3-Day Gorilla Habituation Safari

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

Travel to Bwindi impenetrable park

Our driver/guide will pick you from your accommodation at 7am, brief you about your habituation safari and off to Bwindi. It is approximately 540km / 9 hours of driving to the Southern sector. The drive is quite long but worth it with much more to see on the way. You may even see the zebras and impalas grazing in Lake Mburo park. You will have a stopover at the equator for photography and the experiment and another stopover in Mbarara town for lunch.

Continue with your journey arriving your accommodation in the evening.

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:

Burunga Gorilla Lodge

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

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Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Non-alcoholic drinks

Gorilla Habituation

This morning marks the highlight of your Uganda safari with early breakfast at your accommodation then get ready to be transferred to briefing point. After briefing, you will head to the starting point for your trek through the densely, steep jungle forest. One has to be physically fit for a successful trekking experience and this may take 3/8 hours or whole day. Depending on where you will be allocated for your trek, you may start the trek from the park headquarters or drive to a starting point into the forest. After finding the gorillas, you are only allowed to view them for 1 hour and you can take videos or photos for your encounter with the gorillas. Take note that feeding mountains gorillas is prohibited and flash photography.

After the experience, you will make the trek back through the forest as you reminiscent about this once in a lifetime wildlife encounter. A leisurely evening at your lodge and overnight stay.

Main Destination:

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas)

Accommodation:

Burunga Gorilla Lodge

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

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Non-alcoholic drinks

Return to Entebbe

A relaxed breakfast and this will mark your last day in Bwindi as you prepare to travel back to Entebbe with lunch en route and a stopover at the equator if you missed it on the day 1. You will be dropped at your hotel in Kampala or Entebbe and if you have a flight this evening better to be dropped at the Airport.

Main Destination:

Entebbe (City)

Accommodation:

No accommodation (End of tour)

Meals & Drinks:

• Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included)
• Non-alcoholic drinks

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