5 Days Uganda Gorillas and Game Safari from Kigali
5 Days Uganda Gorillas and Game Safari from Kigali. This is tailored to take you to the best safari destinations in Uganda that is Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and Queen Elizabeth National Park(QENP). In Bwindi, you will have a magnificent encounter with the endangered mountain gorillas in their natural habitat, while Queen Elizabeth National Park promises magnificent views of several wildlife species including the rare tree climbing lions, herds of elephants and buffaloes, leopards, among others. You will enjoy game drives and boat safari experiences in QENP.
Highlights of 5 Days Uganda Gorillas and Game Safari from Kigali
- Gorilla Trekking in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
- Big Game Safari in Queen Elizabeth National Park
- Kazinga Channel Boat Cruise
- Tree Climbing Lions in Ishasha Sector of Queen Elizabeth National Park
- Very Scenic Cross-Border Drives
Detailed Itinerary of 5 Days Uganda Gorillas and Game Safari from Kigali
Day 1: Pick up and Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park for evening game drive
You will be picked up from your hotel in Kigali after breakfast or at Kigali International Airport upon arrival and start your journey to Queen Elizabeth National Park in western Uganda. The journey takes you through Kabale with its beautiful green rolling hills and the Bunyaruguru – the beautiful crater lakes.
Along the way you will have lunch after crossing the border into Uganda. Proceed with the journey to Queen Elizabeth National Park while enjoy stunning views of the rift valley. Once at your lodge, you will have a short rest and later go on your first game drive on which you will see several animals including buffaloes, antelopes, elephants, lions, leopards among others. Return to your lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation: Bush Lodge
Meal Plan: Lunch and Dinner
Day 2: Morning Game Drive and Afternoon boat Cruise on Kazinga Channel
After a delicious breakfast, head to Kasenyi Plains for a morning game drive. Search for some of the wildlife species you might have missed on the previous game drive and thereafter return to your lodge for lunch and short rest.
In the afternoon you will head to the jetty along the Kazinga Channel for the afternoon boat cruise. The cruise offers you chances of viewing animals like hippos and crocodiles in the waters, several water birds like herons, and herds of elephants and buffaloes along the banks of the channel as they drink water. Later return to your lodge, rest and thereafter have dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation: Bush Lodge
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 3: Journey to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
After breakfast, you will check out of your lodge and drive to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park with en-route game drive in the Ishasha Sector where you will get an opportunity to see the rare tree climbing lions lounging on fig tree branches.
Continue to Bwindi with en-route lunch. Arrive in the afternoon, check in at your lodge and spend the rest of the day at rest or take a walk around the lodge.
Accommodation: Buhoma Haven Lodge
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 4: Gorilla Trekking Experience in Bwindi Forest
Enjoy an early breakfast at the lodge. You will be picked up by your driver guide with your packed lunch boxes and head to the park headquarters for briefing about gorilla trekking. Your guide will take you through all the dos and don’ts while with mountain gorillas. Thereafter, you will be assigned a gorilla family to trek and then enter the forest in search of the mountain gorillas.
The trek takes approximately 2-5 hours or more depending on the movement of the gorillas and where they spent their previous night. Once you locate the gorilla family, you will spend one hour of photography and observing mountain gorillas as they go about their daily day activities.
Enjoy your lunch in the forest and thereafter trek back to the park headquarters to pick your gorilla trekking certificates and proceed to your lodge. Spend the evening at leisure, alternatively you can opt to visit the local community or relax. Later in the evening have your dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation: Buhoma Haven Lodge
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 5: Departure
Wake up to a sumptuous breakfast at the lodge, check out and thereafter drive back to Kigali Airport with border crossing at Cyanika Border. Along the way you will have en-route lunch at a local restaurant and continue with your journey, you will be dropped off at the airport to catch your flight back home or to your next destination.
End of 5 Days Uganda Gorillas and Game Safari from Kigali
Cost Includes:
- Gorilla permit Per person
- Airport transfers as per itinerary
- Transport in a 4×4 Safari Vehicle
- Fuel for the round trip
- Game drives and boat cruise on Kazinga Channel
- Services of an English-speaking driver guide
- All park entry fees
- Drinking water in the vehicle
Cost Excludes:
- Uganda and Rwanda Visa fees plus all expenses of a personal nature like drinks, souvenirs and tips.
