5-Day Gorilla Tracking and Queen Elizabeth National Park

• You'll be collected from the airport.
• Accommodation before the tour starts can be arranged for an extra cost.

Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest

Following breakfast, you will be driven by your safari guide to the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest in southwestern Uganda. After a brief photo-op stopover at the equator in Kayabwe, some 70 km from Kampala, you will travel on to Mbarara for lunch and then continue your journey past banana plantations and through the hills of the Kigezi region into the gorilla highlands, reaching Bwindi in the evening for dinner and overnight at your lodge.

Main Destination:

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas)

Best Time To Visit June to August and December to February (Gorilla trekking is easiest)

High Season June to September (Gorilla permits are scarce)

Best Weather June to July and December to February (Less rainfall)

Wildlife in Bwindi Impenetrable NP

GorillaCommon

ChimpanzeeRare

ElephantRare

White RhinoNone

Black RhinoNone

LionNone

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GiraffeNone

LeopardNone

CheetahNone

BuffaloNone

ZebraNone

WildebeestNone

HippoNone

Accommodation:

Bweza Gorilla Lodge

• Mid-range lodge located just outside Bwindi Impenetrable NP (Gorillas)

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Meals & Drinks:

• Lunch & dinner (Breakfast not included)
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Gorilla tracking

After an early breakfast, your lodge will provide you with a packed lunch and you will then be driven to the briefing point in the park where you will check in. The briefing begins at 8:00am; however guests are requested to arrive by 7:30 am for the safety briefing. With your assigned ranger guide and small group, you will then begin your trek into the Impenetrable Forest in search of the gorillas. Depending on where the gorillas slept the previous night, this trek can take 4 hours or more. Once you locate the gorilla family, you will have one hour to photograph them and observe their behavior, after which you will hike back to the ranger station to receive your gorilla tracking certificate. Drive back to the lodge or visit the Batwa (pygmies) communities around the park.

Main Destination:

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas)

Accommodation:

Bweza Gorilla Lodge

• Mid-range lodge located just outside Bwindi Impenetrable NP (Gorillas)

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park

After an early breakfast, your safari guide will drive you on the approximately 4½-hour journey to Queen Elizabeth National Park, which will take you through the Kigezi district with its misty hills. En route, you will see the Karegyeya mythical rocks, the Kitagata hot springs, rolling tea plantations and some of Uganda’s many crater lakes.

You will check in at your lodge and following lunch and relaxation, a late afternoon game drive is scheduled. Dinner and overnight at your lodge.

Main Destination:

Queen Elizabeth National Park

Best Time To Visit January to February and June to July (Dry seasons)

High Season June to September (Peak time for Uganda)

Best Weather June to July and January to February (Less rainfall)

Wildlife in Queen Elizabeth NP

ChimpanzeeOccasional

ElephantCommon

LionCommon

BuffaloCommon

HippoAbundant

LeopardOccasional

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GiraffeNone

White RhinoNone

Black RhinoNone

CheetahNone

ZebraNone

WildebeestNone

Wild DogNone

Accommodation:

Enshama Game Lodge

• Mid-range lodge located just outside Queen Elizabeth NP

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Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Game drive and boat cruise

After an early breakfast, your safari guide will drive you into the park for a 2-3 hour game drive through the Kasenyi plains, during which you can expect to see Uganda’s great wildlife such as lions, kobs, elephants, buffalos, hyenas and much more. Some bird species are migratory, others residential, so a great variety are always possible.

After lunch back at your lodge, your safari guide will drive you to the Kazinga Channel for a boat cruise. The channel serves as a watering hole for several species such as hippos, crocodiles, monitor lizards and water birds. It is also a great opportunity to view and photograph multigenerational elephant herds up close. Dinner and overnight at your lodge.

Main Destination:

Queen Elizabeth National Park

Accommodation:

Enshama Game Lodge

• Mid-range lodge located just outside Queen Elizabeth NP

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Transfer to Entebbe/Kampala

After an early breakfast and check out, your safari guide will drive you to Entebbe or Kampala (as per your plans) via Mbarara. Depending upon the time of your departure, lunch will be either in Mbarara or Masaka. A stopover will be made at Mpambire Drum Village and another at the equator as you proceed to your destination in Entebbe or Kampala.

Main Destination:

Entebbe (City)

Accommodation:

No accommodation (End of tour)

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

• Additional accommodation can be arranged for an extra cost.
• You'll be dropped off at the airport.