5 Day Uganda Gorillas & Wildlife Tour | Lanza Safari Tours

5 DAY UGANDA WILDLIFE & GORILLA TRACKING IN BWINDI FOREST

The 5 Days Uganda gorillas and wildlife safari offers you the best of gorillas in Bwindi forest National park, game viewing and launch cruise in Queen Elizabeth National park.

Trip Summary

Day 1: Pick up & transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park

Day 2: Game Drive and afternoon boat cruise

Day 3: Ishasha Tree Climbing Lions Tour, Transfer to Bwindi forest

Day 4: Gorilla Tracking

Day 5: Travel back to Kampala

Detailed Itinerary

Day 1

Pick up & transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park from your hotel or accommodation, meet your driver guide and transfer to Queen Elizabeth National park in the foot hills of the supernatural Rwenzori mountain ranges. Queen Elizabeth National Park is Uganda's second largest National park.

Day 2:

Drive and afternoon boat cruise

Boat Cruise Kazinga Channel

After breakfast, go for a dawn game drive. Expect an audacious encounter with Lions, hyenas, herds of elephants, buffaloes, jackals, bush pigs, bush bucks and many more. Return to the lodge for late breakfast as you wait for lunch. In the afternoon After lunch, join a boat cruise at Kazinga channel to see animals like Hippos, huge Nile crocodiles, Elephants and Buffaloes seen basking along the showers. Bird life is prolific with over 600 species. Dinner and overnight at your lodge.

Day 3

Ishasha Tree Climbing Lions Tour, Transfer to Bwindi forest
Have breakfast and go for a high-class game drive as you transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. You will go through the Ishasha sector to reach Bwindi in the afternoon. Dinner and overnight at a reserved lounge.

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

Kibale Forest National Park

Kidepo Valley National Park

Lake Mburo National Park

Budongo Forest Reserve

Mountain Rwenzori

Murchison Falls National Park

Queen Elizabeth National Park

Mountain Elgon

Mgahinga Forest National Park

Semliki Forest National Park

Jinja Tour

Ssese Island

DESTINATION/ WHERETO GO

1 Day Gorilla trekking

2 Days Murchison Falls safari tour

2 Days Safari Lake Mburo

2 Days Jinja tour

2 Days Bwindi gorilla tour

3 Days Semliki Park Uganda tour

3 Days Murchison Falls safari tour

3 Days Chimpanzee trekking

3 Days trip to Lake Bunyonyi

3 Days at Ssese Island

4 Days mountain Elgon safari tour

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Day 4

Gorilla trekking and Batwa experience

At 8:00am, you will hit the jungles to search for these massive creatures together with an experienced and armed park ranger guide. Gorilla treks in Bwindi National Park begin from anyone of the four regions-Ruhija, Nkuringo, Rushaga and Buhoma. Each of them has gorilla families for trekking but only one will be allocated to you to trek in a group of 7 visitors. The trek to see gorillas may take you about 4 hours and this also covers one hour of magical encounter. Later, you will return to the lodge to have rest and in the afternoon/evening, you will pay a visit to Batwa pygmies to learn in depth about their behaviors, traditions and also enjoy the cultural and music performances.

Day 5

Return to Kampala

Following breakfast early in the morning, check out from your lodge ready to make a return journey to Kampala.

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Tour inclusions