5 Days Gorilla Trekking & Wildlife Tour In Uganda;

Overview

The 5 days’ gorillas & wildlife tour in Uganda combines savanna
and forest wildlife encounters. It starts with wildlife/game viewing
in Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda’s 2nd biggest park with a
land area coverage of 1978sq.km. Bwindi Impenetrable National
Park will be your iconic destination to enjoy a guided mountain
gorilla trekking experience.

At Queen Elizabeth NP, you will enjoy the most of a game drive
along Kasenyi Plains, a rich area with buffaloes, elephants, antelope
families, lions, warthogs, leopards, and birds. Combine big game
encounter with aquatic life sightings along Kazinga Channel while
on a boat cruise.

Bwindi lies in far Southwestern Uganda and this is where over 459

endangered mountain gorillas reside. It is 331sq.km tropical forest-
dominated protected area, established in 1991, and shelters 120

mammal species. Bwindi gorilla trekking adventures are conducted

in the 4 regions -Buhoma, Rushaga, Nkuringo, and Ruhija where
the park’s 20 habituated families of mountain gorillas live.

Travel Plan

• 01

  Day 1: Pick & start your trip to Queen Elizabeth National Park

  At your comfortable accommodation, breakfast will be provided to
  you. After breakfast, meet your team leader/company
  representative for a briefing about this incredible trip in Uganda
  and you will set off to your first destination that is Queen Elizabeth
  National Park.
  You will spend about 6-7 hours driving and a stopover at the
  Equator crossing then proceed to Queen Elizabeth N/Park located
  in Western Uganda. Late lunch will be enjoyed at the lodge that is if
  you don’t have en route lunch. Relax at your luxurious lodge, enjoy
  the view of the park and keep an eye on some of the wildlife species
  that roam around.

• 02

  Day 2 : Game drive, launch cruise- Queen Elizabeth Park

  After breakfast, expect to set off for an early morning game drive
  along the Kasenyi Plains/sector. This activity takes 2-3 hours, but
  guarantees you plenty of wildlife encounters including buffaloes,
  elephants, antelopes, lions, birds, leopards, and more, then drive
  back to enjoy a relaxed lunch.
  In the afternoon, proceed to Kazinga channel to enjoy a
  boat/launch cruise taking 2-3 hours. Expected wildlife encounters
  on the Kazinga channel launch trip include hippos, crocodiles,
  birds, plus elephants, buffaloes, and a lot more.

• 03

  Day 3: Ishasha game drive en route to Bwindi National Park

  Enjoy an early morning breakfast, after, transfer to the Ishasha
  sector where you will have a chance to encounter the tree climbing
  lions, plus other wildlife. A picnic lunch will be enjoyed or have it at
  Savanna Resort Hotel en route to Bwindi. In East Africa, tree
  climbing lions live in only Uganda in the Ishasha sector of Queen
  Elizabeth NP and Tanzania in Lake Manyara N. Park. A relaxed
  dinner and comfortable overnight stay will be at a classic lodge in
  Bwindi NP.

• 04

  Day 4: Tracking Gorillas + Batwa cultural tour

  Wake up early, enjoy a delicious breakfast, and after, proceed to a
  briefing area to meet the park official. Bwindi NP has 4 gorilla
  trekking regions (Buhoma, Nkuringo, Ruhija and Rushaga), and
  strictly one gorilla family will be assigned to you. A single gorilla
  group is visited by a maximum of 8 guests per day and a trek can
  last for 2-6 hours. Bottled drinking water and energy-giving snacks
  shouldn’t be left out on the actual gorilla trek because this is an
  unpredictable adventure.
  One hour will be spared for you to stay with mountain gorillas and
  this is meant for you to take pictures, learn more about their
  behaviors, and so much more. Retreat after your encounter with
  these large apes, relax and end the day in a special way with a
  cultural tour in the Batwa pygmies’ community.

• 05

  Day 5: Get back to Kampala/Entebbe city

  Early in the morning, a delicious breakfast will be served to you,
  and later, you will check out of the lodge. Return to
  Kampala/Entebbe with en route lunch expected to be had at a hotel
  in Mbarara then proceed to Mpambire Drum Makers or drive
  straight to a hotel in Kampala/Entebbe city and today marks the
  end of the 5 days gorillas & wildlife tour in Uganda.
  END OF THE TRIP.