5 Day Gorilla and Game Viewing Safari: This 5 Day Gorilla and Game Viewing Safari will take you to Queen Elizabeth National Park for game drives and a boat cruise on Kazinga channel which has the highest concentration of hippos in the whole world, over 600 species of birds can be spotted an on a good day, this boat cruise can expose you to more wildlife than you can find on any given game drive.
It then takes you to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park where you will have a chance to trek one of the habituated mountain gorilla families and take back memories. This 5 Days Gorillas and Game Safari starts and ends in Entebbe International Airport. You staying in Luxury accommodation, professional guides and customized safari vehicles for the safari will make this a lifetime experience.
You’ll go to Uganda Uganda
This tour starts and ends in Entebbe (Uganda)
You’ll visit Lake Bunyonyi, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park & Queen Elizabeth National Park
Activities: gorilla tracking, chimpanzee tracking
Getting around: open-sided 4×4 vehicle & pop-up roof 4×4 vehicle
A transfer from and back to the airport (or hotel) is included
Additional accommodation before the tour departs and on the last day can be arranged for extra cost
Things to Consider
Accommodation is Inclusive
Small Group Safari: Max 6 People per group
Tour Can Depart any day
Tour can be customized
Private tour arrangement
Age Limit: 15 years and above
After Breakfast, begin your 5 Day Gorilla and Game Viewing Safari with driving to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. Your guide will make stopovers at the Equator for photograph and lunch in Mbarara town. You will then drive past banana plantations, Farms and beautiful hills of Kigezi for your overnight at Buhoma Lodge or Mahogany Springs Lodge
Main Destination: Bwindi Impenetrable National Forest
Accommodation:Buhoma Lodge or Mahogany Springs.
Meals: Lunch & Dinner (Breakfast Not Included)
Drinks: Drinking Water
After your early morning breakfast, your guide will drive you to Buhoma Park headquarters for briefing and joining others for gorilla trekking. You will start your trek which can take from 30 minutes to 7 hours depending on the location of mountain gorillas on that particular day. Once you have found them, you will be around one hour of observation and photography before returning back to the park headquarters for certificate and overnight at Buhoma Lodge or Mahogany Springs Lodge
Main Destination: Bwindi Impenetrable National Forest
Accommodation:Buhoma Lodge or Mahogany Springs.
Meals: Full Board (Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner)
Drinks: Drinking Water
After breakfast, you will depart for Queen Elizabeth National Park located in western Uganda arriving in time for Lunch at the Lodge. This will be followed by a short relaxation and an evening game drive in the savannah plains of Kasenyi where wild animals like buffaloes, elephants, antelopes and big cuts such as lions and leopards can be spotted depending on your luck. Return to your lodge for overnight.
Main Destination: Queen Elizabeth National Park
Accommodation: Katara Lodge or Mweya Safari Lodge
Meals: Full Board (Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner)
Drinks: Drinking Water
This morning you will head to back to the plains of Kasenyi for a morning game drive to try to find what could have missed the previous day. Lunch will be served at the lodge and after you will head to the jetty along kazinga channel for the afternoon boat cruise. This cruise offers you chances of viewing animals like: hippos, water birds, elephants, buffaloes, crocodiles and many other wildlife which flock the channel for drinking water.
Main Destination: Queen Elizabeth National Park
Accommodation: Katara Lodge or Mweya Safari Lodge
Meals: Full Board (Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner)
Drinks: Drinking Water
After morning breakfast, you will drive back to Kampala Entebbe International Airport via the Equator for photography and then to the Airport for your next flight out.
Main Destination: Entebbe
Accommodation: End of Tour, No accommodation
Meals: Breakfast & Lunch
Drinks: Mineral Water
End of 5 Day Gorilla & Game Viewing Safari
Additional accommodation can be arranged for extra cost
You’ll be dropped off at the airport (or hotel)
Thank you for choosing to travel with Umarella Voyage Safaris
Airport transfers on first and last day,
Transport in a 4×4 custom Land cruiser
Services of an English speaking driver guide
Fuel for the whole trip
Luxury accommodation and meal plan as per the itinerary
All park entrance fees
Drinking water while in the vehicle
Gorilla permit at USD700.00 per person per trek
Pre and post tour accommodation in Entebbe or Kampala
International airfares
Uganda Visa (USD50.00 which can be paid on arrival at the Airport
Items of personal nature such as tips, drinks, and laundry
