The 6 Days Uganda tour is crafted to include 2 important wildlife reserves – Queen Elizabeth (QENP) and Bwindi national parks. With one of the largest biodiversity in the world, Queen Elizabeth national park, hosts a huge range of wildlife in her 1,978 Sq. Km geographical area. Mammals such as cape buffaloes, elephants, giant warthogs, spotted-hyenas, hippos, leopards and lions among others plus a plethora of birds including forest and savanna woodland and migratory bird species along the famous Kazinga Channel qualify this park as one the most visited in Uganda. The diverse landscape including undulating plains, Kyambura gorge, the crater Lakes and Mount Rwenzori ranges, make this place very spectacular. QENP together with the neighboring Virunga national park in DR Congo, was designated as a ‘Lion Conservation Unit’ by IUCN in 2006.
The second park to be visited according to the 6 days Uganda safari, is Bwindi Impenetrable national park (BINP). The park is an ecologically rich complex and thus designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. With afromontane forests, a rare vegetation specie in Africa, BINP is one of the few large tracts of East African forests still in existence. The park boasts of 220 tree species and more than 50% of local Uganda species and other species endemic to the Western Rift valley. BINP harbors various mammals but notably are the over 550 mountain gorilla individuals among others.
6 Days Uganda Safari – Summary
Day 1: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park
Day 2: An early morning game drive along the Kasenyi plains
Day 3: Chimpanzee tracking in Kyambura Gorge
Day 4: Gorilla Tracking in Bwindi Forest
Day 5: Visit Lake Mburo National Park, the best place to see zebras!
Day 6: Game drive & Departure
Detailed 6 days Uganda tour
Day 1: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth national park
In the morning, you will drive to Queen’s via Kampala – Mubende- Fort Portal route (a 7hr ride). You may have a stop-over for photography at the Equator crossing at Kikorongo. On arrival at Mweya Safari Lodge/ Jacana Safari Lodge/ Mweya Institute, lunch may be served to you before embarking on evening tour activities. Some of these activities may include a game drive to the Mweya peninsula or a walk to the bat cave in Maramagambo forest. Retire to your lodge for dinner and overnight stay
Day 2: Game drives
After a hearty breakfast undertake an early game drive to the Kasenyi plains. As you drive slowly in the park, expect to spot elephants, warthogs and Defassa waterbucks crossing the tracks. Leopards can be sighted along their own tracks while the darker, larger and hairy giant forest hogs are much regular. Return to the lodge for lunch and refresh yourself to an afternoon launch trip along the Kazinga channel, the most popular trip in the park. Keep an eye open for water lizard, crocodiles, hippos and water birds which are in plenty. Water thick-knee, yellow-billed stork, black- headed Gonolek may be in the vicinity. It’s a good sight to watch thirsty animals. Return to lodge and relax.
Day 3: Chimp trekking in Kyambura Gorge
Rise up early enough to prepare for a trek to meet our closest relatives in the primate family – the chimpanzees. After a cup of coffee, walk down to the gorge in the company of a game ranger for chimpanzee trekking. Spend an hour with them and return to the lodge for lunch before undertaking a 4 hours drive to Buhoma – the northern sector of Bwindi national park. This is home to one of the endangered species in the world, mountain gorillas. Check in at Gorilla Resort/ Buhoma Community Bandas/ Volcanoes lodge, etc.
Day 4: Gorilla trekking
After breakfast walk to the nearby park headquarters for a pre-briefing from park rangers about the day’s gorilla trekking activity. Usually it takes between 2 to 6 hours to encounter the gorilla family. This depends on their movements on the previous night. The rangers keep tracking them to ascertain the distances in which they are and update the ranger leading visitors that intend to track a particular gorilla family. Ordinarily guests are granted at least an hour to interact with the gorillas. After gorilla tracking, return to the lodge for lunch and prepare for the evening activities that may include a community walk to the Batwa group for cultural dance. Retire to your lodge for relaxation and overnight stay.
Day 5: Transfer to Lake Mburo national Park
On this day transfer to Lake Mburo national park (5hrs) away with lunch en route in Mbarara city. You may enjoy a boat cruise in the evening as you marvel at the abundant wildlife in the park that include hippos, elephants, buffaloes, warthogs, giraffes, roan antelopes, sitatungas and impalas among others. Dinner and overnight at Mihingo Lodge, Rwakobo Rock Lodge, etc.
Day 6: Game drive
After a light breakfast, undertake either a game drive or a nature walk to the salt lick spot where different animals can be spotted licking salt from a certain view. The most important animal to see is the ‘impala’ as Lake Mburo is the only reserve in the country that supports a big population of these handsome antelopes. Also zebras, warthogs, oribi, topi, eland, Roan antelope, sitatunga, bush pig, hippos can be sighted plus 3 different types of otters. Exit the park and return to Kampala by evening.
End of the tour
Tour Cost Inclusions
• Full time English speaking guide
• Mountain Gorilla permit
• Chimpanzee Permits
• Accommodation & meals
• Bottled drinking water
• Government taxes
• All activities included in the itinerary
• Transport
• Park entrance fees
• Miscellaneous
Tour Cost Exclusions
• Extra activities not in the itinerary
• Alcoholic beverages
• Tips
• Personal shopping