Encountering the wildlife of Uganda

Today after your breakfast our tour driver shall pick you up from your hotel in Kampala or Entebbe at 7:30am prompt and drive to Lake Mburo National Park in western Uganda. Lake Mburo National Park is the closest park to Kampala and therefore within 3.5 hours you will be getting there. Upon arrival you shall check into the lodge and shortly set out to experience the park. Drive through the game trails and enjoy the beautiful savannah as you observe a range of animals and birds. Lake Mburo offers the best sightings of many herbivores (vegetation eating) animals such as antelopes, zebras, buffaloes and giraffes but not so good for cats. Do not expect to see any lions. Leopards and Hyenas are in abundance but quite elusive. After the game drive you shall go for the boat ride on Lake Mburo, the biggest lake in the park, to watch water animals such as hippos and crocodiles and water birds for the keen birder. Later retire to your lodge for overnight stay and dinner. Destination: Lake Mburo National Park Travel Time: 3 to 4 hrs. (236 Km) Accommodation In: lake Mburo Activities: Game Drive/Boat Riding in Lake Mburo Meals: Lunch & dinner (Breakfast not included)

Today you shall do early morning walk in the park that offers a beautiful experience in the savannah, giving you up-close views of several animals and enjoy the beautiful scenery! Thereafter you shall have breakfast, check out and drive to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. You will have your lunch along the way ,later arrive at the park, check in at the lodge. Have dinner and Overnight. Destination: Bwindi National Park Travel Time: 4 to 5 hrs. (273 Km) Accommodation : At a Standard Lodge/Camp of your Choice in Bwindi Complementaries: Drinking water Meals: All Meals (B-L-D)

After early breakfast you shall transfer to the park office for briefing by the park guides and assigning of gorilla families. Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is home to up 459 mountain gorillas which is the highest population of mountain gorillas for any park and up to 19 families have been habituate for the gorilla trekking adventures. You set off into the jungle to track the gorillas and spend a few hours with the gorilla family and it will be an unforgettable experience. Note gorilla tracking activity takes around 2 to 8 hours, this is because these gentle giants migrate and cannot be stationed in one place, they move basing on the availability of food and water. Return to the lodge after, in the evening if time is available you could also have a walk in the Batwa community and see how they live. After have dinner and overnight. Destination: Gorilla tracking in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park Accommodation : At a Standard Lodge/Camp of your Choice in Bwindi Meals: All meals included and drinking water Optional Visit: An afternoon Community walk to Batwa villages

After breakfast you shall check out and travel back to Kampala, and you shall have stop over at the Uganda Equator. This journey will be incredible as you will be seeing various things on the way such as banana and coffee plantations, long horned cattle, rolling hills, arriving in Kampala late in the afternoons. No Accommodation on this last day Travel Time: 7 to 8 hrs. (470 Km) Meals: Breakfast and Lunch