Overview

4 days safari takes you to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park or Mgahinga Gorilla Park where you will get a chance to track the mighty mountain gorillas. The parks also offer many other animals including elephants, birds, monkeys and many more. Get ready to be amused by the great giants of Bwindi.

Day 1

Main Destination:Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas)

Accomodation: Lodging

Meals: Full board.

You will be picked up around 7:00 am from Kampala (or Entebbe) by our guide who will brief you about your tour. You will later be driven in a comfortable and secure touring vehicle to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in the South-West which will take around 9 hours of drive. Lunch will be provided en route at Mbarara.

Day 2

Main Destination:Lake Bunyonyi

Accomodation: Bunyonyi Overland Resort

Meal: Full board.

You will have an early morning breakfast at 6:30 am and with packed Lunch, you will move to the Park to join other trackers in a briefing about the gorilla trekking rules at 7:30 am. You will trek through thick creepers and undergrowth with your guides to find the Gorillas, which can take you 1-8 hours. The steeply forested landscape is incredibly dense but crisscrossed by numerous animal trails allowing access by tourists. You will stay with Gorillas some time once sited and later transferred to Lake Bunyonyi.
The drive will be in the beautiful part of the country often referred to as ‘the Switzerland of Africa’ because of its unique cool weather despite being near the Equator. This lake is said to be one of the most beautiful places in western Uganda. It is the second deepest lake in Africa (900 meters deep) and also one of the few places in the country where it is considered safe to swim as it is bilharzia free.

Day 3

Main Destination:Kibale National Park

Accomodation: Mid-range lodge

Meal: Full board.

After an early breakfast, you will be transferred to Kibale Forest National Park in the morning with the target to have lunch in Fort portal area near Kibale Forest national park. You can have Punctuated stopovers in the far countryside that offer us chances of viewing tea plantations along the drive through Fort Portal which is located in the shadow of the legendary Rwenzori Mountain which forms a mystic backdrop to the beautiful volcanic landscape you are treated to on your drive from the town to the park. Upon arrival, you will check in at your lodge for relaxation. Later in the day, you shall be transferred to the Bigodi Wetlands, situated on the eastern edge of the forest. There you shall take a light walk in the wetlands to observe plenty of wildlife including birds and many monkey species.

Day 4

Main Destination:Entebbe City

Accomodation: No accommodation (End of tour)

After early breakfast, you will transfer to the park offices to meet the ranger guides for a pre-trek briefing after which you will set off to trek chimpanzees into the forest. After early breakfast, you will transfer to the park offices to meet the ranger guides for a pre-trek briefing after which you will set off to trek into the forest to track a community of Chimpanzees. Up to 3 large communities of Chimpanzees have been habituated for the tracking adventure. You will locate the Chimps without so much straining since the territory of each Chimp community is known beforehand by advanced trackers as it will be communicated by your guides. While you trek through the forest you will observe plenty of other wildlife. Other primates which you may spot include Red Colobus Monkeys, L’Hoest Monkey, Grey-cheeked Mangabey, and Vervet Monkeys. Go back your lodge rest for few minutes and start your journey back to kampala at your lodge or at the entebbe airport to get your journey back home.