9 Days Uganda Budget Gorillas & Wildlife Safari
9 Days Uganda Budget Gorillas & Wildlife Safari tour package involves in having game drives in Lake Mburo national park, boat cruise and game drive in Queen Elizabeth national park, gorilla trekking in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest national park, Chimpanzee tracking in Kibale Forest national park making it an ideal Uganda safari destination.
Highlights of the 9 Days Uganda Budget Gorillas & Wildlife Safari
- Day 1: Pick up at Entebbe Airport
- Day 2: Transfer to Lake Mburo National Park
- Day 3: Morning Game Drive and Transfer Bwindi Impenetrable
- Day 4: Gorilla Trekking Adventure –Bwindi
- Day 5: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth NP-Evening game drive
- Day 6: Morning game drive and Boat cruise in Queen
- Day 7: Transfer to Kibale Forest National Park
- Day 8: Chimpanzee Tracking in Kibale
- Day 9: From Kibale & Return to Kampala /Entebbe Airport
Detailed Itinerary
Day 1: Pick up at Entebbe Airport
Pick up at Entebbe Airport: Upon your arrival at Entebbe Airport, you will meet our company representative at the airport and be transferred to your booked accommodation in Kampala city, depending on your arrival time you may have a city tour. Dinner and Overnight stay
Meal plan: Lunch and Dinner
Day 2: Transfer to Lake Mburo National park
Transfer to Lake Mburo National Park: After your morning breakfast, you will be picked up by our drive and transfer you to Lake Mburo National park with a stopover at the equator to have water experiment and photography. Then proceed to Lake Mburo national park. Arrive at the park and check into your lodge for lunch.
Afternoon Boat cruise: After having lunch go for boat cruise on Lake Mburo where you will experience water species like hippos, crocodile’s other animals such as buffaloes, elephants, antelopes along the shores of the lake. You can opt to do evening game drive. Dinner and Overnight stay in the park.
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 3: Morning Game Drive and Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable NP
Morning Game Drive: Wake up early for your Morning game drive to catch up with early raisers and is the best time to see predators returning to their hide outs many other species will be seen. Return back to the lodge enjoy your full breakfast. Then continue to drive to Bwindi Impenetrable national park driving through beautiful views of Kigezi Hills known as ‘’Switzerland of Africa’’ have lunch en –route arrive in the evening. Dinner and Overnight in the park.
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 4: Gorilla Trekking Adventure –Bwindi
Gorilla Trekking Adventure: Wake up early have morning breakfast served at the lodge and after transfer to the park headquarters for briefing about the gorilla’s rules before setting off to the forest in search for gorillas with your packed lunch and enough drinking water. Time taken is unpredictable it can be between 2 to 8 hours depending on their movements, feeding on a given day. Your body must be physically fit free from diseases when you can hike through steep rocks climbing up and down making it tiresome but interesting experience. Once gorillas are found you will be given one hour to spend with them learn their behaviours, social life, feeding as well as enjoying photography but flash discs are not allowed. If time allows us we can also do the Community walk in Batwa trails. Dinner and Overnight stay.
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 5: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth NP-Evening game drive
Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park: After morning breakfast, check out and depart to Queen Elizabeth national park with lots of game adventure journey en-route such as tree climbing lions in Ishasha sector, lunch at the park, relax.
Evening game drive: Later drive to northern sector for an evening game drive to adventure animals like lions, herds of elephants, buffaloes, bush bucks, bush pigs, warthogs, Deffassa waterbucks among others. Dinner and overnight in Queen.
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 6: Morning game drive and Boat cruise in Queen Elizabeth
Morning game drive: Wake up early enjoy your morning breakfast and drive to the park to catch up with animal species which you missed out to see in the evening session, back to the lodge for relaxation and lunch.
Afternoon Boat cruise: Later on, you will drive to Kazinga channel to experience this thrilling boat cruise where you will be able to cruise near large population of hippos, crocodiles, water birds and other animals can be seen along the channel shores such as elephants, buffaloes and antelopes many more. Dinner and Overnight stay.
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 7: Transfer to Kibale Forest National Park
Transfer to Kibale Forest National Park: After morning breakfast, check out of Queen Elizabeth national park and depart to Kibale Forest national park passing through Fort portal with great reward of mountains of the moon offering you beautiful sceneries. You will arrive in time for lunch and do relaxation the whole evening at the lodge or at the swimming pool. Dinner and Overnight stay
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 8: Chimpanzee tracking in Kibale
Chimpanzee tracking: Wake up early enjoy your breakfast and be transferred to park headquarter for briefing. After briefing be accompanied by park ranger in Kibale Forest in search for Chimpanzees expect to view other primates like Mangabey, Colobus monkeys, Red tailed monkeys, bush babies’ baboons among others. Once you find these giants you will be given one hour to observe their behaviours, take photos. Return back for lunch.
Bigodi swamp walk: Later on in the evening, walk to the swamp to experience more species like species of birds, primates, tree species. Dinner and Overnight stay.
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 9: From Kibale to Kampala /Entebbe Airport
From Kibale to Kampala /Entebbe Airport: Have your breakfast at leisure, then transfer to Kampala City to be dropped to your place of resident or Entebbe Airport depending on your flight.
End of the Safari
Tour Includes
- Gorilla and Chimpanzee permit fees
- Full Board Accommodation
- All park entrance fees
- Ground transportation
- Knowledgeable English speaking guide
- All activities fees mentioned
- Bottled Mineral water
Tour Excludes
- International flights
- Visas
- Laundry services
- Drinks and Tips
- Extra activities
