee tracking, you will join other tourists in groups of 8 and will be led by an armed ranger guide to track the Chimpanzees. A long the way you will see velvet monkeys, white colobus monkeys, birds, old and giant forests and sometimes forest elephants until you find the chimpanzees. Chimpanzee tracking takes 2-6 hours depending on where you meet the Chimpanzees. You will be allowed an hour with the chimpanzees after spotting them before returning from the trek in the forest. Later after lunch, you will go for crater lakes hike to enjoy the beautiful views of three crater lakes at Top of the world, later, drive across Lake twin lakes of Nyina Mbuga on your way to the Rwenzori mountains national park late in the afternoon. Budget hotel located in Kasese (Town) All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 3
To begin your 9 days Rwenzori mountains trekking with 3 peaks summit you will be transferred to Mihunga park gate for the trip briefing and organizing your equipment your driver guide. The Central circuit trail begins by passing through farmland to the park boundary beyond which it follows a thick forest along the Mubuku River, crossing its Mahoma River tributary before starting a long, steep climb up onto a massive ridge to reach Nyabitaba hut. During this part of the trip you may hear chimpanzee and see black and white colobus, blue monkey and the brilliantly coloured Rwenzori turraco. Hike duration: 6 -7 hours. Elevation height: 1,036m. Budget mountain hut located in Rwenzori Mountains (Mountain Range) All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 4
From Nyabitaba follow the trail that drops down through the forest to the Kurt Shafer Bridge, just below the confluence of the Mubuku and Bujuku rivers. Passing through the bamboo forest, traverse through a long and exhausting stretch of slippery moss-covered rock. From the Nyamuleju rock shelter, Mount Stanley and Mount Speke can be seen before passing into the zone of the giant heather, lobelia and groundsel. Finally reach John Matte Hut after passing through the tiring bog, for dinner and overnight at the hut. Hike duration: 7 – 8 hours. Elevation height: 854m. Budget mountain hut located in Rwenzori Mountains (Mountain Range) All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 5
From John Matte Hut the trail drops down to cross the Bujuku River and enters Lower Bigo Bog, the home of giant lobelias. Jumping from tussock to tussock, the bog is finally crossed but rarely without the feet sampling some of the freezing ooze below. The upper Bigo bog gives way to Bujuku Lake, with views of Mt Baker to the South and Mt Stanley to the West. Bujuku Hut, well located in the shadow of Mount Baker and Mount Speke, is set in a narrow valley below Stuhlmann Pass. This camp is good for acclimatization for clients attempting the summits of peaks Mount Stanley and Mount Speke. Dinner and overnight at Bujuku hut. Hike duration: 4 – 5 hours. Elevation height: 457m. Budget mountain hut located in Rwenzori Mountains (Mountain Range) All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 6
Early in the morning start the hike through stullmans pass (4192m asl.) and spectacular views of Virunga National park of DR Congo to Victorio Emanuele peak. Ascend duration: 4 – 5 hours. Elevation height: 230m Prepare to descend back to Bujuku camp from Vittorio Emanuele with views of Bujuku valley and Lake Bujuku, Margherita and Albert peaks on Mount Stanley, and Mount Baker for an overnight at Bujuku Camp. Descend duration: 3 – 4hours. Budget mountain hut located in Rwenzori Mountains (Mountain Range) All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 7
Leaving Bujuku Camp, the trail takes you through more bog, while climbing the steep slopes west of the lake and through the magical and forest of Groundsel Gully. Turn to your right up to Elena Hut and Mount Stanley on a steep trail over large boulders, while the trail on your left leads to Scott-Elliot Pass and down to Kitandara Lakes the trail on the left leads those who are not climbing Margherita Peak to Kitandara Hut. Those climbing the peak will have their Dinner and overnight at the coolly and Icy Elena Hut. Hike duration: 5 – 6 hours. Elevation height: 579m. Budget mountain hut located in Rwenzori Mountains (Mountain Range) All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 8
