5-Day Gorillas and Game Safari

This 5-Day Gorillas, Game Safari, and a boat cruise on the Kazinga channel connect Lake George and Lake Edward in Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda. This Channel has the highest concentration of Hippos worldwide, with over 700 species of birds. On a ‘good’ day, a cruise along the Kazinga Channel can expose you to more wildlife than you can find on any game drive. You will then visit the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park where you can trek one of the habituated families of mountain gorillas. This 5 Days Gorillas and Game Safari starts and ends in Entebbe

Detailed Itinerary

Day 1: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

After Breakfast, you will drive to Lake Bunyonyi on the Eastern side of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park. Your guide will make stopovers at the Equator crossing in Kayabwe for photography, a brief talk, and some experiments before you proceed to Mbarara town for lunch. En route, you will drive past banana plantations, farms, and the beautiful hills of Kigezi. Arrive at your lodge for dinner and overnight.

Lodging: Silverback Safari lodge /Buhoma Haven lodge/Buhoma Community Rest camp

Meal plan: Half board

Day 2: Gorilla trekking in Bwindi National Park

After an early morning breakfast, with your packed lunch, your guide will drive you to Ruhija Park Headquarters for registration and briefing at about 7:45 am. Your guides will lead you through the thick creepers and undergrowth as you trek to find the Gorillas. This trek can take you half an hour to three-quarters of the day. The steeply forested landscape is incredibly dense but crisscrossed by numerous animal trails allowing access to tourists. The amount of time you take during the trek largely depends on the movement of the gorillas. But it is an extraordinary feeling being with these beautiful yet endangered Creatures.

Lodging: Silverback Safari lodge /Buhoma Haven lodge/Buhoma Community Rest camp

Meal plan: Full board

Day 3: Drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park

After breakfast, you will depart for Queen Elizabeth National Park in Western Uganda arriving in time for Lunch at Elephant Hab or Pumba Safari Cottages. After, lunch, you will have a moment to relax before you proceed for an evening game drive in the Savannah plains of Kasenyi. At the Kasenyi plains, you will sport herds of buffaloes, elephants, and antelopes, and some big cuts such as lions and leopards can be spotted based on sheer luck. Return to your lodge overnight.

Lodging: Mweya Safari Lodge/Ishasha Jungle Lodge/Engiri Gama Lodge

Meal plan: Full board

DAY 4: Morning Game drive and afternoon boat cruise on Kazinga Channel

This morning you will head back to the Plains of Kasenyi for yet another morning Game drive to try and find what you could have missed during the previous Game drive. Lunch will be served at the lodge. After lunch, will head to the jetty along the Kazinga channel for the afternoon boat cruise. This cruise offers you chances to view animals like hippos, elephants, buffaloes, crocodiles, and many species of water birds.

Lodging: Mweya Safari Lodge/Ishasha Jungle Lodge/Engiri Gama Lodge

Meal plan: Full board

DAY 5: To Kampala/Entebbe or Airport

After morning breakfast, you will drive back to Kampala/Entebbe International Airport for your next flight out.

Safari Vacations and Travel Services is a Local tour operator based in Uganda with its head offices in Entebbe. Moreover, Safari Vacations and Travel Services is a business for a Ugandan native. We specialize in life-changing experiences and sustainable tours and holidays to all East African countries. Also, we are members of the Association of Uganda Tour Operators and with registration from the Uganda Tourism Board. We have a good and long working relationship with the Uganda Wildlife Authority. Making it easy to book your gorilla permits and gorilla trekking safari. Safari Vacations and Travel Services is also high in Trip Advisor reviews.