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18/03/2024

2 Days Murchison Falls Short Wildlife Safari Tour in Uganda

Enjoy the 2 Day Wildlife Safari Visit to Murchison Falls National Park which is among the best Destination for Game Drives and Boat cruise while on a Uganda Safari, Book a Wildlife Adventure today!

Day 1: Transfer to Murchison Falls

Pick up from Entebbe or Kampala early morning head off for Murchison falls national park. , drive to reach the park in time, upon arrival in the park; you will go to the top of the falls from which the park was named. “top of the falls” you will see where the Nile perfects its beauty. As the calm Nile transforms into a thunderous roar of white water falling deep down about 45m. After, you will go for an evening launch cruise on the great Victoria Nile to the Bottom of the falls.

The boat ride will reward you with water game like hippos, crocodiles, elephants and plenty of birds dashing and walking along the banks.

Accommodation options available (all on full board basis)

Up-market: Paraa Safari Lodge or Nile Safari Lodge / Chobe safari lodge

Moderate: Sambiya River Lodge / Fort Murchison Lodge / Murchison River Lodge/ Pakuba Lodge

Low Budget: Red Chilli Rest Camp / Budongo eco lodge , Yebo Safari Camp & Lodge
*Meal Plan: Lunch & Dinner

Day 2: Game Drive /Return to Kampala.
Depart for an early morning game drive to search for predators and early risers. The drive will reward you with game like hyenas, giraffes, Lions, birds, Hartebeests, buffalos, elephants,. After the game drive, you will return to the lodge for late breakfast and lunch. After drive back to Kampala / airport for your departure flight to reach in the late afternoon.

*Meal Plan: Breakfast & Lunch

Tour inclusions

Transport - tour vehicle, drive, fuel
Full board accommodation for 1 night
All meals
Bottled water
Access fees
Guide fees
Activities - 1 game drive, boat trip, top of the falls

Exclusions

Gratitude and tipping
Alcoholic drinks
Travel insurance
Curion shop purchases
Phone bill and other personal expenditure.

18/03/2024

3 Days Uganda Gorilla Habituation Experience Tour 🦍

The aim of this Uganda gorilla habituation experience tour is that you spend more time with the mountain gorillas than the usual in the shortest time possible. The gorilla habituation experience permit will allow you to have 4-hours with the mountain gorillas in Bwindi (more than the standard 1 hour) without spending more nights/days on the gorilla trek tour. This is the ideal safari to Africa for travelers who would love a deeper-than-ordinary experience with the rare mountain gorillas.

The tour can start on any day (so long as there are gorilla permits available/ booked for you). We normally start from your hotel in Kampala or Entebbe but can also start/end from Kigali if requested. The standard for this gorilla habituation tour is to drive to/from Bwindi but we can as well book flights for you if you don't like the long drives.

Overview
Uganda (Bwindi) Gorilla Habituation Experience Tour - 3 Days

Day 1: Start the 3 Days Uganda gorilla habituation experience tour from your hotel in Entebbe or Kampala (or Kigali on request) and drive to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (daily flights also available from Entebbe Airport)
Day 2: Mountain Habituation Experience (4 hours with the mountain gorillas)
Day 3: End the gorilla habituation experience tour with a return drive to Entebbe (flights from Kisoro to Entebbe also available)

Detailed Tour Program for the 3 Days Bwindi Uganda Gorilla Habituation Experience
Day 1: Meet in Entebbe or Kampala (at your hotel), Drive to Bwindi National Park ( daily flights available)

We start the Uganda gorilla habituation experience from your hotel in Kampala or Entebbe at 7 Am. We can also arrange for the tour guide to pick you up from Kigali to start the tour if you prefer so. Most of today is spent driving and enjoying the beautiful landscapes along the way to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, the home of the mountain gorillas in Uganda.

En route, you should be meeting several local communities going on with their farming on extensive coffee and banana plantations, others making African drums, and others raring their livestock.

We shall also be having a stopover at the Equator crossing point if you are starting the tour from Kampala/ Entebbe. It is one sight considered by many a top beautiful scenery in Africa - the pathway of the sun!

