Our guide/driver picks you from your hotel. Drive to Mbarara (268km from Kampala) via Masaka. Make the first stopover at the Equator crossing for photography. Lunch break is made at Agip Motel Mbarara. After lunch, drive to Queen Elizabeth National Park. Queen Elizabeth N.P is located in south western Uganda and it’s the second largest park in the country and located at the base of majestic Rwenzori Mountains, next to Lake Edward and Lake George which are joined by the Kazinga Channel. This park has 5000 hippos, 2500 Elephants and over 10,000 Buffaloes thriving in its grassland. You will do afternoon game drive looking for tree climbing lions in Ishasha sector of the park. (Approximately 7-8 hours’ drive).

Meals and overnight at Queen Elizabeth Bush Lodge (FB). 

After Breakfast you do dawn morning game drive. The morning is the best time for game drive as the African Animal kingdom tends to be most active during the golden hours of first sunlight touching the Savanah. You will see Elephants, Buffaloes, Lions, Waterbuck, Leopards, Uganda Kobs, warthog, Birds and primates. After lunch, enjoy a boat cruise along the Kazinga Channel which connects Lakes Edward and George, here you will see large numbers of hippos more than you can possibly imagine as well as a variety of other animals which come to waterhole to drink or bathe. You can expect to see buffaloes, crocodiles, bathing Elephants and a range of beautiful birds.

Meals and overnight at Queen Elizabeth Bush Lodge (FB). 

You will do habituated chimpanzee trekking in Kyambura gorge in the morning then transfer to Bwindi impenetrable forest national. (Approximately 5-6 hours’ drive).

Meals and overnight at Rushaga Gorilla Havens lodge (FB)

Begin the day with breakfast ready for trekking, which begins at 7:30 a.m. with a briefing. Ensure to carry along with you a rain jacket, drinking water, snacks, jungle boots, etc. The guides will lead you inside the jungle to see the shy Primates for a group you have been booked for. Do not forget to take your lunch boxes and all the necessary gear to track the rare Mountain Gorilla, perhaps one of the most exciting wildlife experiences on earth. The tracking may take between 2 to 10 hours depending on the gorilla family nearby but it’s well worth the effort.

Meals and overnight at Rushaga Gorilla Havens lodge (FB)

Return to Kampala in the morning, lunch break is made at Agip Motel Mbarara with stop over at Equator Uganda crossing and Mpambire drum makers for a brief photo opportunity and to shop souvenirs then a transfer to Entebbe for evening flight home. . (Approximately 8-9 hours’ drive).

 (Meal plan: Breakfast and Lunch)