Day 1:Queen Elizabeth National Park

Early morning, you will start your drive to the western part of Uganda to Queen Elizabeth National Park with a stop in Mbarara City for your lunch. You will then continue with your journey to Queen Elizabeth National Park. Queen Elizabeth National Park’s diverse eco-system of grassy plains, tropical forest, rivers, swamps, lakes and volcanic craters is home to an incredible abundance of wildlife. Game drives in this park, with the massive Rwenzoris as a backdrop provide excellent opportunities to see lions, leopards, giant forest hogs, buffaloes, elephants, defassa waterbucks, Uganda Kobs, Topi and Bushbuck. Overnight and meals at your accommodation. Driving time is 5 hours.

Day 2: Game drive and boat cruise

Start very early in the morning with a game drive in the park, passing via the crater lakes region with over 30 crater lakes to be explored, it’s such a nice scenery to view in the morning with many different species of animals in the savanna. Return to the lodge for your breakfast and then relax. After lunch, embark on the boat launch along the Kazinga Channel which connects two Lakes Edward and George where you will see several bird species and lots of hippos and crocodiles. Dinner and overnight at your lodge.

Day 3: Drive to Bwindi

After your breakfast, you will drive out of Queen Elizabeth National Park heading to Bwindi Impenetrable forest National Park via Ishasha in search of tree climbing Lions. Your driver guide will show you through as you will be heading to Bwindi. In case you are lucky, you may come across the tree-climbing lions which will be up in the fig trees found here. The Lions spend most of the day sleeping. Ishasha is the best place in East Africa for tree-climbing lions and people come from far and wide to see them. You will then head to Bwindi to your accommodation and dinner. Driving time is 4 hours.

Day 4: Gorilla trekking

After enjoying an early breakfast and a short briefing at the park headquarters with your small group, your ranger will lead you through the tropical rainforest in search of your gorilla family. Trekking through the steep, densely forested hills and then finally coming across the gorillas camouflaged in the vegetation is an inspiring and privileged moment. Trekking in the Bwindi forest requires stamina and can often take most of the day. Join them for an hour, observing their behaviour in their natural habitat.

Day 5: Back to Kampala/Entebbe.