Uganda Safari 6 days
Day 1: Arrival and Transfer to Entebbe / Kampala
Upon your arrival through Entebbe International airport, you will be welcomed by our guide and transferred to your overnight hotel in Entebbe in BB. Midrange: Cape Diem Guest House.
Day 2: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth Park
Drive to Queen Elizabeth national park, one of the largest parks and home to several species of mammals. Lunch and arrive in time for an evening game drive in the savannah with sights of Lions, Elephants, Buffaloes, hyenas, stripped jackals, Hippopotamus, Kobs, Warthog and a variety of primates like Chimpanzee, olive baboon, red-tailed and vervet monkeys in the forests. Dinner and overnight at accommodation of your choice
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner. Midrange: Ihamba Safari Lodge
Day 3: Activities in Queen Elizabeth Park
After breakfast, drive towards Kasenyi and visit the crater lakes, Edwards and George, which has been popularly marked as the mating ground for several antelopes, particularly for the Uganda kob. You maybe be lucky to also sight more wildlife that may include lions, buffaloes, elephants, and other animals. Head back to your lodge for lunch and then proceed on an afternoon launch cruise on the Kazinga channel. Enjoy the rays of the setting sun on the launch cruise as you return back to your lodge for dinner and overnight as night before. Midrange: Ihamba Safari Lodge
Day 4: Transfer to Bwindi Forest via the Ishasha Sector
Take an early breakfast and then drive to Bwindi Impenetrable forest park through Ishasha sector the area famed for the tree-climbing lions. Have a short game drive, lunch and then proceed to Bwindi via the lush green countryside. Reach Bwindi by the evening and check into your lodge for overnight and dinner.
Accommodation options:
Midrange: Gorilla Valley Lodge
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Drive time: 5 - 6 hours.
Day 5: Gorilla Safari
After an early breakfast, head to the ranger station for briefing and by the mid-morning, start your gorilla trekking expedition in the lush forest vegetation of Bwindi national park. It is quite strenuous and requires fitness through the long hours of anticipated gorilla tracking, sometimes taking 2-6 hours of trekking. Other sights on the trails may include monkeys, birds and several butterflies. Spend utmost one hour with the gorillas and then retire to your lodge happy to have made the trip. Return to your lodge for dinner and overnight as night before.
Day 6: Transfer to Entebbe
After breakfast, proceed back to Kampala / Entebbe airport, arriving in the afternoon to catch your onward flight. With your lunch en-route and a brief stop at the Equator.
Drive time: 6 – 7 hours.
End of the Safari
Safari Quote includes:
- Airport transfers
- Accommodation on Full Board except at Carpe Diem which is bed and breakfast.
- Per person Gorilla Permit of US$600
- Game drives
-Park Entrances
- Boat Cruise on Kazinga Channel.
- Transport in a Fueled 4x4 Vehicle
- Services of an English speaking Guide Driver