Detailed Itinerary: 6 Day Uganda Wildlife and Gorilla Safari

Day 1: Arrival at Entebbe International Airport & transfer to Lake Mburo

Welcome to Uganda! As soon as you land at the airport, our friendly driver guide will be there to warmly welcome you and get you started on your exciting adventure. He will then transfer you to Lake Mburo National Park, Uganda’s most miniature savannah national park. It was upgraded to a national park in 1983, and it is home to 332 bird species and animals like buffaloes, oribis, kobs, warthogs, and zebras, among others.

Upon arrival at the park, you will check in at the lodge for dinner, relaxation, and an overnight stay.

• Accommodation options: Mihingo Lodge (Luxury), Rwakobo Rock (Moderate)
• Meal Plan: Lunch and Dinner

Day 2: Morning game drive and afternoon boat cruise

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 heights of the park have to be the Burchells zebra and eland, which are only found in two national parks in Uganda.

After the game drive, you will return to the lodge for relaxation while waiting for lunch. After lunch, you will set out for an unforgettable experience on the boat cruise along the lake. Still, a lot of animals will be seen, like crocodiles and hippos, among others, and then, after the boat cruise, you will head back to the lodge. The boat cruise can be done at dawn or dusk, depending on your safari itinerary, and normally it takes around 2 hours.

All rides begin at Rwonyo Jetty; it will not take you long before you begin 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 catch a glimpse of the rare shoebill storks.

• Accommodation options: Mihingo Lodge (Luxury), Rwakobo Rock (Moderate)
• Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Day 3: Transfer to Bwindi impenetrable

After breakfast, you will check out of the lodge with the help of your guide and continue westward, leaving Lake Mburo and heading towards Bwindi, home of the heavyweights. You will have lunch at the lodge upon arrival, and in the evening, you could go for a guided nature walk or a community visit.

• Accommodation options: Chameleon Hill Lodge (Luxury), Four Gorillas Lodge (Moderate)

Day 4: Gorilla trekking—Bwindi Impenetrable

On this day, you will have a great time meeting the mountain gorillas in Bwindi’s impenetrable forest! After a tasty breakfast, your guide will pick you up from the lodge, head for a briefing, and later enjoy the fullness of the mist forest as you see the gentle giants and other wildlife species like buffaloes, elephants, monkeys, butterflies, and different bird species. Only one hour is permitted for you with the gorillas. Locating gorillas can take a few hours or the whole day, depending on how far they moved from the place they spent the previous night.

• Accommodation options: Chameleon Hill Lodge (Luxury), Four Gorillas Lodge (Moderate)
• Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Day 5: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park

After breakfast, you will check out of the lodge and drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park. This national park is famous for a variety of wildlife and chimpanzee species. This famous conservation area is bordered by Lake Edward in the southwest, and in the northeast, it’s bordered by Lake George. This park was named after Queen Elizabeth the Second and it has a variety of animal species, including impalas, kobs, forest hogs, elephants, buffaloes, tree-climbing lions, and cape buffaloes. This national park is also filled with many volcanic calderas, which harbour many flamingos in several seasons.

Upon arrival at Queen Elizabeth, you will have lunch and then, in the afternoon, set out for a boat cruise on Kazinga Channel, where you will see various animals like crocodiles, hippos, water bucks, and buffaloes, as well as birds like storks and kingfishers, among others.

• Accommodation options: Chameleon Hill Lodge (Luxury), Four Gorillas Lodge (Moderate)
• Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Day 6: Game Drive—Queen Elizabeth and Transfer to Entebbe.

Arise early enough, and after breakfast, enjoy a morning game drive where you will see various animals like elephants, elands, antelopes, buffaloes, and lions, among others. After having your lunch at the lodge, you will transfer to Ishasha to see the famous tree-climbing lions, which can only be sighted at Queen Elizabeth in the Ishasha sector. After the game drive, you will drive back to Entebbe for your inbound flight back home with an en-route lunch.

• Meal Plan: Breakfast and Lunch

End in of 6 Day Uganda Wildlife and Gorilla Safari