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 one: Pickup from Hotel in Kampala/Entebbe or the Airport and transfer to Lake Mburo National Park for game drive and boat ride on the Lake.
Day two: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Day three: Gorilla tracking
Day four: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park for an evening game drive.
Day five: Morning game drive and afternoon boat cruise on Kazinga Channel
Day six: Morning game drive and transfer to Kibale National Park.
Day Seven: Chimp trekking and Bigodi Wetland walk.
Day Eight: Transfer back to Kampala/Entebbe marking the end of your 8 Days Gorilla Tracking Tour
Day by Day
Detailed Itinerary
Day One: Transfer to Lake Mburo National Park and guided nature walk
Arrive at the Entebbe International Airport and meet our safari guide. Begin your journey to L ake 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 two: Morning 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 Three: Gorilla Trekking
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 Four: Transfer 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 five: Morning 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.
Accommodation:
Day Six : Morning 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 Seven: Chimpanzee Trekking
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 Eight: Transfer 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!
End of tour
Included
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
All activities mentioned in the itinerary
- Meals (As specified in the day-by-day section)
- Taxes / VAT
- International flights
- Personal items (Souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees, etc.)
- Tips (Tipping guideline US$10.00 pp per day)