7-Day Safari with Gorillas & Game Drive Experience

7-Day Safari with Gorillas & Game Drive Experience

$2,352 (Per Adult)

$2,352 (Per Child)

$336 (Per Adult) / Day

$336 (Per Child) / Day

(Includes)

  • Meals
  • Transport
  • Accomodation
  • Sightseeing

Duration7 day(s)

LocationUganda

Start PointENTEBBE

End PointENTEBBE

AvailabilityMar 15 , 2019 to Jan 01 , 2020

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Summary

Experience the amazing mix of all that Uganda can offer during this 7-day safari with exciting Gorilla trekking and classic game-drives on the Savannah searching for various animals like lions and zebras. On this safari you will be able to go for game-drives in the Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda's most-visited national park, as well as in the Lake Mburo National Park in Western Uganda. You will also be able to track Gorillas in the amazing Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, located in the Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. To add a touch of calm to this tour, you can also spend a relaxing evening beside the breathtaking Lake Bunyonyi. Join us on this diverse and amazing trip!

Package Includes

- Accommodation - Transfers - Food and Beverages - Activities specified -

Package Excludes

- Additional activities not specified - Additional nights and stays -

Activities

  • Animal Tracking
  • Bird Photography
  • Boat Cruise
  • Evening Drives
  • Game Walk
  • General Photography
  • Hiking
  • Landscape photography
  • Wilderness Trail
  • Wildlife Photography
  • Game drive
  • Bird Watching
  • Culture
  • Photo-safari

Places

  • Lake Mburo National Park, Uganda
  • Entebbe, Uganda
  • Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda
  • Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda
  • Kampala, Uganda

Physical Condition

  • Normal Physical Condition

Connectivity

  • WiFi and phone coverage throughout

Day-by-day Description

Day 1Arrival at Entebbe Airport

Activities Included

General Photography Landscape photography Township tour Culture Photo-safari

On this day, you will meet your assigned guide who will accompany you on the safari with gorillas and take you on game drives in the Queen Elizabeth, Bwindi and Lake Mburo National Parks. You will be met at the Entebbe International Airport (depending on your time of arrival) and transferred to your accommodation in Kampala, where you will be able to rest up and prepare for the proper adventure to begin the next day.

Other Benefits (On Arrival)

  • Transfer

Location

Entebbe International Airport, Kitaasa Rd, Entebbe, Uganda

Travel Time: 2 hrs

Day 2Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park

Activities Included

Bird Photography General Photography Landscape photography Scenic Drive Bird Watching Culture Photo-safari

Today, we will leave Kampala in the early morning, as we have a long drive ahead of us. Along the way, we shall make a stop at the Equator, where the Southern and Northern Hemisphere meet, for a unique photo opportunity. Then we continue on past the towns of Masaka and Mbarara and drive through the interesting tea estates and beyond the amazing Kalinzu forest, renowned for its chimpanzee population and tracking. After all this is done, we check in at the lodge and wind down for a more relaxing evening.

Other Benefits (On Arrival)

  • Transfer

Location

Queen Elizabeth National Park, Kasese, Uganda

Travel Time: 6 hrs

Day 3Game-drive and Boat-cruise Queen Elizabeth National Park

Activities Included

Boat Cruise Evening Drives Game Walk General Photography Hiking Landscape photography Morning Drives Scenic Drive Wilderness Trail Wildlife Photography Game drive Bird Watching Culture Photo-safari

Today, we explore Queen Elizabeth National Park in the cool morning with an early game-drive that allows us to view various diverse animals, including member of the renowned Big Five, such as elephants, buffalo, big cats like lions and leopards; and then closer to the evening time, lumbering warthogs and lurking hyenas. Within this park, there is also a rich birdlife, particularly so the extensive variety of stork species in the wetland spots, as well as graceful flamingos in the salt lakes. After lunch, we then opt for a classic activity which is the highlight of the day, a 2-hour boat cruise on the famous Kazinga Channel, a 36km channel linking Lake George to Lake Edward, which has one of the world's largest concentration of hippos and numerous Nile crocodiles. And all of this can be spotted and enjoyed and experienced from the comfort and safety of the boat.

