


Uganda

Guided, Small Group

Budget, Luxury, Mid Range
Head to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, which covers an area of 321 sq km and is among the oldest forests lasting, 25,000 years old, for some memorable gorilla trekking. You will be able to trek one of the 12 habituated mountain gorilla groups. The trek takes 2 to 8 hours as you hike through rolling hills and lush vegetation. Besides the gorillas, you will also have an opportunity to see other primates such as the red-tailed monkeys, chimpanzees, baboons, black and white colobus monkeys among others. This forest is also home to 120 mammals, 51 reptiles, 310 butterfly species, 27 species of frogs, geckos, chameleons, 163 tree species, 104 fern species, 1000 flowering plants, as well as over 350 species of birds such as hornbills and turacos.
Budget Safari
From USD 1,680 for 1 person
From USD 1,321 based on 2 travelling
From USD 1,220 based on 3 travelling
From USD 1,130 based on 4 travelling
From USD 1,105 based on 5 travelling
Moderate Safari
From USD 1,794 for 1 person
From USD 1,379 based on 2 travelling
From USD 1,266 based on 3 travelling
From USD 1,180 based on 4 travelling
From USD 1,153 based on 5 travelling
Luxury Safari
From USD 2, 180 for 1 person
From USD 1,670 based on 2 travelling
From USD 1,604 based on 3 travelling
From USD 1,480 based on 4 travelling
From USD 1,473 based on 5 travelling
You will be picked up by our guide from the airport/your hotel in Entebbe/Kampala/Kigali after an early morning breakfast at 07:00hrs. You will be briefed about the whole safari before you travel to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, which is found in the southwestern part of Uganda. Along the way there is a local drum and craft making community so you will have a visit here.
Also stopover at the Equator to take photos and feel free to buy some crafts and souvenirs as you head to Mbarara town where you will have your lunch. Then proceed to Bwindi whereby you will arrive in the late afternoon. Check in at your lodge, relax in the evening and enjoy dinner.
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After an early morning breakfast, drive to the park headquarters where you will be briefed by the park rangers about what to do and not to do while in the park. You will be divided into groups of eight. Afterwards start off gorilla trekking, searching for these gentle giants as directed by the rangers.
This activity can take 2 hours or even up to 8 hours since its dependent on the location and movement of the gorillas. Also expect to walk long distances in muddy and steep conditions – this will require you to have a walking stick. On meeting the gorillas you will spend one hour with them as you take photos. This is a memorable and amazing experience, watching them feed, play around and go about their day to day activities.
Later, return back to the lodge and in the evening you may choose to relax at the lodge or visit the Batwa community which will expose you to their culture showing you how they live, dance, and hearing stories concerning their culture which will leave you amazed. Have dinner and overnight.
Accommodation Options
Have an early breakfast, then check-out leaving the ‘Switzerland of Uganda’ behind as you start your journey back to Kampala, passing through rolling hills with terraces and with great views of the lush vegetation of the different areas you go through. Have lunch in Mbarara and another stop will be at Mbambire drum makers point. Afterwards continue to Kampala, arriving late afternoon. The guide will drop you off to the hotel or at the airport to catch your flight back home.
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