5-Day Gorillas, Wildlife, Chimps and and Bunyonyi Tour

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

Pick Up and Transfer to QENP with Afternoon Game Drive

You'll be picked up and transferred to Queen Elizabeth National Park, check in, and prepare for your evening game drive to close the day. (On request, we can arrange a night game driver for better chances of sighting cats.) The park is famous for the Kasenyi plains, where you will do your evening game drive in search of wildlife such as elephants, lions, leopards, antelopes, and birds, among others. Four of the Big Five can be sighted here, excluding white rhinos. Your dinner and overnight stay will be in the park.

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:

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

Chimpanzee Tracking in Kyambura Gorge and Kazinga Boat Cruise

After your early breakfast, you will drive for 20 minutes to reach your chimpanzee tracking point for an exceptional encounter with man’s closest living relative, with whom we share about 99% DNA. You will be led by the UWA guides who understand the forest very well as you search for these great apes. After they have been sighted, you will see them for one hour as they go on with their daily lives. We recommend you carry some drinking water, quick snacks, and of course, this being a tropical rainforest, you must carry your rain gear. After the encounter with chimpanzees, you'll drive back to the lodge for a hot lunch.

Afternoon, you'll take a boat cruise on Kazinga Channel, famous for its high density of hippos. You'll discover more about the water species or meet those that come to drink water in the afternoon. We use the Katunguru community boat to support the local communities who are guides and local fishermen. Your dinner and overnight stay will be at the edge of Kazinga Channel.

Main Destination:

Kyambura Gorge (Chimps)

Accommodation:

Enshama Game Lodge

• Mid-range lodge located just outside Queen Elizabeth NP

Meals & Drinks:

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

Ishasha Short Game Drive and Transfer to Bwindi

After you early breakfast, you will depart from Queen Elizabeth National Park and drive towards the southern most parts of Uganda. The road trip is both scenic and wild as you traverse through the rural villages of Kigezi region. Depending on where you gorilla permits have been booked, you will have lunch en route and proceed to stay overnight at the edge of the forest.

En route to Bwindi, you will have a short game drive in Ishasha to see if you can find some lions in trees and other wildlife in this sector.

Main Destination:

Ishasha Sector (Queen Elizabeth NP)

Accommodation:

Rushaga 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)

Iconic Gorilla Tracking and Transfer to Bunyonyi

After breakfast, you will have a short drive to the UWA briefing center, where you will be taken through the dos, don’ts while tracking gorillas. After you have been allocated a gorilla family in a group of 8 people, you will be led by ranger guides out of the forest to search for the gorillas. When gorillas have been located, you will have one full hour viewing them as they go on with their daily lives at a distance of 7-10 meters. Later, you'll transfer from Bwindi to Lake Bunyonyi for an overnight stay. (Look at our packing list for gorilla tracking.).

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:

BirdNest Resort

• Mid-range resort located at Lake Bunyonyi

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Meals & Drinks:

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

Transfer from Lake Bunyonyi to Entebbe

You'll have a relaxed breakfast at the lodge terrace while viewing the beautiful islands of the lake and the picturesque hills as you prepare for your return journey to Kampala. Expect a stopover at Mbarara town for lunch and a cup of organic coffee. You will also stop at the Uganda Equator for memorable photos and souvenir shopping. You'll proceed with the journey to Kampala to arrive in the late afternoon or evening to be dropped off at your hotel, residence or the airport.

Main Destination:

Lake Bunyonyi

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.