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4 Days Gorilla Trekking & Kazinga Boat Cruise

4 Days Gorilla Trekking & Kazinga Boat Cruise

4 Days

This 4-day safari combines Uganda’s two most celebrated wildlife experiences: mountain gorilla trekking in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and a scenic boat cruise in Queen Elizabeth National Park. The journey begins with a drive through southwestern Uganda’s stunning landscapes to Bwindi, home to nearly half of the world’s remaining mountain gorillas. The highlight is an immersive gorilla trek, where you’ll hike through dense rainforest to spend a precious hour with a habituated gorilla family. The adventure continues with a transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park for an afternoon boat cruise along the Kazinga Channel, where you’ll witness hippos, crocodiles, elephants, buffaloes, and a rich variety of birds along the water’s edge. The return trip to Kampala/Entebbe includes a stop at the Equator for photos and souvenirs. With luxury lodge accommodations, private transport, and all-inclusive meals, this package offers a perfect blend of primate encounters and classic savannah-wetland wildlife viewing in a short timeframe.

4 Days Bwindi & Queen Up Market

This 4-day safari combines Uganda’s two most celebrated wildlife experiences: mountain gorilla trekking in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and a scenic boat cruise in Queen Elizabeth National Park. The journey begins with a drive through southwestern Uganda’s stunning landscapes to Bwindi, home to nearly half of the world’s remaining mountain gorillas. The highlight is an immersive gorilla trek, where you’ll hike through dense rainforest to spend a precious hour with a habituated gorilla family. The adventure continues with a transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park for an afternoon boat cruise along the Kazinga Channel, where you’ll witness hippos, crocodiles, elephants, buffaloes, and a rich variety of birds along the water’s edge. The return trip to Kampala/Entebbe includes a stop at the Equator for photos and souvenirs. With luxury lodge accommodations, private transport, and all-inclusive meals, this package offers a perfect blend of primate encounters and classic savannah-wetland wildlife viewing in a short timeframe.

Day 01 :
Set off to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

Set off to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.  you will be transferred to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. It is located in South western Uganda on the edge of the rift valley.

It contains almost 400 species of plants, and also protects an estimated number of 320 mountain gorillas roughly half of world’s population, including several habituated groups which can be tracked.

It also provides shelter to a further of 120 mammals, including several primate species such as baboons, Chimpanzees as well as elephants and Antelopes. They are around 350 species of birds. You will   arrive at your destination in time for lunch and relaxing in the afternoon.

Journey- 7 ,8 hours.

Meal plan – Lunch Dinner.

Day 02 :
Proceed for Gorilla Trekking.

Wake up   to the beautiful sounds of birds and have early morning breakfast.  Proceed for Gorilla Trekking.

The Gorilla trekking   Adventure begins today, you will meet Uganda’s gentle giant!  For most people this is the absolute highlight of their tour in Uganda. The gorillas you track belong to one of nine habituated family groups who can tolerate the presence of humans for a brief period every day.

An Advance party of guides will have already gone into the forest to locate where the gorillas slept the previous night and will have begun to track their movements. The guides will communicate with your team through a park ranger who will then know which way to proceed. Locating the Gorilla can take a few hours or the whole day depending on how far they have moved from their resting place.

For conservation purposes you are allowed to spend 1 hour with the Gorillas. This experience will bring you an opportunity to exploit, discover and enjoy this memorable experience. Once you have completed the Trek you will return to the Lodge for a well-earned rest. These giants live in the dense tropical rainforest of Bwindi, and your trek will be spiced with sights and sounds of birds, colorful plants and flowers, other primates and fresh flowing rivers and streams.

Meal plan- Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.

Day 03 :
Drive to Queen Elizabeth National park

Get up early morning have breakfast drive to Queen Elizabeth National park for an afternoon  boat trip . In the afternoon you will take a boat cruise on the Kazinga, a channel connecting two lakes, George and Edward. During the cruise, you will encounter lots of animals drinking water, others taking a bath, and some basking on the banks of the channel.

These will be accompanied by hundreds of beautiful bird species, some looking for ticks, others fishing and others merely enjoying the cool breeze. The channel is so diverse with wildlife that you will see schools of hippos, crocodiles, elephants, buffaloes and many more literally living together – space is enough for everyone.

Journey- 6 hours.

Meal plan- Brak fast, Lunch, Dinner.

Day 04 :
head back to Kampala/Entebbe

After a leisurely breakfast it will be time to head back to Kampala/Entebbe, stop at the Equator  for  the  requisite snap shot and a bit of souvenir shopping.

Accommodation for tonight is not inclusive in the programme. If you wish to depart tonight from Entebbe Airport, make sure your flight is at 10 pm or later. If you would like us to book one (or more) nights in Kampala or Entebbe, please let us know.

Journey -6,7 hours

Meal plan-Breakfast

Accomodation- Not included