6 Days Uganda Safari
Discover Uganda’s best kept safari gems on this 6 Days Uganda Safari, this Uganda Tour Package takes you on a visit to Queen Elizabeth National Park – the most popular wildlife destination in Uganda for typical African game viewing safaris and Bwindi Impenetrable National Park for gorilla trekking. Have an encounter with mountain gorillas in their natural habitat.
Highlights of 6 Days Uganda Safari
- Day 1: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park
- Day 2: Morning Game Drive and Coffee Experience.
- Day 3: morning game drive and boat cruise
- Day 4: Morning game drive, Boat Experience and Transfer to Bwindi
- Day 5: Mountain gorilla trekking in Bwindi – Visit to the Batwa Pygmies
- Day 6: Transfer back to Kampala for departure
Detailed itinerary of 6 Days Uganda Safari
Day 1: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park
You will be picked from your hotel in Kampala or from the airport upon arrival and transfer to Fort Portal, along the journey you will have a stopover at the Equator for pictures and a chance to stand in Northern Southern Hemisphere and in Mbarara for lunch. Continue to Queen Elizabeth National Park arriving in the evening, check in at your lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
Dinner and Overnight stay at Mweya Safari Lodge (luxury), Ihamba Lodge / Park view lodge (mid-range), Simba safari camp (budget).
Day 2: Morning Game Drive and Coffee Experience.
Have early breakfast and head to the park for a morning game drive on which you will spot a wide range of animals calling the park home including lions, leopards, cape buffaloes, elands, Uganda kobs, elephants among others.
Return to the lodge for lunch, in the afternoon you will go for a coffee Experience in the coffee farms neighboring the park. The local guide will offer you all the gardening procedures such as nursery time, propagation, harvesting procedures among others. Then you will be taken to one of the homesteads to witness the coffee beans processed by hand using traditional tools like motor and pounding stick. This experience ends with taking a cup of coffee.
Return to the lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
Dinner and Overnight stay at Mweya Safari Lodge (luxury), Ihamba Lodge / Park view lodge (mid-range), Simba safari camp (budget).
Day 3: morning game drive and boat cruise
You will wake up early to take breakfast ready for a long eventful day. The guide will take you for an early morning game drive at the Kasenyi plains with the purpose of catching up with nocturnal animals retreating to their dens after a busy night of hunting. The morning is also the best time to spot the early risers like birds and other mammals. You should be able to see hippos, lions, leopard, buffalos and antelopes of various kinds. After the game drive, drive back for lunch, rest and then set off at 2.00 pm for a boat cruise along the Kazinga Channel. This is the meeting point for all of the animals in the park especially during the dry season. Get ready to see a collection of bird species that could rival any you have seen elsewhere. You will also see water dwelling animals like crocodiles and hippos plus all the others you spotted during your previous drinking by the water banks. After this you, should be tired and ready to go back for a rest or take walk around the lodge.
Day 4: Morning game drive, Boat Experience and Transfer to Bwindi
Wake up early and head to the park for a morning drive in the Kasenyi Plains where you will catch sights of nocturnal animals retreating to their dens after a busy night of hunting. The morning game drive is the best time to spot the early risers like birds and other mammals like Uganda Kobs, buffaloes and various kinds of antelopes.
After the game drive, you will return to the lodge for breakfast, then head to the Kazinga Channel for a boat cruise. The channel is a meeting point for all animals in the park as it is one of the main source of waters, here you will see water dwelling animals like crocodiles, hippos and various water birds like herons, cormorants, crested cranes among others by the water banks.
After this amazing experience, you will exit Queen Elizabeth National Park and embark on a journey to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park arriving late in the afternoon, check in at your lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
Dinner and overnight at Chameleon Hill Lodge (luxury), Bakiga Lodge (Midrange) and Tarvan Trekkers Bwindi (Budget).
Day 5: Mountain gorilla trekking in Bwindi – Visit to the Batwa Pygmies
You will wake up very early to take your breakfast before heading out to the park offices for briefing at 7:00 am. During the briefing, the park Rangers/Guides will share information about the requirements and rules for gorilla trekking. The meeting is compulsory and it is also at this time that you get to be assigned a gorilla family and porters. How are gorilla groups allocated? Gorilla groups are allocated taking into account your overall fitness. Porters are there to help you carry extra luggage or heavy equipment. Now that you are ready, head to the forest to track your gorilla group along with 7 other tourists. You will go through thick forest, steep and muddy areas before finally meeting the family. Follow instructions from the head guide and take as many photos as you can in the one hour allocated. Stay calm and do not make sudden movements. The memory of the time spent with the gorilla family will always remain with you because watching a family of mountain gorillas is very different from any other wildlife experience.
After your one hour with the gorilla family, you should return back to the starting point where our guide will drive you back to your hotel for rest and lunch. After some rest, you will be taken to visit the Batwa pygmy community who once lived side by side with the gorillas in the forest. They have now been resettled elsewhere to allow for mountain gorilla conservation activities in the park. The Batwa will let you know if their resettlement was successful or not while also entertaining you with cultural stories and dances.
Dinner and overnight at Chameleon Hill Lodge (luxury), Bakiga Lodge (Midrange) and Tarvan Trekkers Bwindi (Budget).
Day 6: Transfer back to Kampala for departure
Wake up early, take breakfast and prepare for the long journey back to Kampala/Entebbe for your departure flight or a drop at your hotel. The driver will ensure that you stop at key points of interest along the way including the Equator crossing in Kayabwe for lunch and photography
End of 6 Days Uganda Safari
Inclusions
- Meet and greet
- Airport transfers
- Transportation in a 4×4 safari vehicle
- Services of an English speaking local guide
- Fuel and vehicle for this round trip
- Drinking water in the vehicle
- Game drives as mentions
- Gorilla trekking
- Community walks
- All Park Fees