As we go along, we shall be traversing mountains, tropical rainforests, and bamboo forests during the 8-hour journey.
Accommodation options

Upper Luxury: Clouds Mountain Gorilla Lodge | Mt.Gahinga Lodge

Luxury: Nkuringo Bwindi Gorilla Lodge | Chameleon Hill Lodge or Gorilla Safari Lodge

Moderate: Ichumbi Gorilla Lodge | Lake Mulehe Gorilla Lodge

Low Budget: Rushaga Gorilla Haven

Meals included: Breakfast, lunch, and dinner
Day 2: Mountain Gorilla Habituation Experience in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest

We have an early morning entry into the mountain gorilla’s sanctuary. Our intimate gorilla habituation experience allows you to accompany the Uganda Wildlife Authority’s Bwindi gorilla habituation team for the entire day, allowing you to have a minimum of 4 hours in the presence of a mountain gorilla family.

Since regular permits only allow 1 hour, this is 4 times the amount of time spent up close with gorillas – more than any other safari operator! During this time you will be able to experience the gorilla family as they wake up, hunt, patrol, play, fight, copulate and breastfeed until they build their nests at bedtime.

The thrill of spending time with and observing these gentle giants is a rare and moving adventure that will leave you with long-lasting memories. Spending more time with them than the norm means you are assured of the best possible experience, with 4 full hours for better photography, researcher access for more questions, and enough time to experience more intimate and unusual behaviors. The gorillas are shy and peaceful animals and it is an unforgettable experience to watch and photograph them as they interact with each other.

The walking can sometimes be tough and long, but when you catch a glimpse of the magnificent silverback, any discomforts will be quickly forgotten. Once the gorillas are sighted, you will be guided to within 6 meters of the gorillas, and be able to sit all around them while gazing into their big round eyes as the researchers note health, behavior, and other characteristics.

A gorilla habituation process takes a period of 2-3 years and it involves an advance team from the Uganda Wildlife Authority making frequent visits to the gorilla family. Upon establishing that the group is used and welcoming to tourists, the gorilla family becomes ready for tourists’ visits.

With the gorilla habituation experience, you move with researchers to experience how mountain gorillas are habituated. The price for mountain gorilla habituation experience is now at USD1500.00 and one can stay for up to four hours.

A maximum of only 4 visitors per day is being allowed to visit the gorilla habituation experience, compared to the 8 visitors on a normal Trek. One thing is certain, the Gorilla Habituation Experience is a one-of-a-kind, exclusive activity in which only a select few can participate. It is a learning experience, you learn from the researchers, trackers, rangers, conservationists, who are all part of the Habituation Process.

Overnight accommodation

Upper Luxury: Clouds Mountain Gorilla Lodge | Mt.Gahinga Lodge

Luxury: Nkuringo Bwindi Gorilla Lodge | Chameleon Hill Lodge or Gorilla Safari Lodge

Moderate: Ichumbi Gorilla Lodge | Lake Mulehe Gorilla Lodge

Low Budget: Rushaga Gorilla Haven
Day 3: End the Uganda Gorilla Habituation Experience Tour with a return drive to Entebbe

Early breakfast before embarking on our return to Entebbe, 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’.

Not to miss as we traverse Mbarara are the impressing longhorn Ankole cattle. A remarkable highlight of this journey is the Equator line and surely you will cross it as we have a brief stop here. We will be in Entebbe in the evening before your flight back home.

Included in the 3 Days Uganda Gorilla Habituation Experience in Bwindi Tour Cost

Our exclusive 4 hours gorilla habituation experience ($1500 per person) in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Accommodation with meals indicated on 3 days gorilla habituation tour program
Bottled drinking water on the vehicle
Services of a good experienced English-speaking tour guide/driver
Transport on tour as well as hotel transfers in safari land cruisers

Excluded in the Tour Cost for the Gorilla Habituation Experience in Bwindi Tour

Tips for drivers and other staff
Flight tickets and departure taxes
Travel documentation (visas)
Travel and medical insurance
Optional excursion
Beverages other than mineral water in the vehicle

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15/03/2024

Uganda Primates Habituation & Lions Tracking Safari – 8 Days

Overview
This Uganda Primates Habituation & Lions Tracking Safari is an 8 day thrilling package in which you take part in the habituation exercises of Mountain Gorillas and Chimpanzees to make them get used to the presence of human beings around them and to track Lions and Mongooses to learn experientially about their group dynamics, behaviours and lifestyles.

