6 day Gorilla Trekking and Wildlife Safari

DAY 2 – Game drive And Boat Cruise In Queen Elizabeth National Park

Rise up early to get ready for a game drive on the tracks of Queen Elizabeth National Park. Taking the Kasenyi track is rewarding with chances of spotting lions preying on the Uganda Kobs that are regular vistors to this savannah grassland area of the park.

Drive through the Crater Lakes area with over 27 both wet and dry craters including the nasty Lake Nyamunuka with a putrid odour.

Continue with the game drive where you may have the chance to spot animals like water bucks, warthogs, elands, lions, leopards, elephants, the list is endless. Keek birders have chance of identifying some of the 605 bird species like Egyptian geese, king fisher, skimmers and more that flock Queen Elizabeth National Park

Later head to the pier for a boat cruise on Kazinga channel the prime game viewing spot of Queen Elizabeth National Park. Chances spotting herds of elephants, cape buffaloes, lions, leopards, hippos, crocodiles, waterbucks, bushbucks and others are more open. The banks of Kazinga channel are regularly flocked by birds including foreign migrants. Take photographs and return while to the lodge

DAY 3 – Transfer to Bwindi Forest National Park

After breakfast, you transfer to Bwindi forest National Park the home of the few leftover mountain gorillas in the world.

As you get to your park exist, enjoy a game drive and if passing via Ishasha sector in the south, you may get that chance to spot tree climbing lions, topis and other. A tour of the Edward flats may be an opportunity to cape buffaloes and more.

The route via Ishasha sectors is at time antagonised by weather changes that at times damaging the bridge. There is an alternative route our of Queen Elizabeth National Park to Bwindi keep updated with the information from the park.

Distance to cover from Queen elizabeth National Park to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is about 64 kilometres for 4 hours to 5 hours but finally when you get there, get ready for the gorilla tracking event the following day.

Ensure you pack all the relevant gorilla trekking gears in a waterproof back pack so that you do not miss out on anything during the trek to see the gorillas.

DAY 4 – Gorilla Trekking In Uganda

As you rise up for breakfast, ensure you have packed your gorilla trekking gears like the cameras, a hat or cap, rain proof gear and others. Do not forget your packed lunch because the time taken while searching for the mountain gorillas is not definite. Head to the ranger station for a talk by the Uganda wildlife Authority ranger guide.

Report to the ranger station of the area where your gorilla permit is booked for document verification and briefing. Rules of gorilla trekking and latest update on the status of mountain gorillas is communicated in detail then the ranger guide leads the way via the track leading where the gorillas family was last seen.

Watch out for other Bwindi forest dwellers like olive baboons, black and white colobus, grey cheeked mangabey and more. Keen birder have the double opportunity of spotting more than 100 bird species during gorilla trekking especially in Ruhija area which is the key birding area of the park.

When you finally get to meet them, maintain the 8 meters gap recommended as you haves an hour allowed for gorilla trekking. Enjoy the presence of the mountain gorillas as they take charge of the event in the forest like grooming, playing, feeding, napping, procreation and more.

Get back to the lodge for dinner and overnight at your lodge

DAY 5 – Drive to Kampala

Having taken your breakfast, drive back to Kampala to rest after full filling your dream safari with the mountain gorillas. This drive may take between 8 to 9 hours but very scenic and incredibly memorable.

Dinner and overnight:

Kampala Serena Hotel/ Amin Pasha/ Hotel Africana/ Namirembe guest house

DAY 6 – Kampala City tour

Do not leave Uganda without having a tour in the capital Kampala the main business centre of the country . Having taken your breakfast, you will be transferred to Namugongo martyrs shrine where innocent brave young men shed their blood to defend there religious values.

Carry on later to the Uganda museum where Uganda’s ancient and historical items are reserved. Continue to the Bahai temple which is a centre for all religions and the only one of this kind in Africa.

Visit the Kasubi tombs which were are the burial ground for the fallen kings of Buganda Kingdom but were burnt to ashes by unknown people. These are now under construction but a visit there is not forbidden.

Note:

To book this 6 day Gorilla and wildlife Tour in Uganda, you need to have booked a return night flight.

For freshening up after the Kampala city tour, its best to advise your tour booking agent to reserve a day room for you.