When Can I Book Uganda Safaris For the Peak Season

Booking your Uganda safaris in advance of the peak season atleast 6 months to a year upfront is the best decision. The peak Uganda tourism season is June, July, August, September, December and January. Demand for most amenities that support mountain gorilla trekking is overwhelmingly high and as the season draws closer, options of safari amenities narrow. ENQUIRE NOW

 Last minute Uganda safari booking normally come with rushing and chances of optional amenities to book like accommodation, professional and experienced driver guides are limited to.

Some Uganda safaris like gorilla trekking or habituation experience or chimpanzee trekking or habituation experience require you to reserve permits upfront. The gorilla or chimpanzee permits have limited supply for conservation purposes. Maximum 8 gorilla trekking permits and maximum 4 gorilla habituation experience permits are released per day. Maximum 6 chimpanzee trekking permits per troop are open to public booking and maximum 4 chimpanzee trekking permits are open to public booking.

Uganda is a country endowed by nature with populated game parks, stunning views, great and friendly people, numerous highlands and so much more. You must make a selection of what you want to do during your Uganda safari. Some of the activities you can book on Uganda safaris include gorilla trekking, chimpanzee trekking, game drives, white water rafting, visit the source of River Nile, birding, launch trips so many others.

Selecting the destination where to go for your Uganda safaris is very important like Bwindi Impenetrable national Park, Kibale National Park, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Lake Bunyonyi, mountaineering and so many more.

At Arch Safaris and tours, our tours consultants are always ready to help you tailor the best itinerary that can soot your interests, time on safari and budget. You need to send us an Enquiry and our safari team is always on call to give you the best reply and advise on Uganda safaris and beyond.

How Can I plan For a Uganda Safaris For the Peak Season?

Select where to go for your Uganda safari

As pointed out prior, Uganda has a number of destinations where you can spend your Africa holiday. You can visit Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and Mgahinga National park for gorilla trekking, Kibale National Park for chimpanzee trekking and habituation experience, Rwenzori National Park for mountaineering adventure, Kidepo National Park, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Murchison Falls National Park and Lake Mburo National Park for superb Uganda game safaris.

In case you are specific with what you want to see, you can point it out so that our consultant can help you with details of where you have high chances of spotting or doing that.

Purchase primate safari permits up front

Booking a primates permit is a must If you hope to do gorilla trekking or habituation experience or chimpanzee trekking or habituation experience or golden monkeys trekking and habituation experience. The gorilla, chimpanzee or golden monkey permits are sold and regulated by only Uganda wildlife Authority and each day there is a cap to the number of those who can do these adventures.

During the peak season, gorilla, chimpanzee and golden monkey trekking permits sell out in advance and to be on a safe side, you need to secure your permit as early as you can.

Some tourists secure there gorilla, chimpanzee or golden monkey trekking permits as early as 6 month to a year in advance. Last minute primate safari permits are taxing to get in Uganda especially in the peak season.

Reserve Accommodation To Use At The Uganda Safari Destinations

A good night sleep on safari holiday will accompany great memories of your experience on Uganda safari. Within the different safari destinations of Uganda are a variety of accommodations ranging from luxury, midrange to budget facilities.

During the peak Uganda safari season, these facilities are normally fully booked so you must secure your room upfront.

For those on gorilla safari adventure to Bwindi Impenetrable National park, you need to secure your accommodation within or closer to where your permit is booked. This is to prevent you from having to drive in the dark in order to catch up with briefing before gorilla trekking or gorilla habituation experience.

Even in the game parks, you need to start the game drive through the tracks early when the wild animals are emerging just from there night hideouts. This gives you chance to see a variety of wild animals before they disperse to there feeding spots.

At Arch Safaris And tours, our safari consultants have great experience with the different accommodations within these different Uganda safari destinations and can offer trusted information about the reality serves they offer.

Which Is The Best Uganda Safari Destination To Book On Holiday in the Peak Season?

Uganda is a country endowed by nature but you can select which activity you can be part of while on Uganda safari. Some of the Uganda safari activities you can book include:

Gorilla trekking in Uganda

The foremost Uganda safari activity is gorilla trekking but this is limited to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and Mgahinga National Park only. You must secure a gorilla permit from Uganda Wildlife Authority but advance booking is required in the peak season.

At the moment, Uganda has 152 gorilla trekking permits open to public booking per day. In the peak season, you need to secure the gorilla permits upfront to avoid last minute disappointment. Bwindi impenetrable national Park permits are booked according to area that is Buhoma, Ruhija, Rushaga and Nkuringo area. You must take note of the area where your gorilla permit is booked for Bwindi so that you do not appear for briefing at the wrong spot.

 Currently the cost of Uganda gorilla trekking permits is $700 for foreign nonresidents, $600 for foreign residents and 250000shs for East African residents. Only one hour is allowed with the mountain gorillas during gorilla trekking

Gorilla Habituation Experience

During gorilla habituation experience in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, tourists escort a team of researcher and trackers to find a semi-habituated gorilla family and stay with them for four hours. During the gorilla habituation adventure, the mountain gorillas still possess there natural traits so you may witness some odd behaviors like hooting hysterically, going into hiding and so much more.

