5 Day Shoebill and Gorilla Trekking Safari

Your safari guide will welcome you and transfer you to the lodge.
Depending on your arrival time, you may have an opportunity to enjoy the hotel's gardens, relax after your international flight or take a short walk at the Botanical Gardens, 8 minutes away.

After an early breakfast at your hotel, you will be picked by the guide and depart for Mabamba Swamp, one of the most rewarding birdwatching destinations near Entebbe with an impressive list of over 300 species of birds. Located along the shores of Lake Victoria, Mabamba Bay Wetland is a Ramsar Site of International Importance, recognised for its ecological value and exceptional wetland birdlife.

The wetland is particularly famous for the shoebill, a remarkable bird known for its enormous shoe-shaped bill, prehistoric appearance and patient hunting behaviour.

Beyond the shoebill, the excursion provides excellent opportunities to observe other wetland birds, including African Jacana, Malachite Kingfisher, Pied Kingfisher, African Pygmy Goose, Purple Heron, Squacco Heron, Black Crake and Blue-breasted Bee-eater.

After an early breakfast, you will begin the scenic journey to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in southwestern Uganda.The drive takes you through a changing landscape of rural communities, cultivated farmland, rolling hills and expansive countryside.

The park is particularly famous for its population of endangered mountain gorillas, which live in family groups throughout the forest.

Today is one of the most anticipated days of your Uganda safari: an opportunity to track endangered mountain gorillas in their natural rainforest habitat.

After an early breakfast at your lodge, you will transfer to the designated Uganda Wildlife Authority briefing point for your gorilla trekking experience.

The briefing generally begins with entertainment from the community groups surrounding the national park followed by the briefing from the experienced park rangers, who explain the trekking procedures, safety requirements and guidelines for observing gorillas responsibly. You will be assigned to a habituated gorilla family, with the allocation determined by park authorities and the Trek will then begin....

After an early breakfast at your lodge, you will check out and begin the return journey from Bwindi Impenetrable National Park to Kigali, Rwanda for a departure flight.

The drive takes you back through this green country dubbed "a country of a thousand hills"