6 Day Gorilla Trekking and Queen Elizabeth

6 Day Gorilla Trekking and Queen Elizabeth

This 6-Day Gorilla Trekking and Queen Elizabeth Safari offers the perfect blend of adventure and nature. Driven by an adventure-seeking spirit, your journey takes off in the dense forests of Bwindi, where it will lead you to one of those rare once-in-a-lifetime encounters with the endangered mountain gorillas, and you will get a good view of them living freely in their natural habitat.

This is then followed by an unforgettable experience in Queen Elizabeth National Park, a haven for some of the incredible wonders of nature. Take a boat cruise along the Kazinga Channel and enjoy great sights of wildlife, from the majestic elephants and hippos to several bird species. The game drive on Kasenyi Plains continues the safari, where antelopes, warthogs, and buffalo are easily seen, with a very remarkable Equator stop at Kikorongo on the way out of the park.

Safari Highlights:

Pickup from Entebbe International Airport

Gorilla Trekking in Bwindi Impenetrable  National Park

Batwa Community Visit in Bwindi Forest National Park.

Tree Climbing Lions of Ishasha Sector in Queen Elizabeth National Park

Morning Game Drive and Afternoon Boat Cruise at Kazinga Channel.

Visit to Fort portal -Tourism City

Transfer back to Entebbe International Airport

A Detailed Itinerary: 

Day 1: Airport Pickup and Transfer to the Hotel in Kampala.

Upon arrival at Entebbe International Airport, you will be met by our Arcadia Safaris driver-guide who will welcome you to Uganda “The Pearl of Africa” and then drive you to your Kampala hotel for a comfortable Bed and Breakfast overnight stay. This is an opportunity for rest and relaxation from flying, 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.

Our Arcadia Safaris guide-driver 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 NP. 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. 6 Day Gorilla Trekking and Queen Elizabeth

After, you will be driven towards Mbarara City to your delicious lunch. Later, the road will head snaking through rolling hills covered with green carpet-like vegetation that wind to the home of the endangered mountain gorillas. You’ll arrive at your lodge this evening-check-in and retire for relaxation, getting yourself ready for an adventure the following 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 Visit.

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 downhill through thick trees; be on the lookout for one number of bird species.

On arrival among the gorillas, you get one golden hour to watch 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.

Have breakfast and then checkout of your lodge for a 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. 6 Day Gorilla Trekking and Queen Elizabeth

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 here, you will head to your lodge, which is located in the northern part of the park, for dinner and an overnight stay in preparation for the next day’s adventure.

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 Kazinga Channel.

You leave for Kasenyi Plains after an early breakfast for a game drive. This is your chance to catch whatever you missed in Ishasha. With luck, you may find lions hunting to get 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.

Afternoon: 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. After the boat ride, drive back to the lodge en route and have some relaxing game drives, 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: Transfer Back to Entebbe 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 and you will have a stopover here for the experiment and to take some photos and then proceed with the journey.

Have lunch in Mubende, where if time permits, you will also visit Nakayima Tree, one of Buganda’s most culturally important sites. After lunch, you proceed to drive to Entebbe to end our 6 Day Gorilla Trekking and Queen Elizabeth tour.

Destination: Entebbe International Airport
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 4×4 Safari Cars
• Meals Specified on a Full Board basis
• Accommodation with Ensuite Facilities
• Applicable Park Entrance and Activities Fees
• English Speaking Professional Driver-Guide
• Gorilla Trekking Permit
• All Hotel and 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
• International 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 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 are Per Person and exclude International Flight from or to your home Country).

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