10-Day Gorilla and Wild Safari in Uganda

CheetahNone

Wild DogNone

Accommodation:

Rwakobo Rock Lodge

Mid-range lodge located just outside Lake Mburo NP

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Meals & Drinks:

All meals included
Non-alcoholic drinks

Day 3

Drive to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park

Have breakfast early enough drive to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park, the thick home of the rare mountain gorillas. Lunch will be served on the way to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest (provided). Check in to your hotel and later go to the community for a cultural performance and then after retire to your hotel for dinner and overnight at the hotel. ( Full board: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner).

Main Destination:

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas)

Best Time To Visit June to August and December to February

High Season June to September (Gorilla permits are scarce)

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

Wildlife in Bwindi NP

GorillaCommon

ChimpanzeeRare

ElephantRare

LionNone

GiraffeNone

LeopardNone

CheetahNone

BuffaloNone

ZebraNone

HippoNone

Accommodation:

Bakiga Lodge

Budget lodge located just outside Bwindi NP (Gorillas)

Meals & Drinks:

All meals included
Non-alcoholic drinks

Day 4

Bwindi Forest Gorilla Tracking

Have breakfast and go for Gorilla tracking. Bwindi Impenetrable National Park inhabits almost half of the world’s 650 mountain gorillas. Start climbing early with a tracker even though seeing gorillas depends on their day’s movements. Gorillas are naturally reserved and non-violent animals. And it’s a memorable and thrilling moment to watch them and possibly photograph these mild giants at a close range. Return to the hotel for lunch and relaxation. Here you may visit the community and do shopping of works of art and return in the evening for overnight and dinner at the hotel ( Full board: Breakfast, Lunch and a special dinner).

Main Destination:

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas)

Accommodation:

Bakiga Lodge

Budget lodge located just outside Bwindi NP (Gorillas)

Meals & Drinks:

All meals included
Non-alcoholic drinks

Day 5

Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park

Take breakfast and leave for Queen Elizabeth National Park going through the southern zone of the park known as Ishasha, well-known for its tree-climbing lions. This Park is a UNESCO World Biosphere with one of the highest biodiversity ratings of any game reserve in the world. About 100 mammal species and a significant 606 bird species like Elephants, hippos, the elusive giant forest hog and the handsome Uganda kob are accommodated there are and frequently seen. Overnight at the lodge. Lunch will be served on the way to Queen Elizabeth National park. (Full Board: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner).

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

GiraffeNone

CheetahNone

ZebraNone

Wild DogNone

Accommodation:

Elephant Hab Lodge

Mid-range lodge located just outside Kyambura Gorge (Chimps)

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Meals & Drinks:

All meals included
Non-alcoholic drinks

Day 6

Forest Walk and Kazinga Channel Boat Trip

On the second day in the Park, have breakfast and leave for an early forest walk in Kyambura Gorge in search of primates and chimpanzees. Return to the lodge for lunch and have a boat excursion along the Kazinga Channel for a prospect to see hippos at close range, crocodiles from the boat and buffalo in the shallow waters. Kazinga Channel shoreline is a home to a collection of birds like the pink backed pelicans, fish eagles, pied and malachite kingfishers, saddle billed stork and many more. Dinner and overnight at the Lodge. (Full board: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner).

Main Destination:

Queen Elizabeth National Park

Accommodation:

Elephant Hab Lodge

Mid-range lodge located just outside Kyambura Gorge (Chimps)

Meals & Drinks:

All meals included
Non-alcoholic drinks

Day 7

Game Drive and Sight-seeing or Forest Walk

Start the day with Breakfast. Go for a game drive through the park where you will see Lions, Elephants, Leopards, Buffaloes, Hyenas and an assortment of antelope types before driving back to the same lodge for lunch. In the afternoon, you can either go for a splendid sightseeing in the crater section. Visit the Katwe Salt works to see how salt mining is done traditionally, head to the flamingo village and sightseeing in the crater region, which is awesome. Alternatively, on the same day in the afternoon, go on forest walk leading to the large bats cave where bats in large numbers reside as well as a rock python regularly seen by the visitors. It’s an astonishing forest walk one can't afford missing. Retire to the lodge for dinner and overnight at the Lodge. (Full board: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner).

Main Destination:

Queen Elizabeth National Park

Accommodation:

Elephant Hab Lodge

Mid-range lodge located just outside Kyambura Gorge (Chimps)

Meals & Drinks:

All meals included
Non-alcoholic drinks

Day 8

Transfer to Kibale National Park

Have mini morning game drive and depart after breakfast for Kibale. Have the benefit of game viewing en-route toward Kibale Forest National Park. Lunch will be served in the beautiful city of Fort portal. You will be staying for two nights at Kibale Forest Camp. ( Full board: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner).

Main Destination:

Kibale National Park (Chimps)

Best Time To Visit December to February and June to July

High Season June to September (Peak time for Uganda)

Best Weather June to July and December to February (Least rain)

Wildlife in Kibale NP

ChimpanzeeCommon

ElephantOccasional

BuffaloOccasional

LeopardVery Rare

HippoRare

LionRare to None

GiraffeNone

CheetahNone

ZebraNone