3-Day Gorilla Trekking and Lake Bunyonyi Tour

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

Pick up and transfer to Bwindi Forest

The trip starts in Kampala with a pick up from the hotel you slept. Our knowledgeable driver guide takes you through the whole trip and then start travelling to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park. Travelling from Kampala to Bwindi roughly takes 7-8 hours, of a comfortable ride enjoying the beautiful scenery.
Have a stopover at the Uganda equator for pictures and the water experiment. Another stop will be in Mbarara town for lunch. From here proceed straight to the park, arriving in the evening 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:

Rushaga Gorilla Haven's Lodge

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

Meals & Drinks:

• Lunch & dinner (Breakfast not included)
• Drinking water (Other drinks not included)

Gorilla Trekking in Bwindi Forest and Transfer to Lake Bunyonyi

After breakfast, transfer to Bwindi impenetrable National Park headquarters for a briefing by a ranger guide on what to and what not to do during the gorilla trekking experience. After briefing you will hike into the forest looking for the location of these amazing apes, this may take few hours or even a full day depending on the location of the apes.
When you find the mountain gorillas, you will be required to spend one hour with them while taking pictures for memories. It is a worthwhile adventure and so humbling to stand a few meters as you watch these sought after primates. After the activity, leave the lodge for Lake Bunyonyi. You will arrive in the evening and relax at a resort overlooking the lake; alternatively, have a boat cruise on the deepest lake in Uganda and second deepest in Africa after Lake Tanganyika.
During the boat cruise, you will have an opportunity to visit some the 29 islands on Lake Bunyonyi to spot various water birds.

Main Destination:

Lake Bunyonyi

Accommodation:

Paradise Eco-Hub

• Budget lodge located at Lake Bunyonyi

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Meals & Drinks:

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

Transfer back to Kampala via the equator

After a cheerful morning breakfast, you will transfer back to Kampala via the Uganda Equator in Kayabwe where you will an opportunity to take photographs standing in two different hemispheres at the same time and the local water experiment that proves that the earth splits-up-into two hemispheres that’s the north and the south hemisphere and lunch enroute. You will then proceed to Kampala or Entebbe airport for your departure.

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.