Very early in the morning, you attempt climbing the highest peak, Margherita of Mount Stanley. To reach the summit of Margherita, the climb takes about 4-5 hours depending on the weather conditions and the pace of climbing and at an ascent elevation of 568m. This tough walk takes you over three glaciers, slippery rock, ice and very exposed areas which are open on many sides. Climbing on to the glaciers, cross the Stanley Plateau and proceed with the ascent. Acclimatized to fog, altitude sickness and coolly weather, scramble up to the summit of Margherita the highest peak in the Rwenzori Mountains. The Descend from Margherita peak back to Elena Hut takes about 2 – 3hours. After your lunch at Elena hut, descend to the Scott-Elliot pass (4372m asl.), where there are spectacular views of Lake Bujuku and Mount Speke. After, the trail passes you through an alpine zone of sparse vegetation and rough boulders, descend past the Kitandara Lakes for dinner and overnight at the Kitandara camp. Budget mountain hut located in Rwenzori Mountains (Mountain Range) All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 9
The ascend starts early morning from Kitandara Camp through Fresh Field pass (4215m asl.) with views of DR Congo up to Edward peak. Ascend Duration: 5 – 6 hours. Elevation height: 413m From Edward peak descend back to Fresh Field pass and then proceed descending back to the lower Lake Kitandara camp arriving late in the afternoon for an overnight. Descend duration: 4 – 5 hours. Budget mountain hut located in Rwenzori Mountains (Mountain Range) All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 10
From Kitandara, take on the trail that ascends steeply up the headwall, spreading out from the base of Mount Baker and continuing along the south side of the mountain to Fresh field Pass 4282m asl. At this point you can view into the Congo to the west and Mount Stanley to the north. From the pass, take on the long high alpine mossy. Thereafter start the descend through steep rocky trails and the rock shelter at Bujongolo, the base camp for the historic expedition by the Duke of Abruzzi in 1906 and then an overnight at Guy yeoman camp. Hike duration: 6 – 7 hours. Budget mountain hut located in Rwenzori Mountains (Mountain Range) All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 11
Below Guy Yeoman, the route descends the cliffs of Kichuchu. Beyond Kichuchu the muddy path crosses the Mubuku River twice through a bamboo forest before climbing downwards to Nyabitaba to complete the circuit. Descend back to Nyabitaba Camp and then Mihunga gate to be picked by your driver guide for an overnight in Kasese town. Descent duration: 7 – 8 hours. Budget hotel located in Kasese (Town) All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 12
Have an early morning breakfast and check out of your accommodation for a transfer to Bwindi forest for your gorilla trekking adventure in the misty hills of southern Uganda. Drive through Queen Elizabeth national park crossing the Kazinga channel to continue southwards arriving in the late afternoon. Budget lodge located just outside Bwindi Impenetrable NP (Gorillas) All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 13
You will have an early morning breakfast and thereafter be transferred by your driver guide to the park headquarters where park rangers will brief you about the regulations for gorilla trekking in Bwindi national park and also you will be divided into a group of 8 visitors. You will be led by a ranger to start trekking of these gentle giants. After you encounter these gentle giants, you are allowed to spend an hour with these magnificent mountain gorillas close up in their natural habitat. Principally hikers will love the trek in the beautiful ecosystem of the park. But overall, this will be a unique and unforgettable experience! After the gorilla trek, you will be given a certificate for succeeding a gorilla trek in Uganda/bwindi After an afternoon rest, you will go for a walk in the community to experience the life of the local community. Budget lodge located just outside Bwindi Impenetrable NP (Gorillas) All meals included Drinking water (Other drinks not included)
Day 14
After an early morning breakfast, you will then embark on your return journey from this amazing Bwindi gorilla trekking safari driving through Mbarara and on a lucky day you may have a chance to see zebras and impalas through Lake Mburo national park back Entebbe for an overnight or back home. Around Entebbe you can visit the Juacali centre for African crafts and souvenirs if you didn’t get yourself one in Bwindi and Kasese. Meals at own expense Drinks not included
Tour step
Additional accommodation can be arranged for an extra cost. You'll be dropped off at the airport.
