3-Day Gorilla Trekking & Batwa Experience in Bwindi NP

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Overview

  • Duration:3 days 2 nights
  • Travelers:2 - 24 guests
  • Tour Type:Private tour
  • Language:English, French, German, Italian
This is a short trip organized only to visit the mountain gorillas found in the southwestern part of Uganda, Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park. You'll be staying in basic lodges with a private toilet and a private shower with hot running water. It is a perfect trip for last-minute travelers and also travelers on a tight budget seeking to combine a gorilla experience with a typical wildlife safari in East Africa.


Uganda
Start Entebbe (Day 1)
Day 1 Kampala (City)
Day 2 Bwindi Impenetrable NP (Gorillas)
Day 3 Kampala (City)
End Entebbe (Day 3)
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Highlights

  • This tour starts and ends in Entebbe
  • This operator can help select your international flights, but you'll have to book them yourself
  • Fly to/from Entebbe Airport (EBB - Check price)
  • A transfer from and back to the airport is included
  • Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour can be arranged for an extra cost

Includes/Excludes

  • Park fees
  • (For non-residents)
  • Gorilla permits
  • (One per person, non-resident)
  • All activities
  • (Unless labeled as optional)
  • All accommodation
  • (Unless listed as upgrade)
  • A professional driver/guide
  • All transportation
  • (Unless labeled as optional)
  • All Taxes/VAT
  • Roundtrip airport transfer
  • Meals
  • (As specified in the day-by-day section)
  • Drinks
  • (As specified in the day-by-day section)
  • International flights
  • (From/to home)
  • Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour
  • Tips
  • (Tipping guideline US$10.00 pp per day)
  • Personal items
  • (Souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees, etc.)
  • Government imposed increase of taxes and/or park fees

Cancellation policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

Itinerary

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Day 1 Pick Up from Kampala and Transfer to Bwindi Forest

Our guide will pick you up at your hotel after breakfast and then depart from EntebbeKampala by road and head southwest to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park. Have a stopover for some informative talk and a splendid photographic opportunity at the Equator. Then continue to Mbarara town for lunch. Travel through the rolling green hills of Banana and Tea plantations and head to the national park. Dinner and your overnight stay are at your accommodation choice.

Main Destination: Bwindi
Accommodation: Rushaga Gorilla Lodge
Mid-range lodge located just outside Rushaga (Bwindi Impenetrable NP)

Day 2 Gorilla Trekking Safari and Batwa Experience.

Early in the morning have breakfast. Then with your packed lunch, you will report to the park headquarters for a briefing from the park officials. You will trek through thick creepers and undergrowth with your guides to find the gorillas, which can take you half an hour to three-quarters of the day. The steeply forested landscape is incredibly dense but crisscrossed by numerous animal trails allowing access to tourists. 1 hour is allowed with the gorillas for photography and observation as they play, feed and groom. Dinner and your overnight stay are at where you spent the previous night.

Main Destination: Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas)
Accommodation: Rushaga Gorilla Lodge
  • Mid-range lodge located just outside Rushaga (Bwindi Impenetrable NP)
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • All drinks (Premium wines & liquors might be excluded)

Day 3 Transfer Back to Entebbe

After early morning breakfast, you will drive back to Kampala Entebbe International Airport for your flight out later in the evening. This day is reserved for evening flights through Entebbe International Airport or a post-night to be organized in either Kampala or Entebbe. If you request a post-night, please let us know in advance.
End of safari.

Main Destination:
Kampala (City)
Accommodation:
No accommodation (End of tour)
Meals & Drinks:
  • All meals included
  • All drinks (Premium wines & liquors might be excluded)

End of tour

Extra Services

Photography

Photography

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$22.00/package
Souvenir package

Souvenir package

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$30.00/package

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