7 Days Uganda Wildlife and Gorilla trekking tour

7 Days Uganda Wildlife and Gorilla trekking tour: This 7 Days Wildlife and Gorilla tour features visiting Lake Mburo national park which smallest savannah national park with most of the antelope species and the only home of the Impalas in Uganda. Queen Elizabeth national park is Uganda’s second-largest national park and home to the tree-climbing lions in Ishasha sector of the park. Bwindi Impenetrable national park which is the world’s home of the mountain gorillas and its recorded that Bwindi Forest has half of these endangered mountain gorillas while the rest are shared by Rwanda and Congo. Other activities involved in the safari include; lion tracking, and birdwatching. This safari is not limited to only the provided activities as the visitors can do other activities of their choice including; horse backing and walking safari in Lake Mburo national park, Coffee tours, communities visits, and crater lake visits in Queen Elizabeth national park and Batwa community tour in Bwindi forest.

Safari highlights of the 7 Days Uganda Wildlife and Gorilla trekking tour

Day 1: Transfer to Lake Mburo national park
Day 2: Morning game drive and boat trip
Day 3: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth national park
Day 4: Lion tracking/Morning game drive and boat cruise
Day 5: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable national park
Day 6: Gorilla trekking
Day 7: Transfer to Kampala/Entebbe

Detailed Itinerary

Day 1: Transfer to Lake Mburo national park

Transfer to Lake Mburo: Depending on your arrival at Entebbe airport/depending on your location in Kampala, meet our company representative who will also be your safari guide to transfer to Lake Mburo national park. It’s about 5 hours’ road drive via Masaka – Mbarara road. Depending on your departure time, you will either have en-route lunch or at the lodge. Upon reaching the park, connect to check-in your lodge. Spend your afternoon at leisure on activities like mountain biking, horseback riding or walking safari. Later evening return to your lodge for dinner and overnight stay
Luxury option – Mihingo Lodge
Mid-range option – Mpogo Lodge/Rwakobo Rock lodge
Budget option – Eagles Nest Lodge

Day 2: Morning Game drive and Boat trip

Morning Game drive: Early morning after breakfast, head out for in the search for the early risers on a good day you may spot the lions and the leopards are actually rarely seen and it will be by luck to find them. Do not forget to carry your camera in order to keep all your memories forever intact and also to ensure not to miss out detail on your amazing game drive and find animals such as the Impalas, Zebras, Waterbucks, Oribi, buffaloes, Giraffes to mention a few.
Boat trip: Return to the lodge for lunch and later go for a relaxing and experiential boat cruise on the lake Mburo. The lake is also good for sports fishing and bird watching. Return in the evening to prepare for dinner at lodge as above

Day 3: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth national park

Transfer to Queen Elizabeth: After breakfast, check-out of the lodge to continue on your 7 Days Uganda Wildlife and Gorilla trekking tour to Queen Elizabeth national park, which is the home of the tree-climbing lions. It’s a 4-5 hours’ road drive through Ishaka district. Arrive at good time for lunch at your lodge. Later afternoon, connect to visit the exploration crater lakes of Queen Elizabeth national park with en-route evening game drive. Return to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

Accommodation and meals

Luxury option: Kyambura Gorge lodge/Mweya Safari lodge
Mid-range option: Parkview Safari lodge/Enganzi Safari lodge/Elephant Hub lodge
Budget option: Engiri Game lodge/Pumba Safari lodge

Day 4: Morning game drive/Lion tracking and Boat cruise

Morning game drive/Lion tracking: Wake up early, have breakfast and connect for a morning game drive in Kasenye animals where you will find many of the park’s residents including the lions, elephants, buffaloes, waterbucks, and other antelopes species, return to the lodge for lunch.
Boat cruise: Later afternoon, connect for a boat cruise on the Kazinga channel. It’s a 2 hours’ boat trip with sights of different bird species, hippos, Crocodiles, Elephants, and Buffaloes to mention a few. Return to you lodge for dinner and overnight

Day 5: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable national park

Transfer to Bwindi: After breakfast, transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable national park. It’s a 5 hours’ drive via the Ishasha sector from Queen Elizabeth national park to the Buhoma sector of Bwindi forest for an opportunity to spot the tree-climbing lions. On arrival at the park, connect to your lodge, check-in for relaxation, dinner and overnight.
Luxury option: Buhoma Lodge/Mahogany Springs Lodge
Mid-range option: Buhoma Haven lodge
Budget option: Buhoma Community Rest Camp

Day 6: Gorilla trekking experience

Gorilla trekking experience: On this sixth day of your safari, you will have the same morning preparations at the lodge, have breakfast and transfer to the park headquarters with your trekking gears and packed lunch, meet with other trekkers for briefing about gorilla trekking. After you are allocated a group in groups of 8 people, head into the forest for your trek. Gorilla trekking takes 2 to 8 hours depending on the movement of the gorilla family being visited. These primates roam the park freely and there is no way of telling where they will be for a particular. On finding them, you will be allowed 1 hour to view and take photos of these gentle primates before you descend back to meet your driver/guide and transfer back to your lodge. After gorilla trekking, return to your lodge for relaxation, dinner and overnight stay at lodge as above.

Day 7: Transfer to Kampala/Entebbe

Transfer to Kampala/Entebbe: After having breakfast, check-out of the lodge to embark on your 8-9 hours’ journey back to Kampala. You will have several stop overs to refresh, and have lunch in Mbarara town. Upon arrival in Kampala/Entebbe, your safari guide will drop you at allocation you advise or better still be dropped at Entebbe international airport of you have a flight.

End of your 7 Days Uganda Wildlife and Gorilla trekking tour