6 Days Gorilla tracking and wildlife safari in Uganda
6 days gorilla tracking and wildlife safari. You will be met and warmly welcomed by our trained and experienced guide / driver from African adventure Travellers and then be taken to an already booked Hotel. Depending on your arrival time, you may decide to rest for a day after the long flight, or start-off your 6 days wildlife and gorilla safari the next morning which will take you through a variety of activities like rhino tracking at the Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary, game drives through the Murchison falls national park, sighting of the tree climbing lions in Ishasha plains at Queen Elizabeth and gorilla trekking in Bwindi impenetrable forest national park. On the day of arrival at Entebbe Airport.
Mountain gorillas from the Bitukura group in the Bwindi Impenetrable forest national park.
6 Days Gorilla safari
Duration
6 days
Departure / Return
Hotel pickup - Your also returned to your hotel.
Programme for the 6 days gorilla tracking and wildlife safari in Uganda
Day 1: Travel to Murchison Falls National Park
We set off from Kampala at exactly 7:00 am after your early morning breakfast for our 6 days wildlife tour with gorilla tracking safari package driving through Luwero where we pick a couple of fruits; like the pineapples, passion fruits, oranges, pawpaws and many others to the Nakasongola district with a long stretch filled with Acaccia plants to the Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary for Rhino Tracking trip package, the tracking may take up to 2 hours depending on where the Rhinos are feeding from.
Continue to Masindi town for lunch at Masindi Hotel, then later continue to the park entrance and be driven to the Top of the great Murchison waterfalls.
Overnight at
- Budget: Fort Murchison Lodge
- Midrange: Murchison River Lodge
- Luxury: Paraa Safari Lodge
Day 2: Early Morning Game drive and an afternoon Boat ride.
Have your early morning breakfast, then continue for a 4 hours Game drive in Murchison falls National Park. It is another great morning yet to get only a few meters away from the Lions, Warthogs, Giraffes, Elephants, Jacksons heart beasts, Jackals and the Hippo Pool for breakfast
At 11:00 am, we return back to our lodge for freshening up and lunch, then at exactly 2:00 pm, we get onto a boat and start a 3 hours ride on the Victoria Nile with sightings of the great Nile Crocodiles, Buffaloes, Hippos, and lots of birds, you will also be shown the crash point of Ernest Hemingway.
Overnight at
- Budget: Fort Murchison Lodge
- Midrange: Murchison River Lodge
- Luxury: Paraa Safari Lodge
Day 3: Murchison falls to Queen Elizabeth National Park
After the early morning breakfast, check out of the park and drive along lake Albert, to the escarpment area for a great view of the great rift valley, then continue to Hoima town for lunch at Kolping Hotel. After lunch, embark on the journey through Mabale, kagadi towns with great views of the local community, school kids, thatched houses and finally to Kyenjojo town.
Not forgetting it is a dirt road to Kyenjonjo town from Murchison falls National Park. Drive 55km to fort portal town and continue for a 1 hour: 45 minutes' drive on a tarmac road to Queen Elizabeth.
Lodges to choose from
- Budget: Bush Lodge
- Midrange: Kingfisher Lodge
- Luxury: Mweya Safari Lodge
Day 4: Early Morning Game drive and then continue to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park
After having our morning breakfast at Ihamba lodge, we drive through Ishasha and this is in the southern section of Bwindi Forest National park. Here there are high chances of spotting the elephants, tree climbing lions, baboons, waterbucks, buffaloes and many more on the way. Then en-route to savannah hotel for lunch and later head to Bwindi Impenetrable forest Park.
Accommodation
- Budget: Buhoma Community
- Midrange: Silverback Lodge
- Luxury: Buhoma Lodge
Day 5: Gorilla trekking in Bwindi Forest Park
We shall have an early morning breakfast with our packed lunch and report to the park headquarters by 7:30 am for a briefing on gorilla tracking etiquette.
After the briefing, we start off with the gorilla tracking as we shall be penetrating the Impenetrable Forest to look for these gentle giant gorillas under the guidance of a knowledgeable guide and armed rangers.
Putting in mind that Gorilla tracking can take a whole day or even 5 minutes of walk into the Impenetrable forest and sight the gorillas.
Accommodation
- Budget: Buhoma Community
- Midrange: Silverback Lodge
- Luxury: Buhoma Lodge
Day 6: Travel back to Kampala or preferred destination
After our morning breakfast, we drive back to Kampala via Mbarara - Masaka lunch en-route.
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