Highlights
- Double Uganda Gorilla trekking tours in Bwindi
- Spot the Big 5 & Big Cats
- Visit Lake Bunyonyi
- Visit Queen Elizabeth NP
- Boat cruise on Kazinga Channel
- Search for Tree-climbing lions
- Unlimited game drives
- Visit Lake Mburo National Park
Detailed Itinerary
Day 1: Transfer from Entebbe to Queen Elizabeth National Park – 18th December
Your guide will pick you up from your hotel to transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park. Queen Elizabeth is the most popular park in Uganda as it offers diverse ecosystems, classic big game, 10 primate species and over 600 bird species .You will have a lunch break at Igongo Cultural Centre and later proceed to the park.
On arrival you will head for an evening game drive before checking-in at your accommodation for the night.
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Lodge: Meya Safari Lodge
Day 2: Morning game drive, boat trip on Kazinga Channel & transfer to Bwindi forest – 19th December
Very early breakfast and early morning game drive through the park. Possible encounters include lions, buffaloes, kobs, Elephants, giraffes, hyenas, warthogs and others followed by a boat trip on Kazinga Channel.
Proceed towards Ishasha River, south of the park, a popular sight with tree climbing lions. Reach Bwindi forest by evening and check into your choice of accommodation for dinner and overnight.
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Lodge: Engagi Lodge
Day 3: Gorilla Tracking in Bwindi Forest – 20th December
After an early breakfast depart to the starting point for briefing about your gorilla trekking adventure after which you will be led by experienced gorilla trackers on the slopes of the volcanoes. You will start from the site where the gorillas were encountered the day before and from here the Uganda gorilla trekking tours begins. Although the hike can be physically demanding, the anticipation of the exciting experience ahead is amazing, and the beauty of the gorilla forest and its inhabitants are fascinating. It is a humbling experience to stand just meters from man’s distant cousins as they eat rest, play and bond with their young ones.
Follow the mountain gorillas in the impenetrable forest, and discover their natural habitual and the many species they share it with. You are allowed an hour with the gorillas before sloping down back to your lodge.
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Lodge: Engagi Lodge
Day 4: Gorilla trekking from a New Perspective & Transfer to Lake Bunyonyi – 21st December
After an early breakfast we head to the ranger station, where we will be assigned our tracking group. The lead ranger will give you a briefing about the family you will be visiting this day before we head out to make our encounter.
This second day of tracking provides you with a special opportunity to visit gorillas again. Often during the first experience participants are nervous about being around these large (but gentile) animals. Focused on trying to get a great picture to share on Facebook, the experience goes by far to quickly. The second tracking is often much more memorable as it is easier to put down the camera and simply enjoy.
Again, after tracking through the forest we will eventually encounter the family where we will have up to one hour in close contact. You now have the special opportunity to observe the animals, without the stress or pressure that you may have felt the previous day. After our time is up, we will then make our way back to the ranger station.
Later transfer to Lake Bunyonyi for relaxation.
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Lodge: Lake Bunyonyi Rock Resort
Day 5: Transfer from Lake Bunyonyi to Lake Mburo National Park – 22nd December
After breakfast transfer to Lake Mburo, the ‘Zebra magnet’. Leave Lake Bunyonyi and continue driving through the hilly areas. Arrive in the park and have lunch at the lodge before heading for an afternoon game drive for view of Zebras, Topis, Warthogs, cape buffaloes and impalas.
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Lodge: Rwakobo Rock
Day 6: Lake Mburo National Park to Entebbe – 23rd December
After morning breakfast, park your bags and you will be driven back to Entebbe for your flight back home with a stopover at the Equator where you will have an opportunity to stand in 2 hemispheres at the same time and take some photos, then another stops over at the Mpigi Royal Drum Makers where you will be able to watch the ceremonial drums being crafted using traditional methods passed down through the generations.
Meal plan: Breakfast & Lunch
Included:
- Two Gorilla permits per person
- All activities (unless labeled as optional)
- A professional driver/guide
- All transportation (unless labeled as optional)
- All Taxes/VAT
- Roundtrip airport transfer
- Meals (as specified in the day-by-day section)
- Bottled water throughout the trip
Excluded:
- International flights (from/to home)
- Drinks
- Visa fees
- Covid-19 test
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