5 Days Uganda-Gorilla & Wildlife Safari Experience.

In Bwindi, you will enjoy the ultimate gorilla experience and enjoy a thrilling Batwa cultural experience, then transfer to Lake Bunyonyi for relaxation.

The magical hills offer impressive scenery and a sightseeing experience. The recreation encounter on Lake Bunyonyi known as the Lake of a Thousand Islands because of its 29 Islands presents moments of rejuvenation following a day-long gorilla trekking experience.

Let Friendly Gorillas Safaris take you on this remarkable safari to the Pearl of Africa so that the Fond Memory will not be forgotten so soon.

Fun: Launch trip on the Kazinga Channel, chimp and gorilla trekking.

Bragging Right: Close encounter with the chimps and gorillas firsthand in their natural habitat.

Fun: gorilla trekking, a swim in the lake.


Bragging Right: Close encounter with the gorillas firsthand in their natural habitat.

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Summarized itinerary

Day 1: Arrival and Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park

Day 2: Early Morning Game drive and Kazinga Channel Crossing boat cruise.

Day 3:Transfer to Bwindi Via the Isasha sector and Batwa Cultural experience

Day 4: Ultimate Gorilla trekking in Bwindi and transfer to Lake Bunyonyi for relaxation.

Day 5: Transfer to Kigali

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Day-by-day itinerary follows

Day 1: Arrival and Transfer to Queen Elizabeth NP

Hopefully, your flight is scheduled for an early morning landing in Uganda. Your safari will start from Entebbe airport where you will be picked up by your Driver/Guide who will brief you about your tour and then depart for Queen Elizabeth National Park.

This park is understandably Uganda’s most popular and outstanding tourist destination. The park’s diverse ecosystems, which include sprawling savanna, shady, humid forests, sparkling lakes, and fertile wetlands, make it the ideal habitat for classic big game, ten primate species including chimpanzees, and over 600 species of birds.

You will stop for lunch en route at Kayabwe for an Equator experience as well as get souvenirs from nearby craft shops, then proceed into the majestic Queen Elizabeth National Park: one of Uganda’s most outstanding treasures. Time permitting, you may proceed for an evening game drive after checking into your accommodation or else relax at your accommodation (awaiting the next day’s activities).

Overnight: Pumba Safari Lodge.

Meals: All meals

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Day 2: Early Morning Game drive and launch trip along the Kazinga Channel.

Be up early, have breakfast, and embark on a Sunrise game drive that gives spectacular views of herbivores such as buffaloes, elephants, antelopes, and giraffes actively grazing as the nocturnals get back to the shelter after a long night of hunting.

Thereafter, return to the accommodation for lunch. After lunch, you will go for a two-hour launch trip on the Kazinga Channel which connects Lakes George and Edward and you will surely be fascinated by the concentrations of giant hippos, elephants, and crocodiles among others.

You will also see many varieties of colorful birds on the water shores both migratory and indigenous species producing melody sounds.

You will have dinner and overnight at your accommodation.

Overnight: Pumba Safari Lodge

Meals: All meals

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Day 3: Transfer to Bwindi via the Ishasha sector and enjoy a captivating Batwa cultural Experience.

Have breakfast then set off for Bwindi National Park through the Isasha sector of Queen Elizabeth National Park – famously known for its resident tree-climbing lions.

The chance of spotting these lions is about 70% though sometimes they are really hard to spot (most especially when they’re down in the grassland looking for prey). Hoping you get the chance to spot them, the sight will be spectacular!

Continue to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. Bwindi is a big habitat for mountain gorillas in Uganda; harboring an estimated 400 mountain gorillas – roughly half of the world’s population, including several habituated groups, which can be tracked.

Its mist-covered hillsides are blanketed by one of Uganda’s oldest and most biologically diverse rainforests, which dates back over 25,000 years and contains almost 400 species of plants.

In the evening, you will have a community walk where you will encounter the Batwa communities who will welcome you with charming traditional dances and songs as well as visit their home with exceptional architecture and unique magnificent dress codes that will make you feel like you are another planet.

With a strenuous day ahead, you will do less on arrival but just check in your accommodation and relax as you prepare for the Bwindi gorilla trekking experience the following day.

Overnight: Rafiki Safari Lodge

Meals: All meals

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Day 4: Gorilla trekking in Bwindi and transfer to Lake Bunyonyi for relaxation.

After an early breakfast and a briefing by a ranger guide, you will enter the gorilla sanctuary for your adventure.

The beauty of this rainforest is remarkable! The area offers a dramatic steeply forested landscape and is incredibly dense, but crisscrossed by numerous animal trails allowing access to tourists.

The time taken and the terrain vary with the movements of these great primates. Once you locate a gorilla group, you will be allowed an hour in their presence. The thrill of spending time observing these gentle and endangered giants is an awesome, exciting experience to be long-savored.

Return to your lodge. Have your lunch and thereafter check out for a transfer to Lake Bunyonyi. Have a community encounter in the afternoon before you proceed to your lodge for relaxation. Lake Bunyonyi is framed by lush, green-terraced hills that reach a height of (2,200 – 2,478m) but it’s the 29 islands of various shapes and sizes scattered across the water that make it most magical — you could admire them all day.

Overnight: Lake Bunyonyi Eco-Resort

Meals: All meals

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Day 5: Transfer to Kigali

You will have a relaxed breakfast in the morning and then embark on a journey to Kigali city. On your way to Kigali, you will meet a number of attractive farmlands, make possible stopovers, and enjoy the best of your safari in Kigali.

End of the Safari.

Thanks for choosing Friendly Gorillas Safaris!

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End of safari!