Taking part in the habituation of Mountain Gorillas and Chimpanzees is an experience to leave you with memories of a lifetime while tracking the Lions and Mongooses will enable you to gain insights into the habits, group dynamics, composition and behaviours of these cats and to understand the wildlife ecology that facilitates conservation of their habitats.

Safari Highlights

The opportunity to accompany the researchers through areas of the park normally off-limits to tourists
Spending 4 hours with a family of semi-habituated Mountain Gorillas and another 4 hours with a family of Golden monkeys and enjoying the thrilling moments of watching them as they respond to the simulation of researchers in the process of making them get used to the presence of humans.
Gaining insights into the habits, behaviour, security consciousness and survival mechanisms of these highly social creatures that have a lot in common with human beings
An opportunity to film and capture perfect photo shots of the habituation exercise
Getting the additional bonus of viewing several other wildlife in the parks visited for habituation and tracking experience
You can also make a valuable contribution to longstanding research projects as the data collected is used by the researchers to improve the tourism industry.

Activity Schedule

Day 1: Travel to Kibale National Park, guided primates walk in Bigodi Swamp
Day 2: Chimpanzee habituation experience in Kibale Forest
Day 3: Travel to Queen Elizabeth National Park & viewing the Rwenzoris and Crater lakes
Day 4: Lion tracking experience in the Kasenyi sector of Queen Elizabeth National Park
Day 5: Tracking Lions in the Ishasha sector and travel to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park
Day 6: Gorilla habituation experience in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest
Day 7: Golden monkey habituation exercise in Mgahinga Gorilla National Park
Day 8: Return to Kampala & Departure
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Safari Itinerary.

Day 1: Travel to Kibale National Park, guided primates walk in Bigodi Swamp.

Begin the Uganda Primates Habituation & Lions Tracking Safari with an early breakfast and travel to Kibale Forest National Park in western Uganda. You will be driven through a beautiful countryside of rolling hills and plains dotted with homesteads, gardens and plantations of Bananas and tea. This is a 5-6 hour Uganda Primates Experiential Safari journey with lunch en route and you will get to the Park in the early afternoon hours. You will check in at the lodge of your booking for a short rest after which you will visit a nearby forest swamp to see primates like black and white colobus monkeys, L’Hoest monkeys, grey-cheeked mangabey, red tailed monkeys, bush babies, pottos and other forest animals.

Expect to see a variety of birds like the yellow spotted nicator, rumped tinker bird, little greenbul, green-breasted pitta, the crowned eagle, black bee-eater and the rare great blue turaco.

At the eastern edge of the Kibale forest is Bigodi Wetland Sanctuary which is maintained by the local community.

Day 2: Chimpanzee Habituation Experience

Chimpanzee Habituation Experience

Today you will accompany researchers on a chimpanzee habituation exercise. You will get to the forest early enough to watch the chimps as they leave their overnight nests between 6:00 – 6:30 am and follow them throughout the day as they hunt for food, feed, copulate, breastfeed, rest, patrol and play until it is time to build new nests around 7 pm.

Unlike a normal chimpanzee trek, the unrushed nature of the habituation trek allows for a far more relaxed study of the exciting life of the chimpanzees; enables you to gain an insight into their behaviour and to appreciate the challenges of the researchers in getting these elusive apes get used to the presence of humans without changing their natural behaviours.

The exercise ends as the chimpanzees climb into their newly built nests to sleep. This part of the Uganda Primates Habituation & Lions Tracking Safari is an experience never to leave you the same!

Day 3: Travel to Queen Elizabeth National Park & Viewing the Rwenzoris and Crater Lakes

Safari in Queen Elizabeth & Kidepo National Parks

After breakfast, we will transfer to Queen Elizabeth National Park with stopovers for sightseeing and lunch. You will enjoy viewing the Rwenzori Mountain ranges that imposingly occupy the horizons, view crater lakes and visit the Amabeere Ga Nyina Mwiiru caves. These are caves of wonder with milk-like substances oozing out of the rocks and cultural legends attached to them.

You will learn about their cultural significance and also get a scientific explanation of their existence.

