3 Day Gorilla Trekking in Uganda: A Safari Experience in Bwindi Forest

Safari Package
Duration: 3 days & 2 nights

A 60% deposit is due upon booking this tour.
Uganda
Private, family-friendly safari.

This 3 Days Uganda gorilla trekking and Lake Bunyonyi vacation is an exciting tour in Uganda since it gives you an opportunity to visit Uganda’s deepest lake, Lake Bunyonyi and it gives you an opportunity to do a boat cruise to visit its numerous islands, do canoeing and relax at one of its out looking hills.
This tour is a two in one since it favors you to trek gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, the park which is home to half of the mountain gorilla population in the entire world.

YOUR 3 DAY GORILLA TREKKING ITINERARY

Day 1: Arrive Entebbe (early), pick up and depart for Bwindi National Park OR pick up from the hotel you slept.
Travelling from Kampala to Bwindi is roughly takes 7-8 hours, of a comfortable ride enjoying the beautiful scenery.

Have a stopover at the Uganda equator for pictures and the water experiment. Another stop will be in Mbarara town for lunch. From here proceed straight to the park, arriving in the evening for dinner and overnight.

Day 2: Gorilla trekking in Uganda’s Famous Bwindi Forest and transfer to Lake Bunyonyi for relaxation.

After an early morning heavy breakfast with your packed lunch, transfer to Bwindi impenetrable National Park headquarters in Rushaga sector for a briefing by a ranger guide on what to and what not to do during the gorilla trekking experience. After briefing you will hike into the forest looking for the location of these amazing apes, this may take few hours or even a full day depending on the location of the apes.
The activity is strenuous and may require average physical fitness, walking sticks or consider hiring porters to help in carrying heavy luggage.
When you find the mountain gorillas, you will be required to spend one hour with them while taking pictures for memories. It is a worthwhile adventure and so humbling to stand a few meters as you watch these sought after primates as they eat, feed their young ones and their day to day activities in their natural habitat.
After the activity, leave the lodge for Lake Bunyonyi in Kabale district. You will arrive in the evening and relax at a resort overlooking the lake; alternatively, have a boat cruise on the deepest lake in Uganda and second deepest in Africa after Lake Tanganyika.
During the boat cruise, you will have an opportunity to visit some the 29 islands on Lake Bunyonyi and spotting various water birds like grey corned canes, herons, egrets, cuckoo to mention but a few.

Day 3: Depart via Lake Bunyonyi and return to Entebbe Airport to catch flight.

After a cheerful morning breakfast, you will transfer back to Kampala via the Uganda Equator in Kayabwe where you will an opportunity to take photographs standing in two different hemispheres at the same time and the local water experiment that proves that the earth splits-up-into two hemispheres that’s the north and the south hemisphere and lunch enroute. You will then proceed to Kampala or Entebbe airport for your departure.

Price Includes
Meals specified and accommodation in en suite facilities.
Ground transportation in a comfortable 4×4 safari car.
Applicable park entrance, activity fees.
1 Assigned English-speaking Professional Tour Driver-guide
Gorilla trekking permit (USD 700) per person.
Bottled water while on safari.
Complimentary airport/hotel pick-up and drop off.
Activities as stipulated (except those stated as optional).

Price Excludes
Activities not mentioned in the itinerary.
Phone calls and bar bills.
Personal/travel insurance.
Driver guide’s gratuity (recommended).
All Other Services of a personal nature e.g. LAUNDRY, Flight ticket(s).
Entry visa into Uganda
All kinds of drinks except water.
Any activity stated as “OPTIONAL”.
Covid-19 tests (if any).