Uganda

Grade 5 whitewater at the actual source of the Nile, mountain gorilla trekking through genuinely impenetrable forest, and a mist-drenched range so consistently wet it earned the nickname the Mountains of the Moon.

3 Wildlife & Hunting lines

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Wildlife Expedition · Kibale National Park

Chimpanzee trekking, Kibale Forest

ADVANCEDRisk: MODERATEUSD Habituation permit US$3…

One of the highest densities of primates anywhere on Earth, with a well-habituated chimpanzee community tracked on foot through dense forest — full-day "chimp habituation" permits let visitors follow a group from dawn nesting to dusk rather than the standard one-hour visit.

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Wildlife Expedition · Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

Gorilla trekking, Bwindi Impenetrable Forest

ADVANCEDRisk: MODERATEUSD Permit + guide US$800 (…

Trekking off-trail through dense, near-vertical montane rainforest to spend a strictly time-limited hour with a habituated mountain gorilla family — one of only a few hundred mountain gorillas left in family groups accustomed to human presence, tracked entirely on foot with no guaranteed sighting time.

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Wildlife Expedition · Ishasha sector, Queen Elizabeth National Park

Tree-climbing lion safari, Queen Elizabeth NP

ADVANCEDRisk: MODERATEUSD Half-day game drive US$…

One of only a couple of lion populations on Earth known to regularly climb and rest in trees, a behaviour with no fully agreed explanation — game drives here specifically scan fig tree canopies rather than the ground, a genuinely different safari rhythm.

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