Then the Uganda Primates Habituation & Lions Tracking Safari party will drive to Fort Portal town where you will have lunch and later continue to Queen Elizabeth National Park. Dinner and overnight will be at the lodge of your booking.
Day 4: Lion tracking experience in the Kasenyi plains
Lion tracking experience in the Kasenyi plains

Lion chilling in QENP

We set out early in the morning for a game drive in the northern part of the park called Kasenyi in search of lions. This is the best area for viewing the cats in action owing to the vast population of Uganda kobs in this part of the park. The pride (family) of lions and the family of mongooses to be tracked each have a member with a radio collar attached to it that enables the researchers to know where to find the family.

The researchers will explain the fascinating habits, behaviours, instinct attributes and security consciousness of these cats and the various tricks used in tracking them. You will learn about how the lions leave trails of bent grass as they move, how they scent mark their territories and why they spray sticky urine in particular areas.

You will learn special features about the banded Mongooses particularly their gigantic appetites and their complex social and communication systems which are fascinating. The tracking sessions last 1-3 hours and as a bonus expect also to see teeming herds of impala-like, as well as topi, elephant, giant forest hog, and Cape buffalo.

You will return to the lodge for lunch and later go for a boat launch along the Kazinga channel whose shores harbour a profusion of water animals and birds including pink-backed pelicans, pied and malachite kingfishers, saddle-billed storks and many others.

You will return to your lodge for dinner and overnight.

The exercise is incredibly stupefying!
Day 5: Tracking Lions in the Ishasha sector and Transfer to Bwindi

Tree climbing lions in Uganda

You will have breakfast and drive to the southern sector of Queen Elizabeth National Park known as Ishasha for another game drive. Ishasha Sector is famous for its tree-climbing lions which you will see resting on the branches of Fig trees as they scan for kobs, their favourite prey, in the neighbouring mating grounds. You will visit the Kob Mating Ground – a defined area specifically used by these stunning antelopes for challenging other males, enticing females and mating.

During the game drive, you will also see herds of kobs, elephants, topi, giant forest hogs, Cape buffalo etc. at very close range. You will later set off and drive south to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park arriving in the late afternoon hours.

Time allows you will visit a community of former forest people, the Batwa, who used to live in this forest before it was gazetted as a national park. You will learn about their former life as gatherers, hunters, and warriors and about their survival skills in challenging forest life. Dinner and overnight will be at the lodge of your booking.

Day 6: Gorilla habituation experience in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest

Gorilla habituation experience in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest

You will wake up early in the morning and head to the park headquarters to join other visitors for a briefing about the dos and don’ts while with Mountain gorillas on a habituation exercise. After the briefing, you will start your trek into the forest guided by researchers and guides to find a family of Gorillas under habituation.

Unlike a normal Gorilla trek, this experience offers something far more intensive and educative as you will spend about 4 hours watching the moves of the Gorillas to see how they respond to the simulation by the researchers to make them get used to the presence of people around them. This exercise presents you with the opportunity to gain insights into their lifestyle, mannerism and survival instincts and to film and capture perfect photo shots.

The exercise is incredibly stupefying! You will return to your lodge for dinner and overnight.
Day 7: Golden monkey habituation exercise in Mgahinga Gorilla National Park

Golden monkey habituation exercise in Mgahinga Gorilla National Park

You will wake up early and transfer to Mgahinga Gorilla National Park to participate in a habituation experience of the Golden Monkeys. You will get to the forest early enough to catch up with the Golden Monkey as they come out of their sleeping habitats between 6:00 – 6:30 am.

You will watch them as they stretch to exercise their bodies, make noises to communicate, care for the young, go food hunting, patrol and play until late in the afternoon when they vanish to their hiding places to sleep.

You will watch as the researchers carry out simulation activities to make the Golden monkeys get used to the presence of human beings and be educated by the researchers about their feeding habits, the kind of noises they make to communicate the invasion of their space by strangers, what they do when they sense danger, what they eat, how the mothers care for the young, and how the members of the family keep together.

You will also gain an understanding of the forest, the plant life, and the other species found there. This is an experience never to leave you the same!
Day 8: Return to Kampala & Departure

You will have a relaxed breakfast and set off on a return journey to Kampala. You will have a stopover at the Equator where you will have an opportunity to stand in two hemispheres at the same time and take some photos.

