4 Days Bwindi and Queen Elizabeth Safari from Kigali
Are you planning a short Uganda Safari from Kigali, this 4 days Bwindi and Queen Elizabeth Safari is tailored to cater for your safari interests. This Uganda Safari package from Kigali takes on an adventure offering opportunity to spend one hour with the gentle giants – mountain gorillas in the nature habitat in the forests of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.
The next destination to visit on this 4 Days Bwindi and Queen Elizabeth Safari from Kigali is Uganda’s most impressive safari destination, Queen Elizabeth National Park named from the late Queen of England. Here you will see abundant wildlife including elephants, lions, leopards, buffaloes among others.
Highlights of 4 Days Bwindi and Queen Elizabeth Safari from Kigali
- Day 1: Pick up and transfer to Bwindi Buhoma Sector
- Day 2: Gorilla trekking, Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park
Detailed itinerary of 4 Days Bwindi and Queen Elizabeth Safari from Kigali
Day 1: Pick up and transfer to Bwindi Buhoma Sector
On the 1st day of your 4 days Bwindi and Queen Elizabeth Safari from Kigali, you will be picked up from Kigali by your guide who will meet you and brief you about your trip. You will start your drive to Cyanika border to cross to Uganda. Once in Bwindi, you will continue to the lodge for check in and dinner and overnight stay.
Alternatively you can enjoy an an optional Batwa Community Tour.
Accommodation: Mahogany Springs Lodge
Meal Plan: Lunch and Dinner
Day 2: Gorilla trekking, Transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park
On the 2nd day of your 4 days Bwindi and Queen Elizabeth Safari from Kigali, enjoy an early breakfast, carry packed lunch and meet up with your driver guide to transfer to the park headquarters for a gorilla trekking briefing. After the briefing you will be allocated a gorilla family to trek and a park guide who is knowledgeable about the mountain gorillas and also conversant with different gorilla trekking trails. Trekking of mountain gorillas in Bwindi impenetrable national park takes about 30 minutes to 7 hours depending on where the gorillas are located because they like to move from one place to another in search of food.
Thereafter, proceed to transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park, arriving late in the evening. Check in at the lodge, relax as you wait for dinner and an overnight stay.
Accommodation: Mweya Safari Lodge
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
Day 3: Game Drive and Kazinga Channel Boat Cruise
On the 3rd day of your 4 days Bwindi and Queen Elizabeth Safari from Kigali, after having an early breakfast at your lodge, you will engage in a morning game drive around Queen Elizabeth national park where you will enjoy looking out for wildlife species such as elephants, lions, buffalos, antelopes among others. Your lunch will be had after your morning game drive.
You will also in a boat cruise along Kazinga channel as you enjoy the scenery and also look out for different wildlife species in the water such as hippos, elephants, buffalos and Nile crocodiles and also various bird species such as cormorants, hammerkops, kingfishers, fish eagles. You will return to your lodge after your boat ride for dinner and overnight as above.
Day 4: Departure to Kigali
On the 4th and last day your Safari, after breakfast at your lodge, you will depart the lodge and transfer back to Kigali making a lunch stop en-route. You shall arrive in time for check in at the airport for your flight out, or hotel in Kigali. This brings your safari to an end.
Price Includes:
- Gorilla Permit
- 4X4 Safari van and fuel
- Pick up and drop off in Rwanda
- Full time English speaking Guide/Driver.
- All accommodation as indicated in the itinerary
- All meals during the safari
- Complimentary drinking water in the safari vehicle
Price excludes:
- Flights and visa fees
- Personal expenses such as telephone calls, email, laundry, beverages, etc.
- Portage and wait staff gratuity
