5 Day Gorillas and Game Safari

Tour Summary

This 5 Days Gorillas and Game Safari will take you to Queen Elizabeth National Park for game drives and a boat cruise on the Kazinga channel, that connect Lake George and lake Edward in Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda. This Channel has the highest concentration of Hippos in the whole world, with over 700 species of birds. On a ‘good’ day, a cruise along the Kazinga Channel can expose you to more wildlife than you can find on any given game drive. You will then visit the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park where you will have a chance to trek one of the habituated families of mountain gorillas. This 5 Days Gorillas and Game Safari starts and ends in Entebbe

Arrival

You’ll be picked up from the airport (or hotel)

Accommodation before the tour departs can be arranged for extra cost

Day 1: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

After Breakfast, you will drive to Lake Bunyonyi located on the Eastern side of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park. Your guide will make stopovers at the Equator crossing in Kayabwe for photography, a brief talk and some experiments before you proceed to Mbarara town for lunch. En route, you will drive past banana plantations, farms and the beautiful hills of Kigezi, arriving at Rushaga Gorilla Havens Lodge or Trekkers Tervan Lodge in Bwindi in the evening for overnight stay.

Main Destination: Bwindi Impenetrable National Forest

Accommodation: Rushaga Gorilla Havens Lodge or Trekkers Tervan Lodge

Meals: Lunch & Dinner (Breakfast Not Included)

Drinks: Drinking Water

Day 2: Gorilla trekking in Bwindi National Park

After an early morning breakfast, with your packed lunch, your guide will drive you to Ruhija Park Headquarters for registration and briefing at about 7:45 am. Your guides will lead you through the thick creepers and undergrowth as you trek to find the Gorillas. This trek can take you half an hour to three quarters of the day. The steeply forested landscape is incredibly dense but crisscrossed by numerous animal trails allowing access to tourists. The amount of time you take during the trek largely depends on the movement of the gorillas. But it is an extraordinary feeling being with these beautiful yet endangered Creatures.

Main DestinationBwindi Impenetrable National Forest

Accommodation: Rushaga Gorilla Havens Lodge or Trekkers Tervan Lodge

Meals: All Meals Included

Drinks: Drinking Water

Day 3: Drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park

After breakfast, you will depart for Queen Elizabeth National Park located in Western Uganda arriving in time for Lunch at Elephant Hab or Pumba Safari Cottages. After, lunch, you will have a moment to relax before you proceed for an evening game drive in the Savannah plains of Kasenyi. At the Kasenyi plains, you will sport herds of buffaloes, elephants, antelopes and some big cuts such as lions and leopards can be spotted based on sheer luck. Return to your lodge for overnight.

Main Destination: Queen Elizabeth National Park

AccommodationElephant Hab or Pumba Safari Cottages

Meals: All Meals Included

Drinks: Drinking Water

Day 4: Morning Game drive and afternoon boat cruise on Kazinga Channel

This morning you will head back to the Plains of Kasenyi for yet another a morning Game drive to try and find what you could have missed during the previous Game drive. Lunch will be served at the lodge. After lunch, will head to the jetty along Kazinga channel for the afternoon boat cruise. This cruise offers you chances of viewing animals like: hippos, elephants, buffaloes, crocodiles and many species of water birds.

Main DestinationQueen Elizabeth National Park

Accommodation: Elephant Hab or Pumba Safari Cottages

MealsAll Meals Included

Drinks: Drinking Water

Day 5: Transfer to Kampala/Entebbe or Airport

After morning breakfast, you will drive back to Kampala\ Entebbe International Airport for your next flight out.

Main Destination: Entebbe

Accommodation: End of Tour, No accommodation

Meals: Breakfast & Lunch

Drinks: Mineral Water

End of Tour

Additional accommodation can be arranged at an extra cost

You’ll be dropped off at the airport (or hotel)

Day 1: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

Day 2: Gorilla trekking in Bwindi National Park

Day 3: Drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park

Day 4: Morning Game drive and afternoon boat cruise on Kazinga Channel

Day 5: Transfer to Kampala/Entebbe or Airport

Cost Includes
  • 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
  • Meals (As specified in the day-by-day section)
  • Drinking water (On all days)
Cost Excludes
  • International flights (From/to home)
  • Round-trip airport transfer
  • 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)

Accommodation is Inclusive

Safari is guided by the new normal Post lockdown SOPs

Small Group Safari: Max 6 People per group

Tour Can Depart any day

Tour can be customized

Solo travelers can join this tour

Age Limit: 15 years and above

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