3-Day Budget Gorilla Trekking and Amazing Lake Bunyonyi

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

Drive to the home of Gorillas

Your 3 Day Gorilla Trekking Adventure in Uganda starts with pick-up from your pre-tour hotel in Kampala/Entebbe or Entebbe International Airport not later than at 7:30am. Drive to Mbarara, traveling via Masaka. We pause at the Equator to take photographs of the crossing, stretch our legs and enjoy some snacks. Then we continue to Igongo Cultural village where we break our journey for lunch in and then head to Bwindi Forest. The dense rainforest of Bwindi, famous for its gorilla population, is one of the most fertile and rich in the world, being home to a variety of primates, animals, insects and exotic birds. Take your well-deserved rest at your hotel in the lodge.

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:

Rushaga Gorilla Haven's Lodge

• Budget lodge located just outside Bwindi Impenetrable NP (Gorillas)

Meals & Drinks:

• Lunch & dinner (Breakfast not included)
• Drinks not included

Rendez vous with the gentle giants of Bwindi

After an early breakfast, your guide will drive you to the starting point where you will have a short safari briefing about does and don't when trekking Gorillas, after you will be assigned and group and head to the forest. The trekking experience takes anything from one hour (rarely) to about 8 hours to accomplish, you only have one hour with gorillas to capture your finest moment. As you reminisce on your gorilla experiences we depart for Lake Bunyonyi, the 2nd deepest lake in Africa. Enjoy stunning scenery – interlocking hills terraced by the locals as they practice farming named the “Switzerland of Africa” by Churchill, the great British diplomat. Afternoon boat ride in the lake, In the afternoon, you can dive in the lake for a swim, go bird watching, or hike up a steep hill for more views of the lake and its islands. Alternatively, you can set by the lake shores and enjoy reading a book.

Main Destination:

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas)

Accommodation:

Itambira Island

• Mid-range hotel located at Lake Bunyonyi

Meals & Drinks:

• All meals included
• Drinks not included

Depart

After an early breakfast, you drive back to Entebbe with a brief stop at the Equator for lunch, before continuing to Entebbe, dropped off at the airport in time to catch your outbound flight back home or to your next destination.

Main Destination:

Entebbe (City)

Accommodation:

No accommodation (End of tour)

Meals & Drinks:

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

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