Uganda currently has two gorilla families open for gorilla habituation experience and these are in the southern part of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. Maximum 4 people are allowed to do gorilla habituation experience per family that means 8 gorilla permits are open for this activity.

The cost of gorilla permits for habituation experience is $1500 per person per trek for foreign nonresidents, $1000 for foreign residents and 750000shs for East African residents.

Chimpanzee safaris in Uganda

You can do chimpanzee trekking safari in Uganda from a variety of destinations that is Kibale National Park, Kyambura gorge in Queen Elizabeth National Park, Kaniyo Pabidi forest in Murchison falls National park, Kalinzu forest at the outskirts of Queen Elizabeth National Park and others.

Chimpanzee trekking is an adventure where tourists follow a fully habituated gorilla family in the wilderness and stay with them for just one hour. The time is limited to just one hour of viewership for conservation reasons and the longer people stay with the chimpanzees they may trample the foliage on which chimpanzees feed.

Each day two chimpanzee trekking sessions happen that is early morning and afternoon but maximum 6 tourists ae allowed to visit each chimpanzee troop per session.

Chimpanzee habituation experience is also conducted in Uganda where tourists have extra time with the chimpanzees that is four hours.  During chimpanzee habituation experience, tourists escort a team of trackers in the wilderness and they follow a semi-habituated chimpanzee community. Maximum four tourists are allowed to escort these tourists.

For all Uganda chimpanzee trekking adventures, you must purchase a chimpanzee permits from Uganda wildlife Authority. At Arch Safaris And tours, we can assist secure a chimpanzee permits for you and plan with you other necessary safari arrangements.

 Game safaris in Uganda

While on Uganda safari, you cannot miss out the game drives in the various National Parks in the country. The existence of the various animals in these parks is owed to a variety of habitats where they call home like the grasslands, forests, swamps, water, shrubs and so much more.

Some of the Uganda game parks include Murchison Falls National Park, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Kidepo valley National park and Lake Mburo National Park.

A few of the animals you may spot during Uganda safari include: lions, herds of elephants, herds of buffaloes, waterbucks, bushbucks, leopards, zebras, elands, impalas, giraffes to mention but a few.

Although all these animal are not found in all the game parks, there some specific to particular national park.

White Water Rafting In Uganda

The River Nile has several interesting spots like Itanda where you can do white water rafting. You do not have prior experience in white water rafting but just have interest and be ready to peddle the tides. On ground are professional instructors that can take you through the necessary steps to enjoy this thrilling water adventure.

During white water rafting, you sail though different levels of tides and each level the currency of the water changes. You can stop where you most feel comfortable.

During this white water rafting, you sail on a tube boat and peddle through the River Nile waters.

Launch Trips In Uganda Safari

While on Uganda safari, you can get on a launch trip but the most famous is the Murchison falls and Queen Elizabeth National Park launch.

On the Murchison falls National Park launch, you sail on river Nile to the point where this longest rover in the world squeezes through a 6 meters wide bend. Along the way, you get to enjoy riverine animals like hippos, crocodiles and so many others. Along the Nile banks, you can spot several animals that move down to quench thirst like lions, elephants, waterbucks, bushbucks, giraffes that move to the banks to quench thirst.

A plethora of water birds love feeding from the banks of River Nile. As you draw closer to the falls, you suddenly hear roaring sounds of water as it squeezes through the narrow gorge to cascade down the 43 meters high cliff. When Murchison fall finally comes into view, you may shiver as you sweat at a glance. The falls sparkle on a clear day and a rainbow can easily form right before your eyes.

To get right to the actual point where the River Nile picks its momentum before squeezing through the narrow gorge, you need to hike to the top of the falls. As this is not for the faint hearted, from here you get a clearer view of river Nile rumbling over a bed of rocks and push though this gorge. This River Nile draw is started in about 80 kilometers. The Murchison falls was named by Sir Samuel Baker as the most interesting point of the entire Nile course and indeed this cannot be doubted.

Launch trip on Kazinga Channel on Queen Elizabeth National Park

One of the relaxing and interesting activities in queen Elizabeth National park is a launch trip on Kazinga channel. The channel acts as a link between Lake George and Lake Edward. Its water is a habitat to several crocodiles and hippos. When you look over at the banks, you may spot a variety of animals that move down to quench thirst while other take a bath.

You cannot miss-out on the plethora of birds that grace there shoreline of this channel including foreign migrants. Since the channel is at the floor of the rift valley, there is a lot to spot that you may not see while on land. Even the beautiful Rwenzori ranges stand up and on a clear day you may see the snowcapped top.

Golden Monkey Trekking In Uganda

Within Mgahinga National Park, primatologists have an opportunity to spend some time with the golden monkeys. These charming monkeys have a larger body compared to normal monkeys. They have golden brown hairs. In the entire world, about 2000 to 4000 golden monkey surviving at the moment.

You must have a golden monkey trekking permit or golden monkey habituation permit to have chance with these charming monkeys. Although they are habituated, they still posses there natural traits.

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