6 Day Gorilla Trekking and Queen Elizabeth

6 Day Gorilla Trekking and Queen Elizabeth

This 6 Day Gorilla Trekking and Queen Elizabeth Safari is a great blend of adventure and nature. Driven by an urge for adventure, right from the thick forests of Bwindi, your expedition starts into one of those once-in-a-lifetime encounters with the endangered mountain gorillas by closely observing them in their natural habitat.

This lifetime experience will then take you to the most beautiful Queen Elizabeth National Park, where most of nature’s wonders lie. Take a boat cruise on the Kazinga Channel for rewarding wildlife-from the majestic elephants and hippos to lots and lots of bird species. The adventure continues with a game drive into the Kasenyi Plains for spotting antelopes, warthogs, buffaloes, and an Equator stop at Kikorongo while exiting the park-all perfect for wrapping up the safari adventure.

Safari Highlights:

Pick up from the Airport to your Hotel in Kampala

Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.

Gorilla Trekking and Batwa Community Walk.

Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park Via Ishasha Sector.

Morning Game Drive and Afternoon Boat Cruise on the Kazinga Channel.

Drive Back to Kampala via Fort Portal.

Detailed Itinerary: 

Day 1: Pick up from the Airport and Transfer to the Hotel in Kampala.

On arrival at Entebbe International Airport, you will be welcomed by your Arcadia Safaris driver-guide, who will drive you to your Kampala hotel for a comfortable Bed and Breakfast overnight stay. This is an opportunity to rest and relax after your flight, getting into the mood for this great adventure.

Destination: Kampala City
Accommodation Options:

• Meals Plan: Breakfast and Lunch
• Drinking Water, Fruits and Wi-Fi throughout the journey

Day 2. Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.

Your Arcadia Safaris guide will pick you up from the hotel after an early morning breakfast to drive southwest in a scenic journey towards the southwestern part of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. You first make a stop at the Equator, where you will have brilliant photo opportunities with unique experiments offered at 0 degrees latitude that divide the world.

From here, you will drive to Mbarara City for your tasty lunch at Agip Motel. The road will pass through the rolling hills, with green carpet-like vegetation, winding to the home of the endangered mountain gorillas. You’ll arrive in the evening at your lodge, check-in, and retire for relaxation, getting ready for the adventure the next day.

Destination: Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Accommodation Options:

• Meals Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
• Drinking Water, Fruits and Wi-Fi throughout the journey

Day 3:  Gorilla Trekking and Batwa Community Walk.

Have an early breakfast and head to park headquarters for a briefing on dos and don’ts while with the gorillas. Here, you meet fellow trackers as you get grouped before taking off into the dense forest in search of these gentle giants. In this trek, you will go uphill and down hill through thick trees; be on the lookout for one number of bird species.

Upon arrival among the gorillas, you get one golden hour to witness them as they enact their daily activities: eating, playing, or even mating. It is one of those really magical experiences that get you up close with these endangered creatures.

After your trek, you will then return to the starting point for an awarding ceremony as a sign of successful completion of the gorilla trekking adventure. You will then head back to the lodge for a well-deserved lunch and some time to rest.

This evening, you will be visiting the Batwa community, the original inhabitants of this forest. Being forcibly removed from their homes to protect the ecosystem and its other inhabitants, the mountain gorillas, that were being threatened, the Batwa provide a very rare look into their former, centuries-old lifestyle and how hard it has been for them to adjust to living outside the forest.

Destination: Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Accommodation Options:

• Meals Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
• Drinking Water, Fruits and Wi-Fi throughout the journey

Day 4: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park Via Ishasha Sector.

After breakfast, check out of your lodge and drive onto the beautiful scenery of winding roads and dense forests of Bwindi to Queen Elizabeth National Park. You may also see a number of small primates along the way-such as black-and-white colobus monkeys, blue monkeys, and vervet monkeys-and some bird species, like the striking Rwenzori Turaco, among other forest endemics.

You will have lunch in Kihihi before proceeding to Queen Elizabeth National Park, southern part known as Ishasha, where you will look for the famous tree-climbing lions. On this game drive, other animals such as topis, buffaloes, and antelopes may be seen.

From there, you will proceed to your lodge located in the northern area of the park, where dinner and an overnight stay await, ready for the adventure the following day.

Destination: Queen Elizabeth National Park
Accommodation Options:

• Meals Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
• Drinking Water, Fruits and Wi-Fi throughout the journey

Day 5: Morning Game Drive and Afternoon Boat Cruise on the Kazinga Channel.

After an early breakfast, you head to the Kasenyi Plains for a game drive. This is another chance to spot whatever you might have missed in Ishasha. With some luck, you might find lions hunting for their morning meal and perhaps happen to come across early grazers: herds of buffaloes, elephants, warthogs, and so on. After a successful game drive, you head back to the lodge for lunch.

In the afternoon, take a drive to Mweya Peninsula to begin a 2-hour boat cruise on the Kazinga Channel that connects Lake Edward and Lake George. It is a haven for a wild array of wildlife; hence, large schools of hippos, herds of elephants cooling off, and varieties of bird species are a common sight. Following the boat ride, drive back to the lodge en route; have some game drives for relaxation, followed by dinner to round up an eventful day.

Destination: Queen Elizabeth National Park
Accommodation Options:

• Meals Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
• Drinking Water, Fruits and Wi-Fi throughout the journey

Day 6: Drive Back to Kampala via Fort Portal: – 6 Day Gorilla Trekking and Queen Elizabeth.

After breakfast, you will drive back to Kampala via Fort Portal town. This route will take you past the Equator once again near Kikorongo as you leave the park.

Have lunch in Mubende, where, if time allows, you will also visit the Nakayima Tree, one of the most significant cultural sites of Buganda. After lunch, proceed with the drive to Entebbe to end your safari.

Destination: Entebbe (Kampala City)
Accommodation options: No (End of tour)

• Meals Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
• Drinking Water, Fruits and Wi-Fi throughout the journey

PRICE INCLUDES

• Round Trip Airport Transfers (pick up and drop off)
• Private transportation in a 4×4 Safari Cars
• Meals specified on a Full Board basis
• Accommodation with ensuite facility
• Applicable Park entrance & Activities Fees
• English speaking professional Driver-Guide
• Tree Climbing Lions Trekking Permit
• Gorilla Trekking Permit
• All hotel/lodge pickups and drop off
• All Taxes
• Bottled drinking water and Fruits while on safari
• Activities as stipulated in the itinerary (except those stated as “optional”

PRICE EXCLUDES

• Activities not mentioned in the itinerary
• Flight Fares (unless requested)
• Country entry Visa
• Personal/Travel insurance
• Telephone charges
• Laundry
• Bar bills and all other kinds of drinks except water
• Government imposed increase of taxes and/or park fees
• Souvenirs, gifts and Tips
• Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
• Covid-19 and other related tests and vaccinations

RATES PER PERSON: (Tour Rates/Prices are Per Person and exclude International Flight from or to your home Country).

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