7 days Climbing Lions and Gorilla Trekking Uganda

7 days of climbing lions in the Queen Elizabeth National Park and Gorilla trekking adventure in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest.

This adventure takes you on a journey through the primate forests of Uganda in search of primates majorly the Gorillas and lots of bird species and nature, this is combined with the thrilling Lion experience in the Queen Elizabeth National Park where you will experience the climbing lions in the Ishasha sector and more of the lion and predator experience on the northern sector crowned by a boat cruise on the Kazinga channel for a thrilling wildlife experience.

Day 1: Arrival in Entebbe

Upon arrival at Entebbe Airport, you will be picked up by the driver who will transfer you to the hotel for refreshment. Depending on the time of the day, lots of activities are listed as options, a nature walk in the botanical gardens, a tour to the reptile village, the wildlife Zoo, and a walk through Entebbe to stretch.

ACCOMMODATION – LODGE/HOTEL

Luxury: Hotel No.5
Mid-luxury: Boma Hotel
Standard: Airport Guesthouse

Meal plan: Dinner

Day 2: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park

After breakfast, we check out and drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park. This is a scenic adventure drive through the foothills of the Rwenzori mountains covered with tea plantations and forests creating the beauty of the landscape.

En route lunch in Fort Portal City with a clear view of the Rwenzori Mountain. Enjoy an evening game viewing as well as an option to visit the craters that include the two salt lakes of Lake Katwe and Lake Bunyampaka before retiring to the lodge.

ACCOMMODATION – LODGE/HOTEL

Luxury: Elephant plains
Mid-luxury: Marafiki Safari Lodge
Standard: Bush Lodge

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Day 3: Morning game drive and afternoon Boat Cruise

The day begins with an early breakfast and we go for a game drive in the Kasenyi plain, a high concentration of wildlife at the mating grounds with different antelopes. The experience is crowned by an optional lion and predator experience with a doctor to study and learn about the life of the cats in Queen Elizabeth National Park.

The activity is done off the track during the search for the big cats. We are more likely to see waterbucks, buffaloes, elephants, lions, and warthogs in their natural habitat. After lunch, we go for a boat cruise on the Kazinga Channel, a natural channel that connects Lake George and Lake Edward. This is a very interesting cruise because of the large number of animals and birds it offers along the channel shores.

ACCOMMODATION – LODGE/HOTEL

Luxury: Elephant plains
Mid-luxury: Marafiki Safari Lodge
Standard: Bush Lodge

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Day 4: Climbing Lions Experience

The day starts with a drive through the park after breakfast, a game viewing drive where you get to find lots of different wildlife on the route to Ishasha sector the home of the climbing lions.

Arrive in the late morning and take on the search for the climbing lions in their home, this depends on the weather and movement of the lions, it is a day-long slow drive through the wildness in search of the lions in the trees.

ACCOMMODATION – LODGE/HOTEL

Luxury: Ishasha Wildness Camp
Mid-luxury: Enjojo Safari Lodge

Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Day 5, Lion Experience game drive and Drive to Bwindi Forest

After breakfast, take the morning game drive through the figs in search of the lions and other savannah wildlife species before the drive to Bwindi Forest.

The drive to Bwindi is an epic scenic experience that will relieve you and usher you into the rolling hills into the impenetrable forest the home to the gorillas.

ACCOMMODATION – LODGE/HOTEL

Luxury: Chameleon Hill
Mid-luxury: Ichumbi Gorilla Lodge
Standard: Rushaga Gorilla Haven

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Day 6: Gorilla Tracking Bwindi Forest National Park

A morning breakfast and drive to the starting point for briefing and allocation of the gorilla group to track as well as the staff to take you through the gorilla experience. Being one of the most wildlife encounters on foot in their wild nature, the Gorilla tracking experience will beat all other wildlife experiences.

Retire at the lodge and an evening visit to the Batwa community the pygmies who used to live the gorillas in the forest is a moment worth seeing and experiencing their life out of the forest and stories of their life while in the forest.

ACCOMMODATION – LODGE/HOTEL

Luxury: Chameleon Hill
Mid-luxury: Ichumbi Gorilla Lodge
Standard: Rushaga Gorilla Haven

Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Day 7: Drive back to Entebbe or Kigali

After your morning breakfast, there will be three options for you to connect back home or the airport. First, to drive to the airstrip and pick a domestic flight back to Entebbe to catch up with an evening flight back home or to the next destination. This limits the drive, secondly to take on a scenic drive through the rolling hills with a stopover at the Equator and arriving at the airport in the evening or drive to Kigali and fly out at the Kanombe airport in Kigali which is a less driving time.

Note: Accommodation on request depends on your flight time.

ACCOMMODATION – LODGE/HOTEL

Luxury: Hotel No.5
Mid-luxury: Boma Hotel
Standard: Airport Guest

Meal Plan: Breakfast & Lunch

INCLUSIONS

• • Vehicle, Safari Van + Fuel
  • Transport in 4X4 Vehicle/Landcruiser with pop roof
  • English speaking Guide/ driver
  • All meals as indicated in the itinerary
  • Accommodation as per the itinerary
  • Park Entrance fee
  • Bottled water while on the safari
  • Gorilla and chimpanzee permits