5 days uganda gorilla trekking, chimpanzee and wildlife safari

After having breakfast at your pace, you will be picked up by our Driver guide from the Lodge and embark on a road trip to further western Uganda, aiming the Gorilla land of Bwindi Impenetrable forest National park. This is a long day drive of approximately 10 hours with lunch stop over en route. Though long, the drive takes you through different features to include tropical rain forests, savannah fields and the terraced hills of Kigezi famously known as the Switzerland of East Africa. Drive to the lodge for relaxation as you wait for the next day’s adventure with dinner and overnight.

Distance Covered: 470km (8 hours’ Drive on a Well done smooth Road although the last 20km are rough)

Meal Plan: Breakfast – Lunch - Dinner

Accommodation: Rushaga Gorilla Havens  

Wake up early morning for Breakfast depending on the distance of your lodge to the starting point. Drive to the park headquarters where you will be briefed by the Bwindi national Park rangers and allocated a gorilla family to track.

This will be a once in a lifetime experience as you watch the mountain gorillas live their daily life of feeding, playing around and Grooming themselves.  The gorilla trekking activity takes 2 to 8 hours sparing one hour spent with the mountain gorillas.

After your gorilla Excursion, you can visit the Batwa People (keepers of the Forest) for a cultural tour on how these people lived in the forest before it was reserved as a national park.

You will then Transfer to Lake Bunyonyi for your luxury relaxation at the lake and closing down the distance back to Kampala. The word Bunyonyi comes from a local phrase “Bunyonyi” which means a place of small Birds.  This is Africa’s Second deepest lake with a total number of 29 islands and each Island has a past story on it.

Meal Plan: Breakfast - Lunch - Dinner

Accommodation: Lake Bunyonyi Rock Resort

Day 3: Drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park and Afternoon Chimpanzee trekking in Kyambura gorge

Have an early morning breakfast and start your journey to Queen Elizabeth National Park, headout to Kyambura gorge Forest also known the underground forest for Chimpanzee trekking to meet man’s closet cousins in the wild. The stunning Kyambura (or Chambura) Gorge also called the “Valley of Apes” is located in the far eastern corner of the well- known Queen Elizabeth National Park in south western Uganda. The landscape is among the most impressive you will find in Uganda and it is swarmed a rich wildlife bio-diversity that comprises of primates, wild animals as well as birds.

After your chimpanzee trekking excursion, you will transfer back to the lodge for relaxation as you prepare for the next day’s Safari Adventure.  

Meal Plan: Breakfast - Lunch - Dinner

Accommodation: Twin Lakes Safari Lodge

Arise up early with a cup of coffee and drive off for your safari game drive in the Plains of Kasenyi with chances of spotting a lot of wildlife like elephants, kobs, Lions, leopards among others. You can as well do An OPTIONAL Safari Experiential Game Drive whereby you move with the lion researchers closer to the Lions as well as learning more details on these Cats.

The safari Game Drive takes 2 to 3 hours and later on we shall go for an Afternoon Boat Cruise at 2pm. The Boat cruise is undertaken on the Kazinga Channel, a 40KM water channel connecting Lake George in the West to Lake Edward in the Eastern Part of the Park. While on the Boat Cruise, there higher chances of spotting Elephants Quenching down their thirst on a hot afternoon, Basking crocodiles, Wallowing Buffalos, A lot of Birds, Large concentrations of Hippos Among others.

Meal Plan: Breakfast - Lunch - Dinner

Accommodation: Twin Lakes Safari Lodge

After having breakfast, you will have an optional Morning Game drive in Queen Elizabeth before you are transferred back to Entebbe to readily check in and board your flight back home, as you say fare well to the pearl of Africa!