Park fees (For non-residents)
Gorilla permits(One per person, non-resident)
All activities (Unless labeled as optional)
All accommodation (Unless listed as upgrade)
A professional driver/guide
All transportation (Unless labeled as optional)
All Taxes/VAT
Roundtrip airport transfer
Meals (As specified in the day-by-day section)
Drinks (As specified in the day-by-day section)
International flights (From/to home)
Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
Tips (Tipping guideline US$10.00 pp per day)
Personal items (Souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees, etc.)
Government imposed increase of taxes and/or park fees
Some meals (As specified in the day-by-day section)
Offered by
Bujuku Eco Tours and Travel Ltd is a Uganda Tour Operator that offers the best budget safaris and Luxury East Africa safaris i.e; Uganda, Rwanda safari packages & custom holiday packages with Chimpanzee and Gorilla trekking, Mountain climbing, Birding excursions, Game drives, Boat cruises, sightseeing & hotels activities, Wildlife safaris, visa processing, guiding and Airport transfers.
Office In
Uganda
Size
10-20 employees (Founded in 2018)
Tour Types
Customizable private tours and fixed group tours
Destinations
Congo (DRC), Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
Traveler feedback
Overall
5.0/5Communication
5.0/5Accuracy
5.0/5Value
5.0/5Safety clarity
5.0/5Cultural value
5.0/5Johnson was our guide and driver for our 12 days in Uganda. I had asked for specific activities for all our days. This was my 3rd time in Uganda. He helped plan every day, so it was full and exciting. Our days were planned to the maximum. I wanted to hike, explore the mountain trails, eat local fruits, visit my friends in Kasese and make a trip to the local hospital to visit a small child we support. Our 3 days of safari trips were wonderful. He even accommodated me when I asked if we could share our jeep with children we support. One morning on the way to Queen Elizabeth NP there was a man with his stranded motor bike standing on the side of the road. Johnson stopped and asked if he was OK. He told us it was not safe standing alone on the road near the QENP area. He offered to give the man enough gasoline to get him into town to the station. Many persons might not have stopped. I was very impressed with his willingness to help this person. He even offered to pay a bill for me because I did not have the correct amount. I cannot tell you how much I was impressed with this young man. I plan to see him for my next trip back to Uganda.
Bev Cavera · United States
Excelent team and professional guides. Friendly people. Well managed. Clear communication and correct deal. Fast, faultless and flexible organisation and arrangement. We did a trek in January 2024 in Rwenzori mountains, started from Kasanzi region through camps of Kasanzi, Bekambo, Lami, John Maata hut, Elena hut to Margherita peak, then back to John Maata hut through Irene lake hut and out of the park along the Central cirquit, Bujuku and Mubuku river with lunch in Nyabitaba hut. 7 days, 6 nights in the mountains. We had 2 guides, cooks, porters and 2 rangers. Vladi, Czechia.
Vladimir · Czech Republic
Had a fantastic time climbing Margherita Peak! Polite, Knowledgeable, well-organized team. Hope to be back!
Raphael · United Kingdom
Reliable, great communication, incredible people, so kind, everything was amazing and I can’t wait to come back!!!!
Katby · United States
Practical answers
Rates are per person and exclude the international flight from/to your home country.
This tour is offered in US dollars (USD).
This tour is unavailable for children.
If availability permits, this tour can start on any day.
The accommodations and destinations of this tour cannot be changed.
Little Monkey Camp - Budget lodge bordering Kibale NP (Chimps) without fences – Lunch & Dinner Included. Meals: Lunch & Dinner Included
This tour starts and ends in Entebbe
A transfer from and back to the airport is included
Operator policy
This tour is offered by Bujuku Eco Tours & Travel , not SafariBookings.
This operator reserves the right to change rates advertised on SafariBookings.
This group tour requires a minimum of 2 people to run.
The exact order, contents and rates of this tour are subject to availability.
If an accommodation is fully booked, the operator will suggest a comparable alternative.
Gorilla tracking permits are subject to availability.
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