Accommodation

Check-in Time:

07:00

Check-out Time:

18:30

You will be staying in the following best budget accommodations:

The Bush Lodge (first and second nights)
Rushaga Gorillas Lodge (third and fourth nights)

Program

Day 1: Arrival and transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park

Today, the guide / driver will pick you up from your hotel or Entebbe International Airport upon arrival and embark on the journey to Queen Elizabeth National Park, with en-route lunch, then proceed to your booked lodge for check-in and relaxation and spend the rest of the evening at the lodge.

Lunch and dinner

Day 2: Lion adventure and afternoon boat cruise on the Kazinga Channel

After an early served breakfast, go for a lion adventure in the park. During this experience, also expect to see other animals like elephants, leopard, topi, Uganda kob, cape buffaloes, waterbucks, and giant forest hogs, among others.

Later after lunch, you will head out for the afternoon boat cruise on the Kazinga Channel that connects Lake Edward and Lake George. This 2-hour cruise will give you the opportunity to see highest hippopotamus populations and other animals on the lake shores. This cruise provides the best opportunity for taking good photographs. Water animals are well as birds can be seen during this cruise.

Return to the booked facility for relaxation, dinner, and overnight stay.

Breakfast, lunch, and dinner

Day 3: Chimpanzee trekking and transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

After breakfast, check-out of the lodge and drive to Kyambura Gorge for chimpanzee tracking. After the experience, proceed to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park. This journey takes you through the southern sector of Queen Elizabeth National Park in search of tree-climbing lions in Ishasha. Arrive at the booked facility in time for relaxation, dinner, and overnight stay.

Breakfast, lunch, and dinner

Day 4: Gorilla trekking and Batwa community experience in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park

After early served breakfast, go for a briefing at the park headquarters where you will meet ranger guides to brief you especially on the guidelines of gorilla trekking. Remember, here you are given the chance to spend 1 hour with the gorillas. Later, you enter the forest in search for man's closest relatives. Coming face to face with the gorillas is one of the most rewarding and thrilling experience and this will leave you with the most precious memories of a life time.

Later, return to the lodge for relaxation and in the afternoon, visit the Batwa community and interact with them as well. Get to learn about their early days in the forest as well as their ways of living and how they used different skills to look for food and survival in the forest. Participate in the traditional dances by the women group and orphaned children.

Later, return to the booked facility for relaxation, dinner, and overnight stay.

Breakfast, lunch, and dinner

Day 5: Transfer to Entebbe International Airport (optional flight)

Early morning breakfast, later you embark on the journey back to Entebbe. Driving time may be a little longer than opting for a flight. It is an 8-hour drive approximately from Bwindi to Entebbe, with a stop-over at the Uganda Equator. They can also arrange for your scheduled flight from Bwindi to Entebbe directly.

Breakfast and lunch

Guides

Oyer Charles

Charles was born around Murchison falls national park, completed Ordinary level of Education and 2007 become a Tourist Guide after pursuing Cultural Guiding, Bird Identification and interpretation Wildlife training from Makerere University, Kibale Biological field station Uganda.

Location

This safari will take you to Kyambura Gorge National Park, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, and Queen Elizabeth National Park.

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Food

For a special food arrangement, please communicate early enough.

The following meals are included:

Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner
Drinks

The following drinks are included:

Water

The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:

Vegetarian
Regular (typically includes meat and fish)

If you have special dietary requirements it's a good idea to communicate it to the organiser when making a reservation

Things to do (optional)

Golden monkey trek - 100 USD
Forest walk - 50 USD
Lake Bunyonyi - 50 USD
Igongo cultural centre - 10 USD

What's included

Meals as specified in the itinerary on full board
4 nights accommodation
Water in the vehicle for overland sectors
All ground transportation and transfer as indicated
English-speaking guide
Activities as indicated in the itinerary
Park entrance, ranger guides, and conservation fees
Gorillas and chimpanzee permit
All applicable tax, administration, and parking fee
Pop up safari van / 4x4 Land Cruiser

What's not included

All passport and visa fee
All health vaccination and medication
International flights associated with airport departure tax
Drinks that are not included in the itinerary
Items of personal nature
Laundry gratitude for guide hotel staff, etc.
Any extra additional activities not mentioned in the itinerary
Trave| medical insurance

How to get there

Recommended Airports

EBB

Entebbe International Airport

267 km

Transfer included

You are advised to arrive at the airport very early in the morning between 6 to 7 a.m. for an immediate road transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park or arrive a day before the tour date.

Airport: Entebbe International Airport Airport transfer included: Entebbe International Airport No additional charges. You can request this in the next step.

Cancellation Policy

A reservation requires a deposit of 60% of the total price.
The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
The rest of the payment should be paid on arrival.

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Day 1: Arrival and transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park

Day 2: Lion adventure and afternoon boat cruise on the Kazinga Channel

Day 3: Chimpanzee trekking and transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

Day 4: Gorilla trekking and Batwa community experience in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park