Our 5 Days Safari Tour in Uganda takes you to explore popular tourist destinations in Uganda. Contact us today to visit Uganda on this tour.
Day 1: Arrival at Entebbe airport – Kampala (1.5 hours drive)
Upon your arrival at Entebbe International airport, complete the Immigration formalities. On your arrival exit, you will meet the driver guide holding a paper bearing your names. Meet and greet with our office representative and then you are transferred to your booked accommodation either in Kampala. Overnight Kampala Serena Hotel (Luxury) or Latitude 0 Degree Hotel Kampala (High end) Meal Plan: Dinner. Click Here To Enquire
Day 2: Kampala – Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (10 hours drive)
Early morning breakfast and get seated comfortably on 4 x4 safari vehicle, start your 9-10 hours journey to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park involving several stopovers. Have a stop at Mpambire drum centre for a brief African history and to view the skilfulness of the local people in making local drums, chairs and other local musical instruments. Proceed to Equator in Kayabwe for a photo stopover and carry out the water experiment where you will have to differentiate the northern hemisphere from the southern hemisphere. Later, drive to Mbarara with a lunch stopover at Igongo country and cultural hotel and Museum. This is where the future meets the past as you discover the Ankole Culture. Proceed to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, a UNESCO world heritage site well known to habit more than 461 Mountain Gorilla individuals, a half of the world’s population found both in Bwindi and Virunga region in East Africa. Upon your arrival in the evening check into your room and relax for the next day. Dinner and Overnight at Trackers Safari Lodge / Clouds Mountain Gorilla Lodge (Luxury) or Buhoma Lodge /Nkuringo Bwindi Gorilla Lodge (High end) Meal Plan: Lunch and Dinner.
Day 3: Mountain Gorilla Trekking
Have your early morning breakfast ready with your packed lunch and dressed on gorilla trekking attires; the driver guide will be on standby to drive you to the sector headquarters of your splendid Gorilla trekking experience. A warm welcome from the Batwa cultural dancers as they showcase their musical, tradition and dancing skills. You will be briefed by the park warden or ranger guide as he or she groups you into a group of 8 people to be assigned to a specific Gorilla family. The warden will take you through the brief history of the park, also the dos and don’ts of your gorilla trekking experience. You will be escorted by the ranger guide into the forest in search of the mountain Gorillas accompanied by the porters, It may take 2-6 hours depending on where the Mountain Gorillas built their nests the previous day. However, you are entitled to 1 hour of viewing the Mountain Gorillas upon meeting them. View them play, swing on the trees, eating and coupling. The young ones will always want to involve you in their game affair which is the most interesting moment in this encounter. After this gorilla trek experience, return to your lodge for resting and relaxing on your bed. OPTIONAL Batwa village walk to discover the lifestyle of the local people surrounding Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. Dinner and Overnight at Trackers Safari Lodge / Clouds Mountain Gorilla Lodge (Luxury) or Buhoma Lodge /Nkuringo Bwindi Gorilla Lodge (High end) Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 4: Transfer to Lake Bunyonyi for boat cruise and Zip lining
Wake up ready for the morning breakfast and later you will be driven to Lake Bunyonyi. The lake is the second deepest after Tanzania’s Lake Tanganyika in Africa with up to a maximum depth of 900m approximately 2953 feet. Its name was given by the locals meaning the place of little birds. On your arrival, have a boat cruise to discover the 29 islands Lake Bunyonyi is known of. Later in the evening, you will have a zip lining across Lake Bunyonyi is which is a thrilling experience to be on a zip line. Dinner and Overnight at Birdnest Resort Lake Bunyonyi (Luxury) or Lake Bunyonyi Rock Resort (High end) Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 5: Flight from Kihihi to Entebbe airport
After breakfast, you will be transferred to the airstrip depending on your sector of Gorilla trekking experience. You have two flight options from Kihihi to Entebbe airport and only one flight option from Kisoro airstrips back to Entebbe airport. The morning flight leaves Kisoro at 0845 hours and Kihihi at 0930 hours arriving Entebbe airport at 1125 hours while the afternoon flight leaves Kihihi at 1405 hours arriving Entebbe airport at 1630 hours. On whatever flight you are booked on; our driver guide will be ready to drive you to the airstrip back to Entebbe airport so that you can connect with your flight to the next destination. END OF SERVICE.
This 5 Days Safari Tour in Uganda package includes.
- Transportation in a 4×4 safari vehicle
- Accommodation and meals as per itinerary
- 1 Gorilla permit, per person to be paid and secured in advance
- Park fees
- Flight from Bwindi Impenetrable National Park to Entebbe airport
- Lake Bunyonyi boat cruise and zip lining
- Services of English speaking driver/guide
- 1 liter bottle of mineral water per day per person during safari
- Fun and other excursions as mentioned in the itinerary.
- AMREF Emergency Evacuation Insurance covers
Optional activities
- Batwa Village walk
- Batwa trail experience
- Gorilla habituation experience (spend 4 hours with mountain Gorillas)
- Flight from Bwindi to Entebbe airport
The 5 Days Safari Tour in Uganda excludes expenses of personal nature like: Air fare, Visa, drinks, laundry, tips to local guides, telephone, porter fee while trekking, personal travel insurance, personal shopping bills and cigars.