Green Zones Safaris

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Arrival (See Getting There for more details)

Arrival (See Getting There for more details)

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

Day 1

Drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park (Option to Fly)

Drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park (Option to Fly)

After an early morning breakfast, you will set off to queen Elizabeth National. Along the way you will have lunch and a stopover at the Uganda equator for a photographic moment. The drive will take you through the lush green vegetation of the countryside and big tea plantations. Depending on the time of arrival you may have an evening game drive in the park.
Along the way you will have lunch and a stopover at the Uganda equator for a photographic moment.

Queen Elizabeth National Park is understandably Uganda’s most popular tourist destination. The park’s diverse ecosystems, which include sprawling savanna, shady, humid forests, sparkling lakes, and fertile wetlands, make it the ideal habitat for a classic big game, ten primate species including chimpanzees, and over 600 species of bird.

Note: You can opt to fly to instead of driving.( However the fee for flying option is not included in the original safari price).

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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ZebraNone
Accommodation:
Mweya Safari Lodge
  • Luxury lodge located inside Queen Elizabeth NP
Meals & Drinks:
  • Lunch & dinner (Breakfast not included)
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 2

Chimpanzee trekking & Afternoon Boat ride

Chimpanzee trekking & Afternoon Boat ride

After Breakfast, head out to Kyambura gorge for chimpanzee trekking in the Kyambura gorge. Kyambura gorge is an underground tropical forest which is an extension of Queen Elizabeth conservation area. The gorge is 100 meters deep. This dense tropical forest is a home to many birds and primate species. Return to the lodge in time for lunch.

In the afternoon take a boat cruise on the Kazinga Channel. Kazinga Channel is a 32-Kilometer-long natural channel that connect two Rift valley lakes of George and Edward. The channel attracts variety of animals and birds.

Enjoy another late afternoon game drive on your way back to the lodge. Most of Queen Elizabeth comprises open grassland and savannah which tends to be moist and woody in the west than the eastern part, Thorny Acacia dominates this savannah habitant with the high concentration of candelabra shrub a cactus that grows along the kazinga channel and on the kasenyi plains.

Main Destination:
Kyambura Gorge (Chimps)
Accommodation:
Mweya Safari Lodge
  • Luxury lodge located inside Queen Elizabeth NP
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 3

Ishasha sector & Transfer to Bwindi

Ishasha sector & Transfer to Bwindi

After breakfast, you will drive heading to the southern part of the park heading to the Ishasha sector. Ishasha is famous for tree climbing Lions. The endless Ishasha plains, whose fig trees hide lions ready to pounce on herds of unsuspecting Uganda kob.

After Lunch you will embark on a drive heading to Bwindi impenetrable Forest National Park home of mountain Gorillas. Arrive at your lodge in the evening and have a relaxed evening. Bwindi Impenetrable National Park lies in southwestern Uganda on the edge of the Rift Valley. Its mist-covered hillsides are blanketed by one of Uganda’s oldest and most biologically diverse rain forests, which dates back over 25,000 years and contains almost 400 species of plants. More famously, this “impenetrable forest” also protects an estimated 459 mountain gorillas – roughly half of the world’s population.

Main Destination:
Ishasha Sector (Queen Elizabeth NP)
Accommodation:
Engagi Lodge
  • Mid-range lodge bordering Bwindi NP (Gorillas) without fences
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 4

Gorilla Trekking

Gorilla Trekking

In the morning after having breakfast, Head to the park headquarters for briefing about the park and about the gorilla tracking activity. Then you will embark on the most memorable journey in your life. The time for trekking can be as little as two hours or long as seven hours. Once you locate the gorilla family you will be allowed a maximum of one hour observing them.

This biologically diverse region also provides shelter to a further 120 mammals, including several primate species such as baboons and chimpanzees, as well as elephants and antelopes. There are around 350 species of birds hosted in this forest, including 23 Albertine Rift endemics.

Bwindi is a home to atleast 200 butterfly species including the eight albertine rift endemics. Also a home to many reptiles.

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

Accommodation:
Engagi Lodge
  • Mid-range lodge bordering Bwindi NP (Gorillas) without fences
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 5

Transfer to Lake Mburo National Park

Transfer to Lake Mburo National Park

In the morning after breakfast, you will drive heading to lake Mburo National park. It is the smallest of Uganda’s savannah national parks and underlain by ancient Precambrian metamorphic rocks which date back more than 500 million years. It’s a home to 350 bird species as well as zebras, impalas, elands, buffalos, oribi, Defassa waterbuck, leopard, hippo, hyena, topi and reedbuck. Enjoy an afternoon game drive before retiring to your lodge for dinner & Overnight.

Main Destination:
Lake Mburo National Park
Best Time To Visit June to August and December to February
High Season June to September (Peak time for Uganda)
Best Weather June, July and January to February (Little rainfall)

Wildlife in Lake Mburo NP

BuffaloCommon
ZebraCommon
HippoCommon
GiraffeOccasional
LeopardOccasional
HyenaOccasional
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LionRare
Accommodation:
Rwakobo Rock Lodge
  • Mid-range lodge located just outside Lake Mburo NP
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Day 6

Transfer to Entebbe /International Airport

Transfer to Entebbe /International Airport

After breakfast at your lodge, you will head out for a morning game drive. Afterwards you will embark on your journey heading to Entebbe, either to Airport or hotel. The drive will take you through a beautiful scenery of the western countryside of Uganda via lush green hills. You will have lunch along the way with a stopover at the Uganda Equator for souvenir shopping and a photo moment as you say goodbye to Uganda.

Main Destination:
Equator Point Uganda (Highlight)
Accommodation:
No accommodation (End of tour)
Meals & Drinks:
  • Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included)
  • Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

End of tour (See Getting There for more details)

End of tour (See Getting There for more details)

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

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  • This tour is offered by Green Zones Safaris , not SafariBookings.
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  • If you request changes to this tour, the advertised rates will likely change.
  • The exact order, contents and rates of this tour are subject to availability.
  • If an accommodation is fully booked, the operator will suggest a comparable alternative.
  • Gorilla tracking permits are subject to availability.
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