3-Day Gorilla Tracking Safari Experience in Uganda
This 3-day gorilla tracking safari is the most sought-after bucket list of experiences, tracking Uganda’s mountain gorillas in the wild. This is one of the most unforgettable wildlife encounters in the world! Tracking may take anywhere between 1 to 6 hours, depending on the location of the family.
Tour Highlights
- Day 1: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park
- Day 2: Gorilla tracking safari experience
- Day 3: Transfer back to Kampala
Detailed 3-Day Gorilla Tracking Safari Experience in Uganda
Day 1: Transfer to Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park
The company driver/guide of Ovacado Adventures will pick you up from your hotel and drives you to Bwindi’s impenetrable National Park. This is a long drive of approximately 8 hours with a lunch stopover en route.
Even though the drive is long, you’ll go through different landscapes including tropical rainforests, savannah fields, and the terraced hills of Kigezi, famously known as the Switzerland of East Africa. Arrival is late in the evening for relaxation, dinner, and overnight at Gorilla Mist Camp.
Main Destination:
- Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas)
- Accommodation: Gorilla Mist Camp
- Mid-range lodge bordering Bwindi NP without fences
- Meals & Drinks:
- All meals included
- Non-alcoholic drinks.
Day 2 of 3-Day Gorilla Tracking Safari Experience in Uganda: Gorilla tracking safari experience
After early morning breakfast, and with your picnic lunch we then take a short drive to the park offices for a briefing where we meet the excellent local guides and trackers who give a talk on the etiquette of gorilla tracking. We then hike into the forest to where gorillas were seen the previous night and track from there.
The terrain is rough and muddy calling for physical fitness. Although the hike is physically demanding, the beauty of the forest and surrounding scenery make the tracking worthwhile. You should take plenty of water with you on the trek. Cameras and plenty of fast-speed films are recommended.
Being a tropical rain forest, it may rain at no notice, hence need to bring with you waterproof clothing, including zip-lock bags for cameras and film. Others to come with include; sturdy hiking boots, long pants, gloves, and a raincoat. The maximum time spent with the gorillas is 1 hour—dinner and overnight at Gorilla Mist Camp.
Main Destination:
- Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Gorillas)
- Accommodation: Gorilla Mist Camp
- Mid-range lodge bordering Bwindi NP without fences
- Meals & Drinks:
- All meals included
- Non-alcoholic drinks
Day 3 of 3-Day Gorilla Tracking Safari Experience: Transfer back to Kampala
After breakfast, start on the long drive back to Entebbe / Kampala with the memory of the great rare mountain apes. Lunch en route and a stopover at the equator line and arriving late in the evening at Entebbe International airport.
Main Destination:
- No major destination visited
- Accommodation:
- No accommodation (End of tour)
- Meals & Drinks:
- Breakfast & lunch (Dinner not included)
- Non-alcoholic drinks.
End of 3-Day Gorilla Tracking Safari Experience in Uganda
3-Day Gorilla Tracking Safari Experience in Uganda Inclusions and Exclusions
Included
- Park fees (For non-residents).
- Gorilla permits (One per person, non-resident).
- All activities (Unless labeled as optional)
- All accommodation (Unless listed as upgrade).
- A professional driver/guide
- All transportation (Unless labeled as optional).
- All Taxes/VAT
- Roundtrip airport transfer
- Meals (As specified in the day-by-day section).
- Drinks (As specified in the day-by-day section).
Excluded
- International flights (From/to home).
- Additional accommodation before and at the end of the tour.
- Tips
- Personal items (Souvenirs, travel insurance, visa fees, etc.)
- Government imposed increase of taxes and/or park fees.
Rates per Person
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