Day 1:
Briefing on the safari by Gorilla Safaris Uganda Agent, transfer to Bwindi impenetrable Forest, southwestern Uganda
Meet and greet with our local guide over breakfast, and
then after drive heading to southwestern Uganda. En route, there is a
local community popular for making local drums and crafts and a fruit
market. Stopover, admire and buy yourself souvenirs. Proceed to the
Equator line taken as one beautiful scenery in Africa - the pathway of
the sun and take photographs.
Pass by mountains, tropical rain forest and bamboo forest during the nine hour journey.
Accommodation options available (all on full board basis)
Up-market: Gorilla Forest Camp
Moderate: Engagi Lodge
Budget Tourist: Buhoma Community Campground (self-contained cottages)
Day 2:
Gorilla trekking (Bwindi Impenetrable NP)
Today enjoy surely. After breakfast, proceed for the
morning briefing before enjoying the highlight of the trip- Gorilla
trekking, which may last the entire day. We trek through the rainforest
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 discomforts will be quickly forgotten. When sighted, visitors will
be guided to within 6 metres from the gorillas, 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 up to 8 hours. Expect to walk along 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 over
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 which are IUCN red data listed and 90% of all
Albertine rift endemics, species which are difficult or impossible to
see in any other part of East Africa.
Accommodation options available (all on full board basis)
Up-market: Gorilla Forest Camp
Moderate: Engagi Lodge
Budget Tourist: Buhoma Community Campground (self-contained cottages).
Day 3:
Return to Kampala
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 impressing long horn Ankole cattle. A
remarkable highlight of this journey is the Equator line and surely you
will cross it as we have a brief sop here. We will be in Kampala in the
evening before for your flight back home
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Please contact for tour price of this internary, on email:info@gorillasafaris-uganda.com or
Included
: all tour activities as indicated above, gorilla permits,
accommodation in hotels and lodges as indicated on programme, All meals
as indicated on detailed itinerary, sightseeing as noted in the trip
itinerary, park fees, entry fees, boat fees, Airport transfers, ground
transportation and support vehicles, additional guides/porters where
appropriate, 2 litres of bottles water per person in the vehicle, and at
Gorilla Forest Camp, you included is unlimited consumption of all
alcoholic and soft drinks; laundry services, a complimentary massage.
Excluded : Flight tickets and departure taxes, extra
gorilla permits ($600 each), 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,
-Items of a personal nature such as telephone calls, postage fees and so
on, Meals not indicated on your detailed itinerary.
OUR OTHER SAFARI TREVEL INTERESTING OPTIONS:
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