5-Day Gorilla Trekking, Wildlife Safari and Lake Mburo

Kampala, Uganda
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Duration5 days
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LanguagesEnglish
Private tourOnly your group will participate
Pickup offeredSee the meeting and pickup details below

Overview

You will visit Queen Elizabeth National park and enjoy a game drive through the park. You will also enjoy a boat ride on Kazinga channel that adjoins Lake George and Lake Edward. You will visit Bwindi National park the home to mountain gorillas and will track mountain gorillas. On your way back, you will pass via lake mburo which is famous for the zebras and you will enjoy the game drive in this park.

What's included

  • 4 nights accommodation
  • Accommodation as per itinerary
  • Licensed Tour Guide
  • Alcoholic drinks (available to purchase)

What to expect

Day 1: Hotel Pick up and transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park
  1. Entebbe
    7h
    Our staff will meet you at the airport and start your drive to the hotel to Queen Elizabeth National Park and wait to set very early in the morning for the Queen Elizabeth National Park game safari drive. In this park you will see lots of Elephants, Buffaloes, Hippos, kobs, and many others. The journey involves a lot of stopovers along the way for scenic viewing and photography. Spend sometime at the equator, Mpambire craft makers and Bushenyi farm lands for sightseeing. We’ll then head on through the wetlands and tea plantations of western Uganda and down on to the plains of the Queen Elizabeth conservation area, arriving at our lodge in the late afternoon. We may have time for an evening game drive, in search of hyena, leopard elephant and of course, those lions up a tree, or you may just feel like watching the sunset from the tranquility of your lodge bar.
Day 2: Game Drive and Transfer to Bwindi National Park
  1. Queen Elizabeth National Park
    8h
    After an early breakfast. we’ll go for a game drive in the Queen Elizabeth National Park for the famous elephants, the hippos sand bathing, the buffaloes, leopard and bushbucks. After lunchtime, You will go for the boat cruise on kazinga channel, along this channel, you will a lot of elephants, buffaloes and hippos swimming, beautiful birds. After lunch at the lodge, we’ll take the winding road travelling through the lakes, forests and mountains of western Uganda. We reach our destination overlooking the Ruhija sector of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in the late afternoon. Check in to your Hotel for Dinner and overnight Stay.
Day 3: Tree Climbing Lions and Transfer to Bwindi for Gorilla Trekking.
  1. 8h
    Early morning, you checkout your hotel and after breakfast, we shall transfer to Bwindi for gorilla trekking through the Ishasha Sector of the park, While enjoying the wilderness, we’ll be on the lookout for the famed tree climbing lions and healthy population of hyena as well as elephant, hippos and many antelopes. After lunch at the lodge we’ll take the winding road travelling through the lakes, forests and mountains of western Uganda. We reach our destination overlooking the Ruhija sector of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in the late afternoon. Check in to your Hotel for Dinner and overnight Stay
Day 4: Gorilla Trekking Day
  1. Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
    8h
    Early Morning, have breakfast then head to the park offices. After a briefing from your ranger you head on foot to find your gorilla group. The walk can be anything from 30 mins to 4 hours but is usually in the 1-2 hour range. The going can be tough, the terrain steep, vegetation lush and the weather wet but when you finally come across the magnificent beasts it will all be worthwhile! You will spend one hour with them, observing their day to day activities at close quarters, following them through the forest. The time will fly but the memories will stay with you forever.
    After travel back to the Hotel for relaxation and get revived. Take advantage of the beautiful scenery and also take as much photos as you can.
Day 5: Transfer back to Kampala, stop over at Lake Mburo
  1. Lake Mburo National Park
    8h · Admission ticket included
    Early morning, you will check out of your hotel and we start the journey back to Kampala, this is full of beautiful sceneries like hills and farmlands in the southwestern Uganda.
    You will reach in Lake mburo National Park in the afternoon, we shall stop here for about 3hours, we shall look for the zebras as they are famous in this park.
    After we shall continue to Kampala at your hotel. We shall reach Entebbe in the evening and be dropped off.

Meeting and pickup

Meeting point

We can always arrange a pick up from a place where you plan to be at the start of the tour

End point

We can always arrange a pick up from a place where you plan to be at the start of the tour

Pickup details

Usually our guide will stand outside at the arrivals holding a sign or name of the company or your name so you don't get lost.

Additional information

  • Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
  • Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Cancellation policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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