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7 Days Uganda Safari and Gorilla Tracking

  • Price $2,870.00
  • Location Uganda [map]

Lodging

  • Bedrooms Full board midrange lodges
  • Bathrooms included

About

This 7 days Uganda safari takes you to the best of uganda safari national parks.


 


Brief introduction about Uganda:


Uganda as a country is preferred by most seasoned and experienced travelers for its small and unique safari national parks that make animals to be easily seen because they concentrate in narrow and small areas, Uganda itself is a small country and has no many tourists or crowds that make game drives seem like a market. Uganda has Stunning picturesque and natural wonders that are spread around the country right from the thousands of bird species across the country that are seen as soon as you land at Entebbe international airport that makes Uganda safari tours one of the best African safari experience that everyone would always want book. Tracking gentle giants, the mountain gorillas in Bwindi impenetrable forest national park is one of the most tourist’s attraction in Uganda.  Let's take a look at the selected best safari destinations in Uganda.


 


Bwindi Impenetrable Forest


Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is located in south western region of Uganda, the home to over half of world’s mountain gorilla population. It’s an amazing tropical rainforest Uganda has. The forest is known as Impenetrable because of its vast looking.  Bwindi Impenetrable National remains the only park in the whole world where mountain gorillas are found with wild chimpanzees although chimpanzees are not habituated in Bwindi hence cannot be trekked.


The National Park can be easily accessed by air and road, a drive takes about 8 to 9 hours while plane takes about 2 hours, there are domestic airline that operates daily flights from Entebbe to the northern and eastern sector which is Kihihi Airstrip and Kisoro airstrip for the southern region and that’s of Rushaga sector and Nkuringo Sector. The drive time from any of this airstrips to your lodge is approximately 1-2 hours’ drive.


The some of the safari Lodges you can stay while in Bwindi are Ichumbi Gorilla Lodge, Gorilla Heights Lodge, Rushaga Havens Lodge, Clouds Lodge, Silverback Lodge, Nkuringo Lodge etc. all this lodges offer you an amazing stay while on Gorilla safari tours in Uganda. A part from gorilla trekking in Bwindi, you can participate in cultural experiences with the Batwa people. Which can be done during nature walks after gorilla trekking or the day before gorilla trekking.


Queen Elizabeth National Park


This national park, the Queen Elizabeth is one of the most explored National Park after Bwindi and it’s the second(2nd) largest national park in the country after Murchison falls national Park, its located between and near to some of the amazing parks in Uganda namely; Kibale forest National Park, and Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park. Queen Elizabeth National Park offers amazing game drives and boat safari, this is the best national park for tree climbing lions spotted in southern part of the national park in Ishasha sector, also has chimpanzees which live in Kyambura gorge.


 


It extends from the equator crossing at the western arm of East Africa Rift valley that combines several savannahs and tropical rainforests forests. For that reason, the park boosts of having a variety of wild game animals, very beautiful sceneries that connects of several crater lakes. Queen Elizabeth National Park is home to over 350 species of birds including the one which migrated from Europe. Booking holiday to Queen Elizabeth national park with a reliable Uganda safaris and tours company is all what you need to enjoy either game drive, boat cruise at Kazinga channel of Queen Elizabeth National Park or gorilla trekking in Bwindi impenetrable national park.


 


Murchison Falls National Park


Murchison Falls National Park is located in northern Uganda, it’s the largest national park in Uganda. It was formerly known as Kabalega National Park the given by the king of Bunyoro Kingdom. Murchison falls national park covers an area of 3,893 square kilometers and it was gusseted in 1952.


 


  ITINERARY:


Day 1: Our guide picks you in the morning for a drive to Murchison falls national park. 


 


Day 2: You will do morning game drive and afternoon boat cruise to the bottom of waterfalls.


 


Day 3: You will be transfer to Queen Elizabeth National park.


 


Day 4: You will do a morning game drive in Kasenyi Plains and afternoon boat cruise in Kazinga Channel


 


Day 5: Early morning drive to Bwindi impenetrable national park. You will do the Batwa cultural experience in the afternoon.


 


Day 6: You will do gorilla trekking in the morning. Relax around after gorilla trek waiting to return to airport next day.


 


Day 7: Wake up early in the morning and drive back to Entebbe airport for your flight back home.

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