3-Day Bwindi Gorilla Tracking Safari

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

Travel to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest

Following an early breakfast, your safari guide will pick you up at your hotel and you will travel westward to Mbarara and then continue southwestward to the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest.

In approximately 1 to 2 hours (depending on traffic), you will arrive at the equator, stopping at the Equatorial Café for some refreshments and a look at the many handicrafts on offer. Continuing on for a few more hours, you will reach Mbarara where you will have lunch at the Igongo Cultural Center. After lunch, you will continue through the beautiful hills of Kigezi and arrive in Bwindi later that evening and check in at your lodge for 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

ElephantRare

White RhinoNone

Black RhinoNone

LionNone

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GiraffeNone

LeopardNone

CheetahNone

BuffaloNone

ZebraNone

WildebeestNone

HippoNone

Accommodation:

Bweza Gorilla Lodge

• Mid-range lodge located just outside Bwindi Impenetrable NP (Gorillas)

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Meals & Drinks:

• Lunch & dinner (Breakfast not included)
• Non-alcoholic drinks

Gorilla Tracking and transfer to Lake Bunyonyi

After an early breakfast, your safari guide will be drive you to the park briefing point for check in. Following a briefing on proper behavior in the forest, along with your ranger guide and small group, you will begin your trek into the Impenetrable Forest in search of the gorillas.

Depending upon where the gorillas slept the previous night, locating them can take several hours. Once you do locate the gorilla family, you will have one hour to watch and photograph them, after which you will hike back to the ranger station to re-group with the other trackers and receive your gorilla tracking certificate. Upon exiting the forest, you will have a break to eat the packed lunch prepared by the lodge. If time permits, prior to returning to the lodge, a visit to one of the Batwa villages can be arranged, as well as a stop at the many roadside shops to buy some of the locally produced handicrafts. Dinner will be served in the evening at the lodge.

Main Destination:

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas)

Accommodation:

Bweza Gorilla Lodge

• Mid-range lodge located just outside Bwindi Impenetrable NP (Gorillas)

Meals & Drinks:

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

Transfer to Entebbe/Kampala

Following breakfast, your safari guide will drive you back to Entebbe or Kampala. Depending upon your departure time from Bwindi, you will have lunch en route either in Mbarara or Masaka.

End of trip.

Main Destination:

Entebbe International Airport (Entebbe)

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.