Overview
This 7 Days Gorillas and tree climbing lions flying safari leads you to human’s closest relatives in Kyambura Gorge on the outskirts of Queen Elizabeth NP, sailing on the Kazinga channel in the company of elephant herds coming to take a sip of this fresh water instantly quenching their thirst.
The magical tree climbing lions of Ishasha sum up the Savanah experience whereas the gentle giants of Bwindi makes a touchdown of your trip adrenaline the moment you step out for this memorable canopied forest of Bwindi Impenetrable NP. The silverback will leave you astonished by the melody of their calmness and yet their friendliness above all. This is only possible in Uganda.
Detailed itinerary.
Day 1: Pickup from Airport to your Booked Accommodation
Upon arrival at Entebbe international airport, our guide will be there waiting for you, pick up and proceed to your hotel for overnight. If time allows you will be briefed about your 7 days tour.
Day 2: Fly from Entebbe to Kasese (Queen Elizabeth National Park)
Early morning breakfast, transfer to Entebbe airport for a domestic flight to Kasese airstrip, and proceed on a drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park. Have a hot lunch, relax and later evening game drive if time allows.
Day 3: Lion Tracking Experience in Queen Elizabeth National Park
Predator tracking experience! You will have an early breakfast and then drive to the park office a predator tracker ranger guide will escort us to the game drive to look for lions; with this experience you have more than 90% chances of seeing the lions and leopard, later have a boat cruise on Kazinga channel will be another highlight of this trip.
This Channel has the world’s largest concentration of hippos and on a sunny day you get to see many elephants coming to quench their thirst on the fresh waters of the Kazinga channel. Relax at the lodge in the evening.
Day 4: Game drive in Queen Elizabeth National Park (Ishasha sector)
Morning breakfast, drive to Ishasha sector in the southern sector of the park, this zone is famous for tree climbing lions and on spotting them many reasons are given to why they climb but major two are for spotting prey and hiding from disturbing flies, also this section of the park has the Topis (antelopes) which can only be seen here in this park.
You will spend the rest of the afternoon and evening around this park to explore all chances of encountering with these majestic cats. Late evening game drives before your dinner.
Day 5: Game drive in Queen Elizabeth NP and Transfer to Bwindi National Park
Pre-breakfast game drive in the tree climbing zone and later go back to the lodge for breakfast and proceed to Bwindi National Park through beautiful villages covered by Banana, coffee and tea crops a clear sign that Uganda’s economy is highly supported by agriculture. Relax at the lodge in the afternoon as you wait for your lunch and gorilla tracking preparation.
Day 6: Gorilla trekking in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Early breakfast, pick your packed lunch and extra drinking water, you will go for a short briefing at the park offices to orient you on the dos and don’ts’ while you go for this amazing and lifetime experience. You will meet the rangers and guides at the office in company of a group of community entertaining group which tells you the stories of their culture through songs and traditional dances. You will later be briefed, and the next thing is to start the walk to look for Gorillas, time spent in the forest is unpredictable, so we recommend some level of walking fitness for about 5 hours or more.
For those who feel they can’t make it alone there is a team of support staff who can be hired at a low fee, and this is a form of supporting them and encouraging conservation of these gentle giants which are at the verge of extinction and considered highly endangered by IUCN. When you meet them, you will spend an hour with them and come back to the lodge.
Day 7: Fly from Bwindi NP to Entebbe airport.
Relaxed breakfast, transfer to a nearby airstrip for your flight to Entebbe to connect on your outbound flight.
