6-Day Uganda Wildlife Safari with Gorilla Trekking and Chimps

• Today, you will arrive in Uganda at Entebbe International Airport.
• Upon completion of your immigration formalities, you will be met and welcomed by our safari guide, who will be holding a sign with your name. You will then be transferred to your accommodation in Entebbe town, which is only a few minutes' drive from the airport.
• The guide will assist you with check-in, exchanging money, or making purchases where necessary. Time permitting, the guide will give you a thorough briefing about your tour later in the evening.

Accommodation:

Midrange: The Boma

Meal plan: Breakfast

• You will start your tour in the morning by driving to Queen Elizabeth National Park.
• You will have lunch and enjoy sightseeing along the way. You will arrive in the park in the evening. If time allows, you will have a game drive through the park on the way to your accommodation.
• Queen Elizabeth National Park's diverse ecosystem of grassy plains, tropical forests, rivers, swamps, lakes, and volcanic craters is home to an incredible abundance of wildlife. On this game drive, you might see leopards, giant forest hogs, Cape buffalo, elephants, defassa waterbucks, Uganda kobs, topi, and bushbucks.

Accommodation:

Midrange: Buffalo Safari Lodge

Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

• After breakfast, you will drive to Kyambura Gorge in Queen Elizabeth National Park for a guided chimpanzee tracking walk.
• The forested region of the park is a habitat for chimpanzees, monkeys, baboons, and other forest animals. You will have one hour to view, observe, and photograph the chimpanzees.
• You will later return to the lodge for lunch, and in the afternoon, you will enjoy a boat cruise along the famous Kazinga Channel that connects Lake George to Lake Edward. On this calm cruise, expect to see animals along the banks, Nile crocodiles, hundreds of bird species, and elephants lingering on the shoreline, creating one of the park's prime wildlife spectacles.
• Afterwards, you will return to your accommodation.

Accommodation:

Midrange: Buffalo Safari Lodge

Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

• After breakfast, you will check out of your accommodation and be transferred to the Ishasha Sector of Queen Elizabeth National Park for a game drive on your way to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. You will be led by an experienced ranger guide who will assist you in the search for tree-climbing lions, as well as other animals and birds.
• Later in the afternoon, you will proceed to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, the home of mountain gorillas.
• Upon arrival, you will check in to your accommodation and rest in preparation for the next day's activities.

Accommodation:

Midrange: Haven Buhoma Lodge

Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

• After breakfast, you will be accompanied by the guide to the park headquarters for the briefing at 08:00 hrs, equipped with your packed lunch.
• You will then be divided into groups depending on the gorilla family you have been allocated to track. Thereafter, you will proceed into the forest and begin your gorilla trekking experience, following the trails through the forest. You will have one hour to observe, photograph, and record the giant and gentle gorillas.
• After tracking the gorillas, you will return to your accommodation to relax, or you can enjoy any other optional activities around Bwindi.

Accommodation:

Midrange: Haven Buhoma Lodge

Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

• You will check out of the lodge in the morning for a drive to Kihihi Airstrip.
• From here, you will take a flight to Entebbe Airport.
• The flight departs at 09:30 hrs and lands in Entebbe at 11:30 hrs. You will carry a packed lunch.
• Upon arrival in Entebbe, you will check in for your departure flight, or advise accordingly.