5 Days Uganda Gorillas and Game Safari

DAY 01:  Pick up from Kampala/Entebbe and Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park.

On this day you will meet your driver-guide for your 5 Days Uganda Gorillas and Game Safari will pick you from your hotel in Kampala/Entebbe or from Entebbe Airport and start the drive to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park, this drive is long but worth it you will enjoy amazing sceneries and meet up with the local communities along the way. You will have a stop at the Equator for photographs, lunch en-route and other optional multiple stops depending on your request and time.

Drive time: 8-9 hours drive

Lodging: Rushaga Gorilla Havens Lodge/Buhoma Community Rest Camp

DAY 02: Gorilla tracking Experience.

After breakfast at the lodge, you will drive to the park headquarters for briefing from the Uganda wildlife Authority ranger guides who will allocate you a gorilla family group you will trek that day. Once you have your group confirmed 8 people, the 2 ranger guides will lead you into the thick impenetrable forest to start your search for the endangered rare species of Mountain Gorillas. The gorilla search always continues from the place where they were last seen the previous day. Upon reaching the area where these famous species are, you will only be allowed to interact with them for only one hour and you should always keep maximum silence while with these Gorillas. You are allowed to take photographs and so on.

Gorilla tracking can sometimes be strenuous depending on the trek that day which is normally determined by weather and the movement of the gorillas in the forest but given the fact it is very well organized activity you have 99% chances of seeing the gorillas on your trek. The trek is guided by advanced trackers who monitor the gorilla movements all day in the forest with this they will know where they nested for the last night and that’s where you start from looking for them. The 2 ranger guides will lead you all through the trek clearing trails, creating new trails and sharing with you information about the mountain gorillas and Bwindi forest. After the trek you will retrieve back to the starting point to pick your certificates as a sign of successful tracking of mountain gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park.

Drive time: 8-9 hours drive

Lodging: Rushaga Gorilla Havens Lodge/Buhoma Community Rest Camp

DAY 03: Drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park

After breakfast you will drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park arriving in the afternoon at the park, you will have an en-route and stops along the way for sightseeing. On arrival at the hotel you will be warmly welcomed and check-in for relaxing, later you will go for an evening game drive to search for late grazers and after return to the Lodge for overnight.
Queen Elizabeth National Park is the most popular and diverse conservation area with a variety of habitats ranging from grassland, acacia woodland, forests, wetlands and open water this sustains a wide range of mammals with the major ones the Big 4 animals and a remarkable tally of bird life boosting to over 604 bird species.

Drive time: 4-5 hours drive

Lodging: Elephant Hab Lodge/Pumba Safari Lodge

DAY 04: Morning Game Drive and Afternoon Boat Cruise on Kazinga Channel.

After your breakfast, you will drive to Kasenyi plains for a morning game drive to search for early bird wildlife. Some of the animals you will see include are elephants, large herds of buffalos, leopards, lions, bushbucks, kobs, antelopes, bushbucks and more.
The morning game drive will take you approximately 2-3 hours and then after you will drive to Mweya peninsula for hot lunch, relax and go for an afternoon boat cruise safari on Kazinga Channel, this boat ride is something worth it and considered as a highlight of your safari in Queen Elizabeth National Park, you will have a chance to see various wildlife as they enjoy the shores of the channel, hippos enjoying the swim and various bird species. After the cruise return to the lodge for relaxation, dinner and overnight stay.

Lodging: Elephant Hab Lodge/Pumba Safari Lodge

DAY 05: Morning Drive/Visit Katwe Salt Lakes and drive back to Kampala/Entebbe to end your trip

Morning Drive/Visit Katwe Salt Lakes and drive back to Have a morning game drive through the Mweya Peninsula with all your belongings in the Car. After the 3 hour game drive, you continue with the Journey back to Kampala/Entebbe. If not game drive, you can visit Katwe Salt Lakes.
End of the 5 Days Uganda Gorillas and Game Safari