3Days Bwindi- The Ultimate Gorilla Experience

After an early breakfast, you transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. The best route entails following a surfaced Kabale road for 60 kms Past Mbarara to Ntungamo then turning right into surfaced road, 45km to rukungiri. Here you can take the most direct road which runs for 85kms through Kambuga and Kanungu, though you can also use Kambuga Kihihi. Arrival and check in at your Lodge, Haven Lodge Buhoma on Full Board basis

Early rise at the lodge and have breakfast, and prepare for the highlight of your safari, Gorilla tracking experience, where you will spend 1 hour with the Gorillas.

You will transfer to the park offices where you will be allocated a Gorilla family in groups of 8 and a Gorilla tracking guide. Your guide will brief you about you assigned Gorilla family and appropriate safety precautions and then you will drive to the trail head for the start of a thrilling adventure.

Expect to walk to walk between 2 and 8 hours in steep and sometimes muddy conditions with rain overhead which ca be tricky and may require an average degree of fitness. However, the thrill of coming face to face with the Giant Silverback ultimately makes up for the effort invested.

Please remember to bring your passport for registration. Appropriate, waterproof hiking boots and a light rain coat. To protect from stinging nettles, we recommend long pants and   long-sleeved tops. A pair of old gardening gloves can help grab on to the vegetation, while most hotels/lodges provide a walking stick that comes in very handy, especially when hiking downhill. A small waterproof back pack is an excellent idea to carry a light snack, bottled water as well as protection for your camera.

Upon sighting the Gorillas, you will spend 1 hour with them as they go about their daily life; feeding, moving, playing, raising their young ones and sometimes wrestling by the juveniles. It is a very unique and unforgettable experience.

After this experience, you will hike back to the base, where your driver will be waiting to transfer you to the lodge for a deserved shower and dinner at Haven Lodge Buhoma

Today, you will leave Bwindi Impenetrable national park and head back to Entebbe International Airport to connect to your international flight

Of the over 800 mountain gorillas worldwide, Bwindi impenetrable national park is home to almost half of this Gorilla population. There is no better place for observing these gentle giants at a close distance. The number of Gorillas in the forest has over time increased from 300 to 400 in nine different families that have been habituated for tourism purposes.