7-Day Uganda Wildlife and Gorilla Safari

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

Arrival

On arrival at Entebbe International airport our company representative will pick you up and transfer you to the hotel for an overnight stay. Driving time from Entebbe airport to Cassia lodge is about an hour depending on the hour of the day. Meals can be included depending on the time of arrival.

Main Destination:

Kampala (City)

Accommodation:

Cassia Lodge

• Mid-range lodge located in Kampala (City)

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Meals & Drinks:

• Dinner (Breakfast & lunch not included)
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park

After breakfast, you will drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park. Check in and have lunch. You'll enjoy an evening game drive. You see all of the animals, especially the hippos, grazing on land. You will also see the antelopes and the elephants, as well as the buffalo. Your dinner and overnight stay will be at the 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:

The Bush 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 Ride

At 5:00 am, you'll go for an early morning game drive. You will take about 4hrs on the game drive. You'll return for breakfast
Lunch from half past midday.
Afternoon launch cruise on Kazinga Channel.
A boat cruise along the Kazinga Channel provides tourists with the chance to get a closer encounter with the other wildlife species that visit the River banks without fear for their lives and Safety such the Cape buffaloes, African elephants, Monitor lizards, Uganda Kobs, Defassa waterbucks, common elands and Topis among others.
Your dinner and overnight stay will be at the lodge.

Main Destination:

Queen Elizabeth National Park

Accommodation:

The Bush Lodge

• Mid-range lodge located just outside Queen Elizabeth NP

Meals & Drinks:

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

Transfer to Ishasha Sector

After breakfast you will check out of the lodge and transfer to Ishasha Sector of Queen Elizabeth National Park. Its about 2hrs drive. Enjoy a game drive. An Ishasha game drive takes you through the remote southern sector of Uganda's Queen Elizabeth National Park. World-famous for its unique tree-climbing lions, the area also offers spectacular savanna drives where you can spot large herds of elephants, buffaloes, topis, and Uganda kobs. Lunch dinner and overnight will be at the lodge.

Main Destination:

Ishasha Sector (Queen Elizabeth NP)

Accommodation:

Ishasha Jungle Lodge

• Mid-range lodge located just outside Ishasha Sector (Queen Elizabeth NP)

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Meals & Drinks:

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

Transfer to Bwindi National Park

Today morning there's an option of lion tracking before transferring to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.
At 6:00 am after breakfast, you'll drive to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. En route, you'll do a game drive in Ishasha sector to see tree-climbing lions.
Lunch en route. You'll relax the rest of the afternoon. Your dinner and overnight stay will be at the 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:

Ichumbi Gorilla Lodge

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

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Meals & Drinks:

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

Gorilla Tracking and Batwa Cultural Entertainment

You'll have an early morning breakfast at 7:00 am then go for a briefing. Tracking starts at 8:00 am. Time taken depends on the movement of the gorillas. You'll spend one hour with the gorillas. Lunch will either be packed lunch or hot lunch at the lodge depending on the time you finish.

In the afternoon, you will enjoy Batwa cultural entertainment.
The experience takes place outside of the park in an old-growth forest on land that is next to the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest Park. The Batwa experience begins with a walk through the forest seeing the forest in a new way, through the eyes of the original people of the Forest. You'll learn how they hunted the small animals they used for food, what things they gathered, how traps and nets were used.
Your dinner and overnight stay will be at the lodge.

Main Destination:

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas)

Accommodation:

Ichumbi Gorilla Lodge

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

Meals & Drinks:

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

Departure

After breakfast, you will start your Journey to Kampala. A brief stop at the equator for photography and lunch. You'll be dropped off at the hotel in Kampala or Entebbe. Alternatively, you can be transferred to Kigali Rwanda.

Main Destination:

Entebbe International Airport (Entebbe)

Accommodation:

No accommodation (End of tour)

Meals & Drinks:

• Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included)
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

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