3 Days Queen Elizabeth National Park
ID: GYG733433-1198511
Category:
Country: Uganda
Duration:
3 days
Description
Take the gorilla trekking experience on this 3 days Uganda Gorilla Trekking Safari in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park which brings you face to face with the massive giants of Bwindi.
Itinerary
Day 1: Travel to Bwindi forest for Uganda gorilla trekking safari
Your day will start after an early breakfast and you will embark on your gorilla safari southwards to Bwindi impenetrable forest. The journey will offer you highway sights of rural and semi-urban Uganda with several fruit & vegetable markets along the roads, craft and drum makers and a stop at Uganda’s Equator monument where you will cross to the southern hemispheres. After the experience at the Equator, the drive will continue with a stop over in Mbarara for lunch before proceeding to Bwindi with short bathroom stopovers and picture sessions of landscape and other attractions.
Thereafter, proceed to Bwindi whereby you will arrive in the late afternoon. Check in at the lodge, relax in the evening and have Dinner.
Accommodation; Rushaga Gorilla Camp
Meals Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Day 2: Gorilla trekking in Uganda
Uganda Gorilla Trekking
Uganda Gorilla trekking safari – Today early morning your driver guide will pick you up from the lodge and transfer you to the briefing point at 7am before you start your gorilla trek at 8 am. At the briefing point, the Uganda wildlife authority rangers will welcome you and given seats until time of briefing as your driver guide registers you with the ranger on duty to be allocated a gorilla family.
Eventually the ranger guide will share a short briefing about the experience in the park and how you should interact with nature and the people. You will then be allocated a gorilla family to trek after which you will start the walk into the forest. Depending on location of your gorilla family, you might need to drive to the trail head of the allocated gorilla family.
We advise you to hire a porter to carry your day pack because sometimes the gorillas could be located a distance from the start of your trek, they can also help push or pull you along the steep slippery paths in the forest.
Accommodation; Rushaga Gorilla Camp
Meals Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Day 3: Transfer to Entebbe
Today you drive back to Kampala. Have lunch at the Equator and enjoy picture sessions in both the northern and southern hemispheres. This will mark the end of your lovely Uganda holiday.
Meals Plan: Breakfast, Lunch
PRICE INCLUDES
Gorilla Permits
Bottled Water
English Speaking Guide
Park Entrance Fees
Boat Rides
Cultural Tours
All Activities Mentioned
PRICE EXCLUDES
International flight fare
Entry Visas
Laundry services
Tips
Alcoholic Drinks
Highlights
- Cultural walk
- Gorilla tracking
- Batwa experience
Guiding languages
When should I book?
To guarantee availability book as soon as possible. Early booking is worth consideration especially if you planning the trip during high season like public holidays or weekends.
Cancellations
This excursion you can cancel with no cost up to 24 hours before the start of the trip. If you cancel it after 24 hours or not show up on the excursion you will still be charged the full price of the activity. Being late on pick-up or departure will be considered as not showing up.