6 Days Bwindi Gorilla Trekking Safari: This is a thrilling Uganda Safari Tour that takes you to Uganda’s home of the endangered mountain gorillas , Bwindi National Park
Day 1: Pick up by the protea Hotel
Pick up at Entebbe: Upon your arrival at Entebbe International Airport, your will be welcomed by a professional driver from protea hotel and drives you to the lodge. Arrival and check in at the hotel. Have dinner and overnight stay at Protea Hotel
Day 2: Fly to Kihihi airstrip – 1:30 hour flight
Transfer to Bwindi: Wake up early and take your breakfast with delicious snacks served at the hotel. Then after, your driver at the hotel will drive you at Entebbe International Airport for your domestic flight to Bwindi impenetrable national park. Daily flights operated by Bar Aviation depart Entebbe airport to Kisoro airstrip at 07:05 hours and arrive in Kisoro airstrip at 08:30 hours
Upon arrival at Kisoro airstrip, you will meet up with our safari driver guide and transfer to your booked lodge (2hours drive). Arrive check in and have rest as you wait for the next day activity.
Day 2: Gorilla Trekking
On the 2nd day f your 6 Days Bwindi Gorilla Trekking Safari , Wake up have early morning breakfast served with donuts with packed lunch boxes. Your driver will pick you and transfers you to the park head quarter for a briefing about the dos and don’ts of gorilla trekking before heading out your incredible experience of gorilla trekking in green beautiful montane rain forest. After a short briefing you will be accompanied by the ranger and you’re free to ask him any question about mountain gorillas. The trek can take 2 to 8 hours depending on the location of gorillas. Once gorillas are found, you will be given one hour to watch them as they play around, feed their younger ones, learn their life style as well as enjoying your packed lunch boxes with memorable picture taking for your future remembrance. After hike back to the park headquarters meet your safari driver –drives you back to the lodge for refreshment, dinner and overnight stay.
Day 4: Transfer to Mgahinga National Park –Golden Monkey &Try a Traditional Bwindi Bar
Golden Monkeys: Wake up early and after breakfast, your driver guide will transfer you to Mgahinga Gorilla National Park for Golden monkey tracking. Arrival in at the park headquarters for briefing about the rules of golden monkey tracking. After the park ranger will lead you into forest in search of the golden monkey in their habitat. The experience can take about 5 hours and one hour to given to trackers to watch them as they jump from one bamboo tree to another as they play and eat trek back to the lodge for lunch.
Try Uganda’s Rolex Wrap: Later on you will go visit the Bwindi Bar where you will get excited about the traditional life style, try out their locally tasty food and drinks including the famous Ugandan Rolex wrap and the signature ‘Gorillini Cocktails’ among others. You will enjoy the activity filled with lots of memories. Dinner and overnight stay.
Accommodation Option; Mount Gahinga Lodge –Luxury Accommodation
Day 5: Gahinga Batwa Village and Visit to local community
Gahinga Batwa Village: Wake up early and take your breakfast .After you will be accompanied by the ranger guide from lodge to lead you to Gahinga Batwa village where you will get to know about their unique culture and listen to their interesting stories on how they used to survive by hunting small game ,gathering plants ,building their huts of leaves and branches and fruits and how they used to live with mountain gorillas in the forest .You will also visit the local community and get exposed to the amazing lifestyle of locals enjoy their traditional dance and songs ,learn how to prepare the traditional food and have tasty of food many more. Dinner and Overnight stay at the lodge above.
Day 6: Return back to Entebbe
Return to Kampala: Wake up, have breakfast, check out from the lodge and drive to Kisoro Airstrip for your flight back to Entebbe International Airport. Flights depart Kisoro airstrip 08:45 hours and arrive in Entebbe 11:25 hours and your driver guide from Protea hotel will be waiting for you to pick up and drives you to the hotel.
End of the 6 days Uganda Bwindi Gorilla Trekking Safaris.
Price of tour included;
Domestic return flight
Knowledgeable English speaking guide
Full board accommodation
4×4 WD safari van
Pick up and drop off
Bottle water on safari
Gorilla trekking permits
Price of tour excludes;
International Airport ticket and Visas
Personal expenses like crafts, drinks, tips, laundry service.
Extra meals and drinks
