5 Days Gorilla and Game Safari

This is the best safari for you to experience mountain gorillas and game drives in Uganda. Uganda safari to Bwindi impenetrable national park and Queen Elizabeth national park is amazing This 5 days safari takes you through the best of gorilla trekking in Uganda and game safari where you will encounter the big 5 Africa.

Itinerary

Day 1:

Drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park

Our guide/driver picks you at 7:00 am from your hotel. Drive to Mbarara (268km from Kampala) via Masaka. You will Make the stopover at the Equator crossing for photography. Lunch break is made at Igongo Cultural Hotel Mbarara. After lunch, proceed to Queen Elizabeth National Park. Queen Elizabeth N.P is located in south western Uganda and it’s the second largest park in the country and located at the base of majestic Rwenzori mountains, next to lake Edward and lake George which are joined by the Kazinga Channel. This park has 5000 hippos, 2500 Elephants and over 10,000 Buffaloes thriving in its grassland. You will do afternoon game drive looking for tree climbing lions in Ishasha sector of the park. (Approximately 7-8 hours’ drive).

Meals and overnight at Buffalo Safari lodge (FB)

Day 2:

Game Drive and Boat trip in Queen Elizabeth N.P

After Breakfast you do dawn morning game drive. The morning is the best time for game drive as the African Animal kingdom tends to be most active during the golden hours of first sunlight touching the Savanah. You will see Elephants, Buffaloes, Lions, Waterbuck, Leopards, Uganda Kobs, warthog, Birds and primates. After lunch, enjoy a boat cruise along the Kazinga Channel which connects Lakes Edward and George, here you will see large numbers of hippos more than you can possibly imagine as well as a variety of other animals which come to waterhole to drink or bathe. You can expect to see buffaloes, crocodiles, bathing Elephants and a range of beautiful birds.

Meals and overnight at Buffalo Safari lodge (FB)

Day 3:

Transfer to Bwindi impenetrable Forest National Park.

You will do chimpanzee trekking in the morning in Kyambura Gorge then transfer to Bwindi in the afternoon via the landscape of tea plantations, probably East Africa’s most spectacular scenery, and the highland rain forests which reach to the volcanoes in which live the mountain gorillas. This is the lushest highland rain forest on earth, filled with primates and exotic birds. (Approximately 5-6 hours’ drive).

Meals and overnight at Rushaga Gorilla Havens lodge (FB)

Day 4:

Transfer to Bwindi impenetrable Forest National Park.

Begin the day with breakfast ready for trekking, which begins at 7:30 a.m. with a briefing. Ensure to carry along with you a rain jacket, drinking water, snacks, jungle boots, etc. The guides will lead you inside the jungle to see the shy Primates for a group you have been booked for. Do not forget to take your lunch boxes and all the necessary gear to track the rare Mountain Gorilla, perhaps one of the most exciting wildlife experiences on earth. The tracking may take between 2 to 10 hours depending on the gorilla family nearby but it’s well worth the effort. You will do cultural experience in the afternoon after gorilla trekking.

Meals and overnight at Rushaga Gorilla Havens lodge (FB)

Day 5:

Return to Kampala

Return to Kampala in the morning, lunch break is made at Agip Motel Mbarara with stop over at Equator Uganda crossing and Mpambire drum makers for a brief photo opportunity and to shop souvenirs then a transfer to Entebbe for evening flight home. . (Approximately 8-9 hours’ drive).

(Meal plan: Breakfast and Lunch)

Includes

• Gorilla permit of $800 per person per trek.
• Cultural experience.
• Full board accommodation.
• Transportation in 4x4 Safari Vehicle.
• English Speaking guide.
• Park entrance fee.
• All activities mentioned above.

Excludes

• Covid tests, Visa and Airfares, any optional activities not mentioned above plus all expenses of personal nature such as tips to waiters, Alcoholic drinks among others.