Gorillas and Safari on a Budget
Once in a lifetime experiences for less!
Overview:
A truly amazing little tour that allows you to track gorillas and experience a big game safari for a not so big price. On this tour, we have tried to make these once in a lifetime wildlife encounters affordable, whilst still maintaining quality!
6 People
$1545
4 People
$1680
2 People
$2090
6
days
All prices are per person and in USD
You Will Visit:
Day 1: Arrive in Entebbe
Upon arrival at Entebbe International Airport You will be met by your guide, briefed about your upcoming journey and transferred to your lodge. We feel it's best to stay in Entebbe after your flight, the last thing you want to do after a long flight is go on another long car journey. If you arrive early there are many excursions available, and great places to eat. Ask your regional expert for more information.
Meals Included: none
Accommodation: Entebbe Backpackers
Day 2: Transfer to Queen
After breakfast, you will be met by your guide and be driven south to Queen Elizabeth National Park, stopping for lunch en route. Before checking in at your lodge, and if there is time, heading out on an evening game drive.
Meals Included: Breakfast and Dinner
Accommodation: Bush Lodge
Day 3: Game Drive and Kazinga Channel Boat Safari
Head out in the morning to enjoy the magnificent game on offer in Queen, including 4 of the 'Big 5', many other big game animals and the vast array of birds that live within the park. In the afternoon, you will enjoy one of Uganda's great wildlife experiences, the Kazinga Channel boat cruise, where you can see a vast array of wildlife playing and taking a water break along the shore.
Meals Included: Breakfast, lunch and dinner
Accommodation: Bush Lodge
Day 4: Game Drive and Bwindi
Grab a packed lunch from your lodge and spend the day winding south through Queen, where you will get the chance to see the tree climbing lions that have made this national park so famous. Your eventual destination is Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, you should arrive in the evening just in time to take in the breath-taking views of the mountains and the dense forest.
Meals Included: Breakfast, lunch and dinner
Accommodation: Bwindi View Bandas
Day 5: Gorilla Tracking
After an early breakfast, you will set off towards what will undoubtedly be one of the highlights of your safari, the unforgettable experience that is Mountain Gorilla tracking. After trekking through the dense forest to where the Gorillas were found the day before, you begin your tracking, searching for the largest primate in the world. Upon sighting them, you will stay with them for one hour as they eat, rest and bond with their young. To reach them it can take anywhere between 30 mins to 4 hours, so be prepared for a long trek through the humid rain-forest. Afterwards you will spend the afternoon relaxing and taking in your beautiful surroundings.
Meals Included: Breakfast, lunch and dinner
Accommodation: Bwindi View Bandas
Day 6: Back to Entebbe
After your breakfast in Bwindi, you will transfer back up to Entebbe for your evening flight home, stopping on the way for lunch, and at the equator for the almost compulsory phot with the sign.
Meals Included: Breakfast, lunch
Price Includes
All accommodation
All meals (except one lunch and one dinner)
Gorilla Tracking Permits
All Park entry fees and activities
Experienced Guide
Customised 4WD safari vehicle and fuel
Price Excludes
International flights
Travel insurance
Entry visa
Drinks
Tips and gratuities
Optional Extras
Gorilla permits are available at a reduced rate during March-April and November, get in touch to learn more about this.
End your safari grade 5 white water rafting the nile at Jinja, the adventure capital of East Africa.
Or relaxing on the Ssese Islands sandy beaches.