4-DAY BWINDI GORILLA SAFARI
To enquire about rates, availability or to make a booking for this safari , please email us at tours@tourseastafrica.com +44790.863.9450.
This is a 4 days condensed Uganda gorilla safari to Bwindi Forest to meet the gorillas in their natural habitat in the impenetrable forest of Bwindi. The mountain gorillas are an endangered species and Bwindi is privileged to host half of the world’s mountain gorilla surviving population. Arrive at Entebbe airport and instead of the gruelling 10 hrs drive from Entebbe to Bwindi, fly in from Entebbe to Kihihi from where you will be met and transferred to your accommodation in Buhoma or Bwindi. Over the next few days on this gorilla safari tour, you will get a rare chance to trek the gorillas, see monkeys, birds, other wildlife as well as interacting with the locals.
Safari highlights Include:
- Gorilla Tracking in Bwindi Uganda
- Forest Walks in Bwindi
- Visit to a local community in Buhoma or Bwindi.
- Birding
- Possible safari extension to Rwanda
SAFARI ITINERARY
Day 1
On arrival to Entebbe airport you will be met by one of our airport representatives who will assist you transfer and check in for your 2hrs domestic flight to Kihihi airfield. On arrival to Kihihi you will be met by one of our professional driver guide who will drive for about 2 hrs with you to your accommodation in Bwindi or Buhoma. The driver guide will brief you about your safari and assist you check into your lodge for overnight.
O/N Bwindi Lodge OR Buhoma Community Rest Camp
Day 2
After a very early breakfast you will transfer to park headquarters of your gorilla sector for pre-gorilla trek briefing. You will be allocated to gorilla families in groups of 8 persons, after which your driver guide will transfer you to the gorilla trekking trailheads at the base of the forest. You will then set off with your allocated range guides who will trek with you through the steep, muddy, densely forested bamboo before you finally meet the gorillas. You will get to spend 1 hr with the gorillas, photographing them, taking videos, observing them playing, feeding and going on about their daily lives. After the 1hr, you will quietly walk away and descend the steep mountain slopes back to forest base where you will meet with your driver guide who will transfer you back to your lodge.
O/N Bwindi Lodge OR Buhoma Community Rest Camp
Day 3
Today you spend another day in Bwindi and get an opportunity to choose from a number of optional activities including going for a 2nd gorilla trek on payment of an additional gorilla permit (US$600). Alternatively, you may visit a local village, local school or a local family and learn about Uganda local village life to discover the traditions, cultures and history of the Batwa pygmies. Alternatively, you make a guided walk in Bwindi forest or take a tour of a local tea processing factory to get a from plantation to cup tea drinking experience
O/N Bwindi Lodge OR Buhoma Community Rest Camp.
Day 4
For a short gorilla safari to Bwindi, it was always going to be a brief stay before we say goodbye to Bwindi and head onto your next safari destination. Your driver guide will transfer you from your Bwindi lodge for the 2 hrs drive to Kihihi airstrip for your departure domestic flight either in the morning or afternoon back to Entebbe where you will connect with your onward flight or met by our driver guide for a short 4 days safari extension to Murchison Falls National Park for game safari game drives.
Approximate Travel Times: Flying 1 hour; Driving 2 hours
Please book departure international flights scheduled for after 8pm
To enquire about rates, availability or to make a booking for this safari , please email us at tours@tourseastafrica.com +44790.863.9450.