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3 Day Gorilla Trekking Safari
Safari overview
Experience an unforgettable 3-day gorilla trekking safari in Uganda, featuring guided hikes through lush rainforests, close encounters with majestic mountain gorillas, and immersive wildlife adventures in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. So Plan your perfect 3-day gorilla trekking safari with expert guides, scenic landscapes, and once-in-a-lifetime encounters with mountain gorillas in Uganda’s Bwindi Forest.
This 3-day gorilla trekking safari starts from Kigali and takes you across the Katuna border into Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable National Park for a once-in-a-lifetime mountain gorilla experience. Then relax from Lake Bunyonyi on a boat ride.
Detailed itinerary
After an early breakfast at your hotel in Kigali (around 6:00 AM), your safari guide will meet you and drive you to the Katuna border, approximately 2.5 hours from Kigali. You will complete exit formalities from Rwanda and entry into Uganda using your East Africa Tourist Visa. From the border, continue driving for about 2 hours through winding hills and tea plantations to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.
You will arrive at your lodge in the early afternoon, check in, and enjoy lunch. In the late afternoon, attend a mandatory pre-gorilla trekking briefing at the lodge or park headquarters, where you will be assigned a gorilla family and given important safety rules. Dinner and overnight at your lodge in Bwindi.
Hotel: Ichumbi Gorilla Lodge
Meal Plan: Half Board
Wake up very early at 5:30 AM for a light breakfast, then report to Bwindi park headquarters by 7:00 AM with your gorilla permit, sturdy boots, rain jacket, and packed snacks. After a brief orientation from Uganda Wildlife Authority rangers, you will begin gorilla tracking at 8:00 AM. The trek can take 2 to 6 hours (or longer) through steep, thick, and muddy forest.
Once you locate a habituated mountain gorilla family, you will spend one unforgettable hour observing the silverback, mothers, babies, and juveniles as they eat, play, and rest. After the trek, transfer 1.5 to 2 hours to Lake Bunyonyi, a stunning crater lake with terraced hills and 29 islands. Check into your lakeside lodge, enjoy dinner, and overnight at Lake Bunyonyi.
Lodge: Keije Resort Bunyonyi
Meal Plan: Full Board
After breakfast at your lodge (around 7:30 AM), you have free time to enjoy the beauty of Lake Bunyonyi. You will take a boat trip to visit Punishment Island or Bwama Island or simply relax by the water and enjoy birdwatching. Swimming is safe here as there are no hippos or crocodiles. By 10:00 AM, check out of your lodge and begin your drive back to Kigali via the Katuna border.
The drive takes approximately 4 to 5 hours, including border formalities (exit Uganda, re-enter Rwanda). You will stop for lunch along the way. Arrive at Kigali International Airport by 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM, in time for your departure flight. End of safari.
Meal Plan: Half Board
Price Includes:
- 4*4 pop up roof tourist vehicle for 3 days
- Pick up and drop off at the airport, lodge or apartment
- Fuel for 3 days
- Park entrance
- Boat cruise to the Lake Bunyonyi
- Bottled water in the safari vehicle
- Full board accommodation for 2 nights
- Service of an English-speaking driver-guide for 3 days
- En route lunch meals
- All mentioned activities except for the optional ones
- Gorilla tracking permits
Price Excludes:
- Extras at the accommodation, i.e., drinks, telephone, laundry, etc.
- Tips to porters and driver/ guide
- Insurance
- Alocoholic drinks
- Telephone and internet charges
- Visas
- Domestic and international flights
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