7 Days Uganda safari – Animals of the savanna and Gorillas

Day 1: Arrival At Entebbe Airport

We meet our tour guide for the 7 days Uganda safari at Entebbe airport (depending on flight time) and transfer to our hotel in Kampala to relax after the flight and be ready for tomorrows adventures.
Overnight in Mamaland guest home.

Day 2: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park

Leave Kampala in the early morning and be ready for a long drive. Make a stop at the Equator for some photos on the point where the southern and northern hemisphere meets. Continue on past the towns of Masaka and Mbarara and to drive through the tea estates and beyond the Kalinzu forest. Check in at the lodge and enjoy a relaxed evening.
Overnight Pumba safari cottages (Superb to appreciate the African star lit sky here).

Day 3: Game-drive and Boat-cruise Queen Elizabeth National Park

Explore Queen Elizabeth National Park in the cool morning with an early game-drive that exposes us to diverse animals, Big 5 members Elephants, Buffalos, big cats- Lions, Leopards more times in the evening, warthogs- Hunchback carnivals like Hyenas are spotted along the circuits as we drive along the and many more species that are residents to this park. There is a rich bird life especially our version of storks in the wetland sports as we reach the Flamingoes in the salt lakes. After lunch we head for a classic highlight of the 3pm 2hrs Boat cruise on the famous Kazinga channel, a 36kms channel linking Lake George to Lake Edward. From the boat you can spot land and water adapted Hippopotamuses yawning and some slashing canines to each other, the National Geographical society killing machine the Nile Crocodile gaping along the banks, savannah version of Pigs the Warthog- Pumba of the award winning Lion King are a hallmark sign in this animal home as well as many diferent birds.
Overnight Pumba safari cottages

Day 4: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable NP through Ishasha’s tree-climbing lions

Leave the lodge early in the morning heading to the Ishasha part of Queen Elizabeth National Park. We will drive off in this adventurous vast savanna area with Topis and the southern version of Elephants to hopefully get the Lions high in the fig tree branches. Transfer on to Bwindi mountain Gorillas after the game-drive, through the neck of the impenetrable forest. The journey takes us through a changing landscape from savanna via cultivated hills to forest covered mountains. (If we reach early we can do the walk and mix with the locals or relax with the Orphans group performers).
Overnight in Gorilla mist camp.

Day 5: Gorilla trekking day- Bwindi Impenetrable forest

cousins to human beings, the gorillas. We have reached a highlight of the safari as you this day will go gorilla trekking in a group with a specialized guide, walk through the fascinating jungle and spend one hour with the Mountain Gorillas. This Impenetrable Forest is full of birds, butterflies and plant species plus forest hog, forest Elephants, Statungas and Dikers. After the gorilla trek we transfer to beautiful Lake Bunyonyi through cultivated hills. In the afternoon we check in to a lake at 1840m above sea level. Here you can relax after the trek and even take a swim if it’s not to cold for you (the lake is free from bilharzia, hippos and crocodiles).
Overnight Lake Bunyonyi Eco Resort (Lake Bunyonyi this night will depend on which group or time registered back after trekking.)

Day 6: Transfer to Lake Mburo; the ‘Zebra magnet’, game-drive

We leave Lake Bunyonyi after breakfast and start the drive towards Lake Mburo national park. We reach the park in time for lunch at the lodge. In the afternoon we game-drive for view of Zebras, Topis, Warthogs, cape buffaloes and Impalas.
Overnight in Rwakobo rock

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