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4 Days Bwindi gorillas and Queen Elizabeth Wildlife safari
Itinerary highlights
Day 1: Pick up from hotel - Transfer to Bwindi forest N,park
Day 2: Gorilla Tracking experince & Evening community walk.
Day 3: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth N.P
Day 4: Game drive and Boat cruise
Day 5: Transfer back to Kampala
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This epic journey will take you to two of Uganda’s most renowned national parks: Bwindi Impenetrable Forest and Queen Elizabeth National Park. Enjoy an unforgettable afternoon boat cruise along the Kazinga Channel, marvel at the spectacular sunset over Lake Edward, and experience thrilling gorilla trekking and game drives.
Day 1: Transfer to Bwindi Forest National Park
After morning breakfast, you will be picked up from your hotel by our guide and begin on the journey to Bwindi Impenetrable national park (a home of mountain gorillas) which is found in the south western part of Uganda. En-route stopover at the Equator for an informative talk with experiments and also have an opportunity to stand in 2 hemispheres(southern and northern) at the same time as well as take some photography,also buy some souvenirs from craft shops.Continue to Mbarara were you will stop for lunch and then proceed through rural countryside of Uganda. Keep an eye out on the rolling hills and the beautiful scenery where you can see the triangular peaks of the Virunga volcanoes of Rwanda and the Congo and terraced farming to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park home of the mountain gorilla..Dinner and overnight.
Accomodation(Options): Silver back lodge/Mahogany springs lodge/Gorilla forest camp/Buhoma community rest camp
Meal Plan: Lunch and Dinner
Day 2: Gorilla tracking and Batwa community walk
Have an early morning breakfast and head to the park headquarters for briefing by the ranger guides before embarking on your gorilla trek. The safari guides will then take you to track the endangered world giants’ mountain gorillas pushing your way through the undergrowth and parting thick creepers. Gorilla trekking can take 1 to 8 hours depending on the movement of the gorillas. After meeting the gorillas, you can sit around these great apes for 1 hour gazing into their big round eyes. On a gorilla safari, a reasonable degree of fitness is required as well as a sturdy pair of walking shoes. After tracking the gorillas, you will have your packed lunch, Later return back to the lodge and in the evening you may choose to relax at the lodge or visit the Batwa (pygmies)community which will expose you to their culture basing on how they live, dance, and also hearing stories concerning their culture which will leave you amazed. Have dinner and overnight.
Accomodation(Options): Silver back lodge/Mahogany springs lodge/Gorilla forest camp/Buhoma community rest camp
Meal Plan: Breakfast,Lunch and DInner
Day 3:Transfer to Queen Elizabeth N.P
After an early breakfast, depart to Queen Elizabeth National Park. Queen Elizabeth is Uganda’s most popular game reserve known to boast the highest bio-diversity ratings of any game park in the worlds.The park’s diverse ecosystems, which include sprawling savanna, shady, humid forests, sparkling lakes and fertile wetlands, make it the ideal habitat for classic big game, ten primate species including chimpanzees and over 600 species of birds. We shall go through the Ishasha sector famous for its tree climbing lions were on alucky day you will see them clinging on old fig trees.Dinner and an overnight
Accomodation(options): Mweya Safari Lodge/Parkview safari lodge/bush lodge/Ihamba safari lodge and others.
Meal Plan: Breakfast,Lunch and DInner
Day 4 Game drive and Boat cruise
Have an early morning breakfast then go for a morning game drive within the park along the Queen’s Mile and the Kasenyi trail.on this drive,anticipate to see wildlife including buffalos, elephants, Lions,hyenas ,giant forest hog, uganda Kobs, hyenas, waterbucks as well as bird species like the hooded vulture, palm nut vulture, Rupell’s griffon vulture, lappet faced vulture, brown snake eagle, African white backed vulture,grey kestrel, long created eagle, crowned plover, Wahlberg’s eagle, African crake and many others.After lunch you will go to enjoy a unique two hours boat cruise on the Kazinga Channel. This will reward you with a great opportunity to spot out the hippos,nile crocodiles, buffaloes, elephants and many other animals as they graze, others taking water close to the shores as well as a number of bird species will also be seen along including the rare shoe bill, african skimmer, yellow billed stork, kingfishers and others. Dinner and overnight.
Accomodation(options): Mweya Safari Lodge/Parkview safari lodge/bush lodge/Ihamba safari lodge and others.
Meal Plan: Breakfast,Lunch and DInner
Day 5: Transfer back to Kampala
In the morning after your breakfast transfer back to Kampala with stopovers for photography and lunch reaching late in the afternoon. You will be transferred to your hotel for dinner and overnight or to the airport for your scheduled flight back home.
Meal Plan: Breakfast and Lunch
End of safaris
- Park fees
- Gorilla permits (One per person)
- All activities (Unless labeled as optional)
- All accommodation (Unless listed as upgrade)
- A professional driver/guide
- All transportation (Unless labeled as optional)
- All Taxes/VAT
- Roundtrip airport transfer
- Meals(As specified in the day-by-day section)
- Drinks (As specified in the day-by-day section)
- International flights (From/to home)
- Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
- Tips and gratitude
- Personal items (Souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees, etc.)
- Government imposed increase of taxes and/or park fees
- Some meals(As specified in the itinerary)