Gorilla & Game Safari Tour

This 5 Days Gorillas and Game Safari will take you to Queen Elizabeth National Park for game drives and a boat cruise on Kazinga channel which has the highest concentration of hippos in the whole world, over 600 species of birds can be spotted an on a good day, this boat cruise can expose you to more wildlife than you can find on any given game drive. It then takes you to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park where you will have a chance to trek one of the habituated mountain gorilla families and take back memories. This 5 Days Gorillas and Game Safari starts and ends in Entebbe International Airport

• What's Included

  • Airport transfers on first and last day

  • Transport in a 4×4 safari vehicle

  • Services of an English speaking driver guide

  • Fuel for the whole trip

  • Accommodation and meal plan as per the itinerary

  • All park entrance fees

  • Drinking water while in the vehicle

• Not Included

  • Gorilla permit at $600.00 per person per trek or $450.00 in April

  • May and November

  • Pre and post tour accommodation in Entebbe or Kampala

  • International airfares

  • Uganda Visa ($50.00 which can be paid on arrival at the Airport

  • Items of personal nature such as tips

  • Drinks

  • Laundry

Our Itinerary

Day 1: To Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

After Breakfast, you will drive to Lake Bunyonyi located on the Eastern side of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. Your guide will make stopovers at the Equator for photography and lunch in Mbarara town. You will then drive past banana plantations, Farms and beautiful hills of Kigezi for your overnight stay at BroadBill Forest Camp or Crater bay Cottages in Kabale town.

Main Destination: Bwindi Impenetrable National Forest

Accommodation: BroadBill Forest Camp or Crater Bay Cottages

Meals: Lunch & Dinner (Breakfast Not Included)

Drinks: Drinking Water

DAY 02: Gorilla trekking in Bwindi National Park

After your early morning breakfast, your guide will drive you to Ruhija Park headquarters for briefing and joining others for gorilla trekking. You will start your trek which can take from 30 minutes to 7 hours depending on the location of mountain gorillas on that particular day. Once you have found them, you will do around one hour of observation and photography before returning back to the park headquarters for certificate and overnight at BroadBill Forest Camp or Crater Bay Cottages at Lake Bunyonyi.

Main Destination: Bwindi Impenetrable National Forest

Accommodation: BroadBill Forest Camp or Crater Bay Cottages

Meals: All Meals Included

Drinks: Drinking Water

DAY 03: Drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park

After breakfast, you will depart for Queen Elizabeth National Park located in western Uganda arriving in time for Lunch at Buffalo Safari resort. This will be followed by a short relaxation and an evening game drive in the savannah plains of Kasenyi where wild animals like buffaloes, elephants, antelopes and big cuts such as lions and leopards can be spotted depending on your luck. Return to your lodge for overnight.

Main Destination: Queen Elizabeth National Park

Accommodation: Buffalo Safari Resort

Meals: All Meals Included

Drinks: Drinking Water

DAY 04: Morning Game drive and afternoon boat cruise on Kazinga Channel

This morning you will head back to the plains of Kasenyi for a morning game drive to try to find what could have been missed the previous day. Lunch will be served at the lodge and after that you will head to the jetty along Kazinga channel for the afternoon boat cruise. This cruise offers you the chance of viewing animals like: hippos, water birds, elephants, buffaloes, crocodiles and many other wildlife which flock the channel for drinking water.

Main Destination: Queen Elizabeth National Park

Accommodation: Buffalo Safari Resort

Meals: All Meals Included

Drinks: Drinking Water

DAY 05: To Kampala/Entebbe or Airport

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

Main Destination: Entebbe Accommodation:

Accommodation : None

Meals: Breakfast & Lunch Drinks: Mineral Water

Additional accommodation can be arranged for extra cost

You’ll be dropped off at the airport (or hotel)