3 Days Gorilla Tracking Safari in Uganda
The 3 Days Gorilla Tracking Safari in Uganda starts from Entebbe or Kampala with pick up by one of our professional driver guides. The safari gives you an opportunity to visit the scenic Lake Bunyonyi and Lake Mutanda. You get to mingle with the local people in the community walk. A canoe ride on Lake Bunyonyi enables you enjoy the breathtaking views of rolling hills or scenic islands.
Trip highlights
- Gorilla tracking
- Stopover at the Equator
- Batwa experience
- Breathtaking views of the landscape in southwestern Uganda among others
DETAILED ITINENARY
DAY 1: ARRIVAL
Hopefully, your flight is scheduled for an early morning landing in Uganda. Your safari will start from Entebbe airport or Kigali, where you will be picked up by your professional Driver/Guide who will brief you about your tour and then depart for Bwindi Impenetrable national park. Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is a big habitat for mountain gorillas in Uganda harboring over 300 of them, more reason as to why it should be your safari destination. The drive will take you southwest Uganda by road, cross the Equator then to Mbarara for Lunch and through Savannah grasslands to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. The scenic drive through Kigezi Highlands [commonly referred as “the Switzerland of Uganda”] and banana plantations take you to the gorilla Sanctuary of Bwindi NP. You will arrive in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and will mainly do little but just check in your accommodation, relax as you prepare for the Bwindi gorilla trekking experience the next day and Batwa Cultural
Destination: Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park
Accommodation Option:
Luxury: Gorilla Safari Lodge | Buhoma Lodge
Mid-range: Engagi Lodge | Silverback Lodge Bwindi
Budget: Bakiga Lodge | Ride 4 A Woman
Meals Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner
Drinking Water Throughout
DAY 2: GORILLA TRACKING
After an early breakfast and a briefing by a ranger guide, you will enter the gorilla sanctuary for your adventure. The beauty of this rain forest is spectacular! The area offers dramatic steeply forested landscape and is incredibly dense, but crisscrossed by numerous animal trails allowing access to tourists. The time taken and the terrain vary with the movements of these great primates. Once you locate a gorilla group, you will be allowed an hour in their presence. The thrill of spending time observing these gentle and endangered giants is an awesome, exciting experience to be long savored. Return to your lodge. Have your lunch and thereafter check out for batwa cultural experience and we transfer to Lake Bunyonyi. Lake Bunyonyi is framed by lush, green-terraced hills that reach a height of (2,200 – 2,478m) but it’s the 29 islands of various shapes and sizes scattered across the water that make it most magical — you could admire them all day. Dinner and Overnight
Luxury: Bird nest @ Bunyonyi Resort | Arcadia Cottages Bunyonyi
Mid-range: Hawk’s Eye Lodge Bunyonyi | Bunyonyi Overland Resort
Budget: Bunyonyi View resort | Crater Bay Cottage
Meals Plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Drinking Water Throughout
DAY 3: TRANSFER FROM LAKE BUNYONYI – ENTEBBE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
After breakfast, you can choose to do Community Walk, Canoe Ride, Boat Ride, Bicycle Ride, Bird Watching, Cray Fishing or any other activity in Lake Bunyonyi by paying additionally at the accommodation. Post activities, the team will set out on a drive to Kampala. You will be dropped off at the airport or at your hotel in Kampala. With an incredible experience and loads of memories to cherish, this is the time you bid goodbye to your team. We hope to see you when next, you visit and thanks you for choosing Paradise Adventure Vacations! Gorilla Trekking Safari Uganda
TOUR COST:
| PARTICULARS | 1 PAX | 2 PAX | 3 PAX | 4 PAX | 5 PAX |
| Rate per person in luxury accommodation as per the itinerary | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ |
| Rate per person in mid- range accommodation as per the itinerary | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ |
| Rate per person in budget accommodation as per the itinerary | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ |
Tour cost includes:
- A 4×4 safari land cruiser/ Minibus with fuel and an English speaking driver guide
- Gorilla Trekking Permit
- Batwa Community Walk Experience
- Fruits and WIFI Throughout
- Full board accommodation as per the itinerary
- All park entrance fees
- Drinking water throughout the safari
Tour cost includes:
- Drinks besides water provided in the safari car
- Tips
- All personal expenses
What to carry:
- A pair of water proof trousers and jacket.
- A hat
- Insect repellent
- A pair of sun glasses
- Personal camera
- A pair of binoculars
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