5 Day Uganda Gorilla safari and wildlife adventure overview
This 5 Day Uganda Gorilla safari and wildlife adventure will take you to Queen Elizabeth National Park for game drives and a boat cruise on Kazinga channel which has the highest concentration of hippos in the whole world, over 600 species of birds can be spotted an on a good day, this boat cruise can expose you to more wildlife than you can find on any given game drive. Enquire Now
It then takes you to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park where you will have a chance to trek one of the habituated mountain gorilla families and take back memories. This 5 Days Gorillas and wildlife Safari starts and ends in Entebbe International Airport. Good accommodation, professional guides and customized safari vehicles for the safari will make this a lifetime experience.
Highlights
– You’ll go to Uganda.
- This tour starts and ends in Entebbe (Uganda)
- You’ll visit Bwindi Impenetrable National Park & Queen Elizabeth National Park
Activities: gorilla trekking and wildlife adventure
Getting around: 4×4 tourist vehicle
A transfer from and back to the airport (or hotel) is included
Additional accommodation before the tour departs and on the last day can be arranged for extra cost
Things to Consider
Accommodation is Inclusive
Small Group Safari: Max 6 People per group
Tour Can Depart any day
Tour can be customized
Private tour arrangement
Age Limit: 15 years and above
Full Itinerary
DAY 1: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
After Breakfast, you will start the drive to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. Your guide will make stopovers at the Equator for photograph and lunch in Mbarara town or Kabale. You will then drive past banana plantations, Farms and beautiful hills of Kigezi .
Main Destination: Bwindi Impenetrable National Forest
Accommodation: Gorilla mist lodge
Meals: Lunch & Dinner (Breakfast Not Included)
Drinks: Drinking Water
DAY 2: Gorilla trekking in Bwindi National Park
After your early morning breakfast, your guide will drive you to Park headquarters for briefing and joining others for gorilla trekking. You will start your trek which can take from 30 minutes to 7 hours depending on the location of mountain gorillas on that particular day. Once you have found them, you will be around one hour of observation and photography before returning back to the park headquarters for certificate and overnight at Gorilla mist lodge.
Main Destination: Bwindi Impenetrable National Forest
Accommodation: Gorilla mist lodge
Meals: Full Board (Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner)
Drinks: Drinking Water
DAY 3: Transfer 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 the Lodge. This will be followed by a short relaxation and an evening game drive in the savannah plains of Kasenyi where wild animals like buffaloes, elephants, antelopes and big cuts such as lions and leopards can be spotted depending on your luck. Return to your lodge for overnight.
Main Destination: Queen Elizabeth National Park
Accommodation: Buffalo safari lodge
Meals: Full board
DAY 4: Morning Game drive and afternoon boat cruise on Kazinga Channel
This morning you will head to back to the plains of Kasenyi for a morning game drive to try to find what could have missed the previous day. Lunch will be served at the lodge and after you will head to the jetty along Kazinga channel for the afternoon boat cruise. This cruise offers you chances of viewing animals like: hippos, water birds, elephants, buffaloes, crocodiles and many other wildlife which flock the channel for drinking water.
Main Destination: Queen Elizabeth National Park
Accommodation: Buffalo safari lodge
Meals: Full Board (Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner)
Drinks: Drinking Water
DAY 5: Drive back to Kampala/Entebbe or Airport
After morning breakfast, Mond safaris driver/guide will take you back to Kampala Entebbe International Airport via the Equator for photography and then to the 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 for extra cost
You’ll be dropped off at the airport (or hotel).