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4 Days Gorilla Tracking in Bwindi.

Our 4-day trip brings you the highlight of Uganda:  Tracking the Mountain Gorillas!

Spend one hour with our very close relatives in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.

The mountain gorillas are highly endangered and there are only 1,063 animals left, in 3 national parks, covering 3 countries: Bwindi in Uganda and the Virunga Mountains in Uganda (Mgahinga National Park), Rwanda (Volcanoes National Park) and Congo (Virunga National Park).

Day to day Program

Day 1: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

After Breakfast, start your journey heading south. You will have a stop at the equator and Mbarara town for lunch. Your eventual destination is Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, you should arrive in the evening just in time to take in the breathtaking views of the mountains and the dense forest.

Have dinner at the hotel and rest for the next day’s activity.

Accommodation: Buhoma Haven Lodge (Fullboard)

Day 2: Gorilla Tracking

After an early breakfast you will set off towards what will undoubtedly be one of the highlights of your safari, the unforgettable experience that is Mountain Gorilla tracking. After trekking through the dense forest to where the Gorillas were found the day before, you begin your tracking, searching for the largest primate in the world. Upon sighting, you will stay with them for one hour as they eat, rest and bond with their young ones. To reach them it can take anywhere between 30 minutes to 4 hours, so be prepared for a long trek through the humid rain-forest.

Afterwards you will spend the afternoon relaxing and taking in your beautiful surroundings or choose to do an optional a community walk which is also productive in a way that you will be able to meet the indigenous people (Batwa)who used to live in the forest particularly Bwindi Impenetrable National Park before it was gazetted, the Medicine Man, Local Breweries and the Women’s Centre.

Activities: Gorilla trekking and an Optional Community walk

Accommodation: Buhoma Haven Lodge (Fullboard)

Day 3: Transfer to lake Bunyonyi

After breakfast, transfer to Uganda’s deepest Lake and Africa’s second deepest Lake Bunyonyi Which offers beautiful views and this is the perfect place to slow down the pace and relax after your Gorilla tracking this lodge has perfect spot for sunset viewing if the day is bright enough.

We shall do an afternoon/evening boat cruise to the punishment island where pregnant unmarried girls were left to death.

After dinner in the evening, drive to Kabale town for a night experience for some hours and later drive back to the hotel

Activities: Boat cruise & night Experience.

Accommodation: Bunyonyi Rock resort (FB)

Day 4: Transfer to Kampala/Entebbe.

After morning breakfast, drive to Entebbe/Kampala depending on your flight time, transfer to the airport for your departure.

Flight &End of the Trip.

Total Price for 2PAX midrange Trip: $ 2,100 Per Person Double/Twin sharing (FB)

Cost Includes:

  • 1 Gorilla Permit

  • All accommodations stated in itinerary 

  • All meals as per itinerary

  • Services of a full-time English-speaking driver/guide

  • Customized full time 4x4 safari vehicle

  • All fuel throughout the safari

  • Bottled drinking water

  • Pick up and drop off to the airport

Excluded are:

  • Travel insurance

  • International flights

  • Entry visa

  • All optional extras

  • All other services of personal nature; laundry, phone and bar bills

  • Tips and gratuities.

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