4 Days Gorilla Trekking and Wildlife Safari
Ultimate 4 Days Gorilla Trekking and Safari Experience.
This 4 days gorilla trekking and wildlife safari will take you to Queen Elizabeth National Park, which is the second largest national park in Uganda, where you will be able to spot different animals like lions, leopards, elephants, buffaloes, waterbucks, bushbucks, Uganda kobs, hippos, Nile crocodiles, and warthogs, among others, during the game drives and boat cruise on Kazinga Channel. This Uganda safari will also take you to the famous Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, where you will be able to have a face-to-face encounter with the mountain gorillas during a gorilla trekking experience.
Highlights of the safari
Day 1: Pick up and transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park – boat cruise on the Kazinga channel
Day 2: Morning game drive and transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Day 3: Gorilla trekking experience
Day 4: Departure to Kampala/Entebbe
Detailed itinerary
Day 1: Pick up and transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park – boat cruise on the Kazinga channel
You will be picked up from your hotel in Entebbe very early in the morning by our driver guide, briefed about the safari and then start the journey to Queen Elizabeth National Park in western Uganda. On the way, you will have a stopover for en-route lunch, after which you will continue to Queen Elizabeth National Park.
Upon arrival, you will go for your amazing boat cruise on Kazinga Channel, where you will be able to spot large herds of hippos and Nile crocodiles in the water and other animals like buffaloes and elephants along the shores and spot aquatic bird species like hornbills, vultures, cormorants, kingfishers, and bee-eaters, among others. After the boat cruise, you will have an en route game drive as you connect to your lodge for dinner and overnight.
Day 2: Morning game drive and transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
After an early breakfast, you will check out of the lodge and meet up with your driver-guide to go for a morning game drive in the park, where you will look out for animals like lions, buffalo, leopards, elephants, Uganda kobs, waterbucks, hyenas, warthogs, bushbucks, and others. After the game drive, you will drive out of the park and start the journey to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park with a stopover for lunch en route. Upon arrival, connect to your lodge for dinner and overnight.
Day 3: Gorilla trekking experience
You will have an early breakfast, carry a packed lunch from the lodge and meet up with your driver guide to go for a gorilla trekking briefing at the park headquarters. After the briefing, you will be subdivided into groups of 8 people, where each group will be allocated a habituated gorilla family to trek and an experienced park guide. Trekking gorillas in Bwindi National Park takes about 2 to 7 hours, depending on their location, because they like to move from one place to another in search of food. Once the gorilla family is located, you will be allowed to spend one hour with the mountain gorillas, watching them feed, play, rest, breastfeed young ones, take photos, record videos, and learn more about their behaviours from the park guide, among others.
After the encounter with the gentle giants, you will trek back to the starting point where you will meet up with your driver guide and either return to the lodge for relaxation or go for an interesting cultural tour in the neighbouring community where you will interact with the local people, learn about their culture, listen to their stories, and enjoy their performances, among others. Later return to the lodge for dinner and overnight.
Day 4: Departure to Kampala/Entebbe
After breakfast, you will check out of the lodge and meet up with your driver guide to start the journey to Kampala. On the way, you will have a stopover for en route lunch and another stopover at the Equator to take photos and buy souvenirs and then proceed to Kampala, arriving early evening. Upon arrival, your driver guide will drop you off at Entebbe airport for your departure flight or drop you off at any place of advice.
End of 4 days of gorilla trekking and wildlife safari.
The tour includes
- Gorilla trekking permit @ $800pp
- Park entrance fees/game drives
- Boat cruise on the Kazinga channel
- Batwa cultural tour
- Full board accommodation
- Meals at the lodge and en-route (breakfast, lunch and dinner)
- Full-time English-speaking driver guide
- 4WD safari Vehicle and fuel
- Pick up and drop off in Kampala/Entebbe
- Bottled drinking water during the safari
The tour excludes
- Airflight tickets (International and domestic)
- Visas
- Travel insurance
- Personal expenses like buying alcoholic and nonalcoholic drinks, souvenirs, crafts, telephone calls, laundry services, and hiring a porter, among others.
- Tipping and gratuities
