5-Days Mountain Gorillas, Batwa & Queen Elizabeth National Park Adventure

Uganda is all about its friendly people and the diversity in landscapes and activities. This trip will show you the best of what Uganda has to offer. Queen Elizabeth National Park features grassland savannah teeming with wildlife, shady, humid forest sparking lakes and fertile wetlands making it ideal habitant for classic big games, ten primates species including chimpanzees and over 600 birds around channel with its banks lined in with hippos, buffalos and elephants among others. All of this is on top of all main highlights like Mountain Gorillas tracking, Game drives featuring Tree climbing lions and the boat safaris on the beautiful Kazinga Channel. You will overnight in the best mid-range accommodations Uganda has to offer.

Itinerary

Day 1: To Queen Elizabeth National Park for Afternoon Game drive:

Stop At: Queen Elizabeth National Park, 410 kilometers from Kampala, Kasese Uganda
After your early morning breakfast, you will embark on an exciting drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park situated in the shadows of Mt. Rwenzori with several stops along the way for lunch, equator and landscape viewing before reaching the Park in the afternoon.


Duration: 7 hours

Stop At: Queen Elizabeth National Park, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Western Region
You will arrive in the afternoon, have lunch and embark on your afternoon game drive where you will expect to view animals like elephants, buffaloes, Lions, bush pigs, antelope’s families.


Duration: 4 hours

Stop At: Queen Elizabeth National Park, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Western Region
After your long journey and afternoon game drive, you will check in to Bush Lodge or Simba Safari Camp for dinner and overnight stay in self-contained bandas or rooms with private bathroom facilities.

The Bush Lodge forms an excellent base for your safari activities in Queen Elizabeth National Park. The lodge is built along ecological principals, the self-contained Bandas with private bathroom facilities are designed and spaced in such a way that they maximize privacy and enhance the safari aspect of its guests. Surrounded by the National Park and bordering the Kazinga channel, the lodge has a truly unique setting. Animals’ literary roam in and out of the camp and the sounds of hippo’s and hyenas will compliment your trip. When at Bush Lodge expect a great outdoor safari atmosphere, close to nature with excellent food and friendly service.

All meals and enough drinking water are all included.
Duration: 12 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: You will check in to Bush Lodge or Simba Safari Camp for dinner and overnight stay.

Day 2: Game Drive & Boat Safari on Kazinga Channel:

Stop At: Queen Elizabeth National Park, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Western Region
Your safari breakfasts will be served before the day breaks so that you can start your morning game drive as the sun comes up. Sunrise is the best time for wildlife spotting as animals tend to be the most active during the “golden hours”, when the first rays of sunshine come to rest on the savannah. Lions, Elephants, Buffalos and several species of antelope are some of the characters you may come across today, and if you’re lucky, you may even spot a lion or leopard.
Duration: 5 hours

Stop At: Kazinga Channel, Queen Elizabeth National Park Uganda
You will return for lunch & later in the day when the sun is high in the sky & the animals make their way to the river for a drink, you will head to Kazinga Channel for an exciting boat safari. You will spot more hippos today than you can possibly imagine. Herds of elephants & buffalos will also be wandering down to the shoreline to bath in the cooling waters. It will be a wonderful experience.

Duration: 3 hours

Stop At: Queen Elizabeth National Park, Queen Elizabeth National Park, Western Region
After the boat safari, you will return to Bush Lodge or Simba Safari Camp for dinner & overnight stay in self-contained bandas or rooms with clean private bathroom facilities.

All meals and enough drinking water are all included.

Duration: 12 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: You will return to Bush Lodge or Simba Safari Camp for dinner and overnight stay.

Day 3: To Bwindi Impenetrable National Park with a stopover at Ishasha Sector for Tree Climbing Lions Game Drive:

Pass By: Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Western Region
On this day, you will wake up early and have your breakfast then transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park while enjoying a scenic drive that allows you to view the beautiful and varied country side. Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is located in the southwestern part of Uganda on the rim of the Rift Valley. More notably, this “impenetrable forest” protects over 400 population of mountain gorillas – approximately half of the population in the world, among which are a number of habituated groups, that can be tracked by visitors.

Stop At: Ishasha, Uganda
You will have a stopover for a game drive at Ishasha Sector, Queen Elizabeth National Park where you will be likely to view tree climbing lions, elephants, lions, buffaloes among other species.
Duration: 3 hours

Stop At: Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Western Region
In the afternoon after your lunch, you will continue with the drive to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park where you will arrive in the evening and check in to Gorilla Valley Lodge or Buhoma Community Rest Camp for dinner and overnight stay in self-contained room or bandas with private bathroom facilities.
Duration: 12 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: You will check in to Gorilla Valley Lodge or Buhoma Community Rest Camp for dinner and overnight stay.

Day 4: Mountain Gorillas Tracking & Batwa Community Visit:

Stop At: Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Western Region
After your breakfast, you will hike to the Park headquarters just meters from the Lodge for briefing by Uganda Wildlife Authority guides before transferring to the starting point for Mountain Gorillas tracking. Your tracking experience will be an exciting, yet challenging, journey along forested slopes, tangled vines, thick vegetation & bamboo forests before you reach the territory of these gentle giants. The visit will give you a glimpse into the life of a Mountain Gorilla family & if you are lucky enough to gaze into the eyes of Mountain Gorillas. Visiting Mountain Gorillas will take you 3 hours to a full day trek through the forest since Mountain Gorillas move from one place to another every day looking for food & water, friends, hunting, copulation, grooming, play among others.
Duration: 5 hours

Stop At: Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Western Region
In the afternoon after your lunch, you will visit the Batwa Community at Bwindi Impenetrable National Park for them to take you through their traditions of local beer making, fire setting & traditional dances.
Duration: 3 hours

Stop At: Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Western Region
After Batwa Community visit, you will transfer to Lake Bunyonyi and check in to Arcadia Cottages Lodge, Lake Bunyonyi for dinner and overnight stay in self-contained cottages with private bathroom facilities. All meals and enough drinking water are all included.
Duration: 12 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: You will check in to Arcadia Cottages Lodge, Lake Bunyonyi for dinner and overnight stay.

Day 5: Canoe Ride on Lake Bunyonyi & Departure:

Stop At: Lake Bunyonyi, Uganda
On this day, you will enjoy your last sunrise and breakfast and go for a Canoe ride on Lake Bunyonyi, a scenic highland lake with 29 verdant islands including the punishment Island where girls who become pregnant before marriage are thrown and left to die. These Islands are good for guided excursions in dugout canoes (optional at additional fee of $50 per person).
Duration: 3 hours

Pass By: Entebbe, Entebbe, Central Region
After your Canoe ride on Lake Bunyonyi, your guide drive you across the beautiful sceneries back to Entebbe & drop you off at Entebbe International Airport 3 hours before your departure time. Please make sure your flight departure is after 8 pm at the very earliest. For flights departing before 8 pm you will need an extra night in Entebbe, which we can help arrange for you at an additional cost.

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Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
No accommodation included on this day.