Gorilla Trekking in Bwindi From Queen Elizabeth National Park
Can I trek Uganda gorillas in Bwindi Forest from Queen Elizabeth National Park? YES, you can easily connect from Queen Elizabeth National Park and trek mountain gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National park. Most times, travelers wanting to combine game safaris with gorilla trekking have often wondered how possible one can do game viewing in Queen Elizabeth National Park and also trek gorillas in Bwindi. No worries, a 4 Days Queen Elizabeth & Bwindi Forest safari with Gorilla Trek Africa offers you the chance to do game viewing in QENP and also do gorilla trekking in Bwindi on a single trip. It’s undeniable that Queen Elizabeth and Bwindi Forest National Parka are among the top-visited national parks in Uganda which attract a high number of travelers to the Pearl of Africa. Queen Elizabeth Park is Uganda‘s second-largest national park with a high concentration of wild animals including elephants, lions, elands, buffalos, hippos, Uganda kobs, waterbucks, warthogs and Giant forest hogs which make I best place for Uganda game safaris. On the other hand, Bwindi Impenetrable forest National Park is home to over 500 mountain gorillas (half of the world’s mountain gorillas) hence the best Uganda gorilla tour destination.
4Days Queen Elizabeth & Bwindi Forest safari
The 4 Days Gorilla and wildlife safari take you to Bwindi forest National park for gorilla trekking and game viewing plus launch cruise in Queen Elizabeth National park. Do not miss the famous tree-climbing lions in Ishasha sector south of Queen Elizabeth National park with Gorilla Trek Africa. The Safari starts and ends in Uganda.
Trip Summary
Day 1: Transfer Queen Elizabeth national park and launch cruise
Day 2: Chimpanzee Tracking – transfer to Bwindi impenetrable forest national park
Day 3: Gorilla Tracking and Cultural Walk to Batwa Communities.
Day 4: Departure
Trip Itinerary
Day 1: Transfer to Queen Elizabeth Wildlife park – Afternoon Launch cruise
In the morning, you will leave Kampala and transfer to Queen Elizabeth national park stopping at the equator for photography reaching in the afternoon. Check in at the lodge, have lunch and refresh waiting for the afternoon launch cruise at kazinga channel. At 2:00 go for the boat cruise which provides you with a great view of the various wild and bird life on the water shores. Dinner and overnight stay at Mweya safari lodge/ Katara lodge/park view lodge/Enganzi Lodge.
Day 2: Ishasha – Bwindi national park
After breakfast at 8:00 am transfer to Ishasha – the southern sector of Queen Elizabeth national park in search of tree climbing lions. At 10:00 am lions begin climbing fig trees as they seek shelter in the tree branches from the scorching sunshine and relaxing after a night and morning feast on the antelopes. Its roughly 2 hours drive from Ishasha in Queen Elizabeth national park to Buhoma.
At 13:00 O’clock transfer to Savannah Hotel for a hot lunch and later proceed to Bwindi national park for an evening Batwa (Pygmies) community walk. Overnight stay at Gorilla Forest Camp / Mahogany Springs.
Day 3: Gorilla Trekking Adventure, Cultural walk to Batwa People
You will have morning breakfast and transfer to the park headquarters for briefing before gorilla trekking. From there, you will hike into the forest following different trails in the forest in follow of the allocated gorilla family. From there, hike into the forest in search of a mountain gorilla family which will take you between 3o minutes and a whole day depending on the movement and location of the gorillas that day but you are greatly assured of seeing these endangered species. In the evening, you will visit the Batwa pygmies communities who will introduce you to their traditional forest life. Dinner and overnight at the lodge (Day 2).
Day 4: Departure
Have breakfast and start a picnic drive back to Kampala.
Game Safaris in Queen Elizabeth National Park
Game viewing is the most done tourist activity in Queen Elizabeth National Park. Morning and evening game drives are done to offer travelers a close encounter with wild animals grazing, hunting and browsing in the open savannahs. Game viewing in QENP is best done in Mweya peninsular, kasenyi plains and ishasha sector. Expect to see numerous wild animals including herds of elephants, lions, hippos, Uganda kobs, crocodiles, bushbucks and waterbucks among others. Be part of the experimental lion tracking in Kasenyi plains go chimpanzee trekking in Kyambura gorge and also enjoy a launch cruise at Kazinga channel. The entrance fees to Queen Elizabeth National park are $40 for foreign non-residents, $30 for foreign residents and UGX 20,000 for East African citizens. The fees are valid for 24 hours after which travelers are expected to leave the park or pay again.
Gorilla Trekking in Bwindi Forest
Bwindi Impenetrable forest National Park is a Centre of gorilla trekking safaris in Uganda. The forest is home to over 500 mountain gorillas, which count to make half of the world’s total gorilla populations. Gorillas in Bwindi Forest have been habituated into 17 gorilla families each visited by a group of eight people per day. All travelers going to trek gorillas in Uganda are required to buy gorilla permits which cost $700 for foreign non-residents, $600 for foreign residents and UGX 250,000 for East African citizens. Gorilla Trek Africa helps you book and reserve gorilla permits in Bwindi forest and also tailoring a suitable gorilla safari package suitable for your time and budget. Gorilla trekking time is not certain ranging from between 30 minutes to several hours but the actual time to spend with gorillas is strictly one hour.
You can trek mountain gorillas in Bwindi Forest from Queen Elizabeth National Park through Gorilla Trek Africa. Contact us today, book a 4 Days Queen Elizabeth and Bwindi Forest safari for a memorable game viewing and gorilla trekking experience.
