5 Days Uganda Bwindi gorilla tour Experience

Day 1: Entebbe/Kampala to Bwindi impenetrable National Park (Approx 8-9 hours drive)

Your safari will start this morning, you will meet your Wilder Uganda Guide for your gorilla trip, you will start the long but enjoyable drive to Bwindi impenetrable National Park, you will have stopovers on the way for Photography of the scenic places and Later Lunch. You will proceed to check in Late evening at your customized hotel choice.

Overnight: Ichumbi gorilla lodge Bwindi (FB)

Day 2: Gorilla trekking in Bwindi forest

Today, you proceed to the Park headQuarters for Briefing about the gorilla experience. You will meet the park Wardens, Park guides, Porters and Rangers who will brief you on guidelines to follow while on the trek, then will then lead you into the forest to find the amazing mountain gorillas. Once you meet them, you will spend one hour with them, take photography, Learn about them, and  Later trek back to the starting Point, enjoy your packed Lunch and , you will then be awarded a certificate for successful gorilla trek as appreciation for supporting the conservation of Mountain gorillas in Bwindi impenetrable National Park. You will later return to the Hotel

Overnight: Ichumbi gorilla Lodge Bwindi (FB)

 Day 3: Community and cultural experience in Bwindi

Today will be a slow down day to relax but still experience the communities in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. Wilder Africa is fully engaged in sustainable tourism to bing positive impacts to tourism communities in Uganda, you will take a tour in a community close to your hotel in Bwindi, to engage, Learn and appreciate the cultural difference. You will visit a school, Local women groups, craft centers where you can support the communities.

Overnight: Ichumbi gorilla lodge Bwindi(FB)

Day 4: Gorilla Habituation experience

Today after an early morning breakfast, you will head out for briefing at the park offices. While there, you will join other tourists and be informed about what to expect during the gorilla habituation experience. After the briefing, you will start trekking into the forest accompanied by Rangers, Trackers and Researcher. Unlike standard gorilla tracking where visitors are allowed only one hour with the gorillas, with the habituation experience, you will be with the primates for four hours. As you track the gorillas, you will encounter several forest creatures including birds, butterflies, smaller primates and insects. Listen and observe what the researchers are doing. You may be asked to participate in making gorilla calls, gathering samples or naming group members. After spending your four hours with the gorillas, you will go back to the lodge for rest and relaxation.

Overnight will be at Ichumbi Gorilla Lodge(FB)

Day 5: Bwindi to Entebbe/Kampala

Today will be the last day of your Uganda gorilla tour in Bwindi, you will bid farewell to the hotel and drive back to Kampala to end the trip. You will stop on the way to relax and stretch with enroute Lunch. You will be driven back to your hotel or Airport to end the trip. Kindly check out our previous client reviews about this trip on TripAdvisor and TrustPilot

Possible Safari extension

-You can add golden monkey trekking in Mgahinga National Park

-Continue to Queen Elizabeth National Park, Kibale National Park Murchison falls for an adventurous safari,

-You can extend the trip to Jinja, for White Water rafting

-Stay a night in Entebbe/Kampala in connection to the safari if needed for your flight schedule

– you can add Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zanzibar, Kenya coast

Package Includes

Uganda gorilla permit of USD800 per person per trek

Gorilla Habituation of USD1500 Per person

All park entrance fees.

Accommodation and meals as per the itinerary.

Drinking water in your Vehicle

Services of English-speaking experienced driver/guide

Transport in a 4×4 safari land cruiser

Exclusive use of safari vehicle throughout the trip

All government taxes and levies

Safari accessories (First Aid kit, cooler box, and fire extinguisher) Emergency number 24 hours.