4 Days Bwindi Gorilla Habituation and Trekking Safari
Safari Overview
4 Days Uganda gorilla habituation and trekking in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park starts in Entebbe/Kampala, Uganda. Gorilla Habituation Experience on a Uganda safari takes you for an amazing 4 hour encounter with mountain gorillas. Over the years, an encounter with mountain gorillas has become one of the most popular wildlife attractions while on an African safari. Tourists from all corners of the world travel to Africa every year with the sole purpose of seeing mountain gorillas. These giant primates can only be found in East and Central Africa.
On the other hand, gorilla trekking gives a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to visit the amazing mountain gorillas for an hour, compared to gorilla habituation, which takes 4 hours. Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is home to gorilla trekking in Uganda. Outside of their natural habitat, mountain gorillas cannot thrive, and therefore cannot be kept in zoos. They only inhabit Uganda, Rwanda, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), two remote rainforest jungles in eastern and central Africa. The last few enormous apes are fiercely guarded by these nations like a king’s fortress from the Middle Ages.
Safari Highlights
Day 1: Pick up and transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Day 2: Gorilla habituation experience
Day 3: Gorilla trekking experience
Day 4: Transfer back to Entebbe and Departure
Detailed itinerary
Day 1: Pick up and transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Depending on your location in Kampala/Entebbe, you will be picked up to transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park, located in the western part of Uganda with approximately 540km from Kampala by road. You will have a stopover at the equator for photography and the experiment, and another stopover in Mbarara town for lunch. Proceed to Bwindi Park, arriving in the evening. Dinner and overnight stay at Nkuringo Gorilla Lodge for Luxury/Ichumbi Gorilla Lodge for mid-range/Gorilla Valley Lodge for budget.
Day 2: Gorilla habituation experience
Enjoy an early morning breakfast and transfer to the park headquarters with your packed lunch for a briefing by the ranger guides, and later head into the forest for your trek. Gorilla habituation in Bwindi involves visiting a semi-habituated Uganda gorilla family that is in the process of habituation. This activity takes a whole day, and you are granted 4 hours to stay with the gorillas. After the habituation experience, meet your guide and drive back to your lodge to rest. Dinner and overnight at Lodge as above
Day 3: Gorilla trekking experience
Enjoy an early morning breakfast and transfer to the park headquarters with your packed lunch for a briefing by the ranger guides, and later head into the forest for your trek. Gorilla trekking in Bwindi Forest Park takes 2 to 8 hours, depending on the movement of the gorillas. These primates roam the park freely, and there is no way of telling where they will be for a particular day.
On finding them, you will be allowed 1 hour to view and take photos of these gentle primates, enjoy your lunch packs and meet your driver/guide and transfer back to your lodge. The time after trekking can be spent on a village tour or lazing off at the lodge as you share the memories of your Uganda gorilla trek in Bwindi Park and prepare for the next day. Dinner and overnight at lodge as above
Day 4: Transfer back to Entebbe and Departure
You will enjoy breakfast and transfer back to Kampala with a stopover in Mbarara town for lunch. Proceed to Kampala/Entebbe, arriving in the late afternoon. You will be dropped off at the hotel in either Kampala/Entebbe, as you advise or at Entebbe airport for your onward flight back home. End of safari
Quotation Includes
- Gorilla trekking permit
- Pick up and drop off
- Meals
- Accommodation
- English-speaking driver guide
- Park entrance fees
- Mineral-bottled water
- 4WD safari vehicle
- All activity fees
Quotation Excludes
- Visa fees and air ticket fees
- Personal insurance
- Tips
- Personal expenses
