4 Days Queen Elizabeth and Bwindi gorillas safari
The 4 days Queen Elizabeth and Bwindi gorillas safari is a short tour that starts from Entebbe Uganda and ends in Kigali, Rwanda. The safari will take you to two national parks in Uganda, namely Queen Elizabeth national park in the western region, where you will be able to spot different animals like elephants, buffaloes, lions, leopards, Uganda kobs, and waterbucks, among others, during the game drives and boat cruise on the Kazinga channel.
The safari will also take you to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park where you will be able to spend time with the endangered mountain gorillas in their natural environment.
Highlights of the 4 days Queen Elizabeth and Bwindi gorillas safari
Day 1: Pick up and transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park
Day 2: Morning game drive and afternoon boat cruise
Day 3: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Day 4: Gorilla trekking and departure to Kigali
Detailed itinerary
Day 1: Pick up and transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park
Depending on your arrival time at Entebbe International Airport on the first day of the safari, you will be welcomed by our driver guide, who will brief you about the safari and later start the journey to Queen Elizabeth National Park.
You will have an en-route lunch on the way and enjoy views of the beautiful scenery, landscape, and crater lakes, among others. Upon arrival in the park, you will go for a short evening game drive where you will look out for different animals like buffaloes, Uganda kobs, waterbucks, bushbucks, elephants, and warthogs, among others. After the game drive, you will connect to your lodge for dinner and overnight.
Day 2: Morning game drive and afternoon boat cruise
After an early breakfast on the second day of the safari, your driver guide will pick you up from the lodge to transfer to the Kasenyi area for a morning game drive where you will be able to spot lions, leopards, hyenas, buffaloes, elephants, waterbucks, and bushbucks, among others. Later return to the lodge for lunch.
After lunch, you will go for an interesting boat cruise on Kazinga channel where you will be rewarded with views of hippos and Nile crocodiles in the water; views of other animals like buffaloes, elephants, and warthogs drinking water along the shores; views of water birds like cormorants, kingfishers, and bee-eaters; and views of fishermen preparing their fishing gear for night fishing, among others. After the boat cruise, you will drive back to the lodge for an evening of relaxation, dinner and an overnight stay.
Day 3: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
On the third day of the safari, you will check out of the lodge and meet up with your driver guide to start the journey to Bwindi impenetrable national park. On the way, you will have a stopover in the Ishasha sector, where you will view the tree-climbing lions lying in fig/acacia tree branches and other animals like Uganda kobs, waterbucks, warthogs, and buffaloes, as well as elephants, among others.
Later, have lunch en route and proceed to Bwindi impenetrable national park and upon arrival, you will check into the lodge for dinner and overnight.
Day 4: Gorilla trekking and departure to Kigali
On the last day of the safari, you will have an early breakfast, carry a packed lunch and meet up with your driver guide to transfer to the park headquarters for a gorilla trekking briefing.
After the briefing, you will be allocated a habituated gorilla family and start trekking in the jungle in search of the mountain gorillas, which takes about 2 to 7 hours depending on where the gorillas are located because they like to move from one place to another in search of food.
Once they are located, you will be allowed to spend one hour with them in their habitat, which gives you a chance to learn more about their behaviors, watch them carry out their daily activities, take pictures and record videos.
After the one hour with the mountain gorillas, you will trek back to the starting point where you will be awarded a certificate for participating in gorilla trekking, meet up with your driver guide and start the journey to Kigali.
Upon arrival, your driver guide will drop you off at Kigali International airport for your departure flight or drop you off at any place of advice.
End of 4 days Queen Elizabeth and Bwindi gorillas safari.
Tour includes
- Gorilla trekking permit @ $800pp
- Park entrance fees
- Boat cruise
- Full board Accommodation as indicated in the itinerary
- Meals at the lodge and en-route (breakfast, lunch and dinner)
- Full-time English-speaking driver guide
- Pick up from Kampala/Entebbe and drop off in Kigali, Rwanda.
- 4WD safari Vehicle and fuel
- Bottled drinking water during the safari
Tour excludes
- All Air flight tickets
- Visas
- Travel insurance
- Personal expenses like buying soft and alcoholic drinks, souvenirs, crafts, telephone calls, laundry services, and hiring a porter, among others.
- Tipping and gratuities
