Itinerary

1. Day 1- Arrival in Entebbe

   • Your tour guide will receive you on arrival at Entebbe international airport and brief you about the safari. 
   • Afterwards, transfer to your hotel in Entebbe for an overnight stay.

2. Day 2- Entebbe - Queen Elizabeth National Park

   • After your early breakfast at 06:30 am, you will be driven to Queen Elizabeth National Park. This will take approximately 8 hours to cover a distance of 389 km following Kampala- Fort Portal Highway. 
   • Once you reach the park, do a 27 km crater drive. Your focus will be on exploring Katwe crater lakes. These are located north of Mweya Peninsular, these lakes are on high elevation, and you will be able to enjoy their stunning panoramic view. You will be amazed by the beauty of Queen Elizabeth at a glance, from the undulating hills to the green vegetation covered around the lakes. 
   • Enjoy the great view of animals like cape buffaloes, elephants, warthogs, the Rwenzori mountain range, the Kazinga channel, and the Great East Africa Rift Valley. 
   • Visit the ancient Katwe salt mining lake.
   • Reach your lodge, check-in, relax, dine and have an overnight stay.

   Overnight: Bush Lodge

   Meal Plan: Lunch and Dinner

3. Day 3- Queen Elizabeth National Park

   • At precisely 06:00 am after your breakfast, go for an early morning drive in Kasenyi plains. These are open savannah plains located on the western shores of the Kazinga channel renowned for habiting large herds of Uganda kobs, Lions, Elephants, leopards, buffaloes, warthogs, hyenas, etc. 
   • Have lunch served at your lodge, and after that, go for an afternoon boat cruise at the Kazinga channel. This is a 32 km long natural channel connecting Lake Edward to Lake George and a dominant feature of the Park. The channel attracts a variety of animal and birds species within the region, and it's one of the places with the highest concentration of hippos and Nile crocodiles in the world.
   • Return to the lodge, relax, dine and have an overnight stay.

   Overnight: Bush Lodge

   Meal plan: Lunch and Dinner

4. Day 4- Queen Elizabeth National Park - Mgahinga National Park

   • After a light breakfast, you will go for chimps trekking. This is being done in the Kyambura Gorge with a tour Ranger. Kyambura gorge is home to a variety of wild species, especially the primates such as the 80 habituated Chimpanzees, red-tailed monkeys, black and white colobus monkeys, baboons, and vervet monkeys. While tracking these primates, you will be treated to views of the underground tropical rainforest, birds like falcons, the blue-headed bee-eaters, African finfoot, hippos, and elephants. 
   • Return for lunch at your lodge and then transfer to Mgahinga National park.
   • Enjoy the winding roads of Kabale and the magnificent views of the Mgahinga Mountain. 
   • Check into the lodge, dine and have an overnight stay.

   Overnight: Lake Mulehe Safari Lodge

   Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

5. Day 5- Mgahinga National Park

   • Wake up early at 06:30 am to prepare for this once-in-a-lifetime experience, the special meet with the Gentle Giants- the Mountain Gorillas. 
   • After breakfast, your guide will drive you to the park offices at Ntebeko visitor center, where you will be briefed about the dos and don’ts, and then you will be off for the venture of your life. 
   • Trek through the steep, densely forested mountain slopes and stand a chance to spot the Golden Monkeys, thus doing Gorilla and Golden Monkey trekking as well as Mountain Hiking all combined. 
   • On your hike trekking gorillas, you will be rewarded with a stunning view of Mgahinga National Park and be offered another opportunity to spot different forest birds and mammals. 
   • Return to Ntebeko, have your packaged lunch, and then head for a guided Sabinyo Gorge Hike. This is a 5-hour adventure along with stunning vegetation and a moss-lined stream on your way to its summit. You are exposed to the spectacular Mount Sabinyo summit, with views of waterfalls and the surrounding areas. The gorge is also another excellent feature on this trail as it is a friendly birding site and the Golden Monkey.
   • Drive back to the lodge, dine and have an overnight stay.

   Overnight: Lake Mulehe Safari Lodge

   Meal Plan: Breakfast, lunch, and dinner

6. Day 6- Mgahinga National Park - Lake Bunyonyi

   • After your breakfast at 06:00 am, you will be taken to Lake Bunyonyi for full-day fun. You will enjoy the beautiful sounds of birds, for example, African harrier, egrets, herons, levillant cuckoo, weaver birds, the white-tailed blue monad. Take a stroll along the lake shores in preparation for a ride to visit the islands.
   • Visit local communities and interact with them. 
   • Return to the resort for relaxation and short walks along the shores.

   Overnight- Bunyonyi Rock Resort

   Meal Plan- Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

7. Day 7- Lake Bunyonyi

   • Wake up, eat your breakfast at 06:30 am, and go out for a community walk to enjoy the beautiful undulating terraced hills, feel the cool breeze on descending slopes of the surrounding highlands and capture memorable pictures. 
   • Return, do Zip Lining or High rope course in the Bunyonyi forest. 
   • Have lunch, relax and prepare for the evening picnic.

   Overnight: Bunyonyi Safari Lodge

   Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

8. Day 8- Departure

   • Have your breakfast at 06:30 am and embark on your journey to Entebbe international airport. 
   • You will have a stopover at the Equator for the water experiment, photographs, and Lunch. 
   • Afterwards, proceed to Entebbe to catch up with your departure flight.

   Meal Plan: Breakfast and Lunch en-route