3-Day Gorilla Trekking Midrange Tour in Bwindi Forest

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

Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park

Today after an early breakfast, your guide will pick you up at 7:00 am, in Kampala or Entebbe. You'll be transferred to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, in Southwestern Uganda, through a beautiful part of the country often referred to as ‘the Switzerland of Africa’. You will see beautiful terrace hills and you will drive through a bamboo forest zone. On a clear day, you will have great views of the Virunga Mountains.

You will have lunch en route before proceeding to the park. You will arrive at the lodge in time for dinner.

Main Destination:

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas)

Best Time to Visit June to August and December to February

High Season June to September (Gorilla permits are scarce)

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

Wildlife in Bwindi NP

GorillaCommon

ChimpanzeeRare

ElephantRare

White RhinoNone

Black RhinoNone

LionNone

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GiraffeNone

LeopardNone

CheetahNone

BuffaloNone

ZebraNone

WildebeestNone

HippoNone

Accommodation:

Mutanda Lake Resort

• Mid-range lodge located outside Bwindi NP

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Meals & Drinks:

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

Gorilla Trekking Experience

Today after early breakfast, you will be transferred to the park headquarters for a briefing about gorilla tracking. You will encounter one of Bwindi’s endangered mountain gorillas. For most people, this is the absolute highlight of their tour in Uganda.
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park boasts both mountain gorillas and chimpanzees—the only forest in Africa that can make this claim. It also hosts five other species of primates, 113 species of mammals, over 200 species of butterflies and 360 species of birds. The gorillas you track are habituated and can tolerate the presence of humans for a brief period of time, every day. The time taken to track the gorillas can be as few as 2 hours to as many as 7 hours. Once the gorillas have been located, your group will be allowed a maximum of one hour with them. Coming face-to-face with a mountain gorilla is a truly humbling and emotional experience.

Main Destination:

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas)

Accommodation:

Mutanda Lake Resort

• Mid-range lodge located outside Bwindi NP

Meals & Drinks:

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

Transfer to Entebbe or Kampala

After breakfast at the lodge, you will drive back to Kampala or Entebbe Airport with a stopover at the equator for a photo moment and souvenir shopping. Your accommodation for tonight is not included in the program.

Main Destination:

Kampala (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.