5-Day Bwindi Gorillas & Queen Elizabeth Wildlife

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

Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest

You will be picked up from the hotel after breakfast by your driver and transferred to southwestern Uganda. It is a scenic drive of about 7 to 8 hours with stops for refreshments. It’s a long, great journey with memorable sightings of the rolling terraced gardens and hills with undulating terrain. The journey also includes stopovers at the equator in Kayabwe to take photographs, do experiments, and buy a few hand-crafted souvenirs. You will have lunch in Mbarara before proceeding to Bwindi, arriving in the evening.

Main Destination:

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas)

Best Time To Visit June to August and December to February

High Season June to September (Gorilla permits are scarce)

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

Wildlife in Bwindi NP

GorillaCommon

ChimpanzeeRare

ElephantRare

White RhinoNone

Black RhinoNone

LionNone

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GiraffeNone

LeopardNone

CheetahNone

BuffaloNone

ZebraNone

WildebeestNone

HippoNone

Accommodation:

Bakiga Lodge

• Budget lodge located just outside Bwindi NP (Gorillas)

Meals & Drinks:

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

Mountain gorilla trekking - Bwindi

Wake up early to prepare for the day starting with an early breakfast. You will then drive to the park headquarters for a briefing with your packed lunch and enough drinking water. Remember to also take your permits and passport. After a briefing about the history of Bwindi, and the dos and don’ts, you will be grouped into 8 individuals per gorilla family. Your ranger guide will lead you into the forest in search of the gorillas. The trekking is a guided activity that can take about 2- 8 hours to see the gorillas. It all depends on how far the gorillas forage.

You are only allowed to spend 1 hour with the gorillas. You can take photographs and observe their natural traits, feeding, mating, playing around, and taking a rest. After the encounter with the gorillas, you will trek back to the starting point and drive back to the lodge. Later in the evening, you may visit the Batwa community for some cultural entertainment through traditional dances.

Main Destination:

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas)

Accommodation:

Bakiga Lodge

• Budget lodge located just outside Bwindi NP (Gorillas)

Meals & Drinks:

• Breakfast & dinner (Lunch not included)
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park

In the morning, you will have breakfast and check out of the lodge. Head to Queen Elizabeth National Park through the Ishasha sector, known for the tree-climbing lions. You will have a game drive with a chance to spot the king of the jungle resting up in a fig tree. Other animals you can see include elephant, bushbuck, defassa waterbuck, antelope, and eland among others. Proceed to the lodge and have lunch.

Later, head to the Kazinga Channel at 4 pm for a boat ride. You have a chance to see hippos and crocodiles at a close range, birds, and elephants and buffalos at the bank of the lake. Return to the lodge with an evening game drive with a chance to see nocturnal animals.

Main Destination:

Queen Elizabeth National Park

Best Time To Visit January to February and June to July (Dry seasons)

High Season June to September (Peak time for Uganda)

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

Wildlife in Queen Elizabeth NP

ChimpanzeeOccasional

ElephantCommon

LionCommon

BuffaloCommon

HippoAbundant

LeopardOccasional

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GiraffeNone

White RhinoNone

Black RhinoNone

CheetahNone

ZebraNone

WildebeestNone

Wild DogNone

Accommodation:

Twin Lakes Safari Lodge

• Mid-range lodge located just outside Queen Elizabeth NP

Meals & Drinks:

• Breakfast & dinner (Lunch not included)
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Morning game drive & afternoon chimpanzee tracking

Wake up early for a morning game drive at 6 am along the Kasenyi track in the northeastern sector of Queen Elizabeth National Park. This sector is an open savannah known as a habitat for big cats such as lions and leopards which are usually spotted here. Besides that, you will also be able to spot kobs, warthogs, hyenas, herds of buffalos, elephants, and many more. You will also enjoy the view of the crater lakes. Return to the lodge for a late breakfast.

Later, have lunch and prepare for the afternoon chimp tracking in the Kyambura Gorge with several other primates. Among them, you will see black and white colobus monkeys, red-tailed monkeys, vervet monkeys, and olive baboons. Spot various bird species including the African finfoot, blue-headed bee-eater, martial eagle, bar-tailed godwit, black-rumped buttonquail, African skimmer, lesser and greater flamingoes, and Chapin’s flycatcher.

Main Destination:

Kyambura Gorge (Chimps)

Accommodation:

Twin Lakes Safari Lodge

• Mid-range lodge located just outside Queen Elizabeth NP

Meals & Drinks:

• Breakfast & dinner (Lunch not included)
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Return to Kampala

After your breakfast, go for a 2-hour crater lake drive in the park which will give you a clear view of the lakes. Enjoy the scenic crater drive of Katwe of about 27km from Kabatoro Gate and the Queen's Pavilion. Later, you will exit the park and drive back to Kampala for drop-off at the airport for your departure (if on schedule).

Main Destination:

Entebbe International Airport (Entebbe)

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.