Gorilla & Queen Tour
4 Days Gorilla and Queen Elizabeth National Park.
Day 1: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.
In the morning you will have breakfast to drive south-west of Uganda. A stop at the equator for photographs, and in Mbarara for lunch. The journey will take you through large banana plantations, papyrus woodland, and terraced landscapes of the ‘Switzerland of Africa’. It takes about 9 hours to reach Bwindi in the late afternoon. Dinner and overnight at Gorilla Resort
Day 2: Tracking Gorillas.
Following breakfast you will transfer to the park headquarters for the briefing before you set off at 9:00 am through the tracks to search for the humble giants. You will go with packed lunch because it’s hard to determine how long it will take you to meet these giant primates. However the time ranges between 2-9 hours depending on the movement of the great apes primates.A reasonable degree of fitness is required as well as a sturdy pair of walking shoes. The activity is quite tiresome, but encountering these great relatives of man erases all the poor memories/ hardships you went through in trying to find them. They are awe-inspiring! Dinner and overnight at Gorilla Resort.
Day 3: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park/ Launch cruise
Have Breakfast to transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park. The drive will take you through the Ishasha sector to reach the park in the afternoon. You will have a game drive enroute where you might spot game along the way as you transfer to the park headquarters. Watch out for tree climbing lions in the Ishasha sector. In the afternoon you will go for a boat ride on the Kazinga channel that connects lakes Edward and George. The launch cruise will reward you with game like hippos, elephants, buffaloes and birds at the shores.
Dinner and overnight at Mweya Safari Lodge.
Day 4: Morning Game drive / Transfer to Kampala.
Before dawn, you will wake up to go for an early morning game drive. This game drive will take you through the Kasenyi sector and the queens’ mile in the park and will reward you with animals like Lions, elephants, hyenas, Giant forest hogs, Bush bucks, Warthogs, Hyenas, civets, aardvarks, Leopards, and many more. After the game drive you will drive back to Kampala to reach in the evening.