5 Days and 4nights Wildlife & Gorilla Trekking Safari

5 Days and 4 nights Wildlife & Gorilla Trekking Safari specifically gives you a chance to enjoy/Explore Queen Elizabeth National Park. Furthermore, the park is found in western Uganda against the backdrop of the Rwenzori Mountains. It offers a medley of wonders including over 95 species of mammals as well as over 600 species of birds. This biodiversity hotspot was for instance gazetted in 1952 as Kazinga National Park. And presently extends for an area of 1978 square kilometers.

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park Located in the south-western side of Uganda, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is one of the most popular gorilla trekking destinations sheltering more than half the World’s surviving population of mountain gorillas with more than 40 families, 20 of which are habituated for trekking. Bwindi Forest was gazetted into a National Park in 1991 and was later declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1994.

Trip Highlights of 5 Days Wildlife & Gorilla Trekking

1. Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park.
2. Game Viewing and Launch trip.
3. Morning Game Drive and transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.
4. Gorilla trekking in Bwindi and Evening Cultural visit
5. Transfer Back to Kampala/ Entebbe for your flight.

Detailed 5 Days and 4nights Wildlife & Gorilla Trekking Safari

Day 1 of 5 Days Wildlife & Gorilla Trekking: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park.

After an early breakfast, you will shortly be picked up by your 5 Days Wildlife & Gorilla Trekking Safari  guide to kicking off your journey to Queen Elizabeth National Park via the Kampala-Masaka highway. The 6-7 hours journey involves two stopovers and the first one is at the Uganda Equator crossing in Kayabwe here you will spend at least 30 minutes taking photos of this remarkable landmark and experimenting with how water drains (clockwise or anti-clockwise) when placed in the northern and southern hemispheres.

You will continue with the journey to Igongo Cultural Center and Country Hotel for your mouth-watering local/traditional and international dishes as well as an optional tour of the local Museum known as “Erijukiro” Museum to have a view of some of the original artifacts of the Ankole people. You will then continue through Mbarara the land of milk and honey, Bushenyi where the cool air and lush vegetation will leave you open-mouthed, yet your arrival at Queen Elizabeth National Park will introduce you to real Paradise.

• Location: Queen Elizabeth National Park
• Accommodation Option: Twin Lake Safari Lodge or similar
• Meals Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
• Drinking Water and Fruits throughout

Day 2 of 5 Days Wildlife & Gorilla Trekking: Game Viewing and Launch trip

on Day 2 of 5 Days Wildlife & Gorilla Trekking, you will Get up early for breakfast and finally start the game drive at exactly 6:30 am for a chance to encounter the lions and leopards returning from their hunt. The Queen’s mile as well as Kasenyi tracks within the vast savannah plains reward tourists with the opportunity of sighting numerous wildlife species for example side-striped jackals, elephants, buffaloes, Uganda kobs, warthogs, bushbucks, waterbucks, Topis, elands. A game drive doesn’t mean that your options will be limited to wildlife but also introduces you to numerous bird species like Chapin’s flycatcher, martial eagles, black bee-eaters, and many others. Eventually return to the Lodge to freshen up, have lunch, and relax.

In the afternoon, you will head for the launch trip along the Kazinga Channel, lasting about 2 hours and will be filled with surprises like spotting huge Nile crocodiles and hippos lazing on the banks of the channel as well as Uganda kobs, elephants, and buffaloes drinking or cooling their bodies during the hot sunshine. Birds in large numbers will also be spotted during the cruise and the must-see species are the African fish eagles, pink-backed pelicans, African skimmer, and Martial eagles among others. Continue to the Lodge for a quick snack and have a brief evening game drive to spot the nocturnal mammals such as leopards, spotted hyenas, and lions.

• Location: Queen Elizabeth National Park
• Accommodation Option: Twin Lake Safari Lodge 
• Meals Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner Drinking Water and Fruits throughout.

Day 3: Morning Game Drive and transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.

After your early breakfast, you will have a morning game Drive and then continue with your journey to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. You will have your lunch in Kihihi towards the Buhoma sector of Bwindi Impenetrable National park and check in at your lodge in order to freshen up and relax.

• Location: Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park
• Accommodation option: Gorilla Mist Camp/Rushaga Gorilla Camp or similar
• Meals Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner Drinking Water and Fruits throughout.

Day 4: Gorilla trekking in Bwindi and Evening Cultural visit

Breakfast will be served early so that you can find your fellow gorilla trekkers at the Park Headquarters at 7:00 am for briefing. Be briefed on how to behave when in the presence of Mountain gorillas and your expectations of the activity.  The trek is usually challenging and involves going through muddy trails, scratching, and misty vegetation but the face-to-face encounter with the mountain gorillas and spending one hour with them is a rewarding experience. After spending quality time with them they descend to the trailhead and back to the Lodge for lunch.

After enjoying your lunch and relaxing, firstly head for a relaxed evening walk to the nearby Batwa community to have an insight into how they lived in the forest before eviction. Secondly, you will see their traditional houses, see some of the plants used for medicinal purposes, see how they use sticks to make fire, and be entertained by their traditional dances.

• Location: Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park
• Accommodation option: Rushaga Gorilla Camp/ Gorilla Mist Camp 
• Meals Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner Drinking Water and Fruits throughout.

Day 5: Transfer Back to Kampala/ Entebbe for your flight

Start the most important meal of the day from the Lodge earlier before checking out and leaving for Kampala or Entebbe. This 8-9 hours journey certainly involves one stopover in Mbarara Town for lunch and continuing straight to Kampala or Entebbe International Airport for your return flight (if it’s at 21:00 hours and beyond). Alternatively, if your flight is earlier, you can depart through Kigali International Airport which is 3-4 hours away.  Thus the End of 5 Gorilla Chimpanzee Tracking Safari.

• Location: Kampala (City)
• Accommodation Option: No (End of tour)
• Meals Plan: Breakfast, Lunch
• Drinking Water and fruits throughout.