5-Day Uganda Safari with Gorillas, Chimps and Lake Bunyonyi

Upon arrival at Entebbe Airport, you will be picked up by your driver-guide, who will brief you about your tour if you have an early morning landing in Uganda, and then depart for Queen Elizabeth National Park. This park is understandably Uganda's most popular tourist destination. The park's diverse ecosystems, including sprawling savanna, shady humid forests, sparkling lakes, and fertile wetlands, make it the ideal habitat for classic big game, ten primate species, including chimpanzees, and over 600 species of birds.

Stop for lunch en route and proceed into the beautiful Queen Elizabeth National Park, one of Uganda's most outstanding treasures.

You may proceed for an evening game drive, time permitting, after checking in to your accommodation, or else relax at your accommodation.

Wake up early in the morning, have breakfast, and proceed for chimpanzee tracking in the Kyambura Gorge. The Kyambura Gorge is found on the eastern side of Queen Elizabeth National Park, and it is home to habituated chimpanzees, plus other primates including baboons and monkeys, as well as bird species. The gorge is 1 km long and 100 meters deep. The Kyambura landscape, drained by the Kyambura River, is one of the most impressive topographies in Queen Elizabeth National Park.

Spend the early part of the day tracking chimpanzees and then return to the accommodation for lunch.

Go for a two-hour boat cruise on the Kazinga Channel, which connects Lakes George and Edward, after lunch, and you will surely be fascinated by the concentrations of giant hippos, elephants, and crocodiles, among others.

You will also see many varieties of birds along the water shores.

Return to the accommodation, have dinner, and stay the night.

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

Continue to Bwindi, which is an extensive habitat for mountain gorillas in Uganda, harbouring an estimated 400 mountain gorillas - roughly half of the world's population - including several habituated groups that can be tracked. Its steep hillsides are blanketed by one of Uganda's oldest and most biologically diverse rainforests, which dates back over 25,000 years and contains almost 400 species of plants.

Arrive, check in to your accommodation, and with a strenuous day ahead, relax as you prepare for the Bwindi gorilla trekking experience the following day at Gorilla Mist.

Wake up for an early breakfast, and after a briefing by a ranger guide, you will enter the gorilla sanctuary for your adventure. The beauty of this rainforest is spectacular. The area offers a dramatic, steeply forested landscape and is incredibly dense, but crisscrossed by numerous animal trails allowing access to tourists. The time taken and the terrain vary with the movements of these marvellous primates.

Locate a gorilla group, and you will be allowed an hour in their presence. The thrill of spending time observing these gentle and endangered giants is an exciting experience.

Return to your lodge and have your lunch.

After that, check out for a transfer to Lake Bunyonyi. Lake Bunyonyi is framed by lush, green-terraced hills that reach a height of 2,200-2,478 m, but it is the 29 islands of various shapes and sizes scattered across the water that make it most magical - you could admire them all day.

Have a relaxed breakfast at the accommodation with a spectacular view of the little islands of Bunyonyi right in front of you, and thereafter embark on your return journey to Entebbe Airport or accommodation of your booking.

Expect en route stopovers in Mbarara town for lunch and at the Uganda Equator line mark in Kayabwe for some memorable photos, if you did not stop on the first day, and maybe buy some art pieces of interest.

Proceed with the journey, arriving late afternoon or evening for drop-off at the airport or accommodation of your booking.