TRIP SUMMARY
This 4 Days Gorilla Safari offers the experience of the meeting gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest twice. This is the ultimate trip for those who would like to maximize their chances of tracking the mountain gorillas in multiple locations in Bwindi Forest.
Below is a summarized itinerary for the trip
Day 1: Travel to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest
Day 2: Gorilla tracking in Northern Bwindi Forest
Day 3: Travel to the South of Bwindi Forest
Day 4: Second gorilla trek (Southern Bwindi)
Day 5: Return to Kampala
Accommodation: 4 Nights Stay in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest
Detailed Itinerary
Day 1: Kampala Bwindi Impenetrable Forest
Our safari guide will pick you from your hotel and you will depart by road heading south to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. This scenic drive will take approximately 9-10hrs. You will have a short stop at the Equator for a photographic opportunity as well as an informative talk. You will continue and stopping at Mbarara for lunch. Your driver will take you through Uganda’s rolling green hills and through the highlands, also known as the “Switzerland of Uganda ‘Your road will then even head higher to where you can see the triangular peaks of the virunga volcanoes of Rwanda and the Congo. We will then drop down into the valley, to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, home of the remaining mountain gorillas. Tonight you will sleep to the sounds of the mountain rain forest.
Overnight at
BUHOMA: Buhoma community Bandas (Budget) / Buhoma Haven Lodge (Midrange) / Mahogany Springs Lodge (Luxury)
RUHIJA: Gift of Nature Lodge (Budget) / Gorilla Mist Camp (Midrange) / Ruhija Safari Lodge (Luxury)
Day 2: Gorilla Trekking in Northern Bwindi
Up relatively early for a hearty breakfast to give you the energy needed for gorilla tracking in Bwindi forest. Before 8:00 am report to the ranger station for registration and a talk by one of the rangers; the guides will then take you through the forest pushing your way through the undergrowth, parting thick creepers, to track the gorillas. (This trek can take from half an hour to 5 hours – a reasonable degree of fitness is required as well as a sturdy pair of walking shoes) Sit in the forest among the gorillas, listening to them grumble to each other, and marvel at the sheer size of the dominant male; the silverback. It is an extraordinary feeling sitting in the dense rain forest knowing you are with a few of the last remaining mountain gorillas. It’s amazing to think there are only about 650 of these beautiful creatures left! If you have energy in the afternoon, you will take a village walk- see how the Ugandans live visit the local medicine man, local bars, se how people live in Bwindi village!
Overnight at
BUHOMA: Buhoma community Bandas (Budget) / Buhoma Haven Lodge (Midrange) / Mahogany Springs Lodge (Luxury)
RUHIJA: Gift of Nature Lodge (Budget) / Gorilla Mist Camp (Midrange) / Ruhija Safari Lodge (Luxury)
Day 3: Travel to Southern Bwindi
Travel to the south of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest. The journey takes about 2-3 hours. Check into the lodge. Have Lunch. In the afternoon, you can have a nature walk within the local community that live in the neighborhood of the forest.
Overnight at Rushaga Gorilla Havens (Budget) / Rushaga Gorilla Camp (Midrange) / Chameleon Hill Lodge (Luxury)
Day 4: Gorilla Trekking in Southern Bwindi
Report at the Rushaga Outpost of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. Get briefed about the ‘Dos’ and ‘Don’ts’ of gorilla trekking and how you should behave while with the gorillas within the forest. Guided by a UWA Ranger Guide, start the hike into the impenetrable jungle to look for the endangered mountain gorillas. The gorilla trekking experience can take 2-10 hours depending on the movements of the mountain gorillas within the forest. Tracking involves walking up steep and densely forested hills before finally coming across the gorillas camouflaged in the vegetation. Upon meeting the mountain gorillas, you will stay with these giant apes for 1 hour enjoying observation and photography.
Day 5: Leave Bwindi for Kampala
Following breakfast, depart back for Kampala. Have a stopover at Mbarara town where you will have your lunch. Continue to Kampala or Entebbe arriving in the afternoon the driver. Drop off at a hotel in or to Entebbe Airport.
The above price includes the following;
- The cost of all ground transportation and Fuel
- Full time safari guide and his associated expenses
- Park entrance fees
- Gorilla tracking
- Accommodation and meals.
- But it excludes; Gorilla permit, items of personal nature like Laundry, Beers, tipping of staffs at the lodges.
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