Activities
- Visit to the drum making village & Equator line
- Gorilla tracking
- Batwa community visit
- Stop over at Igongo cultural center & Historical eclipse monument.
Tour Highlights
Day 1: Travel to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Day 2: Gorilla trekking-Bwindi Impenetrable forest
Day 3: Travel back to Kampala
Detailed Itinerary
Day 1: Travel to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
You will be picked by one of our respective/guide from Entebbe/Kampala after an early morning breakfast and embark on your journey to Bwindi Impenetrable. You will be quickly briefed about the entire safari to the park located in the southwestern Uganda. We shall have a visit to the Royal drum making village to meet and interact with the drum makers. Then a stopover at the Equator line for photography and refreshments. We shall thereafter head to Mbarara town for lunch and later proceed to Bwindi and we will reach late in the afternoon. Check in at the lodge, relax and after dinner shall be served.
Meals:
Breakfast/Lunch/ Dinner
Accommodation Options:
Buhoma lodge (Luxury)
Nkuringo Gorilla camp (Mid-range)
Nshongi camp (Budget)
Day 2: Gorilla trekking-Bwindi Impenetrable forest
Early breakfast in the morning, after drive to the park headquarters for briefing by the Park rangers about the do’s and don’ts in the park, also will be divided into groups of 8 individuals. After this continue and start off the trekking the one of the most endangered animal species as guided by the rangers. You will spend about 1 hour with them, taking photos, watching them feed, play around and also do their day to day activities. But depending on the location and the movement of the gorillas, this activity may take about 2 hours or even 8 hours, also expect to walk longer distances with walking sticks due to the muddy and steep landscape. Later, return to the lodge for lunch and a power nap and in the evening you may decide to visit the Batwa community (native culture in the forest) where you will get exposed to their culture & norms; dance, lifestyle, storytelling and more which is very amazing and unique. Return to the lodge for dinner and overnight.
Meals:
Breakfast/Lunch/dinner
Accommodation Options
Buhoma lodge (Luxury)
Nkuringo Gorilla camp (Mid-range)
Nshongi camp (Budget)
Day 3: Travel back to Kampala
Have an early breakfast, check-out of the lodge and embark on our journey back to Kampala. Lunch shall be in Mbarara town. A stop over at Igongo cultural center to visit the historical eclipse monument, continue to Kampala and you will be dropped off to your hotel to catch your flight back home.
END OF OUR SAFARI TRIP
