5 Days fly in gorilla and wildlife safari
The 5 days fly in gorilla and wildlife safari is an amazing adventure that will take you to Queen Elizabeth national park in western Uganda where you will be able to view different animals like elephants, buffaloes, Uganda kobs, waterbucks, warthogs, lions, leopards among others during the game drives and boat cruise on Kazinga channel. The safari will also take you to Bwindi impenetrable national park where you will be able to spend one hour with the endangered mountain gorillas in their natural environment.
Highlights of the 6 days Uganda gorillas and Queen Elizabeth safari
Day 1: Fly to Queen Elizabeth national park
Day 2: Morning game drive and boat cruise
Day 3: Transfer to Bwindi impenetrable national park
Day 4: Gorilla trekking in Bwindi impenetrable national park
Day 5: Fly to Entebbe
Detailed itinerary
Day 1: Fly to Queen Elizabeth national park
Depending on your arrival at Entebbe international airport on the first day of the 5 days fly in gorilla and wildlife safari, you will connect to your domestic flight from Entebbe international airport to Kasese or Mweya airstrips. Flight to Queen Elizabeth national park depart at 7:00am, 10:15am and 12:00pm and they arrive at Kasese/Mweya airstrip at 10:05am, 12;05pm and 14;15pm respectively.
Upon arrival in the park you will go for an afternoon game drive where you will be able to view animals like buffaloes, Uganda kobs, elephants, waterbucks, warthogs, bush bucks among others. After the game drive, you will drive to the lodge for dinner and overnight.
Day 2: Morning game drive/ lion tracking experience and after noon boat cruise
Game drive/ lion tracking experience,
After an early breakfast on the second day of the 5 days fly in gorilla and wildlife safari, you will meet up with your driver guide to go for a morning game drive or lion tracking experience which is commonly done in Kasenyi plains. During the game drive you will be able to view animals like elephants, lions, leopards, Uganda kobs, waterbucks, bushbucks, warthogs, giant forest hogs, bird species like grey crowned cranes, yellow throated long crow, red throat spur fowl, African white backed vulture, African wattled plover, black bellied bustard, black headed gonolek among others. After the game drive you will drive back to the lodge for lunch.
Boat cruise,
After lunch you will go for an amazing boat cruise on Kazinga channel a water body that connects Lake George and Lake Edward. The scheduled boat cruise starts at 2:00pm and takes about 2 to 3 hours, during the boat cruise you will be able to cruise near large concentration of hippos and crocodiles in water, animals like elephants, buffaloes, waterbucks, warthogs on the shores of the lake, bird species like saddle bill stork, long tailed cormorant, African shoebill, yellow billed stork, pink backed pelican, black crake, view fishermen preparing their fishing gears among others. After the boat cruise you will drive to the lodge for an evening relaxation, dinner and overnight.
Day 3: Transfer to Bwindi impenetrable national park
On the third day of the 5 days fly in gorilla and wildlife safari, you will have breakfast, check out of the lodge and meet up with your driver guide to transfer to Bwindi impenetrable national park in south western part of Uganda. You will pass via Ishasha sector where you will view the tree climbing lions lying up in acacia, fig tree branches staring on the antelopes which will be feeding in the open savannah plains. After the game drive in Ishasha sector you will go for lunch and then continue with the journey to Bwindi forest which takes about 3 to 4 hours’ drive. Upon arrival in the park you will check into the lodge, have dinner and overnight.
Day 4: Gorilla trekking in Bwindi impenetrable national park
Gorilla trekking,
After an early breakfast on the fourth day of the 5 days fly in gorilla and wildlife safari, you will carry packed lunch and meet up with your driver to transfer to the park headquarters for a briefing about the rules, regulations and expectations of gorilla trekking. Gorilla trekking in Bwindi impenetrable national park is an interesting activity and one of the major activities carried out in Uganda and it’s done is groups of 8 individuals where each group will be allocated a gorilla family to trek daily and a park guide who will be sharing information about the mountain gorillas and also conversant with trails in the jungle. Trekking of the mountain gorillas takes about 30 minutes to 8 hours depending on where the gorillas are located because they like to move from one place to another in search of food.
During trekking you will have views of colorful bird species like handsome francolin, Rwenzori batis, animals like buffaloes, elephants, antelopes, primates, plant and tree species among others. Once the mountain gorillas are found you will be allowed to spend one hour with them in their natural environment which gives you an opportunity to watch them carry out their daily activities like feeding, breast feeding, playing, ask questions, learn more about their behaviors, habits, take photos and record the moments to show people back home after the safari. After one hour encounter with the endangered mountain gorillas, you will trek back to the park headquarters where you will be awarded a certificate for participating in gorilla trekking and then meet up with your driver guide to transfer back to the lodge for an evening relaxation, dinner and overnight.
Day 5: Fly to Entebbe international airport
After breakfast on the last day of the 5 days fly in gorilla and wildlife safari, you will check out of the lodge and meet up with your driver guide to transfer to Kihihi airstrip for your domestic flight to Entebbe international airport.
End of 5 days fly in gorilla and wildlife safari
Tour includes
- Gorilla trekking permit
- Park entrance fees
- Boat cruise fees
- Lion tracking experience
- Domestic flight fares
- All activities included in the itinerary
- An English speaking driver guide
- Full board accommodation
- Pick up and drop off
- Vehicle and fuel
- Bottled water
Tour excludes
- Air flight tickets
- Visas
- personal insurance
- Optional activities not included on the itinerary
- Personal expenses like buying souvenirs, cigarettes, crafts, drinks, laundry services, hiring a porter, tips among others.
