Safari Overview
5-day Uganda wildlife and gorilla trekking fly-in safari is an interesting Uganda safari which will expose you two Uganda’s iconic national park that is Bwindi impenetrable national park and Queen Elizabeth national park. The two national parks are found in western Uganda and they both offer unique and sensational experiences. Bwindi impenetrable national park is famous for gorilla trekking experience I Uganda while Queen Elizabeth national park is famous for its golden open savanna plains, decorated with a number of wildlife including African savanna elephants, buffaloes, kobs, leopards, hyenas, tree climbing lions in Ishasha sector among others. This safari is so luxurious as you will not spend more time on the road driving and connecting to your destinations will be just smooth.
Day by Day Program
Day 1: Fly to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
On the first leg of 5-day Uganda wildlife and gorilla trekking fly-in safari, our company representative will pick you from the hotel or airport, he will transfer you to the airport where you will board a flight to Kihihi in Kisoro. You will find your driver guide from the lodge waiting to transfer you to the lodge, you will check-in, relax as you admire the new environment. If you want and you have time, you may visit Batwa community to have a touch of the ancient forest dwellers. Batwa community experience takes about 2hours learning about their culture, through dancing, singing, naming among others. You will have a peaceful night surrounded by the forest.
Day 2: Gorilla Trekking
The long awaited moment is here. You will arise in the early morning at around 6:30m, enjoy a scrumptious breakfast, meet your driver guide and head to the park headquarters for a briefing about gorilla trekking experience in Uganda. It is here where you will be assigned a gorilla family to track and the ranger guide who will help you to locate the mountain gorilla family. Gorilla trekking can last from 30minutes to 5hours depending on how far the mountain gorillas have moved and after you have met them, you will be allowed to spend 1hour in their presence. You will be capturing all the moments in the wilderness as the gorillas do their daily chores, you will later retire to the park headquarters where you will meet your driver guide who will drive you back to the lodge after collecting the gorilla trekking certificate. Freshen up at the lodge, relax, have dinner and overnight.
Day 3: Check out and Fly to Queen Elizabeth National Park
You will wake up on a lazy breakfast, check out of the lodge and be transferred to Kihihi airstrip for a flight to Queen Elizabeth national park. You will fly to Mweya airstrip and your drive guide will be warming up to receive you and arriving will be in the afternoon, check in, have lunch and relax. If time allows you can do an evening game drive to catch the park’s highlights.
Day 4: Game Drive and Boat Cruise
On the 4th day of 5-day Uganda wildlife and gorilla trekking fly-in safari, you will wake up in the early morning at around 6am, grab a scrumptious breakfast, meet your driver guide and hit the jungle. You will be welcomed by herds of buffaloes, elephants, lions, hyenas, kobs among others, later return to the lodge for relaxation and lunch in the afternoon. In the evening at 3pm, you will go for boat cruise in Queen Elizabeth on Kazinga channel. This is the most fascinating water experience in Uganda where you will see 2 lakes joined Edward in Congo and Gorge in Uganda and this waterbody is famous for hosting the largest number of hippopotami in Uganda. Nile crocodiles will be at the shore, buffaloes and elephants will be at your disposal as birds will be singing for you severely. You will retire to the lodge in the evening for dinner and overnight.
Day 5: Check out and Fly Back to Entebbe
You will wake up on a scrumptious breakfast, meet your driver guide and transfer to Ishasha sector in Queen Elizabeth national park. You will be lucky to be welcomed by tree climbing lions, buffaloes, elephants, kobs, waterbucks and bushbucks to mention but a few. Thereafter, you will be transferred to the airstrip to catch a flight to Entebbe thus marking the end of your safari.
