7 Days Explore Mgahinga Gorilla National Park Safari

Day 1: Welcome to the Pearl of Africa

1. Entebbe
   1h
   On arrival at Entebbe international Airport, a representative of Myler Africa Safaris will be eagerly waiting to receive you and transfer you to your hotel in Entebbe.

Day 2: Transfer to Mgahinga Gorilla National Park

1. Mgahinga Gorilla National Park
   8h · Admission ticket included
   Today after your breakfast your driver guide will transfer you to Kisoro – Uganda at the base of the Virunga Volcanoes. Enjoy the winding roads and magnificent views of the Volcanoes. Cross the Equator to western part of Uganda with scenic views of long horned cattle.

Day 3: Gorilla trekking in Mgahinga Gorilla national park

1. Mgahinga Gorilla National Park
   8h · Admission ticket included
   Mgahinga gorilla national park was primarily protected because of mountain gorillas and golden monkeys among other wildlife – Gorilla trekking and golden monkey trekking. Your driver guide will pick you up from the lodge and transferred to the briefing point inside the park to learn about how to behave and interact with the gorillas in the wild.
   
   Depending on the location of the gorillas, you might need to drive before you start the trek in the park. The ranger guide will then lead you to start your gorilla trek in the park. After hiking some distance depending on the location of the gorillas, you will sight them and spend up to 1 hour with them before you start your descent back to the lodge. The experience in this jungle and meeting these enormous creatures will stay with you for life.

Day 4: Golden Monkey trekking

1. Mount Sabinyo
   8h · Admission ticket included
   After an early morning breakfast, your driver guide will transfer you to the briefing point where the golden monkey trekking starts. Just like the previous day, you receive a briefing from the ranger guide and later start your hike up Mgahinga national park in search of the golden monkeys, which are only in the Virunga Volcanoes.
   
   Generally golden monkeys are swift in their movements unlike the gorillas and you will follow them as they move to feed. They love bamboo shoots compared to any other vegetation for feeding. The first part of the hike is through the secondary forest and shrubs but as you go deeper into the forest you will get in the bamboo sections where you will start hearing sounds and see movements of these amazing creatures. You are allowed 1 hour with the golden monkeys before you start your decent back to the starting point.

Day 5: Walk in the footsteps of the Batwa

1. Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
   8h
   The Batwa are an indigenous tribe that lived in the forest and depended on it for livelihood because they were hunter-gatherers. However over time other people groups started influencing the Batwa using them to do unsustainable poaching therefore the government decided to move them out of the forest all together.
   
   This morning, you will be transferred to the briefing area by your driver guide. After briefing from the guide leader of the Batwa with translation from the ranger guide, they will take you to start the journey in their footsteps. They will take you through the forest and how they lived and depended on it

Day 6: Hike Sabyinyo or Muhabura or Gahinga Volcanoes

1. Mount Muhavura
   3.3 days · Admission ticket included
   Early in the morning after breakfast,
   Prepare for a mountain hike.
   Mt Muhabura – 4127 metres above sea level or 13540 feet is the most challenging peak in the park. The hike will take most of the day, but the adventurous are rewarded with great sense of accomplishment and – on a good day – spectacular views of Uganda, Rwanda and DR Congo. This is shared between Uganda and Rwanda. This takes approximately 8 hours.

Day 7: Departure

1. Kayabwe
   8h
   We hope you had an adventure filled stay exploring Mgahinga gorilla national park. Today morning after your breakfast, the driver guide will transfer you to Entebbe and you proceed to the airport for your flight home. Thank you for visiting Uganda with us.

• Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
• Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness