Overview
7 days Uganda gorillas exclusive safari is an exceptional safari that will expose you to some of the most visited National Parks in Uganda to have a true African wildlife encounter after which you will proceed far to the southwest for a double gorilla trekking experience at the only two National Parks in their natural habitat that is Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park and Mgahinga National Park. You will also encounter an African indigenous tribe known as the Batwa/pygmies where you will practically engage in their practices while you learn about their history and transition over time. Golden monkey adventure and a relaxed lake Bunyonyi cruise will be a sum up of your safari while you closely watch this jolly and frisky monkey specie as you wait to have the Lake’s scenic beauty and its breezes blowing all over.
Detailed itinerary
Day 1: Pickup and transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park
Our professional driver guide pick you from the airport or at the hotel, brief you about the itinerary after which he will transfer you to Queen Elizabeth National Park located in southwestern Uganda. The first stop-over at the equator in Kayabwe to have an experience of the equator, you will take pictures as you are standing in both hemispheres of the earth. You will proceed to have your lunch in Mbarara and thereafter embark on your drive arriving in the late afternoon to check-in at lodge for your dinner and an overnight.
Day 2: Morning game drive and launch cruise on Kazinga Channel
You will wake up in the early morning for breakfast, meet your driver guide and hit the jungle in Queen Elizabeth National Park’s endless savannah plains for game viewing. You will spot a variety of animals for example the early grazers like buffaloes, elephants, antelopes, bushbucks, topis, waterbucks, predators such as lions, hyenas, leopards as well as nocturnal such as hippopotamuses. You will return to the lodge for lunch before you proceed for the Kazinga boat cruise in the afternoon at around 3pm. The boat cruise will last for about 2hours, you will encounter aquatic life such as hippopotamuses, crocodiles, bird species at the bay as well as various land mammals quench their thirst and wallow along the Kazinga shores. Get back to the lodge for dinner and an overnight.
Day 3: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park via Ishasha
Wake up and greet your intestines with a cup of coffee, check-out of the lodge, meet your driver guide and transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park through the Ishasha sector where you will spot the tree climbing lions hang and relax up in tree brunches. This is about 5hours’ drive via Kabale-Kisoro road arriving in the afternoon to check-in at your lodge and have lunch. You will loosen up after your lunch as you wait to have dinner and an overnight.
Day 4: Gorilla trekking in Bwindi and transfer to Mgahinga National Park
Wake-up to a hefty breakfast at 7am, get your lunch packed and be driven to the park headquarters to for a briefing about the gorilla trekking etiquettes, you will be assigned a gorilla family to track and the ranger guide to lead you to the gorilla family and also to answer all your questions. Trekking down a gorilla family may last for 1 to 6 hours and this depends location as you spot a variety of birds and other mammals. You will enjoy 1hour in their presence after you have located the gorilla family and later descend back to your lodge for lunch. After lunch, you will be driven further southwards to Mgahinga National Park arriving to check-in at a lodge for your dinner and an overnight.
Day 5: Gorilla trekking and Batwa trail experience
Arise in the morning for a scrumptious breakfast, get your lunch packed and transfer to the park headquarters for a briefing about the gorilla trekking dos and don’ts. You will be led by the ranger guides to go trekking the only gorilla family in Mgahinga National Park while you encounter various birds and primates like blue monkeys, golden monkeys, red-tailed and many more. Spend an hour in their presence while you take shots of them go by their routine activities. Return to the lodge for lunch after which you will proceed for the Batwa cultural trail. This cultural trail will lead you through the forests they lived in ancient times while you try out their cultural practices such as use of bow and arrow, spear and many more. Visit their sacred place known as the Garama caves where you will enjoy their cultural performances before you return to your lodge for dinner and an overnight.
Day 6: Golden monkey trekking and transfer to Lake Bunyonyi
Another beautiful day is here which starts with breakfast and then a transfer to the park headquarters for a briefing about the golden monkey trekking. You will be led by the rangers for a hike to the mount slopes dominated by bamboo forests to locate the beautiful golden monkeys. Once you locate them, you will spend an hour amidst them as you closely watch over them go by their daily duties. Return back to the lodge for an early lunch and immediately set off to Lake Bunyonyi to have a boat cruise as you make visits to its islands while you capture its scenic beauty and the neighboring areas. Retire off this deep lake and proceed to check-in at your reserved lodge to have dinner and an overnight.
Day 7: Transfer to Kampala and departure
Your last safari day starts with breakfast, check out and hit the road for your 8 to 9 hours to Kampala or Entebbe and this will mark the end of your safari.
