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5 Days – Bwindi, Queen Elizabeth – Kalinzu Forest

5 Days

Tour Overview

This 5 days adventure in Uganda takes you through the misty Bwindi National Park for the Gorilla Trekking activity and later to Queen Elizabeth National Park for a great game viewing experience in the Ishasha sector and enjoy game drives and a boat cruise on the Kazinga channel. Finally for the Chimp tracking activity in Kalinzu Forest.

Tour Highlights

  • Explore Queen Elizabeth National Park. Enjoy a boat trip along the Kazinga Channel
  • Go out on gorilla trekking in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
  • Chimp Tracking in Kalinzu Forest

Itinerary

You will be picked up around 7:00 am from your Hotel in Kampala (or Entebbe) our Guide who will brief you about your tour. You will later be driven in a comfortable and secure touring vehicle to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in the South-West which will take around 9 hours of drive. Lunch will be provided en-route at Mbarara.

You will be reaching in the evening at the accommodation in Bwindi.

Meal Plan: Lunch & Dinner

You will have an early morning breakfast at 6:30 am and with packed lunch you will move to the park headquarters to join other trackers in a briefing about the gorilla trekking rules at 7:30 am. You will trek through thick creepers and undergrowth with your guides to find the Gorillas, which can take you 1-8 hours. The steeply forested landscape is incredibly dense but crisscrossed numerous animal trails allowing access tourists. You will will stay with Gorillas sometime once sited and transfer to Ishasha Sector for accommodation.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

After your breakfast along with packed Lunch you will be taken to Ishasha, famous for the tree climbing lions lounging in the tree branches while keeping a close eye on herds of Uganda kob, their favorite prey, you could have a chance to spot some tree climbing lions.
After the picnic lunch, you will continue with the Game drive and later in the evening you will drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park, North for the stay.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Your day will begin early 6:30 am, the sunrise time is usually the best time to spot animals in their natural habitats. Heading off for a game drive at the break of dawn you will be able to see Africa’s highly famed “Big 4”, Bush Bucks, Giant Hogs, Antelopes, Waterbucks and plenty of birds.

You will finish your game drive and return back to the accommodation just in time for lunch. After your lunch you will go for a two-hour Boat cruise on the Kazinga Channel which connects Lakes George and Lake Edward and you will surely be fascinated the concentrations of giant hippos, elephants and crocodiles among others. You will also see many varieties of birds at the water shores.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Wake up early in the morning, have breakfast and head to Kalinzu Forest Reserve for a 3-4 hours chimpanzee trekking with a tracker and guide. The Forest Reserve is home to 6 groups of chimps, comprising over 300 individuals and tracking currently enjoys more than 80% success rate. Please bring suitable closed walking boots and long trousers for the chimp trekking.

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

What's Included

  • Meals: 5 breakfast, 5 lunch & 4 dinner
  • Transport: Pickup from and drop-off to Kampala. All transport as per the itinerary
  • 4 nights' accommodation as per the itinerary
  • Experienced, English-speaking, local tour guides
  • Entrance fees to Queen Elizabeth National Park & Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
  • 1 gorilla permit per person
  • Drinking water throughout the safari

What's Not Included

  • International airfare
  • Uganda visa fees
  • A porter during the gorilla trekking to carry your daypack
  • Travel insurance
  • Tips for rangers, driver, guide, porter, hotel staff, etc
  • All alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks
  • Anything mentioned optional on the itinerary
  • All expenses that are personal in nature, example laundry, phone calls, etc

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5 Days – Bwindi, Queen Elizabeth – Kalinzu Forest