Best Uganda Mountain gorilla trekking & wildlife safari packages
Gorilla trekking & wildlife safari packages overview
The best Uganda trips/ safari are those with gorilla trekking & wildlife safari packages along with numerous sightings of lions, elephant & buffalo herds, hippos, zebras, giraffes, kobs, antelopes, leopards, water bucks, 700+ recorded bird species, mount Rwenzori sceneries, hyenas, wild dogs among others. On this Africa wildlife safari experience, gorilla trekking, chimpanzee tracking, golden monkeys tracking adventure will be so memorable as all these endangered species are in the class of the biggest living ape species.
Top Gorilla trekking & wildlife safari packages highlights
Arrival and departure: Entebbe
- Day 1- arrival and resting, city tour
- Day 2- travel to queen Elizabeth & evening drive
- Day 3- chimpanzee tracking & game drive
- Day 4- boat cruise and game drive
- Day 5- gorilla trekking at Bwindi Impenetrable forest N.P
- Day 6- golden monkeys at Mgahinga and transfer to l. Bunyonyi
- Day 7- game drive at lake Mburo and return
- Day 8- botanical tour and departure
Detailed gorilla trekking & wildlife safari packages itinerary
On your day of arrival, you will tour the historical administrative, economic and cultural centers that have effected the development of Uganda such as Kasubi tombs where 3 ancient Buganda kings are buried, Lubaga cathedral, Namirembe cathedral, Gaddafi mosque, Baha’i temple etc. Later on in the evening, you will have a nightlife experience in the bars and lounges of Kampala city till resting time as you wait for the next day.
Accommodation: Serena golf course hotel (or a similar one)
Meals: Breakfast| Lunch| Dinner
On the second day, you will head out on a 7-hour journey to queen Elizabeth national game park from Kampala. In addition to the city life in Kampala, while on the way, you will go on observing more businesses, market places and local activities done by Ugandans in their day to day life. Green savannah, forests, swamps, rivers and lakes will be welcoming you on every hill and valley along which will also give you a chance to spot some bird species that form part of the more than 600 bird species in Uganda such as raptors, sunbirds, kites, vultures, parrots, equator landmark, art & crafts shop etc. Reaching queen Elizabeth national park, you will head to your booked lodge, rest yourself briefly and later head out for an evening drive.
Accommodation: Mweya safari lodge (or a similar one)
Meals: Breakfast| Lunch| Dinner
In the morning today, you will head to the gorge’s headquarters after breakfast for a briefing about the life of chimpanzees, their behavior while in their natural habitat and how to react to their actions for your safety after which you will take on a tracking which begins at 08:00hrs and the other at 13:00hrs in 2 groups. During the forest walk you will also be able to see birds that special to this region such as the forest flycatcher, white-napped pigeon, the striking Rwenzori turaco, the African fin foot; the copper-rich Blue Lake and the Bat Cave with its resident bat-gorged python. Following this tracking experience, you will head out for a game drive and continue exploring the expanse and scenery view of the park.
Accommodation: Kyambura safari lodge (or a similar one)
Meals: Breakfast| Lunch| Dinner
Today you will head out to the Kazinga channel (a river connecting lakes Edward and George) for a morning boat cruise. At this gorilla trekking & wildlife safari packages experience you will have a glance at the world’s largest concentration of hippo pods numbered above 5,000 at the Kazinga channel, Nile crocodiles, buffaloes, elephants, lions, water bucks, giraffes, kobs, kudus etc. also coming on the banks of the Kazinga channel to quench their thirst. After the boat cruise, you will embark on a game drive around this channel and beyond into the vast savannah grassland to enjoy more game viewing, scenic views of snow capped mountain Rwenzori and also once again come across the equator in the game park.
Accommodation: Mweya safari Lodge (or a similar one)
Meals: Breakfast| Lunch| Dinner
Very early in the morning you will embark on a four-hour journey to Bwindi impenetrable forest in Uganda for a morning gorilla trekking. On arrival you will have a briefing on the gorilla behaviors, livelihoods and how to handle their reactions to the human presence. Tracking gorillas into the tropical montane forests will last between 30 minutes to 1 hour before meeting the gorilla family you are assigned to and you will be allowed to follow and spend an hour with that gorilla family. Getting to find the mountain gorillas on a trek in Uganda is a 99% chance backed up by the gorilla population in this region. During this nature walk you will experience numerous bird species with particularly 23 Albertine endemics that are habitats to only the Albertine region.
Accommodation: Mgahinga lodge (or a similar one)
Meals: Breakfast| Lunch| Dinner
Early in the morning after breakfast and a briefing you will hike the volcanic mountains of the Mgahinga to a height of 2,500 meters above sea level in the bamboo forests of the montane region where these unique primates reside. Golden monkeys have orange-yellow like hair color that give them that distinguished golden look living in families of hundreds and have a very playful character, they will keep you so entertained. Along the hike, you will also observe other primates like the red tailed monkeys, white and black colobus monkeys, reptiles, Albertine rift endemics and many more bird species. Later on in the afternoon you will head out to lake Bunyonyi; Africa’s deepest crater lake and one of the most beautiful on the continent. During your stay here, you will have canoe rides, sceneries of mountain Muhavura, beautiful bird species, reptiles and wild life such as zebras and kobs.
Accommodation: Lake Bunyonyi rock resort (or a similar one)
Meals: Breakfast| Lunch| Dinner
On this day you will head to lake Mburo national park commonly known for its high zebra population. Lake Mburo game park offers a wide range of touring options from board rides, horseback riding safaris, walking safaris, game drives, biking/cycling safaris and community walks. Lake Mburo game park has 70 mammals and 332 recorded bird species and is richly gifted with various acacia and papyrus endemics such as the papyrus gonelek, papyrus yellow warbler, white-winged warbler and shoebill; as the acacia species are wide spread elsewhere in the park.
Mammals include burchell’s zebras, Nubian giraffes, hippos, leopards, buffaloes, topi, elands, antelopes, warthogs, bushbucks, stripped jackals, reedbucks, olive baboons, sitatungas, bush pigs, hyenas, impalas, crocodiles, reptiles among others. Towards the evening hours, you will embark on 4-hour journey to Kampala.
Accommodation: Imperial resort hotel (or a similar one)
Meals: Breakfast| Lunch| Dinner
Day 8 Entebbe airport for Departure
This day will find you at the shores of Lake Victoria in Entebbe and early in the morning after your breakfast you have a tour around Entebbe town and there after a walking tour at the cool 40.7 hectare botanical gardens along the shore of Lake Victoria. Botanical gardens are also common for biking/ cycling safari, monkey feeding, birding safari and 500 plant species including both non-native and indigenous. These plants are categorized into indigenous and foreign fruits, medicinal, beverage, spices, ornamentals, timber, oils and important crop wild relatives, several of these threatened in the wild and agro-ecosystems. After this gorilla trekking & wildlife safari tour, you will head to the airport for departure.
Accommodation: N/A
Meals: Breakfast| Lunch| Dinner
Inclusions
- Gorilla trekking permits
- Chimpanzee tracking permits
- Golden monkey tracking permits
- Park entrance fees
- Airport transfers
- Government taxes
- All activities indicated in the itinerary
- Driver & guide
- Bottled drinking water
- Transport 4×4 safari landcruiser
Exclusions
- Travel insurance
- International flights
- Visa fees & processing
- Extra activities, meals, alcohol/ liquor
- Accommodation after the end of the trip
- Tipping & gratitude
- Any changes to the itinerary
- Souvenirs & snacks
- Anything not mentioned
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