Arrival
Arrival
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
- Accommodation:
- Mweya Safari Lodge
Wildlife in Queen Elizabeth NP
- Meals & Drinks:
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
- Meals & Drinks:
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
- Meals & Drinks:
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)
- Accommodation:
- Engagi Lodge
Wildlife in Bwindi Impenetrable NP
- Meals & Drinks:
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
- Accommodation:
- Rwakobo Rock Lodge
Wildlife in Lake Mburo NP
- Meals & Drinks:
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:
