5 Days Uganda Gorilla and Wildlife Safari

Meet your Africa Reveal safaris guide for a briefing about what to anticipate on the 5 Days Uganda Gorilla and Wildlife Safari after breakfast at a Kampala hotel.

Leave Kampala for Queen Elizabeth National Park in Western Uganda, a 7-hour trip via Masaka and Mbarara, in a 4WD Land Cruiser with a pop-up roof for an incredible view of wildlife while on a game drive.

Along the way, you'll stop at the Uganda Equator, a historical site at Kayabwe on the Masaka road. At the landmark of the Equator, you will do a water experiment/demonstration of the carioles effect to gain an understanding of how movement changes direction when going to the left or right on a rotating body.

The Northern and Southern hemispheres or poles cross the Equator, with the Northern hemisphere representing clockwise rotation and the Southern hemisphere showing anti-clockwise rotation.

Water experiments can also be carried out at the Equator crossing to investigate how water moves and drains differently in either hemisphere. This experiment can be carried out or demonstrated on both sides of the Equator, as well as on the Equator itself.

You can also buy products at the Equator from local community-run craft vendors, such as baskets and jewelry such as bracelets, necklaces, and bangles.

You also get the opportunity to snap as many shots as you want before heading to the Igongo Cultural Center for an en-route lunch. Drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park after lunch for relaxation, dinner, and an overnight stay at the lodge.

After breakfast, depart for a guided wildlife drive through Queen Elizabeth National Park's northern sector, Kasenyi Track/Plains.

Queen Elizabeth National Park's game drive

Expect wonderful encounters with wildlife species such as Lions, Buffaloes, Elephants, warthogs, antelopes including Uganda Kobs, and hundreds of birds on your 2-4 hour game drive in your 4WD Land Cruiser.

After your wildlife drive, relax with a lunch at the lodge before catching an afternoon boat tour at 2:00pm.

The boat trip will take place on Kazinga Channel, a 32-kilometer-long natural channel that connects Lake George and Lake Edward, and you will see hippos, Nile crocodiles, aquatic birds, and big herds of elephants on the land during your 2-3-hour launch voyage. Return to your Queen Elizabeth National Park lodge to rest, dine, and spend the night.

After breakfast, depart from your lodge at 8:00 a.m. for a morning game drive through the Ishasha area of Queen Elizabeth National Park on the park's southern edge. You'll be taking a lunch with you.

At Ishasha, you'll see a lot of tree climbing lions seeking shade and relaxation in the tree branches due to the harsh sun.

Proceed to Rushaga sector, the southern gorilla trekking sector in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, for lunch in the shade. Check into your lodge for a night of relaxation, food, and rest.

Breakfast will be served early in the morning, followed by a transfer to the Rushaga sector/trailhead for a briefing on gorilla trekking rules and regulations at 7:00 a.m. Bring a packed lunch or energy-boosting snacks, as well as bottled water, to the Rushaga trailhead.

The park ranger leading the briefing will also assign you to one of the nine gorilla families in Rushaga: Nshongi, Mucunguzi, Kahungye, Busingye, Mishaya, Bweza, Kutu, Rwigi family, and Bikingi family. The park guide conducts you through a 2-6 hour gorilla trekking trip in the Rushaga region at 8:00 a.m.

Your gorilla trekking adventure in Rushaga will include hiking through lush flora and steep slopes, with one hour to spend with a gorilla family if you come across one.

Gorilla Mountain

This includes knowing more about their behaviors, including as feeding habits, grooming, mating, and socialization, as well as taking as many images as possible.

All of this will be revealed to you by the park guide, who will also translate the mountain gorillas' peculiar body movements. While trekking to observe mountain gorillas, you will also come across other primates and a variety of medicinal plant species.

Return to the lodge after your hour with the gorillas to relax, have lunch, and take a walk to the Batwa settlement for a cultural experience in the evening.

Interacting with Batwa pygmies who have lived in Bwindi Forest for over 500,000 years as hunters and gatherers, learning about traditional hunting and gathering practices, and learning about traditional fire-making methods

Before you return to the lodge for leisure, dinner, and an overnight stay, the Batwa pygmies will perform cultural dances for you.

9-hour trip back to Kampala through the picturesque highlands of the Kigezi district.

Have lunch on route and stop at Mpambire Village, which is noted for its royal drum manufacturers. Learn how African drums are manufactured before connecting with Kampala.

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