Destination

Our 6-Day Uganda Gorilla, Golden Monkey Trekking and Queen Elizabeth safari takes you to track the endangered mountain gorillas in the Bwindi forests as well as we journey to the Virunga massive for Golden Monkey tracking. It surely gives you a close interaction with these Primates in their Habitat. After this lifetime experience, you will explore another beautiful destination full of wonders and natural Beauty Queen Elizabeth National Park. Furthermore, a boat cruise on the Kazinga channel is so rewarding and full of sightings.

Itinerary

Upon your arrival at Entebbe International airport, our driver-guide will be there to pick you up and transfer you to the hotel in Entebbe for a Bed and Breakfast overnight stay. This will be a great opportunity for you to rest and relax after a long flight.

Main Destination: Entebbe (City)

Accommodation: Horizon Hotel Entebbe

Mid-range hotel located in Entebbe (City)

Meals & Drinks:

All meals included

Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

After your early morning breakfast, our Safari guide will pick you up from your hotel and drive you to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in the south West. You will have the first stop-over at the Equator for photos and experiments while at the 0 degrees latitude which divides the world equally. Additionally, from there you will then proceed to Mbarara City for Lunch and continue through the green rolling hills and winding roads to the home of the endangered mountain gorillas. Later reach your lodge in the evening check-in and relaxation as you prepare for the big day.

Main Destination: Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas)

Accommodation: Ichumbi Gorilla Lodge

Mid-range lodge located just outside Bwindi NP (Gorillas)

Meals & Drinks:

All meals included

Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

After an early breakfast, drive to the park headquarters for a briefing about the dos and don’ts while with the gorillas. You will meet fellow other trackers where you be divided into groups and head out into the dense forests to look for these gentle apes. The walk involves moving up and down through thick trees, different birds can be spotted on this adventurous walk. On reaching the gorillas, you are given 1 hour to observe them as they carry on with their daily activities eating, playing, mating.

After you walk of the forest to where you started the trek for the awarding ceremony of successfully completing the gorilla trekking activity and drive back to the lodge for Lunch and Relaxation. In the evening you will head out and visit the Batwa community who were the initial inhabitants of the forests who were forced out to enforce conservation of the forests and the diverse ecosystem and its wildlife including the mountain gorillas.

Main Destination: Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas)

Accommodation: Ichumbi Gorilla Lodge

Mid-range lodge located just outside Bwindi NP (Gorillas)

Meals & Drinks:

All meals included

Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

 A relaxed morning during which you can track the golden monkeys through the bamboo forests of the mountains. The monkeys travel in large groups and are as energetic as they are photogenic, often seen playing in the high branches or foraging on the ground for bamboo shoots.

Different small primates can be spotted along the way like the black and white colobus monkeys, blue monkeys, vervet monkeys, different bird species like the Rwenzori Turaco, and many other forest endemics. You will have a lunch stop in Kihihi.

After you proceed to Ishasha in the south of Queen Elizabeth National Park in search of the famous tree-climbing lions. Different animals can be sighted during this game drive like Topis, buffaloes, antelopes. Finally, after the game drive, you drive to your lodge in the Northern sector of the Park for dinner and Overnight.

Main Destination: Ishasha Sector (Queen Elizabeth NP)

Accommodation: Twin Lakes Safari Lodge

Mid-range lodge located just outside Queen Elizabeth NP

Meals & Drinks:

All meals included

The Kyambura Gorge is an extraordinary natural environment and forms a stark contrast to the surrounding grasslands. Here you can track one of our closest animal relatives: the chimpanzee. The chimp population is quite mobile, and viewing can be unpredictable but the walk itself is enchanting. In the afternoon take a cruise on the Kazinga channel, it flows between Lakes Edward and George. Kazinga is home to one of the greatest concentrations of hippo in Africa. Herds of elephant, buffalo and other animals come to drink at the water’s edge. The channel is a magnet for water birds, with great flocks of pelicans and other birds on the shore, it’s a great spot to see the African fish eagle.

Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Main Destination:

Queen Elizabeth National Park

Accommodation: Twin Lakes Safari Lodge

Mid-range lodge located just outside Queen Elizabeth NP

Meals & Drinks:

All meals included

Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

After breakfast, you will embark on your return journey back to Kampala through Fort Portal town, you will another chance to experience the Equator for the second time in Kikorongo as you exit the park. Have a lunch break in Break-in Mubende, here you may opt to visit the Nakayima tree a Famous cultural site in Buganda before you drive to Entebbe to End the Safari.

We hope to see you (or any referral) when you visit again and thanks for choosing to travel with us.

Main Destination: Entebbe (City)

Accommodation: No accommodation (End of tour)

Meals & Drinks:

All meals included

Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

End our journey.

Note
Accommodation before the tour starts can be arranged for an extra cost.Additional accommodation can be arranged for an extra cost.

Activities
• Gorilla Trekking
• Game Drives
• Chimpanzee Tracking
• Golden monkey
• Batwa Community Tour
• Boat Cruise


Package Includes

  1. Transport
  2. Airport Pick up and Transfer
  3. Professional Tour Guide
  4. 1 Gorilla Permit
  5. 1 Chimpanzee Permit
  6. 1 Golden monkey
  7. Accommodation (Private)
  8. Meals
  9. Bottled Drinking Water


Excludes
I. Domestic Flights
II. Personal expenses
III. Tips
IV. Insurance
V. Transaction fees (3.5%)
Note *Accommodation mentioned in this trip is booked on availability, we may communicate in case the facility is fully booked on your days of travel.

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