5-Day Uganda Experiential Safari (Gorilla Trekking, Wildlife, & Adrenaline Trip)

In this 5-Day Uganda Experiential Safari with Gorilla Trekking, Wildlife, & Adrenaline Trip. You will visit two safari parks, Lake Mburo and Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, giving you a chance to visit the savannah landscape with its wildlife and the forest jungle where mountain gorillas are found. You will also visit the ‘Switzerland of Africa’ and explore some islands on the allegedly deepest lake in Uganda, Lake Bunyonyi. It is a short trip that will entertain you with the beauties in the western part of Uganda. Welcome to the Pearl of Africa!

5-Day Uganda Experiential Safari Highlights

• Day 1: Drive to Lake Mburo National Park
• Day 2: Uganda Experiential Safari to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
• Day 3: Enjoy Uganda Gorilla Trekking Experience Tour in Bwindi
• Day 4: Drive To the ‘Switzerland of Africa’ – Lake Bunyonyi
• Day 5: Drive to Entebbe with Equator Stopover

Detailed 5-Day Uganda Experiential Safari

Day 1: Drive to Lake Mburo National Park

Drive to Lake Mburo National Park, the smallest of Uganda’s savannah national parks with 370 square kilometers. This is where you will see zebras, impalas, elands, buffalos, oribis, Defassa waterbucks, leopards, hippos, hyenas, topis and reedbucks. Bushbucks can also be seen standing majestically on termite mounds.

You will also get a chance to see the Nubian giraffes introduced into this park all the way from Murchison Falls National Park. Right from the main road, there are chances of seeing wildlife up to the reception area of the lodge. Not only wildlife but also the Ankole long-horned cows.

After lunch, our 5-Day Uganda Experiential Safari guide will take you for an afternoon game drive to look for zebras, impalas, elands, buffalos, waterbucks, topis, reedbucks and giraffes. For those who are interested in birds, this park is home to 350 bird species. Towards the end of the game drive, you’ll not miss the sun setting between either acacia or cactus trees which is a rare moment for photographers.

• Journey Time: 4 Hours
• Destination: Lake Mburo National Park
• Activities: Enjoy Scenic Drive to Lake Mburo National Park.
• Accommodation: Check-In at Mpogo Safari Lodge – Mid-range Lodge in Lake Mburo National Park.
• Meals & Drinks: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, and Drinking Water

Day 2: Uganda Experiential Safari to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

Wake up for an early morning nature walk in the national park with a ranger before you take your breakfast but after a simple cup of coffee. This 5-Day Uganda Experiential Safari will give you a chance to walk through the wild on foot without the noise from the car engine. This way, you get closer to the animals without scaring them away. No cause for alarm, the ranger is well equipped in case of anything.

Enjoy the morning cool breeze as the ranger explains to you about nature and wildlife. The walk will take you about 2 hours before you go back to take breakfast.

After breakfast, you will then get into the car and head towards Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, home of the mountain gorillas. The journey will take you through scenes of beautiful landscape beckoning you to take out your camera to have with a copy.

• Journey Time: 5 Hours
• Destination: Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park
• Activities: Enjoy Scenic Game Drives in Lake Mburo National Park and Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park.
• Accommodation: Check-In at Gorilla Mist Camp – Mid-range Lodge in Bwindi Forest National Park.
• Meals & Drinks: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, and Drinking Water

Day 3: Visit Bwindi Impenetrable National Park for Uganda Gorilla Experience Tour

The long-awaited 5-Day Uganda Mountain Gorilla experience tour day is here. After breakfast, you will be driven to the briefing point to know how to behave with the gorillas in the jungle. This briefing is done by a ranger who is also ready for any questions before you set off. Dressed properly with hiking shoes, you will set off with a ranger to the place where the trackers have located the amazing apes.

You can also hire a porter at a small fee to help carry your rucksack for ease of movement. Meeting the gorillas is an amazing experience. Since we are all different, our reactions will also vary. But trust me; it is a wonderful one-hour experience.

Depending on your condition after gorilla trekking, you can as well go for another nature walk to see the waterfalls and the pygmies who once lived in the forest where gorillas still live. (Optional). These will show you how they lived there and the activities they carried out.

• Destination: Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park
• Activities: Enjoy Uganda Mountain Gorilla Trekking Experience Tour in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park.
• Accommodation: Check-In at Gorilla Mist Camp – Mid-range Lodge in Bwindi Forest National Park.
• Meals & Drinks: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, and Drinking Water

Day 4: Drive To the ‘Switzerland of Africa’ – Lake Bunyonyi

Have you ever been to the ‘Switzerland of Africa’? If not, then today is the day of the 5-Day Uganda Experiential Safari. The drive from Bwindi will again take you through wonderful scenery till you start seeing terraced hills from far and beyond. As you approach Lake Bunyonyi, you will start to see why that area is called the ‘Switzerland of Africa’. The lake is the water body you will see below as you approach Kabale town from the hills. It has 29 Islands and is said to be the second deepest in Africa.

After taking your lunch in the wonderful Bird Nest Resort which is also your place of accommodation, you will undertake a boat ride the explore some of the islands around the lake. You will also see how people in the area use canoes as a means of transport between the islands.

• Journey Time: 3 Hours
• Destination: Lake Bunyonyi and Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
• Activities: Enjoy Mountain Gorilla Tracking in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and Afternoon Drive to Lake Bunyonyi.
• Accommodation: Check-In at Bunyonyi Safaris Resort – Mid-range Lodge at Lake Bunyonyi.
• Meals & Drinks: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, and Drinking Water

Day 5: Drive to Entebbe with Equator Stopover

This marks the end of our 5-Day Uganda Experiential Safari adventure. But wait a minute! You will have a stopover at the equator to be educated about the forces that are present by a guide using a water experiment. He will demonstrate to you how and why the water moves in different directions from different sides of the equator. This is also a place to do your last shopping for souvenirs and African wear being displayed in different shops. You will thereafter head back to Kampala. Thank you for travelling with 5-Day Uganda Experiential Safari Climax Nature Experience!

• Destination: Equator Point Uganda (Highlight)
• Accommodation: No accommodation (End of tour)
• Meals & Drinks: Breakfast (Lunch & dinner not included), Drinks not included

End of 5-Day Uganda Experiential Safari

• Additional accommodation can be arranged for an extra cost.
• A transfer back to the airport can be arranged for an extra cost.

5-Day Uganda Experiential Safari Inclusions and Exclusions

Included

• Park fees (For non-residents)
• Gorilla permits (One per person, non-resident)
• All activities (Unless labeled as optional)
• All accommodation (Unless listed as upgrade)
• A professional driver/guide
• All transportation (Unless labeled as optional)
• All Taxes/VAT
• Meals (As specified in the day-by-day section)

Excluded

• International flights (From/to home)
• Roundtrip airport transfer
• Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
• Tips (Tipping guideline US$10.00 pp per day)
• Personal items (Souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees, etc.)
• Government imposed increase of taxes and/or park fees
• Some meals (As specified in the day-by-day section)
• Drinks

Safari Quotation

• 1 Persons: $3,876
• 2 Persons: $2,552

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