After an early morning breakfast, you will be picked by our representative who will brief you about the entire safari. Thereafter continue with your journey to the Park with a stopover at the Equator line for some  equator experiments and photography. Lunch shall be in Mbarara town, afterwards continue to Queen Elizabeth National Park. On arrival, you will check-in for dinner and overnight stay.

Accommodation Options

• Mweya safari lodge (Luxury)
• Buffalo Safari Lodge (Mid-range)
• Simba safari camp (Budget)

Enjoy breakfast, thereafter go for a dawn break game drive through the tracks of the “medley of wonders”. Here, expect to see different wildlife like the African elephants, buffaloes, impalas, lions, leopards, etc. Afterwards, head back to the lodge for lunch as you prepare for an afternoon boat cruise. While at the boat,  you will have closer views of the aquatic wildlife like. These include; the hippos, crocodiles and array of birds along the water banks.

Accommodation Options

• Mweya safari lodge (Luxury)
• Buffalo Safari Lodge (Mid-range)
• Simba safari camp (Budget)

After an early breakfast, you will check out of the lodge and embark on your journey to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park. You will pass via Ishasha whereby on a lucky day, you will be able to spot many climbing lions lounging on the trees and enjoying the cool breeze. Lunch shall be on your way, thereafter continue to Bwindi reaching late afternoon. Check-in for dinner and overnight stay.

Accommodation Options

• Buhoma lodge (Luxury)
• Nkuringo Gorilla camp (Mid-range)
• Buhoma community Rest camp (Budget)

Enjoy an early breakfast, thereafter proceed to the park headquarters. Here, you will be briefed by the Park rangers about trekking these gorillas. The trekking experience is such a memorable one since these endangered species are human-like in nature. During this activity, the rangers will continue explaining to you about other unique aspects about them. This activity may take about 2-8 hours depending on the location and movement of the gorilla families.

Upon locating where they will be, one hour will be granted in their presence as you enjoy their daily activities. While here, you are free to take photos and videos for remembrance. Afterwards, you will head back to the lodge for a hot lunch and prepare for another enjoyable activity in the evening. After relaxing, you will go for the batwa cultural experience where you get to interact and listen to their stories. As a matter of fact, these people used to live in the forest in harmony with the gorillas. Feel free to engage in their dances, folk songs and you can as well buy some souvenirs for remembrance.

Accommodation Options:

• Buhoma lodge (Luxury)
• Nkuringo gorilla camp (Mid-range)
• Buhoma community Rest camp (Budget)

After an early breakfast, you will check out of the lodge and embark on your journey back to Kampala. We you will lunch at Igongo cultural centre in Mbarara town and also a chance to visit the museum showcasing the Ankole culture. Later, proceed with your journey to Kampala/ Entebbe.

                                            End of safari

Optional Activities

Chimpanzee tracking

The only habituated chimpanzee community in Queen Elizabeth National Park inhabits an isolated strip of riparian forest in the 100m deep Kyambura River Gorge, which runs for 16km on the park’s eastern boundary with quite easy to locate the chimps. Guided chimp-tracking excursions depart twice-daily and permits cost US$100 inclusive of the guide but excluding the park entrance fee.

Lion tracking

Lion tracking involves learning much more about the habits of the king of the jungle in natural plains of kasenyi within the national park. Lions with radio collars are tracked by a researcher who use the radiation trackers to monitor the movement of the lions with the radio collars. Lion tracking is one of the most interesting experimental tourism activities in Uganda. Limited numbers of participants are allowed to a natural habitat. This means if you are to join the team you have to book in advance. This activity lasts for 2-3 days and only twice a day; in the morning around 8am and late afternoon. The coast of a lion permit authorized by Uganda Wildlife Authority is US200 for international tourists and UGX 200,000 for the members of the East African Community.

Birding

The park contains over 600 bird species making it a must visit destination for birder to Uganda. Migratory birds are seen from November to April however birds can be seen throughout the year. Hot spots for the best birding in Queen Elizabeth National Park include; Kazinga Channel, Kasenyi Area, Mweya Peninsula, Maramagambo Forest, Ishasha Sector, Lake Kikorongo, Katunguru Bridge area and Katwe Area.  Watch out for the shoebill, Martial Eagle, Black rumped buttonquail, African skimmer, Verreaux’s eagle-owl, Black bee-Eater, White-tailed lark, White –winged warbler.

Maramagambo Forest

The vastness of this forest is alluded to in its name, which derives from local phrase meaning ‘the end of words’ and refers to a legend about a group of young people who got lost there many years ago and took so long to find their way out and they were unable to speak when they returned home.

Activities in Bwindi

Village walk in Bwindi

This 3 hour stroll through Buhoma and its margins immerses visitors in the customs and practices of the Bakiga and Batwa people. The tour takes in varied activities such as farming, brewing local beer, dispensing traditional medicines and concludes with dancing displays by members of the Batwa community.

Bird watching in Bwindi

Birders with a limited amount of time in Buhoma are strongly urged to stick to the Munyanga River trail, which starts on the edge of the park behind the gorilla tracking trail head and follows the same old road through the forest south of Buhoma as the waterfall trail. The open road provides better birding opportunities than a narrow forest path and on a good morning you could hope to see over 60 bird species. Among the common species seen include; the great blue turaco, black bee-eater, red-tailed bulbul, bar tailed trogon, Doherty’s bush-shrike, white bellied robin-chat and much more.