5-Day Jinja and Gorilla Safari

• You'll be collected from the airport.
• Accommodation before the tour starts can be arranged for an extra cost.

Transfer from Entebbe to Jinja and Tubing

After an early morning breakfast, meet with your experienced guide in Uganda for a briefing about your 5 days safari. After, board your 4x4 safari vehicle and be transferred to Jinja the adventurous city in the eastern part for your adventurous activities. The journey takes about 2 hours driving through the central Mabira tropical rain forest encountering tea and sugar cane plantations along the way.
On arrival check into your hotel have lunch and later in the afternoon go tubing on the river Nile as you make your way through a natural flowing lazy river on a tube while enjoying beverages of your choice and the beautiful atmosphere of the River Nile.

Main Destination:

Jinja (Town)

Accommodation:

Jinja Nile Resort

• Mid-range hotel located in Jinja (Town)

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Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

White water rafting and transfer back to Kampala

After a hefty breakfast, drive to Kalagala falls for your full-day rafting experience which is based on the level rafting you wish to do on the mighty river Nile for a full or half-day experience and later transfer back to your hotel and check out from your hotel and transfer to Kampala.

Main Destination:

Jinja (Town)

Accommodation:

Forest Cottages

• Budget hotel located in Kampala (City)

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Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Transfer to Bwindi impenetrable National park

Begin your day three with an early breakfast and then drive to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda. A leisurely lunch served to you at Igongo Cultural Centre after a photography experience at the Equator crossing. Drive straight afterward to check into the lodge you booked around Bwindi National Park for relaxation and a night's stay.

Main Destination:

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas)

Best Time To Visit June to August and December to February (Gorilla trekking is easiest)

High Season June to September (Gorilla permits are scarce)

Best Weather June to July and December to February (Less rainfall)

Wildlife in Bwindi Impenetrable NP

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GiraffeNone

LeopardNone

CheetahNone

BuffaloNone

ZebraNone

WildebeestNone

HippoNone

Accommodation:

Rushaga Gorilla Lodge

• Mid-range lodge located just outside Rushaga (Bwindi Impenetrable NP)

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Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Gorilla trekking and Batwa visit

An early morning breakfast, after, report to Bwindi headquarters at Buhoma sector to the North. You will be orientated about gorilla trekking regulations, assigned a gorilla family and the actual trek begins at 8:00 am. Trek through the dense rainforest, and search for mountain gorillas with butterflies, other mammals, and birds while on the way.

Today’s experience will last 2-6 hours and after you have met a gorilla group, the park official will let you spend 1 hour with gorillas while maintaining a distance of about 10m. Retreat after observing mountain gorillas in the misty forest of Bwindi have lunch. Later, go learn, interact with the Batwa pygmies who are said to have spent 500,000 years, and explore different cultures, traditions, and lifestyles.

Main Destination:

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas)

Accommodation:

Rushaga Gorilla Lodge

• Mid-range lodge located just outside Rushaga (Bwindi Impenetrable NP)

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Depart Bwindi to Entebbe

Check out of the lodge you slept in for the past 2 nights that is after breakfast and then drive back to Entebbe via Mbarara, Masaka. This will mark the end of 3 days gorilla safari in Bwindi National Park in Southwestern Uganda.

Main Destination:

Kampala (City)

Accommodation:

No accommodation (End of tour)

Meals & Drinks:

• Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included)
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

• Additional accommodation can be arranged for an extra cost.
• You'll be dropped off at the airport.