4 Days Gorillas and Wildlife safari Queen Elizabeth National Park

4-days gorilla trek tour and wildlife safari in Queen Elizabeth National Park is probably the best and most popular East African Safari package. You get to track the mountain gorillas in their natural home – Bwindi Impenetrable National Park also with 12 other primates in there, a possibility of seeing tree-climbing lions! in Queen Elizabeth National Park chimpanzee tracking in kyambura gorge plus the other ‘BIG 5’ – Leopard, Elephant, Hippos, Buffalo, lots of antelopes, forest hogs, hyena, and lots of birds (over 600 bird species)! Great scenic views like the unmissable calderas and crater lakes, Rwenzori Mountains.

Day 1:Briefing on the safari, transfer to Bwindi impenetrable Forest, southwestern Uganda for your gorilla trek.

Meet and greet with our local guide over breakfast, and then after drive heading to southwestern Uganda. En route, there is a local community popular for making local drums and crafts and a fruit market. Stopover, admire and buy yourself souvenirs. Proceed to the Equator line taken as one beautiful scenery in Africa – the pathway of the sun and take photographs, lunch enroute and arrive late evening, Pass by mountains, tropical rainforest and bamboo forest. 8-9 hrs journey.

Accommodation on full board:

Moderate: Engagi Lodge/gorilla safari lodge/gorilla friends/silver back lodge.
Budget: Buhoma Community Campground (self-contained cottages)/Ruhondeza.

Day 2:Gorilla trekking (Bwindi Impenetrable NP), Tracking the Mountain Gorillas and other primates

Today enjoy gorilla tracking in Bwindi. After breakfast, proceed for the morning briefing at the park headquarters, before enjoying the highlight of the trip- Gorilla trekking, which may last the entire day. We trek the gorillas through the rainforest and bamboo covered slopes, accompanied by a guide and trackers, in search of a mountain gorilla family. The walking can sometimes be tough and long, but when you catch a glimpse of the magnificent silverback, any discomforts will be quickly forgotten. When the gorillas are sighted, visitors will be guided to within 6 metres from the gorillas, sit around them for a whole hour while gazing into their big round eyes.

Gorilla trekking is unpredictable. It’s difficult to foresee how many hours you will hike. The gorilla excursion can take from 2 up to 8 hours. Expect to walk along distance in steep and muddy conditions, sometimes with rain overhead, before you encounter any gorillas. A good physical condition is recommended. For conservation purposes, time spent with the gorillas is limited to one hour. A ranger will brief you on how to behave with the gorillas.

While most of today’s forests are no more than 12,000 years old,

Accommodation on full board:
Moderate: Engagi Lodge/gorilla safari lodge/gorilla friends/silver back lodge.
Budget: Buhoma Community Campground (self-contained cottages)/Ruhondeza.

Day 3:Depart from the Gorilla Tracking Park, Drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park – Ishasha Sector (famous for tree-climbing lions)

After breakfast we drive through stunning savannah grasslands as we head to the southern sector of Queen Elizabeth National Park, Ishasha a much more remote and less-traveled part of Queen Elizabeth National Park, but one which has a sense of exclusivity and remoteness. The game densities here are high, and this region has reported some of the largest herds of Elephant anywhere in Uganda, as it’s their main migration corridor between Uganda and the DRC.
As we enter the park, we do a game drive in search of the wild game. We continue and drive to the northern circuit which is the area near the main road known for its tree climbing lions. But we also visit the Uganda kob mating ground which is their preferred hunting area.

Day 4: Chimpanzee tracking in kyambura gorge and there after we return to Kampala/ Entebbe.

We set out early in the morning after breakfast and head for Kyambura gorge for the chimpanzee walk in the gorge, but before you enter into the gorge take panoramic view of the gorge over the raised platform and amazing photographs can be shot. Thereafter we head to Kampala with a stopover in fort-portal for lunch, it’s about 5 hours driving via Mubende. This route travels through breathtaking scenery and delightfully rolling plantations, some of the best in Uganda.

Depending on how much time we have on us we can tour around Kampala’s crafts and souvenirs markets before checking in at your hotel or being transferred to Entebbe airport. END OF THE SAFARI.

No. of Persons on tour	Lowest Price per person in US Dollars	Mid-range Price per person in US Dollars	Luxury Price per person in US Dollars
1 person	$1,957	$2,224	$2,689
2 persons	$1,631	$1,904	$2403.2
3 persons	$1,480	$1,678	$1,998
single room supplement	$98	$224	$236

Tour cost includes:

Gorillas tracking permit at $800 USD,chimpanzee

park entrance at queen Elizabeth NP,

Full board accommodation with all meals (breakfast, lunch and dinner),

bottled drinking water on safari, private 4×4 ground transportation.

English speaking driver guide, guides in national parks.

Excluded:
Flight tickets and departure taxes,
travel documentation (visas), travel and medical insurance, optional excursions, tips and gratuities for your guides and accommodation staff, Laundry, beverages other than mineral water in the vehicle and at meal times with meals, -Items of a personal nature such as telephone calls, postage fees and so on.