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Affordable, Quality Uganda 3-day gorilla tracking tour: trekking to gorilla families of Bwindi’s mountain gorillas

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This 3-day Uganda gorilla tour takes you gorilla trekking to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, with another opportunity to see over 10 other primates, including chimpanzees, black and white colobus, red-tailed monkeys, etc. Bwindi Impenetrable NP is a natural world heritage site. Hikers will love it, with the gorilla excursion as a high point of your safari! The gorilla excursion can take from 2 to 8 hours.

Itinerary for Uganda 4-day gorilla tracking tour in Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

Day 1: Briefing on the safari, transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, southwestern Uganda, for your gorilla trek.

Meet and greet with the local guide in Kampala/Entebbe/Kigali at 07:00 before starting on your drive heading to southwestern Uganda. En route, there is a local community popular for making local drums and crafts and a fruit market. Stop over, admire, and buy yourself souvenirs. Proceed to the Equator line, taken as one beautiful scene in Africa—the pathway of the sun—and take photographs.

Pass by mountains, tropical rainforests, and bamboo forests during the nine-hour journey.

Accommodation options available (all on a full-board basis)

Day 2: Gorilla trekking (Bwindi Impenetrable NP); Tracking the Mountain Gorillas

Today, enjoy gorilla tracking in Bwindi. After breakfast, proceed for the morning briefing before enjoying the highlight of the trip—gorilla trekking, which may last the entire day. We track the gorillas through the rain. Affordable, Quality Uganda 3 days Gorilla tracking tour: Trekking families of Bwindi’s mountain gorillas, forest, and bamboo-covered slopes, accompanied by a guide and trackers, in search of a mountain gorilla family. The walking can sometimes be tough and long, but when you catch a glimpse of the magnificent silverback, any discomfort will be quickly forgotten. When the gorillas are sighted, visitors will be guided to within 6 meters of the gorillas and sit around them for a whole hour while gazing into their big, round eyes.

Gorilla trekking is unpredictable. It’s difficult to foresee how many hours you will hike. The gorilla excursion can take from 2 to 8 hours. Expect to walk a long distance in steep and muddy conditions, sometimes with rain overhead, before you encounter any gorillas. A good physical condition is recommended. For conservation purposes, time spent with the gorillas is limited to one hour. A ranger will brief you on how to behave with the gorillas.

While most of today’s forests are no more than 12,000 years old, Bwindi’s vegetation has been weaving itself into tangles for at least 25,000 years, in the process accumulating a lengthy species list. This includes 310 species of butterfly, 51 reptiles, 200 trees, 88 moths, and an exceptional 120 types of mammal, including 10 primates. The latter includes chimpanzee, L’Hoest’s, red-tailed and blue monkey, black and white colobus, baboon, and Bwindi’s most famous resident, the mountain gorilla. Bwindi is a prime destination for birdwatchers. Its 350 species include seven that are IUCN Red Data listed, and 90% of all Albertine rift Affordable, Quality Uganda 3-day gorilla tracking tour: Trekking families of Bwindi’s mountain gorillas, endemic species that are difficult or impossible to see in any other part of East Africa.

Accommodation options available (all on a full-board basis)

Day 3: Depart from the Gorilla Tracking Park and drive to Kampala/Kigali/Entebbe (Flights back can be arranged as well)

Early breakfast before embarking on our return to Kampala, driving down the grassed and terraced escarpments of southwestern Uganda while taking in the breathtaking sights of the hills of the region dubbed ‘the little Switzerland of Africa.’ This area is a highly fertile, mountainous region with steep-sided hills covered from top to bottom in neatly terraced cultivated rows. Not to miss as we traverse Mbarara are the impressive longhorn Ankole cattle. A remarkable highlight of this journey is the equator line, and surely you will cross it as we have a brief stop here. We will be in Kampala in the evening before for your flight back home

Included: accommodation for the 2 nights of your gorilla tour as indicated on the program, all meals (except breakfast on Day 1), 1 gorilla permit per person, sightseeing as noted in the trip itinerary, park fees, entry fees, ground transportation by a private 4WD vehicle with the services of a good English-speaking tour guide, and additional guides where appropriate.

Excluded: Flight tickets and departure taxes, travel documentation (visas),  travel and medical insurance, optional excursions, excess baggage charges, tips and gratuities for your guides and accommodation staff, Laundry, beverages other than mineral water in the vehicle and at meal times with meals, and items of a personal nature, such as telephone calls, postage fees, and so on.