Safari Overview
3 Days Bwindi gorilla safari is designed to visit Bwindi national park and be able to enjoy the unique primates through gorilla trekking adventure. This experience allows you to spend an hour following the gorilla family visited hence learning about their behaviors.
There will be optional activities like visiting Lake Bunyonyi with 29 islands, taking a community walk by the Batwa and more others. Have different stopovers with unique ones being at the Uganda equator.
Day by Day Program
Day 1. Journey to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Pick up and head to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, an important UNESCO heritage site with unique biodiversity. The journey takes about 7 hours with a stopover for lunch at a local restaurant in Mbarara city. Arrive and check in at the lodge for dinner and overnight stay.
Day 2. Gorilla trekking and Batwa village tour
Wake up excited to meet these beautiful creatures and have your breakfast. Pack enough drinking water since this activity involves trekking in highland areas. Head for briefing at the park offices and here meet fellow trekkers, learn about trekking rules and regulations, cross checking the gorilla permits and more.
The search will begin and this will be by the help of the park ranger guide and Porters. On finding the gorilla family, spend an hour learning about their behaviors and movements as they walk, play, search for food and maybe breastfeeding of they have babies.
This experience can last for not more that 6 hours in the forest. After lunch, you can have different options like taking a Batwa community walk, visiting Lake Bunyonyi or just relax at your lodge.
Day3. Transfer back to Kampala
Leave the lodge after breakfast and transfer back to Kampala with enroute stopover at the Uganda equator for lunch, photos and buying souvenirs. Be dropped at the airport or any agreed point for your next program.