Other Benefits (On Arrival)

  • Transfer

Location

Queen Elizabeth National Park, Kasese, Uganda

Travel Time: 4 hrs

Day 4Chimps trekking with ishasha climbing lions then we transfer to bwindi forest national park

Activities Included

Animal Tracking Bird Photography Boat Cruise Canoeing Evening Drives Game Walk General Photography Scenic Drive Township tour Wilderness Trail Wildlife Photography Game drive Bird Watching Culture Photo-safari

On this day, we leave the lodge early in the morning to experience some chimpanzee tracking in the Kalinzu Forest. Afterwards, we continue on to the Ishasha Sector located within the Queen Elizabeth National Park. We will then drive off and engage with this vast area of the Savannah, and hopefully be able to spot the lions perched high fig tree branches to escape the heat. When this is done, we then transfer to Bwindi, through the neck of the Impenetrable Forest, to view some mountain Gorillas. The journey takes us through a changing landscape from the savannahs, via cultivated hills, to forest covered mountains. Depending on when we arrive, we could also have the opportunity to do a walkabout, where we can talk and mix with the locals or relax with the Orphans group performers.

Other Benefits (On Arrival)

  • Transfer

Location

ishasha sector, Uganda

Travel Time: 4 hrs

Day 5Gorilla trekking day- Bwindi Impenetrable forest

Activities Included

Animal Tracking Bird Photography Boat Cruise Canoeing Evening Drives Game Walk General Photography Hiking Landscape photography Morning Drives Sailing Wilderness Trail Wildlife Photography Game drive Bird Watching Culture Photo-safari

Today, we have an exciting early breakfast, as we are surrounded by the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, the home of gorillas, the forest giants and human's closest animal relative. We will experience another highlight of the trip, as we will be able to track these fascinating and incredibly intelligent beasts, in groups led by knowledgeable and specialized guides. You will be able to walk through the incredible but overwhelming jungle and possibly spend an hour with the Mountain Gorillas. This Impenetrable Forest is full of birds, butterflies and plant species, as well as forest hogs, elephants, sitatungas and duikers. After the gorilla trek, we then move towards the beautiful Lake Bunyonyi through the stunning cultivated hills. Later in the afternoon, we check in to our accommodation, a lake resort that is 1840m above sea level. Here you can relax and maybe even take a swim in the lake - which is free from bilharzia, hippos and crocodiles - if the temperature permits.

Other Benefits (On Arrival)

  • Transfer

Location

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda

Travel Time: 5 hrs

Day 6Transfer to Lake Mburo the ‘Zebra magnet’, game-drive

Activities Included

Animal Tracking Bird Photography Boat Cruise Camping Canoeing Game Walk General Photography Landscape photography Morning Drives Night drive Wilderness Trail Wildlife Photography Game drive Bird Watching Culture Photo-safari

We leave Lake Bunyonyi after our delicious breakfasts and begin the drive towards the Lake Mburo National Park. Upon arrival at the park in the afternoon, lunch will be served. Afterwards, we embark on a game drive to spot various animal species, such as zebras, topi, warthogs, cape buffalo, impalas, waterbucks, birds and so much more.

Other Benefits (On Arrival)

  • Transfer

Location

Lake Mburo National Park, Lyantonde, Uganda

Travel Time: 4 hrs

Day 7Early morning safaris walk in Lake Mburo Np and transfer to Entebbe

Activities Included

Animal Tracking Bird Photography Boat Cruise Evening Drives Game Walk General Photography Hiking Landscape photography Morning Drives Wilderness Trail Wildlife Photography Game drive Bird Watching Photo-safari

We start today early with a safari walk, which get you close to nature. You can visit the hyenas den, as well as have a chance to spot leopards, zebras, waterbucks, birds and buffaloes in their daily jungle life routine. After the safari walk, breakfast will be served and enjoyed at the lodge before we return to Entebbe to end off our Ugandan safari. We will reach Entebbe in the afternoon, which allows enough time for you to arrange or make an evening flight or add an extra night's stay in Entebbe, before flying out the next day. We hope you enjoyed every second!

Other Benefits (On Arrival)

  • Transfer

Location

Lake Mburo National Park, Lyantonde, Uganda

Travel Time: 6 hrs

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