3-Day Gorilla Trekking Safari in Uganda

5.0 (2 reviews) Kampala, Uganda
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Duration3 days
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LanguagesGerman, English, French
Private tourOnly your group will participate
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Overview

This is a short Uganda gorilla tour taking you 2 nights and 3 days. Your tour includes a mountain gorilla trekking adventure in Bwindi, a Batwa visit, an en-route visit to the Equator crossing and meals, and beautiful countryside views.

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is a magical gorilla highland set in the Southwest and accessing it takes 8-9 hours. Gazetted in 1991, Bwindi houses half of all the 1063 mountain gorillas which the world boasts of today-the rare species which only thrive in Uganda, Rwanda, and D.R. Cong

What's included

  • Lunch
  • Dinner
  • Breakfast
  • Accommodations for 2 nights
  • Use of Trikke

What to expect

Day 1: Kampala - Bwindi National Park
  1. Bwindi Impenetrable Forest
    9h
    Day one of the 3 days gorilla safari in Bwindi begins with early breakfast and then a drive to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda. A leisurely lunch served to you at Igongo Cultural Centre after a photography experience at the Equator crossing. Drive straight afterward to check into the lodge you booked around Bwindi National Park for relaxation and a night's stay.
Day 2: Gorillas and Batwa experience
  1. Bwindi Impenetrable Forest
    9h
    An early morning breakfast, after, report to Bwindi headquarters at Buhoma sector to the North. You will be orientated about gorilla trekking regulations, assigned a gorilla family and actual trek begins from 8:00am. Trek through the dense rain-forest, search for mountain gorillas with butterflies, other mammals, birds while on the way.

    Today’s experience will last 2-6 hours and after you have met a gorilla group, the park official will let you spend 1 hour with gorillas while maintaining a distance of about 10m. Retreat after observing mountain gorillas in the misty forest of Bwindi and have lunch. Later, go learn, interact with the Batwa pygmies who are said to have spent 500,000 years, and explore different cultures, traditions, and lifestyles.
Day 3: Bwindi - Kampala/Entebbe
  1. Queen Elizabeth National Park
    9h
    Check out of the lodge you slept in for the past 2 nights that is after breakfast and then drive back to Kampala via Queen Elizabeth for a short game drive to spot tree-climbing lions then via Mbarara, Masaka. This will mark the end of 3 days gorilla safari in Bwindi National Park in Southwestern Uganda.

Additional information

  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
  • Not recommended for pregnant travelers
  • Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Travelers should have a high level of physical fitness

Cancellation policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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