Have you always wanted to see the mountain gorillas? This 3-day Safari to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest will take you on the scenic route from Kampala to Bwindi National Park for an experience of a lifetime. In this package we combine reliable domestic road travel and comfortable accommodation at the lake side lodge Lake Mutanda Resort to make this a hassle-free and unforgettable experience for you.
This 3-day Uganda mountain gorilla trekking safari takes you to one of Uganda’s oldest rainforests. Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park is in the South Western region of Uganda in the Kanungu district. The park is well known for having the best mountain gorilla trekking experience. It has almost half of the world’s population of mountain gorillas with a population of about 480 individuals as of the last census.
Kampala
Upon your arrival at the Uganda museum, you will be welcomed by a Sunset Adventures representative, your luggage loaded, and you helped to board your comfortable car.
You will be briefed about the journey and then proceed for the eight to 10-hour drive with a stopover in Mbarara City where you will have your delicious lunch.
You will have a stopover at the Equator line at Kayabwe for some memorable pictures to spice up the journey.
On arrival you will check into your comfortable hotel room. Dinner will be served at 7:00pm and you will turn in for the night.
After breakfast and a short ride to Bwindi National Park you will be read to encounter the rare and endangered Mountain Gorilla – an experience of a lifetime.
Half of the world’s population of gorillas live under the mist-covered canopies of Uganda’s oldest and most biologically diverse rainforest. In the company of an experienced park ranger you will be tracking the whereabouts of one of the nine habituated family groups who reside here.
Wear appropriate clothing like long-sleeved shirt or khaki trousers, waterproof boots, a round cap, and a sweater to protect you against the bent tree branches of the impenetrable forest and in case of bad weather. Pack some snacks and drinking water to help you during the 4-hour trek depending on the location of the mountain gorillas. You will proceed to the park headquarters where you will be briefed about the do’s and the don’ts of the park when you are with the mountain gorillas. After the briefing, you will be assigned a park ranger and one gorilla family to trek. You’ll embark on your search for the mountain gorillas, during your trek through the impenetrable forest. Later in the evening, prepare for a visit to the Batwa pygmies of the impenetrable forest who were the original inhabitants of Bwindi’s impenetrable forest.
Lunch will be had within the park and you will return to your lodge. After a leg stretch, dinner will be served as the sun sets, and stories will be told by the campfire. Retire to bed at leisure.
After an early morning you will board your tourist vehicle and set off for Kampala. Lunch will be in Mbarara at Igongo Hotel, with a visit to the cultural museum. Expect to arrive back in Kampala in the evening full of memories and loaded with envy-giving pictures.
Bwindi Impenetrable NP is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and it is the best place in Uganda to track mountain gorillas. The park protects around 40% of the world’s mountain gorilla population and has several habituated groups. The forest is also a bird-watcher’s paradise with 350 species recorded, including many Albertine Rift endemics.
Aside from the endangered mountain gorillas, nine other primate species are found in the forest. These include chimpanzee, olive baboon, black and while colobus and L’hoest monkey. Elephants are present but seldom seen. Bush buck and several types of forest duiker can sometimes be spotted. The park has a very impressive bird and butterfly collection.
