8 Days queen elizabeth bwindi national parks safari

8 Days queen elizabeth bwindi national parks safari

Overview

On this safari heading to western Uganda, you visit two National Parks i.e Queen Elizabeth National Park where you will enjoy a launch cruise on the Kazinga Channel, game drives to see animals like lions, hyenas, leopards, elephants, tree climbing lions in Ishasha Plains and many more and Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. However Queen Elizabeth also has other interesting things to sight like dozens crater-lakes, salty and fresh water lakes, views of the Rwenzori Mountains.

HIGHTLIGHT

  • DAY 1:Arrival in Uganda..
  • DAY 2: Kampala City Tour.
  • DAY 3: Drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park.
  • DAY 4:Morning Game Drive + Boat cruise along Kazinga Channel.
  • DAY 5: Transfer to Bwindi.
  • DAY 6: Gorilla Tracking.
  • DAY 7: Drive to Lake Bunyonyi.
  • DAY 8: Return to Kampala.

Duration: 8 days.

You will arrive at the Airport in Entebbe, where an English speaking guide will pick you up and transfer you to your Hotel in Kampala. You will Check in and rest for the Night.

Accommodation: Yellow Haven Lodge.
Meals Planed: Half board.

After breakfast your tour guide will pick you up from the hotel and take you around Kampala’s historical sites and around Kampala so you can see the bustle and hustle of the town. The tour should take about 5 hours. After the city tour you will be taken back to your hotel to rest.

Accommodation: Yellow Haven Lodge.
Meals Planed: B.L & D

After an early breakfast at 6.00am, your guide together with a game ranger will take you on a game drive to the northern sector of Queen Elizabeth National Park through the Kasenyi track in search for lions, hyenas, buffaloes, leopard, water buck, bush bucks, Uganda Kob plus many bird species including ibis, fish eagles and vultures etc. You will head back to your lodge for relaxation and lunch. After lunch, head out for a boat cruise along the Kazinga Channel. On the boat cruise, you will have the opportunity to view great numbers of wildlife including elephants, crocodiles, hippos, buffaloes and large numbers of birds like eagles, kingfishers, sparrows, doves, weaver birds, eaglets and sun birds converging at the channel waters to enjoy a sip of the natural waters. After the boat ride you will head back to the lodge, freshen up and have dinner.

Accommodation: Marafiki Safari lodge.
Meals Planed: B.L.D.

After an early breakfast at 6.00am, your guide together with a game ranger will take you on a game drive to the northern sector of Queen Elizabeth National Park through the Kasenyi track in search for lions, hyenas, buffaloes, leopard, water buck, bush bucks, Uganda Kob plus many bird species including ibis, fish eagles and vultures etc. You will head back to your lodge for relaxation and lunch. After lunch, head out for a boat cruise along the Kazinga Channel. On the boat cruise, you will have the opportunity to view great numbers of wildlife including elephants, crocodiles, hippos, buffaloes and large numbers of birds like eagles, kingfishers, sparrows, doves, weaver birds, eaglets and sun birds converging at the channel waters to enjoy a sip of the natural waters. After the boat ride you will head back to the lodge, freshen up and have dinner.

Accommodation: Marafiki Safari lodge.
Meals Planed: B.L.D.

After breakfast, you will check out of the lodge and head out for the morning game drive where you will see elephants, lions, buffalos, etc. You will then transfer to Bwindi via the Ishasha sector of the park. While in Ishasha, watch out for the famous tree-climbing lions resting atop fig trees after a morning hunt and breakfast. The journey will be 4 hrs to your next lodge.

Accommodation: Nkuringo Gorilla Lodge.
Meals Planed: B.L.D.

After early breakfast, with your packed lunch in your rucksack, your guide will take you to the start point for a briefing at 08:00 hours before beginning the trek. Gorilla tracking is unpredictable, so it is difficult to foresee how many hours you will hike. It may take 2-8 hours, and you should be prepared to walk long distance in steep and muddy conditions, sometimes with rain overhead, before you encounter the gorilla family that you have been assigned. For conservation purposes, time spent with the gorillas is limited to one hour. The ranger guide always briefs you on how to behave in the presence of these gentle giants.

Accommodation: Nkuringo Gorilla Lodge.
Meals Planed: B.L.D.

This morning you will drive through the hills on a bumpy road to Lake Bunyonyi. You arrive Bunyonyi in the mid-morning and check-in at Birdnest Bunyonyi. You can relax and later enjoy lunch. After lunch, you will go a boat ride on Lake Bunyonyi for sightseeing of some of the 25 islands and the opportunity to see the Punishment Island where non-virgin girls were abandoned. Later return to the lodge for overnight.

Accommodation: Birdnest@ Bunyonyi.
Meals Planed: B.L.D.

Wake up at leisure and enjoy breakfast. After your breakfast, you will commence your drive back to Kampala with a lunch stop at Igongo Cultural Center & Museum just outside Mbarara town. After lunch, you will continue with a stop at the Equator Crossing for fun photography. Your guide will drop you off at your accommodation OR the airport if you are scheduled to leave that evening.

Accommodation: none.
Meals Planed: B.L.

Cancelation Procedure

10% Deposit payable upfront. Remaining balance payable 30 days prior to trip departure. Free cancellation up to 30 days prior departure. No refund applicable within 30 days of departure..

Payment Procedure

A deposit of 10% is required when booking this tour. The remaining balance will be charged 30 days prior departure. For any bookings within 30days of departure, the full tour amount will be charged upon booking.

Include

  • Park fees
  • Conservation Fees
  • All activities (unless labeled as optional)
  • All accommodation as stated in the itinerary
  • A professional driver/guide.
  • All transportation (unless labeled as optional)
  • Roundtrip airport transfer
  • All Meals (as specified in the day-by-day section)
  • Drinking water on all days.

Exclude

  • International flights
  • Increases in park fees where applicable
  • Visa and passport fees
  • Personal items
  • (tipping guideline
  • Personal items (souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees, etc.)
  • Items of a personal nature

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