Wildlife And Gorilla Tour

Day wise Itinerary

• Day 1 : Transfer to Lake Mburo National Park

  A driver guide will come pick you up and brief you before driving off to Lake Mburo National Park which is located towards the Western part of Uganda. When you arrive, you will have lunch before you enter the park and enjoy a game drive en route and during this drive, you will see wildlife, there are plenty of Zebras, impalas, topis, water bucks, bush bucks, among so many others and most of these can even be spotted from the main road. You will head to the lodge to check in and then later for your afternoon boat ride along Lake Mburo. The park has got five lakes within and therefore a home to lots of hippos and crocodiles, there are water birds, Buffaloes at the shore taking water usually, among others. There will also be birds like the Black crake, Heron, Pelicans, fish eagle, African Fin foot, cormorant, you may also sight the rare Shoe bill Stork but this is not a guarantee. After this boat ride, you will be returning to the lodge for dinner and an overnight;
  
  Luxury; Lake Mburo safari lodge/Mihingo safari lodge/Mantana tented camp
  
  Mid range: Rwakobo rock /Agip motel in Mbarara/ Arcadia cottages
  
  Budget: Rwonyo Bandas/ Lake view hotel Mbarara.

• Day 2 : Game Drives and Then Drive to Bwindi

  You will have breakfast very early in the morning and then your guide will take you for the early morning game drive. The park has got variety of tree species including the acacia, wetlands and while you drive through, you will find variety of animals that find the park a home like species of antelope which include the impala and giant eland, others include the lions, over 68 different species of mammals such as, jackals, Buffalo, leopard, Topi, Hyenas and plenty of Zebras and so many water birds like the Black crake, Heron, Pelicans, fish eagle, African Fin foot, cormorant among others, while the fringing swamps have got secretive papyrus specialists like the sitatunga antelope and red, black and yellow papyrus Gonolek. After the game drive, you will go have lunch in Mbarara town and then head to Bwindi Forest and arrive late and there have your dinner.
  
  Budget – Buhoma Community Bandas /Bwindi view Bandas / Virunga Hotel in Kisoro
  
  Mid range – mahogany springs/ gorilla mist/ Lake Kitandara camp /Engagi lodge/ Travelers’ rest hotel in Kisoro
  
  Standard – Buhoma Lodge / Silver back lodge / Gorilla Resort Camp/ Nkuringo camp site/ Gorilla Safari Lodge.
  
  Luxury; Gorilla forest camp/ clouds lodge

• Day 3 : Gorilla Trekking

  Breakfast will be serviced very early because you have to get to the ranger station for registration and briefing before 8 o’clock in the morning. You will get a ranger and then go for gorilla tracking in the dense forest, you need to have tracking gears like the boots, long trousers and long sleeves shirts to protect yourself from the insects and cuts as you hike up in the forest. While searching for the gorillas, you will come across other primates like the black-and-white colobus monkey, red tail monkey and chimpanzee, among others because this forest is a home to so many primates’ species. The tracking may take about 1-10 hours before you see them the time taken depends on the weather and where your group you may be tracking found its food on that day. Once you meet them, will have an hour to sit in the jungle with them to watch them play and interact before you can return to the lodge for relaxation or go for community walk but this optional and it’s at an extra cost.

• Day 4 : Drive to Queen Elizabeth

  You will start on the journey to Queen Elizabeth National Park immediately after breakfast. Queen Elizabeth is along the foot of the Rwenzori Mountains, covering about 200 sq km of Rift Valley Savannah with patches of forest and crater lakes. You should be there in time to have your lunch there and then later go for the afternoon launch trip along the Kazinga Channel and there you will have an opportunity to see different water birds, crocodiles and hippos thus giving you a memorable experience. There are lots of bird species which include the 11 types of king fisher, black bee- eater and several species of falcons, eagles and the raptors and many more. Your dinner will be at either;
  
  Luxury; Mweya Safari Lodge /Jacana Safari Lodge/ Katara Lodge/ Ishasha wilderness camp
  
  Mid range: Marafiki safari lodge/ Hippo Hill Camp/ Ihamba Lodge
  
  Budget: Simba Safari camp or Mweya hostel/ Bush lodge

• Day 5 : Game Drive and Chimpanzee Tracking

  You will have your breakfast early and then go the morning game drive and during this drive, you can expect to see wildlife like lions, lots of Uganda Kobs, elephants, spotted hyenas and the leopard, to mention but a few. By midday, you will be finishing up with the game drive and drive back to the lodge, you rest a bit before lunch is served. After lunch, you will go for the chimpanzee trekking in the Kyambura gorge forest; you will meet not only the chimpanzees in this forest but plenty of other primates like the monkeys, baboons, among others will be there. After trekking, you will return the lodge for dinner.

• Day 6 : Transfer Back to Kampala.

  Immediately after breakfast, you will drive back to Kampala. You will have a stop over somewhere along the journey to have your lunch. Visit the Equator en-route and proceed to arrive in the evening. End of Uganda Safari with AA safaris and Tours ltd.

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Inclusions

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* Upon cancellation, refund will be made after deducting the Retention Amount.
* Retention Amount varies as per the number of days left before your package start date.

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