5 Days Bwindi & Queen Elizabeth Wilderness

5 Days Bwindi & Queen Elizabeth Wilderness

Queen Elizabeth National Park Safari

This 5 days Uganda safari will take you to different national parks in Africa to visit national parks like Queen, and Bwindi. During your safari in Queen, you will visit the park and do activities like game drives, kazinga channel where you will see a variety of species, including herds of Uganda kob, elephants, waterbucks, gigantic forest hogs, topis, lions, hippos, hyenas, and crocodiles, as well as waterbirds, forest birds, and savanna birds, can be seen. Additionally, you will visit Bwindi to trek gorillas and visit the batwa.

Detailed Itinerary

 
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Day 1: Drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park.

Upon arrival, our guide will pick you out from the hotel and embark on your journey of 7 to 8 hours to Queen Elizabeth National Park through the Masaka-Mbarara Highway with a stopover at the equator to have photos. Continue with your journey and get a second stopover in Mbarara to have lunch. Continue and within a few hours, you will be arriving. Check-in at your lodge, and prepare for an evening game drive to witness a variety of wildlife. Get to the lodge for dinner and then overnight stay.

Accommodation Options:

  • Bush Lodge(budget)
  • Marafiki Safari Lodge(mid-range)
  • Mweya Safari Lodge(luxury)

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Day 2: Morning Game Drive, Boat Ride on the Kazinga Channel.

This day will be spent exploring the Kasenyi Plains. After your breakfast, get in the car to drive to the park for a morning game drive. While there, keep an eye out for wildlife like Uganda Kobs, elephants, buffalos, Lions, waterbucks, and hyenas. You will also get to see the stunning crater lakes. Get to the lodge for lunch as you prepare for an afternoon boat ride on the Kazinga canal to observe the water animals that may be found there, including hippos, crocodiles, buffalos, waterbucks, elephants, monitor lizards, and cormorants. Dinner and overnight meal plan F/B at the lodge.

Accommodation.

Mweya safari lodge.

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Day 3: Morning Game Drive and transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.

Have breakfast in the morning and then drive to the Ishasha area of Queen Elizabeth National Park with your luggage packed and packed lunch, which is known for its tree-climbing lions to observe the lions. Continue to Bwindi impenetrable forest, which is home to a variety of bird species, animals, and other primates in addition to the rare mountain gorillas who are distantly related to humans. Arrive in the evening, check In at your lodge, have dinner and spend the night at Mahogany Springs or Buhoma Lodge.

Accommodation Options:

  • Broadbill camp(budget)
  • Gorilla Mist Camp / Ichumbi Gorilla Lodge (mid-range)
  • Chameleon Hill Lodge (luxury)

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Day 4: Gorilla Trekking in Bwindi Forest National Park.

After breakfast, your guide will pick you up and transfer you to the park headquarters for a briefing on the rules and regulations of trekking with your packed lunch and drinking water. You will then be divided into groups of 8 who will then enter into the jungle and start trekking. Once you get the gorillas, you will be given ample time of over one hour to stay with them as you are having photos. Get to the lodge, relax and prepare for an evening Batwa community walk. Get back to the lodge for dinner and an overnight stay.

Accommodation.

Gorilla mist camp.

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Day 5: Transfer to Kampala.

After breakfast, check out with your luggage and packed lunch to embark on your journey back home. With an enroute lunch in Mbarara. Continue with your journey to Kampala arriving in the evening. Drive to the airport for your flight back home.

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All About Kibale

  • History Of The Park
  • Things To Do
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The package includes,

  • Accommodation.
  • Meals.
  • Water,
  • English-speaking guide.
  • Permit for trekking.

The package excludes.

  • Alcoholic drink.
  • International flights.
  • Entry visas.