Local safari company in Entebbe, Uganda+256 794 426014info@fugatoursandtravel.com
Home/Safaris/8 Day Gorilla Trekking and wildlife Tour
Uganda · Private safari

8 Day Gorilla Trekking and wildlife Tour

This 8 Days Gorilla Tracking and Wildlife Tour takes you Lake MBuro National Park, for a game drive and a boat ride on the Lake in search for wildlife, to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park for gorilla trekking, to Queen Elizabeth…

8 Day Gorilla Trekking and wildlife Tour
Duration8 days, 7 nights
DestinationUganda
HighlightGorilla trek
Starts inEntebbe / Kampala
StylePrivate, tailor-made

8 Day Gorilla Trekking and wildlife Tour: overview

This 8 Days Gorilla Tracking and Wildlife Tour takes you Lake MBuro National Park, for a game drive and a boat ride on the Lake in search for wildlife, to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park for gorilla trekking, to Queen Elizabeth National Park for a boat cruise on the Kazinga channel and a game drive, and then to Kibale National Park for chimpanzee trekking and Bigodi Wetland walk.

Thereafter, you will drive back to Entebbe for your flight out, marking the end of your 8-Day Gorilla tracking a d Wildlife Tour. This trip starts and ends in Entebbe. You will be able to see the gorillas, chimpanzees, a Variety of Bird species, and a variety of wildlife.

8 Days Gorilla Tracking Tour Summary

Day-by-day itinerary

Day 1Transfer to Lake Mburo National Park and guided nature walk

Arrive at the Entebbe International Airport and meet the Fuga Tour and Travel safari guide. Begin your journey to Lake Mburo National Park, located in western Uganda.

Enjoy the scenic drive through the countryside, passing traditional villages and beautiful landscapes. Arrive at Lake Mburo National Park and check in at your lodge.

Rest and relax, taking in the peaceful surroundings of the park. You will take afternoon boat cruise, A boat cruise on .Lake Mburo in Uganda's smallest savanna park offers a 2-hour, wildlife-packed experience focusing on hippos, Nile crocodiles, and diverse birds like African fish eagles and finfoots. Operating from Rwonyo pier, this activity allows visitors to see buffaloes and zebras on the banks, after a successful Boatcruise you will as well take an evening game drive.. This park is famous for zebras, impalas, giraffes, elands, Cape buffalos and many tropical bird species. Before spending the night at your lodge

Day 2Morning Game drive and Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

On this day, you will wake up early in the morning and head out for another game drive. This will give you a chance to see animals in their families, distinctive clans, and groups

you will embark on a 5-hour 42 Minutes drive to Bwindi forest the gorilla land The talk about these gentle giants claims that 98% of DNA is close to that of the human race. Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is home to half of the world’s total population of mountain gorillas and other species like primates, mammals, and reptiles, among or you can have a short guided community walk or a village walk to the Batwa community.

Day 3Gorilla Trekking in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

Have an early morning breakfast and proceed to the briefing point. Enjoy the highlight of your trip—gorilla trekking After the briefing at the headquarters, you will be led by the ranger guide into the jungle to search for the mountain gorillas.

This experience usually takes 2 hours to about 8 hours being that gorillas move differently, and only 1 hour is granted to visitors to have a glimpse of the gorillas. In case you are not interested in mountain gorillas trekking, you can have a short guided forest walk or a village walk to the Batwa community.

After the adventure, you will embark on the drive towards Lake Bunyonyi, which is Africa’s second-deepest lake and a birder's destination. You'll enjoy the beautiful views of the landscapes like the locally terraced interlocking hills where most locals carry out their crop cultivation.

Day 4Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park for an evening game drive

After breakfast, you will transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park for an evening game drive. You will be spotting various wildlife species like waterbucks, lions, African elephants, hartebeests, Rothschild’s cape buffaloes, leopards, and warthogs, and also view different crater lakes.

Day 5Morning game drive and afternoon boat cruise on Kazinga Channel

Today after your breakfast, you will set out for an early morning game drive through Queen Elizabeth Park. You will be spotting various wildlife species like waterbucks,

lions, African elephants, hartebeests, Rothschild’s giraffes, antelopes, cape buffaloes, leopards, and warthogs, and also view different crater lakes. After the 3-hour drive, you will transfer back for lunch. Then, you will prepare for the afternoon 2-hour launch cruise along the Kazinga channel which has the highest concentration of hippos in the world.

This comes along with several bird species and animals like Nile crocodiles, African elephants, and antelopes among others.

Day 6Morning Game drive and transfer to Kibale Forest National Park

After breakfast you will do a morning game drive and After breakfast, you will embark on a road trip to Kibale National Park. You will arrive there in the afternoon for lunch and some relaxation at the lodge.

In the evening, you will go for a nature walk through the Bigodi wetland where you will spot birds, olive baboons, bush babies, and sitatunga among other wildlife species.

Day 7Chimpanzee Trekking in Kibale National Park

After breakfast, you will transfer to the park offices Kanywancu for briefing and then set out for chimpanzee trekking through the dense forest. Keep this in mind that only 1 hour is given to visitors when they encounter

Besides chimpanzees, other primate species can be spotted like the red-tailed monkeys, blue monkeys, black, LHoest’s monkeys, and white colobus monkeys and Velvet Monkeys

Accommodation:

Day 8Transfer back to Kampala/Entebbe marking the end of your 8 Days Gorilla Tracking and wildlife Tour

After having an early breakfast. Checkout of the park and transfer to Kampala/ Entebbe with lunch en-route!

Good to know

Safari Inclusions

Gorilla trekking Permit

Chimpanzee Permit

Park entrance fees

Safari vehicle with a pop-up roof for scenic views

All meals as mentioned in the itinerary

Accommodation as mentioned in the itinerary unless labeled option

Drinking water on the safari vehicle

An English-speaking guide

Ground Transportation

Safari exclusions

Flights

Visas

Alcoholic drinks and sodas

Extra accommodation

Souvenir

Tips and gratuities

Services of a personal nature like laundry

Questions about this tour

Can this itinerary be changed?

Yes. Every Fuga safari is private, so we can add or remove days, change lodges or combine this tour with another park. Tell us what you'd like when you enquire.

When should I book the gorilla permit?

As early as possible: permits are limited each day. Uganda permits cost US$800 and Rwanda permits US$1,500. See our gorilla permits guide.

Which comfort levels are available?

We can run this tour at budget, mid-range or luxury level. The lodges change, the route stays the same, and we quote each level separately.

How do I book?

Send an enquiry with your dates. We check permit availability, send a costed itinerary, and confirm once you pay the deposit. See how to book.

Where you stay: lodges we use on this route
All lodges

Choose budget, mid-range or luxury: we price every tour at each level.

Similar safaris
All safaris
Plan your safari

Send us your dates and we'll check gorilla permits and send a costed itinerary.

Enquire WhatsAppCall