5 Days Uganda Gorillas & Wildlife Safari from Kigali

5 Days Uganda Gorillas & Wildlife Safari from Kigali

5 days Uganda gorillas & wildlife safari from Kigali includes 5 nights and 4 days offering the best experience with the gorillas in Bwindi impenetrable national park. Apart from gorilla trekking, you may also opt for gorilla habituation to spend more than an hour with the gorillas that still under the habituation process and also encountering the tree climbing lions within Queen Elizabeth National park all in western Uganda.

Highlights of 5 Days Uganda gorillas & wildlife safari from Kigali

• Day 1: Arrival and transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park & Evening Game drive 
• Day 2: Morning game drive in Kasenyi plains& afternoon launch cruise on Kazinga channel
• Day 3: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National park
• Day 4: Gorilla trekking in Bwindi
• Day 5: Return to Kigali for Departures.

Detailed Safari Itinerary

Day 1: Arrival and transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park & Evening Game drive 

• Arrival and Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National park: on the 1st day of 5 Days Uganda Gorillas & Wildlife Safari from Kigali / Rwanda, you will be picked up from your hotel in Kigali or from Kigali international airport. Depending on your arrival time, you will have to drive to Uganda with an enroute lunch and proceed to Queen Elizabeth National park. Upon arrival, check-in at the lodge, freshen up and if time allows, enjoy an evening game drive along with the lodge then return to the lodge for dinner & have an overnight stay.
• Meal plan: Lunch & Dinner 
• Accommodation: Mweya safari lodge / Enjojo lodge /Simba safari camp 

Day 2: Morning game drive in Kasenyi plains & afternoon launch cruise on Kazinga channel

• Morning game drive: on day 2 of 5 days Uganda gorillas & wildlife safari from Kigali / Rwanda, you will wake up as early as possible, have breakfast and meet your driver to transfer to Kasenyi plain for an early morning game drive. During this early game drive, you will encounter with the nocturnal mammals before they return to their hiding places, meet the herbivores and a lot of bird species. Throught the game drive, you will be in position to see Lions, elephants, buffaloes among others. After the drive, return to the lodge for lunch.
• Afternoon launch cruise : after enjoying lunch, head to Kazinga channel for an afternoon boat cruise with possibility of encountering a large school of hippos, crocodiles, elephants, and many more wildlife along the shores then head back to the lodge for dinner and goodnight.
• Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner 
• Accommodation: Mweya safari lodge / Enjojo lodge /Simba safari camp

Day 3: Morning game drive & Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National park

• Morning game drive: this is a special amongst you 5 day Uganda gorillas& wildlife safari from Kigali / Rwanda. You will be in position to have breakfast served at the lodge and then pack a lunch box. Check out of your lodge and meet your driver to head to Ishasha sector for a morning game drive where you will be in position to spot tree climbing lions as the watch over the Uganda Kob. This is a very fascinating expedition as these tree climbing lions are so far found in only two destinations including Uganda in Queen Elizabeth national park and Tanzania within Lake Manyara national park. You will really enjoy your encounter with them, take lots of photographs of the king of the jungle as they sleep up in the branches of acacia trees with in the park.
• Transfer to Bwindi: after the drive, you will enjoy your packed lunch or visit any lunch around ishasha sector for a hot lunch and cross over from Queen Elizabeth national park to proceed with a drive to Bwindi impenetrable forest national park in the extreme south western part of Uganda. Once you arrive in Bwindi, you will check in at the lodge and have your served dinner and overnight sleep.
• Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Day 4: Gorilla trekking in Bwindi

• Gorilla Trekking: day 4 out of 5 days Uganda gorilla & wildlife safari from Kigali / Rwanda will open up the closed doors for you as you wake up in the wilderness of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, have your served breakfast, pack a lunch box and meet your driver to transfer to the headquarters where briefing is done before being allocated the mountain gorillas and the group for gorilla trekking. After the briefing, hire a porter and head to the jungle to enjoy the most straining yet interesting adventure of searching for habituated mountain gorillas. Once you get closer to the family, you have to maintain a minimum distance of 7m between you and the gorillas as you capture your photographs and ask any possible questions within a period of one hour. After trekking, return to the park headquarters for trekking certificate and drive back to the lodge for dinner & overnight sleep.

• Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Day 5: Return to Kigali for Departures.

• Return to Kigali: Day 5 is the last day of your 5 days Uganda gorillas & wildlife safari from Kigali / Rwanda. you will wake up at the lodge on a relaxed breakfast, then meet your driver after checking out to embark on the journey to Kigali, Rwanda where you will arrive in lunch hours for lunch, have a brief city tour to see the Kigali genocide memorial sites, and visit kimironko market then proceed to the airport for departures or be driven back to your lodge in Kigali.
• Meal plan: Breakfast & Lunch 

END OF 5 DAYS UGANDA GORILLAS & WILDLIFE SAFARI FROM KIGALI / RWANDA.

This 5 days Uganda gorillas & Wildlife safari includes;

• A Ugandan gorilla trekking permit
• Park entrance fees
• Pick up and drop off in Kigali- Rwanda 
• A 4×4 safari vehicle with fuel
• An English speaking tour guide/ Driver 
• All accommodations for 4 nights
• All meals as per itinerary
• Enough drinking water throught the safari
• All mentioned activities

Exclusives in this 5 days Uganda gorillas & wildlife safari from Rwanda;

• All travel documents including Visa & Air ticket
• Optional activities
• Life insurance throught the safari
• Tips to the guide & Porter 
• Porter fee
• Laundry fees 
• Other drinks other than water
• Emails and airtime expenses during the safari

Conclusion: This 5 days Uganda gorillas & wildlife safari from Rwanda is one of the best and shorter Uganda safari that allows travelers to connect from Kigali -Rwanda to Uganda via either katuna or Cyanika border, take part in Gorilla trekking, watch the tree climbing lions in Ishasha sector and have a brief Kigali city tour.