4 Days Gorilla Double Trekking Uganda

About 4 Days Gorilla Double Trekking Uganda

1. Day 1

   To Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park

   Our guide will meet you at the hotel or Airport, brief you quickly about the Safari and begin the 8 hours journey to the South western side where Bwindi is located. On the way, stop at the Equator for photos and continue having lunch en route. Arrive in Bwindi that evening and check-in and unwind at the lodge, have diner and an overnight stay.

   Accommodation Options;

   • Budget: Traveller’s Rest Hotel/Buhoma Community Rest Camp
   • Moderate: Bakiga Lodge/Ichumbi Gorilla Lodge
   • Luxury: Buhoma Lodge/Lake Mutanda Lodge/Silverback Lodge
   • Exclusive: Gorilla Forest Camp/Mahogany Springs
2. Day 2

   Gorilla Trekking in Bwindi and Batwa Trail

   Enjoy an early breakfast and transfer to the park head office to be briefed about trekking gorillas. During briefing you get to know what to do and not to do while trekking, after that be allocated the family of gorillas to trek. Enter into this lush forest for your first gorilla tracking experience guided by skilled ranger guides. Only one hour will be given to you to spend with the gorillas once you meet them. Watch them play, feed and enjoy their habitat. After return to where you started from to receive your certificate, meet your driver and transfer to the lodge for lunch.

   After visit the Batwa Pygmy community and explore there amazing culture expressed through music, dances and drama. Return to the lodge for diner and overnight.

   Accommodation Options;

   • Budget: Traveller’s Rest Hotel/Buhoma Community Rest Camp
   • Moderate: Bakiga Lodge/Ichumbi Gorilla Lodge
   • Luxury: Buhoma Lodge/Lake Mutanda Lodge/Silverback Lodge
   • Exclusive: Gorilla Forest Camp/Mahogany Springs
3. Day 3

   Second Gorilla Trekking Experience – Bwindi

   Have breakfast at the lodge, and drive back to the Park head office following the previous day’s guidelines, after enter into the forest to look for another family of gorillas, still spend an hour with them after meeting them, have breakfast and drive back to the lodge and relax there or transfer for a canoeing experience on Lake Bunyonyi if you wish to.

   Accommodation Options;

   • Budget: Traveller’s Rest Hotel/Buhoma Community Rest Camp
   • Moderate: Bakiga Lodge/Ichumbi Gorilla Lodge
   • Luxury: Buhoma Lodge/Lake Mutanda Lodge/Silverback Lodge
   • Exclusive: Gorilla Forest Camp/Mahogany Springs
4. Day 4

   Departure

   On this day, have breakfast and bid farewell to the staff at your lodge, indeed these have been amazing days of gorilla trekking, head out with your driver to travel back to Kampala from where you will be transferred to the Airport or be dropped off at Kigali International Airport in Rwanda.

5. Note

   Gorilla Double Trekking

   Bwindi has four sectors; known as Ruhija, Buhoma, Rushaga and Nkuringo whereas Mgahinga has one sector known as Nyakagezi. All these sectors offer the best gorilla trekking experience.

   Some tourists go for Ruhija and Buhoma or do Rushaga and Nkuringo or repeat the trek in them sector they trekked the previous day but see another family. It is also possible to trek gorillas in Bwindi and the next day you trek in Nyakagezi sector found in Mgahinga. All these sectors have different gorilla families that can be trekked.

   Double trekking gorillas requires the trekker to purchase two permits each costing $700. Why some people choose trekking twice is because it gives them a chance to see the uniqueness and compare different characters of gorillas in different gorilla families. On the one day trekking safari, only one hour is given whereas when you double trek two hours are given to you in total hence having more time with these gentle giants. For this itinerary we are going to consider you tracking in the sector but different gorilla families.

   You could conclude the 4 days Double Gorilla Double trekking with a visit to Lake Bunyonyi in Kabale to simply relax and have a good time on Uganda’s deepest lake. Transferring to this lake can be on the third day after trekking gorillas, and go for a boat cruise on the lake as well as swim in the lake since it is Bilharzia free and safe.

   Also you could opt to start and end this safari from Entebbe Airport in Uganda or from Kigali Airport in Rwanda. The Airport in Rwanda is closer to Bwindi that Entebbe. But all in all, whichever pick up location you use, the experience you get in these 4 days is rewarding and unforgettable.

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