The 5 Days Uganda Gorilla Tour & wildlife Safari is your wonderful trip. The trip will take you to Uganda’s beautiful and important national parks, where you will enjoy nature wildlife and culture. These include Queen Elizabeth National Park and Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. Here we focus on finding famous mountain gorillas, Tree climbing lions, Elephants, buffaloes, hippopotamus, crocodiles, Uganda kobs, warthogs, hyenas, leopard and several bird species.
Safari Highlights of 5 Days Uganda Gorilla tour & wildlife Safari.
- Mountain Gorilla tracking in Bwindi
- Game drive in Savannah safari
- Boat trip along the Kazinga channel
- Chimpanzee tracking in Kyambura gorge/ Kalinzu forest Reserve.
Day 1: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.
In the morning after your breakfast at, you will be picked from your Hotel by one of our experienced Tour driver /guide who will transfer you to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. You will have a stopover at the Uganda equator for Photography and stretching legs and continue to Mbarara town for Lunch break. You will then proceed to Bwindi Impenetrable forest National Park, arriving there early evening. On your arrival, you will relax at the lodge while preparing for your gorilla tracking the next day. Dinner and overnight at MHOGANY SPRINGS LODGE / BAKIGA LODGE/ BUHOMA HAVEN LODGE.
Day 2: Gorilla Trekking Safari Experience & Community walk in the afternoon
In the morning after your breakfast, you will report at the park office with packed lunch and drinking water ready for your gorilla trekking experience. Attend the briefing by the ranger guide about the DO’S and DON’TS of gorilla tracking. You will then enter the forest together with a park ranger guide and start your gorilla tracking adventure. Trekking may take 3-6 hours depending on the movement of the gorillas in their natural habitat. You will stay with the gorillas for a maximum of one hour once you encounter them. On return from Gorilla trekking you will go for Community walk to learn and experience local culture and meet the pygmies/ Batwa who were forest dwellers before they are evicted from forests for conservation purpose. Return to the lodge for Dinner and overnight stay at, MAHOGANY SPRINGS LODGE/ BUHOMA HAVEN LODGE / BAKIGA LODGE
Day 3 : Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park, Ishasha Game drive and afterwards transfer to North area, visit Lake Katwe Salt lake.
On this day after a relaxed breakfast, set off for to Queen Elizabeth National Park, Ishasha Game drive in Search for tree climbing lions which are famous for this area, clinging between branches of old fig trees as they rest meanwhile scanning surrounding for their prey. Depending on the day’s weather, you may be lucky to find them near or enter deep as you search for them. Afterwards, you will proceed to the northern sector of the Park with en route animal viewing and then continue to visit Lake Katwe salt mining area to learn about the salt mining and extraction experience. Later you will go to check in to your lodge for dinner and overnight stay at MWEYA SAFARI LODGE/ ENGANZI LODGE/ BUSH LODGE
Day 4: Early morning Game drive and Kazinga Channel Boat cruise in afternoon.
You will wake up for a cup of tea or coffee and thereafter meet your guide driver for an early morning game drive around the Kasenyi plains. In the afternoon, have lunch that will be followed by a tremendous Boat cruise along the Kazinga channel where you stand chances to see a lots of Hippos, yawning crocodiles, Elephants and Buffaloes coming to drink and several water birds like cormorants and Pied kingfisher, African skimmers, Cormorants herons, among the others may also be seen. You will then have an en route game drive as you return to your lodge for Dinner and overnight stay.at MWEYA SAFARI LODGE/ ENGANZI LODGE)/ BUSH LODGE
Day 5: Chimpanzee Tracking in Kyambura gorge/ Kalinzu forest & Transfer to Kampala
After your relaxed breakfast, your tour guide/driver will take you for Chimpanzee tracking in Kyambura gorge or Kalinzu forest where you will track and meet them in their natural habitat. Later you will set off to Kampala with en route lunch break, you may have stopover at the Equator for shopping and photography. Then proceed your journey to Kampala, arriving early evening. The tour guide driver will transfer you to your Hotel as you end your 5 days tour, OR will Drive you to Entebbe international airport for departure if on schedule.
End of 5 Day Uganda Gorilla Tour & Wildlife Safari.
The cost of the above itinerary will include the following.
- Airport transfers
- Transport in 4 WD Safari vehicle with fuel
- Gorilla trekking permit
- Service of an experienced English speaking tour guide / driver for the duration of the tour
- Full board accommodation for the duration of the tour
- Park entry fees
- Boat cruise
- Game drive safari
- Government taxes
- Bottled drinking water while on the tour
However the cost of 5 Days Uganda gorilla tour & wildlife Safari will exclude:
- Visa fees
- Domestic and international flights
- Personnel medical insurance
- All optional activities