3 Days Gorilla Trekking Experience in Uganda

Overview

This 3 Days gorilla trekking safari in Uganda offers the simplest short-lived safaris in Uganda having the scenic drive to Bwindi Impenetrable park southwestern Uganda and trekking the gorillas

The Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is located in southwestern Uganda. The park is a component of the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest and is situated along with the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) border next to the Virunga National Park and on the sting of the Albertine Rift.

Gorilla Trekking in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

Gorilla tracking is the park’s main tourist attraction, and it generates much revenue for Uganda Wildlife Authority. Tourists wishing to track gorillas must first obtain a permit, and our company will obtain for you a tracking permit at no extra cost.

mountain gorilla

Selected gorilla families are habituated to human presence, and therefore the number of tourists is tightly controlled to stop risks to the gorillas and degradation of the habitat. Only 8 people can track a gaggle for a limited time of 1 hour. Therefore it’s essential to book your permit earlier, you can book two years prior.

“There are strict rules for tourists to reduce the chance of diseases passing from them to the gorillas”.

All about the 3 Days of Wonderful Experience in Uganda, Gorilla Trekking.

The 3 days gorilla safari in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is a short Uganda gorilla tour taking you 2 nights, 3 days. Your tour includes mountain gorilla trekking adventure in Bwindi, Batwa visit, en-route visit to the Equator crossing and meals, beautiful countryside views.

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is a magical gorilla highland set in the Southwest and accessing it takes 8-9 hours. Gazetted in 1991, Bwindi is housed half of all the 1063 mountain gorillas that the world boasts of today-the rare species which only thrive in Uganda, Rwanda, and D.R. Congo. The 3 days gorilla safari Bwindi will start and end in Kampala or Entebbe in Uganda.

Safari Highlights

Gorilla trekking
Nature walks
Cultural encounter
Birding

Detailed Itinerary

Day 1: Transfer to Bwindi Forest

Day one of the 3 days gorilla safari Bwindi begins with early breakfast and then drive to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda. A leisurely lunch is served to you at Igongo Cultural Center after a photography experience at Equator crossing. Drive straight afterward to check into the lodge you booked around Bwindi National Park for relaxation and a night stay.

Accommodation

Luxury: Buhoma Lodge, Gorilla Forest Camp

Midrange: Silverback Lodge, Engagi Lodge in Bwindi

Budget/Basic: Ruhija Community Rest Camp

Day 2: Gorilla trekking Tour

An early morning breakfast, after, report to Bwindi headquarters at Buhoma sector to the North. You will be orientated about gorilla trekking regulations, assigned a gorilla family and the actual trek begins from 8:00 am. Trek through the dense rainforest, search for mountain gorillas with butterflies, other mammals, birds while on the way.

Today’s experience will last 2-6 hours and after you have met a gorilla group, the park official will let you spend 1 hour with gorillas while maintaining a distance of about 10m. Retreat after observing mountain gorillas in the misty forest of Bwindi have lunch. Later, go learn, interact with the Batwa pygmies who are said to have spent 500,000 years, and explore different cultures, traditions, and lifestyles.

Accommodation

Luxury: Buhoma Lodge, Nkuringo Bwindi Gorilla

Midrange: Silverback Lodge, Engagi Lodge in Bwindi

Budget/Basic: Ruhija Community Rest Camp

Day 3: Departure

Check out of the lodge you slept in for the past 2 nights that is after breakfast and then drive back to Kampala via Mbarara, Masaka. This will mark the end of 3 days gorilla safari at Bwindi National Park in Southwestern Uganda.