You will arrive in Kampala in the late afternoon and either be transferred to the airport for your departure flight or to the hotel of your booking for dinner and overnight.

End of the Uganda Primates Habituation & Lions Tracking Safari.
Requirements for Chimps, Gorilla & Golden Monkey Habituation Experience

Uganda Visa (USD50) which can be paid on arrival at the Airport
Chimpanzee and Gorilla habituation permits (paid for in advance through our company)
Travel & Health insurance arranged for from your home country
Yellow fever vaccination certificate
Physical fitness

Cost Includes

Airport transfers on the first and last day,
Transport in a 4×4 safari vehicle
Services of an English-speaking driver guide
Fuel for the whole trip
Accommodation and meal plan as per the itinerary
All park entrance fees
Drinking water while in the vehicle

Cost excludes

Gorilla Habituation permit at USD1500 per person
Chimpanzee habituation permit at USD250 per person
Lions and Mongoose tracking permits
International airfares
Uganda Visa
Items of personal nature such as tips, drinks, and laundry

Enquire about this safari.

Ronald.
Travel Consultant

GORILLA TOUR BOOKING SAFARIS

Tel +256 704 63 50 44 | +256 777 50 61 26

Email: [email protected] or [email protected]
Website: www.gorillatourbooking.com

15/03/2024

3 days gorilla trekking in Uganda.

Overview

Our 3-day Bwindi Gorilla Trekking Safari takes you to the misty Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, which is home to more than half the World’s population of 1004 remaining Mountain Gorillas. Bwindi Impenetrable Forest offers a unique birding opportunity, cultural experiences, and a scenic allure of stunning hills and lush vegetation inhabited by a wide variety of primates.

Bwindi Gorilla trekking is the most enchanting experience in this forest that will leave you with memories of a lifetime. You will visit a community of the Batwa people who used to live in the Bwindi forest before it was gazetted as a national park and be mesmerized by the stories of how they used to live in this forest as gatherers, hunters warriors, and herbalists.
Safari Highlights

Long Drive from Entebbe to Kisoro 8-9 Hours
Photographic scenery of Uganda’s countryside landscape
Stop over at the Uganda Uganda Equator line for another experience
The Bwindi Gorilla trekking adventure through the Bwindi Impenetrable jungles
The Bwindi forest native community walks through the Batwa trail.

Activity Schedule

Day 1: Travel to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest NP

Day 2: Bwindi Gorilla trekking and Cultural exposure

Day 3: Travel back to Kampala
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The Bwindi Gorilla Trekking Safari Experience

Forest so thick you can’t see the person walking less than a meter in front of you, ground as slippery as ice, and at a minimum angle of 30 degrees – this is where your Bwindi gorilla trekking adventure in Uganda begins! No other wildlife encounter in Africa matches the astounding experience of spending time face-to-face with wild mountain gorillas. Gorilla Trekking takes place in a handful of far-flung locations, adding a layer of exotic adventure to these safaris that is hard to match on any other itinerary. The fact that gorillas as a species are on the brink of extinction and treks are a highly restricted activity, encountering wild gorillas is considered a once-in-a-lifetime travel experience.

In this 3 Days Bwindi Gorilla Trekking Safari, you will have the experience of a lifetime watching at close range these majestic apes as they feed, play, and relax.
Safari Itinerary
Day 1: Road Trip from Entebbe to Kisoro, Bwindi Impenetrable Forest

Bwindi Gorilla Trekking Safari - Budget Uganda Safari

You will after breakfast set off for an 8-9 hour drive to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park in the southwestern part of the country.

Some travelers may not be comfortable with the long countryside drive and would prefer to take a quick flight from Entebbe Airport to Kisoro airstrip which helps you preserve your energy for the Bwindi gorilla trekking experience. If that is the case, kindly contact our consultants to make that itinerary for you.

You will have a stopover at the Equator where you will have an opportunity to stand in 2 hemispheres at the same time and take some photos. You will make another stopover for lunch en route before continuing with your journey to Bwindi arriving in the evening.

Dinner and overnight will be at the lodge of your booking.

