6 days Uganda gorillas and Murchison Falls flying safari

Overview

6 days Uganda gorillas and Murchison Falls flying safari is an exciting Uganda primate and wildlife safari designed to offer you the best gorilla tracking adventure and excellent wildlife encounters. 

This tour takes you on a safari to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, home to half of the remaining mountain gorilla population and is recognized as the best place to the world to see the endangered and rare mountain gorillas in their natural habitat. 

Murchison Falls is the second destination to visit on this safari, this beautiful park is recognized among the best wildlife destinations in Uganda. The park is home to 4 of the Big Five that is lions, leopards, cape buffaloes and leopards. 

On this safari, you will typically fly as a way of connecting to these amazing destinations. 

Highlights of 6 days Uganda gorillas and Murchison Falls flying safari

• Day1: Arrival and Fly to Murchison Falls National Park 
• Day 2: Explore Murchison Falls National Park 
• Day 3: Fly to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park 
• Day 4: Mountain Gorilla Trekking Experience   
• Day 5: Forest Walk and Batwa Experience 
• Day 6 Fly back to Entebbe 

Itinerary 

Day 1: Arrival and Fly to Murchison Falls

Upon arrival at Entebbe International Airport, you will be welcomed by a representative of Jewel Safaris and connect for a domestic flight to Murchison Falls National Park. Upon landing at Pakuba airstrip, you will be welcomed by your safari-driver guide and head to your lodge with en-route game drive. Check in for lunch and short rest, in the afternoon you will go for a game drive and visit to the top of falls. 

Some of the animals you will see during the game drive including the towering giraffes, lions, buffaloes, elephants, wild dogs, hartebeests, waterbucks, oribis, Uganda kobs among others. 

At the top of the Murchison Falls, you will enjoy magnificent views of Nile River squeezing through narrow gorge before falling with a thunderous roar to form Murchison Falls, the most powerful falls in the world. 

Meal Plan: Half Board 

Accommodation options: Paraa Safari Lodge (Luxury) or Pakuba Safari Lodge (Midrange)

Day 2: Explore Murchison Falls National Park

Wake up early for a cup of coffee, meet your driver-guide and head go for an early morning game drive around the Buligi game tracks on the northern bank with a trained ranger guide for sights of various animals in the Nile Valley. Lookout for herds of buffaloes, waterbucks, Jackson’s hartebeests, Rothschild giraffe, elephants, oribi and baboons which are early risers. 

After the game drive, you will be driven back to the lodge for a full breakfast and rest for a while waiting for lunch. 

In the afternoon, you will go for a launch cruise on the Victoria Nile to the bottom of the Murchison Falls. On the banks of the river, you will spot various animals including the largest hippos and crocodiles, herds of buffaloes and a rich birdlife on the papyrus banks such as the shoe bill and herons among others.  

Thereafter, you will return to your hotel for dinner and overnight.

Meal Plan: Full Board  

Day 3: Fly to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park 

Have a morning breakfast, depending on your flight time you will be driven to the airstrip with en-route game drive for your domestic flight to Kisoro airstrip which serves Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. 

Upon arrival at the airstrip, you will be welcomed by your guide and connect to the park. You will spend the rest of the day at lodge resting. 

In the evening, you will have dinner and stay overnight  

Meal Plan: Full Board 

Accommodation: Buhoma Lodge or Mahogany Springs Lodge

Day 4: Mountain Gorilla Trekking Experience   

Have early breakfast, head to the park’s headquarters for briefing about gorilla trekking’s dos and don’ts. In groups of 8 people, you will be assigned a gorilla family to trek then head into the forests of Bwindi looking for the gorillas. The trek takes approximately 2 to 6 hours depending the gorilla family you are trekking and their feeding range, you will also encounter other primates in the forest such as chimpanzees and black and white colobus monkey and many birds. 

When you locate the gorillas, you will spend one hour in their presence while observing their behavior, watch the female gorillas take care of their babies, silverbacks protecting the group and take memorable pictures. 

Return to the park’s headquarters to pick your gorilla trekking certificates and to your lodge where you will spend the rest of the day at relaxation. Have dinner and stay overnight.

Meal Plan: Full Board 

Accommodation: Buhoma Lodge or Mahogany Springs Lodge

Day 5: Forest Walk and Batwa Village Visit 

Have leisure breakfast, you will head to the park’s headquarters for briefing about a forest walk and head into the forests of Bwindi, using several trails you will explore the verdant forest. With a ranger guide, you will see the falls along the River Ivi-Nkuringo trail, see many tree species such as ferns, orchids and many birds and primates such as black and white colobus monkeys, olive baboons among others. 

After this amazing experience, you will return to the lodge for lunch and short rest. 

In the afternoon, you will go to the Batwa Community for a cultural visit. The Batwa pygmy people used to live in Bwindi forests until the forest was designated as a protected area. You will be entertained by local dances and drama, get to visit a local herbalist and learn about the usage of various plants and leaves to heal various illness such as malaria cough among others. Also, you will be entertained by local dances and drama. 

Return to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

Day 6: Return to Kampala

After breakfast, you will head to the airstrip for your domestic flight back to Entebbe International Airport. Then either head to your hotel in Kampala or Entebbe or connect for your international flight back home. 

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