6 Days Uganda safari tour
6 Days Uganda safari tour to Kibale national park, Queen Elizabeth national park and Bwindi national park : The 6 days Uganda safari is an interesting and amazing adventure that will take you to Kibale forest national park also known as the primate capital where you will be able to spend time with the chimpanzees, 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 6 days Uganda 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 safari
Day 1: Pick up and transfer to Kibale forest national park
Day 2: chimpanzee trekking and transfer to Queen Elizabeth national park
Day 3: Morning game drive/ lion tracking experience and boat cruise
Day 4: Transfer to Bwindi impenetrable national park
Day 5: Gorilla trekking in Bwindi impenetrable national park
Day 6: Departure to Kampala
Detailed itinerary
Day 1: Pick up and transfer to Kibale forest national park
Depending on your location on the first day of the 6 days Uganda safari, you will be welcomed by our guide who will brief you about the safari and then start the journey to Kibale forest national park. The journey takes about 6 to 7 hours’ drive and on the way you will enjoy great views of the beautiful landscape, scenery and a stopover in Fort Portal for en-route lunch. After lunch, you will proceed to Kibale forest national park and upon arrival in the park you will drive to the lodge for dinner and overnight.
Day 2: Chimpanzee trekking and transfer to Queen Elizabeth national park
Chimpanzee trekking,
After an early breakfast on the second day of the 6 days Uganda safari, you will meet up with your driver guide to transfer to the park headquarters for a chimpanzee trekking briefing. After the briefing you will be allocated a chimpanzee family to trek and a park guide who will lead you into the forest during trekking. Chimpanzee trekking is an interesting activity that starts at 8:00am and takes about 30 minutes to 4 hours depending on where the chimpanzees are located because they like to move from one place to another in search of food especially during the dry season. During trekking you will be able to see other primates like red tailed monkeys, black and white colobus monkeys, grey cheeked mangabey, vervet monkeys, view some bird species, mammals, plants species among others. Once the chimpanzees are found you will be able to spend one hour with them in their natural habitat which gives you an opportunity to learn about their behaviors, habits, watch them feed, play, fight, hunt, mate, take photos and record the moments. After the one hour with the chimpanzees you will trek back to the park headquarters where you will meet up with your driver guide and return back to the lodge for lunch.
After lunch you will checkout of the lodge and meet up with your driver guide to transfer to Queen Elizabeth national park. On the way you will enjoy great views of the crater lakes, tea plantations and upon arrival you will go for an evening game drive where you will be able to view animals like buffaloes, elephants, waterbucks, bushbucks, Uganda kobs, view predators like lions, leopards, hyenas among others.
Day 3: Morning game drive/ lion tracking experience and after noon boat cruise
Game drive/ lion tracking experience,
After an early breakfast on the third day of the 6 days Uganda 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 4: Transfer to Bwindi impenetrable national park
On the fourth day of the 6 days Uganda 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 5: Gorilla trekking in Bwindi impenetrable national park
Gorilla trekking,
After an early breakfast on the fifth day of the 6 days Uganda 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, animals, 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 6: Departure to Kampala
after a relaxed breakfast on the last day of the 6 days Uganda safari, you will check out of the lodge and your driver guide will pick you up to transfer to Kampala. On the way you will have a stopover in Mbarara town for lunch and another stopover at the Equator where you will be able to take photos and buy some souvenirs. From the Equator you will proceed with the journey to Kampala and upon arrival your driver guide will drop you off at Entebbe international airport for your next flight.
End of 6 days Uganda safari
Tour includes
- Gorilla trekking permit
- Chimpanzee trekking permit
- Park entrance fees
- Boat cruise fees
- Lion tracking experience
- 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
