6 Days Lake Mburo National Park and Bwindi Gorilla Safari

6 Days Lake Mburo National Park and Bwindi Gorilla Safari

Welcome to your 6 days Lake Mburo National Park and Bwindi gorilla safari an adventure safari. It will take you to the exhibition of the endangered gorillas of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park through to the savannah grass and woodlands of Lake Mburo National Park. Here, you will be entertained by several wildlife species like zebras, buffaloes, impalas, and antelopes among others. This is the overview on what you will be expecting on your 6 days Lake Mburo National Park and the Bwindi gorilla safari. Now let us dive straight into the details of the itinerary.

Summary of itinerary

Day 1: Arrival and transfer to Lake Mburo National Park and nature walk

Day 2: Morning game drive and afternoon boat cruise

Day 3: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

Day 4: Mountain Gorilla trekking and Batwa Community tour

Day 5: Explore Lake Bunyonyi

Day 6: Transfer back to Kampala - Departure

Detailed Itinerary

Day 1: Arrival and transfer to Lake Mburo National Park and nature walk

Upon arrival at the airport in Entebbe, our driver guide will brief you about your 6 days Lake Mburo National Park and the Bwindi gorilla safari. He will thereafter transfer you to Lake Mburo National Park. You will have a stopover at Kayabwe for a photo moment at the equator. You arrive at your lodge in time for your lunch and then head to the park for a nature walk. The walk will introduce you to the many grazers of the park including zebras, impalas, antelopes, giraffes, buffaloes, and many more. You will return to your lodge in the evening for dinner and overnight.

Meals: Lunch and Dinner

Day 2: Morning game drive and afternoon boat cruise

After breakfast, you will head to the park for a morning game drive. You will have a chance to spot some wildlife species like buffaloes, zebras, hyenas, impalas, antelopes, and many others. You will head back to your lodge for lunch. In the afternoon, you will take on a boat cruise experience on Lake Mburo. You will have exceptional views of wildlife species like hippos, crocodiles, and many others. After the boat cruise, you will head back to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Day 3: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

In the morning you will have breakfast and after our driver guide will transfer you to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. You will hike to the Eclipse Monument as well as visit the Igongo Cultural Centre. You will have an en-route lunch and continue to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Day 4: Mountain Gorilla trekking and Batwa Community tour

In the morning after your breakfast, you will head to the park offices for a pre-trekking briefing on the rules and regulations of gorilla trekking. A professional guide ranger will then lead you through the forests in the park to the gorilla habitats. You will be given an hour with the gorillas after you have allocated them. After your delicious lunch, you will have a Batwa community tour. You will visit their craft shops, and markets and learn their ways of life. In the evening you will head to your lodge for dinner and overnight.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Day 5: Explore Lake Bunyonyi

Our drive will be ready in the morning after your breakfast drive you to Lake Bunyonyi. You will have exceptional views of the sun rising on the lake. Lake Bunyonyi is the deepest lake in Uganda. Lunch will be served en route. You will explore the lake and interact with the local fishermen to learn a thing or two about the lake. In the evening you will head back to the lodge for dinner and overnight.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Day 6: Transfer back to Kampala - Departure

The last day of your 6 days at Lake Mburo National Park and Bwindi Gorilla Safari will start with breakfast. After that, our driver will transfer you back to Kampala for your departure. You may again stop at the Uganda Equator for the last memorial photoshoot. It is a good gesture to support the locals by purchasing some of their products like crafts and souvenirs.

Meals: Breakfast and Lunch

Affiliations

UWA AUTO USAGA UTB