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Arrival
Day 1
Arrival and Pick up from Entebbe International Airport
Arrival and Pick up from Entebbe International Airport
On this day you will be met and warmly welcomed by our fully dressed tour company driver guide on your arrival at the airport. You'll then be transferred to your hotel.
Just in case you arrive during the morning hours, we shall do a Kampala city tour to get an insight about the daily life of the people around this city (the city that never goes asleep).
- Main Destination:
- Entebbe (City)
- Accommodation:
- ViaVia Uganda Entebbe
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 2
Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park-The Home of Mountain Gorillas
Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park-The Home of Mountain Gorillas
After having breakfast at your pace, you will be picked up by our driver guide from the lodge and embark on a road trip to further western Uganda, aiming the gorilla land of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. This is a long day drive of approximately 10 hours with lunch stop over en-route.
Though long, the drive takes you through different features to include tropical rain forests, savannah fields and the terraced hills of Kigezi famously known as the Switzerland of East Africa. Drive to the lodge for relaxation as you wait for the next day’s adventure with dinner and your overnight stay.
- Main Destination:
- Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas)
- Accommodation:
-
Rushaga Gorilla Haven's Lodge
Wildlife in Bwindi NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 3
Gorilla Trekking in Bwindi and Transfer to Lake Bunyonyi for Relaxation
Gorilla Trekking in Bwindi and Transfer to Lake Bunyonyi for Relaxation
Wake up early in the morning for breakfast depending on the distance of your lodge to the starting point. Drive to the park headquarters where you will be briefed by the park rangers and allocated a gorilla family to track.
This will be a once in a lifetime experience as you watch the mountain gorillas live their daily life of feeding, playing around and grooming themselves. The gorilla trekking activity takes 2 to 8 hours sparing one hour spent with the mountain gorillas.
After your gorilla excursion, you can visit the Batwa People (keepers of the forest) for a cultural tour on how these people lived in the forest before it was reserved as a national park.
You will then transfer to Lake Bunyonyi for your luxury relaxation at the lake and closing down the distance back to Kampala. The word Bunyonyi comes from a local phrase “Bunyonyi” which means a place of small birds. This is Africa’s second deepest lake with a total number of 29 islands and each Island has a past story on it.
- Main Destination:
- Lake Bunyonyi
- Accommodation:
- Lake Bunyonyi Rock Resort
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 4
Drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park and Afternoon Chimpanzee Trekking in Kyambura Gorge
Drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park and Afternoon Chimpanzee Trekking in Kyambura Gorge
Have an early morning breakfast and start your journey to Queen Elizabeth National Park. Headout to Kyambura Gorge Forest also known the underground forest for chimpanzee trekking to meet man’s closet cousins in the wild. The stunning Kyambura (or Chambura) Gorge also called the “Valley of Apes” is located in the far eastern corner of the well—known Queen Elizabeth National Park in south western Uganda. The landscape is among the most impressive you will find in Uganda and it is swarmed a rich wildlife bio-diversity that comprises of primates, wild animals as well as birds.
After your chimpanzee trekking excursion, you will transfer back to the lodge for relaxation as you prepare for the next day’s safari adventure.
- Main Destination:
- Queen Elizabeth National Park
- Accommodation:
-
Twin Lakes Safari Lodge
Wildlife in Queen Elizabeth NP
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 5
Safari Game Drive and Afternoon Boat Cruise on the Kazinga Channel
Safari Game Drive and Afternoon Boat Cruise on the Kazinga Channel
Arise early with a cup of coffee and drive off for your safari game drive in the Plains of Kasenyi with chances of spotting a lot of wildlife like elephants, kobs, lions, leopards among others.
You can do an optional (to be paid separately) safari experiential game drive, where you move with the lion researchers closer to the lions as possible and learn more details on these cats.
The safari game drive takes 2 to 3 hours and later on, we shall go for an afternoon boat cruise at 2:00 pm. The Boat cruise is undertaken on the Kazinga Channel, a 40 km water channel connecting Lake George in the West to Lake Edward in the Eastern part of the park. While on the boat cruise, there are higher chances of spotting elephants quenching down their thirst in a hot afternoon, basking crocodiles, wallowing buffalos, a lot of birds, large concentrations of hippos, among others.
- Main Destination:
- Queen Elizabeth National Park
- Accommodation:
- Twin Lakes Safari Lodge
- Meals & Drinks:
Day 6
Transfer to Entebbe International Airport for your Return Flight
Transfer to Entebbe International Airport for your Return Flight
After having breakfast, you will have an optional morning game drive in Queen Elizabeth depending on the time you fly back home. Later, get transferred back to Entebbe, as you say farewell to the pearl of Africa!
- Main Destination:
- Entebbe (City)
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
- Meals & Drinks:
