8 DAYS 7 NIGHTS UGANDA’S GORILLA TREK, WILDLIFE SAFARI IN QUEEN ELIZABETH & LAKE BUNYONYI RELAXATION.

Arrival at the Pearl of Africa International Airport. (1 hour)

On arrival at Uganda national airport at Entebbe, you will be met and welcomed by our company guide/representative and later transfers to the hotel of residence for check-in and refreshments, with dinner and overnight either in Kampala depending on your flight time.

Lodging: Cassia Lodge mid-range, Serena Kampala Hotel (up Market).

Meal Plan: Dinner

Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park.

Get up early, eat breakfast, and drive to western Uganda. The first stop is Kayabwe, where you can experience being on the equator. After that, there will be another stop at the Igongo Museum in Mbarara, stretch your legs and enjoy lunch. Visit the crate fields on the way to Queen Elizabeth National Park, then arrive for a sunset wildlife drive. Registering, enjoying some refreshments in the Lodge, and retiring for the day.

Lodge: Katara Lodge (Up market) Kasenyi Safari Lodge (Mid-range).

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Morning game drive and afternoon launch cruise at along the Kazinga channel.

Wake up early morning and head for the game drive with parked breakfast. Here you will be able to catch up with the early prey such as lions and leopards along the way and this will enable you to see some of the great panoramic views of the park and also see other wildlife and bird species. Also, visit the Katwe Salt Lake community and lake Munyanyange famous for flamingos after retiring to the lodge for lunch and resting after proceeding for an afternoon launch cruise along the Kazinga channel, and enjoy the unique 2-hour launch cruise on Lake Edward. This trip passes through possibly the highest concentration of Hippos and many animals may be seen drinking at the water’s edge. This launch cruise offers an excellent platform for photography, bird watching, and game viewing, ideal for the Uganda safari. The prolific bird life is colorful and stupendous with well over 550 resident species.

Lodge: Katara Lodge (Up market) Kasenyi Safari Lodge (Mid-range).

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable Park (4-5hours).

Enjoy breakfast and proceed with a game drive out of the park heading to Bwindi impenetrable forest National Park through the great Ishasha sector famous for tree-climbing lions here you might be able to catch a few of the lions and take photos and have lunch at the Ishasha sector after continuing with the drive to Bwindi Impenetrable forest national park via Kabale the Switzerland of Africa as you have a view of the beautiful terraced hills and later check in at the lodge, dinner and overnight.

Lodging: Gorilla Mist camp (Upmarket) Bakiga lodge (Mid-Range), Buhoma community bandas (budget.)

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

The tangled forested slopes of Bwindi provide shelter to one of Africa’s most diverse mammalian faunas, including 45% of the global mountain gorilla population. Unsurprisingly, the main tourist activity in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (BIMP) is gorilla tracking, which was first established at the Buhoma park headquarters in 1993, but now operates out of four trailheads – the others being Ruhija, Nkuringo, and Rushaga – all of which are serviced by a selection of tourist lodge. Today, 11 habituated (and three semi-habituated) Gorilla groups can be tracked in Bwindi, a thrilling but costly venture regarded by most who have undertaken it to be a truly once-in-a-lifetime experience.

Gorilla Tracking Experience (1-5hours).

You will rise relatively early for a jovial breakfast to give you the energy needed for gorilla tracking. Report to the ranger station at 08.00 am where the guides will take you through the forest, slashing at the undergrowth, panting thick creepers, to track gorillas. This trek can take from half an hour to five hours therefore a reasonable degree of fitness is required as well as a sturdy pair of walking shoes.

You will spend only one hour seeing the gorillas as you listen to them grumble at each other and marvel at the sheer size of the dominant male, the silverback. It is amazing to think that there are only 800 or so of these creatures left in the world! If you have the afternoon free, you will take a guided village amongst the locals. Return to your lodge for an overnight. Lodging: Gorilla Mist camp (Upmarket) Bakiga lodge (Mid-Range), Buhoma community bandas (budget.)

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Transfer to Lake Bunyonyi, boat cruise.

Wake early after breakfast and transfer to Lake Bunyonyi, we shall go on a boat cruise on Lake Bunyonyi to tour the different Islands of which each has a name with a meaning or an Origin for example the Punishment Island which was where pregnant unmarried young ladies are left to starve and die or drawn. We shall share many stories with the local people and do some gift shopping on this fateful day. We shall return from our adventure and spend the late afternoon and evening relaxing at our lodge

Transfer back to Kampala or Entebbe.

Wake up early morning for breakfast after proceeding to the park with a game drive that will expose you to various wild animals and birds then take photos for the trip and visit the salt lick where most of the animals gather for drinking water around the park. After retiring for lunch and relaxation at the lodge later continue with the drive back to Kampala via Masaka town with a brief stopover at the Kayabwe equator station where the world poles meet and photos carrying your last memories about Uganda, reaching Kampala late in the evening and go check to your lodge for dinner and overnight.

Lodge: Serena Hotel (Upmarket) Cascia lodge (Mid-range).

Reserved for departure.

Breakfast and a free day with souvenir craft shopping and later proceed to Entebbe depending on your flight departure time. Lodging: Nil Meal Plan: Breakfast & lunch.

End of Safari