3-Day Amazing Gorilla Experience in Uganda

• You'll be collected from the airport.
• Accommodation before the tour starts can be arranged for an extra cost.

Drive from Entebbe/Kampala to Bwindi(8-9 hrs) with stops at the equator and mbarara

First, you are picked up from the hotel in Entebbe or Kampala at exactly 6:30 am after your breakfast, The trip starts with southwestwards while viewing the local livelihoods of the communities in the central region of Uganda. Then connect to Mbarara for lunch at Igongo Cultural Center.

After lunch, proceed to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest through the southern sector of Queen Elizabeth National Park, continue with the views of the magnificent scenery and the rolling hills of kigezi and finally Kanungu district connecting to Buhoma, which is part of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest. Arriving in Bwindi at around 5:30 pm for check in at your reserved lodge. Dinner and Overnight.

Main Destination:

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas)

Best Time To Visit June to August and December to February (Gorilla trekking is easiest)

High Season June to September (Gorilla permits are scarce)

Best Weather June to July and December to February (Less rainfall)

Wildlife in Bwindi Impenetrable NP

GorillaCommon

ChimpanzeeRare

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White RhinoNone

Black RhinoNone

LionNone

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GiraffeNone

LeopardNone

CheetahNone

BuffaloNone

ZebraNone

WildebeestNone

HippoNone

Accommodation:

Mahogany Springs Lodge

• Luxury lodge bordering Buhoma (Bwindi Impenetrable NP) without fences

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Meals & Drinks:

• Dinner (Breakfast & lunch not included)
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Early start for the thrilling gorilla trek to spend one hour with gorillas followed by lunch

Wake up very early in the morning, at 6:00 am, for breakfast, and then proceed to the Visitors' Information Center(VIC) to be briefed about the safety guidelines and precautions and to be allocated guides/groups for tracking gorillas.
Setting off is at exactly 8:00 am, the ranger guides make sure everyone has packed lunch, enough drinking water, comfortable/safe shoes, face masks(to be used during one hour with the gorillas), porter(if needed) to help you carry your backpack.

Observing and photographing the gentle giants (Mountain Gorillas) is so breathtaking! You're literally looking at creatures so human in every form! Be prepared as Trekking of the mountain gorillas may take 6 hrs to a full day, depending on where your gorilla family group may be. After trekking gorillas, return to the lodge and have a relaxed evening or walk to the Batwa families on the outskirts of the forest. Have dinner and overnight at the lodge.

Main Destination:

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas)

Accommodation:

Mahogany Springs Lodge

• Luxury lodge bordering Buhoma (Bwindi Impenetrable NP) without fences

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Return journey to Entebbe/ Kampala often with stops missed on the first transfer

Have breakfast and thereafter embark on the journey back to Kampala or Entebbe. Not only will you have the first stopover for lunch at Igongo Cultural Center. But also the second stop at the Equator for souvenirs and to view a few facts about equator.
You will then proceed to Kampala or drop off at the airport for the return flight back home and that will be the end of the tour.

Main Destination:

Entebbe (City)

Accommodation:

No accommodation (End of tour)

Meals & Drinks:

• Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included)
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

• Additional accommodation can be arranged for an extra cost.
• You'll be dropped off at the airport.