6-Days Uganda Safari: Shoebill, Queen Elizabeth & Bwindi
6-Days Uganda Safari: Shoebill, Queen Elizabeth & Bwindi
6-Days Uganda safari combines bird watching, classic game drives, a boat safari, and the unforgettable gorilla trekking experience. From the wetlands of Mabamba Swamp to the rolling savannah of Queen Elizabeth National Park and the misty highlands of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, this journey offers an incredible diversity of wildlife and scenery.
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| One Person | 3200 USD |
| Two People | 2750 USD |
| Four People | 2500 USD |
| Three People | 2630 USD |
Day 1: Arrival in Entebbe and Shoebill Encounter
Upon arrival at Entebbe International Airport, you will be warmly received by your safari driver-guide who will brief you about the adventure ahead. After a short rest, you will set off for Mabamba Swamp, one of Africa’s most famous birding destinations.
The highlight here is the rare and prehistoric-looking Shoebill Stork, which you will search for during a canoe excursion through the papyrus wetlands.
The swamp is also home to several other bird species such as the malachite kingfisher, swamp flycatcher, and African jacana. After your wetland exploration, you will return to Entebbe for a relaxing evening at your lodge.
Accommodation option: – Via Via Hotel Entebbe
Day 2: Journey to Queen Elizabeth National Park
After an early breakfast, you will begin your drive from Entebbe to Queen Elizabeth National Park, a journey that takes you through Uganda’s beautiful countryside. Along the way, you will make a memorable stop at the Uganda Equator for photographs and souvenirs before continuing on. Lunch will be served en route.
Upon arrival in the late afternoon, you will embark on your first game drive through the Kasenyi plains, one of the park’s best wildlife areas. Here you may spot lions, elephants, buffalo, and the graceful Uganda kob. As the sun sets, you will head to your lodge near Queen Elizabeth National Park for dinner and overnight.
Accommodation option: Enshama Game Lodge or similar
Day 3: Game Drive and Kazinga Channel Cruise
The day begins with an early morning game drive heading southwards to the Ishasha sector, a unique savannah landscape famous for its tree-climbing lions. These lions often rest on the branches of giant fig trees while keeping watch over herds of antelope below.
Other possible sightings include elephants, buffalo, topis, and a variety of bird species on the 6-Days Uganda safari. In the afternoon, you will enjoy a boat safari along the Kazinga Channel, a natural waterway that connects Lake Edward and Lake George.
during 6-Days Uganda safari, this cruise is one of Uganda’s greatest wildlife experiences, offering close encounters with hippos, Nile crocodiles, and large herds of elephants coming to the water’s edge. Bird species are abundant, including African fish eagles, pelicans, and kingfishers.
Depending on time, you may also visit Katwe Salt Lake, where locals practice traditional salt mining. You will then return to your lodge or, if preferred, transfer closer to Bwindi for the next day’s adventure.
Accommodation option: Enshama Game Lodge or similar
Day 4: Scenicc Transfer to Bwindi via Ishasha
On this day, wake up early for your breakfast at the lodge, then proceed to transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park drive continues through Uganda’s rolling hills, tea plantations, and terraced farmlands before arriving at Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and home to nearly half of the world’s mountain gorillas. Dinner and overnight are at a lodge near Bwindi.
Accommodation option: Rushaga Gorilla Camp or Ruhija Gorilla Guest House
Day 5: Gorilla Tracking in Bwindi Gorilla Park and transfer to Lake Bunyonyi
Be up with the early bird, taking a hot coffee with a snack and be at tourism office by 8:00 am for briefing by Ranger guides about general trekking experiences, getting porters to carry your extra luggage and start off your real exciting Mountain gorilla trekking safari.
Ascend steep, rugged, mist covered, thick forested hills and get in the mix with thousands of other primates, birds, mammals, insects and different wildlife species sharing habitat with gorillas and walk in their footprints.
The exciting feeling of challenging the impenetrable forests, meeting up with the gorillas and everything about the jungles is so captivating and your brief duration of life in the jungles will stretch your imagination.
You will spend just one hour with gorillas within which you will have grasped almost everything about the gorillas, one in the million moments on the 6-Days Uganda safari. After gorilla trekking, transfer Lake Bunyonyi dotted with the 29 beautiful islands, it is one of the most beautiful and deepest lake in Uganda.
Accommodation: Crater Bay Resort
Meal Plan: Lunch, Dinner Journey time: 4-5 hours
Day 6: Explore Lake Bunyonyi & Transfer to Kampala.
Wake up with sun rising, as you get ready to set off for Kampala of which the journey will take you about 6 to 7hrs. Have breakfast in the lawns and seal your mountain gorilla safari with a brief exciting boat cruise on Lake Bunyonyi.
Enjoy the serenity of the lake with cool breezes soothing your skin. After the awesome experience drive to Kampala with a stopover at the equator and grab a chance of standing in two hemispheres in the same period. You can then take pictures if choose to have memory of the experience and have lunch at this very stop.
Determining on your next destination and the time you have on you when you arrive in Kampala you will then head to your hotel for overnight stay or the airport for your scheduled flight back home.
End of tour
6-Days Uganda Safari Package includes:
- Park entry fees and all activities included on the itinerary,
- Gorilla Trekking permits
- Shoebill Experience
- Boat Cruise
- 4X4 Safari vehicle
- Accommodation and meals
- A professional guide
- Drinking water during the trip
- Airport transfers
6-Days Uganda Safari Tour Excludes
- International flights
- Visas
- Tips
- Optional activities
- Personal expenses
Highlights of the 6-Day Uganda Safari Itinerary
- Shoebill birding in Mabamba Swamp
- Game drives in Queen Elizabeth National Park
- Tree-climbing lions of Ishasha
- Kazinga Channel boat cruise with hippos, elephants, and crocodiles
- Gorilla trekking in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest
