9-Days Uganda Gorillas and Wildlife Safari and Tours

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The Itinerary summarized for you

9-Days Uganda Gorillas and Wildlife Safari and Tours: The itinerary can be customized to your preferred desires and safari quest. Get an opportunity to join an exclusive Ugandan safari that comprises game drives, boat cruises, gorilla treks, and relaxation at some of the most luxurious resorts. Our safari experts are ready to design the most appropriate, budget-friendly, and all-inclusive safari.

• Day 1: Arrival at Entebbe International Airport
• Day 2: Transfer to Lake Mburo National Park with an afternoon boat cruise
• Day 3: Game drive and transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park
• Day 4: Morning game drive & boat cruise along Kazinga channel
• Day 5: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park with a game drive in Ishasha
• Day 6: Gorilla Trekking in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
• Day 7: Transfer to Lake Bunyonyi
• Day 8: Boat ride to the numerous islands of Lake Bunyonyi
• Day 9: Transfer back to Entebbe International Airport

Detailed Itinerary: 9-Days Uganda Gorillas and Wildlife Safari and Tours

Day 1: Arrival at Entebbe International Airport

Welcome to Uganda! Upon arrival at Entebbe International Airport, our friendly and professional guide will meet and greet you. He will brief you and take you through your trip plan, then transfer you to your hotel in Entebbe for relaxation and dinner.

Accommodation options: Serena Hotel/Sheraton Hotel (Luxury)

Day 2: Transfer to Lake Mburo National Park with an afternoon boat cruise

After an early morning breakfast at the lodge, you will transfer to Lake Mburo National Park. When you arrive at the park, you will check in at the lodge, eat lunch, and then prepare for an unforgettable boat cruise along the lake. Still, many animals, such as crocodiles and hippos, will be seen, and after the boat ride, you will return to the lodge. The boat cruise can be done at dawn or dusk, depending on your safari itinerary; normally, it takes around 2 hours.

All rides begin at Rwonyo Jetty; it will not take long before you start to see large groups of crocodiles and buffaloes lining the banks of the lake. The lake is also famous for its bird life, majestic fish eagles, and colourful kingfishers. If you are lucky, you might even glimpse the rare shoebill storks.

Accommodation options: (Luxury) (Moderate)

Day 3: Game drive and transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park

In the morning, you will have breakfast at your lodge and thereafter set out for the game drive through the park, where your eyes will be fed with amazing sights and wildlife such as impalas, kobs, antelopes, and bird species.

Lake Mburo has a variety of antelopes, including topi, duiker, oribis, reedbuck, and klipspringer, and the Rothschild giraffe has recently been reintroduced. However, the park heights have to be the Burchells zebra and eland, which are only found in two national parks in Uganda. After the game drive, you will check out of the lodge and drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park. This national park is famous for various wildlife species and primate species. This famous conservation area is bordered by Lake Edward in the southwest and Lake George in the northeast. This park has a variety of wildlife species, including impalas, kobs, forest hogs, elephants, buffaloes, tree-climbing lions, and cape buffaloes. Upon your arrival at the park, check-in and prepare for relaxation, dinner, and an overnight stay.

Accommodation options: (Luxury), (Moderate)

Day 4: Morning game drive & boat cruise along Kazinga channel

Start the day with an early game drive that exposes us to diverse animals: Big 5 members: elephants, buffalos, big cats—lions and leopards—more times in the evening; warthogs—hunchback carnivals like hyenas are spotted along the Circuits as we drive along the and many more species that are residents of this park. There is rich bird life, especially our version of storks in the wetland spots as we reach the Flamingoes in the salt lakes at Kasenyi. After lunch, we get ready for the classic highlights of the 2-hour boat cruise on the famous Kazinga channel, a 36-kilometer channel linking Lake George – Lake Edward. Here you see land and water Adapted Hippopotamuses Yawning, the National Geographical Society killing machine, the Nile crocodile gaping along the banks, and the Savannah version of Pigs, the Warthog-Puma, are hallmark signs in this animal home. With your binoculars along the peninsula, you have a magnificent view of birds and animals like the ever-playing African elephants in the water.

Accommodation options: (Luxury) (Moderate)

Day 5: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park with a game drive in Ishasha

Have breakfast, then set off for Bwindi Impenetrable National Park through the Ishasha sector of Queen Elizabeth National Park, famously known for its resident tree-climbing lions. The chance of spotting these lions is about 70%, though sometimes they are hard to spot (most especially when they are down in the grassland looking for prey). I hope you get the chance to spot them; the sight will be spectacular!

Continue to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. Bwindi harbours an estimated 400 mountain gorillas—roughly half of the world’s population, including several habituated groups, which you will trek. With a strenuous day ahead, you will do less on arrival, but just check in to your accommodation and relax as you prepare for the Bwindi gorilla trekking experience the following day.

Accommodation options: Gorilla Mist Camp/Ichumbi Gorilla Lodge

 Meal plan: Full board

Day 6: Gorilla Trekking

In the company of an experienced park ranger, you will be tracking the whereabouts of one of the nine habituated family groups who live in the park.  Your tracking experience will be an exciting yet challenging journey along forested slopes, tangled vines, thick vegetation, and bamboo forests before you reach the territory of these gentle giants.

En route, your ranger will point out telltale signs of previous gorilla activity, like dung, nests, and chewed bamboo shoots. Depending on the location of the gorillas on any given day, the walk can take anywhere from 2 to 7 hours. After a trek full of adventure, you will return to the lodge for relaxation and lunch.

Accommodation options: Gorilla Mist Camp/Ichumbi Gorilla Lodge

 Meal plan: Full board

Day 7: Transfer to Lake Bunyonyi

After a tasty breakfast, you will check out of the lodge with the help of your guide and drive to Kabale through the beautiful terraced, verdant hills. This place is known as the “Switzerland of Africa.”.

You check in at your hotel for lunch as you enjoy the breathtaking views of Lake Bunyonyi.

Accommodation options: Bird Nest/Bunyonyi overland resort

Meal plan: Full board

Day 8: Boat ride to the numerous islands

After a tasty breakfast at your lodge, you will take a boat ride on Lake Bunyonyi to the numerous islands to sightsee as well as view the various bird species. After the boat ride, you will return to the lodge for lunch, and in the afternoon, you can choose to take part in the hotel’s in-house games.

 Accommodation options: Bird Nest/Bunyonyi overland resort

 Meal plan: Full board

Day 9: Transfer back to Entebbe International Airport

After a tasty breakfast at your lodge, you will check out of the lodge with the help of your guide and then transfer back to Entebbe for your flight back home. We truly hope that you had a wonderful stay in Uganda, and Uganda will always be close to our hearts!

Meal plan: Breakfast

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