5 Days Uganda Gorillas And Wildlife Safari

Tour overview

The 5 days Uganda primates and wildlife safari will start and end in Kigali. This trip will take you to Bwindi impenetrable national park and while there, you will have fun meeting the mountain gorillas that share 99% DNA with the humans. During the gorilla trek, you will have a great time meeting the gentle giants. The safari will continue to Queen Elizabeth national park which is famous for the tree climbing lions and the Kazinga channel boat cruise.

Detailed itinerary

Day 1: Arrival and transfer to Bwindi NP

Upon arrival, you will be met and greeted by our professional English-speaking driver guide. He will briefly take you through the trip plan and then transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. Bwindi is a big habitat for mountain gorillas in Uganda (harbouring an estimated 400 mountain gorillas – roughly half of the world’s population) including several habituated groups, which you will trek. With a strenuous day ahead, you will do less on arrival but just check in your accommodation, relax as you prepare for the Bwindi gorilla trekking experience the following day.
Accommodation: Ichumbi gorilla lodge (Midrange)/ Gorilla hills eco lodge (Budget)

Day 2: Gorilla Trekking and Batwa Talks Experience

Encountering the rare and endangered Mountain Gorillas of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is an experience of a lifetime. Half of the world’s population of gorillas’ lives under the mist-covered canopies of Uganda’s oldest and most biologically diverse rainforest. In the company of an experienced park ranger, you will be tracking the whereabouts of one of the nine habituated family groups who live in the park.  Your tracking experience will be an exciting, yet challenging, journey along forested (often muddy and slippery) slopes, tangled vines, thick vegetation and bamboo forests before you reach the territory of these gentle giants.
En-route, your ranger will point out telltale signs of previous gorilla activity like dung, nests and chewed bamboo shoots. Depending on the location of the gorillas on any given day the walk can take anything from 2 to 7 hours. Once the family of gorillas has been located, settle in to your surroundings and enjoy the hour you have to quietly observe these fascinating primates whose habits and mannerisms remind us so much of our own.
Encountering the mountain gorillas in the wild is a truly humbling and emotional experience, one that you are sure to remember for the rest of your life.
Accommodation: Ichumbi gorilla lodge (Midrange)/ Gorilla hills eco lodge (Budget)

Day 3: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth national park with evening game drive

After breakfast, you will checkout of the lodge and drive to Queen Elizabeth national park. This national park is famous for a variety of wildlife and chimpanzee species. This famous conservation area is bordered by Lake Edward in the south west an in the north east, it’s bordered by Lake George. This park was named after queen Elizabeth the second and it has a variety of animal species including the impalas, kobs, forest hogs, elephants, buffaloes, tree climbing lions, and the cape buffaloes. This national park is also filled with many volcanic calderas which harbor many flamingos on several seasons.
Upon arrival at queen Elizabeth, you will have lunch and then do the evening game drive where you will see various animals like elephants, elands, antelopes, buffaloes, lions among others. A game drive gives you the chance to view different land scapes and ecosystems in Uganda
Accommodation: Aardvark safari lodge (Midrange)/ Bush lodge (Budget)

Queen Elizabeth national park - Uganda

Queen Elizabeth national park – Uganda

Day 4: Morning game drive & afternoon boat cruise

After breakfast, you will enjoy a game drive where you will see various animals like elephants, elands, antelopes, buffaloes, lions among others. A game drive gives you the chance to view different land scapes and ecosystems in Uganda. The park is the oldest and most visited in Uganda. The game drive will take place on the Kasenyi plains which are in the north east section of the park and west of Lake George. There are a large number of various animals like elephants, elands, antelopes, buffaloes, lions, baboons and the odd leopard if you are lucky. After the game drive, you return to the lodge for lunch and relaxation.
After lunch, you will set out for an afternoon set out for boat cruise on Kazinga channel where you will see various of animals like crocodiles, hippos, water bucks, buffaloes as well as birds like the storks, king fishers among others.
Accommodation: Aardvark safari lodge (Midrange)/ Bush lodge (Budget)

Day 5: Kigali city tour and transfer to the airport

After breakfast, you will checkout of the lodge for the transfer back to Kigali international airport for your flight back home.

Inclusions

  • Transport
  • All transfers
  • Accommodation
  • Full board meals
  • 1 gorilla permit per person
  • English speaking driver guide
  • All entrance fees
  • 1 chimpanzee permit per person

Excludes

  • All items that are not mentioned above
  • Tips and gratuities
  • Visa fees
  • Alcoholic drinks
  • Air tickets