Tour overview.

This carefully crafted 4-day Uganda safari combines two of Africa’s most extraordinary wildlife experiences: gorilla trekking in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site that shelters roughly half of the world’s remaining mountain gorillas, and a classic savannah safari in Queen Elizabeth National Park, where the famous tree-climbing lions of Ishasha share the landscape with hippos, elephants, buffalo, leopards, and over 600 bird species.

This itinerary is designed for travellers who want depth, not just distance covered. Every morning matters. Every transfer is purposeful. And every included activity is chosen because it delivers something genuinely extraordinary.

This is not a checklist safari. This is Uganda at its very best. Embark on a 4 days uganda gorillas and wildlife safari and discover why Uganda is the pearl of africa.

Brief itinerary

Day 1:Kampala to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest

Day 2:Gorilla Trekking in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest

Day 3:Transfer from Bwindi to Queen passing via Ishasha.

Day 4: Kazinga Channel Boat Cruise & Departure

Detailed itinerary for4 days uganda gorillas and wildlife safari.

Day 1: Kampala to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest

Your 4 days Uganda gorilla and wildlife safari begins before you have even seen a single animal. The 8-to-9-hour drive from Kampala (or approximately 6 hours from Entebbe International Airport) to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest.

You will navigate as you enjoy views of thick matoke plantations, tea estates, small towns and many more. Have a stop over at the equator take some photos and proceed with your journey to Bwindi. En route lunch will be enjoyed from Mbarara town

In the late evening you will check in at your lodge, enjoy dinner and a restful night.

Accommodation options:Emirambi safari lodge(luxury),Ichumbi gorilla lodge (midrange),Rushaga havens lodge (budget)

Meal plan: (Lunch & Dinner)

Day 2: Gorilla Trekking in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest

Wake before dawn. There is a particular kind of quiet at Bwindi in those early hours  the forest exhaling mist, the air cool against your skin, the first birds calling invisibly from deep in the canopy.

By 7:30 AM, you arrive at the park headquarters for registration and your final trekking briefing from the park rangers who will lead your group. Groups are assigned to specific habituated gorilla families, and each family lives in a different part of the forest. Some treks take 45 minutes. Others, on difficult terrain in thick forest, may take 5 to 6 hours depending on the locations of these great apes.

When you find the gorillas, the hour you spend with them passes like minutes. Silverbacks who regard you with a calm authority that reads as wisdom. Mothers nursing infants against their chests. Juveniles that tumble down slopes and bounce off tree roots with the unguarded joy of children who have never known fear. You may be sitting no more than seven metres away. You do not photograph this moment so much as absorb it.

Later return to your lodge for  for lunch and relaxation as you wait for dinner.

Accommodation options:Emirambi safari lodge(luxury), Ichumbi gorilla lodge (midrange), Rushaga havens lodge (budget)

Meal plan: Full Board.

Day 3: Transfer from Bwindi to Queen passing via Ishasha.

The transfer from Bwindi to Queen Elizabeth National Park takes you through the Ishasha sector the park’s remote southern tip but an exceptional area due to presence of the tree climbing lions.

Embark on a game drives and sport plenty of other animal species such as Uganda kob, topi, African buffalo, elephant, hippo at the Ishasha River, and oribi a small, graceful antelope.

Accommodation options:  Luxury Accommodation: Mweya Safari Lodge, Katara Lodge, Parkview Safari Lodge,

Midrange Accommodation: Ihamba Safari Lodge, Enganzi Lodge, Bush Lodge

Budget Accommodation: Albertine Camp, Farmland Resort for budget; Hippo hill camp, Simba safari lodge, buffalo safari lodge.

Day 4: Kazinga Channel Boat Cruise & Departure

Your final morning in Queen Elizabeth National Park belongs to the Kazinga Channel. This 32-kilometre natural waterway connects Lake Edward to Lake George, and along its banks you will find one of the highest concentrations of wildlife in Africa.

The two-hour boat cruise from Mweya jetty is a slow, privileged journey past hundreds of hippos (Queen Elizabeth is home to an estimated 5,000), massive Nile crocodiles sunning on the banks, African buffalo drinking at the water’s edge, and a parade of elephants that often wade in right alongside the boats.

The birding on the Kazinga Channel is world-class. African skimmers skim the surface. Pied kingfishers hover and dive. Great white pelicans drift in formation. Malachite kingfishers flash brilliant orange and cobalt from the reeds.

After the cruise and a final lunch in the park, your driver-guide begins the return journey to Kampala or Entebbe, arriving in the early evening in time for a domestic connection or an international overnight flight.

Tourinclusions

1 gorilla permit   at $ 800

A professional English-speaking guide

All activities specified in the itinerary.

All meals on full-board basis

Park Entrance fees

Accommodation basing on your budget.

Tour exclusions

International flights

Tips and gratuities for guides and lodge staff

Personal items, laundry etc

Beverages and bar bills,

Optional add-on activities not listed above

Porter hire fees during gorilla trekking