Day 1: Transfer from Masindi to Queen Elizabeth National Park

On this date, you will meet our Kfir Adventures English speaking guide, embark on the car and be briefed about your trip. Start your journey for 385 kilometers South western where the park is located. Drive through busy communities of Banyoro, Batooro, Bakonzo and Basongora carpeted with tea estates, banana plantations and rain forest. Learn their way of living. Some wildlife like forest elephants, Chimpanzee, baboons, black and white colobus monkeys, red colobus, vervets and many others may be seen along the way. Expect various bird species such as grey-backed fiscal, the grey-crowned crane, the broad-bill roller, long crested eagle, hammer kop and many more. You will have a lunch break in fort portal, later pursue your drive to Queen Elizabeth and check in at Irungu forest lodge for relaxation, dinner and overnight.

Day 2: Morning game drive and boat cruise.

Wake up early in the morning, have your hot breakfast and head out for a morning game drive in the Eastern part of the park in the open plains of Kasenyi. Your guide will help you search for the four of the African Big five. In the due course, expect diurnal animals like Uganda kobs, bushbucks, waterbucks, warthogs, and many more. Birds like the lappet faced vultures, grey-headed king fisher, martial eagle, southern red bishop, red-necked spurfowl, black billed bustard, African wattled lapwing and so forth. This Park is set against a backdrop of the Rwenzori Mountains and indeed these breathtaking sceneries are worth seeing. Drive to bunyampaka crater Salt Lake and learn how salt is extracted locally by the surrounding communities. This game drive will last for about 3 hours. Retreat back to your lodge for lunch ahead of your afternoon Boat cruise.

Drive to Kazinga channel for the mid-morning boat cruise. This channel links Lake George to Edward and plays a significant role in the eco-system. It inhabits great number of crocodiles, hippopotamus, neck-spotted otters and varieties of fish as permanent residents. Elephants, buffaloes, waterbucks, forest hogs, warthogs will also be sighted drinking and wallowing to regulate the body temperatures. The Park is a vibrant birding destination with over 550 resident species.  Expect some water birds like the goliath heron, great white pelicans, little grebe, African darter, long tailed cormorants, African fish eagle, African jacana, papyrus gonolek, white faced whistling duck, palm nut vulture and many more. This activity will last for about 2 hours, meet your safari guide and drive to the lodge for lunch.

Day 3: Chimpanzee trekking and Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

After breakfast you will head for chimpanzee trekking in Kibale national park. Enjoy watching the chimps plus more primates which live in this forest, like the grey-cheeked mangabey, olive baboons, L’hoest monkey and red colobus alongside the black and white colobus. After the trek head back to the lodge for lunch and an evening Bigodi swamp walk. In the swamp walk you will spot many bird species, primates and also get close to the local communities, and see how they live.

After lunch, pick all your luggage from the room and embark on the car for a 133km drive to Buhoma trekking sector in Bwindi. Check in at Buhoma gorilla camp for refreshment, dinner and overnight.

Day 4: Gorilla Tracking Experience

Have breakfast and head out with packed lunch to the visitor’s center for cultural entertainment and later be briefed on the rules and regulations on gorilla trekking. Thereafter, you will be allocated a particular gorilla family. Track the gorillas from their nest sites; follow them through their daily routines; feeding, socializing, grooming, patrol movements and possible vocal displays. Continue following the gorillas while observing their behavior, great opportunities for photography and close encounters. This activity will be undertaken with the lead of an armed ranger. The beauty of this rain forest is spectacular! The area offers a forested landscape and it is incredibly dense with animal trails allowing access to tourists. You will also encounter forest elephants, chimpanzee, black and white colobus, L’hoest monkeys, mangabey and so on. This activity will last for about 4 hours including trekking them, observation, photography and videography with non-flashing cameras. This thrill of spending time observing these gentle giants is unforgettable.

After the trekking, you will graduate and receive your trekking certificate(s) from your Ranger guide. Meet your Safari guide and drive back to your lodge for relaxation. In the evening head out for Batwa experience and learn their way of life ever since they were evicted from the forest. Walk back to the lodge for refreshment, dinner and overnight. After your gorilla tracking drive to Lake Bunyonyi where you will enjoy a canoe ride or a boat cruise to explore the different islands of Lake Bunyonyi. Cruise to Punishment Island where Bakiga girls who became pregnant before marriage would be taken and left to die. Other islands of Lake Bunyonyi include the upside island, Akampene, Bushara, and Bucuraniko among others. Dinner and overnight at Bunyonyi overland Resort.

Day 5: Transfer to Kampala or Entebbe

Rise up early and check out of your lodge with your entire luggage, have your breakfast, catch up with your guide and drive to the park gate at 7:00am. Conduct a morning drive in search of the diurnal animals like giraffes, buffaloes, Eland, zebras, impalas even leopard. Your guide will aid you spot out birds like red headed weaver, bare faced go-away bird, lilac-breasted roller, green-wood hoopoe, Nubian woodpecker and many more. This activity will last for about 4 hours.  Exit the park and hit the road to Kampala /Entebbe for 272km with a luncheon at Flamingo restaurant in Kayabwe town. Arrive at your pre-booked hotel or the airport for a drop off. End of safari.

Essential items for the safari

• Hiking boats
• Pair of Binoculars
• Camera and Extra batteries
• Rain gears
• Warm and light clothes
• long trousers
• Gloves
• Hat
• Sun glasses
• Sun screen
• Toiletries
• Face masks
• Long sleeved shirts/blouse
• Insect repellants