DAY 1: TRANSFER TO BWINDI IMPENETRABLE NATIONAL PARK .
After your early morning breakfast, our tour guide will pick you up from your
hotel and start your journey to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.
You will have a stopover at the Equator Monument in Kayabwe where the earth is
divided into the northern and southern hemispheres.
At this very point, a water experiment is also carried out to furthermore explain
the geographical discovery of the Uganda Equator. While here, you may opt to
look into the shops selling African art and crafts. Later you will proceed to Igongo
Cultural Centre for an hour’s lunch break with a tour around Igongo Museum
which is armed with an illustrious history of the western cultures and the ancient
life of the Ankole kings. After this activity, you will continue on the drive to Bwindi
park arriving in the evening for check in, dinner and an overnight stay.
Midrange: Buhoma community haven lodge
Drive Time: 7 Hours / Meal Plan: Lunch & Dinner
DAY 2: GORILLA TREKKING BWINDI IMPENETRABLE NATIONAL PARK.
Have an early breakfast before setting off for your gorilla trekking adventure, with
your packed lunch you will drive to the park headquarters where briefing will take place about the code of conduct while in the forest.
You will later be grouped into 8 individuals with the other people that will trek the
same time and start the trek with the guidance of your ranger. This excursion will
take between 4 to 8 hours to encounter a habituated family of gorillas. When you
come face to face with the habituated family, you will be allowed to be with them
foe 1 hour as you watch them feed, play, jump from one tree branch to another
while you take memory pictures.
Besides seeing gorillas, you will have a chance to see different bird species,
butterflies, golden monkeys, during the trek. You will later have your picnic lunch
and then go back to the park head- quarters where you will be rewarded a
certificate for completing a Gorilla trek in Uganda-Bwindi and drive back to hotel
for relaxation. In the late afternoon you can opt for a guided community tour to
visit the Batwa people who live in the Bwindi Forest. The friendly Batwa will take
you through their background, their amazing cultural dances and songs then head back to the lodge to relax, dinner and overnight.
Day 3: Transfer back to Kampala After your morning breakfast you will check out of the hotel and embark on your
journey back to Kampala with a stop for lunch and different stops for sight-seeing.
You will arrive in Kampala to your booked accommodation or to the Airport to catch your flight.
Meal Plan: Breakfast, Lunch
Tour includes
-Accomodation with all meals,Gorilla permits
• Meals on En route
A full time professional English-speaking tour guide/ driver
• Bottled water while on safari
• On ground transportation on a 4X4 Safari car with fuel
• Park entrance fees
• All activities mentioned in the itinerary
Tour Exclusions,
• Tips
• Night fees spent in Kampala
• Personal expenses like crafts, drinks, cigars, souvenirs, Laundry services and any extra activities.
Please Note. It is advisable to carry strong hiking boots, long sleeved
shirts and trousers, warm clothes, water proof jackets, Garden gloves for
the trek, binoculars, masks, waterproof covers for phones and cameras,
for the gorilla trekking activity, yellow fever card and any other personal material you will need for the safari
Meeting point is at your booked accommodation in Kampala
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We believe that a safari has the power to change your life forever. Our safari experiences will leave you transformed, invigorated and fulfilled, something that we have been doing for the last 10 years.
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