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This 8 day safari is very favorable for clients interested in meeting the mighty African Gorillas and a 3 night’s stay in Bwindi National park and also clients who would like to challenge themselves for a walk through the forest from the southern to northern sector the Bwindi park and later proceed to the ishasha sector famous for the tree climbing lions as they are sighted hanging on the acacia tree branches and your 3 nights stay in Queen Elizabeth, you will fly back to Entebbe.
A visit to Queen Elizabeth and Bwindi Forest Park provides one of the most memorable experiences on your Ugandan safari!
Meet your driver at the airport and transfer to your accommodation in Entebbe for an overnight on Bed and breakfast basis.
If time permitting, extra activities are available like botanical gardens visit, discover Entebbe or on either a bike or on foot, Mabamba visit, Ngamba sanctuary visit, boat cruise among others.
Accommodation options in Entebbe
Luxury
Hotel No.5, K – Hotel , Horizon Hotel, Protea Hotel, Admas Hotel, Lake Victoria Hotel among others.
Mid – range
Karibu Guest house, Boma Guest House, Santa Maria Hotel, Papyrus Guest House.
Budget
Sunset view Guest House, Backpackers Hostel, and Airport view guest house.
Your driver will pick you for a transfer back to the airport for your scheduled flight to Kisoro Airstrip where you will meet your safari guide and vehicle to proceed to Bwindi National park and your accommodation. Drive time is approx. 2 hours.
Bwindi National park is situated at the border of the Great Rift Valley, in the south-western part of Uganda. In the early 90s, Bwindi Forest was just a reserve but it was later changed to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in 1992 and awarded the world Heritage site status in 1994 due to its rich eco system.
Bwindi impenetrable forest is one of the few large expanses of forests in East Africa on 327 square km2 covered in dense vegetation of shrubs, trees, vines, all these draped over the steep, haughty ridges and slippery valleys of Bwindi Forest terrain.
The Bwindi Impenetrable forest is a habitant to over 120 mammals like monkeys, wild pigs, forest elephants, baboons among others, and 345 different birds, insects of all kinds inclusive of over 200 species of butterflies and about 160 tree species that help in the continuous rain formation. Bwindi receives rain throughout the year and guests are requested to move with warm clothes.
The park is commonly known for being a home to one-half of the world’s population of the endangered Mountain Gorilla, making it an extremely valuable conservation site.
Lunch at the lodge.
Afternoon at leisure, optional activities available like the Batwa experience, community walk, lake Mutanda boat activities among others.
Accommodation options in Bwindi National Park.
Luxury
Gorilla safari Lodge, Clouds lodge, Nkuringo Bwindi Forest Lodge, Four Gorillas
Mid – range
Gorilla heights lodge, Chameleon hill, Lake Chahaffi Lodge
Budget
Traveler’s Rest Hotel, Ichumbi Lodge, Lake Mutanda resort
Breakfast, Lunch, dinner and overnight at your accommodation.
After your breakfast, your guide will transfer you to Uganda wildlife Authority (UWA) Park headquarters. While at UWA park headquarters, you will be requested to register in the UWA book before proceeding for a briefing by the ranger guide about the dos and don’ts during your trekking like no flash lights when photographing gorillas and after you will be allocated a gorilla family to trek and you will match out with your ranger on your day’s excursion.
Get ready to face the gentle giants of Africa, dream come true right! You will set off from the park headquarters through the demarcated trails in the dense forests with your ranger to search out for the gorillas, the gorillas are wild animals that move from one location to another looking for food which makes the trek sometimes go on for 9 hours, however this could be different because you might find the gorillas a few hours after the start of your trek. Although the gorillas are always on the move, the chance of seeing the gorillas is at 95%.
After you have located a family, you are allowed to spend an hour with them, take photos of them, and observe them go on with their daily activities, a very life changing moment and feeling that many have expressed as exhilarating, enthralling and indeed humbling.
Although the trek mainly focuses on the gorillas, you will sight other primates like monkeys, birds and rare tree species.
After the time with the gorillas, return to the Park headquarters for your certificate of participation and your guide will return you to the lodge.
Tips for trekking
Breakfast, picnic Lunch, dinner and overnight at your accommodation.
Second day of Gorilla trekking
Your safari guide will drive you to Nteko where you will meet your Nkuringo walking safari guide before he drives around the forest and you will meet him again on the Buhoma side of the forest. You will walk with the Nkuringo walk guide through the impenetrable forest and enjoy a closer encounter with nature through the tropical rain forest in accompaniment of a ranger guide. Expected sightings include birds, monkeys, tree species and lots of lush vegetation among others.
Feel free to stop for a moment to refresh, catch a breath as well as enjoy your packed lunch before you continue.
Once you reach Buhoma sector at the ending point of your walk, you again meet your safari guide to transit to Queen Elizabeth National Park. The drive from Buhoma to Ishasha sector of Queen Elizabeth is approximately and two and half hours.
Queen Elizabeth National park has been in existence since 1952 and was initially called Kazinga channel national park but later changed to Queen Elizabeth National Park after a visit by Queen Elizabeth ii of England. Queen Elizabeth spreads over 1978 square kilometers in the western arm of the rift valley.
The home to the big five including tree climbing lions in the ishasha sector, buffalo, elephant, hippo and leopard is the most visited park of all Uganda national parks, its rich eco system with diversity of flora and fauna from the savannah grassland, humid forests, lakes, wetlands has made it an ideal habitat for so many wild life including mammals, reptiles, primates and over 600 bird species
The park offers sighting to some of the most famous physical features in Uganda like the kazinga channel which joins Lake Edward and George with its banks lined with elephants, hippos, buffaloes and different bird species, sight of Mountain Rwenzori steep escarpments, numerous crater lakes flooded with flamingos, maramagambo forest one of the largest surviving natural forest.
Accommodation options in Southern sector of Queen Elizabeth National Park.
Luxury
Ishasha Wilderness Camp
Mid-range
Ishasha Jungle Lodge
Budget
Enjojo Lodge
Breakfast, Lunch, dinner and overnight at your accommodation.
Embark on a game drive through the savannah wilderness in your safari vehicle searching for the diversity of wildlife in Queen Elizabeth National park including buffalo, elephants, Uganda kobs and of course the famous tree climbing lions who are normally sighted lazying on the branches of fig trees especially in the southern sector of Queen Elizabeth National Park.
Conclude your game drive with a wild breakfast in the jungle in a secluded spot, a fine dining experience is set up for you with different snacks and drinks laid out on the table with a personal chef at your service for any hot meal you could need.
Breakfast, Lunch, dinner and overnight at your accommodation.
After you afternoon game drive, close your day with a sundowner experience. A sundowner experience is one of the best ways to conclude your evening game drive where a mini buffet is arranged inside the park with different hot / cold drinks and snacks prepared for you. The sundowner provides the beautiful sightings of the sun setting and also different animals as they ascend to their homes for the night and the nocturnal animals begin to come out of their hide outs.
Breakfast, Lunch, dinner and overnight at your accommodation.
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