10 Days African Gorilla Safari tours to Uganda - Eyalama Adventures

Eyalama Adventures is happy to offer you the 11 days African Gorilla Safari Tour to Uganda. This tour ensures you enjoy an ultimate Gorilla Safari experience while in Uganda alongside the rich wildlife array that Africa has to offer. On this adventurous safari, you will get to visit some of the finest wildlife parks that Africa has to offer like the Murchison falls national park, Kibale national park and Queen Elizabeth national park. These parks host various mammals and primates plus birds making them one complete package of wild life. Below is the complete itinerary;

DAY 1- Arrival
Today you will be picked up from the airport by our driver who will take you to your hotel near the Entebbe Airport where you will be spending the night and also having dinner.

DAY 2- Transfer to Kibale forest national park.
Today you will be picked up from your location or hotel after your breakfast to Kibale National Park. This journey covers a distance of 310.5km about 4 hours from Kampala city. On arrival, you will relax, may have a short community walk in the evening. You will have dinner at the lodge were you will be spending the night.

DAY 3- Chimp tracking and Bigodi wetlands
After breakfast, You will be driven to the headquarters for briefing regarding the Chimpanzee tracking . During the Chimpamzee tracking activity we look out for primates like the blue monkey, red tailed monkey, white checked Mangabey, olive baboon, chimpanzees and black, white and red colobus. Other mammals like blue duiker, genet, bush pig, bush buck and the African civet can also be seen. Spotted in this park though rare are the water bucks, buffalos, warthogs, hippos and the giant forest hog are also present plus forest elephants.
You will be driven to the lodge for lunch and later to the Bigodi wetlands for birding. It hosts about 138 bird species among which are the great blue Turaco. After here, you will be driven back to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

DAY 4- Transfer to Queen Elizabeth national park
Today after breakfast, you will check out and be driven to Queen Elizabeth National Park.  This journey covers a distance of about 114km, approximately 1 hour and a half using the Mbarara- Kasese road. On arrival, you will check in into the lodge were you will be spending the night and having dinner. In the evening, you will visit the Katwe salt mines and also the local communities around.

DAY 5- Game drive and boat cruise on the Kazinga channel
Today, you will have breakfast before leaving the lodge for the Kasenyi plains to begin the amazing African wildlife safari. Kasenyi plains are located in the north eastern part of the park and it’s actually an open savanna, swarmed with various wild animals with the Uganda safari kob being the dominant animals. Other mammals like elephants, buffalos, water bucks, warthogs, Sitatunga antelopes, lions, leopards and servile cats are also common here though rarely seen during day time. After this game drive, you will be driven back to the lodge for a launch cruise trip were you might spot various mammals aquatic mammals and birds like the enormous hippos, reptiles like crocodiles. Later in the evening when this trip is done, you will head back to the lodge for refreshments, dinner and Overnight

DAY 6- Transfer to Bwindi national park
After your breakfast at the lodge, On this day of African Safari to Uganda you will check out and get ready for your transfer to Bwindi impenetrable forest national park. This journey will take us through Ishasha sector of Queen Elizabeth National Park famous for the Tree Climbing Lions. On arrival, you will check in to the lodge have your lunch . Relax and later enjoy your dinner and overnight at your lodge.

DAY 7- Gorilla tracking
You will wake up to a hot breakfast at the lodge then get ready to hit the forest for the amazing gorilla trekking activity.  This activity can take 2 to 7 hours depending on your luck that day with the gorillas. After they are tracked down, you will be allowed a maximum of 1 hour to interface with these awesome primates. Before we head out to the forest, you will be taken to the Bwindi impenetrable forest national park offices for orientation and briefing by the guides. You will be divided into small groups not exceeding 8 trackers to enter into the jungle for a day.
While inside the jungle, you will not only see the primates but also encounter numerous bird species and butterflies, amazing flora and fauna. This makes this trekking one of a kind activity for it involves hiking and climbing with the mountain gorillas just a few meters from the group of trekkers. After a day’s successful tracking and trekking, you will return to the headquarters . After this amazing adventure and discovery in the Bwindi forests, you will be awarded with a certificate congratulating you about the successfully tracking down the mountain gorillas. You will be driven back to the lodge for dinner and spend the night.

DAY 8- Transfer to Lake Mburo national park
Today you will be transferred to Lake Mburo National Park, 272km from Bwindi Forest National Park via the Kabale– Mbarara road. This journey takes about 4 hours and a half whereby you may have a stop at Igongo cultural center to visit the museum and also have lunch. On arrival at the park, you will check to the hotel where you will be having dinner and also spending the night

DAY 9- Game drive and boat cruise
On this day, you will wake up to ready breakfast at the lodge after which the 1st activity will start. You will be driven to the park for an early game drive. While in the park, you are likely to see various mammals like impalas, zebras, oribis, buffaloes, topics and many more plus the numerous birds in the air, on ground and trees like the bare faced go away birds. After the drive in the park, you will be dropped back to the lodge to have lunch and prepare for the next activity.
After the delicious meal, you will be taken for a boat cruise on Lake Mburo where you might see water birds like white winged warbler, brown faced lap wing plus animals grazing at the river bank like the elephants, buffaloes, hippos, crocodiles and many more.  When this is done, you will be driven back to the lodge for dinner and spending the night.

DAY 10- Back to Kampala
On this day, you will also have breakfast then later check out and get ready to come back to Kampala. On the return journey, you will stop at the Uganda Equator in Kayabwe for photo opportunities before proceeding to Kampala.
DAY 11- Departure
You will be picked up from your hotel in Kampala by our driver to Entebbe airport just in time to catch your flight.

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