10 Days Uganda Gorillas and Wildlife Safari Tour

10 Days Uganda Gorilla & Wildlife Safari; Day 1: Arrival at Entebbe international airport, Day 2: Rhino Tracking at Ziwa & transfer to Murchison Falls, Day 3: Morning game drive and afternoon boat cruise, Day 4: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park, Day 5: Morning game drive & boat cruise along Kazinga channel, Day 6: Transfer to Bwindi National Park with a game drive in Ishasha,  Day 7: Gorilla Trekking and Batwa Talks Experience, Day 8: Transfer to Lake Bunyonyi

Day 1: Arrival at Entebbe international airport

Welcome to Uganda! Upon arrival at Entebbe international airport, you will be met and greeted by our friendly and Professional driver/ guide. He will brief you and take you through your trip plan then transfer you to your hotel in Entebbe for relaxation and dinner.

Accommodation: 2 Friends’ guest house
Meal plan: Dinner

Day 2: Rhino Tracking at Ziwa & transfer to Murchison Falls

Enjoy your breakfast at the hotel, you will drive to Murchison falls through Luwero town, and have a stopover at Zziwa Rhino sanctuary in order to enjoy these black and white Rhinos. This sanctuary was established mainly to protect these rhinos from danger and poachers.

Have a stop in Masindi at any hotel for your lunch and after continuing to Murchison falls national park and hike to the top of the falls which will give you beautiful views of these waterfalls. You will gaze at the Nile River which is the longest river in the world, it’s forced through a small gap that is just 7m wide and it flows 43 meters down making it look very beautiful to the viewers.

Accommodation: Pakuba safari lodge
Meal plan: Full board

Day 3: Morning game drive and afternoon boat cruise

Enjoy your breakfast at your hotel, after proceeding to search for the wildlife species on a game drive. You will get a chance to view many species including; giraffes, lions, elephants, buffaloes, birds, and many more. The guide will take you back to the lodge to have your lunch at the lodge as you prepare to enjoy a boat cruise on the Nile River. This boat will allow you to get close to the water animals which include over 4000 hippos as well as the Nile crocodiles. The Nile has got much stunning bird life which is also enjoyed while taking your boat trip; these include; the bee-eaters, colored kingfishers, shoebill storks, grey throated, and yellow-billed birds.

Accommodation: Pakuba safari lodge
Meal plan: Full board

Day 4: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park

Early in the morning have breakfast, and you will transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park. This national park is famous for the variety of wildlife species and primate species. This famous conservation area is bordered by Lake Edward in the southwest and in the northeast, it’s bordered by Lake George. This park was named after Queen Elizabeth the second and it has a variety of wildlife species including; impalas, kobs, forest hogs, elephants, buffaloes, tree-climbing lions, and the cape buffaloes.

Upon your arrival at the park, check-in and prepare for relaxation, dinner, and overnight stay.

Accommodation: Enganzi lodge
Meal plan: Full board

Day 5: Morning game drive & boat cruise along Kazinga channel

Start the day with an early game drive that exposes us to diverse animals, Big 5 members Elephants, Buffalos, big cats- Lions, Leopards more times in the evening, warthogs- Hunchback carnivals like Hyenas are spotted along the Circuits as we drive along the and many more species that are residents to this park. There is rich bird life especially our version of storks in the wetland spots as we reach the Flamingoes in the salt lakes at Kasenyi. After lunch, we get ready for the Classic highlights on the 2hrs Boat cruise on the famous Kazinga channel, a 36 km channel linking Lake George – Lake Edward. Here you see land and water Adapted Hippopotamuses Yawning, the National Geographical society killing machine the Nile crocodile gaping along the Banks and the Savannah version of Pigs the Warthog- Pumba are a hallmark sign in this Animal home. With your Binoculars along the peninsula, you have a magnificent view of Birds, and animals like the ever-playing African Elephants in the Waters.

Accommodation: Enganzi lodge

Meal plan: Full board

Day 6: Transfer to Bwindi National Park with a game drive in Ishasha

Have breakfast then set off for Bwindi Impenetrable National Park through the Ishasha sector of Queen Elizabeth National Park – famously known for its resident tree-climbing lions. The chance of spotting these lions is about 70% though sometimes they are hard to spot (most especially when they are down in the grassland looking for prey). Hoping you get the chance to spot them, the sight will be spectacular!

Continue to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. Bwindi is a big habitat for mountain gorillas in Uganda (harboring 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, and relax as you prepare for the Bwindi gorilla trekking experience the following day.

Accommodation: Ichumbi gorilla lodge

Meal plan: Full board

Day 7: 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 into 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 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

Meal plan: Full board

Day 8: Transfer to Lake Bunyonyi

After a tasty breakfast, you will check out of the lodge with help of your guide and drive to Kabale through the beautiful terraced verdant hills. This place is known as the “Switzerland of Africa”.

You check in at your hotel for lunch as you enjoy the breathtaking views of Lake Bunyonyi.

Accommodation: Bunyonyi overland resort

Meal plan: Full board

Day 9: Boat ride to the numerous islands

After a tasty breakfast at your lodge, you will take a boat ride on Lake Bunyonyi to the numerous islands to sightsee as well as view the various bird species. After the boat ride, you will return to the lodge for lunch and in the afternoon, you can choose to take part in the hotel in-house games.

Accommodation: Bunyonyi overland resort

 Meal plan: Full board

Day 10: Transfer back to Entebbe International Airport

After a tasty breakfast at your lodge, you will check out of the lodge with the help of your guide the lodge and then transfer back to Entebbe for your flight back home. We truly hope that you had a wonderful stay in Uganda and Uganda will always be close to our hearts!

Meal plan: Breakfast

Inclusions:

• Accommodation
• Meals as specified above
• Transportation
• 2 gorilla permits
• Park entrance fees
• English-speaking driver guide
• Boat cruises as specified above
• Game drives as mentioned above
• All transfers
• All the activities mentioned in the itinerary

Exclusions:

• Items that are not mentioned in the itinerary
• Tips and gratuities
• Alcoholic drinks