Lower Budget: Buhoma community Rest camp / Ruhija Gorilla Friends Camp / Travellers Rest Hotel Kisolo / Gorilla Valley Lodge
Moderate: Gorilla Resort Bwindi /Gorilla Safari Lodge / Silver Back Lodge / Lake Kitandara Camp / Chameleon Hill Lodge / Lake Mutanda Resort.
Upmarket: Mahogany Springs Lodge / Buhoma Lodge / Rushanga Gorilla Safari Lodge.
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.

Day 2: The Bwindi Gorilla Trekking Activity

Mountain Gorilla Trekking in Uganda

You will have an early breakfast and be driven to the Park Headquarters for a briefing at 7:30 am about the rules of Gorilla tracking. After the briefing, you will set off for Gorilla trekking in the thick jungle.

The jungle is very lively with rich forest sounds. The trek ranges between 2 – 8 hours and you have one hour to stay with the Gorillas once sited. In the afternoon you can opt for a community walk among the Bwindi indigenous natives, the Batwa people who used to live in the Bwindi forest before it was gazetted as a National Park, and learn about their life and culture as a forest people. You will have dinner and overnight at your previous lodge.

Lower Budget: Buhoma community Rest Camp / Ruhija Gorilla Friends Camp / Travellers Rest Hotel Kisolo / Gorilla Valley Lodge
Moderate: Gorilla Resort Bwindi /Gorilla Safari Lodge / Silver Back Lodge / Lake Kitandara Camp / Chameleon Hill Lodge / Lake Mutanda Resort.
Upmarket: Mahogany Springs Lodge / Buhoma Lodge / Rushanga Gorilla Safari Lodge.
Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.

Day 3: Travel back to Kampala

You will depart Bwindi after breakfast and travel back to Kampala with a stopover for lunch en route. You will arrive in Kampala in the late afternoon.
The Safari package includes:

Accommodation as per the itinerary
4WD safari vehicle with popup roof famous for off-the-beaten-track Big 5 Safaris
Bottled drinking water
Bwindi Gorilla trekking permit – $800 per person
Services of an English Speaking Driver/guide.
Community visit fees
Pickup and Return airport transfers

The Safari package excludes expenses of a personal nature such as:

Other drinks
Laundry
Tips to local guides
Telephone expenses
Porter fees while trekking Gorillas
Personal Insurance
Ci******es

Accommodation

Lower Budget:

Buhoma community Rest camp
Ruhija Gorilla Friends Camp
Travellers Rest Hotel Kisoro
Gorilla Valley Lodge

Moderate:

Gorilla Resort Bwindi
Gorilla Safari Lodge
Silver Back Lodge
Lake Kitandara Camp
Chameleon Hill Lodge
Lake Mutanda Resort.

Up market:

Mahogany Springs Lodge
Buhoma Lodge
Rushaga Gorilla Safari Lodge.

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What to Expect on the Bwindi Gorilla Trek

For a great Bwindi gorilla trekking experience, you need to be fairly fit, equipped for the humid, muddy conditions of a rainforest hike, and in good health – gorillas are susceptible to human illnesses but don’t have our immunity, which means a common cold can be deadly to a whole family of gorillas and you won’t be permitted to trek if you are unwell. Even in the dry season, the rainforest is a challenging environment: it’s humid, wet and muddy with some steep slopes, plenty of insects and thick vegetation. It is absolutely worth the effort to spend time with gorillas in the wild, but be prepared to exert yourself on the trek.

Your professional Bwindi gorilla trekking guide and tracker leads you into the forest’s secret paths, looking for a habituated gorilla family. Once found, you’ll approach the gorillas quietly and settle down to observe them from between 7 and 10m (22 to 32 ft) away. You’ll spend between 40 minutes and an hour with the gorillas, watching the adults forage and groom each other while the babies tumble and play. You’ll be under the watchful gaze of the great silverback patriarch, whose soft brown eyes constantly sweep over his family protectively. Witnessing gorillas express typically human gestures and emotions is a truly profound experience and one of the reasons that Bwindi gorilla trekking is such a life changing encounter.

