5-Day Uganda Gorilla Safari (Fly-in)

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

Arrival in Entebbe

Arrive at Entebbe International Airport, clear with immigration (Visa, Yellow Fever, and Covid Vaccine Certificates). We will pick you up and transfer you to the hotel.

If you arrive early, you can do optional activities in Entebbe, including birding in Botanical Gardens, market walks, shopping, zoo, and Ngamba chimps Island. The most popular with our guests is a canoe ride on the Lake Victoria mashes to track the prehistoric shoebill bird.

Otherwise, you can use this time to shop, visit the bank, or forex exchange.

Main Destination:

Entebbe (City)

Accommodation:

Hotel No.5

• Luxury hotel located in Entebbe (City)

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Meals & Drinks:

• Dinner (Breakfast & lunch not included)
• Drinks not included

Fly Entebbe to Kisoro (Canoe & Village Walk)

Start early morning transfer from your hotel to Entebbe International Airport for a local flight to Kisoro. You will fly over central Uganda’s beautiful plains, fading into the rolling hills of the southwestern region. The stunning flight goes over cultivated terraces, tropical rainforest, bamboo forest, and the majestic chain of the Virunga Volcanoes. Our driver will pick you up from Kisoro Airstrip and transfer you to the lodge.

Alternatively, your transfer driver can take you to Kisoro town to join our walking safari guide for an off-the-beaten-track local experience. The experience includes a community walk, canoeing excursion on Lake Mutanda, and nature hike through communities & cultivated garden trails.

The walking safari takes about 4-5 hours to Lake Mutanda, where the driver will pick you up for lunch before continuing to your night’s stay at Nkuringo.

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

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GiraffeNone

LeopardNone

CheetahNone

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ZebraNone

WildebeestNone

HippoNone

Accommodation:

Nkuringo Bwindi Gorilla Lodge

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

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Meals & Drinks:

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

The Gorilla Tracking Experience

Wake up early, have your breakfast, and be at the trailhead in time for the gorilla tracking briefing. The Nkuringo trailhead is about a 10-meter walk from Nkuringo Bwindi Gorilla Lodge—our driver can drive you for that distance if you so choose.

The gorilla tracking briefing usually starts at 8:00 am. You’ll be assigned the gorilla group for tracking with six other trekkers and given the general observable rules in the jungle. You’ll be escorted into the African wilderness with two gun-baring rangers (for your security) and a tracker/guide with a machete to lead your way.

Once you have found the gorillas, you will be allowed to spend an hour with them. Keep your camera silent (no shutter sound of flash photography), observe a 10 meters distance from the gorillas, and keep your mask on. Your time in the forest cannot be pre-determined as every day differs from the previous.

Main Destination:

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas)

Accommodation:

Nkuringo Bwindi Gorilla Lodge

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

Meals & Drinks:

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

Lodge Activities - Community Hike, Walk or Lounging

Experience is crafty; psychologists say that experiencing an activity more than once is more memorable than a single event. This Luxury Uganda Gorilla Safari lets you explore that claim and take on the gorilla jungle for the second time.

You can leave the camera and any other disrupting item back at the lodge for an uninterrupted gorilla trekking experience and get deep into the jungle feel.

Optionally stay back at the lodge and participate in some lodge activities like visiting the Batwa villages, walking through communities, and having heartful conversations with the locals. On this day, one of our most wanted experiences is the sundowner experience at the top of the world with stunning 360-degree views across southwestern Uganda’s rugged landscape.

Main Destination:

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas)

Accommodation:

Nkuringo Bwindi Gorilla Lodge

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

Meals & Drinks:

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

Fly Kisoro to Entebbe

After breakfast, lazily get your bags early in the morning and take another jungle drive down the volcanic mountains to the lower Kisoro Airstrip for your local scheduled flight to Entebbe International Airport.

In Entebbe, you can use our facilities at Papyrus guest house to freshen up for your international flight back home. Accommodation for this day is not included, though. But we can book you a room at your discretion.

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.