5-Day Uganda Safaris With Hugo Safaris

5-DAYS SAFARI

Safari’s summary

• Arrival at Entebbe International airport Transfer to Lake Mburo National Park with a stop-over at Equator.
• Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park near Rwenzori mountains
• Transfer to Bwindi impenetrable NP for Gorilla trekking
• Transfer to Lake Bunyonyi in Kabale, the Switzerland of Africa
• Return to Kampala and then to Entebbe airport for a sweet journey home.

Day-1 Transfer to Lake Mburo National park

Upon the arrival at Entebbe international airport, you will be received by our English/Spanish/Dutch/German/French/Chinese speaking Hugo safaris guide/driver who will welcome you to Uganda, the Pearl of Africa. Thereafter you will be transferred to Lake Mburo National park in south-western Uganda for an evening game drive where you shall have a chance of seeing the Zebras, Giraffes, topis, Impalas and the largest antelope, the Eland, if time allows we shall also visit the Banyankore cattle keepers with their Ankore long-horned cattle only found in this part of the world, check in at the hotel/lodge, relax and overnight at the hotel.

Day-2 Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National park and boat cruise

Wake up in the morning have breakfast and embark on the journey of 3-4 hour drive to Queen Elizabeth, check in at the hotel, relax and have hot lunch, go for an afternoon boat cruise along the Kazinga channel which connects lake George to lake Edward, during this boat cruise you will be a able to see animals drinking water like the African elephants, cape buffaloes, hipos, crocodiles ,birds like the pelicans, cormorants, African fish  eagle and some in and out of the water and afterwards a short evening game drive. Also during this evening game drive, you will be able if chanced to see the Giant forest hogs, Lions, leopards and spotted hyenas plus other herbivores and carnivores animals. This park being one of the country’s most frequented tourist destination, the park features diverse Eco-systems (Home to a variety) of wild life species like the 10-primate species and some Apes like the chimpanzees in the Kyambura Gorge and in Karinzu forest, more than 400-600 bird species and the big 5, return to the hotel, relax and overnight at the hotel.

Afternoon Boat cruise and Evening Game drive in the park

Day-3 Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National park with a short game drive along the  Ishaasha sector of Queen Elizabeth National park

Wake up in the morning, have breakfast and prepare for the new journey to the Ishaasha sector of Queen Elizabeth with the hope of seeing the tree climbing Lions.

This park lies on the boarder with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and at times these lions tend to cross the boarder or migrate to the other parts of the Queen as it has been observed by UWA staff, therefore there is a 60% chance of viewing them or at times they may be down in the grass trying to hunt the prey. During this journey/game drive since it’s within the park, you will also have a chance of seeing the black and white colobus, Red tailed monkeys, baboons, big herds of elephants, buffaloes and topis. Therefore, once these lions are viewed, then it will be a nice and spectacular/unforgotten experience in your life, check in at the lodge in any sector of Bwindi Impenetrable national park, relax and overnight at the lodge.

Day-4 Gorilla tracking at Bwindi impenetrable National park and transfer to lake Bunyonyi in Kabale district

After having enough relaxation at the hotel, wake up a bite early, have breakfast and go to the information Centre for Briefing about Gorilla trekking. The Rules and dress codes are similar to the ones of chimpanzee except, here you shall add on No repeating the signs (or mimicking) what the Gorilla has done because you don’t know what that sign may mean to them and can cause danger to yourself or the group.

However, the journey to our next cousins (approximately 98% human) is so interesting as we shall enter into the dense tropical/rain forests where you can expect rain at any time and the area is mountainous full of tall and short trees, the area too is home to some forest elephants, antelopes and a variety of birds plus monkeys. The journey may take 3-8hours (that is going and coming back) including 1 full hour while watching and interacting with our next cousins (beautiful, handsome, gentle giants) under the guidance of armed rangers from the Uganda wildlife authority (UWA). During this day, we shall go with our packed lunch/picnic lunch and 2litres of bottled mineral water and in the event that there is/are some senior citizen(s), we shall need a porter at an optional cost, after visiting and viewing the endangered mountain Gorillas  of Uganda (approximately 463 gorillas by July 2023), we shall return to the Gorilla university for Graduation (that is to prove that you have successfully passed all the exams) and we return to the lodge with our degrees to relax.

 Having had a wonderful day with Gorillas and a picnic lunch in the forest or packed lunch, we now head for lake Bunyonyi in Kabale while passing through the park at an elevation/altitude of approximately 1190-2610m above sea-level. This journey will lead us to lake Bunyonyi, the deepest lake in Uganda,2^nd in Africa after Lake Tanganyika in Tanzania and 3^rd in the world. Lake Bunyonyi is made up of 29 terraced islands, some are inhabited while others are not, while at Bunyonyi you will visit some of those islands without forgetting to visit the notorious punishment island where the Bakiga girls who would become pregnant before marriage were taken and left to die from there. Right now, the island is acting as a tourist attraction and has got a pretty of number of bird species around it, while on this lake, we can swim and also do canoeing plus zip-lining which is optional, return to the hotel, relax and overnight at the hotel.

Day-5 transfer from lake Bunyonyi to Kampala-Entebbe airport

Morning breakfast and proceed to Kampala on a journey of about 8-10 hours. On our way to Kampala, we shall pass through Ntungamo town and then the beautiful city of Mbarara where after the city we shall see the beautiful Ankore long Horned cattle only found in this part of the world, on our way to Kampala, en-route at the Equator take some beautiful and memorable Photos, buy souvenirs, have lunch and head straight to Entebbe international Airport for a sweet journey home depending on the flight schedules.