You’ll be asked to leave any personal items or bottled water you’re carrying with your porters and approach the gorillas with only your camera. You are not allowed to use a flash and it’s best to use a camera that doesn’t make loud clicks, whirring or other mechanical noises.
Quick links to gorilla trekking tips

Habituated Uganda Gorilla Groups
Gorilla Habituation Experience
Gorilla Tracking – Uganda or Rwanda
Uganda Wildlife Authority – Gorilla Trekking

When To Go – Best time to go on a Bwindi Gorilla Trekking Safari?

Although a Bwindi Gorilla Trekking Safari can be conducted all year round in the Virunga Mountains, but due to the somewhat damp seasons experienced by Bwinid Impenetrable Forest jungles in which these gorillas stay, the majority of tourists prefer visiting in the dry seasons where traversing the jungles is somewhat doable – and that is the months of June to September as well as from December up to February. You can visit Bwindi at any time of the year, the low season calls for cheaper gorilla permit price.
Temperature & Weather

Bwindi could be very cold especially in the morning & night. The annual mean temperatures range is 7°C to 20°C with the coldest months being June & July. Hence warm clothing are required, plus wet weather gear because Bwindi receives up to 2390mm of rain every year. This is centered on during 2 wet seasons, short rains in March- May & heavy rainfall in the months of September-November. In Bwindi, rain often falls as long hours of soft drizzle, instead of short tropical deluge. Our Tour Experts will help you prepare depending on the season.
Getting There

Bwindi is located in western Uganda approximately 9 hours drive from the Entebbe International airport. For the Bwindi Gorilla Trekking Safari, you can chose to drive up-to the destination and enjoy the scenic country views or you can take a chattered local flight from Entebbe Airport to Kihihi Airstrip where you’ll picked and drive apporximately 1:45mins to Bwindi.

Bwindi has various gorilla families in different locations, be careful not to select the accommodation not close to the briefing point of the Bwindi Gorilla Trekking Safari.
The gorilla permit

The gorilla permit on the Bwindi Gorilla Trekking Safari is the second most important document next to your Visa and passport, The gorilla permit costs $600, a hefty sum but very much worth it. You should know that some of this money is used to take care of these creatures, help them repopulate and protect them from the rampant porching.

Acquiring a gorilla permit can be strenuous especially in peak season. We would recommend buying them months in advance to avoid the long cues. The permit per person in most cases is included in the package price, so you’ll not need to hustle acquiring the document.

Once you have the gorilla permit and you’re guided into the jungle, prepare your emotions because seeing the mountain gorillas is guaranteed.
What To Wear on the Bwindi Gorilla Trekking Safari.

Bwindi Gorilla Trekking Safari gear guide, Good quality walking boots if trying any hikes or even climbs, warm layers of cloth for the cold evenings and clothing for wet weather remember it becomes cold and wet at this high altitude.

However during the day, the sun is strong even when cloudy therefore always remember to carry and wear sunscreen as well as a sun hat. In addition, you may have to carry along waterproof bags to safeguard cameras plus additional equipment for the hike. Water plus snacks are additional recommended items plus a packed lunch for people doing full-day expeditions.
What else after the gorilla safari?

While in Uganda, besides visiting the mountain gorillas, you can take a game drive safari to Murchison Falls, Queen Elizabeth, Lake Mburo National Park and other interesting tourist areas that are worth checking out. Most tourists on African trip combine Tanzania safari adventures with gorilla trekking in Uganda and Rwanda in addition to a safari in Kenya or Mount Kilimanjaro Trekking in Tanzania.
Where Else Can you see the Mountain Gorillas?

After your 3 Days Bwindi Gorilla Trekking Safari, a visit to Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda is a great opportunity to see the other half of the remaining mountain gorillas in the world.

You can combine your Rwanda or Congo gorilla tour with climbing mount Nyiragongo. Most tourists who take on African safari holidays usually combine more countries in various destinations.

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Quick Safari Details

Number of people: 2+

Leaves When: Any Day

Start/End: Entebbe, Uganda

Activities: Road Drive/Local Flight, Gorilla Trekking, Jungle Trek, Bird Watching

Destinations: Bwindi Impenetrable Forest.

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Ronald.
Travel Consultant

GORILLA TOUR BOOKING SAFARIS

Tel +256 704 63 50 44 | +256 777 50 61 26

Email: [email protected] or [email protected]
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