This 4 day safari not only gives you an exceptional experience with the gentle giants the Mountain Gorilla but also avails you an opportunity to interact with the Batwa Pygmies. You get to learn their ways of life and culture.
Day 1: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Day 2: Gorilla tracking
Day 3: The Batwa cultural experience
Day 4: Transfer back to Kampala
Kampala
3 Hours Before Flight Time
After an early breakfast, you will be picked from your Hotel by one of our experienced Tour driver/ guides, who will transfer you to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. You will make a stopover at the equator. While here you will stand in both the southern and Northern hemispheres at the same time. After taking Photographs continue to Bwindi with a lunch break in Mbarara.
Dinner and overnight at;
Luxury: Mahogany Springs Lodge
Mid – range: Bakiga lodge
Budget: Buhoma Community Rest Camp
Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch and Dinner
Have an early morning breakfast, and after proceed to the park headquarters to have a briefing about the dos and don’ts about Gorilla trekking. The rangers will then accompany you to the rainforest to start your search for the gentle giants. This walk can sometimes be tough but when you encounter the gentle giants it will be a memorable and a rewarding experience.
Trekkers are always advised to carry their rain coats and boots because the weather there is always unpredictable. There are also some potters who always help with the carrying of the luggage on behalf of the visitors but at a small cost. On sighting the gorillas, the rangers will guide you on how to handle them, especially by giving them a 6 meter distance as you enjoy them play around. It’s always not easy to predict how long gorilla tracking will take and this also depends on the location of some families since some of them are far from the park headquarters.
However, it always takes 2 to 8 hours to come into contact with them and the rangers will always be there to guide you. Trackers are also advisable to be physically fit before going for tracking..
Dinner and overnight at;
Luxury: Mahogany Springs Lodge
Mid – range: Bakiga lodge
Budget: Buhoma Community Rest Camp
Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch and Dinner
You will get a chance to interact with the Batwa pygmies. You will go through their lifestyles and skills which includes their life in the forest, hunting, excursion, making fire by friction, cultural music dance and drama, their current lifestyle and their true history at large
Dinner and overnight at;
Luxury: Mahogany Springs Lodge
Mid – range: Bakiga lodge
Budget: Buhoma Community Rest Camp
Meal plan: Breakfast, lunch and Dinner
Transfer back to Kampala
