8 Days Gorillas, Wildlife and Cultural Safari Experience

Departure Date

Daily

Duration

8 Days | 7 Nights

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Maximum Seats

12
Day 1

Arrival | Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

When you touch down at Entebbe International Airport, you will be greeted with a warm smile from one of our staff clad in our company attire. He/she will help you with your luggage and escort you to our tour van. Once comfortably seated, you will head for Lake Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda. The drive will take about 7 hours on the road (and about 1 hour using a domestic charter flight from Entebbe to Mbarara ). You will stop over at Equator mark and proceed to Mbarara where you will have lunch at Igongo Cultural Center, then head off to Bwindi on a 3 hour journey to Bwindi. You will overnight either at Rushaga Gorilla Camp, Engagi Lodge, Bwidi lodge, Or their equivalents.
Day 2

Gorilla Tracking

Early in the morning, you will have breakfast. Thereafter, go to the main gate to start your trail. Having been assigned a guide, you will head out into the forest searching for the famed and endangered Mounted Gorilla. This trek last about 3 – 5 hours. Having spent quality time with these gentle creatures of the forest, you will retreat at your lodge. Have Lunch and rest your legs. Should you desire, you can have an evening walk through the neighboring communities.
Day 3

Batwa Experience | Nature Walk to Falls

You will wake up to a heart warning and delicious breakfast at around 7:00am, then head out to meet a people Known as the “Keepers of the Forest” the enchanting Batwa pygmies, a hunter-gatherer tribe that has lived side-by-side with the wildlife of this ancient park for thousands of years. Observe how the women prepare, cook and serve a meal. Engage with medicine men and learn about the medicinal properties of the lush forest flora. Hear ancient legends and traditional songs. Enjoy a lively music performance, learn about the Batwa’s fascinating way of life; from religion to their food gathering and hunting techniques, and interact with the tribesmen. This is usually a full day’s experience. Later in the afternoon, you can choose to take a walk to the most natural and wildly uninterrupted and most pure waterfall deep in the middle of this natural forest.
Day 4

Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park via Ishasha

Wake up to a lazy breakfast at around 7:30 am thereafter set off for Ishasha Sector in the southern part of Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda an average drive time of about 2 hours. On your way to your lodge, take time seek the tree-climbing lions in the acacia trees along the road. Later in the evening at around 4:30pm, you will have an evening game drive. You will encounter some wild animals such as the Forest Elephants, Buffalos, Uganda Kob, Topi, Warthogs, Waterbucks, Hippos. This drive normally takes about 2 hours. Return and rest at your lodge. You will overnight either at The Baboon Safari Resort, Queen Elizabeth Bush lodge, Elephant Plains Lodge Or their equivalent.
Day 5

Morning Game Drive | Boat Tour on Kazinga Channel

At 6:00 you will have your breakfast, then have your morning game drive. Encounter once more with hunting pride of Lions, the African Elephant, the off-spring of the cape and Forest Bufallo, Warthogs, Waterbuck, Uganda Kob, Bushbuck, Topi and the Giant Forest Hog. After about 3-4 hours, you will return to the lodge for a hot lunch. In the afternoon, you will head for a boat tour on Kazinga Channel. Here you will encounter one of the largest pools on hippos, thirsty Elephasts, the Nile Crocodile among others and over 600 bird species including Ayres' Hawk Eagle, Collared pratincole, Palm-nut Vulture, Swamp Flycatcher. Retreat to your lodge for the evening.
Day 6

Chimpanzee Tracking | Transfer to Lake Mburo National Park

You will have an early breakfast at around 6am and leave for chimpanzee tracking in Kalinsu Forest Reserve on the outskirts of Queen Elizabeth National Park. A unique destination offers a number of attractions, 414 tree species, 378 bird species, 97 moths, reptiles, flowers, over 262 butterfly species, over 300 Chimpanzees 40 of which are habituated and other 8 primate species including Baboons, Blue Monkeys, The Black and white monkey, L'hoest, The red tailed Colobus Monkey among others. This scenic guided walk will leave you refreshed and enlightened at the same time. After Breakfast, you will leave for Lake Mburo National Park. The drive will take about 3 hours. You stop over at Igongo Cultural center for an Akole Cultual experience. Have lunch in the same place and then proceed to your hotel in or outside the park. You will overnight at either Leopard rest camp, Rwakobo rock Lodge, Mihingo lodge, Or their equivalents.
Day 7

Morning Game Drive | Nature Walk

Very early in the morning, about 6:00, you will have your breakfast. Our guide will pick you from your lodge and take you on a morning Game Drive through the park. You will encounter the Brushella Zebras, and the Common Impalas found only in two park og Uganda, this inclusive. Other species to meet include Rothchild’s Giraffes, Eland, the Africa Cape Buffalo, Oribi, Defassa Waterbuck, Leopard, Hippo, Hyena, Topi, Reedbuck, and over 350 bird species among them the Bare-Faced-Go-Away Bird, Black-Billed Busard. This compact gem, 370km2 in size, seated 1,220m-1828 above sea level, the smallest of Uganda's parks, underlined by a 500 million year Precambrian metamorphic rocks, will leave an indelible mark on you. In the evening you will have take a guided walk through the park.
Day 8

Transfer to Entebbe and Departure

After a hearty breakfast, you will check out of your lodge and head for Entebbe. Depending on the time of your departure, either you will be dropped at the airport in time to catch your flight Or we will help you find a suitable hotel to rest while you wait for your departure time. Available accommodations include Sunset hotel, The Boma Entebbe, Gately Inn Entebbe.

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